BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. DELAWARE TOWNSHIP. (RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) H. G. ANDREWS, Delaware, is a native of Franklin Co., this State, where he was born in July, 1813. His parents were Noah and Ruth (Griswold) Andrews; his father was a native of Connecticut, and his mother of Massachusetts ; Mr. Andrews came from his native county to this place in 1831, when he entered a store as clerk, and in about two years he engaged in the mercantile business for himself; this he continued for about twenty years, engaging also in the manufacture of paper at Stratford, an account of which business will be found in another part of this work ; during this time, Mr. Andrews purchased a farm which he has retained and operated ; it has been his fortune to fill several positions of prominence, and his wholesome influence has been felt in the community in which he has moved, serving to mold in no small degree the sentiments of those who were brought in contact with him ; Mr. Andrews was for a number of years a director of the S. & D. R. R. In 1835, he was married at Zanesville, Ohio, to Miss Emily Downer, and seven children have been born to them, four now living. Hiram R., a son, served in the late war for three years as a member of the 18th U. S. Regulars. FREDERICK AVERY (deceased). One by one the old settlers of Delaware Co. are passing away beyond the shores of the dark river, and in a few more short years there will be none of them left to tell of the hardships and trials of their early settlement in this now beautiful region. Frederick Avery was born in Groton, Conn. in 1796 ; his father died when our subject was very young; Mr. Avery clerked in a store for a number of years. About 1816, he married Lydia Ann Chamberlin, who was born in Berkshire Co., Mass., Feb. 22, 1799 ; in 1818, they, in company with Justice Chamberlain and family, and Nathan Chester and family, started for Ohio in wagons, and after being on the road thirty-six days, arrived in Delaware Co. and located on the Radnor road ; here Mr. Avery and family remained until 1822, when they moved to the present homestead of Mr. Avery; this farm then had but few improvements, no improved farm between them and Scioto. Mr. Avery went to work with a will, and in a few years, he owned a good improved farm; he was Judge of the court for several years, filling that office with honor and credit; he was every way a most estimable man. He died June 13, 1878, nearly 81 years of age, leaving a wife and four children to mourn the loss of a kind and loving husband and father. GEORGE H. AIGIN, engineer fire department, Delaware. Among the old settlers of Delaware may be mentioned the Aigin family, who came here in 1837 ; the subject of this sketch was born in Monroe Co., N. Y., in 1829, and is the son of James Aigin, who was born in Baltimore in 1801, and went to Buffalo, N. Y., to learn his trade as a tailor, at 16 years of age, at which he worked in different parts of the country; he was in Boston when the corner-stone of the Bunker Hill Monument was laid, and was married in 1828 in New York, to Miss Martha Angier, of Andover, Mass. In 1837, with family, he moved to Delaware and is recognized as one of its honored citizens ; he keeps a news stand, which business he has been in for the last twenty-one years; Mr. Aigin was one of the committee that organized the Ohio Wesleyan University; had one son in the late civil war, Stephen P., enlisted in Co. C, 4th O. V. I., who was lost about 1863, supposed to have been drowned; George H. remained a resident of j, Delaware until 1847, when he went to Alabama, and was there engaged in helping build the Selma. Rome & Dalton Railroad, of which he was locomotive engineer for a number of years; Mr. Aigin was taken sick with yellow fever, and was dangerously ill with that dreaded disease some five days 614 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: in 1859 ; he then returned to Delaware, and has since worked in the flag-mills, and helped to set up the engine in that mill; he also had one-third interest in the city foundry, which business he carried on about one year; Mr. Aigin was for one year engaged in the grocery business. In 1870, on the organization of the paid fire department, he was made engineer of the steamer, which position he has filled ever since with entire satisfaction to all ; he is now the oldest in the service of the department; Mr. Aigin has attended church in the present engine-house, which was originally erected for church purposes; he was for a short time engaged in operating a grist-mill in Concord Township, where he was elected Township Clerk, and filled that office with satisfaction. A. G. BYERS, agent Columbus & Toledo Railroad, Delaware, was born in York Co., Penn., in 1840, and in 1849 came to Delaware, where he has been a resident ever since; in 1857, he entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, and was a student in that institution for some two years ; in 1861, he entered a dry-goods store as a clerk, and in 1865 became a partner in the dry-goods business as a member of the firm of Mendenhall & Co.; in 1876, Mr. Byers received the appointment as station agent in Delaware for the Columbus & Toledo Railroad, which position he has filled with satisfaction to the company and the traveling public; he also holds the position of passenger and emigrant agent for the old reliable Pan Handle Railroad. Mr. Byers' father, George Byers, was a soldier in the late war, enlisting in the 48th O. V. I., in which regiment he also had two sons, George L. and Lee W.; the father was taken sick at Shiloh and removed to the hospital at Fort Pickering, Memphis, Tenn., where he died; one of the sons, Lee W., was taken prisoner up Red River and remained such some six months, when he joined his regiment; both served full time and were honorably discharged. JAMES A. BARNES, Delaware, proprietor of the Delaware Oil Mills, is one of the leading and most successful business men of Delaware; he was born in New Hartford, Conn., Dec. 3, 1818 ; when he was but 3 years of age, his parents came West and located in Licking Co., Ohio ; in 1840, Mr. Barnes came to Delaware, which has since been his home, with the exception of one year, 1849, when he went to California, gold seeking, with fair success, and one year in Missouri, where he was engaged in the saw-mill business, on the Missouri River; in 1840, Mr. Barnes commenced the practice of law, at the Delaware County bar, where he was associated with the late Charles Sweetser, the firm being known as Barnes & Sweetser; in 1857, he retired from the practice of his profession, and in 1859 purchased his present business, which was then carried on in a two-story frame building, with a capacity of fifty bushels of flag-seed every twenty-four hours, employing six men ; in 1863, he erected the present stone building, which is known as the Delaware Oil Mills; the business now has a capacity of 300 bushels of flax-seed every twenty-four hours, employing nine men. In 1859, Mr. Barnes was elected Mayor of Delaware, and again, in 1876, to the same office, filling the position with credit and satisfaction to the public. H. L. BAKER, merchant, Delaware, was born in Orange Township, Delaware Co., in 1841, and is the son of George and Mary (Baker) Baker, who emigrated to Ohio and located in Delaware Co. at an early day; he was born on the farm ; from Delaware Co. he went to Clark Co. and remained there five or six years, when he returned to Orange Township, Delaware Co. ; he lived also in Westerville and Lewis Center, and was Postmaster at the latter place for three years ; also agent for the Express Co. and C., C., C. & I. R. R., for a number of years; in 1878, he came to Delaware and commenced mercantile business, and formed a partnership with Mr. Scoffield, which continued until 1880, when Mr. Baker became owner of the entire business ; his store is located on South Sandusky street; near the C., C., C. & I. R. R. crossing, where he has erected a handsome residence and business block ; besides running a full line of choice family groceries, Mr. Baker is engaged in the coal business, and intends soon to erect opposite his place of business a fine warehouse, two stories high, 26 x 60 ; he will then, in connection with his present business, enter the grain trade. Mr. Baker was married in Orange Township to Miss Mary Angle, of New Jersey. BROWN & BURNHAM, proprietors of City Foundry, are among the leading manufacturers of Delaware. They commenced business in 1862. Matthias Brown was born in Germany; having emigrated to America, in 1830, he went to Philadelphia, and learned the trade of a machinist ; from this he became a railroad engineer, which he followed some fourteen years, taking charge of his first engine on the P. & R. R. R., where he remained some four years. He was at one time in the employ of the famous locomotive works of Rogers & DELAWARE TOWNSHIP. - 615 Baldwins, of Philadelphia, and traveled all over the country, going to Quebec to set up one of their locomotives. Mr. Brown was also at one time master mechanic of the Springfield Division of the C., C., C. & I. R. R. He is now, about 59 years of age, and is considered one of the best machinists in Central Ohio. John A. Burnham was born in New Hampshire, and learned his trade, as a machinist, at Lowell, Mass., at 22 years old. He is now 81 years old, having had an experience of fifty-nine years in mechanics, and is now, perhaps, the oldest in his line in this part of the State. Mr. Burnham came to Delaware in 1846, since which time he has been engaged in the manufacturing business; in 1847, he commenced on the west side; afterward he became a member of the firm of Bradley, Burnham, Lamb & Co., who erected large buildings, and was engaged in the manufacture of all kinds of machinery, thence to his present establishment, which was erected by Burnham & Miller. Mr. Burnham is the patentee of an iron and wood fence. The present shops are 30 x 60 feet, 2 stories high, with 20 horse power engine, and are fitted up with every facility for turning out first-class work, a reputation which they now enjoy and expect to maintain. REV. H. A. BECKER, Pastor of St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Delaware, was born in Mahoning Co., Ohio, April 30, 1841, and is the son of Rev. F. C. and Mamie Becker. His father was born in Germany in 1805, having emigrated to America when young, and, abut 1839, came to Ohio; he is now a resident of Lordstown, Trumbull Co., Ohio, where he has had charge of a church for the last forty years. The Rev. H. A. Becker, after receiving a common-school education in his native county, went to Columbus and graduated from the Capitol University ; in 1866, he was ordained and licensed to preach, his first charge being at St. Paris, Champaign Co., where he remained some eight months, then in Thornville, Perry Co., from 1867 to 1877, having charge of four large congregations, one in Thornville and three located in different parts of Perry Co. ; here Mr. Becker did good work ; in 1877, he came to Delaware, where he has since been the resident Pastor, and is also engaged in publishing a Sundayschool paper called the Illustrated Lutheran Child's Paper, which has a circulation of some 5,000. Rev. H. A. Becker married in September, 1866, Miss Mary L. Hoffman, of Germany ; by this union they have five children. CAPT. BENJAMIN A. BANKER, merchant. Among the leading business men of Delaware may be mentioned the above-named gentleman, who was born in Tompkins Co., N. Y., Aug. 10, 1829, and is the son of Benjamin Banker, who engaged in farming. When 15 years of age, Mr. Banker, with his parents, moved West and located in Will Co., Ill.; in Joliet, Ill., he learned his trade as a carpenter, and worked at it until 1849, when he came to Cardington, Ohio, and remained there until 1855, when he came to Delaware Co., and has been one of its honored citizens ever since. Here, during the late war, he enlisted as a private in Co. D, 121st O. V. I. After being mustered in, he was made Orderly Sergeant, and, afterward, Second Lieutenant, then First Lieutenant, filling the lieutenancy for about a year, when he was promoted to Captain of Co. A, where he served until the close of the war, having participated in some of the hardest battles and longest marches of the war-Perryville, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Atlanta, and Sherman's march to the sea, through the Carolinas to Washington and the grand review. During the march through the Carolinas, Capt. Banker was detailed to rebuild a bridge over Feather River, N. C., which had been burned by the rebels. He began, at 8 P. M., with a corps of workmen, and by 6 A. M. the army was passing over the bridge: Capt. Banker, in November, 1862, was taken sick with typhoid fever, and was in a dangerous condition for some four or five weeks; but in May he reported for duty, and, after serving in the war until the dawn of peace-enlisting as a private and being mustered out a Captain-he returned home to Delaware County, where he engaged in farming in Delaware Township. His house was burned in 1867, and he moved to Delaware. He was master mechanic of the Ohio Penitentiary, under Gen, Noyes, which position he filled for two and one half years. In 1875, he commenced the flour. feed and commission business, which he is now following. He married Miss Elizabeth Worline of Delaware Co.; they have five children. Capt Banker is a Republican, and served as Coroner of Delaware Co. for two years with credit ; he is a member of the M. E. Church. DAVID BEVAN, JR., farmer; P. O. Delaware; was born in South Wales, April 20. 1829; his parents were David and Margare (Lewis) Bevan, who, in 1842, with six children emigrated to America, and located on the Radnor pike, Delaware Township, on a place then but 616 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: little improved, with only a log cabin and a small piece of cleared land for a beginning,; the family had in a few years a well-improved farm, now only marked by an old orchard and part of the barn ; after farming here for a number of years, he moved to a farm west of Mr. Bevan's present home, where his mother, Margaret Bevan, died some seventeen years ago ; in 1879, on the 23d day of May, David Bevan died, at the age of 83 years; thus passed away two of the old and highly respected citizens of Delaware Co.; of the Bevan family there are now living three sons and one daughter-James, William, Dinah, and David, the subject of this sketch, who has been engaged in farming through life, and is now owner of a fine, improved farm. He married Eliza Davis, daughter of Thos. Davis, of South Wales, and has four children. William Bevan was a soldier in the late war, having enlisted in the 121st O. V. I and served three years and two months, participating in battles and marches with the 121st and was honorably mustered out. CHARLES H. BODURTHA. Among the leading photographers of Central Ohio may be mentioned the above-named gentleman, who was born in Berkshire Co., Mass.; in 1863, he finished learning his trade in Hartford, Conn., and went to Bridgeport, Conn., and opened a gallery, where he remained in business but a short time, ten went to Venezuela, South America, and remained there two years, being the first photograph artist there; after this, he was engaged on an English man-of-war as a special artist, taking sketches and views of notable places ; after continuing at this sixteen months, he came to Ohio, and located in Columbus, where he remained some six months, when he came to Delaware and was first employed by T. A. Beach, a leading photographer ; soon Mr. Bodurtha became part owner and the firm remained Beach & Bodurtha for a number of years, when Mr. Bodurtha became sole proprietor, and is recognized as being one of the finest artists in Central Ohio ; rooms in Reynolds & Frank's Block, third floor. HENRY BUTLER, deceased, son of Thomas Butler, who was engaged in the saddle and harness business, and was about the first in that business in Delaware. Henry Butler was born in Delaware about 1825; here he grew to manhood, and received a common-school education in Delaware ; was a clerk for a number of years ; about 1845, he went to New York City, and clerked in a notion house owned by his brother; here he remained for a number of years; on account of his health he at length resigned, and soon afterward died. He was married, Dec. 26, 1850, to Miss Mary E. Starling, of Columbus, Ohio, daughter of Mrs. Cassandra Starling ; they have four children living, two sons and two daughters. EZEKIEL BROWN, Delaware, is a native of this county, and came from a noted family of its first settlers, who were prominently identified with the early history of Berkshire Township, in the writing of which they are appropriately mentioned. Mr. Brown's father was born in Pennsylania about 1791, and was the son of Ezekiel Brown, who was a native of Orange Co., N . Y., where he was born in 1760. He came to Ohio from Pennsylvania about 1800, and settled in Franklinton, and in 1807 or 1808 moved to this county. The mother of Mr. Brown was a daughter of the Hon. Benjamin Carpenter, who also came to the county at. an early day. Such school privileges as were afforded in this part of the country during the younger days of Mr. Brown, he received the full benefit of, and at the age of 19 commenced teaching, being thus occupied for two winters, when he attended school at an academy for young men, at Wes terville, for one year, again teaching the winter following. In 1844, he was married to Miss Harriet Hance, immediately after which he moved onto, and assumed charge of, his father's farm. This he worked for three years, when he became proprietor of a woolen factory in Galena, buying out the former owner, John Wilson. Branching out somewhat, Mr. Brown, in connection with J. P. May nard, inaugurated a new enterprise, that of manufacturing farming implements and wagons. The woolen business was carried on by him for about fifteen years, when he sold it out, but continued the manufacture of implements for about seven years longer. In these undertakings, Mr. Brown was quite successful. However, his health became impared, and he retired from active business for a short period, following which, in 1872, he engaged in the lumber business in Galena. In the fall of 1873, being elected County Treasurer, he closed out his lumber interests, preparatory to assuming the duties of his office. In 1874, at the close of his term, Mr. Brown went to Springfield, Ohio, and engaged in the boot and shoe trade, in partnership with his brother-in-law. W. A. Hance ; withdrawing front this in about one year, he returned to Delaware, and, in connection with Silas Pierson, bought out I Thurston & Williams, grocers, at the corner of Sandusky and North streets. This partnership DELAWARE TOWNSHIP. - 617 was for only one year, at the end of which Mr. Brown bought Mr. Pierson's interest, and continued the business, which is in a successful condition. His wife died Dec. 13, 1878. Mrs. Brown's parents were Quakers. She was educated at the Presbyterian Seminary at Granville, and was a woman of rare excellence of mind and heart. She was the mother of five children, three of whom are living-George, Isabel and Charles A. Those deceased are Willie A., at the age of 7 , and W Willis, when about 2. Mr. Brown has long been identified with church interests, having been a member of the M. E. Church since he was 21 years old. Politically, he is a Republican and has voted with that party since its organization in 1856. His first vote for President was cast for Henry Clay, the Whig candidate, in 1844. Mr. Brown takes an active part in local politics, and has been called upon to fill most of the township offices, as well as one of greater trust by the county. A. B. CADY, dentist, Delaware, is a native of Yates, Orleans Co., N. Y.; was born Dec. 31, 1839 ; at the age of 16, he entered the dental office of Dr. E. J. Mix of Brockport, N. Y., with whom he served about three years; he then entered the employ of his brother, Dr. C. S. Cady, in Warsaw, N. Y., with whom he practiced in his profession until the beginning of the war of the rebellion. In the excitement incident to those times, the Doetor, under the patriotic influence of his ardent nature, traveled to Washington to witness the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States ; it having been proclaimed by the rebellious element that such an event would not be permitted ; but the presence of large numbers from the North, of which the Doctor was a fair representative, contributed largely to the security of the occasion ; subsequently, the Doctor served in the N. Y. Mounted Rifles, and helped defend his country against the onslaught of the Southern hosts at Petersburg and Richmond, taking part, also, in other less notable though important campaigns. At the close of the war, Dr. Cady resumed the practice of his profession in Medina, N . Y., where he was married, Nov. 15, 1866, to Miss Mary E. Leary ; she being a native of the same place as the Doctor; her birth having taken place May 16, 1845 ; they have five children, one of whom (Frankie) has passed beyond the realms of material things ; those whose cheery faces remain to brighten their parents' home are Levina, William L., Mabel H. and Elmer B.; after about two years' practice in Medina, the Doctor removed to Dayton, Ohio, where he resided and followed the practice of dentistry for nearly two years; having been burned out, he took up his abode in Kenton, Hardin Co.; here he built up a lucrative business; in 1879, having sold his Kenton office, he removed to Delaware City, which is to be his permanent residence ; here he has established an office, and will give his personal attention to the practice of dentistry in all its branches; Dr. Cady is, undoubtedly, an expert in his profession, and will become popular in his newly chosen field; recognizing the superiority of porcelain in the manufacture of dental plates, he applied himself for several years experimenting in producing a process for porcelain manufacture, that would give a maximum strength with a minimum thickness ; for his perseverance he has been rewarded by success, and, in 1877, he took out a patent for the United States, securing to him the benefits of the new process ; this he controls, and by it he is enabled to excel in the art of manufacturing porcelain teeth and plates, of which he gives his patrons the benefit ; the new process for porcelain manufacture promises to work great changes; its utility is not confined to dentistry, but will be especially valuable for the manufacture of burial cases, and the finer articles for which a material of that character is adapted ; the patent is a bonanza. to the Doctor. J. S. CAMPBELL, Superintendent of Public Schools, Delaware; took charge of the public schools of this place in the year 1865, at which time there were employed twelve teachers, with an attendance of 500 pupils; under the professor's administration the enrollment has increased to 1,400-nearly trebled-with a corps of teachers numbering twenty-three not quite double ; so popular has Mr. Campbell become in this connection that he seems to be a fixture in his position, with no one to wish it otherwise. He was born in Ripley, Brown Co., this State, May 7, 1827; the son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Kirker) Campbell ; his mother was a native of Ohio, and his father of Virginia; the professor lived in his native county until he was 22 years of age, and became a college graduate in 1847, when he entered upon the study for the ministry; he subsequently became Pastor of the Presbyterian Church, at Winchester ; in about two years, he took charge of the Presbyterian Church in Felicity, Clermont Co., remaining there some eight years, when he went to South Charleston, and took charge of the public schools, which position he held until he came to Delaware. 