(RETURN TO THE TITLE PAGE) 450 - HISTORY OF LICKING COUNTY. Mr. Fulton is a native of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, born January 23, 1841. His father, Robert Fulton, was a native of the same locality, and the family is of Irish lineage, Abraham Fulton, the great-grandfather of our subject, coming from the north of Ireland to the new world early in the eighteenth century. He was accompanied by his wife, Margaret Guthrie Fulton, and settled in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, where some of their descendants still live. The father came to Licking county in 1843 and took up his abode in Burlington township near Homer. He followed the occupation of farming and was prominent and influential in community affairs. For many years he filled the office of justice of the peace and his decisions, strictly fair and impartial, "won him golden opinions form all sorts of people." He voted with the democracy and his ideas concerning political interests carried weight in the local councils of his party. He married Keziah Newlon, also a native of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, in which state their wedding was celebrated and their wedding journey consisted of their removal to Licking county. Robert Fulton died at the age of fifty-three years, while his wife survived to the ripe old age of eighty-one years. They had two sons, the brother of our subject being Henry H. Fulton, who joined the Twentieth Ohio Infantry and valiantly served until near the end of the war, when he was killed at Goldsboro, North Carolina. William N. Fulton, reared on the home farm, early became familiar with the duties and labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist. The country schools afforded him his educational privileges and in early manhood he purchased a farm near Homer, paying for it with his own labor. Later, however, he abandoned the plow and turned his attention to merchandising in Homer, becoming the proprietor of a dry goods store and also establishing a lumber yard there. He prospered in his commercial undertakings and thinking to find a broader field of labor in Newark, he removed to this city in 1873 and began purchasing suburban real estate, directing his energies toward speculative building. He improved much property, erecting at that time thirty houses and in addition to his building operations he engaged in the lumber business. Whatever he has undertaken he has carried forward to successful completion, for he has learned to make good use of his opportunities and has ever based his advancement upon the safe substantial qualities of unfaltering energy and unabating perseverance. His fellow townsmen recognizing in him a citizen of worth called him to public office, entrusting to him the care of the public funds, when in 1877 they elected him county treasurer. He served for two terms of two years each, which is the law limit, and retired from office, as he had entered it, with the confidence and good will of all. Mr. Fulton then resumed the pursuits of private life and in 1882, with others, organized the Peoples' National Bank, of which Hon. Gibson A. Atherton was elected president, with Mr. Fulton as vice president. On the death of Mr. Atherton Mr. Fulton succeeded to the presidency and continued as the chief executive officer of that institution for fifteen years, his sound business judgment and discriminating sagacity being strong elements in the success of the bank. During the same period Mr. Fulton was president and Mr. Atherton vice president of the Advocate Printing Company for six or seven years. Mr. Fulton was then reelected to the position of county treasurer and once more served for two terms, making HISTORY OF LICKING COUNTY - 451 eight years in all. No other incumbent in the office has served for four terms and the fact that Mr. Fulton was called to the office by popular suffrage four terms was unmistakable evidence of the confidence reposed in him and the ability with which he discharged his duties. In 1902 he organized the Licking County Bank, of which he was elected president, continuing in the position to this writing. While rendering his county efficient public service and conducting important financial interests, Mr. Fulton has at the same time been extensively and successfully engaged in the lumber business as exporter of walnut logs, and has likewise been president of the Pan-American Coal Company. He is a man of resourceful business ability, looking beyond the exigencies of the moment to the possibilities and opportunities of the future and accomplishing what he undertakes by reason of a strong, determined nature and the employment of modern, progressive business methods. Moreover he has ever believed that honesty is the best policy and has shaped his course in accordance with this old and time-tried maxim, his business reputation being unassailable. In 1866 Mr. Fulton was married to Miss Belle Selby, a native of Homer, Ohio, and a daughter of Milton Selby, who was also born in Licking county, while her grandfather, the Rev. Caleb Selby, was a pioneer Methodist minister of this county. Mr. and Mrs. Fulton have become the parents of eight children : Harry S., now of New York; Maud, who married Dan Bushnell, but both are now deceased; Jane H., now the wife of Henry Buell; Josephine, who married James K. Hamill, of Newark; Anne, the wife of John Holloway, of Kentucky; Florence. A., the wife of James R. Fitzgibbon; Robert G., a civil engineer of Sandusky, Ohio; and Grace. Mr. Fulton is an active and helpful member of the Second Presbyterian church and has served as one of its trustees for over thirty-five years. He is a high-minded gentleman, imbued with the courage of his convictions, holding steadfastly to what he believes to be right, and his name is an honored one in financial and commercial circles. ROE EMERSON. Step by step through successive stages of progress Roe Emerson has worked his way upward, and though he started out in life empty-handed, he is today numbered among the prosperous merchants of Newark, controlling a large and profitable business, which is the visible evidence of a life of well directed thrift and energy. A native of this county, he was born in Liberty township July 5, 1851. His paternal grandfather, Stephen. Emerson, was the founder of the family in this county, coming from Concord, New Hampshire, in 1817. Here he turned his attention to farming and devoted his remaining days to the tilling of the soil. His son, George Emerson, was the first white child born in Liberty township. Another son, James Monroe Emerson, the father of our subject, was born in St. Albans township, Licking county, April, 1817, soon after the arrival of the family in Ohio. Although reared upon the home farm he learned the carpenter's trade and for many years carried on business as a contractor, builder and undertaker. 452 - HISTORY OF LICKING COUNTY. He spent his entire life in Liberty township, living and dying within a short distance of the old family homestead, while his brother, George, spent his entire life upon the old home farm on which he was born and on which his parents had taken up their abode only a few months after their arrival in Licking county. Another member of the family, Jasper Emerson, who was the senior of George Monroe Emerson, removed to Iowa in the '50s and there died. His son, Stephen Emerson, a native of Licking county, was the father of the famous author, Willis George Emerson, who has produced a number of popular volumes, including "Smoky God," "Builders," "Buell Hampton" and others. The father of Roe Emerson died at the age of sixty-five years while sitting at the table at the wedding of his son Mark. The mother, who bore the maiden name of Charity Elizabeth Platt, was a native of Toms River, New Jersey, and came to Licking county with her parents during her early girlhood. She died in 1891. Roe Emerson was a pupil of the country school and the Johnstown high school through the days of his boyhood and youth, incidentally learning telegraphy, and afterward went to Missouri where he engaged in teaching school, following the profession for three years. He afterward went to Alexandria, where he was employed in the general store of Owen & Beaumont for seven years. At the expiration of that time he came to Newark and secured a position in the Amback Clothing Company's store, where he remained for three years. He afterward spent a year and a half in the employ of Charles Washburn, also a clothier, and then he engaged in business on his own account, purchasing Mr. Washburn's stock in 1887 and started in business on the east side. He afterward removed to the south side and thence came to his present location on the west side. Here he is conducting a good business, enjoying a constantly increasing trade as the result of his fair and honorable dealing, his reasonable prices and his earnest effort to please his patrons. In May, 1894, Mr. Emerson was married to Miss Emma Kochendorfer, a daughter of F. Kochendorfer, editor of The German Express of Newark, and one of the prominent and representative citizens of the county. Mr. Emerson is a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks, and is in full sympathy with the beneficent spirit upon 'which these organizations are based. He gives stalwart support to the republican party, but is not en office seeker. A progressive and patriotic citizen, he is loyal to every movement for the general welfare and his influence is always found on the side of advancement and improvement. The same quality is manifest in his business and at the same time he conforms to a high standard of commercial ethics. SIMEON IGNATIUS TATHAM. Simeon Ignatius Tatham, who conducts a lucrative dairy business and at the same time engages in farming in Harrison township, this county, is a native of Muskingum county, Ohio, where his birth occurred February 13, 1866. His parents, Benjamin Franklin and Angeline (Kelly) Tatham, are natives of this state and HISTORY OF LICKING COUNTY - 455 now reside in Granville township, this county. The father came to this county when his son Simeon Ignatius was a little over one year of age and settled in Liberty township on a farm consisting of one hundred and eighty acres. There he pursued general agriculture until a few years ago when he retired from active life. In his family were eight children, namely : Charles E., who wedded Mary Falley, and resides in Union township; Simeon Ignatius; Harvey C., who wedded Hattie Fowl, of Harrison township; Myrtle, widow of Harry Spellman, who is now residing with her parents; Congress J., a telegraph operator at Mineral Siding, who is united in marriage to Mabel Brooks; Abbey, who became the wife of 011ie W. Brown, of Johnstown; and Raymond and Dalton, who reside with their parents. Simeon I. Tatham acquired his preliminary education in the district schools and subsequently took a normal course in an educational institution at Hanover and later repaired to Springfield, Ohio, where he completed a commercial course. He remained under the parental roof until he was twenty-one years of age, at which period of his life he became clerk in Conrad's Grocery Store, at Newark, Ohio, where he worked for six months and then went into the same business for himself in the eastern portion of that city. After conducting the business for two years he disposed of his interests and entered the employ of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad as a clerk, officiating in that capacity for about one year and a half. At the termination of this time he sold a residence which he owned, situated at the corner of Cedar and Eastern avenues, and with the proceeds purchased a farm of eighty acres on Lowden street. There he resided for three years, engaging in general farming, and upon selling the place, he came to Outville, where he rented his present farm, which consists of two hundred and forty acres. On this farm he remained for about seven years, at the expiration of which period he bought the J. R. Channel farm of seventy acres, on which he erected a four thousand dollar residence the finest in Harrison township. After two years he sold this and purchased one hundred and twenty-one and a half acres in Union township and in 1905 his present place, which originally contained two hundred and forty acres, seventy acres of which he later disposed of to Dr. Tetherman. On this tract of land Mr. Tatham has been devoting his attention principally to the dairy business and stock feeding. He makes a specialty of breeding and feeding Holsteins and at present has about seventy head of cattle. He has remodeled his home and the other buildings on his place are substantial and modern. Everything about the premises is indicative of thrift and progress and speaks highly for the enterprise and aggressiveness of the owner. On April 18, 1888, Mr. Tatham wedded Dollie M. Romine, a native of Hanover township and a daughter of John William and Caroline Elizabeth (Reed) Romine. Her parents, natives of Virginia, lived in this county all their married life, he having been the owner of eight hundred acres of valuable land on which he carried on general farming They had eight children, namely : Minor, who was united in marriage with Sarah Holmes, of this county, who died leaving her husband and one child, Ollie, wife of Emmet Hover; Charles, deceased; Fillmore, who is united in marriage to Miss Ella Baughman, of Muskingum county, Ohio; Alice Florence, deceased, wife of Francis Marion Hayes, of this county; Laura J., who is the wife of V. K. Herendein of this county and has three children, Florence, Benton and Goldie; Leonard S., whose wife, Miss Alma McDonald before her marriage, passed away, leaving her husband and two children, Delbert and Minnie; 456 - HISTORY OF LICKING COUNTY. Oliver, who wedded Emma Nethers, and resides in this county ; and Dollie M., whose birth occurred February 7, 1869. To Mr. and Mrs. Tatham have been born three children : Roe Emerson, who was born December 3, 1889, and passed away September 15 of the same year ; Francis Marion, whose birth occurred April 27, 1890, and who departed this life March 4, 1892 ; and Earl Millard, born June 10, 1893, a student at the high school in Kirkersville. Mr. Tatham has always voted the democratic ticket, because he believes his party platform embodies those policies which will advance the nation's interests and develop its natural resources, both to the financial welfare of the individual and of the nation at large. Locally he has served the township for seven years in the office of trustee and in 1908 was elected county commissioner by a large majority. He belongs to Lodge No. 704, K. of P., meeting in Alexandria, of which he has been a member for thirteen years; Lodge No. 586, I. 0. 