150 - SPRINGFIELD AND CLARK COUNTY 1872 and torn down in 1888. Reuben Wallace was born August 13, 1778. He became a man of substantial character in Clark County, and was a member of the State Legislature at the time Fayette County was created and was one of the three commissioners to locate the county seat. Reuben Wallace was a cabinet maker by trade. He sold off from his original tract until he owned two hundred acres at the time of his death. His sons Joseph C. and Benjamin F. acquired this portion of the homestead. Reuben Wallace died May 11, 1855. On April 5, 1803, he married Anna Lamme, of a family that came from Virginia about the same time as the Wallaces. His second wife was Barbara Cecil, and his third wife, Eleanor Mitchell, survived him some years. There were several children by the first marriage, and a granddaughter living at New Carlisle is Mrs. William Higgins. The children of the second marriage were : John W., born in 1820 and died young ; Benjamin F., born in 1822,. and removed to Indiana, where he died ; Anna, born in 1823, became the wife of Robert Black and died, north of Carlisle, in middle life ; Reuben B., born in 1825, and died young ; Joseph C.; Nancy, born in 1828, died unmarried in 1903 ; Sarah. born in 1830. married Monroe Dyche, and died in California in 1905, and William W., born in 1831, was drowned at the age of nineteen. Joseph C. Wallace was born December 7, 1826. October 3, 1861, he married Mary N. Smith, who was born at Greenfield, Ohio, June 16, 1838. She died March 19, 1903. Joseph C. Wallace was killed at a railroad crossing January 7, 1897. At the time of his death he owned 153 acres of the homestead, and also another place of eighty-six acres near there. He was a prosperous farmer, stockman and cattle feeder. His family consisted of two sons, W. C. and Fred S. The latter attended the University of Delaware, Ohio, read law, was editor of the old Republic, and is now publisher of the Tribune at Coshocton, Ohio. W. C. Wallace was given a high school education, and his life has been practically devoted to the interests of the farm since early manhood. On June 9, 1906, he married Grace Wise, daughter of William and Martha (McKinney) Wise. Her great-grandfather, Samuel McKinney, came to Clark County about the same time as the Wallaces. Martha McKinney was the daughter of Cyrus McKinney. The Wise family were pioneers at Medway, where they owned the site of the old power house and erected a saw mill and woolen mill. William Wise is now living retired at Medway and was for over fifty years a justice of the peace. After his father's death W. C. Wallace acquired the old farm, and his business life has been completely devoted to its management. He is a dairyman and stock raiser. The family residence now occupied by him was erected in 1900. He is a republican, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Medway. The Ward Chapel was practically built by his grandfather, and was used by the congregation until a new church at Medway was built, about 1855. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace have a family of three children : Donald M., who graduated from the Ohio State University in 1922 ; Roscoe W., a member of the class of 1923 in the state university ; and Anna E., who graduated from high school in 1922. Both sons are also graduates of high school. FRANK E. FUNDERBURG is proprietor of the Shawnee View Farm, where he carries out an extensive program as a practical farmer and a SPRINGFIELD AND CLARK COUNTY - 151 stock man. This farm is in Bethel Township, west of Springfield, on the National Pike. Mr. Funderburg is undoubtedly one of the best known and most influential citizens of Clark County. He is now filling the office of county commissioner, and has played a prominent part in many county movements, including the Grange. He was born in Bethel Township, near New Carlisle, September 12, 1871, son of Anthony and Susannah (Heck) Funderburg. His mother was a daughter of Samuel and Barbara (Klick) Heck, and the Heck homestead adjoins that of Anthony Funderburg and is now owned by Herbert Funderburg, whose wife is a granddaughter of Samuel Heck. Anthony and Susannah Funderburg spent their married lives on the farm above mentioned, and started there with about a hundred acres, improved with a log house and barn, and made it a farm of unusual building equipment. Anthony Funderburg eventually owned five hundred acres, including his father's old home and a portion of the Heck homstead. He was a successful sheep and hog raiser, a good business man, and never concerned himself with public office. He finally retired to New Carlisle. He was very active in the Church of the Brethren, at first in the old church at Donalds Creek and later in its offshoot, a church at New Carlisle, and he served as a deacon in both congregations. Anthony Funderburg died in New Carlisle, May 14, 1916, at the age of seventy-three, having been born March 24, 1843. His widow is still living at New Carlisle and takes an active part in church work. They have five children : Frank E. ; Samuel H., who owns the old homestead ; Daniel H., owner of a farm in Darke County and a resident of Brookville ; Emma, wife of John B. Gump, of New Carlisle ; and Clara, wife of Herbert T. Barnhart, owner of the original Funderburg farm. Frank E. Funderburg was reared at the old home, attended the Bethel Township High School, and on December 20, 1893, married Anna Hiestand, daughter of Christian and Catherine (Leffel) Hiestand, who came from York County, Pennsylvania, prior to the Civil war and were farmers in Bethel Township. Her father died at hiS home on Sugar Grove Hill, April 25, 1920, at the age of eighty-one, and his widow is still living, at the age of eighty. Mr. Hiestand was a school director, and the Bethel Baptist Church stood on his farm and has occupied three successive buildings on that site. The hundredth anniversary of this church was celebrated April 20, 1922, and the original minutes of the church are now kept by Frank E. Funderburg, the present clerk. The organizers of the church in 1822 were Joseph Morris, William Sutton and Luke Byrd. Mr. and Mrs. Funderburg were classmates in high school. Af ter their marriage they spent five years on the old Heck farm, then moved to a farm belonging to his wife's father, and lived there on Troy Pike for sixteen years, and in 1915 Mr. Funderburg bought the Shawnee View Farm, located four and one-half miles west of the center of Springfield, on the National Road. This contains ninety-five acres of the old Gordon homestead, a place occupied by three generations of the Gordon family. Mr. Funderburg had erected a fine country home here. He was engaged in the dairy business for sixteen years, and for ten years he supplied milk to the Knights of Pythias Home. He is also owner of a hundred sixty acres of his father's old farm, including part 152 - SPRINGFIELD AND CLARK COUNTY of the Heck homestead, but this property is under the management of a tenant. Mr. Funderburg has made a success of raising registered stock, though he is not in the fancy stock business, growing rather for practical use. He has long been prominent in the Grange, serving as county deputy, as master of Pomona Grange, as delegate to the State Grange and has also attended the National Grange Convention. His service as clerk of the Bethel Baptist Church began in 1903. He also acted for a number of years as trustee of the School Board, and during the World war he was president of the County Draft Board for two and a half years. Mr. Funderburg takes great pride and satisfaction in the record made by Clark County as exhibited from the records of the Draft Board. All calls for troops were promptly met. Mr. Funderburg became a member of the Board of County Commissioners in September, 1921. This board is looking after the rebuilding of the courthouse and road building in addition to the routine of county fiscal affairs. While Mr. Funderburg has been rather active in public affairs he is not a politician. He is affiliated with St. Andrews Lodge No. 619 of the Masonic Order. Mrs. Funderburg shares with him in interest and enthusiasm for the work of the church and the Grange. They have no children of their own but have given home to three, and two of these remained with them until their marriage. For six years Mr. Funderburg was one of the four trustees of the County Children's Home, an institution that had in Mrs. Funderburg one of its ablest supporters, and she is still much interested in it. MARION C. MOSES, D. V. M., has proved himself one of the most liberal and progressive citizens of New Carlisle, where he gained marked success and prestige in his profession and where he is now a member of the firm of Brubaker & Moses, which here owns and conducts one of the leading general hardware establishments of this part of Clark County. Doctor Moses was born in Jackson Township, Champaign County, Ohio, on the 25th of January, 1884, and his early education was acquired in the public schools. In preparation for his profession he completed a course in the Cincinnati Veterinary College, in which he was graduated in 1910, with the degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. In the same year he came to New Carlisle, and his ability and personality soon enabled him to build up an extensive and lucrative practice and to gain place as one of the leading veterinarians of Clark County. His initiative enterprise was shown when he erected and equipped the Honey Creek Mills at New Carlisle, the village having had no flour mill in operation for eighteen years previously thereto. The doctor sold his interest in this important enterprise after placing the same on a substantial basis. Doctor Moses is a stalwart republican and has taken lively interest in public affairs of a local order. He has served two terms (four years) as mayor of New Carlisle, an office of which he was the incumbent from 1916 to 1920, inclusive, and in which he gave a most vigorous and progressive administration. Under his regime many excellent public improvements were made, and the village freed itself of debt, besides accumulating an appreciable surplus. Doctor Moses is a past master of the local lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, has represented the same in the Grand Lodge of Ohio, and in the Scottish Rite of the great fra- SPRINGFIELD AND CLARK COUNTY - 153 ternity he has attained to the thirty-second degree, besides being affiliated with the adjunct organization, the Order of the Eastern Star. While