618 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. DANIEL CARMICHAEL, deceased, was born in Johnstown, near Glasgow, Scotland, July 28, 1819 ; when a young man, he went as fireman on an ocean steamer, running from Liverpool to Boston, and soon became engineer; when about 25 years of age, he settled in Boston, Mass., where he learned his trade as a machinist; from Boston he went to Springfield, Mass., and worked in a machine-shop; thence to Cleveland, Ohio, where he worked at his trade for awhile, and soon after secured a position on a locomotive, on the C., C., C. & I. R. R.; he moved to Columbus, and he was appointed master mechanic of the C., C., C. & I. R. R. machine-shops, at that place; in 1872, he was transferred to Delaware, filling the same position until his death, Feb. 5, 1879, being master mechanic of the C., C., C. & I. R. R., for some nineteen years. Mr. Carmichael was a Christian, being a member of the Presbyterian Church; he came to America a poor boy, but., with hard work and good management, steadily grew into prominence, and, at his death, was beloved by all ; he left a wife and four children to mourn his loss. Married, in 1849, Miss Margaret Watson, of Scotland; his son, William, born in 1851, began work with his father at the age of 15 years, and became a first-class machinist; he is now master mechanic at the Columbus shops of the C., C., C. & I. R. R. WILLIAM H. CUTLER, County Sheriff, Delaware; was born in Delaware Co., Ohio, Sept. 21, 1836; the son of John and Matilda A. (McGown) Cutler; his mother was a native of Ohio, and his father was born in Prussia, and came to Sussex Co. Del., when but 3 years old; he was raised East, and came West to Ohio when Chillicothe was the capital of the State, and to Delaware Co. in about 1828 or 1829, and, in company with others, built a grist-mill in Concord Township. Mr. Cutler was engaged in farming until 1862, when he enlisted in Co. C, 121st O. V. I. for three years, as Sergeant, and took part in the battle of Perryville ; he was taken sick with chronic diarrhoea, from which he suffered for a number of months, and was finally discharged from service on the account of disability, when he returned home, and for about six years suffered from this trying disease. After Mr. Cutler's return, he was engaged in the mill business for a number of years; from this he returned to the farm ; in 1878, he was elected to the office of Sheriff of the county, on the Republican ticket, by a majority of 534 votes, one of the largest majorities ever given by the Republican party. Notwithstanding that Concord Township, Mr. Cutler's home, is strongly Democratic, he at this election received a majority of the votes cast. July 1, 1865, he was married to Miss Isabel R. McClure, of this county, a daughter of James McClure; they have had born to them two sons and one daughter. COL. JAMES M. CRAWFORD, Delaware; was born in Scioto Township, Delaware Co., Ohio, June 11, 1834, and is the son of James W. and Nancy (Stephen) Crawford; his mother was one of the first white children born in Franklin Co., Ohio, on the opposite bank of the Scioto, where Columbus now stands; his father was born in Pennsylvania, and came to Delaware Co. about 1804 or 1806, first locating in Liberty Township, whence he removed to Scioto Township, where he remained until 1839, during which time he was engaged in farming and milling; he also filled several offices of public trust-Magistrate, Representative, and was to the State Senate ; he was a soldier of the war of 1812, having enlisted and recruited men from this and adjoining counties ; he was a most estimable man, honored and liked by all ; he died in 1859, in Delaware, whither he had moved in 1839. Our subject moved with his parents from Scioto Township to Delaware ; here he received a good common-school education, when he began to learn his trade as a painter, which he carried on in Delaware until the breaking-out of the late civil war, when he began recruiting soldiers, and on the organization of the 4th O. V. I., he was made Captain of Co. C, commission dating April 16, 1861, which was the first captain's commission issued in the State of Ohio ; the regiment was organized at first for the three-months service ; after the expiration of that time, Col. Crawford re-enlisted for three years, acting as Captain of Co. C until Nov. 14, 1862, during which time e he participated in all the marches and engagements of the regiment; on account of a hem c orrhage of the lungs, he resigned, and came home After returning home, he was actively engaged in recruiting men, and afterward was appointed by Gov. Todd as Colonel of the Ohio National Guards, which included some 8,000 men; this command took an active part at the time of the Morgan raid through Ohio. Returning home, he e enlisted as Captain in the 100-day service in the 145th O. V. I. during which time he was in com mand of Forts Woodbury, Tillinghast and Craig as post commander ; after serving until the ex- DELAWARE TOWNSHIP. - 619 piration of the time, he returned to Delaware, and was soon after made Colonel of the 21st Ohio National Guards ; from 1861 to 1865, he was actively engaged either in the field or recruiting men for the service, and faithfully discharged his duty. It may here be stated in this connection, that James W. Crawfbrd, father of Col. Crawford, was in the war of 1812, and at his death in 1859 left a wife and twelve children ; two of his sons were in the Mexican war; Thomas J. two years, and Andrew J. one year; three sons were in the late civil war-James M., Hugh S. and John A., the latter of whom was killed at Robinson's Cross-roads (or Mine Run), Va.; he also had five grandchildren in the late war, of whom two were killed ; this family has lost three killed in battle, and has furnished over twenty-three years of service; our subject in 1865 filled the office of Revenue Assessor of Delaware Co. to 1869 ; he then followed his trade as painter for a short time, when he entered his present insurance business ; he filled the office of Justice of the Peace for one term. Col. Crawford is a Democrat, but during the war voted for Lincoln ; since the war he has been a worker in the Democratic ranks ; he married, in 1864, Miss Sarah M. Henry, of Shelby Co., Ohio. W. T. CONSTANT, physician and surgeon, Delaware; there are men in every city who are honored with the title of M. D., simply from the fact of a diploma having been granted them, while others have earned the title by years of bard study and close attention to business. Among the latter class we find Dr. W. T. Constant, of Delaware, the subject of this brief notice; he was born in Clermont Co., Ohio, Dec. 2, 1842,.and is the son of John P. Constant, a native of Kentucky, who engaged in mercantile business and farming in Ohio ; our subject, when a lad, entered the district schools in Clermont Co., where he received a good common-school education, and taught school for a short time; he was also a steamboat engineer one year on the Upper Ohio; in 1858, he entered the Ohio Wesleyan University of Delaware, and graduated in the Class of '61. At the breaking-out of the late civil war, he enlisted in the 4th O. V. I., Co. I, as private, in the recruiting of which company he took an active part and, on its organization, he was made Second Lieutenant, and soon after made its First Lieutenant, where he served some three months, when he was made Captain of the same company, and served until 1864, having participated in some of the most severe battles and marches of the war Rich Mountain, Greenbrier, Romney, battle of the Wilderness, Fredericksburg, etc. In 1864, Dr. Constant was appointed assistant physician of the Columbus Lunatic Asylum. It may here be stated that, while a student in the Ohio Wesleyan University, he was also studying medicine under Dr. Williams of Delaware; he also attended a regular course of lectures in the Cincinnati and Columbus Medical Colleges; in the Class of 68-69, Dr. Constant graduated from Cleveland Medical College, Cleveland, Ohio; he then came to Delaware and began the practice of medicine, which profession he has followed ever since, being associated at one time, in the practice of medicine, with Drs. J. H. White and J. A. Crouthers ; he has been, for the last nine years, U. S. Examining Surgeon of this district ; a member of the Delaware County Medical Association, of which he has been one of its honored Presidents. Dr. Constant married, in 1867, Miss Clara B. Clark, of Clermont Co., Ohio, a graduate of the Ohio Female College of Delaware; they have three children, two sons and a daughter. M. & G. D. CADWALADER, lumber merchants. Among the leading business men of Delaware are the above-named gentlemen, who commenced the lumber business in 1876. M. Cadwalader, senior member of the firm, was born near Llanfyllen, Montgomeryshire, North Wales, in 1814, and is the son of John and Sarah (Alyn) Cadwalader. In 1820, John Cadwalader, with his wife and three children, in company with five other families, embarked for America. After being on the ocean eight weeks, they landed in Philadelphia, where they hired conveyances and came to Delaware Co., locating in Radnor Township. They came here very poor, and at first rented a farm of 100 acres, afterward became owner of fifty-five acres, and paid for the same by clearing land. Their first house was made of logs, and was built in the woods, size about 15 x 20 feet, puncheon floor and chimney of wood and mud. Here they lived until the death of his mother, in 1831, at the age of 58 years. She was buried in the cemetery of Delhi. Soon afterward his father, John Cadwalader, went to the southern part of Ohio, and there died in 1875, at the age of 78. In 1834, Mr. M. Cadwalader came to Delaware, and commenced to learn his trade as a carpenter. Here he remained until 1836; when he went to Louisville, Ky., and worked at his trade until 1837, when he returned to Delaware. He then went to Troy, Miami Co., Ohio. 620 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: and worked on the court house at that place. He returned to Delaware, and, in 1841, started in the building and contracting business, and, in a fey years, was recognized as one of the finest designer and architects in Central Ohio. His work may b found on almost every prominent street in Dela ware, and in other parts of the country. Mr Cadwalader never had a day's schooling in his pro fession as an architect and builder. Among the prominent buildings he has either designed o erected in Delaware may be mentioned the Firs and Second Presbyterian, the Episcopal and Methodist Churches, all the college buildings of the Ohio Wesleyan University, excepting Elliott Hall and American House; in Marysville, Robinson's Block Snider's Block, Union Block, etc. In 1849, he was master-builder of the C. C. C. & I. R. R where he remained until 1851. During this time he built the first turn-table on this road at Cleveland, and made a contract for the timber to buil the first cars for the road, and built the first rat road depot at Columbus, which stood for a number of years. After working for the C. C. C. & I R. R. he engaged in building ; his last work was superintending the building of Merrick Hall c the Ohio Wesleyan University ; afterward entere the lumber business with his son, George D., who was born in Delaware in 1851, and graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan University in 1872, sine which he has been engaged in the lumber busines In 1849, Mr. Cadwalader married Caroline Atwel of Cuyahoga Co., Ohio; they have one child. M j Cadwalader held the office of City Engineer of Delaware for several years, and carried on survey ing for a number of years. L. S. COVELL, stock-dealer, Delaware; is native of Delaware, Ohio, and was born Nov. 1, 1828; his parents were Calvin and Permelia (Dobson) Covell, who came to Delaware at an early day Calvin Covell engaged in the manufacturing of wagons, and made about the first wagon in Delaware: he was also engaged in contracting, in building roads and bridges in different parts of Ohio, and for a number of years was engaged with the Ohio Stage Company ; about 1837 , he commenced the foundry business in Delaware, an manufactured plow and mill castings, etc.; he continued in this for a number of years, and died in Delaware a respected and honored citizen. The subject of our sketch set out in life when quit young, to work his own way; he left home, and went to Dayton, walking the greater part of the way after remaining there a short time, he returned and, in 1848, entered the jewelry business with only $2.62 ; he was successful, and is the oldest jeweler in Delaware. Of late years, Mr. Covell s has done but little in the jewelry business, having turned his attention to fine stock-raising, in company with his brother; they are among the largest importers of the celebrated Percheron horses in Ohio. HENRY CHAMBERLAIN, farmer; P. O. Delaware; was born in Washington, Berkshire Co., Mass., and is the son of Justice and Hannah (West) Chamberlain, the father from Massachusetts an4d the mother from Connecticut ; they were married in Massachusetts, and in 1818, with a family of four children, started West in wagons, reaching Delaware Co., and located on the Radnor Road, two and a half' miles west of Delaware; here they built a log cabin; Justice Chamberlain was a carpenter, and followed his trade while in Massachusetts; he died on the farm in 1828 ; the following is from the Delaware Patron of Sept. 18, 1828: "Died, in this township, on Monday last, after an illness of four days, Justice Chamberlain, Esq., aged about 53 years. He sustained through life the character of an exemplary, upright citizen, and was universally respected, and his death deeply lamented by all his acquaintances." His wife Hannah Chamberlain, was born in Vernon, Conn., Dec. 7, 1777, and was married to Justice Chamberlain in 1797; she died Dec. 14, 1870. Of the children, but three are living- William, Lydia Ann and Henry, who has been a resident of Del. f aware Township ever since 1818 ; he was for thirty years engaged in mercantile business in Delaware and occupied No. 1, Williams Block, twenty-eight and a half years; when a lad, he attended school, taught by R. Murray, and has a "reward - of merit," in water-colors, which reads as follows " r. Henry Chamberlain receives this testimonial of commendation from his teacher, R. Murray." Mr. Chamberlain married Miss Olive L. Allen, of Delaware Co., whose parents came to the county at an early day. W. H. CASE, Delaware; wasborn in Licking Co., Ohio, Feb. 12,1818 ; the son of Augustus Case, who was born in Connecticut, and came to Washington Co., Ohio, in 1800, being among the first settler; in there; our subject remained a resident of Licking Co. until about 1832, when he, with his parents moved to Delaware County and located in Liberty Township ; from there to Concord Township; where he engaged in farming; in 1843, Mr Case went to Union Co., and was a resident of DELAWARE TOWNSHIP. - 621 that county until about 1855, when he came to Delaware, which has since been his home; he was for some time engaged in carrying the United States mail from Delaware to Tiffin, Ohio; from that he entered the livery and sale stable, also extensively engaged in breeding Norman and Clydesdale horses ; is owner of the renowned imported stallionsNorman horse- Lyon," and the fullblooded Clydesdale "Lofty." Mr. Case, since his residence in Delaware, has held the office of City Marshal for a number of years, giving entire satisfaction. CRAWFORD'S BAND was organized in 1868, by Stewart Crawford and B. F. Thomas, both highly respected colored citizens of Delaware. Mr. Crawford was born in this place in 1843, and is the son of Thomas Crawford, who came here at an early day from Kentucky. He was a soldier in the late civil war. Upon the formation of the band, which is composed entirely of colored men, Stewart commenced the study of music. L. N. Vanhorn, a leading teacher of this kind of music, was their instructor for three months ; aside from that they have had no outside advantages, and have attained to their present state of efficiency by their perseverance in practice, combined with the natural talent of the members ; upon its organization there was another band in the city, but it could not stand the pressure occasioned by the superiority of Crawford's invincibles, and finally "gave up the ghost. Crawford's Band is recognized as the best colored organization of its kind in the State ; it is composed of thirteen good and substantial citizens of Delaware ; they have a set of fine instruments. purchased by a contribution made by the citizens of the place. The city may well be proud of so creditable an organization. REV. GEO. W. CURRY, minister, Second Baptist Church, Delaware, was born in Barnesville, Belmont Co., Ohio, in 1845, and is the son of Addison and Elizabeth Ann (,Wright) Curry; when our subject was quite young, he with his parents moved to Hocking Co., Ohio, remaining but a short time, then to Perry Co., and from there to Zanesville, where Mr. Curry entered the public schools, and received a common-school education ; in 1868, he moved to Delaware, which has been his home since; in 1874, he was licensed to preach, and in 1877 was regularly ordained; since Mr. Curry has been engaged in the ministry, he has been a faithful worker, having labored for one year in Urbana, and as a missionary preacher is doing good work in different parts of Ohio; he established a church and Sunday school in Richwood, which is now in a very flourishing condition; since 1877, the Rev. Mr. Curry has been located in Delaware, having charge of the Second Baptist Church, which is m a very good condition. In 1869, he married, in Zanesville, Ohio, Miss Julia Frances Andrews, of Indiana. S. C. CONRY, County Auditor, Delaware, was born in Clermont Co., Ohio, March 8, 1832 ; is the son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Whorton) Conry, both natives of Ohio; while a resident of his native county, Mr. Conry was engaged in farming, and from that he entered the mercantile business. In 1856, he moved to Hamilton Co., and, at the breaking-out of the late civil war, enlisted for three years in Co. L, 5th O. V. C., as a private, but was subsequently appointed Regimental Commissary ; he participated in the battles of Pittsburg Landing, Mission Ridge, Corinth, and others on Sherman's Atlanta campaign; Nov. 8, 1864, he was mustered out, and returned to Hamilton Co. In January, 1865, he moved to Delaware, where he entered the grocery business, in which he continued until 1872, when, after suffering a number of months with fever, he received a stroke of paralysis, from which he has been a sufferer ever since; during Mr. Conry's residence in Delaware, he has won a host of friends, resulting in his nomination and election by the Republican party to the office of Auditor of Delaware Co.; in 1877, he was reelected to the same position, being the only candidate elected at that time on the Republican ticket, thus receiving the commendation of the people for his devotion to duty, and kindly bearing toward his fellow-men, in discharging the labors of his official trust. MOSES DECKER, Delaware, was born in Susses Co., N. J., July 10, 1790 ; his father died when Mr. Decker was quite young, and he was placed in the hands of his grandmother; at the age of 17, Mr. Decker commenced learning the trade of a wheelwright, which he followed some three or four year, when he worked at the carpenter and cabinet-maker's trade ; in 1820, he, with his wife and two children, Opera and Sallie, came West in wagons, and located in Kingston Township, Delaware Co., here Moses Decker held several offices of public trust ; was Township Clerk eight years, Postmaster seventeen years, and Justice of the Peace six years, offces which he filled with honor and credit; after remaining in Kingston Township until 1864, the family moved to Delaware; in 1866, Mrs. Decker 622 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: died, nearly 66 years of age. Mr. Decker was a soldier of the war of 1812 (of which war he is a pensioner), under Col. Seward, doing duty principally in Sandy Hook; April 16, 1815, he was made a Lieutenant of the New Jersey Militia; his father-in-law was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and his son, John P. Decker, was a soldier in the late civil war, enlisting in the 15th U. S. Regulars, of which he was a Second Lieutenant, and participated in a number of battles and marches; he died Sept. 1, 1863, from disease contracted in the service. Mr. Decker is a member of the Presbyterian Church, of which he was an Elder for a number of years in Kingston Township: he is one of the five that first organized a Sunday school in Kingston Township; he also started the first temperance society in that township. Of the Decker family, there are now living nine children; as an old and highly respected settler of Delaware Co., Moses Decker will long be remembered. FRANK L. DAVIS, hotel-keeper, Delaware, was born in Freeport, Ill.; his father, Gershom S. Davis, was a native of the State of New 1 York ; his mother's maiden name was Lloyd; she was a native of Pennsylvania ; was married the first time to Dr. Clifton, with whom she moved to Iowa, where he died within two years after their marriage; she then returned to the Quaker boarding-school in Mason Co., Ohio, which was kept by Jessie and Cynthia Harkness, at which place she had made her home for some time prior to her marriage; here she met Mr. Davis, a widower, whom she married ; Frank L. was their only child; his parents moved South before the rebellion ; his father was drafted into the Confederate army near the close of the war, and served as fifer for a Louisiana regiment; he died at Navasota, Tex., in 1867, of yellow fever; the mother and son then came North to Ohio, and, in 1868, selected a home in Delaware ; they bought property on North Sandusky street in 1876, and, in August, 1879, opened the Central Hotel. Mr. Davis entered the Ohio Wesleyan University in 1876, and completed the sophomore year, in the meanwhile teaching four months in each school year; he was a member of the Class of '81. ALBERT W. DUMM, physician and surgeon, Delaware ; was born in Monroe Co., Ohio, Dec. 1, 1847; son of Milton and Sarah J. (McComas) Dumm, who came to Ohio at an early day; his father was a farmer, and here, on the farm, Dr. Dumm remained until about 23 years of age, when he began the study of medicine with his brother, Dr. S. C. Dumm, a leading physician of Delaware Co.; he also attended lectures at the Starling Medical College, and graduated from the Columbus Medical College, in 1876; he then came to Delaware and began the practice of medicine, and, after eighteen months, went to Missouri and practiced in that State for two and a half years, when he returned to Delaware, where he has been engaged in the practice of his profession ever since. Dr. Dumm married Miss Emma A. Sparks, of Ohio, in 1877 ; they have one child, a daughter. THE DELAWARE FENCE COMPANY was established in the year 1868, by A. J. Richards, the inventor of the fence manufactured by the Company ; Gen. Eugene Powell, being satisfied of the advantages and general utility of the invention, associated himself with Mr. Richards in the manufacture of the article, and, in 1875, became the sole owner of the establishment. Since coming entirely under the General's direction, the facilities have been increased, and the business has gradually but steadily grown until their productions are commanding a sale in every direction. The fence manufactured by this Company is superior in almost every essential particular; it combines strength, durability, beauty and cheapness, and is fast driving its competitors out of market whereever it has been introduced. It is made from the best wrought iron and ranges in price from $1.50 to $3 per lineal foot. Another article of utility manufactured by this Company, and which finds a ready and extensive sale, is Fritchy's patent wrought-iron shifting rail for carriages. Carriage manufacturers and blacksmiths throughout the country find it an article of great convenience and ready use. Being made in sections, any part can be easily replaced in case of breakage, or it can be attached to the carriage as a whole by the purchaser without any difficulty. The business of this establishment is in a prosperous condition, additions having been made to their shops in order to accommodate their increasing trade. New articles of manufacture are being added, and, with Gen. Powell at the head, it is destined to be one of the largest manufactories in Delaware City. JOHN W. DONAVAN, Delaware; manager of the Donavan's Original Tennesseeans, was born in Shippingsburg, Cumberland Co., Penn., Feb 18. 