250 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. of Albert H. Tavenner, of Springfield; William Henry; born in October, 1865, died November 9, 1866; and Mary Esther, born November 24. 1869, is now Mrs. William E. Sneed and resides with her father. She has one child, Shirley Pauline, born December 24, 1895. Mrs. Berger was called to her final rest July 11, 1893 and was buried in Newcomer cemetery, her death being deeply regretted by her many frinds, and also in the United Brethren church, of which she was a consistent member. Mr. Berger belongs to the same church and he has been identified with the Prohibition party from its organization, being a warm friend of temperance. He served for three years as township trustee, being elected on the Prohibition ticket. and endorsed by the workingmen's ticket. In the church he has served as a class leader, steward and trustee through many. years. acting in the latter capacity for more than twenty-five years, and since 1870 he has been a Sunday-school superintendent without intermission and had served several times prior to that time. The cause of education has ever found in him an interested advocate and for eighteen years he was a member of the school board. Mr. Berger was one of the organizers of the Newcomer cemetery and is still a trustee of the same. He has often been appointed as a guardian of children, some of whom, now in business, yet come to him for advice. He has. likewise settled many estates as administrator and is a man of unquestioned probity and integrity. No trust reposed in him has ever been betrayed in the slightest degree and he meets every obligation of citizenship or friendship and of home life. Daily he exemplifies in his career his belief in the advantages of education, of temperance and morality and over the record of his public career as well as his private history there falls no shadow of wrong or suspicion of evil. ENOS CONARD In this age of colossal enterprise and marked intellectual energy the prominent and successful men are those whose abilities, persistence and courage lead them into large undertakings and assume the responsibilities and labors of leaders in their respective vocations. Success is methodical and consecutive, and however much we may indulge in fantastic theorizing as to its elements and causation in any isolated instance. yet in the light of sober investigation we will find it to be but a result of the determined application of one's abilities and powers along the rigidly defined line of labor. America owes much of her progress and advancement to a position foremost among the nations of the world to her newspapers. and in no line has the incidental broadening out of the sphere of usefulness been more marked than in this same line of journalism. Springfield has enlisted in its newspaper field some of the strongest intellects of this section of the state, men of broad mental grasp, cosmopolitan ideas and notable business sagacity. Prominent among the men who have given the city prestige in this direction must be found Enos Conard. the president of the Sun Publishing Company. He was born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, September 9, 1854, and is a son of Enos Conard, Sr. The family is of German lineage, and in 1753 the name was changed from Cunnard to its present form of spelling. In colonial days the THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 251 family was established in America by representatives who settled in the Keystone state. The father of our subject was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, February 8, 1810. and followed farming as a life work. He resided in that state until 1858, when he purchased a farm in Highland county, Ohio, and removed from there to Hillsboro, this state. buying a farm adjoining the city, upon which he lived until his death, which occurred in August, 1889, when he was seventy-nine years of age. His wife. Who Lore the maiden name of Grace Stacy, was born in the north of Ireland in 1818 and died in 1877. Unto them were born six daughters and two sons, of whom one died in infancy. Sarah J. now resides in Hillsboro, Ohio. Anna Salome makes her home in Marysville, Ohio. Catherine is the widow of Edward Beeson, of Springfield. Rachel is the wife of L. Piper. of Marysville.. Enos is the next of the family. William S. is engaged in the wholesale grocery business in Hillsboro. Elizabeth is the deceased wife of George N. Hartman, a successful farmer of Wilmington, Ohio. She died in 1901. By a former marriage the father had seven children. three of whom died in early childhood. The others are : Davis. now deceased John. who is living in Hillsboro: Isaac, a resident of Elwood, Illinois, where he is engaged in the hardware business : arrd Emma, who became the wife of Cyrus Brewer, of Chicago, and died in 1902, while her husband passed away in this state. Davis. John and Isaac were all soldiers of the Civil war, who served from President Lincoln's first call for troops until the close of hostilities, being with the Twelfth and Forty-eighth Ohio Regiments. The father of this family was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. A man of domestic tastes, he found his greatest enjoyment when in the midst of his family and he put forth every effort in his power to promote their welfare and happiness. His children were provided with good educational privileges and after attending the public schools were students in colleges of Pennsylvania and in the Hillsboro Seminary. Enos Conard, whose name introduces this review, pursued his education in the public schools of Hillsboro and was reared to manhood upon the home farm until nineteen years of age, when he left the parental roof in order to learn a trade and entered the carriage shops of the firm of Black & Elster, of Hillsboro. There he remained for three years, when he went to Rainsboro, Ohio. where he carried on business along the same line for three years as an employe. He then began business on his own account at New Vienna, Ohio, at manufacturing and repairing carriages in 1878. In 1880, however, he. sold his business interests there and came to Springfield, where he entered the paint department of the old Champion works of Whiteley, Fassler & Kelly. With that firm he remained until 1889, when he became connected with the Thomas Manufacturing Company as striper in the paint department. There he remained for five years, leaving that house in August, 1894. On the 11th of September, following, the Morning Sun was established, with Mr. Conard as vice president of the Sun Publishing Company and circulating manager of the western division. In September, 1895, he was elected president and business manager of the company and has since held that position. Under. his guidance the business has grown with wonderful rapidity and the company has the confidence of the city and its people and the paper enjoys a large circulation. He is also 252 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. one of the stockholders of the Citizens National Bank. In March, 1882, in Springfield, Mr. Conard was united in marriage to Miss Dora May Mendenhall, who was born in Clark county. Ohio, in 1861, and is a daughter of Samuel and Mary (Whittington) Mendenhall, both of whom are now deceased, her father haying died in 1900. He was one of the well known millers of the county and a reliable, enterprising business man. In his family were nine children, eight of whom are yet living : Mary, the wife of Aaron Ellis, of Clifton. Ohio ; Jane, the wife of Henry Hopping, of this city ; Amanda, the wife of Smith Chambliss, of Xenia, Ohio, where he is serving as superintendent of the Kelly Tool Works; Sarah, the deceased wife of Thomas Wharton, of Xenia; Laura V., the widow of Jacob Fry, of Springfield; Dora, the wife of our subject; James, who is an engineer in this city ; and Bemis A., who is a blacksmith in the employ of the Superior Drill Company, of Springfield. Of this family Tames served as a soldier in the Union army during the Civil war. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Conard has been blessed with two daughters. Helen G.. born September 12. 1891; and Stacy M.. born December 3, 1894. Mrs. Conard is a member of the Clifton Avenue Methodist Episcopal church, which the children also attend. In his political views Mr. Canard is a Republican where questions of national and state importance are involved, but at l0cal elections, where only municipal affairs are concerned, he votes for the men best qualified for office. He is a member of Clark Lodge, No. 101, F. & A. M. ; Moncrieffe Lodge. No. 33, K. P. ; and Springfield Lodge, No. 57. B. P. O. E. In the Knights of Pythias fraternity he has passed all of the chairs of the lodge and has been district deputy and special deputy to the grand chancellor for two years, while for two terms he served as representative to the grand lodge. He also belongs to the Commercial Club and to the board of trade. His life history proves the value of a strong character of determined purpose and unremitting diligence in the active affairs of life. He started upon his business career with no pecuniary assistance or special family advantages to aid him, but has progressed by reason of his earnest purpose, close application and exercise of natural ability and today he stands among the successful men of Springfield and is also classed among those that the city values because of his hearty cooperation in all movements and measure, for the general good. WILLIAM WHITELEY. For eighty-one years William 'Whiteley was a resident of Clark county and his life record should find a prominent place on the pages of its history because he was not only a representative of a leading pioneer family but also because of what he accomplished in the business world. He was an inventor of note and the founder of one of the leading industrial concerns of Springfield—the Champion Iron Works, and aside frcm business his life was of value to the community because of the active and helpful interest which he took in many movements contributing to general progress and to the public good. Mr. Whiteley was born in the eastern part of Springfield township. Clark county. January 18, 1815, a son of John and Chris- THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 253 tiana (Hall) Whiteley. The family comes of English ancestry and was established in Virginia in colonial days when this country still belonged to Great Britain. When the colonies became aroused with the attitude of oppression manifested by the mother country Joseph Whiteley, the grandfather of our subject, and his brother John joined the American army and fought for the cause of liberty, the latter laying clown his life on the altar of freedom. Joseph Whiteley, however, survived his army experience and lived to enjoy the liberty for which he fought. He reared a large family, including John Whiteley, the father of our subject. John Whiteley was born in North Carolina while his parents were visiting in that state, but he always claimed Virginia as the place of his nativity. In 1804 he journeyed to Ohio from Kentucky. where he had resided for several years previous. He came simply on a prospecting tour, and in 1810 he made a similar trip. In the spring of 1811 he married Miss Christiana Hall, in what is now Clark county, Ohio. She was born in Virginia and was of English, German and Scotch descent. Her parents came to this state at a very early date in its development. After his marriage John Whiteley and his wife returned to Kentucky, where he engaged in teaching school until 1814. He was a man of good education and proved a successful educator of his clay. In 1814 he removed to this county and became one of the first teachers within its borders, teaching in the neighborhood known as Fletcher Chapel. Both he and his wife did their duty well in the upbuilding of the moral and material interests of the neighborhood and they enjoyed the love and respect of the entire community. Mr. Whiteley was for some years county commissioner and justice of the peace and was known throughout the county as Squire Whiteley. Unto him and his wife were born seven children : Andrew, Freelove, William. Abner, Joseph, Nancy and Sarah. Upon the home farm on which he was born the subject of this review was reared. The marked characteristic of the family was an inventive turn of mind. and naturally William Whiteley early took up work along this line and from his fertile brain evolved many ideas which took shape in devices of practical utility. When on the farm he began business in a small way in the manufacture of plows, which have become known far and wide as the product of the Champion Company. He was a successful inventor and business man, having not only the ability to make improvements in the line of his manufactured products but also had the power to successfully control the manufacture and sale of these, so that his labors were attended with gratifying financial success. He was entirely a self-made man. for when he entered upon his business career he had no capital save the skill and diligence which he put into his work. The years. however, rewarded him with the just recompense of labor and he became the possessor of a very gratifying competence. In 1848 Mr. Whiteley was married to Miss Mary Ann Stickney. a daughter of John and Sarah Stickney. natives of England. while Mrs. Whiteley was born in this county. They had but one child. Mary E.. who is now living at No. 408 South Limestone street. which was the hcme of her parents in the. later years of their life. When Mr. Whiteley removed to Springfield he located on Mound street, and later removed to East High street. where he remained for twenty-five years, going then to the residence which 254 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. is now the home of his daughter. In early life he joined the Fletcher Methodist Episcopal church, situated near his old home, six miles east of Springfield, and was one of its trustees. When he removed to the city in 1850 he joined the High Street Methodist Episcopal church. of which he was a faithful member until his death. He was an open-handed and large-hearted man, who gave freely of his time and means to any individual or movement that needed assistance. His benevolences were many and few men have done more for Springfield according to their means than did William Whiteley. It might be said of him, as it was of Goldsmith's village preacher. that "e'en his failings leaned to virtue's side," for if he erred. in any direction it was on the side of too great generosity. His good deeds, however, caused him to be enshrined in the hearts of many whom he aided and befriended and to-day his memory is revered by many who knew him. He passed away in January. 1896, and in January. 1901, his wife was laid by his side in Ferncliff cemetery. The family name is closely associated with the history of the county from pioneer times down to the present and no member of the family more deserved the confidence, love and respect of his fellow men than did William Whiteley. EDWIN K. McINTIRE. Edwin K. McIntire is the superintendent of Snyder park and his capability and fitness for the position are widely recognized. He is an enterprising and progressive young business man and a worthy representative of one of the pioneer families of this section of the state. He was born in Cloud county. Kansas, February 4. 