0. F., meeting at Kirkersville, in which he has passed through the various chairs; and Blue Lodge, No. 404, A. F. & A. M., meeting at Pataskala. He is affiliated with the Baptist church at Kirkersville, of which he is a liberal supporter and, being a man whose life in every respect is upright, he enjoys the respect and confidence of his fellow citizens. OLIVER PRESCOTT SOOK, M. D. Newark has many able physicians, men whose ability classes them with the prominent representatives of the profession in Ohio, for they have not only kept up with the general progress of the profession but through original work and investigation have contributed to the sum of valuable knowledge concerning disease and the best methods to check its ravages. Dr. Oliver Prescott Sook holds a position of prestige with the able members of the medical fraternity here. He was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, October 6, 1843, and is descended in the paternal line from German ancestry, his grandfather, Henry Martin Sook, with his brother Peter and his parents, left Germany for the United States, but while en route both the father and mother sickened and died. The two brothers were provided for by the captain, as was the custom in those early days, Henry being apprenticed to a saddler in Baltimore, Maryland, while Peter went to Allegheny county, Pennsylvania. The family name was originally spelled Zook, but Henry M. Zook changed the spelling of his surname to Sook. Many of Peter Zook's descendants are now residents of Perry county, Ohio. Henry M. Sook, grandfather of Dr. Sook, came to Ohio in pioneer times and figured prominently in the industrial development of the section of the state in which he located. His early service in the employ of the saddler to whom he was apprenticed on reaching America had brought him an expert knowledge of the business, and he became widely known as a most competent manufacturer of saddles and horse collars. Ultimately, however, he gave up that business and turned his attention to the study of homeopathy, becoming a practitioner of that school. He was a pioneer in that field of professional labor when Hahnemann gave to the world the first knowledge of homeopathic principles, and he was also among the first to endorse the teachings of Swedenborg and to espouse the princi- HISTORY OF LICKING COUNTY - 457 pies of the republican party. A man of advanced thought and liberal ideas, he stood for progress and improvement, and thus quick to take up new ideas which he believed were valuable factors in the world's advancement. His son, Dr. Henry L. Sook, was born in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, and was a young lad at the time of the removal of the family to Ohio. He, too, became a homeopathic physician and spent the last years of his life in practice in Cuyahoga county. He was everywhere spoken of as a good man, his upright life as well as his professional skill gaining him the warm regard and confidence of those who knew him. He wedded Mary Powell, who was a native of Jefferson county, Ohio, and of Welsh descent. Dr. Oliver P. Sook pursued his education in Steubenville, Ohio, and took up the study of medicine when seventeen years of age, but in 1864, when twenty years of age, he joined the army in defense of the Union cause. After being mustered out at the close of the war he turned his attention to various business pursuits wherewith he occupied his times and energies for five years. He then resumed preparation for the medical profession and was graduated from the Cleveland Medical College, a homeopathic school, in 1871. The previous year, however, he commenced practice in Newark, where. he has since remained, and his ability has made him the peer of the prominent representatives of the profession in this part of the state. He holds membership with the Franklin County Homeopathic Medical Society and has been a close and discriminating student of the science of medicine, so that his labors have been practical forces in the professional work of Newark. In 1864 Dr. Sook was married to Miss Lois A. Abbott, a native of Cohoes, New York. They have four children : Joseph Rollin, who is a graduate of the Cleveland Medical College, and has also studied in New York and Chicago, being now a successful specialist in the treatment of diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat, at Newark ; Gertrude R., at home; Mary, the wife of William D. Sauters, of Cleveland; and Helen Olive, now Mrs. Dean, of Cleveland. Dr. Sook, like his father and grandfather, has endorsed the principles of the Swedenborgian church. He belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and gives his political support to the republican party, but has neither time nor inclination for public office, preferring to concentrate his energies upon his professional duties. He holds to a high standard of professional ethics and in the daily round of his calls his cheerful, hopeful words constitute an element in successful practice as well as does his scientific skill in administering various remedies. THOMAS McKEAN THOMPSON. The name of Thomas McKean Thompson is associated with the very beginnings of Licking county's history, and since that time representatives of the name have been active, progressive and loyal citizens of this part of the state, contributing in substantial measure to its growth and progress. Mr. Thompson was born November 30, 1769, in the state of Delaware. This was five years before the opening of the Revolutionary war, and throughout his life he retained vivid recollections of the discussions of the important events of those days. He was 458 - HISTORY OF LICKING COUNTY. a son of John and Dorothea (McKean) Thompson, who were married in Philadelphia in October, 1758. In their family were six children : Robert, Elizabeth, Ann Dorothea, John, Thomas McKean and William. The subject of this review was the next to the youngest. He acquired his education throughout the period of strife and subsequently studied law at Wilmington, whence he went to Philadelphia, where he engaged in practice. Becoming a prominent factor in shaping the destinies of the new commonwealth, 'he was elected secretary of state of Pennsylvania, and removed to Reading, then the capital. His uncle, Governor Thomas McKean, who was one of the signers of the Declaration, went to live with him in that city. Following his retirement from office he removed westward to Steubenville, Ohio, where he resided for a number of years, and then came to Granville, where he lived for a long period, although his last days were spent in Marysville, Ohio, where he died September 15, 1855. He had first visited this county about 1800, and had located a tract of five thousand acres in the southwestern part of McKean township, which was so named in his honor. In 1816 he removed to this tract with his family and about 1830 sold the property to Cornelius Devinney. Subsequently he located on a farm two miles north of Granville, on Burg road, where his grandchildren now reside. Thomas McKean Thompson was a young man of twenty-eight years when, on the 15th of August, 1798, he wedded Alletta Waters Halstead. Their children were : Robert McKean; Elizabeth Halstead ; Ann Dorothea, who became the wife of the Rev. Jacob Little, who for forty years was pastor of the Presbyterian church of Granville; John Elbert ; Thomas McKean; and William McKennan. Having lost his first wife, Mr. Thompson was married to Miss Joanna Willett Halstead, a sister of his first wife, and there were three children by that union Alletta Willett, Susan Mary and Harriett Matilda. William McKennan Thompson, the youngest son of Thomas McKean Thompson, was born in Steubenville, Ohio, July 14, 1812, and in 1816 came to Granville with his parents, spending the remainder of his life in this county on the Burg street farm. He died at his home, two miles north of Granville, in 1883, after having devoted his time and attention throughout his entire life to I he occupation of farming. He had one hundred acres of land here and also one hundred acres in McKean township, and through his energy and diligence he brought his fields into a state of rich fertility and gathered therefrom gratifying annual harvests. In all his business affairs he was reliable and enterprising, and thus his success was well merited. It was on the 18th of October, 1843, that Mr: Thompson married Miss Sarah E. Dilley, who was born in Orange county, Virginia, in 1821, and died on the Burg street farm, at the age of sixty-nine years. She was a daughter of Richard and Mary (Dwinney) Dilley, also natives of the Old Dominion. The father died in that state and the mother afterward married Deacon Shepardson. In 1832 Miss Sarah E. Dilley came to this county with her grandfather, Cornelius Dwinney. Of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. William McKennan Thompson there were born seven children. Alice, the eldest, is the widow of A. I. Kidder, and resides on the old home place on Burg street. Mr. Kidder was a native of Massachusetts and spent much of his life there as a manufacturer of furniture. His last two years, however, were passed. in Granville and on the old Thompson homestead on HISTORY OF LICKING COUNTY - 459 Burg street. It is to his widow, Mrs. Kidder, that we are indebted for the material concerning her ancestry, constituting one of the important chapters in the history of this county. The other members of the family are : Arthur Dwinney, a farmer of Granville township, on the Columbus road ; Mary Elizabeth, living on the home farm on Burg street ; Walter Lowrie, who operates the home farm ; Dr. James D. Thompson, of Granville ; William McKennan, also living in Granville; and Anna Halstead, the wife of William W. Geach. JAMES E. THOMAS. The industrial interests of Newark find a worthy representative in James E. Thomas, who for more than four decades has conducted a foundry business in this city. From a small beginning it has grown to an extensive enterprise, and Mr. Thomas has derived that measure of success which is the well merited reward of his earnest and unremitting labor. A native of Cornwall, England, he was born May 12, 1828, and his parents, John and Eleanor Eva Thomas, were also natives of Cornwall, where both the father and mother spent their entire lives. The parents were in limited financial circumstances, and because of this condition James E. Thomas had practically no educational advantages in early life. He went to work when but nine years of age, being employed in a foundry, and since that time has continued in the same line of business. His youth was a period of unceasing toil, and he early learned that there is no royal road to wealth, but that success must be gained by persistent, indefatigable effort. Thinking that better opportunities might be obtained in the new world, he came to the United States in 1849 and worked hard and faithfully in several places, always continuing in the foundry business. Sober, industrious, energetic and, moreover, possessed of laudable ambition, he made the most of his opportunities, hoping for the time when he would one day be able to engage in business on his own account. Mr. Thomas arrived in Newark on the 4th of July, 1855, and became manager for the Newark Machine Company, with which he was connected until the outbreak of the Civil war, when the company passed out of existence, and he went to Pittsburg, where he remained for four years. On the expiration of that period he returned to Newark, and in 1867 established a small foundry. Success came to the new undertaking from the beginning, although the growth of the business has been gradual. As the years have passed he has added to his original plant until he now has an extensive and well equipped foundry, constituting one of the important business concerns of the city. It has been developed along safe, substantial lines and in accordance with modern ideas of trade. In 1852 Mr. Thomas was married to Miss Emily Lusby, a native of England. They have ten children, all living. Mr. Thomas is prominent in Masonry, having attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite. His political support has long been given to the republican party and for one term he served as a member of the city council, but has never been a politician in the sense of office-seeking. He belongs to the Second Presbyterian church and his life has ever been an honorable, upright one. Nature is kindly to those who do not abuse her laws, and 460 - HISTORY OF LICKING COUNTY. thus Mr. Thomas has reached the age of eighty years, a vigorous, well preserved man, who daily visits his office and superintends his business affairs. He has made many trips back to Cornwall, but while lie has sincere love for the land of his birth, he is in far greater degree attached to the home of his adoption, America, believing there is no place like "the land of the free." HENRY C. CASE. Henry C. Case, a substantial farmer and representative citizen of Granville, Harrison township, whose ancestors have been tillers of the soil in this county for more than a century, was born here in the home in which he now resides, October 7, 1838, a son of Philo and Mariette (Page) Case, his father, who was born in the state of Massachusetts, having come to Granville, Ohio, with the Granville colony in 1808. He located in Granville township, but spent the greater part of his life in Harrison township, where he followed agricultural pursuits and departed this life at the advanced age of eighty-three years. His wife, who passed away here in 1890, when eighty-three years old, was a daughter of Nathaniel and Phoebe Page, natives of Vermont, her father having died here at the age of ninety-two years and her mother at about the same age. They were the parents of the following children: Mrs. Luray Ann Carter, living with her brother Henry; and Mrs. Clarissa Stine, Frederick, Mrs. Adelia Evans, Emily and Mrs. Julia Snyder, all deceased; and Henry C. In the district schools of this township Henry C. Case acquired his education and worked on his father's farm until August 12, 1862, when he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Thirteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Captain M. M. Munsen. After serving three years he was honorably discharged in July, 1865. During his military career he was fortunate in maintaining good health, thereby avoiding the inconvenience of confinement in hospitals, and was with his company in all of the engagements in which it participated, among which were Chickamauga, Peach Tree Creek, Bentonville and siege of Atlanta. He also took part in the Atlanta campaign and was with General Sherman in his march to the sea, and at the close of the war he took part in the grand review at Washington, D. C. After receiving his discharge he returned to his farm where he has since been engaged in agricultural pursuits. He cultivates one hundred and seventy-five acres, which is located in this township, while his home is at Five Corners and, in addition to general farming, he devotes considerable attention to stock breeding, making ,a specialty of raising sheep, of which he has as fine specimens as there are in the township. In 1871 he was united in marriage to Mary Jane Page, his cousin, a native of Union township, where her birth occurred September 5, 1842. She is a daughter of Lafayette and Rebecca (Price) Page, who came to this county with their respective parents, the former from Maryland and the latter from Vermont. Both Mr. and Mrs. Page died in this county. Mr. and Mrs. Case are the parents of two sons. Delbert P., born on the home farm August 20, 1873, wedded Mary E. Griffith, daughter of W. W. Griffith. The wife departed this life in August, 1902, leaving HISTORY OF LICKING COUNTY - 463 a daughter, Ruth M., who, with her father, resides with Mr. Case. Charles L., the second son, born on the home farm September 6, 1883, was united in marriage to Elizabeth Cossal and resides with his wife and one child, Mary, in Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Case gives his allegiance to the republican party and for a period of six years served the township as a trustee, and belongs to Beard post, No. 653, G. A. R.. at Pataskala. He has made wise use of his younger days and now in his seventy-first year enjoys the fruits of his industry and perseverance. HON. DANIEL VAN VOORHIS. The nineteenth century had scarcely entered upon its second decade when Hon. Daniel Van Voorhis became a resident of this part of the state, where he continued to make his home until almost the closing years of the century. He was therefore a witness of the greater part of Ohio's growth and progress. He saw its forests cut down, its streams bridged and its fields cultivated, while in all lines of agricultural, commercial and industrial progress, in intellectual and moral advancement, the work of improvement was carried steadily forward. He was much interested in all that the county accomplished and, more than that, he bore his full share in the work. He was born November 25, 1806, in Carroll township, Washington county, Pennsylvania, and in his early boyhood days accompanied his parents, John and Sarah Van Voorhis, to Muskingum county, Ohio, the family home being established in a log cabin near Nashport, Muskingum county, in April, 1812. John Van Voorhis was a native of Burlington county, New Jersey, born during the period of the Revolutionary war, and when five years of age was taken by his parents to Washington county, Pennsylvania, their home being located three miles west of Monongahela City. In 1805, having two large crops of wheat, for which there was no home market, he had it ground, and on a flatboat which he built started on the 5th of April for New Orleans with a cargo of flour. He disposed of a part of this while en route, for eight dollars per barrel, and finally reached his destination on the 22d of May, selling both his flour and his boat in the Crescent City, where he celebrated the 4th of July of that year. He then sailed for New York, reaching home on the 28th of August, 1805. On the 12th of December of the same year he wedded Sarah Fry and continued to make his home in Washington county, Pennsylvania, until he started with his family for Muskingum county, Ohio, in 1812. At the time of his death John Van Voorhis was the oldest inhabitant of Licking township and one of the oldest in the county. Daniel Van Voorhis, the eldest son of John and Sarah Van Voorhis, started to school soon after the arrival of the family in the vicinity of Nashport, the little temple of learning being a log building. The seats were made of split logs, the fiat sides being shaved with a drawing-knife, while wooden pins were inserted into auger holes and served as legs for the bench. The floor was made of puncheons and in one end of the room was a large fireplace. School was conducted on the subscription plan, each scholar paying two dollars and a half, and there were about twenty-five in attendance. It was under such difficulties that Daniel Van 464 - HISTORY OF LICKING COUNTY. Voorhis acquired his education, but his training at farm labor was not meager, and he worked upon his father's farm until about twenty-five years of age. The Ohio canal had then been finished, and he engaged in boating on the canal during a part of the summer of 1831. He did not find the work congenial, however, and in the fall of that year he concluded to open a general store at Nashport. His father agreed that if he would hew the framing timber, haul the logs, have the necessary lumber sawed and quarry the stone for the cellar wall he would furnish the money necessary for the erection of the building and would lend his son all the money he had, which amounted to about eight hundred dollars. The building was completed on the 14th of the following April, and with two hundred dollars of his own and eight hundred dollars borrowed from his father, Daniel Van Voorhis started on horseback for Washington county, Pennsylvania. There he borrowed five hundred dollars from an uncle, and with this sum went to Pittsburg, where he purchased a stock of goods, which he shipped to Nashport by water, and in May opened his store. In April, 1838, he admitted Abel Randall to a partnership, and this relation continued until November, 1843, when they sold out to John W. Thompson. At that date Mr. Van Voorhis resumed farming, purchasing a large tract of land, and successfully carrying on general agricultural pursuits until April, 1877, when he rented his place and retired from active business cares, thus crowning a youth of labor with an age of ease. After his retirement he made his home in Newark until called to his final rest. His business activity and enterprise had been such that he became one of the substantial citizens of the community, while the integrity of his business methods none questioned. Moreover, Mr. Van Voorhis figured prominently in other public, relations. In October, 1859, he was elected to the Ohio legislature from Muskingum county, on the republican ticket, and served during the sessions of 1860 and 1861. He was a strong supporter of the measures proposed in aid of the government and voted for the bill providing two million dollars to be .used n in putting down the rebellion. In April, 1873, his fellow townsmen again called him to an important public position by making him a member of the convention which was called to frame a new constitution. The constitution adopted by the convention, however, was not- ratified by the people. Mr. Van Voorhis at all times stood loyally for what he believed to be right, and neither fear nor favor could swerve him from a course which his judgment sanctioned. On the 24th of January, 1834, occurred the marriage of Mr. Van Voorhis and Miss Jane Roberts, a daughter of John and Barbara Roberts, of Falls township. Seven children were born unto them, all of whom reached adult age, while six are still living, John having been accidentally killed at Nashport several years ago. Those who survive are : Mrs. J. G. Stump, of Drenden ; Mrs. N. C. Fleming,- of Hanover ; Mrs. T. M. Taylor and S. F. Van Voorhis, of Newark ; Hon. H. C. Van Voorhis ; and Fuller Van Voorhis. The wife and mother died April 11, 1871, while Mr. Van Voorhis survived for more than twenty-two years, passing away on the 3d of June, 1893. A devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal church for many years, Mr. Van Voorhis attended the Market. Street Baptist church in Janesville, and after his removal to Newark he attended the Baptist church. He was a stalwart champion of intellectual and moral progress and gave valued aid to many movements HISTORY OF LICKING COUNTY - 465 along those lines. His friendship for the American Bible Society, Kenyon College, the Ohio Wesleyan University and the Denison University was frequently evidenced in substantial aid. To this work he devoted over ten thousand dollars. His business life was characterized by unfaltering perseverance and the wise utilization of every opportunity that came to him. Thus as the years passed he acquired substantial property interests that brought him a good income. His integrity was ever above question, and in his life he manifested all the sterling traits of an upright, honorable manhood, so that he left to his family an example well worthy of emulation and a memory that remain as a blessed benediction to all who knew him. SAMUEL KINNEY. Samuel Kinney, a prominent agriculturist of Newark township, who, through hard and persevering labor, has acquired his present excellent farm, was born in Warren county, New Jersey, November 6, 1842, a son of Jacob and Hester (Andrews) Kinney, both of whom were natives of that state, his father having come to Licking county in 1865, and followed the pursuit of agriculture in this township until he departed this life, in 1873, his wife surviving him by six years. The family traces its ancestry back to colonial days, and his grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, under George Washington. Samuel Kinney was one of a family of eight children, namely : Sarah and Susan, deceased; Margaret, wife of Captain Stedman, of Union township, this county ; Barbara, widow of Benjamin Gould, of Indiana ; Louise; Emma, who is united in marriage to Hugh Herrick, of Indiana; Lucy, deceased; and Samuel. In the district schools Samuel Kinney acquired his education and remained at home until he was seventeen years of age, and then learned the miller's trade, at which he worked for three years, but, his health becoming impaired, he was compelled to give up the occupation, upon which he returned to farming. In 1863 he removed to this county, where he hired as a farm hand for one year, at the expiration of which he returned to his native state, where he remained several months, and, in company with his father, came to Licking county, where for a period of fifteen years he worked at agriculture for wages. During that period he had laid by most of his earnings and, being ambitious to pursue life independently, he rented the farm on which he is now located, and by persevering labor within ten years made it a paying proposition and amassed sufficient means to become its owner. It consists of sixty-five acres, which by his own exertions he has highly improved with a comfortable dwelling, barns, outbuildings and machinery, until it is at present as fine a farm as exists in the township. Aside from producing hay and general grain crops, he takes considerable interest in stock-raising, and owns a number of head of the finest breeds. In 1865 Mr Kinney wedded Miss Elizabeth Allison, a native of this county, whose parents are deceased, and to the couple were born one son, William J., of this township, and one daughter, Elizabeth, deceased. His wife departed this life in 1867, and in 1881 Mr. Kinney was united in marriage to Miss Rachael Keller, 466 - HISTORY OF LICKING COUNTY. a native of this township, born in 1847, and a daughter of Henry and Anna (Henton) Keller, who reared a family of six children. Mr. and Mrs Kinney are the parents of : Earl D., Anna Pearl, and Clarence R, all of whom are at home. In politics Mr Kinney gives his allegiance to the democratic party, and for several years has served the township as a useful member of the school board. He is faithful in observing his religious obligations, and he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Kinney is a man whose upright life and straightforward dealing have won him the respect of the citizens of the township, and it has been on the strength of his own resources and careful management that he has placed himself in his present comfortable circumstances. BURTON CAIN Burton Cain, well known in commercial circles at Outville, where he conducts a large hay and grain business, descends from a family which for upwards of a century has been identified with the agricultural interests of this county, his grandfather, William Cain, having come here from Ireland at an early date, locating on the farm on which his grandson, Burton, was born. He passed away there at the advanced age of eighty-two years, after having reared the following children; John, Andrew, Isaac, William, Joseph and two daughters. Isaac Cain was born August 14, 1823, and spent his entire life on the old homestead, containing one hundred and eighty-six acres in Union township, two miles east of Outville on the Black road, the place being known as "Mount Pleasant" farm. He was well known throughout the township for his industry, through which he became quite prosperous, and was accounted among the county's best agriculturists. His good character gave him an excellent reputation throughout the township for his life was always conducted as nearly as possible in harmony with the teachings of Christianity, as set forth in the Presbyterian church, of which he was a member. He was indeed a desirable and worthy citizen, entertaining the confidence and respect of all who knew him. He was twice married, his first wife, Minerva Parkerson, having passed away in 1855, leaving one child, John, who resides in Outville with Burton. His second wife, Mary Condit, was a native of New Jersey, where her birth occurred September 13, 1824. With her parents, Isaac and Jane (Dobbins) Condit, natives of New Jersey, she came to Licking, county when thirteen years of age and after a long and useful life passed away February 28, 1901. She was the mother of the following children: George W., a resident of Columbus, Ohio; Burton; Jennie, the wife of William Yearly; Fannie, who became the wife of Frank Wells, of Harrison township; Mattie, who resides with her husband, Charles Nichols, in Westerville, Ohio; and Joseph B., who passed away in infancy. On the farm on which his father was born and spent his entire life Burton Cain was reared, there familiarizing himself with the various departments of agriculture, and during boyhood acquired his education in the neighboring schools. He remained upon the home place until 1898, when he located in Outville and established himself in the hay and grain business and also in handling live stock, in both enterprises being an extensive buyer and shipper. In connection with his HISTORY OF LICKING COUNTY - 469 business interests here he still owns a part of the old homestead, the farm consisting of ninety acres, and in partnership with his half-brother John, he keeps the property under cultivation and raises general crops and stock, which he handles in connection with his business in the village. He is an enterprising business man and, his volume of trade steadily increasing, the concern of which he is proprietor is one of the most prominent in the commercial circles of Outville. In 1891 Mr. Cain wedded Mary Alice Turner, a native of Kirkersville, Harrison township, where her birth occurred August 9, 1859. Her parents were Harvey and Elizabeth (Jackson) Turner, her father a native of Perry county and her mother of Delaware county. Mr. Turner, by a former marriage with Sarah Deweese, had one child, Elizabeth Embry, who resides in Kirkersville. The children of his second marriage are : Mary Alice; Katie Embry, a resident of Newark, Ohio; William, who lives in Kirkersville; and Retta, who resides in Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Cain gives his allegiance to the democratic party and, being a public-spirited man, he is always ready and willing to assist in promoting all measures designed for the general improvement of the community. He belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Red Men, in behalf of which organizations he takes an active interest, and he is a member of the Presbyterian church. His business relations have always been straightforward and, being a man of excellent judgment and careful management, the commercial worth of the enterprise he conducts has added much to the financial standing of the town, in which he is favorably known as a representative and honorable citizen. DAVID D. GREEN. It is interesting in this connection to note something of the history of the Rev. David D. Green, whose widow and three children reside at Granville. Rev. David D. Green devoted his life to missionary work in foreign lands and in the west, and his influence was of no restricted order. In fact, his work was a widely felt influence and his memory remains as a blessed benediction to all who knew him. He was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, August 12, 1828. His parents were Isaac and Lettie (Miller) Green, and the influence of his early life and training in a Christian household were manifest throughout his entire career, proving again the truth of the saying of the wise man of old : "Train a child in the way that he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it." In his early childhood his parents removed to Chesterville, and after completing his preliminary education he spent a year as a student in the Male Academy, conducted under the auspices of the Presbyterian church. He afterward went to Martinsburg, where he pursued a preparatory course and then entered Jefferson College at Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. In the meantime he had united with the Presbyterian church of Chesterville, Ohio, under the ministry of the Rev. F. A. Shearer, and determining to devote his life to the work of the church he entered the Western Theological Seminary in the fall of 1856, pursuing there a three years' course, which was followed by graduation in the class of 1859. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Richland at Frederickstown, Ohio, and ordained as 470 - HISTORY OF LICKING COUNTY. a foreign missionary by the same Presbytery at Shelbyville, Ohio. His first field of labor was at Ningpo, China, whither he was sent in 1859, there remaining until the fall of 1g66. The first news received at China after he reached that country was concerning the attack of Fort Sumter. He was one hundred and sixty-eight days on the voyage, which was made on a sailing vessel without a stop. Just prior to starting for foreign fields Rev. Green was married to Lydia J. Goodrich, a daughter of Stephen and Sarah (Powell) Goodrich, who came from Simsbury, Hartford county, Connecticut, and located on a farm in Greenville township, Licking county, which is the old homestead, and now owned by Moses Goodrich. On reaching China Rev. and Mrs. Green had a very cordial reception at Shanghai and, as stated, went from there to Ningpo, and- in the fall of 1866 to Hangchau. In the former place they lived in a foreign house and in .the latter in a native house. Missionaries are ordinarily in China from one to three years before they begin to do any preaching in the Chinese language. Rev. Green, however, did not wait until he had acquired a sufficient knowledge of the tongue before attempting to do Christian work there. At that time there was considerable foreign shipping at Ningpo and from almost the first Sabbath after his arrival he directed much of his attention to the welfare of the sailors and other foreigners in the settlement. His efforts among this class were not confined to an occassional sermon, for he visited the men in their lodgings, in the hospital and on board their ships. Many individual rescues of fallen people were made by him. Mrs. Green was also most helpful in his work and taught in the boys' school, of which Mr. Green had charge in connection with his preaching. Four of the boys under their care became very able native helpers. While Ningpo and Hangchau were the central points of his labor, Rev. Green did not confine his attention to those places entirely, but traveled from point to point, preaching the gospel and exemplifying in his life the influence of the Christian religion. While living abroad several children were born unto Rev. and Mrs. Green. William, born August 11, 1861, in Ningpo, died in Teagchau in 1863 and was buried in a cemetery overlooking the China Sea. Sarah Letty, born January 17, 1864, at Ningpo, is now teaching for the fifth year in Wilson College at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. George McCartee, who was born August 20, 1867, has always been an invalid. Mr. and Mrs. Green remained at Hangchau until May, 1869, when they returned to their native land in order to secure more efficient medical treatment for their son George M. They went first to Granville and there on the 31st of August, 1869, a daughter, Laura Caroline, was born. She is now a teacher in the Pennsylvania College for Women at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where she has been located for six years. In 1870 Rev. Green went as a home missionary to Doniphon, Kansas, where he labored until the time of his death, having charge of the Doniphon and Wathena churches. He died in the former town on September 25, 1872, as he and his wife were preparing to return to China. The family afterward came to Granville, where they have since lived. Rev. Green had retained his connection with the Ningpo Presbytery, for he expected to return and again enter the missionary field of China. He was an earnest student and a devoted servant of the ministry, and died in the triumph of the faith for which he sacrificed so much to HISTORY OF LICKING COUNTY - 471 preach. One who was with him at his death said: "The valley had no shadow for him and when his articulation failed in English, his tongue found utterance in the Chinese 'Yong wha,' meaning glory. He not only taught us how to live but how to triumph over death." Mrs. Green, like her husband, was liberally educated and gave her children good advantages. She was graduated at the Granville Female College and taught there from 1854 until 1859, when she was married. Following the death of her husband she returned with her -family to Granville, residing here continuously since. The daughter, Sarah Letty, is a graduate of the Granville Female College and afterward completed the bachelor of science course at Cornell, and is now teaching science. Laura Caroline is also a graduate of Granville Female College and of Wellesley College, where she won the bachelor of arts degree, and she teaches Greek and Lath", The -members of the family occupy an enviable position in the social circles where intelligence and character-worth are accepted as passports into good society. ISRAEL W. WILSON. Israel W. Wilson, numbered among the veterans of the Civil war and also classed with the representative agriculturists of Granville township, is well known in this county, for he was born here and is a representative of one of the old pioneer families. His birth occurred near the Cross Key Tavern in Madison township, February 19, 1840, his parents being Stewart and Lovina (Cornell) Wilson. His paternal grandparents were Alexander and Catharine (Wilson) Wilson, natives of Pennsylvania, who in the year 1818 left that state and came to Ohio. Mrs. Wilson rode horseback all the way and carried on the horn of the saddle a sprinkling can filled with honey. A bear and her cub, smelling this honey, followed them for some distance, but at length they succeeded in driving the animals away. The first location of the family was at Rushville near Lancaster, Ohio, where they lived for three years, after which they came to Licking county, traveling through the forests all the way to Madison township. Here they located 011 a tract of land which Alexander Wilson secured from the Stanbury tract. He was led to make this selection from the fact that he found a deer drinking from a spring there and wished to be near a spring, as he had been in Pennsylvania. Both he and his wife remained upon the homestead, which he there developed, throughout their remaining days and were buried on the farm, but in 1866 their remains were removed to Cedar Hill cemetery. The death of the grandfather occurred in 1838, while the grandmother passed away in 1836. Stewart Wilson was their only child. He was born in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania in 1809, and was brought by his parents to this county in 1818. He continued to reside upon the old. home farm until his death, which occurred when he had reached the advanced age of eighty-six years. His place comprised sixty-five acres, of land, which he carefully cultivated and improved and through his farming operations he provided for his family. He married Lovina Cornell, who was born in Richland county, Ohio, in 1815, and died on the old homestead farm 472 - HISTORY OF LICKING COUNTY. in 1880. She was a daughter of Gideon and Julia (Lobdel) Cornell, who were natives of Massachusetts and came to Ohio from Granville, that state. They located first near Johnstown in this county and some of the Cornells are still living in that locality. They were connected with Ezra Cornell, the founder of Cornell University, who was a cousin of Gideon Cornell. The maternal grandmother of Mr. Wilson was Julia Lobdel, whose father located on what has since been known as Lobdel Run in St. Albans township in 1805. He located on a quarter section of land, for which he gave forty dollars and his wife's saddle. So wild and unimproved was the district that they had to cut their way through the woods from Zanesville. Indians still lived in the state and everything appeared just as it came from the hand of nature. In the family of Stewart and Lovina (Cornell) Wilson were eight children: Alexander, who served in the One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry and is now deceased; Mrs. Eliza Jane Simpson, who has also passed away; Mrs. Caroline Patterson, of East Newark; Israel W.; Robert, a twin brother of Kathrine, who served as a member of Company F, Ninety-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and is now deceased; Kathrine, who has also passed away ; Leander, living on the old homestead in Madison township; and Mrs. Leanna Montgomery, also deceased. The last two were twins. No event of special importance occurred to vary the routine of farm life for Israel W. Wilson until August, 1862, when patriotism constrained him to put aside the work of the farm and give his aid to the government. He donned the blue uniform and became a member of Company F, Ninety-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with his brother Robert. He was in the following engagements : Richmond, Kentucky, August 30, 1862; Siege of Vicksburg, May 18 to July 4, 1863; raid after Marmaduke and Price through Arkansas and Missouri, fall of 1864; Brice's Cross Roads, Mississippi, June 10, 1864; Tupelo, Mississippi, July 12, 1864; Oxford, Mississippi, July 15, 1864; Nashville, December 15-16, 1864; Siege of Mobile, Alabama, March 27 to April 9, 1865; and other skirmishes. Robert Wilson was captured June 10, 1864, and spent ten months in Andersonville prison, undergoing all the hardships of southern prison life. He was in the Sultana disaster, the greatest of its kind in the history of the world. After the explosion, in which sixteen hundred were killed, Robert Wilson hung on to a line in the ice cold water until rescued. When the war was over Israel W. Wilson returned to his home and soon afterward married. On the 10th of October, 1865, he wedded Miss Mary E. Spellman, who was born in St. Albans township in 1842 and was a daughter of George and Jane (Lansing) Spellman. The father was born in St. Albans township and the mother in Troy, New York. He was a son of Thomas Spellman and a grandson of Timothy Spellman, who was with the colony. from Granville, Massachusetts, that came to Ohio in 1805 and founded the town of Granville, Ohio. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Wilson have been born five children : Robert Lansing, now living in New York city ; Ellen S., the wife of Victor Stark, of St. Albans township; Jane L., the wife of Frank Stark, of St. Albans township, a brother of Victor Stark; Carrie L., the wife of Griffith Jones, of Houston, Texas; and Charles M., of New York city. Following his marriage Israel W. Wilson took up his abode in Granville township, where he has since lived. He cultivated rented land for a number of years and in 1895 came to his present home adjoining the corporation limits of HISTORY OF LICKING COUNTY - 473 Granville, where he is now living retired. He has always taken a lively interest in public affairs, cooperating in many movements for the general good and his fellow townsmen recognize in him a public-spirited citizen who manifests toward his home county and the country at large the same spirit of loyalty which characterized him during his three years' defense of the Union. He has always voted with the republican party, but has never held nor desired office. He belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic and all of his life has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, which finds in him a stalwart adherent, doing all in his power to promote its growth and extend its influence. JOSEPH BENZ. Joseph Benz is numbered among the most deserving and highly respected citizens of Newark. He is of sturdy German stock and descends from a family whose members were among the early settlers of this community. He has been an invaluable man to the city, and has not only served with great credit in many municipal and county offices but has also been always solicitous to promote public improvements, and through his efforts much has been added to the appearance of the city, and as well to its financial standing. Mr. Renz is now engaged in the insurance business and conducts agencies for all of the old line companies, at the same time acting as a notary public. He was born in Newark, November 29, 1859, a son of Lawrence Renz, a native of Germany, who emigrated to the United States in 1845, locating in Newark, where he was a well-known and highly esteemed character among the German pioneers. He passed away in 1898, at the advanced age of seventy-six years. Odelia (Minna) Renz, mother of the subject of this sketch, who was also a native of Germany, passed out of this life in 1906, having attained the age of seventy-five years. In the common schools of Newark, Joseph Benz completed a course of study and later became a student at St. Vincent's, in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. He returned to Newark and, in 1878, was appointed a clerk in the county recorder's office, in which position he not only served with great credit to himself, but, also with advantage to the community. He increased in popularity and influence, and was subsequently appointed to the office of deputy auditor, the duties of which office he performed with exceptional ability for a period of thirteen years. At the termination of that period he was appointed to a position in the county treasurer's office, where he remained for eight years, having in all served the public creditably for upwards of twenty-five years. He then established himself in the real-estate and insurance business, at the same time entering upon the duties of a notary public. These interests he is now conducting and in them is meeting with remarkable success. Mr. Benz has always been alive to the highest interests of the municipality, and, owing to his many years of experience in public affairs, was made a member of the city board of review. He has been serving in this capacity for the past five years. He is a man of excellent judgment and as well of remarkable administrative ability, being recognized as a valuable man and counsellor in all matters pertaining to city government and public improvements. 474 - HISTORY OF LICKING COUNTY. In March of the year 1890 he was united in marriage to Laura J. McCamey, a native of Licking county, and daughter of John W. McCamey. Mr. Renz is an active democrat. He has always been an ardent devotee of the principles of the party, and is an influential factor throughout the county during political campaigns. He is a director of the German Life Association and as well a representative of the best fire insurance companies in the United States. WILLIAM F. PALMER. William F. Palmer, proprietor of the Shady Nook Farm in Etna township, well deserves mention in this volume by reason of the fact that he is a substantial agriculturist and reliable citizen and that his ancestors were among the early pioneers of the state, devoting their lives to preparing the way for the high state of progress now experienced throughout its counties. His grandfather, Thomas Palmer, was the fifth among the early settlers of Truro township, Franklin county, and that he led an active and eminently useful life is indicated by the fact that a tablet bearing _his name has been placed in the Franklin County Memorial Hall. Over a century ago he went from his native state, Maine, to Truro township, arriving there in the year 1805 and entering six hundred acres of land, much of which he cleared, engaging in agricultural pursuits until his death in the year 1824. He was twice married and, by his first wife had five children, among whom were Thomas, Carpenter and William. By his second wife, who was Mary Philbrook, he had two children: Joel, father of the subject of this review; and Hiram, deceased. Joel Palmer was born in Reynoldsburg, Franklin county, July 17, 1822, and there he resided with his parents until he was twenty-six years of age, in the meantime attending the neighboring schools. He then came to this county, locating on a farm situated on the line between Etna and Lima townships and about five miles from his birthplace. Here he spent his remaining days in the pursuit of agriculture, departing this life in Lima township, August 19, 1905, after having lived continuously in one residence for fifty years. His home was on the township road one mile north of Wagram, and his career was marked by eminent success, inasmuch as he started out in life without either means or influence, but by his perseverance and enterprise finally accumulated a considerable fortune and at his death left a valuable estate. His life was modest and quiet and while he was always willing to assist in movements designed for the betterment of the community he never held public office nor took active part in politics, preferring to live in the retirement and comforts of his home. At his death, which occurred in his eighty-fourth year, he left nine children, all of whom were married and reared families, twenty-two grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, and. he never attended a funeral of his immediate family. the first one of his near relatives to pass on during his life being a daughter-in-law. His wife, Mrs. Lucinda Palmer, a native of Franklin county, was born October 22, 1824, a daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Bees) Ash-brook, her mother having been a daughter of Jacob Rees and her father a son of Eli Ashbrook, the biography of whose family appears elsewhere in this volume. Mrs. Palmer still survives and resides here with her children, namely : Corwin F., HISTORY OF LICKING COUNTY - 479 a resident of Vermont; William F.; Norman A., who lives in Minnesota ; Marion G., on the home place in Lima township; Byron, who departed this life in Ashtabula, Ohio; Myrta A., wife of Frank McLade, of Hebron; Clarence Joel and Clara Lucinda, twins, the former residing in Etna township and the latter widow of Charles Chrysler, living in Franklin county; and Ella A., who with her husband, C. S. Frazier, resides in Muskingum county, Ohio. On the old homestead William F. Palmer was reared, having the usual experiences common to the country lad during his boyhood days, and acquiring his education in the district schools. He was born in Etna township, October 6, 1850. Remaining on his father's farm until he was married, he then took up similar work independently and has since been engaged in general farming and stock-raising. He owns a farm of one hundred and eighty acres, located on the Etna township line, where he resides, his premises being provided with a magnificent residence and substantial outbuildings, and, as executor, he also has charge of his father's estate, including an adjoining farm of two hundred and fifty acres On which there is an elegant brick residence, the farm being also, provided with its own barn and outbuildings. General agriculture commands the attention of Mr. Palmer, and he also engages to some extent in raising and feeding stock. In 1873 Mr. Palmer wedded Miss Sarah Buckland, a native of Union township, born November 25, 1848, and a daughter of Nelson and Eliza (Winters) Buckland, a biographical sketch of whose family appears in another part of this volume. To this union have been born five children: Cora, who is the wife of Llewellyn Tussing, of Franklin county, and has five children Frederick, Homer, Laura, Ardella and Russell; Lillian, who is at home with her parents; Lee B., a neighboring farmer, who wedded Traverse Deeds, daughter of John J. Deeds, and has one child, Dorothy May; Alta E., at home; and Raymond. Mr. Palmer has always devoted his attention to the duties of his farm, and, his business affairs being numerous, he has not found time to devote to secret societies, he preferring to spend his leisure with his family and in the retirement of the home circle. However, he and his wife attend divine services at the Licking Baptist church of Union township, of which he is a liberal supporter. His reputation for industry and honesty entitles him to be enumerated, among the worthy citizens of his native county. GEORGE ROSE. For more than a century the name of Rose has figured conspicuously and honorably on the pages of Licking county's history. At the time when the first settlements were made by the white race in this part of the state the ancestors of George Rose located here and as the years have gone by members of the family have taken an active and helpful part in the work of progress and development. George Rose bore his share in the task of transforming the wilderness into a region of fertility, and the usefulness of his life made his death the occasion of deep and widespread regret. He was born September 4, 1820, in Granville, and was a son of Captain Levi and Polly (Stowe) Rose. The father was a native of Granville, Massachusetts, born about 1777. He was there reared to agricultural 480 - HISTORY OF LICKING COUNTY. life and followed the occupation of farming throughout the period of his manhood. In 1805 he married Miss Polly Stowe, who was born in Granville Massachusetts, in 1780, and the same year they emigrated westward with the little Massachusetts colony that made their way to Licking county and founded the town of Granville. They located on land now owned by Henry Hobart, on North street, in Granville township, where they remained for six years. In 1811 Captain Rose purchased and removed to the farm now occupied by C. T. Chapin, a son-in-law of William Rose. The following year he enlisted for service in the war of 1812 and became captain of a company. When hostilities had ceased he returned to his farm in Granville township and devoted his remaining days to its development and improvement. The family experienced all of the hardships and privations of pioneer life at a time when the homes of the settlers were little log cabins, when forests were uncut, streams unbridged, and fields uncultivated. There were Indians living in the state, and on a few occasions exhibited active hostility to the white race, but on the whole were peaceable. Wild animals of various kinds were found in the forests, and wild game, including deer, was abundant. As the years went by Captain Rose transformed a portion of the wilderness into a highly improved farm and made his home thereon until his death, which occurred in 1863, his wife surviving until 1865. For several years he filled the office of justice of the peace, and his fair and unbiased decisions "won him golden opinions from all sorts of people." Unto him and his wife were born nine children: William, who was the first white child born of the colony that moved to Granville; Roland; Levi; Betsey; Polly; George; and others who died in childhood. Reared on the homestead farm, George Rose acquired his education in the old academy of Granville, and in connection with his father he afterward engaged in the salt business in Athens county, Ohio. Later he turned his attention to farming, which he followed until 1857, and during that time lived in the house where occurred the birth of the famous historian, Bancroft. In 1858 he went to Missouri, where he purchased land from the government, and in addition to agricultural pursuits also carried on merchandising at Lamar. Then followed the troublous times of the Civil war, and while bitter sectional feeling was everywhere manifest, his store and home were burned by guerrillas under General Jackson and General Reins. He was taken prisoner and held a captive of war for a time, after which he was given his liberty. Content no longer to remain in a state where hostility was so manifest, Mr. Rose returned to Granville and purchased the old Granville Hotel, which he occupied for about a year. He then purchased Prospect Hill, which he greatly beautified, occupying the property until 1877, when he sold it. He then returned to Missouri to look after his property interests there, and died while in that state, in Barton county, September 27, 1882. Mr. Rose had been married, July 27, 1854, to Miss Helen Abbott, who was born in 1834, and was a daughter of Hon. Elizur and Clarissa (Munson) Abbott. Her father was born in Wellingford, Connecticut, February 11, 1801, and died in Granville, Ohio, October 4, 1877. He was the eldest of five sons and three daughters, whose parents were Samuel and Lois (Ives) Abbott. He was sixteen years of age when the family removed to Worthington, Ohio. His early education was acquired in the academies of Canton and Hartford, Connecticut, and all HISTORY OF LICKING COUNTY - 481 through his life he remained a student, his extensive reading and investigation making him a well-informed man. At twenty-two years of age he wedded Miss Clarissa Munson, daughter of Jesse and Hannah Munson, of Granville, where they afterward took up their abode. In 1833 they removed to Marysville, Ohio, and two years later Mr. Abbott was elected associate judge of Union county by the unanimous vote of the state legislature. About the same time he was chosen an elder in the Presbyterian church at Marysville and thus was closely associated with the material, political and religious development of the community. In 1837 he returned to Granville with his family and made his permanent home here. He was called to various positions of public honor and trust, was elected a member of the board of trustees of the Granville Female College in 1840, and soon afterward was chosen secretary of the board, filling the position for nearly three decades. He then resigned because of failing eyesight. For many years he was connected with the Granville Furnace Company and also with the Granville Bank, and in all business a ['fairs his judgment was regarded as sound and reliable, while his commercial probity remained unsullied. In 1850 he was elected associate judge of Licking county, and capably discharged the duties of the position until it was abolished through the adoption of the new constitution. All through his life he remained active and interested in religious work. At the age of fourteen he became a member of the church, and his habits of thought and his actions were at all times under the directing influence of his religious faith and belief. In 1850 he was chosen a deacon of the Congregational church of Granville, and in 1870, at the time of its reorganization as a Presbyterian church, he was elected one of its elders. For more than thirty years he was a teacher in the Sunday school, and his words of wisdom and truth sank deep into many hearts, and in time brought forth rich harvests in consecrated Christian lives. No trust reposed in Mr. Abbott was ever betrayed in the slightest degree. He was the soul of honorable manhood, and his character was one of rare purity, strength and usefulness. His memory remains as an inspiration to those who knew him and a. benediction to all with whom he was associated. In the family of Mr. and Mrs. Abbott were the following children : George; Lucius Moore; Lucy; Helen, now Mrs. Rose; Harriet; Mary Ives; all of whom are dead except Mrs. Rose and Lucius M.; and three who died in infancy. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Rose four children were born : Fred and Edward, both deceased; Clifford Abbott, of Columbus; and Grace Helen. The last named was educated in the schools of Columbus and in the Ohio State University. She afterward engaged in teaching in a school for the deaf, at Wilkinsburg, and also taught in the state of New York. While teaching in Detroit her health failed, and for the past three years she has been with her mother in Granville. Mrs. Rose, too, has made an excellent record in educational circles, acting as matron at the State School for the Deaf, in Columbus, for twenty years. Her work here has been characterized by the broadest humanitarianism, and has placed her name high on the roll of those who are giving their services to the help of the state's unfortunate people. She was also president of the Granville Historical Society from 1905 until 1908, when she resigned. At the present time she is treasurer. Mr. Rose was a stanch republican in his political views, espousing the cause of the party on its organization. While many years have come and gone since he passed away, he is yet well remembered in the county as a prominent and 482 - HISTORY OF LICKING COUNTY. worthy representative of an honored pioneer family and as a man whose genuine personal worth endeared him to all whom knew him. Mrs. Rose is now very widely known in the county, and her work for humanity has been of the utmost importance. Like her husband, she, too, is a representative of one of the old and prominent families, the names of Rose and Abbott being equally honored in this part of the state. ABRAM R. MILLER. Abram R. Miller, who for many years conducted the largest stock farm in Harrison township and perhaps in Licking county, and is a well known breeder of trotting horses, is now living retired. He was born on the Walnut Bottom farm, located two miles southeast of Pataskala on the Creek road, where he has always resided, a son of Abraham and Pleasant (Smith) Miller, his father having been a native of Washington county, Pennsylvania, where his birth occurred September 6, 1801, and his mother of Brooke county, West Virginia, where she was born July 28, 1800. They came to Ohio and settled on this farm October 18, 1834, having at that time a family of four children, while the same number were born after they took up their residence in Harrison township. Mr. Miller, before his arrival, purchased eight hundred and eighteen acres of land, which he placed under cultivation but later disposed of part of it and devoted his attention particularly to sheep-raising. He kept on hand an average of one thousand head and for many years was recognized as the leading wool grower in the county. He was an active politician and gave his allegiance to the whigs and later to the republicans and during campaigns was always enthusiastic in working for the success of his party. In educational affairs he took a profound interest and was instrumental in adding many improvements to the school system and at one time was trustee of Otterbein University, to which on one occasion he donated a thousand dollars, while at various times he made other contributions. Mr. Miller was an active member of the United Brethren church. He reared a large family as follows : Mary A., an oil, crayon and pencil artist, who died September 2, 1906; John S., who died October 24, 1863, at :Westerville, Ohio, after being at Camp Chase, while serving as a soldier of the Civil war, and whose wife, Lizzie Kumler, now deceased, was prominently identified with the United Brethren church and was principal of the female department of Otterbein University; S. Jennie, who died November 1, 1863, a graduate of Westerville College and Otterbein University and principal of Western College at Western, Iowa, and also an accomplished artist; Lizzie, who died October 15, 1908, an artist and a graduate of Granville Female Seminary, who was brought to this farm on her birthday in 1834 and was also buried on the anniversary of her birth; George W., who departed this life September 23, 1839; Marenda, an artist and a graduate of Granville Female Seminary, and the widow of William Richey, of Pennsylvania; H. Clay, a retired farmer and stock dealer and interested in several banks of this county, whose wife, Eliza D. Aldred, departed this life in 1907; and Abram R., who at one time was a teacher of vocal and instrumental music. All the members of the family taught HISTORY OF LICKING COUNTY - 485 school at one time or another with the exception of Mary A., John and Clay. Mr. Miller departed this life in the house in which his son Abram now resides, on May 12, 1891, for seventeen years, surviving his wife, who passed away in the same place. In the district schools Abram R. Miller acquired his earlier education and later attended Otterbein University and Denison University, after which he remained on his father's farm, engaged in agriculture and stock-raising. He has since paid particular attention to the latter and has bred and kept some of the finest trotting horses in the county, among which were : Alert, No. 737, son of Hambletonian, No. 10; Penny Pack, No. 2445, son of Mambrino Pilot, No. 29 ; Vincenzo, No. 5392, son of Electioneer, No. 125; Question, son of Dictator, No. 113; Moka, No. 31506, son of Wilton. This farm is considered one of the finest for agriculture and particularly for stock raising in the county, owing to its natural facilities and location, being situated on the south fork of Licking creek. Aside from breeding horses Mr. Miller has also given much attention to the breeding of shorthorn cattle and to sheep-raising and has dealt extensively in wool. He lived an active life, devoted to general farming and stock-raising on this farm, until two years ago when he retired and now rents out his farm by the field. Mr. Miller has supported the republican party all his life and was appointed an alternate delegate to the republican national convention at Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1892. He is a stanch believer in the principles of the party and a careful study of them has long since convinced him of the fact that they contain the secret of the nation's financial welfare and permanent prosperity. For the past twenty-seven years he has been efficiently serving the township as justice of the peace, was assessor for eight years and land appraiser for one term. He is a man of excellent executive ability and business judgment, whose upright character and straightforwardness have always won him the respect of his fellow citizens and have greatly contributed to the success with which he has been attended and the prosperity he now enjoys. ARTHUR D. THOMPSON. When the tocsin of war sounded in 1861, men from all parts of the country flocked to the standard of the Union. They came from the counting house, the office, the work shop and the fields, and rallied under the nation's starry banner, determined to preserve the Union intact. Among the number that Licking county sent to the front was Arthur D. Thompson, and in days of peace he has been as loyal to the best interests of the community, manifesting the same fidelity which he displayed when following the old flag on southern battlefields. He was but a boy at the time he joined the army, for his birth occurred May 29, 1846, on the old farm homestead on Burg street, in Granville township. He is a representative of one of the oldest families of this part of the state. More than a century has passed since the first of the name purchased the land which is still in possession of his descendants and is known as the old Thompson homestead. His parents were William M. and Sarah Thompson. Upon the farm Arthur D. Thompson 486 - HISTORY OF LICKING COUNTY. was reared, working in the fields from the time of early spring planting until crops were harvested in the late autumn. His educational privileges were those offered by the public schools. In the spring of 1862, constrained by a spirit of patriotism, he offered his services to the government and became a member of Company A, Eighty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for three months. He saw service in the Shenandoah valley, was taken prisoner at Harper's Ferry, was then paroled and sent home, for his time of enlistment had expired. In the fall of 1864, however, after being exchanged he reenlisted in the First United States Engineering Corps as a member of Company F, and with that command he fought for about a year, or until the close of the war. When the country no longer needed his aid Mr. Thompson returned home, and in the spring of 1867 went to Illinois, where he spent a year. He then returned and on the 15th of November, 1868, was married in this county to Miss Emma Louise Piper, who was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 19, 1848, and there resided until her marriage. Her parents were Dr. William A. and Henrietta (Bibbighause) Piper, whose lives were passed in Pennsylvania, where the father engaged in the practice of medicine. The Bibbighause family came from Germany, the father of Mrs. Piper being the Rev. Bibbighause, who was a native of that country, and a clergyman of the German Reformed church. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Thompson have been born two daughters and a son: Alice, the wife of H. L. Hale, of Kentucky; Maggie, the wife of Albert H. Dillon, of Indiana; and Walter, at home. After his marriage Mr. Thompson returned to Illinois, where he lived for thirteen years, and then went to Kentucky, where he remained for six years. He afterward spent twelve or thirteen years in Indiana, and then returned to Licking county, purchasing a farm on Burg street, in Granville township, which he later sold, purchasing his present place on the Columbus road, one mile southwest of Granville. He has here twenty-eight acres of productive land, in the midst of which stands a pleasant and commodious home. He has also owned and operated farms in Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky. His life has been a busy one, and he has many sterling traits of character, is genial, cordial and reliable, and therefore enjoys the warm regard of many friends. CHARLES H. STIMSON, M. D. Charles H. Stimson, a prominent and successful medical practitioner at Newark, who is now professor of operative surgery in the College of Medicine and Surgery, was born in Albany, New York, in 1857, a son of Dr. Charles Hopkins and Melissa (Dean) Stimson, the latter of Athens, Ohio.. The son devoted his early youth to study and closely applied himself to his school work. His preliminary training was supplemented by a course in the Ohio State University at Athens, where he was graduated in 1876. Determining upon the practice of medicine as his life work, he entered the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, from which he was graduated in 1878, and the following year lie attended and completed a course in the Bellevue Hospital Medical College of New York city. Fol- HISTORY OF LICKING COUNTY - 487 lowing his graduation in the latter institution he accepted the position of house surgeon in the Charity Hospital of New York city, where he remained for eighteen months without pay. The work, however, afforded a large field for experience and thus proved a valuable factor in his preparation for his chosen life work. Returning to Ohio, he located for practice in Newark, where he has remained continuously since and in the lines of both medical and surgical practice he has won distinction through his superior ability. He has been on the surgical staff of the Newark City Hospital since its organization, was for twelve years surgeon for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company and is now professor of operative surgery in the College of Medicine and Surgery. The profession, as well as the general public, acknowledges his ability and accords him the prominence to which his merit justly entitles him. On the 7th of November, 1889, Dr. Stimson was married to Miss Etta F. Burner, a daughter of J. V. and Catherine Burner, of Newark, Ohio. Dr. and Mrs. Stimson are prominent in the social circles of the city, the hospitality of the most attractive homes of Newark being cordially extended them. The doctor has attained high rank in Masonry, being a Knight Templar and Consistory Mason and also a member of Aladdin Temple. of the Mystic Shrine. He is likewise a charter member of Newark Lodge, No. 391, B. P. 0. E., and is popular among his brethren of these fraternities by reason of his social qualities aside from any professional relations. ROBERT B. MUSSELMAN. Robert B. Musselman, a substantial agriculturist of Newark township, who devotes his attention to general farming on a tract of land of eighty-eight acres, was born in this county, November 26, 1846, a son of Joseph and Lucinda (Wilkin) Musselman, both of whom were natives of Licking county, where they resided until they departed this life, in the years 1893 and 1895, respectively. They reared the following children : Samuel, deceased; Anna, wife of Henry Dorsey, of Licking county; 011ie, who wedded Frank Gray, of this county; and Robert B. The father, at the time of his death, owned one hundred and fifteen acres of land, which he had highly improved. He was a stanch democrat and throughout his life remained loyal to that party, and, being convinced of the fundamental nature of its principles, was enthusiastic during campaigns in working for its success. The family has resided in this county for many years, the paternal grandfather having located here in 1814, where he lived until his death, in 1882, at the advanced age of ninety-seven years, his wife having departed this life when but six years younger. After acquiring his education in the district schools, Robert B. Musselman remained at home, engaging with his father in agricultural pursuits until he was twenty-seven years of age, when, upon being united in marriage, he rented the old home place for four years. After the expiration of that time he continued renting for twenty-two years, and then purchased the farm in this township which he now has under cultivation. His property is highly improved, the premises 488 - HISTORY OF LICKING COUNTY. being equipped with a comfortable residence, barns, outbuildings and machinery requisite to the occupation of agriculture, and he has become quite successful in general farming and stock-raising. Aside from taking an interest in general stock-raising, Mr. Musselman gives special attention to raising hogs, of which lie has fine' specimens. He is a man of remarkable energy and industry, and during the many years he was compelled to rent the property he tilled he resorted to practical economy, and this, reinforced by careful management, enabled him to purchase his present farm, which he maintains by the most advanced methods of agriculture. Mr. Musselmen was united in marriage to Miss Annie I. Yocum, formerly a school teacher of this county, who was born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, June 22, 1843, the daughter of Richard and Matilda Yocum, natives of the Keystone state. Mrs. Yocum was married a second time, becoming the wife of Tildon Stunt, a native of England, in 1849. In 1850 they came to this county, here remaining until they departed this life, he on October 19, 1869, and she on March 26, 1906. By her first husband Mrs. Yocum had three children : Sarah, deceased ; Mary, who makes her home with her brother, Robert B. To the second union were born : George C., Minnie, and Ella, wife of Ora Lucas, all residents of this township ; and four children, deceased. Mr. Musselman and his wife are dutiful in carrying out their religious obligations and are faithful adherents of the Presbyterian church. He is a stanch democrat and has always given his political support to that party and, while he has always been enthusiastic during campaigns in assisting the candidates of his party to secure office, he has never sought political preferment for himself, but has been content with confining his interest and labors to his farm, in the cultivation of which, through his unwearied industry, lie has attained a measure of prosperity, which now in his declining years enables him to live comfortably and somewhat withdraw from the active duties of life. He is known throughout the township as a man of moral force who has always endeavored to deal justly with all men and live uprightly, thus winning the respect of the entire community. SAMUEL F. VAN VOORHIS. The specific and distinctive office of biography is not to give voice to a man's modest estimate of himself and his accomplishments, but rather to leave the perpetual record establishing his character by the consensus of opinion on the part of his fellowmen. Throughout Licking county Samuel F. Van Voorhis is spoken of in terms of admiration and respect. His life has been so varied in its activity, so honorable in its purposes, so far-reaching and beneficial in its effects, that it has become an integral part of the history of his city, and has also left an impress upon the annals of the state. In no sense a man in public life, he has nevertheless exerted an immeasurable influence on the city of his residence; in business life as a financier ; in social circles by reason of a charming personality and unfeigned cordiality; in politics by reason of his public spirit and devotion to the general good ; and in those departments of activity which ame- HISTORY OF LICKING COUNTY - 489 liorate hard conditions of life for the unfortunate, by his benevolence and liberality. He was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, July 26, 1841, and is a son of Daniel and Jane (Roberts) Van Voorhis. The father, a native of Pennsylvania, became a resident of Nashport, Ohio, at the age of six years, and remained a resident of this state until his life's labors were ended. He was for many years one of the most prominent and valued residents of Muskingum and Licking counties, and extended mention is made of him on another page of this work. Samuel F. Van Voorhis spent the days of his boyhood and youth on the home farm, there continuing until 1865, when he came to Newark. From early boyhood he had assisted in the labors of the fields as his years and strength permitted, and when crops were harvested in the autumn he entered the public schools and therein acquired a good education to serve as the basis for his business success. In the year 1867 he was married, and located on a farm three miles west of the city, his place comprising three hundred and sixty-five acres of rich and productive land, which he still owns. He at first bought two hundred and thirty-five acres, while his wife inherited from her father fifty-seven acres, and Mr. Van Voorhis later purchased an additional tract of seventy acres. For ten years lie successfully carried on general agricultural pursuits and then erected his present beautiful residence at No. 141 West Main street in Newark, in 1877, removing into it on the tenth anniversary of his marriage. Here he has now lived for more than thirty-one years. From time to time he has made judicious investment in other property and is now the owner of considerable realty in Newark, from which he derives a substantial annual income. During his residence here he has been well known as a capitalist, while his activity in financial circles has constituted an element in the business progress and development of the city. He was one of the incorporators of the Security Building & Loan Company, which was merged into the Newark Trust Company, of which Mr. Van Voorhis remains a director to the present time. His cooperation has been eagerly sought for the benefit of many public interests as well as in business lines. His opinions always carry weight and his example is a forceful factor in many instances. For fifteen years he has been a member of the Board of Trade, active in its work for the commercial and industrial development of the city. He has also been a director of the Licking County Agricultural Society for a number of years and was its treasurer for several years. No movement or measure calculated to benefit the community in material lines, to promote its charitable work or to advance its intellectual or moral progress seeks his aid in vain. In politics he has always been a stalwart republican, active in the local ranks of the party, and yet the honors and emoluments of office have had no attraction for him. His interest in educational affairs is indicated in the efficient work he has done as a member of the board of trustees of Denison University for about twenty years. As a member of the Baptist church he has contributed generously to its support and been connected with its various activities leading to its growth and the extension of its influence. He has been a deacon of the church for thirty years or longer, is serving on its finance committee, and in August, 1908, was elected moderator of the Scioto Baptist Association. He gives freely to organized charities and also to private benevolent work. He was a trustee of the Licking County Children's Home for many years and was chosen one of its first trustees, serving for a number of years. 490 - HISTORY OF LICKING COUNTY. Mr. Van Voorhis laid the foundation for a happy home life in his marriage on the 10th of September, 1867, to Miss Mary E. Fulton, who was born in Newark township, February 12, 1846, and is a daughter of John M. and Rebecca (Young) Fulton, both of whom were natives of this county. The father died in 1875, but the mother is still living in Newark at the age of eighty-nine years. Mr. and Mrs. Van Voorhis are the parents of four children : Mabel, the wife of T. E. Brown, of Newark; Helen, who died at the age of five years; J. Fulton, a graduate of Denison University, of the class of 1905, and now engaged in the hardware business at Granville as a member of the firm of Jones & Van Voorhis ; and R. Clay, who completed a course in Denison University by graduation with the class of 1906. Such, in brief, is the life history of S. F. Van Voorhis, one of the valued citizens of his native state. He holds friendship inviolable and, as true worth may always win his regard, he has a very extensive circle of friends, his life demonstrating the truth voiced by Ralph Waldo Emerson, that "the way to win a friend is to be one." No plan or movement for the benefit of the city along lines of progress and improvement seeks his aid in vain. The public work that he has done has largely been of a nature that has brought no pecuniary reward and yet has made demand upon his time, his thought and his energies. Opportunities that others have passed by heedlessly he has noted and improved to the betterment of the city. He is extremely modest and unostentatious in manner, but all who know him speak of him in terms of praise. JOSEPH ATKINSON. Joseph Atkinson, prominent for many years as a farmer, stock breeder and banker, in Harrison township, is descendant of a family that came to the United States from England in the sixteenth century and numbers among its illustrious representatives Nathan Hale, the famous patriot of colonial days, who said : "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." On the farm on which he now resides, located one-half mile south of Pataskala, Joseph Atkinson was born January 23, 1839, a son of Peabody and Marinda (Elliott) Atkinson, the father having been a native of Boscowen, New Hampshire, born in 1804, and the mother of Canterbury, New Hampshire. Peabody Atkinson came to Licking county in 1830, in company with Abraham Miller and William and Joseph Baird, and in partnership with them purchased twenty-four hundred acres of land at five dollars per acre from William Hogg, who had secured the property from the government. Mr. Atkinson owned one-third of the entire tract, or eight hundred acres, one-half of which he cleared off and put under cultivation. On this farm he spent his entire life, except three years, and built a sawmill on the south fork of Licking creek, near where stands the home of Joseph Atkinson This mill, which was operated until the year 1865, assisted greatly in the development of the country. While he engaged in general farming, producing large quantities of hay and grain, he made a specialty of raising sheep and dealt extensively in shipping wool, which he sent to various parts of the country. He sold off much of his property but owned four hundred and sixty-five acres of the original tract and seventy-five acres on the Co- HISTORY OF LICKING COUNTY - 493 lumbus road at the time of his death, which was due to injuries sustained by a fall while sacking wool. He was prominent in church work and was elder of the Presbyterian church with which he was affiliated. In politics he was a whig and later a republican, and his son Joseph recalls with interest accompanying him to the polls in the year 1852, when the father cast his vote for Winfield Scott, who was then a candidate for president of the United States. In 1831 Mr. Atkinson returned to New Hampshire, where he was united in marriage, and the same year brought his bride here and located on a farm of sixteen hundred acres near Hebron, where he remained for three years and then located on the farm which he bought in this township. His wife, a daughter of Samuel Elliott, departed this life in 1866. They reared the following family : Mary, who wedded a second cousin, William E. Atkinson, both of whom are deceased ; George J., deceased, who for many years was an attorney at Columbus. Ohio, and who served throughout the Civil war in the same company with his brother, Joseph, after which to took up the study of law with Governor Denison ; Samuel Peabody, who is in the marble business in Champaign, Illinois ; and Joseph. In the district schools of this township Joseph Atkinson acquired his early education, and afterwards attended Denison University. He then actively engaged in agricultural pursuits on his father's farm and has since resided there, having under cultivation something over four hundred acres, located in the southwest corner of Harrison township on the creek road, his property being known as the Woolworth Farm. The farm is well improved, being provided with a comfortable residence, barns, outbuildings, and the machinery necessary for successfully pursuing his work. For many years Mr. Atkinson, in association with his father, engaged in general farming, and also made a specialty of sheep raising and carrying on an extensive wool enterprise. However, since the death of his father Mr. Atkinson has considerably curtailed his interests, now devoting his time to general farming and stock-raising on a small scale and in addition carries on a dairy business and ships his products to Columbus, Ohio. Aside from caring for the interests of his farm he is concerned in a number of financial enterprises, and has been president of the People's Bank of Pataskala since its organization, was president of the Pataskala Banking Company for fourteen years and is also a stockholder in the Millersport Bank, the institutions with which he is connected being in high financial standing throughout the state. In 1872 Mr. Atkinson wedded Julia Ewing, a daughter of Dr. James Ewing, her birth having occurred in Hebron, Ohio, in 1849, and the couple reared the following family : Charles, who resides in Pataskala with his wife, formerly Miss Amy Coons; Florence, who wedded George Newkirk, of Detroit, Michigan; Frank Peabody, a physician of Millersport, Ohio, who was united in marriage to Miss Farice Klink; Joseph Bernard, who wedded Miss Grace Sutherland and manages the farm for his father ; Harry C., a chemist of Columbus, Ohio; James E.; and Carlton C., a graduate of Wooster University. Mr. Atkinson has been a lifelong republican, voted for Abraham Lincoln in 1860 and has since been loyal in his support of the presidential candidates of his party. In this county he has been very prominent in political circles and received nominations at various times for county offices but, his party being in the minority, he has never been successful in securing election. He has also served as delegate to a number of state conventions. In 1864 he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred 494 - HISTORY OF LICKING COUNTY. Thirty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as second lieutenant under Captain Beard, and was honorably discharged five months later. He is now a member of Baird Post No. 653, G. A. R., of Pataskala. Mr. Atkinson belongs to the Presbyterian church, of which, for many years he has been a faithful member and of which he is now an elder. He is a man of high moral character, enjoying the respect of the entire community and, having industriously applied himself during his younger days, he is now in a position which enables him to leisurely enjoy somewhat of life's comforts after a long life of unremitting energy and honesthistoryor. HENRY GIESECK. In a history of the agricultural development of Licking county mention should be made of Henry Gieseck, who, for many years, was closely associated with the farming interests of Lima township and was also known as a practical and progressive agriculturist. He was born in the district of Hildesheim, Hanover, Germany, November 25, 1829, and his life record covered the intervening years to the 5th of August, 1888, when he passed away in Arkansas. The days of his boyhood and youth were spent in the fatherland and then, hearing favorable reports concerning the business conditions and opportunities in the new world, he sailed for the United States, landing on American shores on the 2d of June, 1852. He was entirely without capital but he possessed a stout heart and willing hands and with these to serve as a ground work for success he continued steadily on, year after year, until he laid the foundation for a comfortable fortune. He was employed as a section boss on the Central Ohio Railroad, at Columbus, at the time he was married. He wedded Fredericka Krumm, who was born in Franklin county, Ohio, November 3, 1836, and is a daughter of Martin and Mary (Younger) Krumm, of whom mention is made elsewhere in this volume, in connection with the sketch of Philip Krumm. For some time after his marriage Mr. Gieseck continued to work on the railroad and was road master when he finally severed his connection with railroad interests. He carefully saved his earnings as the years passed until his capital was sufficient to enable him to purchase a farm and in March, 1863, he brought his family to the place in Lima township upon which his widow now resides. It is pleasantly and conveniently located about a mile and, a half north of Wagram. He first bought ninety acres and with characteristic energy began its development and improvement. As the years passed he added to this until he was the owner of about five hundred acres of rich and productive land, which responded readily to the care and labor he bestowed upon it. He built a fine brick dwelling in 1874 and from time to time added other substantial buildings, until his farm was well equipped with all the barns and outbuildings necessary for the shelter of grain and stock. He used the latest improved machinery in tilling his fields and everything about his place indicated his progressive spirit and practical methods. A part of the home place was timber land when he took possession of it and he had a saw mill built, cut down the trees and sawed up the timber. He also at one time pad a tile factory on his farm and operated it for a number of years. HISTORY OF LICKING COUNTY - 495 He also superintended the work of furnishing timber to the railroad, cut out ties for the building and repair of the road and also wood for the engines, for at that day such fuel was used in the locomotives. He lived a life of intense and well-directed activity, working earnestly year after year to provide a comfortable living for his family, until he became one of the substantial agriculturalists and successful business men of Licking county. Prior to his death he divided his land among his children. In the latter years of his life he purchased a large tract of timber land in Arkansas and with his son, Charles, went to that place. They took with them a saw mill outfit, it being the father's idea to set his son up in business there. They arrived in Arkansas in October, 1887, and on the 5th of August, 1888, the father passed away, while on the 18th of January, 1889, the son, Charles, died, being at that time twenty-four years of age, his birth having occurred on the 24th of February, 1865. Mr. and Mrs. Gieseck were the parents of six children : William Henry, who died leaving a wife and six children; David L., who passed away leaving a wife and two children; Franklin J., who died leaving a wife and nine children ; Christiana, the wife of Ross Robinett, of Lima township, by whom she has four children; Henrietta Josephine, the wife of Doss Wickliff of Lima township, by whom she has four children; Charles, who died in Arkansas. Mrs. Gieseck retains the old home, which her husband erected, together with forty acres of land surrounding it. Mr. Gieseck took an active interest in local politics and held a number of the township offices, giving his political support to the republican party. He was reared in the Lutheran church and was always a man of upright principles, who never infringed on the privileges of others nor was known to take advantage of another in business transactions. He is yet remembered by many who knew him and who valued his friendship while he was still an active factor in the affairs of life. FRANK C. BARTHOLOMEW. Frank C. Bartholomew, passenger agent for the Baltimore & Ohio railroad at Newark, was born July 20, 1871, in the city where he still resides, his parents being Lewis D. and Cornelia (Smucker) Bartholomew. The father was born near Lancaster, Ohio, and in his boyhood days came to this county with his father, Charles Bartholomew, who settled in Newark when it was a small and unimportant town, while the surrounding country gave every evidence of being a frontier district. Entering the employ of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, L. D. Bartholomew gradually worked his way upward, and for thirty-two years remained as a trusted employe, occupying the position of passenger agent here at the time of his death, which occurred July 7, 1899. His wife was born in Newark, and was a daughter of Andrew Smucker, a pioneer settler and a member of a very prominent family. She died May 3, 1902. While spending his boyhood days under the parental roof, Frank C. Bartholomew pursued his education in the graded and high schools of Newark. He then entered the Baltimore & Ohio railroad service as assistant passenger agent under 496 - HISTORY OF LICKING COUNTY. his father, whom he succeeded at the latter's death, having now filled the position for ten years. His connection with railroad service throughout his entire business career indicates in unmistakable terms his trustworthiness and fidelity. Mr. Bartholomew is the secretary of the Licking Oil & Gas Company, treasurer of the Central Railway Club and a prominent member of the order. He also belongs to Acme Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and to the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Pleasantly situated in his home life, he was married August 6, 1902, to Miss Gertrude Goldsborough, a native of Bradford, Pennsylvania, and a daughter of 3. R. Goldsborough, who came to Newark to organize the Newark Iron & Steel Company. He was well known among the oil people of Pennsylvania and was a prominent business man. Mr. and Mrs. Bartholomew have two children : Thomas Hayward, born May 31, 1906, and William West, December 1, 1907. The parents are Episcopalians in their religious faith and are well known socially in Newark, having a circle of friends almost coextensive with the circle of their acquaintance. Mr. Bartholomew has proved a popular and efficient officer in railroad circles and has gained high regard by reason of his uniform courtesy and obliging spirit. GEORGE E. GARLINGHOUSE George E. Garlinghouse is a prominent representative Of the farming and stock-raising interests of Monroe township. His success, especially in the raising of fine stock, has largely made him an authority on the questions pertaining thereto and he is justly classed with the prominent agriculturists of the community. A native of the state of Iowa, he was born June 4, 1858, of the marriage oGarlinghouseand Elizabeth (Huff) Garlinedse. In 1862 his father joSdined the Oregon emigrants and in the same year the mother removed with her family to Delaware county, Ohio, where she remained. George E. Garlinghouse in his boyhood days engaged in such work as he could find to do, mainly assisting in the labors of the farm. He secured his education in the district schools and in the school of experience has learned many valuable and practical lessons. On the 3d of July, 1877, he was united in marriage to Miss Callie Knorr, a daughter of Christian and Rose (Brown) Knorr, who came to Ohio from Germany when young people and settled in Delaware county, this state, where the father engaged in general farming. Three children have blessed the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Garlinghouse: Florence, now the wife of Ray Adams, a resident of Columbus; Glen and Rose E., who are at home. Following his marriage Mr. Garlinghouse engaged in farming in Delaware county until 1885, when he purchased the farm upon which he now lives in Mon-raising, making a specialty of fine draft horses. His reputation as a breeder of roe township, Licking county. Here he has since devoted his time and energies to the cultivation of the cereals best adapted to soil and climate and also to stock-this class is more than local. In 1901 he gained wide reputation by entering a yearling French draft mare in the general sweepstakes class at the Ohio State Fair. This class was open to all breeds and ages—any animal could be entered—but among a large number of entries the yearling French draft mare of Mr. Gar- HISTORY OF LICKING COUNTY - 499 linghouse won first prize. Subsequently the same animal took six other prizes in the general sweep-stakes contest. Mr. Garlinghouse has also bred and raised other high-grade horses and the sales of his stock have brought him a most gratifying income. In all of his business affairs he is energetic, determined and reliable, and moreover, he has a genius for devising the right thing at the right time, joined to every-day common-sense, which is too often a factor lacking in the business development of man. Always a progressive man, Mr. Garlinghouse has been an advocate of good roads and other public improvements. He was the first man in Licking county to circulate a petition for the improvement of roads under the law of 1900. This petition asked for the improvement of Sunbury and Johnstown road, better known as "the Garlinghouse pike," and the same is now under construction and will be completed within the year 1909. It is a graded road, with crushed lime stone dressing, and is a fine specimen of road building. Mr. Garlinghouse is now acting as superintendent of construction under appointment of the county commissioners and the county surveyor. He has, furthermore, been a member of the school board for several years and the cause of education has found in him a helpful and stalwart champion. He is now serving his second term as township trustee and in all public positions is found loyal to the trust reposed in him, his record being a most commendable one. He is a member of the Johnstown lodge K. P., gives his political allegiance to the democracy, belongs to the Methodist church and is an active and influential citizen in every way. EARLY REMINISCENCES OF HENRY A. MONTGOMERY. Collected and written by Nelle Montgomery Johnson during the winter of 1908 for her own gratification and published in the Licking County History at the request of Judge Brister. My earliest recollection is of being told to stand on a mound of earth in front of my father's house and halloo my loudest for Adams for the benefit of some of our neighbors, who were on their way to vote for Andrew Jackson. This was in the fall of 1828 ; John Quincy Adams was a candidate for a second term as president of the United States, and it was the first election in which a decided spirit of partizanship was shown—the whig and the democratic parties becoming distinct political bodies at that time. As an older boy, I was greatly interested in and made every effort to be present on "muster" days. The men of each township formed themselves into companies, officers were chosen, and on the appointed days they came together to drill. County musters were called when all the townships joined their forces, making, as it seemed to my boyish fancy, a most imposing sight. I recollect, also, seeing a state muster which was held in that portion of Newark west of North Fifth street and north of West Church, all a common at that time. It was on one of these muster days that, as I stood about with my boyish companions, I saw a coin in the dust. It proved to be a silver piece. I considered