1833, son of L. K. and Mary (McConnell) Donavan, and a brother of Dr. M. W. Donavan, a leading physician and a prominent pol- DELAWARE TOWNSHIP, - 623 itician of Baltimore, Md.; when a lad, was engaged in clerking in his father's hat store, where he remained until 1853, when he came to Ohio and located in Mt. Vernon in mercantile business; in 1864, he moved to Delaware, where he continued in mercantile business until 1873, when he was engaged by Dr. R. S. Rust, one of the leading workers of the Freedman's Aid Society of the M. E. Church, to organize a colored musical troupe, the proceeds to go for the building of a freedman's school, at Nashville; he immediately went South, and after visiting a number of Southern States, selected a company from the cities of Augusta, Atlanta and Nashville, known as the Tennesseeans, and after five weeks of practice had on the road a band of colored singers that astonished the people; he traveled with this company through the leading cities of the United States, receiving the highest praises from the very best people of the land for years, and making the snug sum of nearly $18,000 for the M. E. Church Freedman's Aid Society, which was employed in the erection of the Central Tennessee School of Nashville, Tenn., the leading school of the Freedman's Aid Society; in 1876, the company was disbanded, and Mr. Donavan took charge and became sole manager of the Tennesseeans, doing a good business in the United States and parts of Canada; they are acknowledged to be the finest as well as the best-organized company of colored singers on the road. Mr. Donavan was married in Shippingsburg, Penn., in 1855, to Miss Kate L. Trone, of Cumberland Co., Penn. MICHAEL DOYLE, merchant, Delaware; is one of the leading merchants of Delaware ; he was born in the county of Carlow; Ireland, about 1850 or 1851 ; he, with his mother and family (his father having died in Ireland), emigrated to America, and came to Ohio, locating in Columbus; here our subject set out in life, learning his trade as a marble cutter; he worked there for some years, and then went to Memphis, Tenn., where he worked at his trade a short time ; he also worked at Girard, Penn., and at Cleveland, Ohio : from there, in about 1860, he came to Delaware, and formed a partnership with John Shea, in the marble business; this firm continued for some five years, when Mr. Doyle embarked in his present business, flour, feed, and a general stock of merchandise ; his flour and feed store is 20 x 60 feet in size ; his grocery, etc., is 20 x 80 feet; the two stores adjoin, and are located on East Winter street. Mr. Doyle started in life a poor boy, but, with industry and good management, has accumulated a good property. He was married, in June, 1863, to Miss Mary Leahy, a native of Ireland, she having come to America with her parents when she was about 7 years of age, and to Delaware in 1852. THE DELAWARE CHAIR COMPANY is the largest manufacturing establishment in Delaware, and among the largest in Central Ohio. This corporation was organized and commenced business in 1870, on the present site, in a frame building 32 x 60 feet, two stories high, receiving their power from an adjacent planing-mill, through the medium of an endless wire cable. Ten hands were employed, with a monthly pay-roll of about $200. From this small beginning their business has steadily increased, with a constantly growing demand for their chairs, until they find themselves cramped for room and facilities to meet the volume of orders that is crowding in upon them. This, too, notwithstanding the fact that they have increased their capacity until, from the small beginning, they have grown to occupy a building 74 x 100 feet, two and one-half stories high, and employ about one hundred and fifty hands, with a monthly pay-roll of about $2,500. In 1879, the Company put in their own steam-power, and, from the limited variety of fourteen styles of splitbottoms, they have grown to the production of 100 different patterns of cane-seat chairs. At the Centennial Exhibition in 1876, they were awarded the first grand prize medal and diploma for the utility, strength, comfort, and cheapness of their chairs. The Company is composed of T. E. Powell, A. Lybrand, R. G. Lybrand and S. Lybrand. The latter is general correspondent and financial agent, and R. G. Lybrand business manager. The Company are contemplating a removal to new quarters, the large stone building formerly occupied by the Delaware Manufacturing Company. This will afford room to carry on an immense business, with plenty of power and all the adaptations necessary for the conduct of every department with cheapness and dispatch. However, from the growing popularity of the goods produced by this establishment, it is not improbable that, in the near future, the Company will find a demand for all the space their new quarters will afford. JESSE EURY, farmer; P.O.,Delaware; among successful farmers of Delaware Co., may be mentioned Mr. Jesse Eury, who was born in Frederick Co., near Liberty, Md., March 25, 1813, and is the son of Samuel and Sarah Eury ; he was raise on the farm, and entered a mill in his native 624 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: county, and began to learn the miller's trade, in which he continued, in Frederick Co., until 1836, when hestarted West to Ohio on horseback, arriving and locating in Delaware, after being on the road some two weeks; here he commenced to work at his trade, in a mill near where the woolen mill now stands ; after working a short time, he purchased an interest in the mill and continued in business until 1842, during which time he was not very successful in the mill business, having suffered very much from the panic of 1837 ; in 1842, Mr. Eury purchased a farm in Delaware Township, on the Columbus and Delaware road, where he moved and commenced farming, remaining there until 1869, when he moved to his present farm; in 1870, he built his present home. He married, March 28, 1839, Miss Mary Kline, of Pennsylvania, who, with her parents, emigrated to Ohio and located in Delaware Co. at an early day ; they have one child. Mr. Eury owns 339 acres of land, most of which he has cleared, as when he purchased this land, in 1851, but little of it was improved. He owns one of the best-improved farms in his neighborhood. CHARLES ELY, sewing-machine agent, Delaware, was born in Berks Co., Penn., in 1830, and is the son of Benjamin and Lydia (High) Ely, both natives of Pennsylvania ; in 1836, they moved with their six children to Ohio, and located in Delaware Township, on a farm, now owned by F. P. Vergon, and then but little improved ; after remaining on this farm for a number of years, they moved south of town and, in 1847, moved to Delaware, where the father was engaged in grocery business until about 1870 ; he then retired from business, and died in 1876, nearly 80 years of age, thus passed away one of the old and respected citizens of Delaware. Charles Ely, leaving the farm, commenced traveling with a notion wagon, selling to merchants in different parts of Ohio ; he next embarked in the grocery business in Delaware, in which he continued about four years; in 1873, he turned his attention to the sewing-machine business, taking an agency for the well-known Howe machine. In May, 1845, Mr. Elias Howe made the first sewing machine in a garret in Cambridge, Mass.; this first of all sewing machines may still tie seen at the office of the company in view York City; this company has erected at Bridgeport, Conn., works which rank among the largest in the world, turning out over six hundred machines a day ; this machine is considered by thousands of people to be the best in the world. Mr. Ely, at his new office, No. 16 Evan's Block, Sandusky street, will take great pains in showing the merits of the Howe sewing machine. W. Z. EVANS, merchant, Delaware, is a native of this city, where he was born in the year 1852 ; his father, Thomas Evans, was the founder of the stove and tinware business, of which the son, W. Z., is now the owner; this establishment is the leading one of its kind in Delaware, and would be a credit to a much larger city; it was established some twenty-eight years ago, on the east side of Sandusky street, and subsequently moved to the storeroom next to their present place of business; their trade increasing, it became necessary to find larger quarters, and they moved to their present building, the first floor of which is occupied as a store and salesroom, 20 x 100 feet; in the rear of this is the tin-shop and warehouse, 35 x 50 feet; here they employ eight hands. W. Z. Evans occupied the position as clerk under his father, until 1876, when he succeeded to the proprietorship, and is now enjoying a trade that any one might covet, yet few attain; this the result of his thorough training in his line together with his natural business qualifications, combined with integrity and the necessary amount of energy. HENRY J . EATON, attorney at law, Delaware, was born in a rural home in the township of Berlin, this county, Oct. 25, in the year 1828; his parents were married in his native township Sept. 17, 1822; they were James and Elizabeth B. (Caulkins) Eaton, and were among the first settlers of that locality, and were prominently connected with the development and improvements in the new country; Henry remained with his parents upon the farm until they moved into Delaware City; he was then about 15 years of age, and soon after entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, then a new institution ; from this he graduated as one of a class of nine in the year 1849 ; among those who graduated at that time were L. J: Critchfield, of Columbus; Edward Parrott, who has been a speaker in the House of Representatives, and J. W. Hoyt, Governor of Wyoming Territory ; in 1851, Mr. Eaton began the study of law with Judge T. W. Powell, and was admitted to the bar in 1853 , and, with the exception of one intermission of seven years, has been practicing his profession in Delaware; in 1857, Mr. Eaton formed a partnership with Col. W. P. Reid, with whom he continued until January, 1867. DELAWARE TOWNSHIP. - 625 GEORGE C. EATON, fire and life insurance agent, Delaware, was born in Berlin Township, Delaware Co., Ohio, July 19, 1823, and is the son of James Eaton, one of the pioneers of Delaware Co. ; at the age of 17, he entered college, acquiring most of his education at the Madison University of New York, and at Dennison University ; he served as Deputy Auditor with his father for three years, and, in 1849, with his father, commenced the publication of a map of Delaware Co. ; Mr. Eaton was Superintendent of the public school of Delaware for two years; was a resident of Zanesville some nine years, where he was engaged in publishing a map of Muskingum Co., and was also in the insurance business; he filled the offices of City Engineer and Street Commissioner of Zanesville for seven years ; in 1861, returned to Delaware, where he has resided ever since ; in 1862, he returned to the insurance business, and to-day Mr. Eaton is one of the oldest and bestposted insurance agents in Delaware Co., having had experience in that business for the past thirtyfour years, and has, during that time, been connected with the leading insurance companies of America, acting, as special State agent for several leading companies, and traveling in different part of Ohio ; Mr. Eaton is agent for the leading fir and life insurance companies of the country. HENRY FEGLEY (deceased), was born in Pennsylvania, where he worked at his trade of black-smithing and farming. He married Rebecca Miller, and, after remaining in Pennsylvania for a number of years, they moved wit their seven children to Ohio, and located in Delaware Township in 1837; he came in moderate circumstances. but, by hard work and economy managed to gain a comfortable property; he engaged in firming until his death, which occurre in 1875, at the age of 81 years. He was a member of the Reformed Church: he left a wife an nine children to mourn his loss. Mrs. Fegley was born in December, 1801. MOSES E. FLEMING & CO. Among the leading book and job printing offices of Delaware; is that owned and operated by Nose E. Fleming & Co., which business was corn menced in 1876, by George H. Thomson In 1877, the firm was changed to Thomson & Co., with Mr. Moses E. Fleming forming the "Co." Mr. Fleming was born in Radnor Township. Delaware Co., in 1853, and is the son o Joseph D. Fleming, whose father was one of the pioneer settlers of Delaware Co.; Mr. Fleming remained on the farm until 1870, when he entered the Gazette office and learned the printer's trade; in 1877, he entered his present business, and, in 1878, the firm of Moses E. Fleming & Co. was formed, the "Co." being H. J. McCullough, a leading citizen of Delaware; since then, they have been engaged in doing a large book and job printing business, also as book-binders, all work being done in the best and latest style ; they occupy two rooms in the block on the northwest corner of Main and Sandusky streets, and have in operation three first-class presses, one cylinder and two job presses, with steam power, turning out the best work in the city, doing the greater part of the printing for Donavan's Original Tennesseeans and for the Delaware Chair Co., and part of the work on the Ohio Wesleyan University Catalogue, and other establishments of Delaware and its vicinity. "FIRE-PROOF HOUSES." We give the following as a brief description of the patent, on fire-proof houses, taken out by the late Dr. R. Hills, of Delaware: A new departure in construction is to dispense with joists, either of wood or iron, and, in their stead, to use an arch of brick, the segment of a circle, over the entire area of a common-sized room. These arches or vaulted ceilings, in addition to the support received from the walls, are iron bound or belted at their base line with iron or steel bars of suitable - size, laid in the walls and so connected as to make - a complete unbroken belt to the room. The arches are made of well-burnt, hard brick, laid - with hydraulic cement or calcined plaster, in the e segment. of a circle, with a radius of from twenty to forty feet. They are further stiffened and - strengthened by constructing, on the upper surface, ribs of the same material, running from the - walls to the center. If the floor is to be of tile, cement or other hard finish, the space between s the ribs should be filled by concreting, cross-arching or otherwise, in the lightest manner practiced cable ; but if it is to be of boards, the filling may be omitted, and strips of wood are to be bedded s and leveled on the ribs to receive the flooring. These arches are to be, with few exceptions, only two inches thick, but may be thicker when required. This arch will yet yield without the e breaking of the iron or steel belt. Remember, the tensile strength of the iron only is used, and that one square inch of iron will sustain 60,000 pounds. It is imbedded in the walls, where it is not subjected to great heat, though even if 626 - BIOGRAPHICAL. SKETCHES: heated, its strength is as great as when cold. The Security Brick and Mortar will not burn. This substitute for joist will neither burn, warp, sag nor fall, in even a Chicago or Boston fire; insurance useless ; a fire-proof house is the cheapest. This method is undoubtedly to take the lead in fire-proof buildings. Examples: The bankinghouse of the National Exchange Bank of Weston, W. Va., built in 1874; Girls' Industrial Home, near Delaware, with over fifty rooms and no joists, built in 1875 ; also the private residence of Mrs. Dr. R. Hills, at Delaware. S. GLOVER, merchant, Delaware. The oldest and largest dry-goods house of Delaware is that of which the above-named gentleman is proprietor; he was born in Belmont Co., Ohio, Nov. 28, 1839 ; the son of Samuel and Elizabeth T. (McKisson) Glover; both of his parents were natives of Ohio ; his father was a merchant in Belmont Co., and our subject, when quite young, entered his father's store as a clerk. During the late civil war, he recruited Co. C, of the 170th O. N. G., and was made Captain of that company ; they did duty at Maryland Heights, near Washington, D. C.; after returning home to Belmont Co., he embarked in mercantile business in Powhatan, where he remained until 1866, when he engaged in steamboating on the Ohio River for some two years. In 1869, he came to Delaware and entered the dry-roods business in company with his brother, under the name of Glover Bros.; after two years, the firm became Glover & Neff; in 1873, Mr. S. Glover became sole proprietor, and since then has increased his business and facilities fully 100 per cent, and controls the largest dry-goods trade in Delaware ; his store is located on Sandusky street, below Williams, where he occupies two floors; the first floor, 23 x 100 feet, used for the dry goods ; the second floor, 21 x 58, is used for carpets, oil cloths, rugs and window curtains; he employs eight clerks, who are polite and attentive. J. H. GROVE, Delaware, Professor in the Ohio Wesleyan University, was born in Fayette Co., Ohio, July 8, 1848, and is the son of Henry and Margaret A. (Geffs) Grove ; his mother is a native of Ohio, and his father of Virginia; in 1865, he entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, from which institution he graduated in 1870 ; he then went to Wilmington, Clinton Co., Ohio, and was Principal of the high school of that place for four years, when he was made Superintendent of the public schools of Wilmington, a position he filled with marked ability for four years; in 1878, he accepted the chair of Principal of the Preparatory Department of the Ohio Wesleyan University, where he has remained ever since; in 1879, Prof. Grove, with the assistance of Prof. John P. Lacroix, published a work of 205 pages of Latin elements, which is used in the university, and other schools thought the county. MRS. H. C. GERHARD was born in Delaware, Ohio, in 1830, the daughter of David and Mary (Lamb) Campbell, who were married in Delaware at an early day; Dr. Reuben Lamb, the grandfather of Mrs. Gerhard, was among the first settlers of Delaware ; a further reference to his coming will be found in another part of this history. Mrs. Gerhard was married in 1845 to Dr. M. Gerhard, of Pennsylvania, who graduated from the Pennsylvania Medical College of Philadelphia in 1840 ; soon after graduating he came to Delaware and commenced the practice of medicine, which he continued up to his death, which occurred in 1868, at 50 years of age, leaving his wife with four children. He was a skilled physician and ranked among the first of his profession ; during the civil war, he filled the office of medical examiner, which he continued to bold up to the time of his death. JOHN S. GILL, attorney at law, Delaware, is the junior member of the law firm of Powell & Gill; he was born in Union Co., Ohio, May 9, 1842, the son of Mason and Harriet T. (Granger) Gill ; his mother was a native of Massachusetts, and his father of Union Co., Ohio, whose parents moved to Ohio about 1808 ; Mr. Gill's experiences were confined to the firm from the time he was able to handle an ax or hold the plow, except a short period in the winter season spent in the district school. In 1863, he enlisted in the 121st O. V. I., Co. I, and participated in the battles of Perryville, Chickamauga, Resaca, Rome, Peach Tree Creek, Kenesaw Mountain and others; he was also with Sherman on his march to the sea, and through the Carolinas to Washington, and the grand review at Washington. In 1865, after the close of the war, Mr. Gill returned to his home in Union Co., taking up his former occupation as a farmer ; in the winter of that year, he began school teaching, which he followed until 1874, when he came to Delaware and entered the law office of Powell & Reid, and commenced reading law; in 1876, he was admitted to the bar; in 1877, he formed a partnership with Reid & Powell, and under the style of Reid, Powell & Gill. At the death of Col. W. P. DELAWARE TOWNSHIP. - 627 Reid the firm changed to Powell & Gill. Mr. Gill is a Democrat, and a member of the Presbyterian Church ; has held the office of Clerk of Delaware Township, for two terms, and shares in the lucrative practice and reputation enjoyed by his firm. J. H. GRIFFITH (deceased), was a well-known and highly esteemed citizen of Delaware; he was born in Radnorshire, England, in 1823, and learned his trade as a marble cutter in England. and in about 1859 emigrated to America, coming direct to Delaware, where he commenced the marble business, and was recognized as one of the finest designers and workmen in marble in Ohio; he placed in the cemeteries in this county, some of the finest monuments that can be found in any part of the State; in 1874, he erected the building on South Sandusky street, where he carried on business up to his death, which took place Friday, Feb. 27, 1880, from a stroke of paralysis, superinduced by a sunstroke received some years since; he was well known throughout the county, and by all with whom he had business, as a man of honor and strict moral principles ; his loss will be painfully noticed by his acquaintances, and deeply deplored by his family, a wife and two children; a son, T. H. Griffith, was born in England, and came to Delaware with his parents ; here he learned the marble trade with his father ; he succeeds to the business, and continues Mr. S. H. Brown in his employ who has been with his father for over seventeen years. MAJ. R. R. HENDERSON, merchant tailor, Delaware; was born in the old Keystone State, in Washington Co., April 24, 1837, and is the son of Joseph Henderson ; he remained in his native State until 1857, when he came to Ohio and located in Delaware; here he accepted a position in one of the leading stores as book-keeper, and remained about eighteen months, when he went to Colorado and the West; he remained a short time in Denver, and helped lay out Golden City ; he soon afterward returned to Ohio, and made his home in Marysville ; here he was book-keeper for a grain house, until the breaking-out of the late civil war. W. D. HELM, President of the Delaware Co. National Bank, was born in Frederick Co., Md., in 1813, and when a young man, entered a store in Baltimore, Md., where he remained for a number of years; in 1833, he came to Ohio and located in Delaware; where he engaged in mercantile business until 1836 ; in 1837, he was appointed Clerk of the Circuit Court of Delaware Co., which office he filled with marked ability for some ten years; in 1845, he, in company with other prominent men of Delaware, organized the Delaware Co. Bank, a branch of the Ohio State Bank; in 1847, Mr. Heim entered the banking business, filling the offices of clerk, teller and cashier for a number of years; at the death of Judge Hosea Williams, Mr. Heim was made President of the Delaware Co. National Bank; during his term of office as Clerk of the Circuit Court, he was engaged in the study of law, and in 1846 or 1847 was admitted at the Delaware Co. bar; he practiced a number of years, doing the legal business for the bank. SILAS B. HARMON, farmer and breeder of live-stock ; P. O. Delaware ; was born Jan. 9,1840, in the southeastern part of Brown Township, on the farm now owned by Johnson White, on Alum Creek; he is the fifth child of Silas and Sarah Harmon ; Silas was 4 years of age when his father moved from this farm to Illinois, where he remained but a short time when he returned to Brown Township for a year, and after a few years' residence in Liberty Township, moved to Marion Co., for four years, then went to Radnor, where the family lived about twelve years; while here, Silas B. enlisted in Co. A, 145th O. N. G.; upon his return home, his father sold out and moved to Marion Co., subsequently to this county, on the place now owned by J. S. Harman, where he remained until his death. Sept. 5, 1867, Silas B, was married to Viola D. Main, born March 10 1849, in Brown Township, eldest daughter o! Hosea Main; in March 1870, he moved to the place he now owns in the east part of Delaware Township; has eighty-one acres of land; they have four children-Blanche A., Linna M., Corgi Esta and Nellie ; Mr. Harmon is engaged in rais ing for the market Norman horses and a fins stock of hogs-Poland-China and Chester White He and wife are members of the Baptist Church P. D. HILLYER, Delaware, one of the old set tiers of Delaware, was born in Hartford Co., Conn. March 28, 1810, son of Andrew D. and Betsey (Pettibone) Hillyer ; his father was a native o Connecticut, and was engaged in the practice o law; Mr. P. D. Hillyer was engaged in mercantil business, in his native State, then went to Phila delphia, and was clerk in a wholesale tin manu factory, for a short time; in 1833, he came t Delaware, and was engaged for a number of year in selling wooden clocks, being interested in a firr that sold, in Ohio, over 3,000 clocks in 1839, he 628 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: entered the mercantile business in Delaware, in company with Henry Lamb, which he pursued for several years, when Mr. Hillyer commenced in the real-estate business, and to-day it may safely be said that Mr. Hillyer has handled more real estate than any man in the city of Delaware; he was a Director in one of the first banks organized in 1 Delaware, the "Bank. of Delaware," and was its President for four or five years; Mr. Hillyer has filled several offices of public trust, among others, Justice of the Peace and School Director. Mr. Hillyer was married, in 1846, to Miss Mary Sweetser, of Delaware, whose parents came to Delaware Co. at an early day; they have had four children, three of whom are now dead; the daughter living is Alice, wife of J. W. White, Professor of Greek in Harvard College, and a graduate of the Ohio . Wesleyan University. E. A. HIGHWARDEN, merchant, Delaware, was born in this city June 29, 1843, and is the son of Abraham and Louisa Highwarden; his father was born in Ohio and mother in Michigan ; his father came to Delaware in about 1837, where he built a frame house, among the first built on the south side of the run; Mr. Highwarden was raised in Delaware, where he has been one of its honored colored citizens. During the late civil war, he enlisted in Co. D. 55th Mass. V. I., and did good service, having participated in a number of battles, and received a flesh wound at the battle of Honey Hill ; he was honorably mustered out as Sergeant, and returned to Delaware, where he commenced to learn the plasterer's trade, which business he continued until 1874, when he embarked in the grocery business, now owning one of the leading grocery establishments of South Delaware ; in 1876, he erected his present brick block, where his store is located, and in 1879 was elected to the office of Councilman from the Second Ward, which office he now holds. Mr. Highwarden was married in 1872, to Miss Annie Strickland ; they have four children. REV. A. D. HAWN, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church, Delaware ; was born near Lewisburg, Union Co., Penn., the son of Daniel and Elizabeth Hawn, and moved, when young, with his parents to Lewisburg, Penn., where he graduated in 1859, from the university of that place in the literary and theological departments ; his first pastoral work was in Shamokin, Penn., where he remained in the home missionary work eight years ; then received a call from Williamsport, Penn., where he was Pastor of the Third Presbyterian Church for five and a half years ; he then came to Ohio, and was minister for over six years of the Second Presbyterian Church of Zanesville, where he remained until his call to Delaware, Jan. 1, 1879, and has since been filling the pulpit of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Hawn in 1862 married Miss Etta Ritz, of Lewisburg, Penn., who died Jan. 13, 1876, at Zanesville, Ohio. WILLIAM W. HUTCHINS (deceased), was born in England in 1831, the son of Samuel Hutchins, and with a family emigrated to America, and located in Massachusetts at au early day ; he remained in Massachusetts until 1851, when he came to Cleveland, Ohio, and commenced work on the railroad as a section hand, and then on a construction train ; from that he became a fireman on the L. S. R, E. R. R.; then in the railroadshops ; from this he took charge as engineer of the switch engine in Cleveland, where he remained some six years ; he was then given an engine on a freight train from Cleveland to Columbus ; from this he was promoted to passenger engineer, and then to manager of a gravel train ; in 1869, he moved his family to Delaware ; afterward he was made engineer of the passenger train running from Delaware to Columbus, taking his son William as fireman ; Dec. 5. 