1872. but since 1875 has been a resident of this city. The McIntire family is of Scotch lineage and was founded in America at an early day. The family was represented in the war of 1812 and in pioneer times representatives of the name came to Clad: county, .since which time their descendants have been active factors in the work of improvement, development and progress here. William McIntire, the grandfather of our subject. was one of the first supervisors of Springfield and held the office for a quarter of a century. His brother John was a government contractor and became quite wealthy but went to Chicago and invested heavily in property there, which was destroyed in the great fire of October, 1871. Joseph, another brother. was sheriff of Clark county for sometime. The family was established in Springfield township and also purchased considerable land in German township. They were farming people and William McIntire, the grandfather of our subject, became a very prominent and influential citizen, leaving the impress of his individuality upon public thought, feeling and action. Albert McIntire, the father of our subject, was born in Mad River township, Clark county, in 1835, and is now living a retired life in Springfield. During 11:s business career he followed general contracting and construction work. He was educated in this county. and here made his home until 1865, when he removed to Kansas and secured a homestead claim but in 1875 he returned to his native county and resumed contracting here. He had the contracts for both the old and new pumping stations and for the moving of several buildings. He took contracts for heavy mason work and in the line of his chosen THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 255 vocation he received a liberal patronage, doing a large and lucrative business up to the time of his retirement. He is now enjoying a well earned rest. By reading and observation he has kept abreast with the times and deserves great credit for what he has accomplished, being both a self-educated and a self-made man. He was united in marriage to Miss Anna Peck. who died in 1888 in this city. They became the parents of eleven children. Samuel died at the age of sixteen years and Ada at the age of twenty years. The others are : William. who is an insurance agent of Springfield Benjamin, who is a professor in the Washington School; L. May. the wife of James Dick, who is assistant superintendent of Ferncliff cemetery ; Albert H.. a medical student in the Columbus Medical College Edwin K., of this review : Jennie. the wife of Albert Wright. of Springfield ; Samuel. deceased; Sarah, who is a telegraph operator and assistant manager of the Postal Telegraph Company at this place : John. who is electrician at the power house for the Dayton, Springfield Urbana Electric road ; and Pearl, who is a student in school. It was on account of wishing to provide his children with better educational privileges that the father returned with his family to Ohio and here the children were educated in the public schools and in Wittenberg College and also in a business college of this city. Edwin K. McIntire was here educated and about 1890 he began work as a landscape gardener, receiving instruction in this department of activity from Mr. Dick of the Ferncliff cemetery. After the first years' service he had charge of a part of the work. He remained in the cemetery for seven years and was then appointed by the Snyder Part board to the position of superintendent o: this park, which he has remodeled, beautifying it in many ways. He now has under his supervision forty men, who are engaged in keeping up the park and continually improving it. This tract of land consists of two hundred and seventeen acres, well laid out, so that it is pleasing to the eye, being one of the most beautiful spots in all Springfield. Mr. McIntire has made great advancement in his knowledge of landscape gardening. He does his own engineering and plans his improvements himself and his work in all respects has been most creditable and satisfactory to the city. Mr. McIntire belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and also to Ingomar Lodge, No. No. 610, K. of P., and to the Logan Castle of the Knights of the Golden Eagle, in which he has served as chief and has' also been a representative to the grand lodge. He is a young man, of good business ability and with excellent skill in the line of his chosen pursuit. He possesses laudable ambition and enterprise and while he has already achieved success he will no doubt gain a greater advancement in the future. HARRY HARVEY SELLERS. Harry Harvey Sellers, the cashier in the post-office of Springfield, was born in Warren county, Ohio, near Lebanon, July 13, 1868, and is a son of Ferdinand and Rebecca (Hormell) Sellers. On the paternal side he comes of German lineage and on the maternal side is of English descent. Three brothers of the name of Sellers came from the fatherland to America about 1603 and settled in Pennsylvania near Philadelphia. Two of them afterward removed to Ham- 256 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. ilton county, Ohio.. They traveled across the country until they reached the Ohio river, where they built rafts and then floated down the stream to Cincinnati. This was in the early part of the eighteenth century and from the government they purchased land, dividing their attention between farming and stock-raising. William Runkel Sellers, the father of Ferdinand, was also a farmer, but had two brothers who were members of the medical profession. He settled in Warren county. Ohio, where he owned a farm of two hundred acres and also conducted what was known as the Four Mile House. The Sellers were a sturdy, intelligent, respected and long lived people and gained success in their various business ventures. The grandfather lived to be about eighty years of age and unto him and his wife were born eight children, of whom three daughters and a son are yet living : Mrs. Mary McDonald, who is a widow and rsides in Springfield ; Mrs. Melvina Burnett, a widow living in Warren county. Ohio ; Mrs. Amanda Russell, a widow of Frankfort, Indiana ; and Ferdinand, the father of our subject. Ferdinand Sellers was born in this state in 1828 and in his early life was reared on a farm and assisted in the work of cultivating the fields. In later years he conducted a sawmill and followed general merchandising in Clinton county, Ohio, where he also filled the position of postmaster. His life has been one of marked industry. At the time of the Civil war he joined the army for one hundred days' service. Subsequently he removed to Warren county. Ohio, and cared for his father until the latter's death. Ferdinand Sellers then embarked in the lumber business and in the operation of a sawmill in Greene county, where he was suc ceeded by his son-in-law, E. E. Lackey, of New Burlington, who still conducts the business. Mr. Sellers carried on operations there until 1895, when he retired to private life and is now living in Springfield. The family has always been identified with the Methodist church and the home of William R. Sellers, the grandfather, was the abiding place of all itinerant preachers and circuit riders who visited this section of Ohio in an early day. The early political faith of the family was that of the Whig party until its dissolution, since which time they have been Republicans. In 1887 Ferdinand Sellers was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who died at New Burlington, Greene county, at the age of fifty-nine years, her birth having occurred in 1828. They were the parents of nine children, of whom. two died in infancy. The others are : Laura, the wife of Ellsworth Lackey, of Greene county ; Owen M.. a Methodist Episcopal preacher of Champaign county Wilbur S., of this city : Ettie. the wife of Frederick Lucas, of Xenia : Charles E.. a grocer of Springfield ; Addie. a trained nurse of Springfield : and Harry H..,. of this review. The elder children were educated in the public schools of Warren county and the younger members of the family in New Burlington, Greene county. At the age of fourteen Harry H. Sellers put aside his text books in order to earn his own living, accepting a clerkship in a general store in New Burlington. He also assisted his father in the operation of the sawmill. At the age of fifteen he came to Springfield and secured a position as wrapping clerk in the dry-goods store of Murphy Brothers. He left that service in 1885 and was afterward taken ill, which necessitated his remaining at home for several months. THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 257 Again coming to Springfield he secured a position with a grocer, who was a shorthand writer and who in return for Mr. Sellers' services instructed him in the art of stenography. When he became competent to accept a position he left his teacher's services and on the 11th of February, 1886, entered the employ of Charles R. Crain with the P. P. Mast Manufacturing Company. He filled that position for about twenty months, when a vacancy occurred in the shipping department and to this he was transferred, acting as assistant to the shipping clerk. He was put in charge of the department July 15, 1892, and filled that place until the 1st of October, 1902, when he accepted a position as cashier in the Springfield post-office. He is a man who stands high in business circles, because he has always been found to be trustworthy, accurate systematic and prompt. He has made his own way in the world from the age of fourteen years and his education has been received through practical application and business experience. Mr. Sellers was married in Springfield September 26, 1888. to Miss Millie Darrow, who was born in Dayton, Ohio, in November, 1869. a daughter of William J. and Isabelle ( Segrove) Darrow. The father is now deceased, but the mother makes her home with her only child, Mrs. Sellers. The latter was educated in the Springfield public schools and the Springfield Seminary and like her husband is a member of the Methodist church. They have two .sons: Darrow Hormell. born June 26, 1889: and Joseph born March 1893. Mr. Sellers is a member of Anthony Lodge. No. 45F.. F. A. M.. and was the youngest master to frll that position at the time of his service in the office in 1900-1. He was re- elected, being the first one to he chosen as his own successor in many years. He is als0 a member and treasurer of the Commercial Club. Since attaining his majority he has been a stalwart Republican and is serving as a member of the executive committee of Clark county. He has never aspired to any official honors, but has been a strong party worker, taking an active interest in ward politics and frequently serving as a delegate to the city, county and state conventions. JOHN ESTLE JOHNSON. John Estle Johnson is engaged in general farming and stock raising in Green township, and is well known in his community as a breeder of polled Jersey cattle, having originally introduced this fine breed of cattle into Green township. He was born in the village of Clifton, Greene county, Ohio. April 1, 1845, and is a son of Joseph R. and Lydia E. ( Estle) Johnson. Joseph R. Johnson was a native of Mason county. Kentucky, having been born near Maysville. March 8, 1819. He was a son of James and Clemency (Donovan) Johnson, both of whom were natives of Virginia and had removed to Kentucky after their marriage, and in the Blue Grass state their son Joseph R. was born. When he was seven years old, his parents removed to Greene county, Ohio, in 1826. settling on the farm now owned by Charles Birch. Later they removed to the farm now owned by Sebastian Gerhard, where they spent their remainng days. James Johnson died December 1, 1830, while his wife, Clemency ( Donovan) Johnson, died December 3, 1837. Joseph R. Johnson was the oldest of the 258 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. children at home at the time of the death of he father. He was then about thirteen ;ears old, but at this early age he became nanager of the farm and assisted his mother intil she too passed away, seven years later. Fie then began to work in the mills of Clifton, learning the business and remaining there for twenty-three years. While thus engaged he was married, January 6, 1842, to Lydia E. Estle. who was born in Green township, Clark county, January 30, 1822, and was a daughter of William and Abigail (Little) Estle. By this marriage there were the following children : Clemency married Michael Madden and resides in Kenton, Hardin county, with her husband and two children, Elizabeth and Lulu. The subject of this review is the next in order of birth. Abigail died at the age of eighteen years. Asahel married Lavinia Garlough, resides at Pennington Gap. Virginia, and has six children—Myrtle ; Pearl, who married Dr. Graham ; Lydia C.: Catherine; Ulalie and Earl. Hannah M.. the next member of the family, married Cicero Jacobs and lives at Yellow Springs, Ohio. She is the mother of six children—James, Elmer, Maude, Pearl, Charles and Homer. Ann Maria married Harvey Scranton, and lives in Columbus, Georgia. They have one child Ethel. Margaret J. married William Forbes and resides in Miami township, Green( county. Three children were born of this union-Nora, Arthur and Curtis. Joseph R. Johnson, the father of the sub. jest of this review, in 1863 purchased till farm called the Clark County farm, comprising three hundred and thirty-three acres Upon This farm he removed in 1861 and late: added one hundred acres to his purchase building thereon a substantial brick residence. There he made his home until h old the property to John H. Thomas. He hen removed to Springfield, Ohio, which as his place of residence until the time of rii death, November 6, 1892. His ballot vas cast for the Republican party. but he lever sought or desired office. He was an arrest Christian man, a member of the First Presbyterian church of Springfield, and was serving as one of its deacons at the time of his death: His wife had passed away twelve years before, her death occurring February 29, 1880. He had been a self-reliant man, who through honesty, industry and economy had made his way in the world. He was faithful in all relations of life and attentive to business. In three years' time while working in the mills in Clifton, he was absent from his place of business but a day and a half, and then only upon being called away to Springfield on business. He was truly a self-made man. as he had neither influence or money when he started out upon life's journey, but it soon became evident that he was one whom obstacles merely served as a whetstone upon which his ambition was kept brightened, and difficulties in his path were brushed aside with ease. John Estle Johnson of this review was rather delicate in his youth. He worked in the mill somewhat, assisting his father, and had a liking for the miller's trade, but his family dissuaded him from pursuing it, as it was thought the dust of the mills would be very detrimental to his health. His schooling also was limited to some extent, owing to his health, and when not attending school he was sent to the home of his grandfather Estle. where it was thought he would gain strength. He did not attend school much after the age of fifteen. On the I5th of Feb ruary, 1864, he responded to his country's THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 259 call for aid, and at the age of nineteen enlisted in Company F, Eighth Ohio Volunteer Cavalry and was sent for service in Virginia. He was under fire many times. On his first experience• in the skirmish line a shell burst very close to him, in front. He was on the skirmish line in the Lynchburg raid, was captured at Beverly, West Virginia. but was soon recaptured. He was later captured again at Beverly, in January, 1865. and was sent to Libby prison, marching over the mountains from Beverly. He was incarcerated in prison until the latter part of February of that year, when he was paroled and sent to Columbus and thence he went home. Later he returned and served with his regiment until he was honorably discharged, July 30, 1865. At the close of the war he returned to his home, where he remained, working on the farm. On the 26th of November, 1867, he brought his bride to the home farm in Green township, where he now resides. The lady of his choice was Miss Sarah J. Weller, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Wyant) Weller. Since his marriage Mr. Johnson has carried on agricultural pursuits, cultivating his fields and raising a fine grade of stock. His collection of polled Jersey cattle is among the finest in the state. In 1885 he bought a heifer from a thoroughbred Jersey male and a native "muley" cow, or hornless cow, and from this crossing of breeds produced the polled Jersey stock. There has been an association formed for the breeding of this class of polled Jersey cattle. for they are, considered very valuable. One Jersey cow from Mr. Johnson's breeding took the premium at the Pan-American Exposition for richness of butter. She is owned by a brother-in-law of Mr. Johnson, while Mr. Johnson has in his posession her mother and sister. The breeding of fine stock has ever -been- an interesting subject to Mr. Johnson and he is well versed in matters pertainirrg to the same. The cattle from this breeding are in great demand and Mr-. Johnson- derives a good income from the sale of the same. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Johnson has been blessed with five children ; Samuel W., born. on the home farm August 29, 1868, for his first wife chose Alice Budd, by whom he had four children. His second marriage was with Araminta Sproull, and they now reside in Mansfield, Illinois. Gertrude E., born July 8, 1870, married John Budd, resides at New Albany, Indiana, and has one child. John O., born June 6, 1873; is now cashier for the Northern Pacific Railroad at Whitehall;. Montana. He was married November 5, 1902, to Tillie J. Needham, of that place. Joseph R., born May 30, 1875, and Jennie A., born April 17, 1883, are both at home with their parents. Mr. Johnson has always been a stanch Republican. He cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln in 1864, when nineteen years old. In 1887 he removed with his family to Van Wert county, residing in Elgin. There he remained for five years. While living there he was postmaster for one and one-half years, but resigned his position. In 190o he took the census in Green township, Clark county. He has always worked for his party and its interests, and has served as a delegate to a number of conventions. A member of the Presbyterian church at Clifton. he earnestly upholds its teachings and principles. Fraternally he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows ; Springfield Lodge, No. 33, F. & A. M., at Yellow Springs ; and also became a member of Mitchell Post at Springfield. He was a 260 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD charter member of James A. Elder Post, G. A. R., and has filled all the chairs of that order and attended the national re-unions, thus keeping up pleasant relationship with his old army comrades who wore the blue and so faithfully served their country upon the battle-fields of the south, who were ever faithful in war, and now in peace, like the father of their country, are honored in the hearts of their countrymen. Mr. Johnson was a charter member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge at Clifton, has represented the order in grand lodge, and has filled all the chairs. The life record of Mr. Johnson stands out in bold relief, speaking for itself in strongest terms of a life well and nobly spent. He enjoys the respect, confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens and is a valued member of the community in which he resides. ALFRED BOWN. Alfred Bown is a farmer and stock raiser of Madison township, Clark county, and is one of Ohio's native sons, his birth having occurred in the capital city on the 1st of June, 1840. His parents were Thomas and Rachel Ellen (Phillips) Bown. The father was born in Upham, Hampshire. England. September 2, 1809, and his mother's birth occurred in Annapolis, Maryland, December 4, 1815, their marriage being celebrated in Columbus, Ohio, January 28, 1836. In his native country the father served a seven years' apprenticeship at the trade of painting, decorating and graining. When a young man he sought the business opportunities of the new world, crossing the Atlantic and taking up his abode in Columbus, where he remained until 1844. His wife spent her girlhood days in Washington. D. C., and about 1834 accompanied her par-rents on their removal to Ohio's capital. She was a daughter of Stephen and Rachel Phillips and had been provided with fair educational privileges. In her new home she formed the acquaintance of Mr. Bown and to him gave her hand in marriage soon afterward. The parents of our subject removed to Chillicothe. Ohio, and in 1847 became residents of Cincinnati. where they lived until October. 