his mercantile business demands much of his attention, Doctor Moses still continues in the practice of his profession. Doctor Moses married Miss Ruth Cradlebaugh, daughter of H. S. Cradlebaugh, of New Carlisle, who is the owner of the Silver Lake summer resort, one and one-half miles west of Miami, and who is making of the same a most popular recreation place. Doctor and Mrs. Moses have one son, Howard C. Moses, born July 8, 1917. GEORGE W. TROSTEL has secure standing as one of the representative business men of New Carlisle, which is his native town, and in the welfare and advancement of which no citizen takes greater pride and interest. He is conducting the furniture and undertaking business of which his father was one of the founders, the enterprise having been established in 1889 by J. A. Trostel and T. J. Scarf, and this alliance having been maintained until 1895, when George W. Trostel took the place of Mr. Scarff as a member of the firm, the.title of which was then changed to Trostel & Son. In 1914 the father retired from the firm and since that year the subject of this review has been sole proprietor of the large and well ordered business. The original firm in the first few years was engaged in the manufacturing of a kitchen cabinet, but this department of the business was eventually discontinued. The building that was erected for the accommodation of the business in 1891 was destroyed by fire in 1910 and on the site George W. Trostel erected .the present modern building, two stories in height and 22 by 821/2 feet in lateral dimensions. The entire building is used for the business as is also a large warehouse. Mr. Trostel has been associated with the business since 1893 and in his independent control of the same his progressive and well directed policies have resulted in a substantial expansion of the enterprise. The establishment is of modern equipment in all departments and in connection with the undertaking department is maintained a motor ambulance as well as a funeral car of latest improved automobile type. Mr. Trostel took a course in scientific embalming, as did his wife and their son Garrett P., both of whom are associated with the business. Mr. Trostel has been a member of the New Carlisle Board of Education for twenty-one years, and has served as its clerk for the past twenty years. He was specially earnest and zealous in the progressive movement that has given to New Carlisle one of the finest school buildings to be found in any Ohio town of equal or even much larger population. He is a republican in political allegiance and both he and his wife are zealous members of the Presbyterian Church in their home city, he having been president of its board of trustees for several years and having given many years of effective service as superintendent of its Sunday School. Mr. Trostel is a leader in the local organization of the Masonic fraternity and is, in 1922, serving as high priest of his chapter of Royal Arch Masons, which he has represented also in the Grand Chapter of the state. He and his wife are actively affiliated with the Order of the Eastern Star, in which he is a past worthy patron, their son 154 - SPRINGFIELD AND CLARK COUNTY Garrett P. likewise being affiliated with the time-honored Masonic f raternity. Mr. Trostel has passed the official chairs in the local lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, has served as district deputy for this fraternal order and holds membership in its Encampment body, besides which he is identified also with the Junior Order United American Mechanics. George W. Trostel was born at New Carlisle on the 18th of September, 1875, his father, J. A. Trostel, having come to Clark County from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in the late '60s and having become one of the leading business men and honored and influential citizens of New Carlisle, where he served as a member of the village council and as chairman of its street committee. He is now living retired at New Carlisle and is seventy-seven years of age at the time of this writing, in 1922. His wife, whose maiden name was Jacob-Anna Peters, is likewise a native of the old Keystone State. George W. Trostel married Miss Cliffie M. Saylor, who was born and reared in Clark County and who is a daughter of William and Minerva (Perrine) Saylor, the former of whom died when a young man. The Perrine family has long been one of prominence and influence in Clark County. Mr. and Mrs. Trostel have two sons. Garrett P. was afforded the advantages of Wittenberg College at Springfield and later completed a course in the Cincinnati School of Embalming, he being now associated with his father's business. William Warner, the younger son, is, in 1922, a student in the University of Ohio. WILBUR E. ELWELL is giving vigorous and successful management to his excellent farm of sixty-two acres on the Willow Road in Moorefield Township, and is a popular scion of one of the old and well known families of Clark County. Mr. Elwell was born at Springfield, judicial center and metropolis of this county, and the date of his nativity was June 23, 1881. He is a son of Eli and Zella (Owen) Elwell, the former of whom was born in Greene Township, this county, and the latter of whom was born near Urbana, Champaign County. Eli Elwell was a skilled machinist and was long employed at his trade in the City of Springfield, where he remained until his death and where his widow still resides. Mr. Elwell was independent in political matters, was affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which he served as noble grand of his lodge, and was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as is also his widow. Of the surviving children the eldest is Mabel, who is the wife of Frederick Henderson ; Wilbur E., of this sketch, was the next in order of birth ; Harry L. is in the employ of the American Rose & Plant Company at Springfield ; Frank M. is engaged in farm enterprise in Springfield Township ; Irene is the wife of W. L. Cotton. Wilbur E. Elwell was reared in Springfield and there profited duly by the advantages of the public schools. After leaving school he was for some time employed as clerk in a grocery store and later he found employment at farm work in Randolph County, where he remained thus engaged for a period of six years. He then returned to Spring- SPRINGFIELD AND CLARK COUNTY - 155 field and learned the machinist's trade, to which he there continued to give his attention for fifteen years, besides which he was for a time there engaged in the draying business. In 1914 he purchased and removed to his present home farm, which he has made the stage of effective and successful agricultural and livestock enterprise. Mr. Elwell gives his political allegiance to the republican party, is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and he and his wife hold membership in the First Methodist Episcopal Church at Springfield. Mr. Elwell married Miss Clara B. Dietzel, who was born at Springfield, this country, December 23, 1889, a daughter of Edward and Barbara (Vetter) Dietzel, both natives of Germany. Mr. Dietzel became a prosperous merchant at Springfield, and was also identified with the tinning business. Mrs. Elwell continued her studies in the public schools until she had profited by the advantages of the high school, and thereaf ter she completed a course in a business college. For six years prior to her marriage she held a position as .stenographer at Springfield. Mr. and Mrs. Elwell have no children. HARRY ARNETT. Every profession or business demands certain characteristics of its followers if they hope for success, but in none of them all are the requirements more varied or exacting than that of the business of handling real estate. The successful realtor must understand property values. He must be able to decide not only the present market value, but its real worth, and to foresee possible expansions in the future. To provide against undue advantage being taken of him and his client he must keep in close touch with the progress of events and the development, both active and potential, in the community. Not only must he be an excellent salesman, but he must also be sincere and be able to so impress the possible purchaser that he will not only close a deal but return when he is looking for more property. Above everything else the realtor must insist upon a fair deal and establish his own reputation for unflinching integrity. Small wonder that one who succeeds in the real estate business is able to sell insurance as well or that many seek through him safe and profitable investments for their surplus, for in meeting these requirements his various capabilities are marvelously developed and in his realty transactions he gains the confidence of the public in such a convincing manner that other business comes to him as a matter of course. Such a man is Harry Arnett, realtor of Springfield, who also carries on a large insurance business and makes loans and investments. Harry Arnett was born at Springfield, August 6, 1884, a son of Andrew and Elnora (Toland) Arnett, both natives of Springfield. Thomas Arnett, the paternal grandfather, was born in Clark County, Ohio, but his wife, who bore the maiden name of Mary Kills, was born in Pennsylvania. Learning the trade of a shoemaker, Andrew Arnett followed it for fifty-seven years, and died October 5, 1920. His wife died many years ago, passing away in 1887. Their children were Harry and a younger brother, Clarence Earl, who is now a resident of Detroit, Michigan. Until he was seventeen years old Harry Arnett attended the Springfield public schools, but at that age entered the mailing room of the 156 - SPRINGFIELD AND CLARK COUNTY Crowell Publishing Company and remained with that concern for seven years. Having become convinced of the value of a commercial training, he then took a business course at Willis Business College and soon thereafter established himself in his present business. He handles city and country real estate and has put through several of the largest deals in this locality. He is unmarried and resides with an aunt, Miss Nancy Arnett, at 11 East Southern Avenue. She and Andrew Arnett were two of the eleven children born to their parents. Mr. Arnett is an independent republican but aside from casting his vote generally for the party candidates in national matters and according to his best judgment in local affairs, he is not active in politics, his large and constantly expanding business absorbing his full time and attention. He represents a number of the old-line companies in the insurance branch of his business and through his different connections is able to make loans on attractive terms and investments of a very desirable character. JOHN R. HINKLE. In a pioneer log house that stood on the site of his present attractive residence in Springfield Township, three miles south of the county seat, Mr. Hinkle was born August 26, 1847, and the record of his mature life has been one of close and effective identification with constructive farm industry. He is a son of John and Mary Ann (Way) Hinkle, both natives of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where the former was born October 19, 1811, and the latter on the 20th of November of the same year. The parents were reared in their native county, where their marriage occurred, and they were ambitious and self-reliant young folk themselves for the labors and responsibilities of pioneer farm life. It is interesting to record that Mrs. Hinkle was presented with a fine oil landscape painting, the work of Edward C. Lewis, the day before she left the old home in Pennsylvania, and that this interesting family heirloom is now owned by and lends to the attractions of the home of her son John R., immediate subject of this sketch. The Otstot family came to the county about the same time as did also John Hinkle, Sr., father of John, Jr., he having here purchased 700 acres of timber land, his four sons, Henry, Samuel, Joseph and John, Jr., having aided in the reclaiming of the land and all having become substantial farmers here, though Samuel later moved to Indiana, where he passed the remainder of his life. Henry likewise eventually removed to Indiana, but his death occurred while he was visiting the old home in Clark County. Joseph continued his farm activities in Clark County until his death, at the age of sixty-f our years. John Hinkle, Jr., father of the subject of this review, reclaimed his farm from the forest, his first clearing having been made to provide a site for the pioneer log house in which his son John R. was born. He developed one of the excellent farms of Springfield Township and erected the present commodious house in 1857, he having here lived until his death, at the age of sixty-five years, and his widow having been in her ninety-fourth year when she passed to the life eternal. By purchasing land inherited by his sisters, John Hinkle increased the area of his farm estate until he had more than 300 acres. He was liberal and loyal as a citizen, a stalwart republican, and had varied SPRINGFIELD AND CLARK COUNTY - 157 financial investments, including stock in the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad. He and his wife were earnest and consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Of their eight children John R. is the youngest ; Michael, born in 1833, died at the age of seventy-four years; Rebecca J., eighty-six years of age (1922), is the widow of Elijah Karne and lives on a farm near that of her youngest brother ; Mary P., who married Nathan Lightner, died in middle life ; Ellen became the wife of Daniel Ault and remained in Clark County until her death, at the age of seventy-five years. John R. Hinkle has never found it expedient or a matter of desire to leave the fine old farm on which he was born and raised. His early education was acquired in the common schools of the locality and period. December 23, 1875, recorded his marriage to Miss Mary Jane Stratton, daughter of Isaac Stratton, of Greene Township, where she was born January 14, 1852. The maximum loss and bereavement in the life of Mr. Hinkle came when his loved and devoted wife was summoned to eternal rest, after an ideal companionship of forty-three years, her death having occurred January 8, 1918. She is survived by four children, Bertha, Isaac Pearl„ Rebecca K. and Ethel May, all of whom remain with their father on the old home farm except Rebecca, who is the wife of George Hirtzinger, likewise a resident of Springfield Township. The daughters all hold membership in the Lutheran Church at Springfield. Their mother was raised in the Methodist belief. Mr. Hinkle's farm is one of 120 acres, and is maintained under effective cultivation, besides being the stage of successful livestock enterprise. He is a republican and has served as judge of elections, road supervisor and school trustee. MRS. SARAH OTSTOT, who resides in Springfield Township, on the old Columbus Road, was born in this township, not far distant from the City of Springfield, August 29, 1855, and is a daughter of William A. and Ellen (Way) Kershner, whose marriage was solemnized in this county. Jacob Kershner, grandfather of Mrs. Otstot, came with his young wife from Maryland to Clark County in the year 1825, and on their pioneer farm in Springfield Township their son William A. was born in the year 1828. Jacob Kershner was sixty-five years of age at the time of his death, and his widow, whose maiden name was Sarah Marble, was venerable in years at the time of her death, passing away at the age of seventy-nine years. The father of Jacob Kershner likewise came to Clark County, where he conducted a blacksmith shop for a number of years, he having been a skilled workman at his trade. He was also a large farmer and a veteran of the War of 1812. William A. Kershner here gave his entire active career to constructive farm enterprise, reclaimed much of his land from the forest and continued as one of the substantial farmers of Springfield Township until the death of his wife, at the age of sixty-nine years, when he left the farm and finally removed to Indianapolis, Indiana, where he died in 1900, at the age of seventy-two years. He was a veteran of the Civil war. Of their two surviving children Mrs. Otstot of this review is the elder, and Anna is the widow of Frederick Kurtz, of Indianapolis, Indiana. 158 - SPRINGFIELD AND CLARK COUNTY Sarah Kershner was reared on the home farm and was afforded the advantages of the public schools. In 1876 was solemnized her marriage to John Otstot, who was born in Springfield Township, this county, near the old home of his wife, the date of his birth having been March 27, 1847. He was a son of William and Rebecca (Knaub) Otstot, who were born in Pennsylvania, but whose marriage occurred in Clark County. Ohio. William Otstot came from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. and his wife from York County, Pennsylvania. The mother of Mrs. Sarah Otstot was likewise born in Lancaster County of the old Keystone State. After his marriage John Otstot farmed on rented land for seven years, and he then purchased a farm in the northeast part of Springfield Township, on Grant Road, this old homestead of 104 acres being still owned by his widow. He improved this place into one of the model farms of the township and gained reputation as one of the most progressive and successful farmers of his native county, where he ever held inviolable place in popular confidence and good will. Eventually he purchased the old home farm on which he had been reared, south of Springfield, and he acquired also a farm near his residence homestead. In his active farm operation he gave much attention to the breeding and raising of excellent types of livestock. He was one of the original stockholders in the Farmers Bank at Springfield, and his stock in that institution is still held by his widow, who has augmented the same by the purchase of additional stock. As a citizen Mr. Otstot was liberal and public-spirited, took a loyal and helpful interest in community affairs, served for many years as a member of the School Board of his district and was a staunch republican in politics, he having been a member of its township committee in Springfield Township for a number of years. The death of Mr. Otstot occurred April 23, 1911, and his remains rest in beautiful Ferncliff Cemetery at Springfield. Since the death of her husband Mrs. Otstot has retired to a small place near the old farm, and her pleasant home continues a center of gracious hospitality of much of the representative social activity of the community. She is a zealous member of the Sinking Creek Baptist Church, as was also her husband. Of her four children the eldest is William ; Frederick, who had been in charge of the old home farm, died at the age of thirty-six years ; Mabel is the wife of August Getz, a successful farmer near the home of her mother ; and Harry operates the home f arm. MORTON S. TITUS, a member of the firm of Titus Brothers, representative business men of the younger generation in Clark County, was born in Springfield Township November 26, 1893, the fourth in order of birth of the five children of Harley Titus, who likewise was born in this township, January 14, 1863, a son of James P. and Ellen (Price) Titus. James P. Titus was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and was a young man when he came to Ohio and settled in Clark County, where he became a successful farmer and substantial and honored citizen, his death having occurred March 11, 1906, and his wife having died about fifteen years prior thereto. Of their children four attained to years of maturity : Herman, Harley, James and Gustavus. Harley SPRINGFIELD AND CLARK COUNTY - 159 Titus was reared and educated in this county and here he achieved in the passing years substantial success and prestige both as a farmer and an extensive buyer and shipper of livestock. He married Mary E. Hazzard, who was born at Vicksburg, Mississippi, a daughter of William S. and Mary (Hendren) Hazzard. Prior to her marriage Mrs. Titus had lived for a number of years in the home of an aunt in the City of Columbus, Ohio. As previously stated, Morton S. Titus is the fourth in a family of five children, the others being Lamar C., Homer T., Howard P. and Malcolm. The firm of Titus Brothers are owners of the old Redmond Mill, now known as the Junction Mill, on Beaver Creek, one-half mile north of the National Road, in Springfield Township, and four miles east of the City of Springfield. In the year 1808 John Foster here erected one of the first grist mills in the county, and he sold the property later to a man named Buckles, who added a distillery to the enterprise. Buckles eventually sold the property to John Rea who, in 1835, sold it to Robert Rodgers, the latter having added a saw mill in 1837. In 1839 the entire pioneer milling plant was destroyed by fire, but in 1840 Mr. Rodgers erected and equipped a new mill on the same site—a f our-story brick building that at that period constituted one of the largest flour mills in the state. In 1847 Thomas McCormack purchased a half interest in the property and business. In 1866 Lewis Huffman owned the mill, which he sold to Judson Redmond for $8,000. In 1887 this substantial old mill was remodeled and a full roller process system was installed, with an output capacity of fifty barrels. However, the old buhr stones are still in service, being used for the grinding of feed. Judson Redmond died in 1906 and thereaf ter the mill was operated by his son until 1919, when the firm of Titus Brothers purchased the plant and business, the enterprise having since been successfully carried on by this progressive firm of young men. Morton S. Titus married Miss Adeline Showell and they have one child, Darlington, born January 6, 1922. E. J. MCCULLOUGH is one of the native sons of Clark County who has here marked the passing years with successful achievement in connection with farm industry. On his present homestead farm, in Greene Township, he has resided all his life, and he has so ordered his course as to retain secure place in the confidence and good will of the community which he has worthily lived and worthily wrought. Mr. McCullough was born on the old Smith farm, near Selma, Greene Township, and the date of his nativity was April 28, 1854. He is a son of John W. and Margaret A. (Kitchen) McCullough, the former of whom was born in Virginia, December 7, 1817, and the latter of whom, the second wife of John W. McCullough, was born August 27, 1830, in Greene Township. The father long gave his attention to farm enterprise in Clark County, and here his death occurred on the 4th of August, 1882, his widow having survived him a number of years and both having been earnest members of the Christian Church, in which he served as an elder. His political support was given to the republican party. Besides the subject of this sketch two other children are living, Charles W., a resident of Nebraska, and Isaac, who maintains his home 160 - SPRINGFIELD AND CLARK COUNTY at Van Wert, Ohio. A son by a former wife, George W., lives at Yellow Springs, Ohio. The activities of the farm and the discipline of the district schools marked the formative period in the career of E. J. McCullough, and he has been continuously an exponent of farm industry in his native county since the period of his youth. He takes loyal interest in all that concerns the welfare and advancement of his home county, is a stalwart in the local camp of the republican .party, and he is a zealous member of the Christian Church. His wife is a member of the Presbyterian Church. As a young man Mr. McCullough married Miss Jennie Grindle, who was born in Greene County, Ohio, near Clifton, on the 16th of April, 1859, and who is a daughter of the late Henry and Sarah A. (Plournan) Grindle. Mr. and Mrs. McCullough have two children, Gretta M., who is the wife of Dr. James H. Harris, individual mention of whom appears elsewhere in this work ; and A. S., who is now a mining engineer and geologist in New Mexico. A. S. McCullough graduated from the Clifton High School, later attended Antioch College, and in preparing for the profession of his choice he finally entered the great Leland Stanford University in California, in which he was duly graduated and in which he specialized in geology. As a practical geologist he spent one year in exploration work in South America, and he is now engaged in professional work as a mining engineer in New Mexico, where he is financially interested in various mining projects. He married Miss Ruth Stewart, a daughter of Wilmont and Amanda Stewart, and the one child of this union is a son, Joseph, born July 1, 1921. JOHN CRABILL, who is now living retired on his attractive little farm homestead in Springfield Township three miles east of the City of Springfield, on the National Road, is a representative of one of the oldest and most honored pioneer families of Clark County and with his two sons is the owner of a valuable farm estate of more than 350 acres on Buck Creek Bottoms, this constituting the old pioneer farm of his paternal grandfather and being locally known as "The Promised Land," a title which it has held for many years. For the past six years Mr. Crabill has lived retired on a small farm. In all of his relations of life he has well upheld the prestige of a family name that is one of prominence in the history of this county. John Crabill was born on the old home place and the date of his nativity was July 5, 1847. His entire active career was one of close and successful association with farm industry, and he has stood well to the front as one of the liberal and progressive citizens of his native township. He is a son of Thomas V. and Sidney (Yeazell) Crabill, whose marriage was solemnized in 1833. Thomas Voss Crabill was born in Moorefield Township, this county, November 21, 1810, a son of David and Barbara (Baer) Crabill, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of Pennsylvania. In 1808 David Crabill settled on Buck Creek, in Moorefield Township, where he reclaimed one of the productive farms of the early pioneer period. His children were : Sarah, John, Thomas V., David Jr., James W., Mary, Susan, Joseph, Pierson D., William H. and Eliza J. David Crabill served as a soldier in the War SPRINGFIELD AND CLARK COUNTY - 161 of 1812 and in every respect he lived up to the full tention of pioneer life on the frontier. Thomas V. Crabill was reared on the old home farm and in 1833, as previously stated, he married Sidney Yeazell, she having been a daughter of Abraham and Mary Yeazell, of whose fifteen children those living in 1881 were William, David, James, Thomas V., Milton, Joseph F., Levina and Elizabeth. With 100 acres of land inherited from his father and with the further fortification of $1,000 in cash received by his wife from her father's estate, Thomas V. Crabill initiated his independent career under favorable circumstances, as viewed from the standards of the locality and period. A man of energy, integrity and constructive ability, he eventually accumulated one of the largest and most valuable landed estates in Clark County, the same having comprised 700 acres in Springfield Township and 320 acres in Moorefield Township. December 19, 1872, recorded the marriage of John Crabill and Miss Barbara E. Zimmerman, a daughter of Isaac and Anna Zimmerman, who came from Pennsylvania to Clark County in 1849 and who passed the remainder of their lives on their farm near Lagonda. Like her husband, Mrs. Crabill received the advantages of the common schools of Clark County, besides which she was for two years a student in the Springfield Female Seminary, a well ordered institution of its day. Mr. and Mrs. Crabill have three children, concerning whom brief record is here entered: Ada Irene is the wife of William Y. Maher, who is engaged in the practice of law at Springfield, as one of the representative members of the Clark County bar ; Clark Rodgers, the elder son, has the active management of the old home farm and is one of the progressive exponents of agricultural and livestock industry in his native county ; Pearl Preston, the younger son, resides in Springfield and is actively identified in a managerial capacity with leading industrial enterprises there. WALLACE G. BIRD is known as one of the progressive farmers and representative citizens of his native township, where he owns and resides upon the fine old homestead farm which was the place of his birth, the same being eligibly situated on the Bird Road, one-quarter of a mile north of the National Pike, in Springfield Township, three miles east of Springfield, the county seat. On this farm Mr. Bird was born March 23, 1866, a son of Luke Bird, who was born and reared on the old homestead farm of which the present farm of his son Wallace is a part, his father, Anthony Bird, having been born in Bedford County, Virginia, April 13, 1805, a son of Luke and Elizabeth (Huffman) Bird, who figure as the founders of this representative family in Clark County, whither they came from the Old Dominion State in the year 1816, when their son, Anthony, was a lad of eleven years. Luke Bird, the pioneer, instituted the development of a farm in the midst of the forest wilds of Springfield Township, and here he remained until his death, in 1823, his widow having passed away in 1835. Here Anthony Bird was reared to manhood on the frontier farm, and at the age of twenty-four years he married Miss Jane Snodgrass, daughter of John and Jane (Steele) Snodgrass, who likewise were sterling pioneers of the county. Of the three Vol. II-11 162 - SPRINGFIELD AND CLARK COUNTY children of Anthony and Jane Bird the eldest was John S., who continued his residence in Clark County until his death, at the age of seventy-seven years ; Luke, father of the subject of this review, was the next younger son ; Nancy Jane, became the wife of Arthur Richards, who still resides in this county, at a venerable age, she having died at the age of seventy-five years. After the death of his first wife Anthony Bird married Miss Maria Wallace, and of the children of this union three attained to maturity : Wallace, who was a soldier in the Sixteenth Ohio Battery of Light Artillery in the Civil war, died while in service, at a hospital in the City of St. Louis, Missouri ; James, who died in Arkansas, a bachelor, likewise served as a soldier in the Civil war, he having thereafter graduated in a theological seminary at Xenia, Ohio, and having been ordained a clergyman of the United Presbyterian Church, but a disorder of his throat having finally made it impossible for him to continue his work in the ministry ; Belle, the only daughter of the second marriage, became the wife of Dr. E. C. Harris, and both are now deceased. After the death of his second wife Anthony Bird contracted a third marriage, and his third wife, whose maiden name was Mary Cowan, likewise preceded him to eternal rest, no children having been born of their union. Mr. Bird died on the 2d of July, 1882, one of the venerable and honored pioneer citizens of Clark County. He was a staunch republican, a man of high principles and mature judgment, and was a substantial and influential citizen in his 'community. In 1834 he was elected justice of the peace, and by sixteen successive re-elections he continued the incumbent of this office for a long period of years. He was an earnest and consistent member of the United Presbyterian Church, with which he became actively affiliated in 1837. In 1829 he settled on a pioneer farm of 240 acres in Springfield Township, and of the same the farm now owned by Wallace G. Bird, of this sketch, is a part. Anthony Bird and all of his sons became republicans, his original political allegiance having been given to the old Whig party. The son Luke served as constable when the father was justice of the peace. The Bird family did much to further the operations of the historic "underground railroad" by which many slaves were aided in escaping in the period prior to the Civil war. Luke Bird learned the trade of millwright under the direction of his uncle, Silas V. Bird, and he followed his trade for a time in both Indiana and Illinois. In 1866 he erected and equipped a hominy mill in Baltimore, Maryland, and he continued his operations in the erection of mills for many years. About the year 1870 he returned to the old home farm, his individual holding having been a small part of the original place. About 1880 he resumed the work of his trade, and for many years thereafter he controlled a prosperous business in the remodeling of mills, installing roller-process systems, etc. He married Margaret Richards, who was born in Virginia, a daughter of Edward and Jane (Benson) Richards, she having been four years old when the family came to Ohio and established a home in Clark County. The death of Luke Bird occurred November 1, 1908, and his widow followed him to the life eternal in April of the next year. Of their f our children the eldest is Edward Anthony, who resides at Springfield, and is in the service of the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad ; Ida Jane is the wife of Joseph SPRINGFIELD AND CLARK COUNTY - 163 H. Newton, a substantial farmer and miller of Springfield Township ; John S., died at the age of fifty-five years, he having served as township clerk of Springfield Township, as secretary of the Clark County Fair Board, and as secretary of the School Board ; and Wallace G., of this sketch, is the youngest of the children. The parents were zealous members of the United Presbyterian Church, though the mother had been reared in the faith of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Wallace G. Bird gained his youthful education in the public schools and was but a boy when he assumed unusual responsibility in connection with the affairs of the home farm, he having become its virtual manager when he was fourteen years old, his father having been absent from home in connection with his business as a millwright. He has thus far passed virtually his entire time on the old homestead, to which he has added until he now has a well improved farm of fifty-four acres, devoted to diversified agriculture and to the raising of livestock. For the past thirty years he has been a wholesale dealer in flour, as a representative of the Moorefield and Mad River mills. During all but two years of this long period he has handled virtually all of the output of these mills, and has sold to grocers, bakers and other dealers and large users. For other mills he has sold to the jobbing trade, and his activities in this line of business have demanded much of his time and attention, though he has always given a general supervision to his farm. He has had no desire for public office, but served four years as township assessor, his political allegiance being given to the republican party. He and his wife are attendants of the United Presbyterian Church, and both were earnest and zealous in the furtherance of local agencies and movements in support of the Government war service in the World war period, Mrs. Bird having been chairman of the local Red Cross Chapter. She is a valued and appreciative member of the Woman's Club in the City of Springfield. Mr. Bird married Miss Mary W. Russell, a daughter of William Russell, a skilled machinist and a resident of Springfield. Mr. and Mrs. Bird have no children. Mrs. Bird is a talented artist, and has been a successful art teacher, besides which many of her fine productions, in oils, water colors and pastel, have won many awards at public exhibitions of varied orders, her work including the most artistic of china painting. Mrs. Anna Russell, mother of Mrs. Bird, was born in 1840 and died in 1918. She was a daughter of the honored and loved pioneer physician Dr. Abel Whipple, of Springfield. Doctor Whipple was born in Massachusetts, in 1804, in 1835 was graduated in a medical school at Staunton, Virginia, and in 1866 he engaged in the practice of his prof ession at Springfield, where his death occurred in 1876. In 1836 the doctor married Mary Matson, daughter of John Matson, of Cincinnati. Doctor Whipple was a descendant of Benjamin Whipple, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. William M. Russell was born at Yonkers, New York, in 1840, and died at Springfield, Ohio, in 1900. In the period of the Civil war he was Government inspector of arms in the great Colt manufactory at Hartford, Connecticut. In 1866 he was sent to the far West, as a secret-service representative of the Government, and with a companion he was for a time lost in the desert of Death Valley, where he narrowly escaped death by starvation. John Matson, maternal grandfather of Mrs. Bird, was a member of the mili- 164 - SPRINGFIELD AND CLARK COUNTY tary expedition that visited the battle-ground and buried the dead after the defeat of General St. Clair in the War of 1812, and letters which he wrote in description of this event were published in a Cincinnati paper in 1845, a copy of this paper being in possession of Mrs. Bird, who also treasures a number of rare volumes from the library of her paternal grandfather, Doctor Whipple. At the dedication of the new and modern centralized school building three miles east of Springfield Wallace G. Bird read a very interesting historical record which he had prepared and which gave data concerning educational work in the early days. From this address it is learned that the first school in Springfield Township was established in 1806 by Nathaniel Pinkered, a log house on the site of the present Lagonda Bank in Springfield being used for the school. The first school near the present centralized school three miles east of Springfield was taught by a man named Warrington. The school house here erected in the late '50s continued in use until the erection of the present modern building. In the paper prepared by Mr. Bird appear the following interesting records concerning pioneer settlement in this special community of Springfield Township : "James Reid and brother John came in 1802, from Virginia. James Rea came from Pennsylvania in 1802 ; John Dugan came in 1806, from Pennsylvania, and in the same year John and Jane Snodgrass came from Kentucky. Andrew Benson, of Virginia, came in 1806, and his brother George in 1807, their wives having been daughters of Robert and Mary Renick. In 1810 Mathew and Jane Wood came from Kentucky. In 1812 came Isaac Wood, a native of New York. John Foster came in 1808 and built the original mill on the site of the Junction Mill. Adam and Maria Alt were from Maryland. John Whitely, born in North Carolina, came from Kentucky in 1811, the maiden name of his wife having been Christina Hall. Their son Andrew became a leading citizen. In 1816 Luke Bird, a Baptist minister, came from Medford, Pennsylvania. His sons, Anthony, Herbert and Silas, became substantial citizens. John Stickney landed in New York in 1819 and the next year settled where his grandson, William J. Stickney, now lives, in Springfield Township. Thomas Crabill came in 1833, but was born in Moorefield Township, in 1810. Edward and Jane Richards came from Virginia in 1842. Among early teachers in this community were the following named : Dan Wuthard, Warrington and Humphreys, J. Q. Adams, Merrell Meade, Lanthun, Green, Stephen Hatfield, Nathan Wood, J. L. McClelland, Rachel Baer, James A. Bird, Dr. E. C. Harris, William Forrest, Kate Ruckman, John Wood, Mrs. William Forrest, John Finney, Mrs. Grace Finney, Rebecca May Collier, Doctor Spinning (who is still a resident), and many others." HERBERT A. LEARN, station agent at Springfield for the Chicago, Cleveland, Cincinnati & St. Louis (Big Four) Railroad, was born at Canal Winchester, Franklin County, Ohio, on the 27th of January, 1877. His father was a metal manufacturer and proprietor of well established metal works now located at Columbus, the Ohio capital city. The subject of this review was afforded the advantages of the public schools, including those of Columbus, and he was eighteen years of age when, in 1895, he took a position as messenger in the service of the Columbus, SPRINGFIELD AND CLARK COUNTY - 165 Shawnee & Hocking Railroad at Columbus. He later entered the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and remained at Columbus until 1898, when he was transferred to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. On January 1, 1900, he entered the service of the Carnegie Steel Company, with which he there continued his connection until March 31, 1904. He then returned to Columbus and became assistant cashier and later cashier in the offices of the Big Four Railroad, a capacity in which he continued his effective services until February 10, 1910, when he was advanced to the post of chief clerk to the superintendent, W. G. Bayley. On the 28th of February, 1917, Mr. Learn was made Big Four station agent in the City of Sandusky, and there he remained until February 1, 1920, when he was transferred to Springfield and assigned to his present office, that of station agent for the same railroad system, a corps of sixty-five employes being here retained under his supervision. The local freight house has a capacity for holding the contents of fifty-two cars, and the freight facilities are of the most approved modern type. Freight shipped from the Big Four station at Springfield averages about 500 cars a month, with inbound freight cars averaging from 800 to 1,200 a month. The business here centered is of broad scope and importance as touching the industrial and commercial activities of this section of Ohio, and average about $250,000 monthly. Mr. Learn is an executive of marked ability, with splendid efficiency in the handling and directing of manifold details, and he is one of the representative and distinctly popular figures in railroad and business circles at Springfield. GARRETT SHERLO established his residence in Clark County more than forty years ago, and here he achieved substantial success as a representative of farm industry, the while he so ordered his life in all its relations as to merit and receive the unqualified confidence and esteem of all who knew him. He developed and improved one of the fine farms of German Township, and on this old homestead he continued to reside until his death, in 1919, at the venerable age of seventy-nine years. His character and achievement were such as to render most consonant the tribute here offered to him and his memory. Mr. Sherlo was born and reared in Germany and was sixteen years of age when, after the death of both of his parents, he came to the United States, his tangible possessions being represented in the contents of a small trunk, and he being entirely dependent upon his own efforts in making his way to independence and prosperity in the land of his adoption. He first established his residence in Preble County, Ohio, and his loyalty to his adopted country was shown when he went forth from that county as a gallant young soldier of the Union in the Civil war. In that county was solemnized his marriage with Miss Mary Jane Shuey, who preceded him to eternal rest by about three years. After leaving Preble County Mr. Sherlo was for a time engaged in farming in Champaign County, and it was from that county that he came to Clark County and purchased the farm of 130 acres in German Township. He made the best of permanent improvements on this place, including the excellent buildings, and made the farm one of the best in German Township, he having eventually sold a small portion of the land, so that the old homestead now comprises 103 acres. Mr. Sherlo was a loyal and 166 - SPRINGFIELD AND CLARK COUNTY public-spirited citizen, and while he had no desire for official preferment he made a characteristically excellent record during his incumbency of the position of township trustee. He was a republican in politics and was a zealous member of the Dutch Reformed Church at Springfield, as was also his wife. The one child, Delta Ada, was born and reared in Clark County. She became the wife of Samuel Amos Judd, who was born in Virginia, and they thereafter continued to reside on the old home farm of her parents until her death, September 9, 1911, at the age of forty-one years, her husband being now a resident of New Carlisle, this county. Delbert Sherlo Judd, only child of Samuel A. and Delta A. (Sherlo) Judd, now owns and resides upon the old home farm, which he received as heritage from his maternal grandfather and the active management of which is now vested in him, as a progressive young man of twenty-one years (1922). EVAN C. PRICE has devoted nearly thirty years to one of Springfield's prominent industries, the Indianapolis Switch & Frog Company, entering the service of that corporation in a minor capacity and is now its vice president, secretary and treasurer. He is also president and treasurer of the Auto Signal Company. Mr. Price was born in Champaign County, Ohio, at Powhattan, February 26, 1870. His father, Evan R. Price, as a young man was a clerk in the Baldwin stores in Clark County. He enlisted and served as a 'Union soldier with the Sixty-sixth Ohio Infantry, and after the war was in the implement business at Circleville and still later was a farmer. He married Mary Jane Wilson, a relative of the pioneer Baldwin family of Clark County. Evan C. Price was two years of age when his father died, and after that he was reared in Clark County in the home of his grandfather Wilson. He attended the common schools, had two years in the Ohio State University, and for a time was in the laundry business at Cleveland. He lost all his accumulations there during the panic of 1893, and somewhat later returned to Clark County and in 1894 went with the Indianapolis Switch and Frog Company. Mr. Price has been very active in civic as well as business circles, and has particularly devoted time and means to the Y. M. C. A. He is a Presbyterian. For two years he was chairman of the committee handling the War Savings Stamps in Clark County. He is a member and director of the Chamber of Commerce. On November 25, 1896, Mr. Price married Hiss Sarah L. Hodge, of Mechanicsburg, Ohio. THE RIDGELY TRIMMER COMPANY, Of which Jerry K Williams is the active head, is a large and prosperous industry and one of the most distinctive of the manufacturing enterprises centered at Springfield. It is the only factory in the world devoting its energies exclusively to the making of tools and supplies for the benefit of the decorator, painter and paper hanger. These tools, the product of a long line of inventive effort and experience, have served to lighten the burden of the world's work, and at the same time have enabled an increasing proportion of the world's population to secure and enjoy the advantages of the decora- SPRINGFIELD AND CLARK COUNTY - 167 tive arts in their own homes. How the business started is an interesting story. As usual it started with an individual who recognized the need of finding better methods, and had the inventive skill to devise something better than the tools then at his command. This individual was Charles T. Ridgely, a paper hanger. When he first started work at his trade, like hundreds of other paper hangers at the time, he used a pair of shears with which to trim his paper. The use of shears continued until he decided that he could work much faster by using a knife. He designed a special knife for the purpose. Then one day while using it the knife slipped and one of his fingers was badly cut. His wife expostulated with him for using a knife, and said that after so many years of paper hanging he should be able to invent a saf e and easy way of trimming paper. A woman's good advice and an accident were the original source of the invention of the Ridgely Trimmer. The first invention was relatively crude, and modern implements manufactured under the Ridgely name have only the basic principle in common with the first trimmer devised by Charles T. Ridgely about 1882. Shortly after he had devised the invention, Mark Smith, a son of Mark Smith, who was a pioneer of Springfield, obtained an interest in it, and together these men made an exhibit of the trimmer at the Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893. Their trimmer was awarded the only prize given to any device of that kind. This trimmer combined a straight edge and knife, and was used after the paste was applied. The softer the paper became the easier the machine worked and without danger of cutting the hand, chipping the straight edges or snagging the paper. A self-connecting gauge cuts the rotary blade against the straight edge and enables the operator to cut any weight paper without changing the gauge in the least. It was in September, 1900, that Mr. Jerry K. 'Williams acquired the ownership of the Ridgely patents and plant. He organized a stock company known as the Ridgely Trimmer Company, and has been actively identified with the concern ever since and is its real directing head. When he took hold of the Ridgely Trimmer Company the output was one wall paper trimmer and one seam roller. The trimmer, which was then the dominating feature of the business, is now obsolete, and subsequent improvements and patents have resulted in a marvelously accurate and efficient machine now known throughout the world. Other devices have been incorporated in the manufacturing until the company now produces every tool known for the use of the decorator, painter or paper hanger. The company even employs experimental engineers whose sole business it is to devise or perfect tools that will relieve the hard work of the trade, produce more work with the same amount of labor and time, and add in general to the efficiency of an important branch of the constructive art. The Ridgely Trimmer Company has a world-wide business. It owns a warehouse in England, and handles its business in Continental Europe, as it does in the United States, through its own salesmen and through jobbers. The company also has warehouses in Australia and South America. In the United States their warehouses are in New York City and San Francisco. 168 - SPRINGFIELD AND CLARK COUNTY Springfield is the parent office, and the main manufacturing plant is also in this city. In the plant are employed from a hundred to four hundred persons. During the World war this company had on its payroll 1,100 people, and the entire organization was devoted to the making of what is termed technically "Stick Controls" but is known better by the public as steering gears for airships. In the Ridgely factory at Springfield not less than ninety percent of the airship steering apparatus in America was manufactured during that period. Ethan A. Williams, father of Jerry K., was born in New York State and came to Springfield, Ohio, when a boy. Here he became acquainted with Catherine Schaeffer, daughter of William N. Schaeffer, and they were married. Of their ten children seven died within ten days of each other from black scarlet fever. Ethan A. Williams was a civil engineer and laid out the old Ohio Southern Railroad, being paid for his work in script. Subsequently he branched out in general contracting. He was a graduate of Harvard College, a member of the Episcopal Church, and in an unostentatious way did much good in his community. Many residents of Springfield still recall his kindly character and his acts of substantial charity. Jerry K. Williams, only survivor of his father's family, was born at Springfield, February 4, 1868. He was not reared in wealth nor, on the other hand, in poverty, but from an early age his independent spirit took him into practical work and he really paid his expenses while finishing his education in high school. He did work at night and also carried groceries to the home of Mr. Prince and others. After completing his education he worked in different lines until he took over the Ridgely Trimmer Company, and in the success of that great enterprise he has been the primary factor. In 1886 Mr. Williams married Sara A. Stokes, of Bellefontaine, Ohio. Two children were born to their marriage, a son and daughter, the latter dying at the age of three months. The son, Harry S. Williams, died at the age of thirty-three, and at the time of his death was actively engaged in the Ridgely Trimmer Company. He was married and is survived by two children, Sara R. Williams, Jr., and Jerry K. Williams, Jr., aged respectively seven and eleven years. Mr. Williams is a member of the Christian Science Church, is a republican, belongs to the Chamber of Commerce, Lagonda Club, Rotary Club and Country Club, is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner and belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, is a life member of the Knights of Pythias, and life member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is also a member of the Commercial Travelers. ALBERT W. DYER. It has been claimed that no one who has once entered the newspaper business is ever satisfied outside of it ; that there is a fascination in the work which cannot be 'resisted. Certain it is that its followers work harder for less substantial return than almost any class, receiving as their reward the satisfaction in having borne a part in shaping public policies and advocating in popular form improvements. Upon the shoulders of the conscientious newspaper man rests heavy responsibilities, and if he is faithful to high ideals he is certain of effect- SPRINGFIELD AND CLARK COUNTY - 169 ing much good and accomplishing constructive work of a high order. Albert W. Dyer, proprietor and publisher of the South Charleston Sentinel, is a man whose experience in newspaper work is a wide and comprehensive one and whose efforts have been principally expended in this line of endeavor. He was born at Springfield, Ohio, March 8, 1882. The parents of Albert W. Dyer, John and Mary (Hunt) Dyer, are natives of Taunton, England, where John Dyer was born October 29, 1853. They were reared and educated in their native place, he attending the public schools and she a private one. In 1880 John Dyer came to the United States and located at Springfield, Ohio. Engaging with the William M. Whitely Company, he has continued with this concern and its successors ever since as an experimental man. Mrs. Dyer was born March 6, 1861, and she came to the United States about 1879. She and her husband were married at Springfield, Ohio, where they have since maintained their residence. Originally Church of England people, they are now communicants of the Episcopal Church. Mr. Dyer belongs to the Knights of Pythias and the Order of Ben Hur, and in politics he is a republican. He and his wife had three children born to them, of whom two now survive, Albert W. and his brother, Clifford J., a high-chool graduate, now teller for the Farmers National Bank of Springfield, Ohio. The boyhood and youth of Albert W. Dyer were spent at Springfield, where he attended the public schools and where he took a commercial course in the Willis Business University, being one of its graduates. His first position was that of stenographer with the Floral Publishing Company, and he held it for three years. For the subsequent three years he was stenographer for the Evans Manufacturing Company, and then, leaving that concern, he went to Toronto, Canada, and for a time was with the ad department of the Montreal Star. Severing these connections Mr. Dyer returned to the United States and became ad manager of the Chautauqua publications at Chautauqua, New York. After two years in that position he came back to Springfield, Ohio, and became manager of Floral Life. Subsequently he went to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, as circulation manager of Suburban Life. Once more he returned to Springfield, and for four years was with the American Seeding Machine Company, but then returned to newspaper work as editor and publisher of the Mayville, New York, Sentinel, continuing with this journal for six years. It was at the termination of that period that he came to South Charleston and bought the South Charleston Sentinel, and entered upon his present field of usefulness. On October 10, 1906, Mr. Dyer married Augusta Ehrle, born at Springfield, a daughter of Fred and Katherine (Kohler) Ehrle. Mrs. Dyer attended the common and high schools of Springfield, and the Willis Business University, of which she, too, is a graduate. For a time she was with the Floral Publishing Company of Springfield as stenographer, and later with the Crowell Publishing Company in its advertising department. Mr. and Mrs. Dyer have three children, namely : Dorothy, Marjorie and John F. The Dyers are communicants of the Episcopal Church. A Mason, Mr. Dyer belongs to Anthony Lodge No. 455, F. and A. M. He is a strong republican, but has never cared to make the race for public office. Both he and Mrs. Dyer are the center of a 170 - SPRINGFIELD AND CLARK COUNTY congenial circle, and their pleasant home is the scene of many delightful gatherings. As a citizen Mr. Dyer stands exceptionally high in popular esteem, and he is making his one of the best country papers in Ohio. FINDLEY W. SHAW has a record of vigorous and successful achievement as one of the substantial exponents of farm industry in Clark County, has the distinction of being a native son of the Buckeye State and is a scion of a sterling pioneer family of Ohio. His well improved farm estate is situated in Greene Township and his postoffice address is Yellow Springs. Mr. Shaw was born in Greene County, Ohio, January 11, 1856, and is a son of Robert and Polly (Wilson) Shaw, the former of whom was born near Trenton, New Jersey, in 1804, and the latter of whom was born in Massachusetts, in 1812, both having been young at the time when the respective families established pioneer homes in Ohio. The marriage of Robert Shaw and Polly Wilson was solemnized when they were young folk, and they settled on a farm in Greene County, where their first child was born in the year [835. Later they removed to a farm two miles west of the original place, and two years prior to his death Mr. Shaw came to Greene Township, Clark County, where he died in 1886, his devoted wife having passed to eternal rest in 1882 and having been an earnest member of the Presbyterian Church. Of their eleven children six are living in 1922, and of the eleven the subject of this sketch is the youngest. Cyrus is a farmer in Greene Township and is individually mentioned on other pages of this work ; Margaret is the widow of John Kemp and resides at Hammond, Louisiana ; Lydia is the widow of Abraham Rasner and resides near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ; Horace is a resident of Yellow Springs, Clark County ; and John is another of the prosperous farmers of Greene Township, this county. Findley W. Shaw was reared on the old home farm in Greene County, where he remained until he had attained to his legal majority, his educational advantages in the meanwhile having been those of the public schools of his native county. He has never found it expedient to sever his allegiance to the basic industries of agriculture and stock-growing, through the medium of which he has won substantial prosperity. His fine home farm comprises sixty acres of the excellent land of Greene Township, and he is one of the loyal and representative citizens of that township. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party, and he and his wife hold membership in the Presbyterian Church at Yellow Springs, of which he is a trustee. December 31, 1878, recorded the marriage of Mr. Shaw and Miss Anna Patton, who was born May 11, 1858, in Greene Township, and who has lived continuously in this township, where her parents were early settlers. Mr. and Mrs. Shaw have a fine family of ten children, concerning whom brief record is given in conclusion of this review : Emerson graduated from Cedarville College and is now principal of public schools in the State of Minnesota ; Raymond likewise graduated from Cedarville College, and later completed a course in the Ohio State University, he being now engaged in the real estate business at Columbus, this state ; Wilbur graduated from the law department of Valparaiso SPRINGFIELD AND CLARK COUNTY - 171 University, at Valparaiso, Indiana, and is now engaged in the real estate business in Baltimore, Maryland ; Walter, a graduate of the Ohio State University, is now in charge of the boys' institution known as Welcome Hall, in the City of Brooklyn, New York ; Rev. Edward B. is a graduate of the Western Theological Seminary, Allegheny, Pennsylvania., and is now pastor of North Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; Minnie, who remains at the parental home, is likewise a graduate of the Ohio State University ; Paul M., a graduate of the high school at Clifton, is now associated with his brother Raymond in the real estate business in the City of Columbus ; John P. was graduated from the Clifton High School and later attended Antioch College, is associated in the management of the home farm ; Nettie graduated from the high school, thereafter was for three years a student at Cedarville College, and is now teaching public school ; Ruth E. is attending Cedarville College. Paul M. and John P. represented Ohio in the nation's military service in the World war period, Paul having accompanied his command to France, where he twice went "over the top" and where he suffered from a gas attack while at the front. John was in service at Camp Perry, Ohio, and was not called overseas. OSCAR T. AND PAUL C. MARTIN. The name of Martin is associated with the legal history of Clark County, both Oscar T. Martin, now deceased, and his son and successor, Paul C. Martin, adding distinction to their profession by their own capabilities and actions. The late Oscar T. Martin was born January 25, 1848, and died May 1, 1913. He was a son of David M. Martin, who with his family moved from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to Osborn, Greene County, Ohio, about 1854, and became a justice of the peace and a man of considerable local popularity. His wife, the mother of Oscar T. Martin, was Mary Brenneman. Oscar T. Martin was reared in Greene County, where he attended school, and where he taught school for a time. Enrolling at Wittenberg College, he took its regular course and was graduated therefrom in 1868. For some time thereafter he was interested in local newspaper work, becoming a reporter and later editor of the old Advertiser. This was, however, but the preliminary action to his study of the law with Keifer & White, and about 1873 he was admitted to the bar and at once began an active practice that was only terminated with his death. In 1873 Oscar T. Martin married Mary S. McCoy, and they became the parents of Paul C. Martin. Oscar T. Martin developed into one of the foremost lawyers of his time, and combined with his professional skill he possessed more than ordinary business qualifications. He was a tremendous worker and very industrious and became attorney for some of the great corporations, and was the personal attorney and friend of the late Governor Bushnell. In 1904 he succeeded Governor Bushnell as president of the First National Bank of Springfield, and served as such until his death. He took a keen interest in all local matters, and was a zealous member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Martin was a loyal friend, and while he never ran for office he sacrificed time in furthering the political ambitions of his associates. In 1901 he organized the law firm of Martin & Martin, the junior member being his son, Paul C. Martin, and the latter, after his father's death, continued alone 172 - SPRINGFIELD AND CLARK COUNTY until 1921, when Homer C. Corry became his partner, the firm now being Martin & Corry. Paul C. Martin graduated from Princeton in 1898 and has since then practiced law at Springfield. He married Bessie, the only child of William M. Black, one of the old-time and honored men of Springfield. Mr. Martin has been identified with many of the local industries of Springfield. In recent years, in addition to an extensive law practice, he has aided in the progress of many public and semi-public utilities with which he is connected. HORATIO STRONG BRADLEY. One of the longest records of personal service in the industrial affairs of Springfield might properly be claimed by Horatio Strong Bradley, who came to the city nearly fifty years ago and has long enjoyed a place of power and prestige among local manufacturers and bankers. Mr. Bradley is president of the Lagonda Manufacturing Company, vice president of the Springfield Advance Machine Company, and vice president of the Springfield National Bank. He was born at Ashland, Ohio, February 4, 1853, son of Rev. Horatio S. and Sarah (Patterson) Bradley. His parents are now deceased. His father for a long period years was an active minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church and held charges at many points in the Ohio Conference. H. S. Bradley lived with his parents in the different towns and cities where his father was a pastor. The longest period of residence during his boyhood was at Delaware, Ohio, where he acquired most of his public school education, and in the same city he entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, where he was graduated with the A. B. degree in 1872. The following year Mr. Bradley went to work in a bank at Hartford City, Indiana, but after a short time came to Springfield, in 1873, and here he worked for a time as a bookkeeper in a drug house. His first important position among the manufacturing interests of the city was as cashier for the St. John Sewing Machine Company. He was associated with that old-time industry for a number of years. Later, with Gustavus Foos, he became one of the organizers of the Foos Manufacturing Company, a business now continued as the Bauer Brothers Manufacturing Company. Mr. Bradley organized the Lagonda Manufacturing Company in 1903. This is a local industry for the manufacture of a line of steam specialties, and its output is distributed all over the country. Mr. Bradley has been president of the company from the beginning. This and other connections above noted constitute for him a busy program in the commercial life of Springfield. However, he has accepted responsibilities in other departments of life, and since 1908 has been a member of the Board of Trustees of Ohio Wesleyan University, his alma mater. He is a trustee of the High Street Methodist Episcopal Church and a member of the Y. M. C. A. Socially he belongs to the Chamber of Commerce and the Lagonda and Country Clubs. Mr. Bradley married Miss Nannie Gunn. Her father, Rev. J. W. Gunn, was one of Springfield's oldest and most highly respected citizens. W. H. STACKHOUSE. Springfield has long enjoyed the national prominence as a center of American manufactures. Some of the per- SPRINGFIELD AND CLARK COUNTY - 173 sonal leaders in Springfield industry have likewise been accorded distinction among the industrial leaders of the country, and one of these is W. H. Stackhouse. His personal career has been closely associated for many years with what was formerly known as the Bettendorf Metal Wheel Company of Davenport, Iowa. This corporation in 1890 established a branch at Springfield. The company manufactured metal wheels for agricultural implements, and the output was sold to implement manufacturers. Some years ago the business was converted into an unlimited partnership, as it is at present, the principal stockholders then being G. Watson French, Nathaniel French and J. L. Hecht, all of Davenport. Nathaniel French is now deceased. W. H. Stackhouse in 1898 became an owner in the business, and has had the complete management at Springfield for the past fifteen years. This is a business employing some four hundred hands, and the product is sold through manufacturers all over the civilized world. On March 1, 1922, he became general manager of the firm, with headquarters at the Davenport, Iowa, plant, though retaining his residence in Springfield. Mr. Stackhouse was born at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, April 22, 1865, son of Samuel S. and Ann (Humphreys) Stackhouse, of English and Scotch lineage. He was educated at Davenport, Iowa, and for twenty-five years has been identified with the French and Hecht business. Prior to that he served under appointment from President Cleveland as collector of internal revenue for the southern district of Iowa. Mr. Stackhouse has been president of the Springfield Chamber of Commerce, president of the Springfield Manufacturers Association, and for a number of years has been a member of the National Industrial Conference Board of New York City. He is also a former president of the National Implement and Vehicle Manufacturers Association, and a member of the National Chamber of Commerce, of which he is a national councillor. Mr. Stackhouse was one of the men invited by President Harding to a conference at St. Augustine, Florida, in February, 1921, relative to the subject of Federal taxation. He made an oral argument on this measure before the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives in August, 1921. President Harding also invited him to participation in the National Conference on unemployment, held in September, 1921, and he was chairman of the Manufacturers Committee. During April, 1921, he was one of the thirty-six men summoned from different parts of the United States to confer with Secretary Hoover on the reorganization of the Governmental departments at Washington and to consider the matter of making the Department of Commerce most beneficial to the public. At this conference an Executory Advisory Committee of five was created to act in an advisory capacity to the secretary, and Mr. Stackhouse is one of the members of this committee. During January, 1922, upon invitation of President Harding, he participated in the National Agricultural Conference at Washington, District of Columbia. Mr. Stackhouse is an independent republican, and is a Catholic. He is married and has nine children and two grandchildren. 174 - SPRINGFIELD AND CLARK COUNTY EDWIN L. SHUEY, JR. Six miles from the center of Springfield, in Moorefield Township, Clark County, is situated Amedsa Hills Farm, the productive and well-improved property belonging to the Shuey f amily, and under the superintendence of Edwin L. Shuey, Jr., the only son, an enterprising agriculturist of this region. Mr. Shuey formerly had several important business connections in the larger cities, but has found his chief enjoyment and prosperity in the midst of his farm, where he is operating successfully in the fields of farming and stockraising. Mr. Shuey was born at Dayton, Ohio, January 3, 1887, and is a son of Edwin L. and Effie (Mitchell) Shuey. Edwin L. Shuey was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, January 3, 1857, and as a child was taken by his parents to Dayton, where he was reared and where his education was acquired in the public schools. After attending high school he entered Otterbein College, from which he was graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and subsequently was granted the degree of Master of Arts. A few years ago he received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. On August 15, 1882, he married Effie Mitchell, who was born at Springfield, and who had been a student at Wittenberg College. Following their union they settled at Westerville, Franklin County, Ohio, where Mr. Shuey was an instructor in the college for four years. They then removed to Dayton, where they have since resided, Mr. Shuey being connected with several of the largest business enterprises of that city. For many years he has served as a director of the Dayton Young Men's Christian Association and is a member of the International Committee of that organization. He has always been active in the civic and religious organizations of his city and of the country. Mr. Shuey is president of the Board of Trustees of the First United Brethren Church of Dayton. In politics he is a republican. He has served as a member of the School Board, and is now president of the State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (1922). He and Mrs. Shuey are the parents of three children : Amy M., the wife of A. G. Bookwalter, of New York ; Sarah Catharine, the wife of J. Bard McCandless, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ; and Edwin L., Jr. Edwin L. Shuey, Jr., was reared at Dayton, where he was graduated from the Steele High School, following which he entered Oberlin College and was a member of the graduating class of 1909, when he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He then took a position with the Delco organization at Dayton as assistant to the treasurer, remaining in that capacity for two years, when he resigned and joined the Berryhill Nursery, holding an active position for one year. He is still assistant treasurer of this concern, which is now located at Amedsa Hills Farm. When he left Dayton Mr. Shuey came to his present handsome property, where he raises large crops of all the standard grains, and makes a specialty of breeding Hampshire hogs. He is a modern agriculturist, stockman and nurseryman in every respect, and during his ten years on his Moorefield Township place has made numerous improvements. Mr. Shuey is a member of the First United Brethren Church of Dayton and holds an official position and membership in the Young Men's Christian Association at Dayton and Springfield. He is also a member of the State Boys' Committee of the Young Men's Christian Association of Ohio.