1874, at the hour of 12:30 A. M., Saturday morning, the boiler of locomotive No. 116 exploded, when William the son was instantly killed, and the father, crawling out from a cloud of steam and cinders, blackened and terribly burned, walked down the platform to the depot sitting-room, where he saw his son William's body, lying in front. of the depot building, where it had been blown, 150 feet distant from the exploded engine; Mr. Hutchins then walked home, washed himself and then laid down ; Saturday, his condition, although regarded as critical, was not deemed hopeless ; the following Sunday, Dec. 13, after having his injuries dressed, he sank rapidly, and died shortly after 4 o'clock P. M, Thus passed away a beloved associate, a kind and loving father and husband. leaving a wife and four children to mourn his loss. His son Samuel is now engineer on the C., C., C. & I. R. R., with which he has been connected since 1870, when he commenced firing ; in 1872, at 17 years, he was promoted to be engineer, which position he has filled faithfully ; he is now engineer on locomotive No. 209 running on the Dayton Short Line. THOMAS JONES, tailor, Delaware; among the old settlers of Delaware is Thomas Jones, who was born in Montgomeryshire, North Wales, Sept. DELAWARE TOWNSHIP. - 629 23, 1803, and is the son of John and Elizabeth (Davis) Jones, both natives of Wales; Mr. Jones' father died when he was but 3 years of age; at 11, he entered a tailor-shop to learn a trade, and served an apprenticeship of five years; worked at 25 cents per day, and, when 18 years old, sailed with his parents for America; the passage was very rough, the storm so severe as to throw the lead ballast out of place against him, and drove Mr. Jones against the side of the vessel; they were on the voyage eight weeks, and landed in Baltimore; Mr. Jones remained here but a short time, when he came West to Ohio, and located in Delaware, where he has remained ever since; then he first worked as a journeyman for a short time, when he opened a shop of his own and was at that time the leading tailor in this vicinity, often receiving orders for clothing from a distance of sixty miles, he also made clothing for the Indians; when working here by the day, he earned $1.50 per day, he began to save, and when he had made a little money by hard work, stitching all day and late at night, he would invest it in real estate, and now has laid up a little for his old age ; we will state here that he was launched into life a cripple, but perseverance achieved a good degree of success ; he opened the business in a shop on the west side of Sandusky street, between Winter and Williams streets, where he remained a number of years, moving then to his present stand, and is now the oldest tailor in Delaware Co. Mr. Jones has embarked in several enterprise, including dry goods, groceries and cattle business, but has lost money in all his undertakings except his tailor business. Mr. Jones has lost four wives; he mar ried his present wife in 18611; her name was ;Mary Bushfield. of Pennsylvania; Mr. Jones has six children living. REV. JOHN H. JONES, minister of the Welsh Church, Delaware; was born in Glamor ganshire, South Wales, in 1814, and is the son o William and Alice (Harrison) Jones. both native. of South Wales ; while living in Wales, he engaged in farming and working in the coal mines and, at 20 years of age, he commenced preaching in 1842, he emigrated to America and located in Cincinnati, Ohio ; here, in 1842, he was ordaine and licensed to preach ; his first charge was wit the Lawrence Street Welsh congregation of that city, where he remained about five and a half years ; he next had charge of two congregations one at Pomeroy and the other at Minersville ; after remaining; in Pomeroy nine and a half years, he received a call from Columbus, and preached in Columbus three years and four in Brown Township ; in 1863, he came to Delaware, where he has since been in charge of the Welsh Church ; in 1865, he moved to Delaware, which has been his home ever since; in 1878, he also took charge of a church in Putnam Co., where he preaches about two Sundays every month. He was married, in 1846, to Miss Lydia Jones, of Butler Co., Ohio ; they have had four children, all deceased. GEORGE W. JAMISON, stock-raiser and farmer; P. O. Delaware; was born in Delaware Township, Delaware Co., Ohio, Jan. 18, 1841, and is the son of James M. Jamison, whose biography appears in this history. Mr. Jamison remained on the farm until he was about 13 years of age, when he went to Greenville, Darke Co., where he was engaged in the court house as a clerk in the Treasurer's and Clerk's office for some six years ; he went into the army from Greenville at the breaking-out of the late war in 1861, enlisting in the 11th O. V. I., and served in this regiment his full term, three months; in the same year he enlisted from Delaware in Co. E, 66th O. V. I. for three years as private, but was was made Sergeant on the organization of the regiment. Mr. Jamison participated in all the battles and marches of his regiment up to November, 1862, when he was honorably mustered out on account of sickness ; he came home to Delaware, and soon after went out with the 55th O. V. I. as sutler, where t he remained about eight months, then returned r home and went to Greenville, where he filled the . position as agent for the Columbus c& Indian apolis Central R. R., for some eighteen months x then came to Delaware Co., and engaged in farm in,, and stock-raising. Mr. Jamison married, in 1864, Miss M. J. Nigh, daughter of Willian Nigh ; they have two children. REV. J. C. JACKSON, Pastor of St. Paul M. E. Church, Delaware; was born in Fairfield Co., Ohio, June 14, 1850, and is the son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Collins) Jackson ; his father was born in Perry Co., Ohio. Mr. Jackson was raised on a farm, where he remained until 19 years of age, when he entered the Union Academy of Fairfield Co., from which institution he graduated ; then engaged in teaching school ; in 1873, he came to Delaware and entered the junior class of the Ohio Wesleyan University, from which h r graduated in 1874, with a class of thirty-four. Mr. Jackson then went to Lancaster, Ohio, where 630 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: he was Principal of the city schools for one year, and soon afterward commenced preaching; he was for three years Pastor of the Third Street M. E. Church of Columbus, when he came to Delaware, and took charge of St. Paul's M. E. Church. Mr. Jackson married, Nov. 25, 1879, Miss Eva M. See, daughter of the Rev. A. B. See. JAMES M. JAMISON, retired; P. O. Delaware; is one of the oldest settlers of Delaware Co. now living; he was born in the Pan Handle district of Virginia on the 4th day of March, 1808, and is the son of Robert and Esther (Baird) Jamison, his mother a native of Virginia, and his father of Pennsylvania; in 1811, the family emigrated to this county and located in Delaware Township; here they commenced farming, in a wild and unsettled country ; the elder Jamison served as a soldier of the war of 1812, and died on the old homestead in Delaware Township, in 1840, at 72 years of age; Mr. Jamison's mother died in 1852, at 82 years of age; Mr. Jamison remained on the farm until 1866, when he moved into Delaware, where he has resided ever since. In 1835, he married Elizabeth High, who was born in Berks Co., Penn., in 1816, the daughter of Benjamin High, who came to Delaware Co. in 1832, and settled two miles north of the town of Delaware, where he died in 1834 ; Mr. and Mrs. Jamison have had eight children, two died in infancy; by hard work and many sacrifices, 'three daughters -Angelica, Esther and Millie-qualified themselves as teachers, and each had taught school about five years when they were married ; Angelina married George Martz; Esther, Jacob Martz, of Darke Co., and Millie, William McGeegin, one of the proprietors of Olive Furnace, Lawrence Co.; Annie Elizabeth died in 1876, loved by all; George W. married Mary J. Nigh; when 18 years old, he enlisted in the Union army, and served nine months in the 66th O. V. I, in the Army of the Potomac ; after undergoing many perils and hardships, he was transferred with about eight hundred other sick and wounded, to Fairfax Seminary, Virginia, where Mrs. Jamison went to nurse him, remaining there about two weeks, when he was transferred to Bellevue Hospital, New York; Mrs. Jamison remained with him there about four weeks, when he was discharged, and both, came hone, the youngest son, Robert. B., graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan University, in 1879 ; Mrs. Jamison has lived in Delaware City and vicinity since her father came to Ohio, in 1832 ; Mr. Jamison has accumulated sufficient property to render himself and family comfortable in his declining years. MATTHIAS KRUCK, farmer; P. O. Delaware; was the son of George Kruck, of Pennsylvania, and was born Oct. 3,1800, in Pennsylvania, and remained there until 1834, when he came to Delaware Co., Ohio, settling on the present farm of thirty-four acres. He married, in June, 1827, Mary Zeigler; they have five children ; those living are Mary A., Jacob, Eliza and Harriet; one deceased-Maria; this union seems one of contentment; for fifty-two years they have together traveled life's pathway. Mr. Kruck has worked in a foundry in Delaware, Ohio, for James Barnham for seven years ; has worked at cabinet work twelve years; mill-wrighting seven years, and joiner's trade some time; his allotted threescore years and ten have been extended nine years beyond ; he enjoys uniform good health, and bids fair for many more years to enjoy the good things of this world. JACOB KRUCK, Delaware, was born in Berks Co., Penn., in October, 1818, and is the son of N. Kruck; he came to Delaware Co. with his parents in 1834 ; they first stopped in what is known as the Horseshoe Settlement, and remained a short time, but not being satisfied with the outlook, started to return to Pennsylvania; having arrived at Stratford, Delaware Township, they finally located in this vicinity, his father keeping hotel in Stratford and Delaware for several years ; at the age of 18 Mr. Kruck began to learn the printer's trade in Delaware, and worked at his trade in Columbus and Delaware. At the breakingout of the war, he enlisted, April 16, 1861, in Co. C, 4th O. V. I., as Sergeant, and served with this regiment three years and three and a half months, participating in all its battles and marches, and was a brave soldier and honorably mustered out ; he then returned to Delaware and resumed his trade, which he followed until 1875, when. he took charge of his present billiard parlor, located on Sandusky street; Mr. Kruck was Chief of the fire department for six years, filling that office j faithfully and with credit, and has been a member of the fire department for twenty-five or thirty years ; Mr. Kruck has two sons and two daughters. JACOB KLEE, carriage trimmer, Delaware; was born in Munster-Mayfeld, Province of the Rhine, Prussia, Dec. 25, 1827; son of Jacob and Annie Maria (Zenter) Klee, both born in Germany : Mr. Klee at 14 years of age, commenced DELAWARE TOWNSHIP. - 631 to learn the trade of harness-maker ; in 1840, he, with his parents, emigrated to America, and, after remaining in Richland Co., Ohio, until 1845, came to Delaware, here Mr. Klee carried on the harness and saddlery business some five years, when he moved to Ashland Co., and carried on the same business six years ; he then returned to Delaware, where he has since been engaged in business; in 1873, he embarked in his present business of carriage trimming, which is the largest in Delaware, doing all the work for Frank Moyer and L. Millet's carriage works; Mr. Klee is a first-class workman and guarantees satisfaction ; he employs one hand besides himself. Mr. Klee has been a member of the Reform Church of the United States for the past twenty-four years. REV. O. C. KLOCKSIEM, Pastor of the German M. E. Church, Delaware ; is a native of Mecklenburg, Germany, where he was born May 12, 1842; is a son of John Klocksiem, who emigrated with his family to America in 1854, and located in La Porte, Ind. At the breakingout of the late civil war, he enlisted in the 5th Ind. Battery for three years, and participated in the battles of Perryville, Chickamauga, Stone River, capture of Chattanooga and Atlanta, and others ; he did good duty, and served two months over his time, when he returned to his home in La Porte; he then went to school at the German Wallace College, where he remained some two and a half years, after which he was engaged in mercantile business at La Porte for about five years. In 1873, he was licensed to preach, and was first given a charge at Galion, Ohio, where he remained two years ; thence to Canal Dover, Ohio, three years ; in 1878, he came to Delaware, where he has remained ever since. Rev. Klocksiem married, in 1866, Miss Elizabeth Brandau, of Ohio ; they have had four children, one deceased. REV. A. J. LYON, Presiding Elder of the M. E. Church, Delaware; born in Knox Co., Ohio, June 6, 1828, and is the son of Daniel and Hannah (Dalrymple) Lyon ; his mother was born in Pennsylvania, and his father in New Jersey ; our subject was born on the farm, where he remained until about 19 years of age, when he came to Delaware and entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, graduating in 1854; the first years in the university he was engaged in studying medicine in Chesterville, where he was employed in the practice of the same for about one year; he also, in order to pay his schooling, taught school in Morrow County and in Columbus ; after graduating from the Ohio Wesleyan University, he joined the North Ohio Conference of the M. E. Church, and commenced the ministry by first preaching at Eden, Delaware Co., where he remained for two years; thence to Galion three years, Olive Green one veer, Martinsburg two years, Utica and Mt. Vernon one year each, Tiffin three years, Sandusky two years, Sandusky District four years, Elyria three years, Mansfield one year, and Mansfield District, where he has been Presiding Elder since; he moved to Delaware in 1878 ; Rev. Mr. Lyon has filled the office of Treasurer of the Ohio Wesleyan University college fund of the Conference for two years. He was married, in 1854, to Miss Olive Weatherby, of Morrow Co., Ohio; they have four childrenthree daughters and one son. B. F. LOOFBOURROW, merchant, Delaware; was born in Clark Co., Ohio, Dec. 18, 1820, and is the son of Benjamin W. Loofbourrow, a farmer, who died when the son was an infant ; he was then sent to his grandfather, Geo. Fryback, where he remained until about 13 years old ; then his grandfather died, and he was placed in the hands of a guardian, with whom he remained engaged in farming until he was 18 years of age; in 1839, he came to Delaware Co., and located in Eden, Brown Township, where he was engaged for a year as clerk in a dry-goods store; he then went upon a farm, where he continued until 1852; during his residence in Brown Township he filled the offices of Township Clerk and Justice of the Peace; in 1852, he moved to Delaware, where he was engaged in clerking in an auditor's office three years. In 1854, he was elected to the office of Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware Co., and during this term of office he made a host of friends ; he was re-elected to the same office for the five succeeding terms, being clerk for the county eighteen years. In 1872, Mr. Loofbourrow became a partner in the Delaware Manufacturing Co., and was appointed its Secretary and Treasurer, filling this position until the close of this establishment ; in 1879, he entered his present business-Pearson & Loofbourrow, queens ware and crockery, located on the east side of Sandusky street, and is the leading house in this line of goods in Delaware. Mr. Loofbourrow way formerly a Whig, and was a hard worker in its ranks He was married in 1841, to Miss M. E. Longwell of Delaware Co., daughter of Ralph S. Longwell one of the pioneer settlers of Delaware Co., and ha; two children living by his first wife; his wife died 632 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: in 1856. In 1860, he married Miss Hannah M. McConica, of Morrow Co., Ohio. DAVID LEWIS (deceased). One by one the old settlers of Delaware Co. are passing away; among the highly honored men of the county may be mentioned Mr. Lewis, who was born in South Wales Aug. 29, 1817. He was married in that country at 19 years of age to Miss Anna Thomas, and came to America with his wife and one child, and located in Newark, Ohio, where he remained some ten years ; he then moved to Delaware Co., and settled on a farm about one and a half miles northwest of Delaware ; he worked at his trade of bricklaying in Delaware for a number of years; by hard work and economy he managed to save enough money to purchase a farm, where he engaged in farming for a number of years before his death. He was a member of the Welsh Church from the time the present church was built, for a number of years being a Deacon of this church. After the death of his first wife, he married Miss Margaret Griffiths ; five children are living. Mr. Lewis ac cumulated a good farm of some 240 acres. He departed this life Sept. 29, 1877, a Christian man and a kind father and husband, and respected by his fellow-men. Geo. W. Lewis, who was born in Delaware Co. is conducting the farm. DR. JOHN A. LITTLE, deceased. Delaware. (Sketch appears in the chapter devoted to the medical profession.) CAPT. A. LYBRAND, JR., attorney at law, Delaware, was born in Pickaway Co., Ohio, May 23, 1840 ; came to Delaware in 1857. At the breaking-out of the late civil war, he recruited one of three companies raisedin Delaware; upon the completion of his company, finding that the quota of Ohio was filled, he disbanded his command and enlisted as a private in Co. I, 4th O. V . I. ; from this regiment he was transferred to Co. E, 73d O.V.I, and made First Lieutenant.; Mr. Lybrand remained in service with the 73d for three and one-half years. the last two years o which he was Captain of his company, and had participated in the battles of Rich Mountain, Second Bull Run, Cedar Mountain, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, and othe minor engagements ; while in the East. Capt. Lybrand served a portion of his time as Aid d Camp, Under Gen. Steinwehr, and came West with Gen. Joe Hooker, and took part in the battle of Lookout Mountain, known as Hooker' fight above the clouds: he also participated in other battles around Chattanooga. Tenn., and those of Atlanta, Ga., receiving two slight wounds, one at the battle of Peach Tree Creek, and the other at Dallas, Ga.; in 1865, at the close of the war, he was mustered out, at Washington City, when he returned to Ohio, and engaged in the mercantile business, at La Fayette, where he remained until 1868 ; he then returned to Delaware, where he entered the stove and tinware business. In 1869, he was elected Mayor of Delaware, which office he held for eighteen months, when he resigned and went to Texas, with the intention of locating and engaging in the practice of law, having been admitted to that profession in 1871 ; in 1872, he returned to Delaware, where he has since remained. Capt. Lybrand is a stockowner in the Delaware Chair Company, one of the leading manufactories of Ohio ; in 1877, he returned to the practice of law, under the film name of Poppleton & Lybrand. He is a Republican and was a candidate for Representative before the Republican Convention, in 1879. H. J. McCULLOUGH, lumber dealer, Delaware ; his father. David F. McCullough, was born in 1811, in Franklin Co., Penn., and came to Ohio in 1819, settling near Marietta ; about 1821 he came to this county ; his wife was Eunice Case, who was a daughter of W Watson Case, of Connecticut : she is now living with her son, the subject of this sketch ; he was born March 14, 1837. in Delaware, and received a liberal education. In 1862, he enlisted in Co. E, 84th O. V. I. serving 100 days; in 1863, he became his father's successor in the lumber business, in which trade he has been eminently successful. having accumulated a liberal competency, and lives in a fine residence built by him at a cost of $10,000 ; Mr. McCullough is a man of sterling qualities, which has endeared him to the community of which he has been a member so long ; he has been called upon to fill a position as hirector in two different r building, associations, and is now the Director of an insurance company, also the Treasurer of the Delaware Mutual Fire Insurance Company. J. W. McCULLOUGH, grain merchant. Delaware ; was born in Scioto Township. Delaware Co., Ohio, Nov. 13, 1839, and is the son of John McCullough, who was born in Pennsylvania, and came to Delaware Co., about 1818 ; married Margaret Flanigan, of Pennsylvania, and died in Scioto Township, September 1877, at 69 years of age, a respected and highly honored citizen; our subject's great-grandfather. Joseph McCullough, was taken prisoner by the Indians, with whom he remained DELAWARE TOWNSHIP. - 633 some eight years, traveling about with them in different parts of the country, and it is believed he was in what was now Delaware Co. Mr. McCullough remained on the farm until the breaking out of the late civil war, when he enlisted Aug. 10, 1861, as private in Co. D, 20th O. V. I. (Capt. C. H. McElroy); was commissioned Second Lieutenant Aug. 9, 1862, and assigned to enlisting men for the service; at the expiration of one year, he was mustered out of the service; during a part of the last year, he had been assigned to the 121st O. V. I., where the men enlisted by him had been placed ; on the formation of the Ohio National Guard, he was appointed Commissary Sergeant of the 22d O. N. G. (Col. Harris commanding); May 2, 1864, the regiment being ordered into service for 100 days was re-organized as the 145th O. V. I., he receiving the appointment of Sergeant Major; on the expiration of 100 days' service, he was elected by the members of the regiment Lieutenant Colonel, which commission he held till the final muster-out of the regiment ; he became a resident of Iowa some two years, where was engaged in the stock business; returning to Delaware Co., he engaged in farming for three years, when he came to Delaware and entered the commission business, in which he continued for three years, when he entered into the grain and milling business, which he carried on until 1880. JOSEPH McCANN, M. D., Delaware, was born in Muskingum Co., Ohio, June 28, 1824 and is the son of Maxwell McCann, who moved to Ohio and located in Muskingum Co. about 1812 ; our subject was born on the farm and en gaged in farming from the time he was able to handle the plow, and in the winter months at tended district school ; he remained on the farm until about 21 years old ; the two last winters en paged in teaching school; then he commenced the study of medicine in Irville, in the office of Drs Bealmer &, Ball, where he remained about thre years; in 1849, Dr. McCann went to Nashpor and engaged in the practice of medicine unti 1853 ; he then entered the Starling Medical Col legs, of Columbus, Ohio, and graduated from