1860. Mr. Bown was there engaged in merchandising and manufacturing and prospered in his undertakings but afterward lost much that he had acquired through going security for friends. In October, 1860. he came to Clark county and purchased a farm east of Springfield, turning his attention to agricultural pursuits. He was the father of ten children, nine of whom reached years of maturity. In 1861, when President Lincoln issued his first call for troops to serve for three months, the three oldest sons. William H. H.. Thomas Walter and Alfred. enlisted in the Union army. The first named was engaged in business in Cincinnati and was connected with the military company there. He became a recruiting officer at Cincinnati and remained in Ohio for a number of months. but later joined the army as a major of the Sixty-first Regiment of Ohio Volunteers. He was born October 19, 1836, and on the 23d of April, 1862, he enlisted and was mustered in by the governor of Ohio. He was also mustered in by Captain Dodd at Camp Chase and on the 23d Of September, following, was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel. He died September 6. 1864. at Chattanooga, Tennessee. of wounds received in the battle of Peach Tree Creek, July 20, 1864. His service was with the Army of THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 261 the Potomac until his corps was transferred to the west. He had partlcipated in many important engagements. The rebel lead struck him in the limb. which had to be amputated the second time. and the injury proved fatal. Thomas Walter, born July 9, 1838, was living in Springfield when the country called for aid. He went to Cincinnati and enlisted in Company C, Fifth Ohio Infantry, as a private. On the 11th of May. 1861, he was promoted to orderly sergeant by Captain Gordon Granger, who afterward became a general. When his three months' term of service had expired he again went to Cincinnati and re-enlisted in Company A. Fifty-second Regiment of Ohio Infantry, for three years. On the 11th of September. 1861, this regiment was consolidated with the Seventy-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and he was made captain of Company K. but. because of disability he was honorably discharged in 1862. Later he re-entered the service. becoming major of the One Hundred and Forty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. and was honorably discharged in September. 1864. He now resides in Marion, Kansas. Alfred Down, of this review, offered his services to the government at the same time his brothers enlisted and became a private of Company C. Fifth Ohio Infantry. He was made a sergeant and with that rank served during his three months' term. He re-enlisted as a member of Company K, Seventy-first Ohio Infantry, and was mustered in for three years' service by W. H. H. Down. He took part in the battle of Shiloh and in a number of skirmishes and then he too, was discharged because of physical disability on the 31st of December. 1862, but his patriotic spirit did not allow him to remain at home long and after he had some what recuperated his health he again enlisted and was enrolled as captain of Company I, One Hundred and Forty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for one hundred days' service. This regiment was sent to West Virginia to do garrison duty and remained at the fort for about four months from the 2d of May, 1864. Mr. Bown was a brave and loyal soldier and was always found at his post of duty until incapacitated by ill health. During his boyhood our subject assisted his father in the work of the farm and received a good common school education. After the war he was undecided for a time as to what pursuit he would follow. It had been his intention to prepare for the bar, but in the meantime his father had purchased the farm and he decided to make agriculture his life work. On the 22d of March, 1865, he married Miss Caroline Peirce, of Madison township, a daughter of William D. and Cosmelia (*Howell) Peirce. Mr. Bown then turned his attention to farming upon the land which is yet his place of residence. His wife inherited about three hundred and thirty-eight acres of land, but the improvements upon the farm have all been placed here through the. energy and business ability of Mr. Bown. Three children were born of his marriage: William P., who was born April 17, 1867, and is living in Madison township; Alfred, born July 12, 1872 and Jessie D. The wife and mother died May 19. 1899. Mr. Bown votes with the Republican party. He holds membership in the Presbyterian church, in which he is serving as an elder, and he belongs to McMillan Post, G. A. R. He is quite active and prominent in political affairs, and in matters of public interest pertaining to the general welfare he 262 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD is found as one who endorses all measures for the public good. He possesses considerable artistic ability and his home is adorned wrth a number of fine paintings from his brush. JOHN DICK. John Dick has occupied the position of superintendent of the Ferncliff cemetery since November, 1863, and has wrought a transformation here of which the people of the city could hardly have dreamed at the beginning of his work. Beauty, quiet, restfulness—all are desirable features of this city of the dead, and nature has seemed to supplement every effort put forth by Mr. Dick and his helpers in their work to transform this into one of the most lovely spots in all this section of the country. Mr. Dick was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, January 14, 1834, his parents being David and Jessie (Charles) Dick, the latter a descendant of the Stewarts. Both were educated in the private schools of their native country and the former became a landscape gardener. The paternal grandfather, John Dick, for whom our subject was named, was also a professional landscape gardener. David Dick removed with his family to Kirkcudbright in 1838 and there followed his profession until 1867, when he came to America, his son having previously crossed the Atlantic. He was employed in Cincinnati, Ohio, in the line of his chosen vocation for a time and then came with his wife to Springfield, where he lived retired until called to their final rest, the father passing away at the age of eighty years and the mother at the age of seventy-two. The grandparents had died in the country of their birth. Unto David Dick and his wife were born six children, two of whom died in early childhood and are buried in Scotland. The others are : John, of this review ; Agnes, of Springfied, the widow of James Hay, who died in Cincinnati, Ohio; David. a landscape artist. who died in Memphis, Tennessee, and was buried in Ferncliff ; James, who followed the same pursuit in Dayton, Kentucky, and at his death was laid to rest in Ferncliff beside his father, mother and brother. The children were educated in excellent schools of Scotland and had every advantage that would assist them in the preparation for the practical and responsible duties of life. After acquiring a good literary education John Dick studied in the Royal Botanic Gardens of Edinburgh, the hest in the country. During the periods of vacation he worked with his father and learned the rudiments of his profession for which he was preparing. After his school days were over he served an apprenticeship under the direction of his father, and at the age of eighteen went to Edinburgh, where for two years he was under Curator Tames McNabb and Professor Balfour, who was professor of botany in the college. In 1854 he started for this country and was first employed in the United States on Long Island in laving out parks for some New York people. He remained in that section of the country, however, for only a short time, making his way westward to Cincinnati, Ohio, and in the fall of 1863 he came to Springfield on the recommendation of Adolph Strauch, who was superintendent of the Spring Grove cemetery in Cincinnati. Mr. Strauch was one of the most experienced and thorough landscape artists in the country. He was of German birth and had traveled extensively THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 263 both in Europe and the United States. His death occurred in Spring Grove several years ago. From him Mr. Dick received some valuable information, which he has since utilized in his work. When he located in this city our subject and his brother David, who was then assistant superintendent under Mr. Strauch, came to inspect the location of Ferncliff, and both agreed that it was an ideal spot for the purpose selected. In the fall of 1863 our subject and his wife came to this city, which has since been their home. He was selected by the trustees of the cemetery association to improve the wilderness and convert it into what was then beyond the expectations of any one, but the labors of Mr. Dick have made it a most beautiful spot in the state of Ohio. The fruits of his labors can be seen in the arrangements of the avenues, drainage and work as a designer by visiting the cemetery. From time to time he has and is adding new improvements. He does his own leveling and surveying and knows every foot of ground in the cemetery. His experience as a landscape artist is such that in filling in and cutting out various places he has brought the natural and artificial in such harmonic contact that the latter is not detected. In all his work he has retained the natural element as much as possible. His entire time and energy have been devoted to improving and beautifying the cemetery. The entrance has been preserved in almost its entirety except in the roadway, and the plans are now under way for a beautiful stone conservatory and chapel on the south side with a broad entrance from Plum street. The home for the use of the superintendent was built on an eminence overlooking the valley and was the spot chosen by Mr. Dick many years ago. It is a modern stone structure and the style of architecture was the first of the kind used in Springfield. The driveway is lined with natural flowers, trees and shrubs and as it winds about the large overhanging rocks a sight most beautiful is presented. Winding up the avenue one comes in view of the plats laid out on the rising ground. The beautiful little lake at the foot is the donation of 0. S. Kelly, an old settler and highly esteemed gentleman of the city, who has donated his time, money and influence toward carrying out the plans as laid out by Superintendent Dick. To Gustavus Foos is also due great praise, for he is one who gave his personal attention to beautifying the eastern slope. The whole has been carefully laid out by Mr. Dick and carried to completion under the supervision of the board of trustees. There can be no better monument to the memory of Mr. Dick than this beautiful cemetery, which is the outcome of his skill, ability and labor. Visitors who have traveled all over the old country and the United States and having visited Ferncliff are unanimous in saying that it is the most beautiful spot that they have ever seen. Mr. Dick was married in 1863 to Catherine Fitsimmons. of Cincinnati, Ohio, and unto them were born four children. Charles is deceased. James F., who for several years has been assistant superintendent of Ferncliff, is a graduate of the public schools of this city and was a student at Wittenberg College for a time. He has followed in his father's footsteps, making four generations to be connected with landscape gardening. He has assisted his father in carrying out his designs, taking great interest in building up and beautifying the cemetery. He has a host of friends and is a very active young man in social circles. He married a 264 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Miss McIntire and they have one daughter, Catherine. Jessie, the third member of the family, is the wife of Stacy Buffenbarger, of Springfield, and has four children. Mary is deceased. The wife and mother died in Springfield in 1879, and in 1881 Mr. Dick was again married, his second union being with Margaret Simons, who was born in Pennsylvania. All the children were educated and married in this city. Mr. Dick is a supporter of all church and charitable work and holds membership with the Presbyterian denomination, while his wife belongs to the Lutheran church. He is also connected with Springfield Lodge, I. 0. 0. F., and Mad River Encampment. To all enterprises that have tended to advance the interests of the people and develop the city he has been an advocate and supporter. He has made landscape gardening his life work and it has been his ambition and desire to complete the various improvements and plans before he, too, should be laid to rest in the place he has prepared. He has refused lucrative offers in other lines in order to see his cherished plans carried to completion. He has met discouragements and difficulties, being criticised by many, but he has persevered in his work and there is to-day no citizen of Springfield who is not proud of Ferncliff. A self-made man, he owes his success and advancement entirely to his own efforts. He has made the Golden Rule the motto of his life and his career is therefore one that commands the respect and admiration of all with whom he has come in contact. T. T. McLAUGHLIN, M. D. The state of Ohio, with its pulsing industrial activities and rapid development, has attracted within its confines men of marked ability and high character in the various professional lines, and in this way progress has been conserved and social stability fostered. He whose name initiates this review has gained recognition as one of the able and successful physicians of the state, and by his labors, his high professional attainments and his sterling characteristics has justified the respect and confidence in which he is held by the medical fraternity and the local public. Dr. McLaughlin was born in Bellefontaine, Logan county, Ohio. March 29, 1844, and comes of Scotch lineage. His paternal grandfather, William McLaughlin, was born in the land of hills and heather near the city of Edinburgh and became the founder of the family in America. He was a farmer by occupation and died at Old Town, Maryland, at the age of eighty years. His son, George F. McLaughlin, the Doctor's father, was born in Maryland, became a. well educated man and in early life removed to Ohio, becoming a teacher in the schools of Bellefontaine. He was married near Urbana. in Champaign county, to Miss Rosanna F. Monroe, who was born in Virginia. She. too, was of Scotch lineage and a daughter of James Monroe, a nephew of President Monroe of the United States. George F. McLaughlin built the first public school house in Bellefontaine and conducted a school for eight years, in which work he was assisted by his wife, but his useful career was terminated by the hand of death in 1844, at the age of forty-four years. Our subject was their only child. After the death of her first husband the mother was again married, becoming the wife of Dr. Alexander Holmes Baldridge, and they had three children. Dr. Baldridge was one of the faculty of the Eclectic Medical College, of Cincin- THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 267 nati, Ohio, for sixteen years. Both he and his wife, the mother of our subject, died in Urbana. Their children were: Landora Anerva, Laura Luella and James Monroe, all residents of Springfreld. Dr. McLaughlin of this review pursued his early education in the public schools and was graduated in the Urbana Collegiate Institute of the class of 1864. He afterward read medicine under the direction of his step-father, Dr. A. H. Baldridge. and then entered the Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincinnati, in which he was graduated with the highest honors of his class in the spring of 1867. He then returned to Urbana, where he practiced for about a year, after which he removed to Xenia, Greene county, remaining in that city until he came to Springfield in the spring of 1874. Here he became associated with Dr. L. E. Russell and the partnership was maintained until 1886. since which time out subject has been alone. He has built up a. large and extensive practice in the city and ranks high as a physician and surgeon. While connected with Dr. Russell he built an office next to the one which he now occupies and since the dissolution of the partnership he has been located at his present place, enjoying a constantly increasing business. In Springboro, Warren county, Ohio. in 1892. Dr. McLaughlin was united in marriage to Miss Mary Emma Wilson, a native of that place and a daughter of Aaron and Sarah Jane (Brown) Wilson, who were farming people of that county. The mother was born in '820 and is. now -residing with the Doctor and his wife. In the family were five children. but Mrs. McLaughlin is the only surviving member. She is a graduate of the Springboro Institute and is a lady of culture and refinement, and - 14 - of domestic tastes, presiding graciously over her pleasant home. The Doctor exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the Prohibitionist party. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and is a prominent member of the Ohio State Eclectic Medical Association, of which he served as secretary for fifteen years, attending all of its conventions. For a number of years he :was jail physician, and at the same time he had charge of a large private practice, his patronage indicating the confidence and trust reposed in him by the public. OLIVER H. MILLER. Oliver H. Miller is engaged in the practice of law in Springfield. He was born in Clark county, Ohio, October 10, 1862, and is a representative of two of the old families of this portion of the state. He traces his ancestry hack to Moses Miller, who was born in England on the 1st of August, 1759, and on leaving his native land emigrated to New Jersey, where he was married in 1780. He came to Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1791, and spent his last days in Clark county, where he passed away in 1814, having removed from Cincinnati to this locality in 1806. He took up his abode in Mad River township, following farming there. At the usual government price he purchased nearly one thousand acres of land, which his descendants still have in their possession. He married Phoebe Baker, who was born in New Jersey December 31, 1761. She had two brothers, Jonathan and Melvin, who came to Clark county about 1806 and settled on adjoining land in Mad River township. Moses Miller and his wife became the 268 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. parents of eight children, of whom Melyn Miller, the grandfather of our subject, was the eighth in order of birth. He was born in Cincinnati in 1801 and died in Clark county January 1 1854. Like the other members of the family he pursued his education in the early schools of this county, was reared amid the wild scenes of frontier life and followed farming and cabinet making in order to provide for his wife and children. The Millers are not a long lived race. nor have they married early in life and of this particular branch of the family there are but few descendants. The land originally owned by the grandfather has always remained in the family. Melyn Baker Miller, the grandfather, was married to Christena Powell, of Urbana, Ohio, who was born April 15, 1803, and died October 16, 1884. Their marriage was celebrated March 12, 1823. Melyn B. Miller acquired considerable of the land belonging to the original purchase and upon his farm he reared his family, numbering ten children, of whom but one is now living, Melyn H. Miller, who resides upon the old family homestead. He was born August 28, 1836. Of this family all the children were born and educated in Clark county. Seven of the number, five sons and two daughters, reached mature years. Sylvester had one son who is still living---Edgar S., a dentist, of Indianapolis, —while Abram Powell had three children and the others died leaving no descendants. Abram Powell Miller, the father of our subject, was the ninth child of his Parents family and was horn in 1839. On the maternal side he is a representative of the Powell family which originally emigrated from Virginia to Kentucky, but on account of a poor land title in the latter state they came to Ohio, settling in Urbana. Abram Powell Miller became a prosperous farmer of Clark county. He inherited some of the land of the Moses Miller purchase, added to that and possessed at the time of his death a very valuable farm of three hundred and twenty-five acres. Abram Powell Miller was married October 20, 1861, to Mary Cox, a daughter of George W. Cox, a farmer of this county. Her mother bore the maiden name of Lois H. Baker. belonging to an early pioneer family that removed from New Jersey to Clark county. Three sons were born of this marriage : Oliver H. Albertus Cox. who is married and resides upon a farm in Mad River township and has two children—Mary T., and Eldon G. and Lioval O., who is a mechanic, is married and resides in Springfield. Abram P. Miller. the father of these children, died in the year 1897, at the age of fifty-eight years, his birth having occurred on the l0th of July, 1839. His wife passed away April 20, 1881, and they were laid to rest in the cemetery at Enon, Ohio. It will be interesting in this connection to know something of the maternal ancestry of our subject. who in that line is descended from Melyn Baker, who was born May 18, 1793, in Cincinnati. Ohio, and was a son of Melyn Baker, Sr., who was born January 10, 1760, and became a resident of Clark county in 1806. He served his country as a soldier in the Revolutionary war, belonging to the New Jersey Artillery and was wounded in the army but never asked for a pension. His wife. Phoebe Baker, was born December 31, 1761. His death occurred January 20. 1826. while she died in Clark county, November 4, 1813. The Bakers owned two sections of land in Mad River township and the Millers a section and a half. Both families carried on farm- THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 269 ing on an extensive scale. Their land was all covered with heavy timber which they cleared away and improved the fields, transforming the tract into richly cultivated land. To-day of the eight hundred and sixty acres owned by the Millers. only forty acres is still covered with the native timber. The Millers and Bakers were about the fifth and families to establish homes in Mad River township and since that time representatives of both families have carried on general farming here. Our subject now has in his possession a land patent which was signed by Thomas Jefferson, the president of the United States, in 1806. Of the tract of eight hundred and sixty acres of land above mentioned nearly all is vet in the possession of the Miller family and the subject of this review is the owner of one hundred and thirty-five acres of that tract and twenty-five acres of the Baker tract. Melyn Baker, Jr., was united in marriage to Mary Layton, who was born in Clark county December 13, 1797. She was a very bright and intelligent woman, retaining her mental faculties up to the time of her death, which occurred January 8. 1879. Her husband had long since passed away. having died in Clark county June 4, 1844. They were the parents of nine children, of whom seven reached years of maturity. Oliver H. Miller. of this review. has now in preparation a genealogy of the Miller family and is well posted upon the family history. In the district schools our subject pursued his early education and later became a student in Wittenberg College at Springfield. Ohio, where he completed the work of the junior year. In 1886 he began the study of law under General J. Warren Keifer. and in 1887 he became a student in the Cincinnati Law School. where he was graduated in May, 1888. Immediately afterward he returned to Springfield where he opened an office and during his fourteen years' connection with the bar here, he has built up a practice which has constantly grown in volume and importance. On the 15th of February, 1900. Mr. Miller was united in marriage to Miss Adra R. Hutchinson, a (laughter of John and Martha (Kelly) Hutchinson. She was born in Clark county. Ohio. Her father was a stair-builder and cabinet-maker, and died in 1898, when about sixty-nine years of age, his birth having occurred in 1829. His widow now makes her home with Mrs. Miller. who was an only daughter. In his political views Mr. Miller is a Republican and has been an active worker in his party, for he believes firmly in its principles. He served as secretary of the Republican central committee from 1892 until 1807, and was its chairman in 1899. In 1802 he was elected secretary of the school board and has served in that capacity continuously since, the cause of education finding him a warm and earnest friend. He was the first librarian of the Clark County Law Library and is a member of the Clark County Bar Association. Hie belongs to Ingomar Lodge. No. 610, K. of P., in which he has served as master of finances since 1892. Mr. Miller is a worthy representative of pioneer families of Clark county. His ancestors began the work of development and improvement here. This task was carried on by representatives of later generations and at the present time the subject of this review is performing his full share in the advancement and upbuilding of the county. The family name figures prominently upon the pages of Clark county's history and Oliver H. Miller is now recognized as an 270 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD active factor in professional circles, having attained creditable success as a member of the bar. JAMES R. LITTLER. In the history of the business enterprises of Pitchin James R. Littler deserves mention as a representative of industrial life of the town. He also may well be numbered among the veterans of the Civil war to whom the country owes a debt of gratitude for his efforts in preserving the Union. He is one of Ohio's native sons, his birth having occurred in Clifton, Greene county, September 9. 1837. His parents, Nathan and Belinda ( Sellers) Littler, were early settlers of Ohio. They were born in Virginia between Winchester and Martinsburg on Back creek, along Applepie ridge. Both came to Ohio with their respective parents. Nathan Littler, the paternal grandfather of our subject. settled in Greene county, near Clifton. while the maternal grandfather, Paulser Sellers, took up his abode near Selma in Greene county. The young people were married in this state. The father was a miller by trade. working all over the county, but made his home in Clifton. Five children were born of this union : John, who married and left several children, was a soldier in the Sixtieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry and vas captured at Harper's Ferry but soon afterward was paroled. He lived to the advanced age of sixty-two years. James R. is the second of the family. Samuel died in childhood. Sarah J. became the ;wife of Owen Garlough and after his death married B. F. Garlough. Henry Clay, who was also a soldier, belonging to the Seventeenth United States Regulars, now resides in Xenia. James R. Littler was a youth of fifteen years when his father died. He afterward made his home with his maternal grandparents until 1855, when he went to Cedarville, Ohio, to serve as an apprentice to a blacksmith. He received thirty-seven dollars for his services the first year, sixty dollars for the second year and seventy-five dollars for the third year. When he had completed his apprenticeship he worked in Cedarville as a journeyman and also in New Burlington. Mr. Littler was married in the latter place April 17, 1861, to Miss Margaret J. Hurley, a daughter of Henry and Sarah (Moffatt) Hurley. He afterward returned to Cedarville and became a partner of his former employer, J. R. Cooper, but soon he put aside all business relations and in August, 1862, enlisted for service in the Union arm):, becoming a member of Company F. Forty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as a private. He was first sent to \Vest Virginia and was under fire at Brookville, Kentucky. Later he participated in a number of hard fought battles and in many skirmishes and in February, 1864, he veteranied; becoming a member of the Eighth Ohio Cavalry, the first veteran cavalry regiment of Ohio. He saw much hard fighting and was found in the thickest of the engagement. They participated in the battle of Lynchburg. The regiment was then divided and Mr. Littler was with that portion that operated in the Shenandoah Valley under General Sheridan. With his command he was captured at Beverly. West Virginia. being held a prisoner from the 11th of January until the latter part of February in Libby. Then with others he was exchanged. Throughout his entire army life he was always found at his post of duty, whether THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 271 it took him to the lonely picket line or led him into the midst of the field of carnage. After his return home Mr. Littler established a blacksmith shop at Gurneyville, Clinton county, Ohio, where he remained for about seventeen months and then took up his abode in Sharon, where he remained for eleven years. On the expiration of that period he came to Pitchin in 1877 and has since conducted a blacksmith shop at this place, having a good patronage. Unto Mr. and Mrs. .Littler have been horn twelve children. Those living are: Clayton B., Frank R., Joella, Jennie M., Wiliam, Clyde, Goldie, Loren and Glenn. Their third child, Sarah, died at the age of twenty-six years, and James H. and Mary E. died in childhood. In 1860 Mr. Littler cast his first presidential vote, supporting Lincoln in that year and again in 1864. He voted while in the saddle, the rebel balls flying all around him. He is a member of Xenia Lodge, F. & A. M.; Mitchell Post, G. A. R., of Springfield ; and also became a member of the subordinate lodge and encampment of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He has attended fourteen national re-unions of the Grand Army of the Republic and has been active in political work, serving many times as a delegate to conventions of his party. WILLIAM H. OWEN. The glory of our republic is in the perpetuation of individuality and in the according of the utmost scope for individual accomplishment. Of America is the self-made man a product. and the record of his accomplishments is the record which the true and loyal American holds in deepest regard and highest honor. In tracing the career of the subject of this review we are enabled to gain a recognition of this sort of a record. There is' particular interest attaching to the points which mark his progress in life as he has steadily advanced, through capability, determination and perseverance, to a prominent position in the industrial world, being now extensively and successfully engaged in the manufacture of milling machines and machine tools in Springfield, Ohio. William H. Owen was born in Glenham, Dutchess county, New York. October 26, 1850, his parents being Morgan and Harriett (Rodgers) Owen. The family is of Welsh lineage on the paternal side and in the maternal line comes of English extraction. David Owen, the grandfather of our subject, was a soldier of the war of 1812. The parents were both born and reared in Dutchess county, New York, where they spent their entire lives. The father was a contractor for heavy work and also carried on agricultural pursuits. His birth occurred in Matteawan, New York, in 1816, and in March, 1896, he was called to his final rest, having attained the ripe old age of eighty years. He had but limited school privileges, but he made the most of his opportunities and his life work and accomplishments were most creditable. His political support was given the Democracy in the early years of his manhood, but he afterward became identified with the Republican party and held some local offices. Reading, experience and observation made him a well informed man and he exercised not a little influence in business and political life. Both he and his wife were active and consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church and their fidelity to Christian teachings made them people 272 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. of the highest respectability. honored wherever they were known. Mrs. Owen, who was born in 1817, died in April, 1901, having spent her entire life in Dutchess county. This worthy couple were the parents of ten children, of whom four are yet living. James, the eldest, became a member of the Union army at the first call of President Lincoln for troops, served in the navy for a time, later enlisted in the United States cavalry service and afterward became a member of the heavy artillery. Hie served for five years or until the close of the war and he now resides in Salem, Illinois. where he follows farming. Sarah J. is the wife of C. B. Cunley. of Poughkeepsie, New York. William H. is the next of the family. Amelia, the youngest living child, is the wife of George Cooper, of Amsterdam. New York. Four children passed away in early youth, and Emily, who became the wife of John Gracey, died at the age of forty-six years, while Annie died at the age of nineteen. William H. Owen pursued a common school education and also spent one year as a student in a select school in Glenham. The days of his boyhood and youth were passed in his parents' home, and, entering upon his business career he secured a clerkship in a general store in Glenham, where he remained for eighteen months. Desiring to learn a trade he then entered upon an apprenticeship as a machinist in the shop of John B. Schenk & Sons, of Matteawan. New York. At the age of eighteen he began working for journeyman's wages and secured employment at Fishkill Landing in the engine works, where he remained for six months. On the expiration of that period he entered the Behring Works at Glenham and subsequently he returned to the shop in which he had learned his trade. On again leaving his old employer he secured a situation in the West Point Foundry, but his ability and fidelity were such that after a few months the firm of J. B. Schenk & Sons again sought his services. offering him the position of foreman in the planing department. There he remained for a year. Subsequently he became connected with the Kipp Steam Engine Company, at Sing Sing, New York. building engines by contract and employing eight men. He continued this work for three years and then built a contract machine in the Sing Sing prison for the firm of Nuttman. Tucker & Havemeyer. This was a special machine for the manufacture of asphaltum paying brick and it required four months to complete it. On the expiration of that period Mr. Owen returned to the Kipp Steam Engine Company as foreman and later he became tool-maker for W. N. Whiteley, at Yonkers, New York. When six months had there passed William H. Owen, leaving the Empire state. came to Springfield, Ohio, to accept the position of tool-maker for the firm of Whiteley. Fassler & Kelly, in September, 1887. Here his services were so satisfactory that he was retained in the employ of that