that institution in 1854 ; after graduation, he went t Irville and engaged in the practice of medicine until 1869, when he came to Delaware, and ha been engaged in the practice of his profession eve since. Dr. McCann was married in 1850, to Miss Margaret R. Waters, of Somerset, Ohio, the daughter of Dr. R. A. Waters; they have four children, two sons and two daughters. SIDNEY MOORE, Cashier of the Delaware Co. Bank, Delaware; was born in Delaware, Ohio, Dec. 16, 1822 ; his parents were Sidney and Phoebe (Mann) Moors ; his father was a native of Vermont, and made his home in Delaware at an early day; his trade was that of a brick and stone mason, which occupation he followed for a number of years. He was married in Delaware, to Miss Phoebe Mann, who is now living in Delaware and is one of the oldest residents of the city. Sidney Moore received his education at. the public school of Delaware, attending the school taught by Mr. Murray, which was at that time the leading school in this vicinity; for a few years he was a clerk in the court house, and afterward, through the influence of Judge Hosea Williams, obtained a clerkship in the Delaware County Bank, in 1845 ; before occupying this position he was sent to Columbus, where he learned the banking business, when he returned to Delaware and entered the bank as book-keeper ; in 1855, he became Cashier, which position he has filled ever since, with the exception of some three years when he was in the banking business at Indianapolis. FRANCIS W. MORRISON, M. D., Delaware; was born near Mansfield, Ohio, July 13, 1831, and is the son of James and Ruth (Billings) d Morrison; he entered college at Delaware in the spring of 1853, and graduated in June, 1856 ; being without means, he earned what he could by manual labor and teaching school, both to carry him through college and while in pursuit of his medical education. He graduated at the medical schools of Cincinnati to the spring of 1860, when he commenced the practice of his profession with his former preceptor, Dr. A Blymyer. In the spring of 1861, he enlisted as a private in Co. I of the 4th O. V. I. service; he again, July 7, 1861, enlisted for three years in the 11th O. V. I. as Hospital Steward, and continued with that command in Western Virginia until August, 1862, when he was commissioned Assistant Surgeon of the 4th O. V. I., and was ordered East to join his new command, with which he was ever present on active service; in November, 1863, the Doctor was commissioned Surgeon of the regiment, in which capacity he served until the regiment was mustered out of service in June, 1864. He the married Miss Elizabeth Willey, of Troy Township Delaware Co., June 29, 1864, and, on the 10th of July following, entered the contract serv ice as Surgeon at Camp Dennison, Ohio, where he 634 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES continued until Sept. 20, when he was commissioned Surgeon of the 174th O. V: I., and in this position he faithfully served until January, 1865, when he was detailed as Brigade Surgeon on the staff of Gen. Minor T. Thomas, where he continued until ordered home to be mustered out with his regiment in July, 1865, at the close of the war. Since then he has continued to reside in Delaware, excepting four years of residence in Richland Co., his native place. Dr. Morrison is a member of the Delaware County Medical Association ; has been twice annually chosen A Secretary ; he is independent and self-reliant, and, like many others, made his own fortune unaided, and is thus in a position to comprehend the many obstacles and inconveniences which beset the pathway of the youth who would obtain an education and a competency in life. REV. FREDERICK MERRICK was born in W Wilbraham, Mass., Jan. 29, 1810, and is the son of Noah Merrick, of Massachusetts, a farmer; Frederick remained with his parents on the farm until he was 15 years of age, when he accepted a position as a clerk in a store in Springfield, Mass., and, at 19 years of age, became a partner in the business, at which he continued until he was about 21 years old, when he commenced his preparation for college, first attending an academy at Wilbraham, then entered the Wesleyan University of Middletown and graduated from this institution in 1836 ; the same year he was elected President of the Armenia Seminary of Dutchess Co., N. Y., and was one year a member of the Geological Survey of same State. In 1838, Mr. derrick was made Professor of Natural Science of the Ohio University at Athens, where he remained until 1842, when he was Pastor of the Methodist Church at Marietta, Ohio; in 1843 and 1845, he was acting as agent for the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware; in the latter year, he was elected Professor of Natural Sciences in that institution, then Professor of Biblical Theology and Literature ; in 1860, he was elected President of the institution and filled this office until 1873, when he resigned on account of ill health; since that time, Prof. Merrick has performed the duties in the university of Lecturer on Natural and Revealed Religion ; in about 1846 to 1853, he delivered lectures in the Starling Medical Colleges of Columbus, Ohio. On the organization o the Girls' Industrial Home, the Professor was made President of the Board of Trustees, whic position he filled for eight years; he is now financial agent of the Home. He has been a member of the Ohio Methodist Conference since 1841. MAJ. C. H. McELROY, Mayor of Delaware, was born in Gambier, Knox Co., Ohio, March 19, 1830; the son of James and Maria (Burrows) McElroy, both parents natives of Ireland; emigrating to America in about 1828, they came to Ohio and located in Gambier, where James McElroy became a Professor of Gambier College; in 1832, he, with his family, moved to Delaware, Ohio, and took charge as Pastor of the Episcopal Church for over twenty years; he is now a resident of San Francisco, Cal.: Maj. McElroy was but a mere child when his parents moved to Delaware, where they remained until 1840, then moved to Staunton, Va., where they were residents until 1851 ; the "Major received his principal education in the University of Virginia, of which he was a student in 1849-51 ; in the latter year he was admitted to the practice of law at Lewisburg, Va., and returned to Delaware: from 1851 to 1855, he was engaged in civil engineering; in the latter year he began the practice of his profession. At the breaking-out of the war, in 1861, he enlisted as a private in Co D, 20th O. V. I.; but was made Captain on the organization of the Company ; in 1862, he was commissioned Major of the 96th O. V. I., with which regiment he served until July, 1863, when he was mustered out on account of sickness; Maj, McElroy participated in the battles of Fort Donelson, where the first substantial success of the war was achieved ; of Pittsburg Landing, the siege and surrender of Vicksburg, and others of minor importance, and witnessed the surrender of the three rebel armies, one each at Fort Donelson, Vicksburg and Arkansas Post ; in 1863, Maj. McElroy returned to Delaware, and entered upon the practice of law; in 1879, the law firm of McElroy & Culver was formed; the junior member being Prosecuting Attorney for the county; the firm stand well up in their profession, and enjoy a lucrative practice; he was Alayor of Delaware in 1858-59, and was reelected to the same position in 1878, which office he holds at this writing. He is a Republican. Was married in 1858 to Miss Caroline Murray, of Delaware Co., Ohio. FRANK MOYER, wagon and carriage manf ufacturer, Delaware, was born in Marion Co., Ohio, in 1851 ; in 1869, he came to Delaware and commenced to learn his trade in the shops, to which he has succeeded as proprietor, then owned by David DELAWARE TOWNSHIP. - 635 Stimmel, who founded the. business in 1854 ; in 1873, Mr. Moyer entered into partnership with William Hedrick, and formed the firm of Moyer & Hedrick, manufacturers of carriages, buggies, etc.; they continued together about two years, when Mr. Moyer became sole owner; from this period began a revolution in the enterprise, and the success of Mr. Moyer has been demonstrated ; the works are located at No. 33 South Main street, next to the Delaware Run ; as manufacturer of carriages, buggies, farm and spring wagons, Mr. Moyer ranks with the foremost in Delaware Co.; he employs expert workmen, and the character of the work he turns out, together with his past suecess in the business, is a guarantee of satisfaction to his patrons. A. MITCHELL. Delaware, was born in Fayette Co., W. Va., April 7, 1829 ; his parents belonged to Miles Manser, a prosperous and extensive owner of slaves ; after the breakingout of the war of the rebellion, there was stationed on the plantation of Mr. Manner, a body of Union troops; connected with the command was Gen. R. B. Hays, who made his headquarters in Mr. Manser's house, and who took Mr. Mitchell as his servant ; through the General's advice he came to Ohio and worked for S. Birchard, where he remained about five years, when he went to Albany, Ohio; after a period of about six months, he came to Delaware, where he has been a respected colored citizen ; his first start was as a laborer in a brickyard for Mr. A. Welch ; he then became jauitor of the Ohio Wesleyan Female College, which he held for a number of years; he is now holding the same position in connection with the Episcopal Church and the Opera House. Mr. Mitchell was married in West Virginia, in 1858, to Sarah Ann Bradley, of Christian Co., Ky.; they have seven children. REV. LORENZO DOW McCABE, Professor of Philosophy in Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware; was born in Marietta Ohio, Jan. 7, 1817, and is the son of Robert and Mary (McCracken) McCabe. His father was a native of Pennsylvania, and his mother of Virginia; they were married in Pennsylvania and came to Ohio, locating at Marietta, where they resided until their death, which took place in 18'23, both dying in- the same year. Prof. McCabe the subject of this sketch, commenced life as a clerk at the age of 9 years ; this occupation he followed until attaining his majority; he then (in 1838) entered the Ohio University, at Athens, and graduated there in 1843 under Dr. Wm. H. McGuffey ; he immediately joined the Worthington Circuit, and in 1844 was elected Professor of Mathematics of the Ohio University ; in 1845, he was elected to a chair in the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, and in 1860 was elected Professor of Philosophy in the the same institution; he has been Vice President of the Wesleyan University since 1860, and, during this period, has served five years as President of the institution ; the degree of D. D. was conferred on him in 1855 by Allegheny College, at Meadville, Penn., and that of LL. D. was conferred in 1877 by Syracuse University; he is the author of several valuable works, among which may be noticed " The Foreknowledge of God," an interesting book of over 400 pages ; also a volume entitled "Philosophy of Holiness." He was first married to Miss Martha Sewall, in 1845, in Washington, D. C., who was a niece of Dr. Sewall; she died in 1850 ; he married his present wife, Miss C. Clarke, in 1857, at Williamsport, Penn.; the result of this marriage is three children. E. T. NELSON, Professor Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, was born in Worthington, Franklin Co., Ohio, Oct. 14, 1845, and is the son of Rev. Alexander and Jane (Morrison) Nelson, his mother a native of New Hampshire and father of Vermont; the latter settled in Ohio as early as 1835, and has been a Methodist clergyman for the last forty years ; he was the first President of the Iowa Wesleyan University, at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, where he remained two years; was afterward connected with the Baldwin University, at Berea, Ohio. Prof. Nelson graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan University in 1866, and in 1869, graduated from Yale College, as Doctor of Philosophy; from 1869 to 1871 he was Professor in Hanover College; in 1871, he came to Delaware, and accepted a position in the Ohio W Wesleyan University, as Professor of Natural History, which chair he has filled ever since, with marked ability. Prof. Nelson was a soldier in the late war, having enlisted in the 145th O. V. I., Co. D, of which company he was Captain. REV. ISAAC NEWTON, Presiding Elder of the M. E. Church, Delaware, was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, Nov. 10, 1823, and is son of John and Mary (Shaw) Newton, both born in England. Our subject, when a young man, began to learn the trade of a whitesmith (machinist), in Sheffield, at which he worked until 25 years of age, when he sailed for America; after being at sea seven and a half weeks, he 636 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: landed in New Orleans; he went to Galena, Ill., arriving at that place with five cents in his pocket; he obtained work at his trade, and remained there for several months, when he entered Rock River Seminary, where he prepared himself for college. After graduating at this seminary, he came, in the fall of 1852, to Delaware, Ohio, and entered the Ohio Wesleyan University ; here he graduated, in 1856, when he immediately joined the Delaware, now Central Ohio, Conference, and was given a charge at Delphia Station, Allen Co., where he remained two years ; thence to Greenville, Darke Co., two years; at Marion, Marion Co., two years; Bucyrus, Crawford Co., three years; Toledo, one year ; Findlay, Hancock Co., three years ; Bellefontaine, three years ; Canton, three years; Fremont, one year; William st., Delaware, two years; Lima, one year, from Lima returned to Delaware, where he has been Presiding Elder ever since. Mr. Newton was married, in 1856, to Miss Susan B. Bell, of Sandusky, Ohio ; they have two children. T. C. O'KANE, books and stationery. If any man has advertised the name of Delaware, east, west, north and south, it is the above-named gentleman, who was born in Fairfield Co., Ohio, March 10, 1830 ; son of James and Julia (Williams) O'Kane; his mother was born in New York, and his father in Virginia ; at 8 years of age, he moved with his parents to Franklin Co., Ohio, where he remained until 1849, during which time he received a district school education and engaged in teaching ; in 1849, he came to Delaware and entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, from which he graduated in 1852, and was chosen Tutor of Mathematics in the university, where he remained until 1857, when he resigned and went to Cincinnati, and was made Principal over fourteen district schools of that city, where he remained in connection with the public schools until 1864; he then accepted a position in the well-known music house of Philip Phillips & Co., of Cincinnati, and remained with them until 1867, when he came to Delaware, and was engaged for a number of years in traveling for an American house throughout Ohio; in 1873, Mr. O'Kane entered his present business in company with L. S. Wells, under the name of T. C. O'Kane & Wells, which continued until 1878 ; this house is the leading book and stationery establishment of Delaware, also doing a large business in wall-paper ; in 1868, Mr. O'Kane began the compilation of a series of Sunday-school sinning-books which are among the most popular singing-books in Sunday schools throughout the United States ;. he has compiled and published six works, with a circulation of over 600,000 copies ; the sale of these works are as follows: "Fresh Leaves," 75,000 ; "Dew Drops," 100,000 ; "Songs for Worship," 120,000 ; "Every Sabbath," 100,000; "Jasper and Gold," 150,000; "Joy of the World" (just published), 70,000. Mr. O'Kane is a member of the Williams Street M. E. Church, and has been its Sunday School Superintendent for the last four years, as well as leader of the choir. He was married in 1853, to Miss Laura E. Eaton, of Delaware Co., Ohio, daughter of James Eaton, one of the pioneer settlers of Delaware Co.; two children, sons. REV. C. H. OWENS, Delaware; was born in Montgomeryshire, North Wales, April 8, 1819 ; the son of John and Grace (Humphries) Owens, both born in North Wales; in 18'10, the family sailed for America, and, after being at sea for some eight weeks, safely landed at Philadelphia, then by private conveyance came to Delaware Co., and located in Radnor Township; from there they went to Sandusky, where his father was engaged in building the old Wyandot Mission house; from Sandusky they returned to Radnor Township, and, during his residence here, the elder Owens was engaged at his trade, as a brick and stone mason, in constructing some of the principal business buildings of Delaware, sueh as the Little and Williams Blocks; also built the foundation for the Mansion House, now used by the Ohio Wesleyan University, and known as Elliot hall; the mother, Grace (Humphries) Owens, died in Delaware Co., Aug. 9, 1851, at 68 years of age; John Owens moved to Upper Sandusky, where he remained until 1856, when he moved to Mount Gilead, and died there in October, 1857, at 72 year of age ; the son, C. H., attended the first school of the Ohio Wesleyan University; in 1841, he commenced the study for the ministry, and the same year attended the North Ohio Conference; and united with it in 1843, since which time he has not missed being present at their meetings; the Rev. Mr. Owens has been located in different parts of Ohio, his first appointment being at Greenville, Darke Co., in September, 1874, he closed his pastoral work and accepted a position as collecting agent for the Ohio Wesleyan Female College; in 1877, he entered upon the work of a similar position with the Ohio Wesleyan University, which place he now holds; Mr. Owens mar- DELAWARE TOWNSHIP - 637 ried in July, 1851, Miss Charity Whitaker, of Pennsylvania; they had one child; Mrs. Owens died in December, 1852 ; he married his present wife, Miss Sarah Jane Welsh, of Knox Co., Ohio, Nov. 24, 1857. C. V. OWSTON, City Marshal, Delaware; born in this city Sept. 15, 1845, and is the son of William Owston, who settled here at an early day, where he has been engaged at his trade as bricklayer and contractor, assisting in the construction of some of the leading buildings of Delaware ; C. V. Owston learned his trade as a carriage-body maker at Columbus, Ohio, where he worked for some two years, when he came to Delaware and followed his trade for three years longer. In 1870, he was nominated and elected to the office of City Marshal by a majority of some three hundred votes ; this office he filled with such satisfaction that, in 1872 and 1874, he was reelected with an increased majority, and, in 1878, he was again reelected, and still holds the office, which is the best evidence of his fitness for the position. He was a soldier in the late civil war, having enlisted in the 145th O. V. I., doing service at Arlington Heights, Washington, D. C. He is a Democrat, and a hard worker in his party. T. W. POWELL, retired lawyer, Delaware. Sketch given in History of Courts and Bar. PETER PRAUL, farmer; P.O. Delaware; born in Warren, N. J., June 22, 1819 ; son of Aaron J. and Elizabeth (Lewis) Praul; his father was a soldier of the war of 1812 ; his mother died in New Jersey; in 1848, Mr. Praul's father and three children came to Ohio in wagons, via Zanesville, and located in Delaware Township, near the present homestead ; here he purchased what is now known as the Williams and Beards farms, and, soon afterward, purchased the farm that Mr. Praul now lives on, these farms comprising in all 283 1/2 acres; our subject was raised on the farm, where he remained until about 19 years of age, when he began to learn the shoemaker's trade, which he followed about ten years. In 1846, he was married to Miss Elizabeth Vought; in 1848, with his wife and two children, he started in a carriage for Delaware Co., and, after being on the road a number of days, arrived in October of 1848, and located on the farm that he now resides on ; then he set out in farming, in which avoca tion he has continued ever since ; on this home stead Mr. Praul's father died at 92 years of age - a respected and honored citizen ; his father lived to be 105 years old, and his grandfather 110 years old; ; of the family of Prauls that located here, only two are living William Praul, of Illinois, and the subject of this sketch, who has remained on the old homestead since 1848; he owns 140 acres of land; has been a member of the M. E. Church for the last forty years. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Praul have had eleven children, seven now living-James K., born in New Jersey, Sarah Catharine, Emma J., Franklin E., Lewis J., Eva L. and Thomas R.; the last six were born on the old homestead in Delaware Township; the old clock that stands on Mr. Praul's mantle is an old family relic, and was bought by Mr. Praul's father in New Jersey in 1823, and was one of the first wooden clocks sold in that neighborhood, he paying $24 for it; this wonderful clock has been running ever since, and has never been to the shop for repairs, and yet today, over 57 years old, it keeps good time. REV. N. E. PILGER, Pastor of St. Mary's Catholic Church, Delaware; was born in Prussia in 1842 ; in 1847, he came to America, and in 1856 began his studies at Bardstown, Ky.; he graduated at St. Mary's, near Cincinnati, Ohio, in June, 1862, finishing his theological course at the same institution; in 1865, he was ordained by Bishop Rosecrans, and he was first located in Mon roe Co., Ohio, where he remained seven years, thence to Newark and Lancaster, and in December, 1874, to Delaware, where he has remained in charge of St. Mary's Catholic Church ever since. C. D. POTTER, Delaware ; was born in Delaware, Ohio, Dec. 27, 1827, and is the son of Edward and Abigail (Denison) Potter. Edward '; Potter was born in New London, Conn., June 13, 1791, son of John and Elizabeth (Witter) Potter; his father in the latter part of his life followed fishing ; he was employed in guarding the prisoners in New London at the time the town was burnt by the British; Edward Potter lived in New London until 13 years old, when he went to Lenox, Mass, to live with his uncle ; in June, 1804, he, with his uncle, Col. Byxbe, wife and five children, j Wittcr Stewart, Orlando Barker, Solomon Smith, Azariah Root and family, started in wagons for the the Far West, crossing the Hudson River at Fishf kill, thence through the towns of Harrisburg, s Carlisle and Strasburg, over the mountains to Bedford and Redstone (now Brownsville), where they built a flatboat and floated down the river to Wheeling; there they loaded their wagons and d again set out traveling by wagons, a Mr. Hutchinson ; inson taking the boat to Portsmouth ; from 638 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: Wheeling they went to Zanesville, Lancaster and Franklinton, crossed the river at Columbus, thence to Worthington, where they remained a short time; they finally reached Delaware Co., and located in Berkshire, making the first settlement in Berkshire Township; here Edward Potter remained with his uncle, Col. Byxbe, until 1805, when he returned to his home in New London, Conn., and thence to Saybrook, where he learned his trade as a batter, and remained there some nine years; thence to Colchester, Conn., and entered the hat business, where he remained three years; during the war of 1812, Mr. Potter lost about all his money ; he then set out on foot looking for a location and visiting friends; during this time he walked over three thousand miles; in 1819, he walked from Connecticut to Ohio, and purchased 50 acres of land at $5 per acre, in Delaware Township, west of Delaware; he then footed it all the way back to Connecticut; in 1820, he returned with his wife and a one-horse wagon to Delaware Co., Ohio, and settled on his land ; in 1825, he moved to Delaware, and commenced the manufacture of hats; he continued at this until 1838, and was successful ; in 1838, he moved to his present homestead, where he has been an honored citizen ever since. During Mr. Potter's residence in Delaware, he held several offices of public trust, and was Supervisor and Councilman. Mr. Potter is the oldest living settler of Delaware Co., having first made his home here in 1804. He has been married twice, first to Abigail Denison, who died in 1831, then to his present wife. Elizabeth Reynolds, in 1832 ; she is the daughter of E. Reynolds, Esq., who came to Delaware Co. in 1815 ; Mr. Potter has three children living, all by the first wife-Emeline, Abigail D. and Charles D. Charles was engaged on his father's farm until he was 21 years of age, when he entered the hardware store of John B. Johns, as a clerk, and afterward became a partner ; the firm was C. D. Potter .L Co. from 1852 to 1874, during which time Mr. Potter was in partnership with H. H. Husted and Z. P. Hammond ; during the latter years, Mr. Potter was alone in business. Mr. Potter was married Jan. 27, 1853, to Miss Mary K. Hammond of New Jersey, daughter of John Hanimorid, who moved to Ohio about 1849 ; they have four children. BENJAMIN POWERS, banker, Delaware Ever since its organization, the First National Bank of Delaware has been presided over by Mr Benjamin Powers, the subject of this sketch, who was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, Oct. 7, 1800, and is the son of Avery Powers, who was a soldier of the war of 1812, and was killed near Malden ; during his childhood, the family moved to Franklin Co., now Delaware Co., Ohio, in 1801 ; when 11 years of age, he began to learn the printer's trade which he finished at 15 ; in 1815, he came to Delaware and clerked in a store for about six years; he at length became a partner, and remained in mercantile business until about 1848 ; on the organization of the Delaware County Bank in 1845, as a branch of the Ohio State Bank. he was made Cashier, which position he filled for a number of years; he was also a Director of the bank until the death of Judge Williams, its President; in 1864, upon the organization of the First National Bank, Mr. Powers was made its President, and has carried it through all the financial crises since then unimpaired, and it stands to-day strong in its own resources, and doing a large business; it has always been manaed in a cautious, yet liberal manner, these traits" being characteristic of the officers, as well as the Directors. of the bank, all of whom are among the responsible citizens of Delaware ; in February, 1880, Mr. Powers resigned the presidency on account of his health, but is still one of its Directors ; Mr. C. B. Paul was then made President, having been Vice President some three years. C. B. PAUL, President of the First National Bank of Delaware, was born in Washington Co., Penn., in 1832, and is .the son of M. and Henrietta (Bell) Paul both born in Pennsylvania ; they came to Ohio and located in Knox Co., where they remained three or four years, and in 1838 moved to Delaware Co.. and located in Harlem Township; Mr. C. B. Paul was engaged in farming in Harleui Township until 1861, when he moved to Delaware which has been his home ever since; in 1862, he was elected by the Republican party Treasurer o Delaware Co., which office he filled with honor and credit until 1866 ; he was also County Commissioner for six years; in 1864, Mr. Paul became a stockholder in the First National Bank of Delaware; and in 1875 was made its Vice President in 1880, on the retirement of Mr. Benjamin Powers, he was made President of the Bank; Mr Paul has engaged largely in dealing in wool for the last. fourteen years. DR. CHARLES H. PAYNE, President of the Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, was born at Taunton, Mass., Oct. 21, 1830, of Scotch-English of parents, who came to the United States with the DELAWARE TOWNSHIP. - 639 Pilgrims in the Mayflower; at an early age, Dr. Payne was compelled to rely upon his own efforts for a livelihood ; he lost his father from drowning while he was an infant ; from the age of 8 to 15, he labored sometimes on the farm, sometimes in the faetory, and sometimes upon the shoemaker's bench, attending the public school in the winter time ; at 15 he entered a store, where he remained three years; about this time he joined the Methodist Episcopal Church ; after leaving his clerkship, he began a course of preparation for the ministry at a school at Taunton, and in the Providence Conference Seminary at East Greenwich, R. I., from which he entered the Wesleyan University at Middletown, Conn., graduating in 1854; he then attended the Biblical Institute at Concord, N. H. (now the Boston School of Theology), and from there entered the ministry ; during his course at college, he met his entire expenses by teaching, sometimes as a private tutor, and sometimes in the public schools, but always keeping up his studies while absent from the university. In 1857, he married Miss Mary Eleanor Gardiner, and soon after joined the Providence Conference where he remained eight years. In 1865, he was transferred to the New York East Conference and stationed at St. Jobn's, Brooklyn, where he induced the people to build a new church, which is one o the finest of that denomination in the country. At the close of this pastorate, he was transferred to Philadelphia, where he took charge of the Arch Street Church, and was afterward stationed at Spring Garden Street Church, and from there removed t Cincinnati, Ohio, where he occupied the pulpit of St. Paul's Church. In the summer of 1875, he was elected President of the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, succeeding Dr. Merrick The degree of D. D. was conferred upon him b Dickinson College, Carlisle, Penn., in 1870, and that of LL. D. by the Ohio University, Athens Ohio, in 1876. C. POTTER, C., C., C. & I. R. R. roadmaster -among the prominent men of Delaware may be mentioned the above-named gentleman, who was born in County Meath, Ireland, March 27, 1831. His father was a well-to-do farmer, near Dublin, and there the son remained until 1844 when with his parents he emigrated to America landing in New York City a poor boy ; at 13 years of age, he started out in life, working at odd jobs, and received for his first work $3 per month when about 17 years old, he became night-watch man on the N. Y. C. R. R., being stationed at Oriskany, N. Y., where he received $20 a month; this proved his starting-point in life; next he was a fireman on the L. S. R. R., running between Syracuse and Utica; he remained there until 1859, and, during this time, was conductor of a construction train ; in 1859, he commenced work for the C., C., C. & I. R. R., as section boss, having charge of twelve miles of road between Columbus and Delaware, a position he filled for a number of years. He had a large contract with the C. C. C. & I. R. R. to furnish them wood, and for five or six years furnished them 40,000 cords of wood a year ; Mr. Potter, during that time, owned 800 acres of land in Delaware Co., making his home in Orange Township, of which township he was elected Trustee. Mr. Potter was married in 1852, to Miss Kate Burns, since deceased. He married his present wife, Miss Emily Moran, in 1860; by this union he has five children, four sons and one daughter. Mr. Potter is a Democrat, and a member of the Catholic Church. He first had charge of the C. C. C. & I. R. R. from Delaware to Springfield ; then he became roadmaster from Delaware to Cincinnati, which position he now fills. GEN. EUGENE POWELL, of the Delaware Fence Co., Delaware; was born in Delaware, Ohio, Nov. 16, 1838, and is the son of Judge Powell, one of the pioneer settlers of Delaware; he received his education in Delaware, and, in 1858, went East and entered the machine-shops at Meadville, Penn., where he remained until 1860 ; he then returned to Delaware, and worked in the Delaware machine-shops until the breaking-out of the late war, when he helped organize Co. C of the 4th O. V. I.; he enlisted, and, on the organization of the regiment, was made Captain of Co. C, in which position he served some three month; he was then transferred to the 66th O. V. I. as Major ; in 1862, was made Lieutenant Colonel of the 66th Regiment, and remained such until the close of the war, when he was made Colonel of the 93d O. V. I, where he remained until September, 1865; he participated in some of the most severe marches and battles of the war-Rich Mountain, Port Republic, Cedar Mountain, Antietam, Dumfries, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg thence west, with "Fighting Joe" Hooker, to Lookout Mountain twin, siege and capture of Atlanta, Peach Tree Creek, and with Sherman's march to the sea; at the close of the war, he returned home, and was made Collector of Internal Revenue, which office at he held until 1872, when he was elected to the 640 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: Legislature, and filled one term with marked ability; in 1872, he entered his present business, in which he has continued ever since. In 1878, Mr. Cyrus Falconer, Jr., became a partner in the business. Mr. Falconer was born in Hamilton, Butler Co., Ohio, in 1856, and is a graduate from the Hamilton High School; he was, for a short time, engaged in the manufacture of pig iron in the Hocking Valley, where he remained until 1878, when he came to Delaware, and entered the manufacture of fences, and has proved himself a valuable addition to the Company. S. D. POLLOCK, insurance agent, Delaware ; was born in Lake Co., Ohio, in 1824, from which place he moved to Akron, thence to Medina Co., where he was engaged in farming; in 1870, Mr. Pollock moved to Delaware, where he commenced the insurance business, and now represents such leading companies as the Richland Mutual, Western Mutual, Merchants & Manufacturers', Ohio, Glens Falls, Delaware Mutual, Cooper of Dayton, and the Ohio Farmer's; the latter company was chartered Feb. 8, 1848, and was the first farmers' insurance company incorporated in Ohio; the object of its organization was to furnish the farmers of the State safe and reliable insurance at cost ; it confines its risks strictly to unexposed buildings and farm property ; from the beginning, its Directors have been farmers, who are annually elected by the members, and whose only object has been to advance the true interest of the Company ; the accumulated capital from its business belongs to those insured, who constitute the membership of the Company, and who have an equal voice in forming its by-laws and electing its Directors, but no member of the Company is liable to assessment; the result of the examination of the Ohio Farmers' Insurance Company, made by William Ewing, late Deputy Superintendent of Insurance, foots up as follows: Total assets (admitted), $847,007.08 ; total liabilities, $617,099.48. This Company has passed through every official examination with credit, and is considered one of the safest and most reliable companies now doing business, affording the farmer such protection at a minimum cost as can be guaranteed in no other way. T. E. POWELL, attorney at law, Delaware. A son of Judge T. W. Powell; is a native of this city, born Feb. 20, 1842, and a graduate of the Ohio Wesleyan University, from which institution he received his diploma in 1863; in that year he began the study of law in his father's office, and was admitted to the practice in 1865; he then engaged in the real-estate business, which he followed until 1867 ; in this year, Mr. Powell associated himself as a partner with Col. W. P. Reid, for the practice of his profession, under the firm name of Reid & Powell, in 1877, John S. Gill was taken into the firm, which was then changed to Reid, Powell & Gill; the following' year, 1878, the senior partner, Col. Reid, died, when the firm name was changed to Powell & Gill, under which title it is continued to this day; this association of legal talent from the start has been regarded as one of the strongest law firms in Delaware; Mr. Powell, now the senior member. enjoys and merits the reputation of being well up in his profession, and is called upon to practice in the courts of the surrounding counties ; in 1875, he was placed in nomination on the Democratic ticket for the position of Attorney General of the State, but his party being in the minority, he was defeated. PROF. RICHARD PARSONS, Delaware, was born in Mote, Ireland, June 25, 1847, and is the son of Richard and Margaret (Payne) Parsons, both natives of Ireland : in 1848, our subject, with his father and mother, emigrated to America and landed in New York City ; they came to Ohio and located in the city of Zanesville ; here young Parsons received a good common-school education, and in 1868 went to Wauseon, Ohio, and began teaching where he remained one year, thence to Holland, Mich., and taught in the Hope College for two years, when he went to Plymouth. Ohio, and engaged in teaching in the city schools for some five years; in 1875, he came to Delaware and entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, as tutor of languages; in 1879, he was appointed to fill the chair as Principal of the Normal Department, which position he now occupies. CHRISTIAN RIDDLE, of Riddle, Graff & Co. cigar manufacturers, Delaware. This gentleman was born in Germany, March 7, 1846, and is the son of Godfrey and Barbara Riddle, also natives of Germany; in 1849, Christian, with his parents emigrated to America and landed in New York City ; from there they came direct to Delaware in about 1857, he commenced to learn his trade a; a cigar-maker, at which he worked until 1862 when he enlisted for three months in the 86th O V. I. ; after serving full time, he re-enlisted in the 145th O. V. I, for 100 days' service, then in the 186th O. V. I. ; here he served until the close of the war he also served six months with the DELAWARE TOWNSHIP. - 641 Army of the Tennessee in the Quartermaster's Department. After the close of the war, he returned to his trade, working in different parts of Ohio and Indiana for some two years, when, in 1867 , he embarked in business in the frame building now occupied by Shea's grocery store ; here, in 1869, Mr. Graff was taken in as partner, under the firm name of Riddle & Graff ; in 1871, they moved to the opposite side of the street from their present place of business; in 1874, the firm of Riddle, Graff &; Co. was formed; in 1879, they moved into their present building, which is a three-story stone front, erected by themselves, and is one of the most attractive pieces of architecture in Delaware ; it has a frontage of twenty and a depth of one hundred and five feet ; on the first floor is found the office, sales and ware rooms ; the salesroom is stocked with a full line of their twenty-four brands of cigars; in the warerooms is stored in stock tome 100 cases of natural leaf, of fine Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Havana tobacco ; the second floor is used for drying and packing, and the manufacturing is done on the third floor; where about. sixty hands are employed constantly, and turn out weekly some 60,000 cigars; this house pays out monthly to the Government for stamps $1,400, which indicates the immense amount of business lone by them ; no enterprise in the city of Delaware enjoys a greater popularity than this. which is among the largest of its kind in the State : the firm is composed of Christian Riddle, George L. Graff and Leroy Battenfield : Mr. Riddle filling the position of buyer and shipper, and Mr. Gratf that of General Superintendent. Mr. George L.. Graff was born in Weddenburg,. Germany, in 1842, having come to America in 1853, landing in Baltimore and came direct to Delaware, where he has been a resident ever since ; in 1856, he commenced to learn the cigar-maker's trade, working at this until the breaking-out of late civil war, when he enlisted in the 86th O. V. I.; he served some three months, when he was honorably discharged: afterward re-enlisted in the 115th O. V. I, and served until the close of the war, when he returned to Delaware and engage in working at his trade. In 1869, he established business for himself and the same year entered a partner with Mr. Christian Riddle. Mr. Leroy Battenfield was born in Centreburgh, Knox Co., Ohio. March 5, 1846 ; in April 1861, he moved to Delaware; Mr. Battenfield like the rest of the firm of Riddle, Graff & Co.. was a soldier in the late war; he enlisted in the 2d Ohio Heavy Artillery for three years, and served full time, participating in a number of engagements and marches ; he was honorably mustered out, and returned to Delaware ; in 1874, he entered partnership with Riddle & Graff; in 1875, Mr. Battenfield commenced to travel for the firm, and has contributed his share in building up the firm to its present standing. CAPT. R. W. REYNOLDS, merchant, Delaware ; was born in Montgomeryshire, North Wales, June l, 1820, and is the son of Richard and Margaret (Rowland) Reynolds, both natives of Montgomeryshire, N. W.; the family, in 1823, sailed for America, and after being at sea for six weeks and four days, safely landed in this country and located in Madison Co., N. Y.; in 1834, the son, R. W., came to Delaware, and at 13 years of age was bound out for seven years to learn the tailor's trade; he commenced in a shop located on the site where his present store is situated ; after serving three years, he went to Columbus, Ohio, where he finished his trade and then returned to Delaware, and embarked in business for himself; in 1848, Mr. Reynolds transferred his business to a room in the American House, where he carried on merchant tailoring; in 1850, he went to California, where he mined and worked at his trade some; during two months of the time, he made $10 per day working at tailoring ; after remaining in the gold country some fifteen months, he returned to Delaware; here he followed clerking for awhile in a clothing establishment, and then formed a partnership in the clothing and merchant tailoring business; in 1857, the present firm of Reynolds & Frank was formed, which to-day stands as one of the most prominent establishments of the kind in Delaware, located at 23 Main street, occupying two rooms ; the first floor, 20 x 80, is used as a general salesroom ; the merchant tailoring department is located up-stairs, in which are employed workmen of superior ability in their line. Mr. Reynolds was a soldier in the late civil war, having enlisted in the 145th O. V. I, Co. E, of which company he was Captain; the history of this regiment will be found in another part of this work ; after the war closed, Capt. Reynolds returned to his home, since which he has filled the position of Auditor of Delaware Co. one term, and has been a member of the Common Council of Delaware ; these offices he has filled with credit to himself and satisfaction to his constituency He is a Republican in politics. Capt. Reynolds married Miss Harriet Byxbe, daughter of Appleton Byxbe, and a grand-daughter 642 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: to the founder of Delaware, Col. Moses Byxbe ; she was born in Delaware Township, Delaware Co., in 1823 ; by this union they have had seven children three only are living. REV. D. RUTLEDGE, P. O. Delaware; was born in Belmont Co., Ohio, May 15, 1826 ; the son of William Rutledge ; he lived, with his parents, on the farm until he was about 17 years of age, when he began teaching school, at which he continued some five years, when he commenced the study of law and was admitted to practice in about 1848, in Posey Co., Ind.; after a short time, he retired, and, in 1850, was licensed to preach, and entered upon his first duties in this profession in the West Liberty Circuit of Ohio, afterward in the North and Central Ohio Circuits ; during this time, he preached in Greenville, Bellefontaine, Toledo and Mt. Vernon : his next efforts were as a missionary to Oregon, where he remained ten years, preaching in Portland, Oregon City and Salem ; he was then transferred to the Central Ohio Circuit, and afterward went as a missionary to Nashville, Tenn., where he remained ten years; while there, he was connected with the freedmen's educational work, traveling in different parts of the country, raising funds for that cause; in 1875, Mr. Rutledge came to Delaware ; during this time, he had charge of the Delaware district for four years. ALONZO P. SCATTERDAY, farmer; P. O. Delaware ; was the youngest child of Euclid Scatterday, who was born in Loudoun Co., Va., about the year 1796, and emigrated to this State when young; subsequently married Deborah Pond, born near Philadelphia, Penn., and came out with her parents and located in Belmont Co., where Alonzo P. was born, Oct. 21, 1849 ; received his education in the common schools in that county, completing the same at the business college in Delaware. Sept. 17, 1875, he was united by marriage to Sarah L. Main, second daughter of Hosea Main; she was born in Brown Township Oct. 9, 1851. He has sixty acres of land, with good buildings, which he erected, and the appearance of the place betokens him a man of industry and enterprise. He and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church at Delaware. His father died in Belmont Co.; his mother is still living. HENRY J. SHARADIN, farmer; P. O. Delaware; is the son of Nathan and Margaret (Esser) Sharadin ; his father was born in Berks Co., Penn.; came to Ohio about 1836, and settled in the green woods on the farm now owned by the heirs ; he was a mechanic, and made threshing machines; was also a tanner - by trade; he also drove stage coach from Delaware to Columbus at an early day, and died in 1873. Henry's mother was a daughter of a noted farmer of Pennsylvania; she is living in Delaware, and is a member of the. German Reform Church, with which her husband had long been identified ; they have six children. all living. Mr. Sharadin is now in partnership with his brother Charles, farming on the old homestead, and they are making a specialty of stock and grain. They have 122 acres of land worth about $75 per acre-one of the finest farms in the country. Charles Sharadin was born Oct. 9, 1845, in Belmont Co., Ohio, and married Anna Heed, daughter of Thomas Heed. of Belmont Co., Ohio: her mother's maiden name was Irwin, daughter of Samuel Irwin ; she is still living in Delaware. Mrs. Sharadin was born July 28, 1854, in Bel mont Co., came to this county Dec. 17, 1874: they have one child-Henry Arthur-born Nov. 11, 1876. JOSEPH W. SHARP, Principal of the Ohio Business College, of Delaware ; was born in York Co., Penn., Aug. 14, 1838, and is the son of John and Hannah (Benson) Sharp; his mother was born in Maryland, and his father in Pennsylvania. and was engaged in farming. Our subject, in 1841, with his:parents, moved to Ohio, and located in Morrow Co., near Cardington, where his father and mother died. They were both Quakers. Prof. Sharp remained on the farm until 25 years of age. where he was engaged in farming in the summer months, and in the winter attended the district schools ; after he received a common-school education, began teaching school in the district schools ; he then entered Oberlin College, from which institution he graduated in 1864; in 1865. He came to Delaware, where he has been one of its honored citizens ever since, during which time he has been engaged in the Ohio Business College of which an account will be found in another part of this work. Prof. Sharp was a Republican until the Prohibitionist party was formed; since then he has been a hard worker in its ranks ; in 1877, he was put on the Prohibitionist ticket for Representative of Delaware Co., and, in 1879, was put on the same ticket for Lieutenant Governor of Ohio ; he has just been elected as one of the four alternate delegates to Cleveland to the Prohibitionist State Convention. Prof. Sharp is one of the founders of the Delaware Signal, of which he was a leading editor for three years. He was mar- DELAWARE TOWNSHIP. - 643 ried, in 1862, to Miss Elizabeth A. Kelly, of Morrow Co., Ohio; they have had three children; two deceased. F. B. SPRAGUE, County Judge, Delaware; was born in Delaware, on the site where the American House now stands, on the 16th of July, 1825 ; his parents were Pardon and Mary (Meeker) Sprague; his mother was born in Pennsylvania in 1799, the daughter of Col. Forest Meeker, who came to Delaware Co. and located in Stratford in 1811 ; his father, Pardon Sprague, was born in Massachusetts or Rhode Island, and was engaged in a cotton-mill, where he remained until the mill burnt, when he came west about 1816 to Zanesville and Granville, Ohio, where he remained a short time, then came to Delaware ; here he was engaged in the stock business ; he also kept a hotel on the site of the American House; he was elected to the office of County Sheriff two terms, and, about 1825, was elected to the Legislature, which office he filled with Honor and credit to his death, which occurred in 1828, at about 40 years of age ; he was a man respected and Honored by all. Judge Sprague received his chief education in a private school taught by Mrs. Murray in a room near where the court house now stands ; he was also a student of the Ohio Wesleyan University during the first two years of its existence; he remained a resident of Delaware Co. until 1850, when he moved West to Oregon, and remained there some eighteen years, where he was enraged the first few years in the manufacture of fanning-mills, and was the first to manufacture these mills on the Pacific Coast. In 1864 to 1868, Judge Sprague had charge of the Modoc and Clamouth Indians; during this time, he was located at Ft. Clamouth, Ore., and in different part,. of the State in the vicinity of Ft. Clamouth. Sprague River was named after him. In 1864, he was made Captain of the 1st Ore. V. I., doing duty in Oregon and participating in several battles and a number of skirmishes with the Snake Indians. He learned to speak their language fluently and was a great friend of Captain .Jack, the renowned Modoc chieftain, with which tribe the Judge states he was always on the friendliest terms. In 1868, he returned to Delaware Co., and located in Sunbury, where he engaged in the milling business, in which he has continued ever since; for several years, he was engaged in mercantile business in Sunbury. In 1875; Judge Sprague was nominated by the Democrats as Probate Judge of Delaware Co., and was