company for ten years and was advanced from the position of journeyman to that of foreman, his wages being proportionately increased. On the expiration of the decade he removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, and for five months was with the firm of Lodge & Davis. after which he returned to Springfield and organized the Springfield Machine Tool Company, in which he was associated with P. E. Montanus and Frank Kempsmith. This newly formed company continued its existence for four years and was then incorporated under the name of the Springfield Machine Tool Company, business being THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 273 thus carried on for two years. On the expiration of that period Mr. Owen established the Owen Machine Tool Company and in 1893 he began business on a small scale, gradually increasing his trade as it became known that his products were of a superior grade and character. He now employs thirty-five skilled workmen. The machines manufactured are of original designs and there is a system of fourteen sizes of plain and universal milling machines, all of which are manufactured from designs made by Mr. Owen and are constructed under his personal supervision, which are to-day found in all parts of the civilized world and agencies have been established in various points of this country and abroad. The business has been built up entirely through the exertions of Mr. Owen, his success resulting from his' capability and the excellencies of the machines manufactured. In Plattsburg, New York, in 1870, Mr. Owen was united in marriage to Mary Cudworth, who was born in the vicinity of Plattsburg in 1851, a daughter of Joel Cudworth, a farmer of that locality. Both he and his wife lived to an advanced age and died in that county. In their family were two daughters, Sarah. who is married and lives in Plattsburg, and Mrs. Owen. Mr. and Mrs. Owen have six daughters : Grace, the wife of Ernest Bell. of Bloomfield. New Jersey Maud: Ada : Josephine Cora ; and Willitta. All have received good educational advantages in the public schools of Springfield and three are graduates of the high school. while Grace is a graduate o the Nelson Business College. Mr. Owen is a Republican in politics bu has never sought political honors or emolu meets. He has long heen a member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to Westches ter Lodge, F. & A. M., of Sing Sing, New York. Church and charitable work receives his endorsement and liberal support. He is a self-made man, whose advancement in life has come to him through earnest purpose and unremitting diligence. He purchased the land and erected his present home at No. 509 South Limestone street, supplying it with all modern improvements. He largely owes his success in life to the fact that he has persevered in the pursuit of the business in which, as a young tradesman, he embarked, never turning aside into other channels or dissipating his energies over a broad field of labor. His success has been the result of honest, persistent effort in the line of honorable, manly dealing. His aims have always been to attain the best, and he has carried forward to successful completion whatever he has undertaken. His life has marked a steady growth, and now he is in possession of a handsome competence, and more than all, has that contentment that comes from a consciousness of having lived for a noble purpose. L. FLOYD ROUTZAHN. L. Floyd Routzahn is filling the position of county sheriff of Clark county, and on the roster of officials here there is no name which is more truly a synonym for faithful, fearless and meritorious service than that. of Mr. Routzahn. Fully realizing the obligation which rests upon him as an officer of the law, he stands as a defender of all that is right, the protector of the weak and as the opponent of every element of lawlessness. Mr. Routzahn is a native of Springfield, 274 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. his birth having here occurred on the 12th of January, 1866, his parents being Luther M. and Elmira (Routzahn) Routzahn. The father was born in Frederick county, Maryland, in 1830, and in the year 1863 became a resident of Springfield, where, soon afterward, he secured employment with the Warder, Bushnell & Glessner Company, in whose service he was long retained, leaving that employ only a short time prior to his death, which occurred in this city on the 14th of July, 1887. His wife, who was born in Hagerstown, Maryland, in 1824, still survives him. In the personal history of L. Floyd Routzahn we present to our readers the life record of one who is widely and favorably known in Springfield and throughout this section of the state. When a boy of six years he entered the public schools, therein continuing his studies until he had mastered the branches of the high school course. On putting aside his text books he entered upon his business career as a dealer in boots and shoes, forming a partnership with Mrs. Rose Routzahn in 1892, under the firm name of Routzahn & Company. They built up a good trade and continued in business together until 1897. when the partnership was dissolved and L. M. Wright became a member of the firm, the name being changed to Routzahn & Wright. Their place of business is at No. 11 South Fountain avenue, and they carry a large and well selected stock of goods. The reliable business methods of the house, combined with their reasonable prices, has led to the acquirement of a good trade, which has reached profitable proportions. On the 26th of April. 1888, Mr. Routzahn was united in marriage to Miss Carrie Rupert. of Springfield. a daughter of Henry and Emily Rupert. Both having spent their entire lives here, they are well known to a large number of Springfield citizens, and the hospitality of many of the best homes is extended to them. In his political views Mr. Routzahn is an earnest Republican, taking an active interest in local, county and state politics, and doing all in his power to promote the growth and insure the success of the party. Upon his ticket he was elected in November, 1900. to the position of sheriff of Clark county for a term of two years. and entered upon the duties of his office in the following January. In November. 1902. he was re-elected to the same office, so that he will retain the incumbency until January. 1905. Fearless and faithful in the discharge of his duties, his course has won him high commendation, and as an officer he deserves the regard and confidence of his fellow men. Mr. Routzahn was made a Mason in Anthony Lodge. No. 455. F. & A. M., and is also a member of Springfield Chapter. No. 48. R. A. M.. and Springfield Council, No. 17. R. S. M. He is also a member of Red Star Lodge, No. 205, K. P. Mr. Routzahn is popular with a large circle of acquaintances. for he is of genial manner and kindly temperament, and the sterling traits of his character have gained for him many friends. CHARLES R. CRAIN. For more than a third of a century Charles R. Crain has been numbered among the most prominent and progressive citizens of Springfield. He has earned for himself an enviable reputation as a careful man of business, and in his dealings is known for THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 277 his prompt and honorable methods, which have won, him the deserved regard and unbounded confidence of his fellow men. He is today the president and treasurer of the business conducted under the name of P. P. Mast & Company, manufacturers of Buckeye agricultural implements. Mr. Crain comes of one of the honored pioneer families of Clark county. His paternal grandfather was John Crain, who was descended of sturdy Scotch-Irish stock and who, at an early period in the development of this portion of Ohio took up his abode in Clark county. He married a Miss Reeder, whose father, emigrating westward, took up his abode in the midst of the green woods on the waters of Mad river. Among the children born of this marriage was John A. Crain, the father of our subject, whose birth occurred in Clark county in 1811. He was reared as a farm boy and followed agricultural pursuits throughout the greater part of his life. He married Anner M. Bacon. also a native of this county and a daughter of John Bacon, one of the pioneer settlers who came to Ohio from New England. and took up his abode in Springfield when the city was a mere hamlet, giving little indication of future growth and development. As the city began to extend its borders. however. John Bacon became an active factor in mercantile interests there and later became extensively engaged in the banking business, being for a number of years the president of the old Mad River National Bank. holding that position at the time of his death. His wife bore the maiden name of Mary Cavalier. and they reared a family of six children, including the mother of our subject. Charles R. Crain spent his boyhood in the city which is still his home and is in- debted to the public school system for his preliminary education, which was supplemented by study at the Wittenberg College, where he remained as a student until his eighteenth year. He then became a factor in the business life of Springfield and has since been closely and actively associated with business affairs. In 1867 he embarked in the dry-goods business with Brelsford & Dinwiddie, acting in the capacity of clerk until 1869, when he resigned his position to enter the employ of Thomas & Mast, manufacturers of agricultural implements. He continued with them until 1871, at which time the firm was dissolved and the P. P. Mast & Company was incorporated with a capital stock of five hundred thousand dollars, P. P. Mast being elected president and treasurer and J. S. Eberhard as secretary. Mr. Crain remained with the new company and at various times was promoted to responsible positions of greater and greater importance until he had a broad and comprehensive knowledge of the business in principle and detail and was a member of the first 'board of directors when the company was incorporated in 1871, and at the present time is the only member of the original board still connected with the company. In 1881 he was elected secretary of the company,. which position he held until the death of Mr. Mast, in October, 1898, at which time Mr. Crain succeeded him as president. He also became one of the large stockholders of the company. The corporation name has remained unchanged, but the business has been enlarged and the company now employs four hundred men, The various buildings are substantial brick structures. equipped with highly improved machinery, and the plant. which is located on Warder street. covers an area of eight acres. 273 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. The present officers are : C. R. Crain, president and treasurer ; C. C. Kirkpatrick, vice-president ; and J. W. Spahr, secretary. The Buckeye agricultural implements, consisting of grain drills, cultivators and cereal mills, are manufactured on an extensive scale. The implements manufactured by this firm are extensively sold throughout the United States and there is also a large foreign trade, which covers all of the grain growing countries of the world. Mr. Crain has not confined his efforts to one line, but has extended his operations into other fields in the world of activity. He is now a director and vice-president of the Springfield National Bank. He has also made extensive and important investments in real estate and is the owner of the old homestead in the Mad River valley, southwest of Springfield. consisting of three hundred and forty acres. This he has placed under a high state of cultivation and has made it beautiful by many improvements which he has placed thereon. He also has one of the finest herds of pure bred red polled cattle, registered, to be found in southern Ohio. On this farm, on the Dayton, Springfield & Urbana interurban road, Mr. Crain and his family make their home, and the household is known for its gracious and cordial hospitality. In 1870 occurred the marriage of Charles R. Crain and Miss Susan Staler, of Springfield. a daughter of Jacob Stoler, and they now have two children, Charles Edward, who is in the employ of P. P. Mast & Company ; and Nellie R.. the wife of Louis E. Bauer, of this city. Mr. Crain is a member of St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal church, of Springfield. and for some years' has served as a member of its board of trustees. He is a citizen whose public spirit and deep interest in the welfare of Springfield have been manifest in substantial assistance to many enterprises and movements for the general good. Politically Mr. Crain is a Republican. He takes an active interest in the growth and success of his party. but has never desired or sought public office. Socially he is connected with the Masonic fraternity, his membership being in Anthony Lodge. No. 455. F. & A. M., Springfield Chapter, No. 48. R. A. M., Springfield Council. No. 17, R. & S. M., and Palestine Commandery, No. 33. K. T. Mr. Crain is one of Springfield's solid men who has clone a great deal for his native city. He possesses a genial manner, and is a fine illustration of a self-made man, his career well serving as a lesson to the young. He began his career under adverse circumstances, being compelled to make his own way, and his success in life illustrates most forcibly the power of patient and persistent effort and self-reliance. He has so conducted all affairs, whether of private interests or public trusts, as to merit the esteem of all classes of citizens, and no word of reproach is ever uttered against him. As a man and citizen he enjoys the prosperity which has come to those genial spirits who have a hearty shake of the hand for all those with whom they come in contact from day to day, and who seem to throw around them in consequence so much of the sunshine of life. NICHOLAS KRIEGBAUM. For more than a half century Nicholas Kriegbaum has resided in Springfield and he has passed the seventieth milestone on life's journey. He was born in Germany, THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 279 December 3, 1832, and spent the first eighteen years of his life in his native country, acquiring his education according to the laws of that land and there learning the cabinet-maker's trade. He was a young man of eighteen when he determined to try his fortune in America. for he had heard favorable reports of the business opportunities of this country and hoped to more readily advance toward the goal of success than he could do if he remained in Germany. Accordingly in 1851 he sailed for America. and settled in Springfield, Ohio, where he began working at the cabinet-maker's trade, following that successfully for ten years. During that time he acquired capital sufficient to enable him to engage in the grocery business in 1857, and for seven years he conducted his enterprise in that line. At length. however. he sold out on account of ill health. He then went abroad, visiting Germany, France and England, spending four months in his travels in European countries. On the expiration of that period he again took up his abode in this city, and in 1866 established a bakery. He was not long in gaining a good trade, which constantly grew until his business had assumed profitable and extensive proportions. He conducted it with growing success from year to year until 1891. when Charles Nicholas Kriegbaum, his son, became his successor in the enterprise and cur subject retired from active business life. For over a third of a century he has resided at his present location at the corner of Plum and Columbia streets, having first built a small house on the site of his present fine brick residence. Nicholas Kriegbaum was married to Minnie Banner, who was born in Auglaize county, Ohio, and during her infancy was left an orphan. Six children have been born unto our subject and his wife. Mary Jane, the eldest, is the wife of George Tritsch, who was born in Indiana and is now engaged in the real estate business in Indianapolis. They have reared two children. Arthur and Walter. William George, the second of the family, wedded Barbara Myers and is now the owner of an orange grove at Riverside. California. where they are living with their one child, Lawrence. Emma Minnie is at home with her parents. Charles N. married Alice Brandt, of Dayton. Ohio, by whom he has one child, Clarence, and is now engaged in the bakery business in Springfield. as his father's successor. George P. is associated in business with his brother Charles. Edward J. is working as a florist in this city. For almost a half century Mr. Kriegbaum has been a member of the Odd Fellows society and enjoys the high regard of his brethren of that fraternity, while in his life he has ever been true to the teachings and principles of the order. He is also connected through membership relations with the Knights of Pythias, the Red Men and the German Benevolent Society. He is a stalwart Democrat in political affiliations and has been honored with public offices, having served from 1880 until 1885 as a member of the common council, during which time he exercised his official prerogatives in support of every measure which he believed would prove of benefit to the city. He belongs to St. John's Lutheran church, of which he was the secretary and treasurer for about a quarter of a century. This indicates how upright has been his life. He is a man of strong character, of marked intelligence and is ever found to be fearless in defense of his honest convictions, and his 280 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. political service, like his business life, is above reproach, while his church connections have been manifested in his just and honorable treatment of his fellow men. JOHN W. MARTIN. John W. Martin, who is now engaged in the business of renovating feathers on the Dayton pike, near Pleasant street, Springfield, was born near the Rocky Point school, southwest of the city, on a farm now owned by the Howell heirs. The date of his birth was February 28, 1840, and his parents were David and Rachel (Sands) Martin. His father was born in Berks county, Pennsylvania, in 1797, and was a son of Richard Martin, who was also a native of the Keystone state and died on what is now the Ben Mellinger farm in Clark county, Ohio. He was a farmer and cooper. He served in the war of 1812, and the father of our subject witnessed the burning of the capitol during that war, being then in Washington. The latter was fourteen years of age at the time. In 1828 David Martin came to Clark county, Ohio, and located south of Springfield on the present Stratton farm. After a short time, however, he removed to the farm on which our subject was born, there living until 1840, when he went to Beatty and conducted a cooper shop there for a number of years. Later he took up his abode at Yellow Springs, where he engaged in the cooperage business in connection with agricultural pursuits for about seven years. He next located at New Carlisle, where he farmed for about two years, after which he settled two miles south of Troy, carrying on agricultural pursuits at that point for seven years. His next home was at Gettysburg. Darke county, Ohio, but two Years later he removed to the Adolph Smith farm and from there to the Miller farm, southwest of Enon. His next removal took him to Piqua. Ohio, and later he returned to Enon, where his death occurred September 21, 1874. His wife, who died June 24, 1884, bore the maiden name of Rachel Sands and was of English descent. There was a fortune left in England to the family but it was never claimed. Thomas Sands, her father, resided in Maryland, and in that state she was born in 1804 and there gave her hand in marriage to David Martin. This worthy couple became the parents of eight sons and one daughter, namely : Samuel wedded Katherine Deaver, now deceased, by whom he had two children, one of whom is dead, while the other resides in Kansas. Richard married Elizabeth Martin, who died in 1898. Thomas wedded Caroline Newhouse and died in October, 1899, while two of his five children are also deceased. David wedded Mary Speelman and died January 7, 1899. He had four children, two of whom are now deceased. Elizabeth, the only daughter, died at the age of three years. John W. of this review is the next younger. Joseph married Sallie Gibbs and they had three children, one of whom is deceased. William married Frances Beadle and of their five children one is deceased. James married Minnie Graves and they have two children. The four eldest sons of the family were coopers and our subject became a farmer, while the younger sons were carpenters. Under the parental roof John W. Martin was reared to manhood and when he arrived at years of maturity he became a soldier, enlisting on the 15th of August, THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 281 1861, as a member of Company I, First Ohio Cavalry, being mustered in at Piqua. He was then sent to Camp Chase, near Columbus, Ohio, where the regiment remained until the 1st of November, when it took the field in Kentucky. Mr. Martin was in the service for four years and fifteen days, and he had three brothers who were also soldiers. Samuel, the eldest. contracted illness at Vicksburg which caused his death after his return to his home in Miami county, Ohio. John W. Martin participated in the battles of Stone River. Chickamauga, Shiloh, the siege of Atlanta, and the engagements at Lovejoy Station and Champion Hills. after which he returned to Louisville. He had previously been in three raids, including the Kilpatrick raid around Atlanta and through Tennessee after General Wheeler. He was under fire at Atlanta for four days and nights. The third raid was that of General Wilson from Mississippi through Alabama and back to Georgia. Dur.ing this raid he participated in a heavy battle at Columbus, Georgia. and was also in a hard fight at Selma. Before the Wilson raid the regiment had gone back to Louisville to get arms and horses, having given up their own to General Kilpatrick's men. Mr. Martin was at Atlanta for two months, thence went to South Carolina, where he remained until the 1st Of September, 1865, when he went by vessel from Hilton Head to New York city and thence returned to Columbus, Ohio, where he was mustered out in September. 1865. He had enlisted for three years and on the expiration of that period he rejoined the army as a veteran. He was a dashing, gallant soldier and on one occasion was one of two volunteers to ride into what is supposed to have been an ambush to reconnoiter. Fearless and loyal in defense of duty he made for himself a most creditable military record. In January, 1867, Mr. Martin was married to Miss Susan E. Aldrich, a daughter of Aaron and Sarah (Bell) Aldrich, who were farming people. The Aldrich family came to Ohio from Maine and the father was born in Clark county, while the mother's birth occurred in Champaign county, this state. Mrs. Martin was born in 1848, and by her marriage to our subject became the mother of two daughters : Effie, born February 13, 1868, is the wife of John Burroughs, of Springfield, and they have three children, Mabel, George Wesley and James. Cora, born August 15, 1870, is the wife of Ed Baker, who is living on the corner of Ludlow avenue and Harrison street, Springfield, and they have two children, Irvin and Wayne. Mrs. Martin died August 27, 1877, and on the 28th of October, 1880, Mr. Martin was again married, his second union being with Miss Mary Manzella Reed, who was born at Plattsburg, Ohio, and is a daughter of Josiah Wesley and Charlotte (Taylor) Reed, from Maryland. She is heir to some land in that state but knows little of her early ancestry. Her father, who was a farmer by occupation, entered the Union service in 1861, and at the end of sixteen months was discharged for disability, but he finally re-enlisted on the 2d of May, 1864, in the One Hundred and Fifty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Being taken prisoner; he was first incarcerated at Andersonville and later in the military prison at Millen, Georgia, where he died July 3, 1864. By his second marriage Mr. Martin has one child, Laura May, who was born May 16, 1883, and is yet living with her parents. She was educated in Springfield and is now a successful music teacher. 282 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Mr. Martin is a member of the Odd Fellows society and has held all of the offices in Ephraim Lodge, No. 146, with which he is identified. After his return from the war he was ill for a year and then began business. He is now engaged in feather renovating and receives a liberal patronage in this line. In matters of citizenship he is as loyal and faithful to-day as when he wore the blue uniform of the nation and fought for the defense of the stars and stripes on southern battle-fields. JOSIAH RAMSEY, D. D. S. Through forty-nine years Dr. Josiah Ramsey engaged in the practice of dentistry and became an eminent member of the profession in this state, his ability classing him with the best representatives of the calling in Ohio. The qualities of his manhood, too, were such as to command-for him the highest regard and confidence of his fellow men. and the circle of his friends was constantly enlarged as his acquaintance grew. It was, therefore, a matter of widespread regret when he was called from this life, and his memory is yet dear to many who knew him, not only in Springfield but throughout the state as well. Dr. Ramsey was born near Harrisburg. Pennsylvania, May 12, 1816, and in 1836 became a resident of Ohio. For one year he was a student under the instruction of Mr. McWilliams, a well known educator of that day, and then his brother John wished his assistance in the fulling and carding mill, which was near Dayton, Ohio. There our subject remained for six months, after which he went to Oldtown, where he was employed in a large spinning factory, which was operated by water power, the machine being about twenty-eight feet long. While thus engaged he received eighteen and twenty dollars per month for his services. From that place he returned to the neighborhood in which lived his brother John and taught school at what was called Cuppy's school for three months. He was afterward employed as teacher of a school near Fairfield; Ohio. for three months and later taught the Fulks school, near Xenia. for a year and three months. His next school. located between Fairfield and Dayton. was called the Cost school, and of this he had charge six months, after which he spent a half year as teacher in the Fullcuff school near Dayton. In the fall of 1843 he went to Indiana, thence made his way to the Ohio river, down which he proceeded on a raft to Natchez, Mississippi, but he found no favorable opening there for a school and he continued on horseback up the banks of the Mississippi river to Rodney. about thirty miles north of Natchez. where after a short time he secured a position as teacher, at a salary of thirty-five dollars per month, being employed there for six months. He later was teacher of another school in the same locality for a year, after which he returned to Springfield in 1847, having been absent for four years. During his first two years' residence in the south he had suffered much from fever. About 1847 or 1848 Dr. Ramsey went to Cincinnati, Ohio, and entered the offrce of Drs. Edward and James Taylor, dentists, with whom he studied for a time and then pursued a full course in the Ohio Dental College, from which he was graduated. entering upon the active practice of the profession in Springfield in August, 1850. By THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 283 his skill, judgment and ability he soon earned for himself well merited eminence in professional ranks and a liberal patronage was accorded him. He was known as one of the best dentists in the state. He practiced for forty-nine years, having his office in the Fisher block for twenty-six years, after which, in 1893. on account of his health, he established his office in his home, where he remained until his death. Throughout the long period of his connection with the dental profession he kept abreast with the times and with all new inventions which tended to promote the efficiency and value of dental work. He was a close, earnest and discriminating student and continually augmented his ability by research and investigation. so that his skill was second to that of no practitioner of dentistry in this part of the state and his ability made him the superior of the large majority of members of the profession. He was a respected and honored member of the State Dental Association. Dr. Ramsey was united in marriage to Mrs. Emma M. Steele, at Pine Grove Furnace, near Hanging Rock, Ohio, September 23. 1857. and they had two daughters. M. Jennie B. and Mary E. C. The latter is the wife of James M. Rumsey, of Rawlings. Wyoming, and their children were Jean Harriet and Elizabeth Margaretta. The home relations in the Ramsey household were ideal. The Doctor was devoted to his wife and children and his greatest pleasure vas found at his own fireside. He provided liberally for his family to the best of his ability and he was also found as a faithful and devoted friend. Dr. Ramsey passed away September 27. 1899, at the age of eighty-three .years, and was laid to rest in Ferncliff cemetery. In politics he had been a strong Republican, giving an earnest support to the principles of the party which he believed would promote the best interests of the nation. He was a charter member of the Second Presbyterian church of Springfield and a useful and valued member, who gave freely of his means to the support of the church and earnestly strove to promote its growth and extend its influence. "His life was like the quiet shining of a star," whose light is unobtrusive but steadfast. He was conscientious and upright in all that he did and his example is worthy of emulation, while his influence and memory are yet a potent element for good in the lives of many who knew him and who honored him for his unfaltering devotion to principle. DAVID L. YARNELL. David L. Yarnell is filling the position of sergeant at arms in the house of representatives at Columbus. and his promptness and capability, accompanied with a genial and courteous manner, have made him a popular officer. His home is at Selma and he is one of the native sons of Clark county, his birth having occurred in Green township on the 30th of May, 1842. He is a son of Jesse and Rachel (Miller) Yarnell. He was reared upon a farm and received a fair common school education. In 1858 he went to Richmond, Indiana, where he began learning the carpenter's trade, following that pursuit until the country became involved in civil war, when business was largely suspended and he returned to Selma. He watched with interest the progress of events in the south and when it was evident that it 284 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. was to be no mere holiday affair. but would be a long, hard struggle, he offered his services to the government in October, 1861, enlisting in Company D, Forty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for three years. When two and one-half years had passed he veteranized and became a member of Company D, Eighth Ohio Cavalry, with which he remained until the cessation of hostilities, proclaiming that the preservation of the Union was an assured fact. He was mustered out in August, 1865. and returned home with a most creditable and honorable military record. He was largely engaged in scouting duty and thus took part in very few pitched battles, although his services were often of a very difficult and arduous nature. He, however, was in the siege of Knoxville, and afterward, when in the cavalry service, he took part in Hunter's raid. He was captured at Beverley, Virginia. where the Union troops were surprised in camp on the I1 th of January. 1864. Mr. Yarnell was sent to Libby prison and was kept there until February, 1865, when he was among the first to be exchanged. After the war Mr. Yarnell returned to Selma and began working with his brother-in-law at blacksmithing, entering into a compact to work for two years for four hundred dollars. When that period had elapsed he received two dollars per day for his services, continuing with his brother-in-law for three years. In 1869 he established a shop of his own and prospered in the new undertaking. He has carried on his trade continuously since in Selma and he still owns the shop, although he is now largely giving his attention to his official duties. On the 25th of March. 1869, David L. Yarnell was united in marriage in Madison township to Miss Mary Wise. a daughter of Jesse and Mariel (Honn) Wise. Two children were horn unto them : Emma, the wife of Dr. A. E. Cotes; and Herbert, who died at the age of five years. Mr. Yarnell is a Republican, having given his support to the party since he cast his first vote for Lincoln in 1864. He has served as a member of the township board of education. but has not been an active politician. He is now serving as second assistant sergeant at arms in the house of representatives, filling the office in the seventy-fourth and seventy-fifth assemblies. He was also postmaster for the house. In 1866 he was initiated into the Masonic fraternity, becoming a member of Fielding Lodge, No. 192, F. & A. M., of South Charleston, in which he has filled the position of senior deacon. This, in brief, is his life history, and it is the record of one who has been thrifty in business and loyal in citizenship, proving his patriotism in military service as well as in civic office. PROFESSOR JOHN S. WEAVER. In educational circles the name of Professor John S. Weaver is widely known and he has attained distinction among those who are devoting their energies to the dissemination of knowledge. He is now superintendent of the schools of Springfield and under his guidance rapid and satisfactory advancement is being made along educational lines. A native of Warren county, Ohio, he was born near Carlisle Station September 28. 1846, and comes of a family of German ancestry. His father, John S. Weaver, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1802, and was a Presbyterian minister, who, in his boyhood days, came to Ohio. He was a THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 287 member of the first class that graduated from Miami University at Oxford. On the completion of his course he entered the ministry and devoted the greater part of his life to proclaiming the Gospel among his fellow men. For two years he also served as a teacher in the University. In 1865 he came to Springfield and thereafter lived retired until called to the home beyond in 1871. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Amanda Hurin, was born in Lebanon, Ohio, in 1810, and pursued a public school education. She survived her husband a number of years, passing away in this city in 188. In their family were seven children : Susan, who died in Springfield ; Catherine, the wife of Captain J. H. Robison, and a resident of this city ; Dr. James M., of Dayton ; Margaret, who is the wife of Andrew Robison., and is living in .Cincinnati ; Georgiana, the wife of R. E. Naylor, of Osage county, Kansas; Walter L., who was formerly an attorney of Springfield and a member of congress and is now a judge of the United States court, of Indian Territory, to which position he was appointed by President Roosevelt in 1902; and John S., whose name introduces this review. Professor John S. Weaver spent his boyhood days under the parental roof, being eighteen years of age when his parents came to Springfreld. Prior to this time he pursued a preparatory course in Monroe, Ohio, after which he became a sophomore in Wittenberg College in the fall of 1864. He was graduated with the class of 1867 and at once entered upon the profession which he has made his life work. He taught in various schools in Clark. Greene and Wayne counties, and for one year was a teacher in the academy at Canaan. Ohio. In the year 1874 he went to Sioux City, Iowa, - 15 - where he remained until 1880 as principal of the schools there. In the latter year he returned to Springfield and accepted the position of principal of the old northern school here, while from 1892 until 1900 he was principal of the high school. He was then advanced to the position of superintendent of schools and was reappointed in 1902. He has entire charge of the educational features of the public schools of this city. Professor Weaver is a most capable instructor, having the ability to impart with readiness and clearness to others the knowledge of the branches of learning which he has mastered. His own. zeal and enthusiasm in the work inspire both teachers and pupils to renewed and better efforts. He is continually alert for improved practical methods which will advance the work of the schools and raise the standard of education here, and under his guidance the public schools of Springfield have made marked and gratifying advancement. In 1876, in Le Mars, Iowa, was celebrated the marriage of Professor Weaver and Miss May Burlingame, who was born and reared in Illinois. They now have two daughters : Helen, the wife of Van C. Wilson, of Springfield, Ohio; by whom she has one child; and Katherine, of this city. The parents are members of the Third Presbyterian church and Professor Weaver is entitled to membership in the Grand Army of the Republic, because in 1864 he responded to his country's call for troops and served for four months as a member of Company B, One Hundred and Forty-sixth Regiment of Ohio Volunteers, being at the time only seventeen years of age. He now belongs to Mitchell Post. He is a member of Phi Kappa Psi, a college fraternity, and also holds membership in the National Teach- 288 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. ers' Association and the County Teachers' Association. A man of scholarly attainments and broad intellectuality, there is in Professor Weaver a weight of character, a native sagacity, a far-seeing judgment and a fidelity cf purpose that command the respect of all. RALPH S. THOMPSON. Ralph S. Thompson is the president and manager of the New Era Company, general printers, blank book manufacturers and book binders, as well as publishers of the New Era. In the control of this enterprise, which has become an extensive one in .Springfield, Mr. Thompson displays marked executive ability and business force, and has gained that success which indicates the character of the man—success which conies through diligence, unremitting labor and capable business management. Mr. Thompson is a native of Illinois, his birth having occurred in Edwards county, on the 19th of December, 1847. His parents were Samuel and Katherine (Ronalds) Thompson. The father was a native of England and spent his boyhood days in London, where his birth occurred. and where he acquired his education. At length he came to the United States, traveled to some extent over the country and finally took up his abode in Edwards county, Illinois, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits, and there studied medicine, becoming prominent in his profession, though continuing to work his farm. He died in 1872, having long survived his wife, who passed away in 1850. Ralph S. Thompson worked in his youth on the farm. Owing to some peculiar ideas of his father he was not allowed to attend school, but got what education he could at home, which was added to by a free use of his father's extensive library. His favorite studies were chemistry and mechanics. He had a workshop in his father's barn and a chemical laboratory in his father's library until the frequent explosions caused the banishment of the laboratory to a separate building. He entered upon his business career in his native county in the year 1865, as a druggist and chemist, and conducted it with considerable success until 1872, when he sold out. In the Meantime, in 1869, he had become a member of a printing company of Edwards county. owning and editing the Albion Pioneer. In 1873 he sold his interest in the paper and moved to Cincinnati, where he engaged in printing and editorial work, and through the failure of others lost all he had accumulated. In 1876 he arrived in Springfield, accepting a position as manager of the Grange Visitor, which was afterwards changed to the Farmers' Advance, which he controlled until 1886. At this time Mr. Thompson joined others in the organization of the New Era Company, which was incorporated January 21, 1886, with a capital stock of twenty-five thousand dollars, and at the first election Mr. Thompson was made president and manager, in which capacity he has since been retained, his associate officers being Rei Rathbun, secretary, and S. P. Behrends, treasurer.. The company does a general job printing and book business, and at the same time publishes the New Era. Theirs is one of the best equipped modern printing offices in this portion of the state. The plant is supplied with the latest improved machinery for turning out a high grade of work, and the office has acquired a very favorable reputation not only for neat. but also for artistic THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 289 work. From fifty .to one hundred men and girls are employed in the establishment. Recently the printing establishment has been removed to the large stone front building 24 and 26 North Fountain avenue. Mr. Thompson is also associated with other business affairs here, being at the head of the Springfield Furnace Company, of 28 and 30 North Fountain avenue, manufacturing the Thompson Tubular Hot Air Furnace, of which he is the inventor, and also of a burner for the use of oil as fuel. There is a promising future before this furnace, which is rapidly finding favor with the public and already meeting with a good sale, and .the oil burner has attracted attention not only in this country but in Europe. Mr. Thompson is also assistant secretary of the Springfield Board of Trade. In 1872 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Thompson and Miss Margaret Weed, of Albion, Illinois, a daughter of Hampton Weed. who was a relative of Wade Hampton, the Revolutionary patriot. In political thought and action Mr. Thompson has always been independent, adhering to his convictions without fear or favor. In business he has achieved success through honorable effort, untiring industry and capable management. and in private r life he has gained that warm personal regard which arises from true nobility of character, deference for the opinions of others, kindliness and geniality. E. J. GARD If every young man thoroughly understood and believed what wise men and philosophers are always pointing out—that success almost never comes to anyone without great and persevering effort—the multitude of failures in life would be averted. In countless thousands of instances, especially in the United States, where men are rated at their true personal worth, poor boys have risen to places of prominence and influence because they were not afraid of work and because they were actuated by the commendable ambition to do something and be something worthy of the respect of all mankind. In reviewing the history of E. J. Gard, now engaged in the real estate business in Tremont, we note that the salient features in his career have been earnest, persistent labor and honorable dealing. He was born in German township, Clark county. January 23, 1834, and is a representative of an old family of Virginia. His grandfather, Job Gard. came from the Old Dominion to Ohio in 1803, and was the first settler in Miami county, upon the site of the present city of Piqua. He followed wagon-making and repairing and lived to the advanced age of about seventy-six years. In the meantime he removed to Kentucky, where the father of out subject was born, but afterward he returned to Ohio and spent his last days in Clark county, his remains being interred in Rector cemetery. Gursham Gard, the father of our subject, was born in Kentucky and at the age of nineteen years accompanied his father on his return to Ohio. In early life he engaged in the operation of rented land, but ultimately he became well-to-do. He deserved great credit for what he had accomplished, as all that he had was acquired through his own diligence and enterprise. He was also widely known as a man of honor and genuine worth. He wedded Mary Peacock. and among their children was the subject of this review. 290 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. E. J. Gard was reared upon the home farm, and at the usual age entered the common school, where he acquired a good education. On the 17th of March, 1853, in the village of Tremont, he was married to Miss Martha Friermood, who was also born in German township, her parents being Reuben and Sarah (Kiser) Friermood. The young couple began their domestic life upon a farm and for thirty-two years Mr. Gard was extensively and successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits. From the time of early spring planting until crops were garnered in the late autumn he earnestly carried on his work, and as the result of his unremitting labor he acquired a handsome competence. At length, however, he sold his farm and removed to Fletcher, Miami county, where he purchased property and made his home for four years. On the expiration of that period he returned to Clark county and, settling in Tremont, has since engaged in the real estate business, in which he has secured a good clientage. He is thoroughly conversant with values in this section of the state, and has negotiated many important real estate transfers. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Gard were born the following children : Albert, who attended school in Lebanon and became a teacher, died of consumption at the age of twenty-one years. Jennie, who was also provided with good educational privileges, became an expert bookkeeper and was employed by the governor of Kansas in general office work and as an accountant. She married Rufus Buck and died in Miami county, Ohio, but was laid to rest in the cemetery of Tremont. Elizabeth is the wife of Elbert Skillman and resides in Piqua, Miami county. Grant died at the age of thirteen years, from the result of accidental shooting. Martha died when about seven years of age. Lillie May, the youngest of the family, died in infancy. Mr. Gard was formerly a Republican in his political views, and voted for John C. Fremont on the organization of the Republican party. but of recent years he has been a Prohibitionist. He belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he has served as steward and trustee, taking an active part in the work of the church and giving his co-operation to many measures for the general good. He is a fearless champion of what he believes to be right. and at all times his course has been such as to commend him to public confidence and esteem. JOHN CHARLES NAVE. John Charles Nave, who follows farming in Green township on the place where he was born, October 6. 1870. is a son of John Garlough and Margaret Elizabeth (Gram) Nave, whose sketch appears on another page of this volume. The home farm became his play ground in boyhood and his training school for the practical duties of a farmer's life. His literary education was acquired in the common schools and he remained under the parental roof until his marriage, which was celebrated on the 7th of April, 1892. at the Methodist Episcopal parsonage in Springfield, Miss Jennie Matilda Littler, of Pitchin, becoming his wife. She is a daughter of James R. and Margaret. (Hurley) Littler, who are also mentioned elsewhere in this work. In their family were twelve children, of whom Mrs. Nave is the sixth in order of birth, while Mr. Nave was the youngest in a family of five children. Their THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 291 home has been blessed with six children: Olive Esther. born in Springfield August 17, 1892: Margaret Elizabeth. born in Green township June 17. 1894: Goldie Fern. born November 18, 1895; Harold Jennings, born February 27, 1897; Paul De Motte, born September 12, 1898 ; and Frank Russell, born February 23, 1900. For one year after his marriage Mr. Nave resided in Springfield. working in the Ross shops and also in the Lagonda shops. He then came to his present place of residence in Green township: and has had charge of this farm ever since. He operates one hundred and fifty-three acres of land, which he has fenced and the fields have been placed under a high state of cultivation. He also has a dairy of sixteen cows. His farm work fully occupies his time, and indolence and idleness are utterly foreign to his nature. He is independent in politics and takes an active part in political work. In April, 1900, he was elected to the office of road supervisor in district No. 1, which office he still holds. He became a charter member of the Junior Order of the United American Mechanics, and during the first year served as one of its trustees. CHARLES F. McGILVRAY. From the farm come many of the strongest and best men found in business and professional circles. In the free life of the country they seem to imbibe self-reliance, independence and strong purpose. and. entering into the competition which forms so great a part of business life. they so direct their energies as to win success. Such a one is Charles F. McGilvray. He was born in Peterboro. New Hampshire. January 22, 1849, and is a son of Thurston McGilvray, whose birth occurred in Amhurst, New Hampshire. as did that of the grandfather of our subject, while the great-grandfather was a native of Scotland. He became the founder of the family in America, leaving the land of hills and heather in 1792, and taking up his abode in New England. Thurston McGilvray went to California in 1851. attracted by the discovery of gold in that state, and there died when about thirty-seven years of age. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Mary A. Bullard, is still living in Peterboro, at the age of eighty-nine years. She came of English ancestry noted for longevity. The family was first established at Dublin, New Hampshire, and the maternal grandfather of our subject was a soldier in the war of 1812. Unto Mr. and Mrs. McGilvray were born three children, but our subject is the only one living, Albert and Marsena having both passed away. After the death of her first husband Mrs. McGilvray became the wife of David Smiley. Mrs. Addie Greenwood. a sister of Thurston McGilvray, is now living in Everett, Massachusetts. Charles F. McGilvray pursued his early education in the public schools of Peterboro and when eleven years of age he began earning his own livelihood by working on a farm. He followed various occupations for a few years. and at the age of eighteen Mle entered a foundry and learned the trade. When he had completed his apprenticeship he began working as a journeyman at the age of twenty-one, and continually advanced in his chosen pursuit. He remained in the east until 1870. when he came to Cleveland. Ohio. which was his place of residence for a time. He afterward took up his abode in Elmira. New York. where he 292 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. had charge of the foundry at the New York State Reformatory, continuing in that position for one year. On the expiration of that period he returned to Cleveland, where he remained about three months, and in February, 1884, he came to Springfield and here took charge of the shops of the Robbins & Meyers Company foundry. He has remained in that capacity until the present time. and under his capable supervision the business has rapidly increased and he has been advanced to the important position of superintendent of the entire plant, having three hundred men under his supervision. In 1888 the company was incorporated as the Robbins & Meyer Company, and in 1900 J. A. Meyers and Mr. McGilvray purchased the interests of Mr. Robbins. and H. E. Meyers also became a member of the company. Mr. McGilvray gives his entire time and attention to the management of the business. The plant is now used for the manufacture of electric ceiling fans, desk fans, dynamos and motors, and a general foundry business is carried on. The sales of the house are extensive and the annual output is constantly increasing, bringing the stockholders an enlarged annual income. In 1873 Mr. McGilvray returned to New Hampshire and was there married to Miss Addie F. Gray. who was born in the old Granite state and pursued her education in the high schools there. Her father, David Gray. was a contractor and builder. After his marriage Mr. McGilvray remained in the state of his nativity until 1877, when he returned to Cleveland. Ohio. One child was born of this marriage, but died in 1876 at the age of two years. Mr. and Mrs. McGilvray reside at No. 717 East High street, where they have a pleasant and hospitable home. In politics he is a Republican where national affairs are concerned, but at local elections, where no issue is involved, he votes for the men whom he regards as best qualified for the office, aside from political affiliations. He is a member of Anthony Lodge. F. & A. M., and also belongs to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, to the Royal Arcanum, and to the Mystic Circle. He devotes his entire time to the management of the business. but in social life is found as a genial. courteous and kindly gentleman. He is a man of wide experience and broad-minded —a man whose strong individuality is the strength of integrity, virtue and deep human sympathy. JAMES E. McCLURE. James E. McClure. a retired farmer now engaged in the grocery business in Springfield. has spent his entire life in Clark county, his birth having occurred in Mad River township on the 5th of December. 1868. He is a son of George and Harriet A. (Dory) McClure. The father was born in Mad River township in 1833, and the mother in Springfield. in 1839. The paternal grandfather. Jefferson McClure, was of Scotch-Irish parentage, and came from Maryland to Ohio in his early boyhood days, being reared to manhood in Clark county. He worked as a farm hand and teamster in early life, and during pioneer times in this locality he purchased land in Mad River township and there carried on farming until his death. He and his wife were buried in the cemetery at Ebenezer. In their family were four children who are yet living: William. a resident of Spring- THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 293 field; George, the father of our subject; Samuel J., a dairyman residing west of Springfield; and Addie, the wife of Cyrus Kissell, of Mad River township. These children were all educated in the public schools of the locality and reared upon the home farm. George McClure spent his boyhood days in the usual manner of farmer lads of the period, and when he attained to man's estate he continued to follow the occupation to which he had been reared. making it his life work. At length he retired from active business cares, and is now living retired in Springfield, having purchased a home in the city. He was a good business man, energetic and resolute, and his success is attributable to his own efforts. In politics he is a Democrat, and both he and his wife are highly esteemed people of the community in which they make their home. This worthy couple became the parents of twelve children, all of whom reached adult age, although three are now deceased. The others are: D. Dory, who is a. gardener of Springfield township : Rosa. the wife of Samuel Arthur ; Charles J., Who is living in Pueblo, Colorado; Harriet A. ; William; J. E., of this review: Seth, also of Pueblo; Mary, the wife of Elmer Cale: and Thomas. All were educated in the district schools, and Harriet was a student in Nelson's Business College. James E. McClure of this review attended the country schools through the winter months, and in the periods of vacation worked upon the home farm, continuing to assist in its cultivation until he had attained the age of twenty-two years. During the last two years of that time he had charge of the farm -work. successfully carrying on general farming and stock-raising. He cultivated one hundred and seventy acres of land, improving it and bringing it to a high state of production. His .farming operations were continued until December, 1901, when he sold his property and came to Springfield to make his home. On the 17th of January, 1902, he established a grocery at his present location, purchasing a new and complete line of groceries, provisions, and feed. He has since been increasing his stock as the trade demanded, and is now well fixed to meet the demands of. his growing trade. He delivers to any part of the city, and has gained the confidence, good will and therefore the patronage of a large number of the residents in his part of the town. On the 15th of March, 1888, Mr. McClure was united in marriage to Miss Fannie Johnson, a daughter of Eli Johnson, who was a farmer of Mad River township. Mrs. McClure was educated in the common schools and by her marriage became the mother of one son, Arthur J., who was born December 30, 1892. On the 6th of January following, Mrs. McClure died. In 1895 our subject was again married, his second union being with Elizabeth Geron, a daughter of Jacob Geron, who was born in Germany. The lady was educated in Springfield township and has two daughters—Gertrude. who was born December 15, 1896 ; and Margaret, born September 3, 1902. In his political views Mr. McClure is known to be independent, casting his ballot for the men and measures that he deems best calculated and qualified to promote the general welfare. To church and charitable work he gives hearty endorsement. He is a member of Lincoln Castle. No. 49, K. T. E.. and while at Enon served as keeper of 294 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. the exchequer. While there is nothing in the life history of Mr. McClure to attract the reader who delights in a sensational chapter, there is nevertheless in his career much that is commendable and worthy of emulation, for he has always been found industrious, honest and straightforward, and these qualities should ever be cultivated by men who wish to attain success and at the same time enjoy the respect of their fellow men. FRANCIS MARION HAGAN. Whatever else may 'be said of the legal 'fraternity, it cannot be denied that members of the bar have been more prominent actors in public affairs than any other class of the community. This is but the natural result of causes which are manifest and requires no explanation. The ability and training which qualify one to practice law also qualify him in many respects for duties which he outside the strict path of his profession, and which touch general interests of society. Holding marked precedence among the members of the bar of Springfield stands Mr. Hagan, who has also been honored with various official positions of trust, and the confidence thus reposed in him has never been betrayed in even the slightest degree. Judge Hagan has spent his entire life in Clark county, his birth having occurred near Enon, in Mad River township. on the l0th of June, 1844. He comes of Scotch-Irish lineage. His paternal grandfather was a native of county Monaghan. Ireland. and in the year 1798 he left the Emerald Isle for the new world, taking up his abode in Pennsylvania. Subsequently he continued his westward journey until he reached Clark county, Ohio, being a resident of this place from 1815 until 182;, when he was called to the home beyond. Among his children were Hugh Hagan, the father of our subject. His birth occurred in Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, June 3, 1803, and he was therefore about twelve years of age when the family cast in their lot with the pioneer families of this locality. He was reared amid the wild scenes of frontier life and through many years witnessed the development and upbuilding of this section of the state, bearing his part in the work of public improvement. Having arrived at years of maturity, he married Ann Furay, who was born in Ross County, Ohio, October 3, 1816, and was of French and Irish extraction and a daughter of Peter Furay. Her death occurred September 22, 1892. The youth of Judge Hagan, like that of other boys, was largely given to the work of acquiring an education. He attended the public and select schools and later became a student in Antioch College, at Yellow Springs, but ill health prevented his graduation. From early life he was imbued with a desire to become a member of the legal profession. and so directed his reading and efforts that he might ultimately realize his ambition. It was not possible for him at once to prepare for the bar, and for a number of years he engaged in teaching in common and select schools, but he never lost sight of what was his real aim, and pursuing his reading as he found opportunity, he was .admitted to the bar in 1873. The following year he opened an office and began the practice of law in Springfield, where he has since remained. His preparation of cases is most thorough and exhaustive; he seems almost intuitively to grasp the strong THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 297 points of law and fact, while in his briefs and arguments the authorities are cited so extensively and the facts and reasoning thereon are presented so cogently and unanswerably as to leave no doubt as to the correctness of his views or of his conclusions. No detail seems to escape him; every point is given its due prominence and the case is argued with such skill, ability and power that he rarely fails to gain the verdict desired. Many positions of honor and trust have been conferred upon him and the official career of Judge Hagan is one worthy of the highest commendation, because it has ever been characterized not only by capable but by most earnest devotion to duty and by loyalty to the trust reposed in him. In 1879 he received the endorsement of many of the leading members of both the Democratic and Republican parties for the office of city solicitor of Springfield and was triumphantly elected. A contemporary biographer. in speaking of this period of his career, has said : "Mr. Hagan's first term as city solicitor was so full of achievement that he was again elected in 1883. Mr. Hagan was pre-eminent in his services in this connection. His efforts for the city's weal in important litigation, the successful defense of the municipal rights, his thoughtful and broad command of the law in relation to cities marked his years of public performance with conspicuous force. It is a significant fact that he is yet summoned into consultation by the city in all important cases, no matter who is city solicitor, nor how able. The mature and ripened judgment of Mr. Hagan and his close familiarity with the city's past ren- der him highly essential as an adviser." Other offices, both in the direct line of his profession and in other departments of activity, have claimed the services of Judge Hagan. From President Cleveland came his first appointment to the position of postmaster of the city of Springfield, in which capacity he served from 1887 until 1890, discharging his duties in a manner that promoted the business affairs of the office and won for him the high commendation of the general public. In 1890 he was the efficient president of the board of trade, and his cooperation with leading business men connected with that organization led to substantial improvement in Springfield. He has ever had firm faith and enthusiasm. in Springfield and its future and his capacity to direct large movements was ably demonstrated during his incumbency as president. From 1885 until 1890 the Judge served as a trustee of the Mitchell-Thomas Hospital, of this city, and in the latter year he became judge of the common pleas court of Clark county, Ohio, by the appointment of Governor. Campbell, thus becoming the successor of the Hon. Charles R. White. Judge Hagan was president of the Clark County Bar Association in 1892 and 1893. He has been one of the trustees of the Associated Charities for the last four years. Judge Hagan is a member of the Second Presbyterian church and is strongly identified with the church element. In his politics he is a firm but liberal Democrat, and stands high in the councils of his party. Judge Hagan was married May 21, 1881, to Justina Bevitt, of Springfield, Ohio, daughter of Dr. Bevitt, of St. Charles, Missouri. His life partner is a lady of many intellectual graces. Three children have blessed the union—Francis Marion, Hugh and Margaret. Judge Hagan's domestic life is an ideal one, and the quiet. scholarly 298 - THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. man, finds pleasure and satisfaction in the society of his interesting family. His spotless career, his force of character, his varied accomplishments as barrister, jurist and pleader, his broad personality as an individual, make him indeed a. man among men. In his home life harmonious tastes produce congeniality, the .scholarly attainments of Judge Hagan being well pointed out by the intellectual graces of his wife, while the influence of both is ever found on the side of right, the true and the beautiful. The practice of law has been the real life work of Judge Hagan and at the bar and on the bench he has won marked distinction. A man of unimpeachable character, of unusual intellectual endowments, with a thorough understanding of the law, patience, urbanity and industry, Judge Hagan took to the bench the very highest qualifications for this responsible office of the state government, and his record as a judge has been in harmony with his record as a man and a lawyer, distinguished by unserving integrity and a masterful grasp of every problem which has presented itself for solution. He is a man of cultivated literary taste and of wide reading. He has prepared a large number of papers for the Literary Club, of Springfield, all of which were well received. He, together with Judge A. N. Summers, was the author of the special code for Springfield, under which the city has been governed since 1891. He is a man of benevolent purpose and broad humanitarian principles, and his charitable nature is indicated by his acts of kindness and interest in the welfare of those less favored than himself. Faultless in honor, fearless in conduct, stainless in reputation—such has been his life record. His scholarly attainments, his statesmanship. his reliable judgment and his charming powers of conversation would enable him to ably fill and grace any position however exalted, and he has been no less honored in public than loved in private life. WILLIAM HENRY SIDLEY. William Henry Sidley is the distinguished representative of the Catholic church here, now serving as pastor of St. Raphael's church in Springfield. He was born at Thompson. Geauga county. Ohio, November 17. 1844, and is a son of Henry and Mary (Turner) Sidley. When a young man his father, who was a native of Limerick. Ireland, came from the Emerald Isle to the new world, and after his marriage located in Geauga county. The family had many representatives in the Catholic ministry, including Rev. Robert Sidley, an uncle of our subject, and two brothers. Rev. John and Rev, Alexander A. Sidley. The latter is now pastor of a. church in Ravenna, Ohio, and the former died in 1893. One sister of the family entered the order of Ursulines in Cleveland. The father and mother both came of families noted for longevity. The former was a farmer, and at an early day secured a claim of government land in the western reserve of Ohio. He had to clear his farm and blaze a. trail for miles in order to reach his property. In the family were twelve children, of whom William H. Sidley was the second in order of birth. There are now four living sisters and one is deceased. Lizzie is an Ursuline nun at Pittsburg. Pennsylvania. Mrs. P. H. Butler is a widow, and with her two children, Alexander and Marguerite. reside with Father Sidles. Sarah makes her home with her THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD - 299 brother, John, in Ravenna, Ohio. Mrs. M. B. Moroney is living in Cincinnati, Ohio. The mother still survives, and is residing upon the old homestead with her son, George M. Sidley, at the age of eighty years, while another brother, Charles A. Sidley, is a resident of Cleveland. Rev. William Henry Sidley, of this review was reared on a farm and attended the district schools, thus acquiring his preliminary education, which was supplemented by study in the Notre Dame University, which he entered at the age of sixteen years. Two years afterward he became a student in the Roman Catholic Theological Seminary at Cleveland, completing his theological studies in the Provincial Seminary, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was ordained to the priesthood June 11, 1870, by Bishop Toeble, of Covington, Kentucky. His first pastorate was at Sidney, Ohio, and he labored there for three years, removing thence to Springfield, Ohio. in i873, to assume charge of St. Raphael's parish. He is a man of ripe scholarship, pleasing manners and a perse. vering and efficient pastor. He has the love of his congregation and the esteem of the entire community. During his pastorate a magnificent stone church has been erected, besides a large parochial school and pastoral residence. There are six hundred children attending the school, and a congregation numbering six hundred families is in .a prosperous condition. In 1887 Father Sidley was made dean of the Springfield conference and permanent pastor of St. Raphael's church. The history of Catholicity in Springfield is almost identical with its history in every city in Ohio—a few scattered families, a missionary's visit once or twice a year and gradual and steady increase of population until finally from a small nucleus has grown a strong, young, thriving parish with a resident priest. There was not a Catholic family in Clark county in 1830, but from 1835 and the following ten years several Catholic families located in or near Springfield. The first priest who visited this city, as far as known, was the Rev. Henry D. Juncker, of Dayton, Ohio. This was between 1844 and 1849. Two others, J. J. O'Mealy and his brother, Patrick, are known to have attended Springfield about that time. From 1849 St. Raphael's, parish may date its history as a distinct congregation attended by its own pastor, the Rev. James Kearney, by whom was begun the first parish register in August, 1849. The first church was erected through the generosity of M. P. Cassilly and completed later by Rev. Kearney. This was started in 1848. The old church was remodeled in 1865 and 1866, and was dedicated in 1867 by Bishop Rosecrans'. Until 1865 the pastoral residence was in the rear of the church, but Father Thisse purchased a separate residence, which was sold as a part of his estate in 1873. At that time Rev. William H. Sidley was appointed pastor, and arrived in June of that year. The present residence was then begun and completed on the 1st of June, 1874. In 1884 a residence was purchased for the sisters at a cost of seventy-five hundred dollars and a chapel was added to the rear of the church, which cost eighteen hundred and fifty dollars. In the spring of 1889 a meeting was held in the school hall to prepare plans for the erection of a new church to meet the demands of the increasing congregation. The property was purchased at a cost of seventeen thousand dollars, the amount to be met in special payments, the last of which was