elected to this office by a majority of 176 votes, and reelected to the same office in 1878 by an overwhelming majority of 641 votes. MRS. ANN P. SWEETSER, nee Miss Ann P. Ball, Delaware, was born in New York City, where her father died, when she with her mother and family came West about 1817 and located in Charlestown, Ind., where her mother died in 1821 ; in 1820, she came to Delaware, and in 1824 married Milo D. Pettibone, who was born in Connecticut in 1793, son of Gen. Chancy Pettibone, who was in the Legislature of that State some eighteen or twenty years; Mr. Pettibone was a graduate from William and Mary's College, and also from Yale; began the study of law in New York, in the offce of a Quaker, and after being admitted to practice law, started West, visiting friends and relatives in Granville ; in 1818, he came to Delaware, and soon became a sound and trustworthy lawyer, and occupied a responsible position at the bar to the time of his death ; he speculated in land, which turned to his advantage; Mr. Pettibone was every way a most estimable man ; he was social, honest and most exemplary; he engaged in all the proposed improvements of his day, social, moral and religious ; he filled several offices of public trust. in Delaware Co. ; was County Treasurer, Prosecuting Attorney, and a member of the State Legislature ; these offices he filled with honor and credit ; at his death he left a wife and eight children, of whom five are living-one son and four daughters ; two sons were in the late civil warWaldermer Pettibone, who was killed on picket duty, and Channing Pettibone, a Lieutenant, acting as Captain at the battle of the Wilderness, where he was killed. The subject of this sketch was married, in 1846, to Charles Sweetser, who was born, in 1808, in Dummerston, Vt.; he came to Delaware Co. with his parents about 1812. ; there he began the practice of law, and was recognized as one of the leading attorneys of the bar ; he was elected to the Thirty-first and Thirty-second Congresses, which offices he filled with marked ability. He was a Democrat, and was recognized as one of the leading members of the party. He died April 4, 1864, of heart disease. W. O. SEAMANS, Professor in Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware; was born in Defiance, Ohio, Aug. 23, 1835 and is the son of Walter and Mary (Oliver) Seamans; his mother was a native of Ohio; her people having come to this State with the Massachusetts colony, which settled 644 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: in Marietta ; his father was born in Virginia, and moved to Ohio in 1812, and was among the early settlers of Highland Co.; at 15 years of age, Prof. Seamans, with his parents, moved to La Fayette, Ind.; in 1852, he entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, from which institution he graduated in 1857 ; he was then elected tutor of languages in this university, and served two years, when he resigned and went to Leavenworth, Kan., where he was engaged in the mercantile business three years; in 1862, he was elected to the chair of natural science in the Ohio Wesleyan Female College; he remained there until 1865, when he was connected with the chair of chemistry, where he remained until 1867., when he became Professor of Chemistry ; in 1873, physics were added to chemistry, since which Prof. Seamans hiss filled the chair of Professor of Chemistry and Physics, he took courses in chemistry in Ann Arbor and Harvard Universities; in 1874, he was placed on the Temperance ticket for the office of Mayor of the city of Delaware ; was elected, and filled the office for two years with entire satisfaction, being the first and only Mayor ever elected in Delaware on the Temperance ticket. JAMES M. SNODGRASS, M. D., Delaware; was born in Jefferson Co., Ohio, Oct. 9, 1808; son of Rev. James and Annie (White) Snodgrass, both natives of Pennsylvania. His father moved to Ohio, and located in Steubenville, Jefferson Co., in 1798; he was a Presbyterian minister, and belonged to that church for over sixty years : he died in Ohio, about 82 years old. James lived in Jefferson Co. until he was about 16 years of age, when he went to Stark Co., and engaged in farming and teaching ; after remaining in Stark Co. about ten years, he moved to Richland Co., where he was in mercantile business for fbur years; in 1840, he began to read medicine under Dr. Joseph Hall, a leading physician of Richland Co.; after studying some three years with Dr. Hall, he went to Lucas, and began the practice of his profession ; after remaining there some two years, he moved to Delaware Co. in 1845, and located in Ostrander, being the first resident physician of that place, where he continued practice a number of years; he also practiced medicine at Gallia and Wooster; then came to Delaware, and has been engaged in the practice of medicine since; he also, for a number of years, was engaged in the drug business. Dr. Snodgrass married, in 1838, Miss Maria H. Robinson, of Ohio ; they have six children. He has been a member of the Presbyterian Church for the last forty-five years, being now an Elder of that church. He had two sons in the late war James F., who enlisted in the 20th O. V. I., and, after serving faithfully for two years, was taken sick and died at La Grange, Tenn., and S. K., who served in the 100-day service, and was honorably discharged. MRS. MARY SMITH, Delaware; widow of G. Smith, who was born in Pennsylvania in February, 1827, where his parents died ; he learned his trade of carriage-making in Pennsylvania, and, at an early day, he came to Delaware; here he worked at his trade for several years, and, when he had saved a little money, commenced business for himself at Prospect, in which he continued for some three years ; on account of ill health, he gave up business and returned to Delaware ; he worked in McCullough's lumber-yard for about four years, and then moved upon a farm in 1870, on the place where Mrs. Smith now resides; it was then a very weedy piece of land; he went to work and converted it into a very beautiful farm, with a fine residence; he worked hard to accumulate his property, and died when success was nearly achieved ; he died a Christian March 19; 1879, nearly 53 years of age, a respected and Honored citizen, leaving a wife and seven children to mourn his loss; he was a member of the Lutheran Church. Mrs. Smith's maiden name was Mary Miller, of Pennsylvania; she came to Delaware Co. when about 5 years of age. S. STERN'S &, SON, dealers in clothing and tents' furnishing goods, Delaware. As in most other branches of business, Delaware takes a leadin- position in the county in clothing and fur. nishing goods, having several of the leading houses of this kind in Central Ohio. The largest clothing house is that of S. Sterns & Son, whose business has been established since 1865. Their large and commodious store is located on the southwest corner of Sandusky and Winter streets Here they occupy two large rooms, 100x22 feet The first floor is used for ready-made clothing fiats, caps and gents' furnishing goods, from the cheapest to the finest. The second floor is used for trunks and valises, of which they carry a full and complete stock. Besides their extensive store in Delaware, they have a similar store in Marys ville, Ohio. They also conduct the leading busi ness of that place. The senior member of the firm is S. Sterns, of Philadelphia. He is a lead ins manufacturer of clothing, having been en raged in the business for a number of years. Mr DELAWARE TOWNSHIP. - 645 Raphael Sterns, a member of S. Sterns & Son, has had a number of years' experience in the clothing business, and is the gentlemanly manager of the Delaware store. NICHOLAS S. SAMPSELL, physician and surgeon, Delaware; was born in New Lisbon, Columbiana Co., Ohio, April 1, 1818, son of Paul Sampsell ; he was educated at a select school at New Lisbon, and learned the trade of a carpenter, at which he worked for several years ; he also taught school in the winter months, spending the summer in hard study, preparing himself for his chosen profession ; at 18, he commenced the study of medicine under Dr. D. S. Silver, one of the leading physicians of Columbiana Co., and, after remaining in his office for three years, he was taken in as a partner, and continued the practice of medicine in Columbiana until 1843, when he went to Ft. Wayne, Ind., then West, and, on account of his health, returned to Ohio, and practiced medicine in Ashland and Richland Cos. until 1858; in 1844, the firm of Sampsell Bros. was formed; J. B. F. Sampsell was born in Ohio, and began the practice of medicine about 1842 ; in 1858, Dr. Sampsell moved to Delaware, and since living here has built up a leading practice. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He was married in Columbiana to Miss Mary A. Rotzel ; they have had three children, two of whom are living, a son and daughter. JOHN LEWIS SMITH, SR., Delaware; was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, Oct. 3, 182'2 ; his father died when John was an infant, leaving the Family in poor circumstances ; in 182'9 or 1830, Mr. Smith's mother, with her family, emigrated to America and landed in Baltimore ; from there they came to Ohio, and located in Zanesville; here Mr. Smith remained a few years, when he went to Columbus, where he worked at odd jobs at $4 a month ; in about two years, he went to Dayton, and remained there until 1840, when he came to Delaware, where he remained a short time, and returned to Columbus to learn his trade as a blacksmith, which business he followed until he enlisted in a company of mounted riflemen, to do duty in Oregon. They were sent to Jefferson Barracks, where they received orders to go to Mexico, -and embarked at St. Louis, Mo., on a steamer for New Orleans ; from there the soldiers were put on steamers; and their horses on schooners ; the soldiers arrived safely, and landed at the mouth of the Rio Grande River; the schooners containing the horses were lost in a storm on the Gulf of Mexico; the command was under Gen. Scott, who in March, 1846, laid siege to the strong castle of San Juan d'Ullo, which defended the city of Vera Cruz; after four days' bombardment, both castle and city were surrendered; Gen . Scott now began his march to the Mexican capital ; his progress was marked by a series of victories, defeating the Mexicans at Cerro Gordo, at Puebla, and advanced against their strong defenses in the valley of Mexico, immediately surrounding that city; here he gained the battles of Churubusco, Contreras and Chapultepec ; on the 13th of September, the American army entered the capital of Mexico, and remained there until peace was declared. Our subject, Mr. Smith, participated in these marches and battles, doing his duty as a brave soldier, filling the position at one time as Orderly under Gen. P. F. Smith ; at the close of the war, Mr. Smith, with the mounted riflemen, returned, and was mustered out at Jefferson Barracks, he as Corporal ; he remained at Columbus, working at his trade until 1849, when he returned to Delaware and followed his trade a few years ; he then commenced driving team, most of the time for himself. Mr. Smith was married, in Delaware, to Miss S. Yeager, of Germany ; they have four children. GEORGE SCHREYER, furniture dealer, Delaware, is a prominent furniture dealer and manufacturer of this city, who was born in Delaware in 1857 ; the son of George M. Schreyer, who was born in Germany, and came to Delaware, some twenty-five years ago, a poor man, but by industry and energy has accumulated a good property, now owning the present building in which his son is doing business, and a fine farm in Delaware Co.; George Schreyer's place of business is located at No. 30 Sandusky street ; the salesroom, which is well stocked with a complete line of furniture, is 20x60 feet, and is a model of elegance and neatness; the room in which the work is done is 15x20 feet, and is supplied with all modern conveniences that are necescary in the manufacture of furniture; Mr. Schreyer commenced to learn his trade as a cabinet-maker when about 16 1/2 years of age ; in 1877, he established his present business, where he has succeeded in building up a large and flourishing trade, brougght about by his gentleI manly bearing toward his customers, and the !, quality and finish of his work. ALWOOD SMITH, retired, Delaware, is one s of the early settlers of Delaware Co., and was born e in Washington, Berkshire Co., Mass., March 19, 848 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: 1796, the son of William and Lucinda (Witter) Smith ; his mother was a sister to Col. Mose Byxbe, the founder of Delaware City ; his fathe was a native of Hartford, Conn., where he was born in 1766 ; and, in 1816, came West with b: family, locating in Delaware Co., Berlin Township. Alwood remained a resident of Massachusetts until the winter of 1817-18, when he cam to Delaware Co., and located in Berlin Township Mr. Smith, before he came West, was engaged in Massachusetts as a shepherd ; after coming her he commenced farming, which he continued up t 1861, when he moved to this city, where he has since made his home. Mr. Smith, durin his residence in Berlin Township, was one of it Trustees for eighteen years. In 1820, he mar rigid Miss Martha Joy, daughter of Amos Joy j who was one of the highly respected old settler of Delaware Co.; Mr. Smith has been marrie three times, his first and second wives being sisters. He married his present wife in 1868 her son, John L.. Daniels, was a soldier in the late civil war, a member of a New York regiment; he became a veteran, and served until the close of the war, having participated in a number of hard-fought battles, and suffered as a prisone in Libby Prison ; he was faithful to his duty an a brave soldier. Mr. Smith is the father of three children-Augusta, Harriet and Martha - one living, Augusta, the wife of Geo. H. Crookshank JOHN SHEA, proprietor Delaware Marbl Works, was born in Carlow, Ireland. June 17, 1824, and in 1849 emigrated to America, land in- in New York City a poor boy : he set out t look for work, which he obtained on a farm near Syracuse, N. Y., where he remained some four months ; then came to Ohio in a stage, and locate near Chillicothe, where he worked on a farm; Mr. Shea came to Columbus, where, on the 18th of February, 1851, he began to learn his trade as marble-cutter; netting this well learned, he worked for wages until 1859, when he came to Delaware and embarked in business in the firm of Williams & Shea, afterward changed to Covell & Shea from that to Shea & Tibbals, and again to Shea & Dole ; Mr. Shea continued in business for a number of years for himself, when, in 1879, the firm of John & W. Shea was formed. Mr. William Shea, the junior member, was born in the same house as John Shea; he has had some eleven years' experience in the marble business, and is a master in the marble-cutting business ; the Delaware Marble Works are located at No. 28 South Main street; from these shops some of the finest works that now grace the Oakwood Cemetery have been turned out by this firm. They carry a large stock of finished and unfinished marble some specimens of the former on exhibition in their shop are marvels of beauty, and indicate that those who can turn out such work are artists of no inferior ability. A. THRALL, livery and feed stable, Delaware; n was born in Chenango Co., N. Y., March 18, 1818 ; son of Daniel and Amanda (Gordon) o Thrall ; his mother was born in New York, and his father in Connecticut; they were married in New York, and in 18:30 started for Ohio in wagons via Buffalo, thence to Ohio by the lake, and lost most of their household goods in the lake; after being out some six weeks, the family arrived in Berlin Township, Delaware Co., Oct. 20, 1820. in very poor circumstances, and began farming ; his t mother died when Mr. Thrall was about 8 years old ; his father died when he was 10, leaving him a poor boy. At 15, he went to Columbus, and commenced to learn the trade of a harness and saddle maker, where he remained about four years he then came to Delaware, and worked at his trade a short time, when he went to Chillicothe. where he remained one summer, and then returned to Berlin Township, Delaware Co., and commenced farming and working at his trade; he gradually improved and accumulated good land, until he became one of the leading farmers of that township; he was Constable of Berlin Township for thirteen years, and Coroner of the county one term ; in 1862, he enlisted in Co. D, 20th O. V. I., and was detailed to do duty in the hospital, where he served faithfully until the close of the war; while serving here, he fell among some boxes, from which accident he is a cripple for life ; he was wardmaster of East Hospital, and La Grange Hospital ; at the close of the war, he returned to Delaware Co.. and engaged in farming until 1878, when he entered the livery business at Delaware ; he is prepared to furnish livery at reasonable prices. He married Mary A. Chandler, of New Jersey, in 1840, who came to Ohio in 1823 ; they have ten children. Mr. Thrall is a Republican, and has been a member of the Baptist Church for forty years. JOHN TRAUTMANN, Delaware ; was born n in Berks Co., Penn., Oct. 5, 1805, and is the son of John and Mary M. Trautmann, both natives of e Pennsylvania ; his father was a stonemason, and died in Pennsylvania. Mr. John Trautmann DELAWARE TOWNSHIP. - 647 learned his trade as stonemason with his father, which he followed while in Pennsylvania; in 1833, he came with a family to Delaware Co., driving a team of horses all the way from his native State; in Delaware he worked at his trade for a number of years, helping to build the American House, the Mansion House, and other buildings of prominence. In 1837, he married, in Delaware, Esther Biel, of Pennsylvania ; she died Aug. 11, 1853 ; he then married Mary Ann Seigfred, of the same State, and by this marriage has six children living. Mr. Trautmann came to Delaware with about $60 in money, and to-day owns a pleasant home and fifty acres of land adjoining Delaware; he had two sons in the late war, Daniel and John, both enlisting in the 96th O. V. I.; Daniel died in the hospital at St. Louis, in 1863, from disease contracted while in the army. Mr. Trautmann is one of the oldest members of the Lutheran Church of Delaware ; he has eleven grandchildren living ; his mother died in Delaware some three years since, at the ripe old age of 94 years. B. F. THOMAS, wheelwright, Delaware. Among the respected colored citizens of Delaware is the above-named gentleman who was born in Pickaway Co., Ohio, Oct. 14, 1847 ; his grandfather, Isaac Fisher, was one of the first settlers of Muskingum Co., Ohio, which he helped to lay out; Mr. Thomas' mother, Rebecca (Fisher) Thomas, was born in 1812 and was a native o that county. Our subject came to Delaware in 1864; here he began to learn his trade as a wheelwright in McElroy's Wagon Works; this business he has carried on for a number of years. He is . member of the Masonic Order, of which will b found a mention in the history of the Masoni Lodges of Delaware; ; his brother, Walter S., holds the position of Clerk in the State Senate at Columbus, which he has filled for two sessions with much credit. Mr. Thomas was married, in 1872, to Miss Rose Lewis; they have three children. W. A. ULREY, photographer, Delaware; was born in Clermont Co., Ohio, in 1852, and com mended to learn his trade as a photograph artist in Coles Co., Ill., where he remained a short time; in 1877 , he came to Delaware and worked in the photograph gallery of Mr. Bodurtha, where he remained until 1878, when he purchased his presen business, the oldest photograph establishment in the county, located in the Evans Block, on the third floor. Mr. Ulery, by close attention to business and keeping pace with the improvements mace in the art of photography, is meeting with good success; any kind of work that can be done by a photographer Mr. Ulrey can do; he finishes pictures in both oil and water colors, and warrants them to give good satisfaction. REV. JOHN UFFORD, Rector of the Episcopal Church, Delaware, is the oldest resident pastor of Delaware; he was born in Old Stratford, Corm., Nov. 14, 1810, and is the son of Elijah and Percy (Peabody) Ufford, both natives of Connecticut; the father was a merchant. Mr. Ufford was a resident of Stratford until he was about 14 years of age, and then lived in Bridgeport, Conn., some five or six years ; in 1832, he came West to Ohio, and located at Gambier; here he entered Knox College and graduated in 1837 ; in 1839 he was ordained, taking charge of his first parish at Maumee City, Ohio, where he remained one year ; was then in Newark, Ohio, one year; he then went to Virginia and remained some two years, engaging in teaching school; Mr. Ufford then took a parish in Northampton Co., Va., where he remained about eight or nine years ; then to Maysville, Ky., from there to Muscatine, Iowa, where he remained until 1861, when he entered the army and was made Chaplain of the 6th Iowa V. I.; after the capture of Vicksburg, on account of his health, he left the army; in 1863, he came to Delaware, since which time he has been the Rector of the Episcopal Church. MARGARET VELEY, farmer; P. O. Delaware; ; is a daughter of John Main ; he was born in 1791 in Virginia, and married Mary Wright; she was born in 1793 in Virginia; they came to Ohio in 1815, settling in Delaware Co.; he died in 1837 , having been a member of the Baptist Church; she is still living in Troy Township, Mrs. Veley was born Feb. 23, 1812, in Virginia; came West with her parents, at which n time there were many Indians in this section who were very friendly to her father ; in December, 1830, she was married to Peter Veley, son of James Veley, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; they immediately settled on the present farm of 206 acres ; he died Oct. 1; 1839 ; she assumed control of the firm, and improvements have marked her management; they had four children; Milo died Sept, 29, 1876 (his wife died Oct. 29, 1877, leaving two children, Nora and Milo, whom Mrs Veley is raising); John married Charlotte Seart, Grace married Mr. Gross, and Harriet married Mr Ashwill. Mrs. Veley has long been identified 648 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: with the Baptist Church as an active member and a devout Christian. J. D. VAN DEMAN, attorney at law, Delaware; was born in Delaware, Ohio, Feb. 12, 1832, and is the son of Rev. Henry and Sarah (Darlinton) Van Deman ; his mother is a native of Kentucky, and his father of Pennsylvania ; he graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan University, in 1851, then entered the law office of Powell & Buck, at that time one of the leading law firms of Delaware; in 1851, he was admitted to practice at the Delaware Co. bar, and associated himself with Judge T. W. Powell, forming the law firm of Powell & Van Deman ; this partnership continued until 1862, when the firm of Carper & Van Deman was formed, and is to-day the oldest as well as one of the strongest law firms in this part of Ohio. Mr. Van Deman was Prosecuting Attorney two terms, and Mayor of Delaware four years ; j was the first Mayor of Delaware after it became a city; in 1876, he was a candidate for the office of District Judge of the district embracing the counties of Delaware, Licking and Knox ; he made a gallant run, reducing the usual majority nearly 1,000 votes. Mr. Van Deman is director of the C. &. T. R. R., and has been since its organization ; he is also one of the directors of the First National Bank of Delaware. He is a Republican. He was married, in 1861, to Miss Lydia Runkle, of Ohio, daughter of Judge R. E. Runkle; they have three children-two daughters and one son. Mr. Van Deman, when a lad, j entered a school taught by Mrs. Murray, near where the court house stands, and in the basement learned his A B C's : on the second floor of the same building he prepared himself for college. F. P. VERGON, proprietor of Greenwood Lake, Delaware, was born in the eastern part of France Dec. 16, 1829, and is the son of John G. and Elizabeth (Burlett) Vergon, who are natives of France ; John G. Vergon was a poor farmer in France, who accumulated a little property and managed to eke out a living for his family; he was a soldier under Napoleon Bonaparte for four years, and participated in the prominent battles under this great leader; he was with Napoleon in his march over the Alps. He married in France, and in 1834, with his wife and five children, sailed for America, and, in June of that year, landed in New York City ; he came direct to Ohio, and located in Delaware Co., on the farm where F. P. Vergon now lives ; here they purchased 113 acres of land; a double log cabin and a small barn were all the improvements on the place; they were the first French family to settle in this part of the country ; he knew no language but the French, and had a hard time in purchasing and trading with the settlers around him; but, with a determination to succeed, went to work with a will, clearing the farm of timber and brush; with good management and industry, and the help of his wife and children, he succeeded in life, and when he became old he had enough property to make him happy and his family comfortable ; in his old age, he was a favorite with all, happy and trying to make others happy ; a few years before his death, he suffered from a severe attack of whooping cough which, perhaps, hastened his death; he died in 1870 at the age of 77 1/2 years. F. P. Vergon was raised on the farm; he owns three finely-improved farms in Delaware Co.; his home farm is improved with a residence for himself and family, then a comfortable home for his mother, a fine barn and outbuilding, an icehouse from which he supplies Delaware and its vicinity with pure ice, from the well-known Greenwood Lake, a body of water covering about thirty acres; in 1874. Mr. Vergon stocked the lake with fish, principally bass ; this enterprise has proven a success, and the lake swarms with fish. During President Hayes' visit to Delaware in 1879, Mr. Vergon's son, Lemorteen, caught a bass weighing 4 1/2 pounds, and presented it to the President for his breakfast. No lover of nature, of beautiful scenery, and all that is calculated to please the eye, should fail to visit Greenwood Lake. Mr. Vergon was married in 1856 to Miss Martha L. Smith, daughter of A. Smith, Esq.; she died in 1857. He afterward married his present wife, Miss Kate L. Jones, daughter of John L. Jones ; she was born in Prince William Co., Va., and moved thence to Lewis Co., the Borne of Stonewall Jackson, who was one of her playmates and a distant connection ; by this marriage they have seven children ; Mrs. Elizabeth Vergon died Feb. 23, 1880, aged 86 years. REV. HENRY VAN DEMAN, deceased Delaware, was a native of Brownsville, Penn., where he was born April 1, 1798, the son of John Van Deman, a farmer; Henry came to Ohio at an early day, and at first entered upon a rural life, but subsequently entered school, graduating from Athens College, and soon afterward commenced the study of theology with Dr. Wilson, of Chillicothe, Ohio, and, in about the year 1823, was licensed to preach ; for a short time he was a missionary in Highland and Adams Cos., Ohio. In 1824, he DELAWARE TOWNSHIP. - 649 married Sarah Darlington, of West Union, Ohio, and came to Delaware the same year; after a residence of about six months here, he took charge of the Presbyterian Church, and remained its regular minister for some thirty years, when he retired from preaching ; May 19, 1872, the Rev. Mr. Van Deman was relieved of his earthly cares and passed into life immortal; having lived a life of usefulness, he died beloved and honored, leaving a wife and seven children. Mrs. Van Deman was born in Ohio Jan. 2, 1802, the daughter of Joseph Darlington, who was a member of the convention that framed the Ohio State Constitution at Cincinnati; also filled the office of Clerk of Adams County for fifty years. Mrs. Van Deman's husband and a brother, Meredith Darlington, were volunteers in the army of the war of 1812. REV. J. VOGT, Pastor of the German Reformed Church, Delaware; was born in Fairfield Co., Ohio, Jan. 1, 1825, and is the son of John and Annie M. (Hiebel). Vogt; his father was a native of Union Co., Penn., and his mother of Berks Co., Penn.; his great-grandfather, Jonas Vogt, came from Bosewa, Switzerland, and located in Pennsylvania in 1752 ; Mr. Vogt was born on a farm, where he remained until he was 19 years of age; he then commenced studying for the ministry at Lancaster, Ohio, and completed the course at Xenia. In 1846, at the meeting of the Miami Classis, at Miamisburg, he was licensed to preach, and in the same year was ordained and became Pastor of St. Paul's Church, in Butler Co., also Samuel's Church of same county. Here Rev. Mr. Vogt did good and effective work, having organized three churches-the Zion's, Mount Zion's and Seven Mile; remaining here until 1853, when he went to Darke Co. as a missionary, where he established churches and Sundav schools under great difficulties and with the most primitive accommodations. Here he organized the New Madison Church, and took charge of Zion, a church then with but little attendance. At the close of Mr. Vogt's work, the latter was one of the best charges of the Miami Classis. After remaining in Darke Co. until 1860, he went to Fairfield Co., where he took charge of two congregations until 1863, when he moved to Delaware, and became Pastor of the German Reform Church, preaching in both languages-the English and German. Mr. Vogt was married, Jan. 2, 1848, to Miss Elizabeth Karn, of Seven Mile, Ohio ; by this union there have been born five children, four of whom are living. IRA VOUGHT, wagon-maker. Delaware. Among the leading business men of the little hamlet of Stratford may be mentioned Mr. Ira Vought, who was born in Greenwich Co., N. J., in 1847 ; in 1853, he came West with his parents, and located in Delaware Co.; part of his school days were spent in the stone schoolhouse where his wagon works are now located; he came to Delaware, and learned the trade of carpenter, which he followed until he drifted into his present trade as wagon-maker, working in different parts of the country. He is a practical worker, as one may judge by entering his cozy shop, where he is prepared to do all kinds of wagon woodwork at reasonable prices. Mr. Vought was a soldier in the late civil war, enlisting in the 48th O. V. I., Co. B, and did good service; he participated in the battle of Blakely, the last fought during the war, and was honorably mustered out. In 1879, he commenced his present business in Stratford, where he is meeting with good success. JOHN W. N. VOGT, physician and surgeon, Delaware, is one of the leading physicians and surgeons of Delaware; he was born in Seven Mile, Butler Co., Ohio, May 1, 1852, and is the son of Rev. John Vogt; in 1863, he came to Delaware and began the study of medicine, remaining in the offices of Dr. Hyatt, of Delaware, and Dr. Kinsman, of Columbus, some six years, when he entered the Columbus Medical College and graduated from this institution in 1875; Dr. Vogt came to Delaware and began the practice of his profession, entering a partnership with Dr. E. H. Hyatt, which continued for about two years ; since then the Doctor has been practicing alone and meeting with very good success. In 1878, his friends placed him on the Republican ticket for Coroner of Delaware County, to which office he was elected by a handsome majority. W. G. WILLIAMS, Professor in the Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware ; was born in Chillicothe, Ohio, Feb. 22, 1822, and is the son of Samuel and Margaret (Troutner) Williams, both natives of Pennsylvania; his father was engaged as Superintendent in surveying for the United States Government in the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Iowa, and was one of the best-posted men in surveying in the Northwest he died in 1859 ; our subject, at 6 years of age moved with his parents to Cincinnati, where he j graduated from the Woodward College in 1844 from there he came to Delaware and accepted professorship in the Ohio Wesleyan University, 650 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: which institution he has been connected with ever since, and is now the oldest teacher in that institution, and the only survivor of the original faculty ; he became a member of the Central Ohio M. E. Conference in 1856, and has filled the office of Secretary of that Conference for the last twenty years. He served as Chaplain of the 145th O. V. I., in the summer of 1864. Prof. Williams was married in 1847, to Miss Mary Ann Davis, of Cincinnati, Ohio; they had six children ; she died in 1872 ; he married his present wife in 1877-Miss Delia L. Lathrop, of New York; they have one child. H. A. WELCH, banker, Delaware : this gentleman was born in Delaware, Ohio, Nov. 4, 1845, and is a son of A. A. Welch, who is one of the old settlers of Delaware ; he commenced in the Delaware County Bank, filling the position of bookkeeper and teller for some five years; in 1867, on the organization of the Deposit. Banking Company, Mr. Welch was made cashier, which office he has filled ever since ; the Deposit Banking Company was organized in 1867, by a number of enterprising men of Delaware, and since then has been largely patronized ; it has accomplished much good since its organization, and made inanv friends, and this because it has always been liberal in its dealings. JAMES WALSH, carpenter, Delaware; was born in Canada, near the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and at 14 years of age commenced to learn his trade as a carpenter; in 1861, he came to Delaware. and has been one of its honored citizens ever since, having been employed by the Delaware Chair Company for the last nine years. JOSEPH WELLS, proprietor of the Delaware Omnibus Line, Delaware, was born in Hardy Co., Va., April 21, 1827 , and is the son of Joseph and Sarah Wells; his mother was born in Ireland and his father in Virginia, where he was en-dried in farthing. In 1832, Joseph came with his parents to Ohio and located in Union Co.. they being among its early settlers; he learned the carpenter's trade in Jerome Township, Union Co., and followe it seven years; in 1850, he came to Delaware, . poor man, and commenced driving a team ; in 1860, he purchased a half-interest in his presets business, and formed a partnership with Mr. Jack Cunningham, running two omnibuses and eight horses : about 1868, Mr. Wells became sole ownei of the business, and has been very successful ; he now owns five fine coaches, baggage-wagons, on omnibus and ten horses ; he does a good business attending all trains and employing four men. We may mention here that Mr. Wells was the first man that attended the train from Delaware and drove a large weddingparty eight miles out to the railroad, as the C. C. C. & I. R. R. was not then completed to Delaware. Mr. Wells has been City Marshal and Constable. He was married to Miss Ann Case, of Ohio; they have nine children. PROP. WILLIAM F. WHITLOCK, Dean of the Ohio Wesleyan Female College, Delaware; was born in Montgomery Co., Ohio, Oct. 20, 1833, and is the son of Elias Whitlock, of New York, who moved to this State at an early day ; he died in 1880, at 82 years of age. Prof. Whitlock received a common-school education in Butler Co., where he prepared himself for college ; in 1852, he came to Delaware and entered the Ohio Wesleyan C University, and graduated from this institution in 1859 ; he then was elected a teacher of languages; in 1864, he filled the chair of Professor of the Latin Language and Literature, and in 1877 was made Dean of the Ladies' Department of the Ohio Wesleyan Female College, which position he now holds ; Prof Whitlock's connection with this institution has been signalized by success, and in whatever capacity he has been called to serve, he has brought to his aid rare attainments and marked ability. REV. E. D. WHITLOCK. Pastor of the William Street M. E. Church, Delaware ; was born near the city of Dayton, in Montgomery Co.. Ohio, Nov. 12, 1843 ; is the son of Elias and Alary , Johnson) Whitlock ; his father was a farmer, and moved from Montgomery Co. td Piqua, Miami Co., where he died, in 1880 at the age of 82 vears. Mr. Whitlock remained with his father on the farm until 1863, when he came to Delaware. and entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, and graduated from that institution in the Class of 1866 ; he then went to Champaign Co., and was engaged in teaching school three years as Principal of the Urbana High School, and two years Superintendent of the Paris Schools ; he d also filled the position for two years as a member of the Board of County School Examiners whist in rrbana, and was two years Superintendent of the Barnesville School ; in 1873, Rev. Whitlock was ordained as a minister, his first charge being at Ansonia, Darke Co., where he remained for one year, then went to DeGraff, Logan Co., remaining e one year, then to Bellefontaine, connty seat of Logan Co.. where he remained for three years, whet in 1878, he came to Delaware and took charge of DELAWARE TOWNSHIP. - 651 the William Street M. E. Church. In 1868, the Rev. Mr. Whitlock was married, in Urbana, to Miss Malia L. Brand, of that place, and a daughter of the Hon. J. C. Brand ; by this Union they have two children. Mr. Whitlock was a soldier in the 100-day service of the late war, entering Co. E, 145th O. N. G., and was on duty at Arlington Heights. JOHN H. WARREN, County Treasurer, Delaware; was born in Radnor Township, this county, Oct. 20, 1833, and is the son of William M. Warren, of Pennsylvania, who came West and located in Delaware Co. about 1812 or 1814. John H., the subject of this sketch, was raised on a farm, and for awhile lived in Scioto Township ; at about 16 years of age, he came to Delaware, and entered a store as a clerk ; in 1856, he entered the mercantile business at Millville, where he continued until 1874 ; in 1875, Mr. Warren was elected to the office of County Treasurer by the Democratic party, by a majority of eighty-nine votes ; in 1877, he was re-elected to the same office by a majority of 700 votes, one of the largest majorities ever given to a county officer in this county. Such a popular expression by the people speaks volumes in favor of the manner in which Mr. Warren has performed the duties of his office and his fidelity to the public trust imposed upon him. A. A. WELCH, merchant, Delaware, is the oldest merchant now doing business in Delaware ; was born in Cayuga Co., N. Y., June 16, 1813, and is the son of Bildad Welch, of New York, who was en-aged in farming; Mr. Welch's grandfather, John Welch, of New York, came to what is now Delaware Co. in 1804, and on the organization of the county was elected Commissioner, which position he filled about eight years; in 1817, Mr. A. A. Welch, with his father and family o ten children, started West, and came down the Ohio River on a raft to Marietta, and from that point went to Galena, Ohio, by wagon ; here Mr. Welch remained in Liberty and Westfield, until 1823, when, in February of that year, he came to Delaware ; he learned the trade of chairmaker a Columbus, and while there, in April, 1830, joined the M. E. Church, of which he has been a member continuously to this day ; in 1834, he commenced the manufacture of chairs in the building now occupied as a residence by the Rev. Jacob Brown ; this was the first piece of property that Mr. Welch ever owned, consisting of 6 acres ; after several years, he moved to the east side of Sandusky street, and, in 1840, purchased the property where his furniture store now stands, from Solomon Smith, one of the first settlers of the county; in 1840, Mr. Welch commenced the manufacture of furniture, which he continued until 1874, since which time he has confined his business to the operation of a furniture salesroom; Mr. Welch now carries one of the most complete stocks to be found in Central Ohio ; in 1869, he erected the brick building adjoining his furniture store, and, in 1873, built his present store, which is one of the substantial brick business blocks of Delaware. Mr. Welch married, Dec. 25, 1834, Miss Falenia Biglow ; she died two years after their marriage ; he married his present wife, in 1838, Mrs. Juliann (Storm) Babcock, of Delaware, daughter of George Storm, one of the pioneer settlers of this county, having made his home herein 1809 ; by this marriage there were born eight children. Mr. Welch is one of the organizers and a charter member of the Ohio Wesleyan University, and was a Trustee of the Female College until 1876. W. T. WATSON, grocer, Delaware, was born in Frederick Co., Md., Sept. 3, 1825, and is the son of John and Rachel (Wiles) Watson, both natives of Maryland ; in 1831, they with three children came to Ohio, and located in Scioto Township, Delaware Co. the father and mother died when W. T. was young; in 1840, he came to Delaware to learn the trade of cabinet-maker in about eighteen months, he returned to the farm, which he operated until 1865, when he was elected to the office of County Treasurer, and, in 1866, moved to Delaware, which has since been his home; Mr. Watson has been a public man for a number of years; he started in first as Clerk and then Treasurer of the county, and was also Justice of the Peace for a number of years, he then f served as County Commissioner three years, and I as County Treasurer four years ; during the time t of building the court house; since Mr. Watson has been a resident of Delaware, he has served as 1 member of the City Council for twelve years, and o was the first President of the Council after the t town was incorporated as a city. In 1852 he be d came a member of the United Brethren Church and, in 1858, joined the Sandusky Conference traveling and preaching under their jurisdiction Mr. Watson is now a member of the Central Ohio Conference, and labored in the cause ; since he has been a preacher, Mr. Watson has married 380 couples. In 1846, he was united in marriage to Miss Jane Beckley, of Delaware Co., daughter of 652 - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES: Samuel and Susan Beckley; she died in 1852. He married his second wife, Miss Martha Clark, in 1853; she was a daughter of John and Mary Clark ; there have been born into the family nine children, two by the first wife and seven by the second. Mr. Watson is a Republican, but temperate in all things. DR. P. A. WILLIS, deceased, Delaware; was born in Delaware Co., Ohio, the third of a family of eight brothers, sons of Buckley H. Willis, a well-known citizen of Scioto Township. Young Willis, after acquiring such an education as was afforded by the district schools of his neighborhood, came to Delaware, and entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, where he studied about two years ; having chosen the medical profession, he attended lectures at Starling Medical College, Columbus, where he graduated with the Class of 1861 and 1862 ; he also read for a considerable time in the offce of the distinguished surgeon, Dr. Hamilton, of Columbus; in 1862, Mr. Willis entered the army; first as a contract surgeon, in which capacity he participated in the battle of Corinth, witnessing the desperate onset and the repulse of the rebel army; soon after this, he was commissioned second assistant surgeon of the 48th Ohio vice J. B. Lewis, and joined his regiment at Memphis, Tenn.; late in the fall of that year they went down the Mississippi ; the old surgeons were glad to have a new band, and they gave him plenty of work, which he went at with alacrity. The battles of Chickasaw Bluff and Arkansas Post soon followed, and the fearful ravages of disease during the winter campaign on the Mississippi are well remembered. Through all this Dr. Willis was steadfast, faithful, untiring, and never discouraged. Both his seniors fell sick, resigned and went home, and he was promoted to the rank of surgeon early in the spring of 1863. The close of the war, two years later, found him serving as Medical Director of an army corps on the staff of Gen. Andrews, in the Department of the Gulf. His promotions were not due to any extraneous influence, but solely to his efficiency. On his return from the army, he engaged in farming and the practice of medicine at the same time, achieving success in both branches of business ; for several years, he was a member of the Agricultural Society, holding offcial position in the Board ; his student life, army life, professional and farm life, were all marked with indomitable energy, which was a prominent trait of his character. In 1862, he was married to Miss Henrietta Decker, daughter of Frederick Decker. Dr. Willis died of pneumonia, at his home near Bellepoint, on the 18th of March, 1876, in the 39th year of his age, leaving his wife and only child (a daughter) sorely bereft.. He was a member of the M. E. Church. The fatal disease was rapid in its progress, and though his death was unexpected by his friends, yet they have the comforting belief that he was fully prepared for the sudden change. He was buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, with the full ritual of Masonic honors corresponding with his rank, by Hiram Lodge of Delaware, of which he was Master. REV. S. L. YOURTEE, minister of the M. E. Church, Delaware ; was born in Washing. ton Co., Md., Sept. 21; 1817, and is the son of Abraham and Magdalena (Brown) Yourtee, both of whom were born in Washington Co., Md .; his father was a farmer, and on the farm the son re. mained until he was 18 years of age, when he began to educate himself, graduating from Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, in 1840, when he was licensed by the Northern Ohio Conference of the M. E. Church to preach. In 1842, he was or dained, and was stationed at Millersburg Circuit where he remained one year; thence to Sylvania one year; thence, in 1844, to Toledo, where he was the first stationary preacher of that place thence to Lima, two years; thence to Bellefontaine two years; St. Mary's, on one year ; Tiffin, two years ; Elyria, one year, and at Wooster , where during the first year he was elected President o: the Female College of Delaware, filling that posi tion in 1852 and 1853; thence to Franklin, one year, then to Pittsburgh, where he was President of the Pittsburgh Female College for one year when he joined the Cincinnati Conference, remain in, in Cincinnati five years, at Morrow Chapel two years, Christie Chapel two years, Asbury Chapel one year. At the breaking-out of the late civil war, in 1861, he enlisted as Chaplain of the 5th O. V. I., remaining with that regiment one year when he returned to Cincinnati, and helped organ ize the 84th O. V. I., and enlisted in this regimen as Chaplain, remaining with them until taken sick at Memphis, Tenn., where he suffered with feve for several months, and resigned and returned to his home at Cincinnati ; after remaining there short time, he went to Springfield, Ohio, and preached there three years; thence to Lockland one year ; thence to Yellow Springs, Ohio, on year, where he received an appointment from Port Clinton, but on account of sickness did not LIBERTY TOWNSHIP. - 653 fill; after resting one year, he was called to Loveland Station, remaining there one year. He then began the study of medicine, and was engaged for two years in Springfield practicing medicine, when he received a call from Richmond, Ind., and filled the pulpit of Grace M. E. Church for one year; thence transferred to the North Ohio Conference; at Clyde two years, also at Ashland, Ohio.; here, during the first year, he was stricken down with paralysis, and laid aside for some three years. In 1876, Mr. Yourtee moved to Delaware. At the last conference he was appointed to the Woodbury Circuit, which he is now filling. He was married, in 1840, to Miss Alice C. Alpaugh, of New Jersey ; they had one son, now residing in Kansas City, Mo.; she died in 1868, at Yellow Springs, Ohio ; be was married, in 1869, to Mrs. Laura A. (Henshaw) Sears, of New York, she having one child, a daughter. FREDRICK ZEIGLER, farmer; P. O. Delaware ; son of Reuben Zeigler; he was born Oct. 18, 1840, in Delaware Co., Ohio, on his present farm of 130 acres. He was married, Sept. 16, 1860, to Sarah A Bieber, a daughter of George Bieber, a farmer of Pennsylvania; they have seven children, all of whom are living-William, Anna, Frederick, Alice, Luther H., Edward and John ; Mr. Zeigler takes an interest in the education of his children. He and his wife are members of the Lutheran. Church at Delaware, Ohio. They have made god improvements on their farm ; every necessary convenience being upon it; especially praiseworthy is the improved spring in daily use. Mr. Zeigler's father was born in Pennsylvania and came to Ohio in 1834, settling where Frederick now lives; they had three children, two daughters and one son ; Mr. Zeigler is forfortunate beyond the common lot of humanity in being surrounded by all that makes life pleasant. WILLIAM ZIMMER (deceased), was born in Prussia, Germany, Feb. 1, 1824 ; in 1844, he, with his parents, emigrated to America, landing in New York City; from there they came to Ohio and located on a farm in Crawford Co.; here our subject remained a, short time, then went to Columbus and commenced to learn his trade as a blacksmith, where he remained but a short time; then traveled in different parts of the country, visiting New Orleans, St. Louis and other points, returning to Columbus, and from there, in 1853, moved to Delaware, where he first worked at his trade ; in 1861, commenced the grocery business, on West Winter street, in a house built by him ; he carried on business here until his death, which occurred May 9, 1877, having died with typhoid pneumonia and inflammation of the bowels, leaving a wife and four children to mourn his loss; he was known in the community and by all with whom he had business, as a man of honor commencing life a poor boy, and, by hard work and good management, had accumulated a good property. He married Catharine Bear, who was born in Germany, having emigrated to America with her people when she was 13 years of age. (RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE)