DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 25 more closely the ethics of the unwritten professional code or showed more careful courtesy to his fellow practitioners than did he. His devotion to his work was more clearly demonstrated by no one circumstance than that he remained in active practice even to the hour when enfeebled health must have borne home to him the presage of his fast approaching dissolution. Not until death removed the burden would he consent to its uplifting or its lightening. Almost as a sacred trust he seemed to hold his professional offices, and long after he had attained to financial independence he continued his ministrations without reservation, and when the shadow of death approached hard by and when his work entailed great physical and mental exhaustion, not even then would he refuse to go forth to the relief of those afflicted, even though it were to a less extent than was he himself. How clearly such points as these bespeak the noble, honest and faithful character of the man, for such is the faith that makes faithful. Doctor Southard was a man of few words in the ordinary walks of life; he was apparently reserved, and yet to those to whom came the grateful appreciation of his true, deep nature, this circumstance but endeared him the more. The veil was lifted to gain the new glory of a true and beautiful life when death placed the seal upon his mortal lips. In March, 1868, Dr. Southard effected the organization of the Farmers' Bank of Marysville, the operations of the same being based upon a subscribed capital stock of $50,000. He became its first president and as such remained until the time of his death, which occurred March 16, 1891. As chief of the executive corps of the bank he kept himself thoroughly informed in regard to the condition of its business, and directed its general policies with rare business judgment. In his political proclivities the Doctor was a stanch supporter of the Democratic party and its principles, being quite actively identified with local politics for many years. Fraternally he was a member of the F. & A. M. May 14, 1850, the Doctor was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Wintermute, a native of Licking county, Ohio, and she be. came the mother of two children: Charles W., of whom specific mention will be made later on; and Ella, who is the wife of L. F. Blue, Marysville. The untimely death of the devoted wife and mother occurred September 24, 1867. Dr. Southard consummated a second marriage June 16, 1874, when he wedded Mrs. Mary E. Godard, who still retains her residence in Marysville. Samuel Carson, the paternal grandfather of Mrs. Southard, was one of the pioneers of Delaware county. He was born in county Down, Ireland, and came with his parents to America when a child, being reared to manhood in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. In 1804 he removed from the old Keystone State to Chillicothe, Ohio, and about 1823 moved to Delaware county, having purchased about 1,500 acres of land on the the east side of the Scioto river, opposite the present Industrial Home for Girls. This tract he divided into farms for his four sons and two daughters, namely: William, Samuel, James, John, Mary and Jane, —all of whom continued their residence there for a number of years. William Carson, father of Mrs. Southard, was born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, in 1802, being the eldest of the family. In 1833 he was united in marriage to Eliza Thompson, and he continued his residence on the farm inherited from his 26 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF father until the time of his death, which occurred in May, 1873. His widow passed away in January, 1883. They became the parents of six children, four of whom lived to attain maturity, namely: Joan A., Cicero T., Mary E., and William W. Cicero still owns the home farm, though he does not reside there. Joan married Thomas B. Johnson, of Union county, and he later became the principal of the Tuscumbia Female Seminary, of Tuscumbia, Alabama, where he V died in the year 1860. They had two daughters: Lillie, who died in 1873; and Mary B., wife of W. T. Simmons, of Jacksonville, Florida. In 1868 Mrs. Johnson consummated a second marriage, becoming the wife of John H. Shearer, editor and publisher of the Marysville Tribune, and they had one son, John H., Jr. Mrs. Shearer died October 14, 1881. William Carson married Rebecca Chenoweth, of Franklin county, in 1870, and he is now a resident of the county mentioned. Mary E. became the wife of E. M. Godard, in 1866, and he died in 1870. They became the parents of three children, of whom only one, E. Mary, is living. The marriage of Mrs. Godard to the subject of this review was celebrated in 1874, as already noted. Charles W. Southard, son of our honored subject, was born in Marysville, October 9, 1856, received his rudimentary education in the public schools of this city and subsequently prosecuted his studies in turn at the universities at Wooster and Delaware, this State, after which he supplemented his more distinctively literary training by the prosecution of a thorough commercial course in Cincinnati. In July, 1875, he entered the Farmers' Bank of Marysville in a clerical capacity and in the following spring was made teller of the institution. In March, 1880, he was chosen cashier, in which capacity he has since been continuously retained. Politically he follows in the footsteps of his father and fraternally he is identified with the Knights of Pythias, being a member of Marysville Lodge, No. too. He was married, June 20, 1878, to Miss Tomma Lattimer, daughter of the late Thomas Lattimer, of Marysville. ALONZO J. WHITNEY, president of the People's Bank, of Marysville, Ohio, must be accorded particular recognition within these pages, standing as he does as one of the representative financiers and business men of Union county.'"'On the 23d of November, 1829, our subject was ushered into the world, in Susquehanna county, Pennsylvania, the son of Evart and Julia (Merriman) Whitney, both of whom were natives of. Connecticut, and of Puritan descent. The paternal grandfather was a stalwart patriot in the days when patriotism implied great personal self-abnegation, and history records that he was an active participant in the war of the Revolution. The parents of our subject are both deceased, the death of the father occurring in the year 1887, and that of the mother in 1874. The early life of Alonzo J. Whitney was passed in his native State. He received his education in the common schools and while still a mere youth became concerned in mercantile operations. The first year after he had attained his majority he worked on a farm, receiving as wages for the year the sum of $100, his effective services and fidelity securing to him for the second year an increase to the amount of $125. A young DELAWARE, UNION MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 27 man of marked individuality, he soon sought employment that would afford a little more latitude to this characteristic attribute, securing a position as assistant in operating one of the notion wagons, which at that period were a distinctive feature of the mercantile trade of the section, the familiar and heavily loaded vehicles traversing the districts throughout the State and supplying the merchants with the innumerable necessaries and conveniences demanded. After one year's service as assistant, he was assigned to the charge of a wagon and continued in this line of enterprise for a period of five years, after which he engaged in business for himself, having been frugal and economical in his habits and having thereby been enabled to save a goodly portion of the wages he had earned upon the farm and in the notion trade. He accordingly opened a small general store at Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, conducting this enterprise successfully about four years, when, in 1859, he brought his stock of goods to Marysville, and here opened an establishment, which in the course of time became one of the leading mercantile enterprises of the town. For some little time Mr. E. S. Payne had been associated in business with our subject and in the centennial year the latter closed out his interests in the enterprise to his partner. In the year 1873 Mr. Whitney was prominently identified in the projection and organization of the People's Bank of Marysville, having been one of its foremost promoters. The institution opened its doors for the transaction of a general banking business in April of the succeeding year. The bank was incorporated under the provisions of the legislative act authorizing the establishment of private or individual banking houses, and as a private institution the enterprise has been most successfully conducted up to the present time. Mr. Whitney was made its first president and has filled this executive office continuously, being the present incumbent. The bank bases its operations upon a cash capital of $20,000, the efficient cashier of the institution being Mr. C. S. Chapman. The bank transacts a general and representative business in its line and is ranked among the most solid and reliable institutions of the country. In 1864 Mr. Whitney erected a fine business block in which were fitted up spacious and convenient offices for the accommodation of the business of the bank. In 1884 our subject added still further to the attractions and conveniences of the business quarter of the little city by the erection of a fine business block of three stories, the same being located opposite the bank block. His handsome residence, located on Sixth street, was also erected by him, and is one of the most attractive houses in the town. It is almost tautological at this point to state that Mr. Whitney has ever maintained a position as one of the most progressive and public spirited citizens of Marysville, for the fact is evidenced by even the meagre details already mentioned. To him and his well directed efforts have already been largely due the consecutive growth and development of the town, and he has ever held himself in readiness to lend both influence and tangible assistance to all enterprises and projects which gave promise of conserving the best interests of the place and the local public. A distinctive type of the self-made man, he has attained to a high degree of success in temporal affairs, has shown a marked capacity for the conducting of business enterprises and directing them to the goal of maximum success, his 28 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF efforts having been characterized at all times by those essential principles of conservatism, industry and politic economy. As a result he occupies to-day a position as one of the most honored residents and representative capitalists of Union county. He gives his personal attention to his business affairs, also directing the operation of his fine farm of 567 acres. located two miles northwest of Marysville. Reverting briefly to the domestic life of Mr. Whitney we find that he has been twice married. In February, 1858, he was united to Miss Rubie Tuttle, who became the mother of three children, all of whom died in infancy. Her demise occurred in 1870 and two years later Mr. Whitney married Miss Kate Peck, of Milford, Connecticut, the issue of this union being three children, of whom only one survives. This is a son George. who is a student at the Ohio 'Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio, and a young man of much promise. The family are identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr. Whitney has long been one of the officials in the local organization. L. D. McCABE, D. D., LL. D., was born at Marietta, Ohio, January 7, 1817. His father though not wealthy, was a prominent citizen of that city, esteemed and widely known in his church, where his integrity, Christian activity and religious fervor gave him great influence. His mother, the daughter of an eloquent minister, the Rev. Alexander McCracken, possessed even stronger and more remarkable qualities than her husband. At the tender age of six he was bereft of both parents; henceforth the orphan boy was thrown upon his own resources. Three years after the death of his father and mother he was taken into the family of Weston Thomas, a merchant of Marietta. He applied himself diligently to the general work of the store, and soon became an expert at figures, a keen observer of men and an accurate reader of human nature. During the winter months he was allowed to attend the district school, where he manifested an unusual thirst for learning. At the age of seventeen he was converted. This was a turning point in his life. New plans are now formed, and we find him more studious than ever, even devoting his evenings to private study under the direction of Miss Siba Buell. Four years later, having attained his majority, he gives up mercantile pursuits and enters the Ohio State University at Athens, at which he was graduated with honors in 1843. A model student, filled with reverence and love for his instructors, he devoted his entire time to his text-books. No literary work, no social diversion, nothing whatever was allowed to interfere with the prescribed course. Previous to entering college he had been licensed to preach, and immediately upon graduation joined the Ohio conference, and was appointed to the Worthington circuit, which he traveled one year, but owing to failing eyesight he was compelled to resign. He spent the next winter under Dr. .Mussey's care at Cincinnati. Upon his return to Athens he was elected to the chair of Mathematics and Mechanical Philosophy in the Ohio University. Here he remained until he was elected at the Ohio Wesleyan University to the same professorship, Mathematics and Mechanical Philosophy. In this professorship he continued until 1860, when he was trans- DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 29 ferred to the department of Philosophy, and has occupied this chair ever since. The change was quite acceptable to the Doctor, as metaphysical studies were now more congenial to him. In connection with his duties as professor he has been for many years vice-president, and through several interregnums has conducted the affairs of the university with unsurpassed skill and ability. Allegheny College conferred the degree of D. D. upon him in 1855, and Syracuse University that of LL. D. in 1875. Dr. McCabe is a great teacher, naturally brilliant and a thorough master of his subject. His students can never forget the many flashes of eloquence which often and suddenly break out in his class-room. He has a vigorous mind, a vivid imagination and an unsurpassed facility of expression. He is a most fervid orator, and has no difficulty in swaying air audienceat his will. Dr. McCabe has been a great writer. Besides valuable contributions to the periodicals of the church he has published several books, such as “The Philosophy of Holiness,” “The Foreknowledge of God and Cognate Subjects,” and “The Divine Nescience." His style is clear, concise, direct and profound. One is never at a loss to understand what he desires to say. There is no sophistry nor ambiguity in any of his sentences. His books have been extensively read by thoughtful men on both sides of the Atlantic. It would be an easy matter to fill several pages of this book with complimentary words from some of the leading minds of the nineteenth century, such as Professor Dorner, of Berlin, Prussia, and Joseph Cook, of Boston. The world moves slowly,—new ideas are never welcomed,—nevertheless the Doctor's views on foreknowledge and nescience are being more and more accepted; and whether he may receive due credit or not, his theology will have great influence upon the revision of creeds now in progress. The Doctor is the most genial of men; he is deservedly popular with all classes. Not only with the students, upon whom he has exerted and still continues to exert most wonderful influence, but also with the citizens. His personal qualities have endeared him to an unusually large circle of friends. His daily life is a constant exemplification of the Golden Rule: Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them." REV J. W. BASHFORD, D. D., Ph. D., was born in La Fayette county, Wisconsin, May 25, 1849. His father was born in New York city and studied medicine, was converted and entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Wisconsin. He died in the pulpit, of apoplexy, when thirty-six years old. His mother has been noted among her friends for common sense, industry and perseverance. Four sons completed the college course at the University of Wisconsin. Two of them studied law and two theology. The subject of this sketch made a public profession of Christ in a revival, in 1859. Owing to a local church trouble the converts were not received into the church at that time: and while he never lost the habit of daily prayer he did not again confess Christ in public until the close of his freshman year in the spring of 1868. The real battle was then over the quuestion of preaching. He could get no peace until he surrendered 30 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF his own plans of life and took up this apparently stern, hard duty. While in college he contended with illness and financial difficulties. But enforced rest enabled him to recover from the one, and his native pluck and versatility provided amply for the other. At the close of the freshman year .he taught school for one year in his native town. During the Sophomore year he also taught one term, achieving success where others had failed. But he overworked to make up for his absence from the university. This resulted in severe illness, which left him $30o in debt, and prolonged his college course another year. On returning to college he accepted an invitation from another student, who had capital to invest, to unite in founding the University Press—the first college paper published at the University of Wisconsin. The new enterprise was financially successful, enabling him to remain at college and complete the course in 1873. He was at once elected tutor in Greek at his alma mater-, and read, in connection with his work as an instructor, part of the New Testament in Greek and considerable church history. In 1874 he was urged to remain as a teacher in the university and was offered the position of private secretary to the Governor of his State. The position was an enviable one, but to him duty was ''the stern daughter of the voice of God." Accordingly he entered the School of Theology of Boston University in order to prepare for his life work, completing the prescribed course in 1876. He then entered the School of Oratory of the University and graduated in 1878. The next year he delivered lectures on the English language and on the principles of public speaking at the School of Oratory. At the close of the year he was offered by Professor Monroe, dean of the school, a half interest therein, with a guaranteed salary of $3,000 to continue in that work. At the same time he was offered a full professorship by his alma male;- in Wisconsin. But although these offers were tempting, they did not turn him from the work to which he had consecrated his life. In 1877 he entered the School of All Sciences in Boston University, and in 1879 received the degree of Ph. D., cum lair& Indeed the three former degrees had been received with honor. While in the school of theology he accepted the pastorate of a mission and organized it into the Harrison Square Methodist Episcopal Church. During his work in this field the membership grew from twenty-three to ninety-six, and a church costing $8,000 was erected and its cost entirely provided for. At the close of three years he was appointed to the pastorate of the Jamaica Plain Methodist Episcopal Church, Boston. where a debt of $7,000 was paid and the membership trebled. In 1878 Dr. Bashford married Miss Jane Field, of Madison, Wisconsin. She graduated from the university in 1874, with the highest honors in her department, and afterward taught in the high school of Madison. After removing to Boston she was chosen first President of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae. In 1880 Dr. and Mrs. Bashford made a summer trip to Europe, visiting England, Scotland, France and Switzerland. In 1881 Dr. Bashford became pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Auburndale, a suburb of Boston, and seat of Lasell Seminary. During this pastorate we find him delivering lectures before the school of theology of Boston University on oratory, DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 31 and generally impressing leading educators with his worth. It is not surprising then that at that time he was offered the presidency of one of the New England Conference seminaries, and of two of the colleges in the Methodist Episcopal Church. At the close of this pastorate he vas offered the position of preacher and lecturer on ethics at the New England Conservatory of Music. In 1884 he was transferred to the Maine Conference and stationed at the Chestnut Street church in Portland, Maine, the largest church in northern Nev England. During this pastorate about two hundred and twenty members were received into the church. He returned to Auburndale by invitation to deliver the lectures on Evidences of Christianity before the Lasell Seminary. At the close of this pastorate he was approached by trustees with reference to the presidency of a strong Methodist college, but declined to entertain a proposition to leave the pastorate. In 1887 Dr. and Mrs. Bashford spent five months abroad, chiefly in Italy and visiting German universities. It was while on the continent that he studied the methods of the world-famed schools, not however as a professional educator, as he had felt that his life work must be in the pastorate, but rather for the love of that higher culture of which he himself is so good an illustration. Thus it would seem that, unknown to him his whole life thus far may have been planned for the position he has recently been elected to fill. At the close of this European trip he entered upon his work in connection with the Delaware Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church in Buffalo, one of the leading churches in Methodism. Here he again was offered the presidency of three universities and a leading editorial position. He prefers preaching to any other work. But the Board of Bishops met in Delaware, Ohio, in the spring of 1889, and each member of the board present expressed the conviction that Dr. Bashford ought to accept the presidency of the Ohio Wesleyan University. His brethren also of the Genesee Conference, regarded the call to his new and responsible position as providential, although they parted with him with the greatest regret. In the spring of 1889 Dr. Bashford delivered the lectures on theology before the first Itinerants' Club at Lexington, Kentucky. The Rev. Dr. Edwards, editor of the North-Western Christian Advocate, was present as a lecturer. The following is a notice of Dr. Bashford's work   * * * “Hit where it may, we propose to give the palm to Rev. Dr. J. W. Bashford, of Buffalo, whose morning lectures on systematic theology were the clear. est, simplest, ablest, and most elevating we have ever heard. These words are deliberate. Dr. Bashford, who is approaching middle life, is a royal teacher. His topic is not supposed to be attractive to a general audience, but the early morning hours found the church occupied by citizens of Lexington, who waited almost impatiently for the lecture to begin. The entire substructure of the exposition was biblical. But the sub, ject matter seemed the inevitable and unavoidable conclusion of a devout reader who did not search the Word for the sake of supporting a theory, but rather to discover what the Book says, and that only for the sake of the truth, and not for a human or personal theory. During the addresses of the meeting all hearts were drawn out in devout rejoicings as the earnest speaker seemed to plead sole- 32 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF ly for the sake of revealing God the Father, Christ the Savior, and the Holy Spirit, the guide of men unto all truth. We heartily wish every young man in our ministry could hear these marvelous lectures for the sake of their value as correct initial statements, and that every older minister could hear them as a golden review of his life reading. The Ohio Wesleyan University is to be congratulated. President Bashford by nature, grace and culture is peculiarly well fitted for his honors and responsibilities. CAPT. JAMES E. McCRACKEN, who is a well known and most popular resident of Mt. Gilead, Morrow county, has passed a somewhat eventful life, and has attained a military record of marked brilliancy. To him is due particular recognition in this work, whose purport is the reviewing of the lives of the representative citizens of this and two adjoining counties. His father, Robert McCracken, was a native of Washington county, Pennsylvania, being the son of James McCracken, who was bo.n in the north of Ireland, and who came with his family to Pennsylvania in an early day. Robert McCracken married Elizabeth Irwin, a native of this county (then a part of Knox county), and the daughter of Rev. James and Susan (Holt) Irwin, both of whom were born in New Jersey, and the latter of whom was the daughter of Evans Holt, a Revolutionary soldier. James Holt partcipated in the war of 1812, having settled in that part of Ohio now comprised in Chester township, Morrow county, in 1820, and having been one of the pioneer clergymen of the Baptist Church in the Buckeye State. The paternal grandfather of our subject was one of the first settlers in Chester township, having located there about 1814. He purchased a large tract of land and erected a large house, which was the voting place of the pioneer locality. He passed the remainder of his life on this farm. The parents of our subject were married in Chester township and settled there, on a farm which had been given them by the father of the young man. This continued to be their permanent home, and there both parents died. They had four children, namely: Arminda, deceased, was the wife of George W. Freeman, of Union county, and had two children; Susan is the wife of George W. Freeman, and has three children; William W. married Mary Green, has two children, and resides in Mt. Gilead; and our subject is the youngest in the family. After the death of his first wife the father consummated a second marriage and had one son, Charles E. The mother was a devoted member of the Baptist Church. Robert McCracken was a Democrat and a very active politician, being a man of considerable influence in his locality. James E. McCracken, the immediate subject of this review, was born in Chester township, Morrow (then Knox) county, February to, 1841, remained there until the outbreak of the civil war, and received a good common-school education. April 22, 1861, he enlisted in the three-months' service as a member of Company G, Twentieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was recruited in the neighborhood of Chesterville. During its term of service the regiment was engaged in guarding the line of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad in West Virginia. At the end of his term of enlistment our subject returned home and was discharged from the three-months' service. DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 33 August 18th of the same year he again enlisted, for three years, as a member of Company A, Twentieth Regiment, entering as a private, but being soon promoted to the rank of Corporal, serving as such until April, 1862, when he was promoted as Sergeant and served in that office until he veteranized, in January, 1864, when he was chosen Sergeant-Major of the old Twentieth, served one year, was then promoted Captain of Company A, and as such continued until he was mustered out. Into the details of his service as a member of the Twentieth Regiment of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry we cannot enter minutely, bnt deem it but consistent to incorporate the following- brief review: The regiment rendezvoused at Camp Chase, then at Camp King, back of Covington, Kentucky, until the expedition to Fort Donelson was organized. when it joined the forces thus sent forward and took part in the battle; after the fall Fort Donelson the regiment took charge of prix, viers and conveyed them to various prisons in tne North. Reassembled at Paducah, Kentucky, in March, 1862, and then joined Grant's army on the Tennessee river, being among the first troops to land at Pittsburg Landing; then dropped to Crump's Landing. moved out in the direction of Purdy and there remained until Sunday morning; then joined Grant's army on the same night, taking part in the second days battle, in command of General Lew Wallace. Took part in the siege of Corinth, then moved to Bolivar, Tennessee. and there remained all summer, scouting and foraging. August 30, were attacked by Confederate General Van Dorn, at Middleburg, and under command of General Ross, routed Price and Van Dorn in the battle of Hatchie Ford; moved back to Bolivar, and joined Grant's Mississippi Central campaign, being assigned to Logan's division, the Third and Seventeenth Corps; moved down the Mississippi Central railroad toward Vicksburg, with almost daily skirmishes. Their brigade was the farthest south of the entire body of infantry, and at Water Valley acted as rear guard on the retrograde movement. They then moved back to Memphis, and February 22, 1863, took boats to Lake Providence, Louisiana; engaged in the work of cuttting a canal with a view to securing access to the Red River below Vicksburg; March, 1863, were flooded out and compelled to abandon operations by reason of the tide of backwater; took steamers to Eagle Bend, on the Mississippi side, thence to Milliken's Bend, where they remained until the blockade was run; then moved across to Grand Gulf. May 1, crossed the river and participated in battle of Port Gibson, then moved to Hankins' Ferry, where a lively .skirmish took place; then moved in the direction of Jackson, Mississippi, and Logan's division fought battle of Raymond, May 12, and the battle of Jackson two days later; started for Vicksburg, and on May 16, fought battle of Champion Hills; the succeeding day were in second line at battle of Big Black. May 18 closed in on Vicksburg, May 22 engaged in the charge in front of Fort Hill: passed through the entire siege, and July 4, 1863, was present at surrender of Vicksburg, Logan's division being the first to enter. In August participated in the raid into western Louisiana, destroying the Shreveport & Texas railroad; remained at Vicksburg until December, 1863, when he re-enlisted, and in March following went to Meridian, Mississippi, participating in the raid made by General McPherson. Captain McCracken arrived 34 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF in Ohio in April, 1864. and received a furlough for that month, at the expiration of which he proceeded to Cairo, Illinois, thence by boat to Clifton, Tennessee, via Huntsville, Alabama, to Rome. Georgia. joining Sherman's army at Big Shanty, the division being in command of General M. I). Liggett. Participated with his regiment in the battles of Kenesaw Mountain and Nickojack; moved up the Chattahoochee river to Roswell's factory, where they crossed and struck the line of the Augusta railroad, at Decatur. Moved on to Atlanta and reached the earthworks July 21, 1864. The great battle ensued the next morning and was the hardest fight our subject ever saw during his long term of active service. July 27 his regiment was in the body which swung around twelve miles to extreme right of the army, effectually repulsing the precipitate attack made by Hood. The regiment joined in the siege of Atlanta until September t, then pulled out at night, moved to Jonesboro, where there was a hot conflict in which the Federal troops were victorious, as also at Lovejoy Station; then moved back to Atlanta, remained a few days, then followed Hood on his raid in rear of the city to the Smyrna camp ground, remaining there until November to, when began the memorable march to the sea, the troops eating Christmas dinner in Savannah. Our subject was then in command of his company as they moved to Beaufort, South Carolina, and participated in fight at Pocotaligo; then moved with the Army of the Tennessee forward to take part in the battle at Orangeburg, South Carolina, thence on to Columbia, taking part in the burning of that city. Thereafter our subject participated with his regiment in the fights in turn at Cheraw, Fayetteville, Bentonville (where they encountered Johnston's army), Goldsboro, and thence to Durham Station to the surrender of Johnston. After this Captain McCracken accompanied Sherman's army on to Washington and participated in the Grand Review, being thence ordered to Louisville, Kentucky, and being mustered out in August, 1865, having been with his regiment on every occasion when it was under fire. He left the army with shattered health, and the winter of 1865 he passed in Missouri, going thence in the spring to Fort Benton and then to Helena, Montana, where he engaged in gold mining for two years; he then returned home, and in the spring of 1869 went to California, via New York and the isthmus route, remaining there until 1871. He then returned to Morrow county and engaged in the grocery business in Mt. Gilead until 1878, then removed to Cleveland and conducted a cold storage enterprise for five years. Returned to Mt. Gilead in 1883. and was in the furniture trade until 1886. then teller in the Morrow County National Bank until December 31, 1887. In that year he was elected Clerk of the courts and served as such .until August 6. 1894. In politics the Captain is a stalwart Republican, and fraternally he is a member of Mt. Gilead Lodge, No. 206, F. & A. M., and Hurd Post, No. 114, G. A. R., being Past Commander of the latter. He is also identified with the Union Veterans' League, and has held preferment in the same as officer of the day. Captain McCracken was married October 23, 1873, to Miss Elsie N. Rhodes, a daughter of John Rhodes. She was born in Knox county. September 3, 1849, and was reared there. She is a member of the Baptist Church. Our subject and wife have one child, Sadie, born August 23, 1877. DELAWARE. UNION AND JIORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 35 FRANCIS MARION MARRIOTT.— It has assuredly not been uninteresting to observe in the series of biographical sketches which have appeared in these columns the varying nationality, origin and early environment of the men who have made their way to positions of prominence and success. In no better way could we gain a conception of the diverse elements which have entered into our social and commercial life and which will impart to the future American type features which cannot be conjectured at the present time. We have had an American type in the past; we shall have a distinctly national character in the future, but for the present, amalgamation of the varied elements is proceeding and the final result is yet remote. The extraction of Francis M. Marriott must be sought for among the early settlers of Maryland, where for a long period much of our national history was written. The subject of this review was born September 5, 1847, in Eden township, Licking county, Ohio, one of the nine children of Thomas Homewood and Druzilla (McClelland) Marriott. Thomas Homewood Marriott was born near Utica, Licking county, Ohio, in the year 1814, being the son of Homewood and Mary (Ridgely) Marriott, who came from Maryland to Ohio in 1811. Joshua Marriott, great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch, came from France and settled in the State of Maryland in the year 1740; his wife, Rachel Ann, nt'e Homewood,- was of English birth. Reverting with more detail to the life of Thomas H. Marriott, father of our subject, we find that his position as one of the enterprising and successful farmers of Licking county was assured, and that his character was such as gained to him respect and much local distinction. Always an uncompromising Democrat in his political views, he instilled into the minds of his children the principles which he advocated, and so effective was his effort in this regard that in the later years his sons have never swerved in their allegiance to these same principles. Incidentally, it is interesting to note the fact that the subject of this sketch, Hon. Francis M. Marriott (better known as Frank M.) has held many positions of trust and responsibility in the gift of his party. He received his early education in the old log school-house known as the Kirkpatrick school, located in Eden township, Daniel Paul, afterward State Senator from Knox county, having been one of his first instructors in the primitive scholastic institution. In the year 1864 Thomas H. Marriott removed with his family to Delaware county, settling in Harlem township on the farm now owned by his son, the subject of this sketch. Francis was soon thereafter enabled to attend school at Central College, in Franklin county, and ultimately to enter the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, where he prosecuted his studies, defraying the expenses of his education by teaching during the winters and working on the farm during vacations. He was principal of the high school at Sunbury in the year 1870, and in the spring of the following year began reading law in the office of Charles H. McElroy, who afterward became Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. After three months of close application, Mr. Marriott taught another term of school at Sunbury, and in the fall of 1871 resumed the study of his chosen profession with Messrs. Reid & Powell, who comprised one of the leading law firms of 36 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF Delaware. Admitted to the bar March 19, 1874, Mr. Marriott almost immediately gained recognition, being elected Prosecuting- Attorney of Delaware county in the fall of the same year. As indicative of his personal popularity and of the confidence in which he is held by the people it may be here noted that at the polls was rolled up to his credit the handsome majority of 489 in a county which at that election gave a natural Republican majority of more than 700. His professional ability and correct methods secured to him a clientele which-rendered it expedient for him to refuse a renomination to the office of Prosecuting Attorney, but in the fall of 1879 he yielded to the importunities of his party friends and accepted the nomination for State Senator from the sixteenth Senatorial district, comprising the counties of Licking and Delaware, and was elected to that office in October of that year. During his two years' service in legislative halls he stood as a leader in the Senate, his counsel being always regarded as wise and conservative, while upon parliamentary questions his decisions were considered as practically ultimate. His care and consideration in the discharge of the responsible duties of his official position gained him the respect and highest confidence of his collegues. Having been selected by the Democratic members of the Sixty-fourth General Assembly as one of the committee to go to Washington for the purpose of presenting to the National Democratic Committee the claims of the Ohio Democracy for the holding of the national convention of the party in that 'State, he, with the support of the other members of the committee, did such effective work in furtherance of the cause as to secure the holding of the convention in Cincinnati in 1880. To this convention he was unanimously chosen as a delegate from the ninth Congressional district, composed of the counties of Knox, Morrow, Hardin and Delaware. In April, 1884, he was appointed by Governor George Hoadly as one of the three managers of the Intermediate Penitentiary, was reappointed in 1885, and has ever since held that position (except for two years under the administration of Governor Foraker rcceiving commission from Governors James E. Campbell and William McKinley. Mr. Marriott's devotion to his profession and his marked aversion to political life have proved sufficient to deter him for accepting other political preferments which have been urged upon him by constituents. His success in a professional way has been pronounced. and offers the best evidence of his capability in this line. He is a strong advocate with the jury and concise in his appeals before the court. Much of the success which has attended him in his professional career is undoubtedly due to the fact that in no instance will he permit himself to go into court with a case unless he has absolute confidence in the justice of his client's cause. Basing his efforts upon this principle, from which there are far too many lapses in professional ranks, it naturally follows that lie seldom loses a case in whose support he is enlisted. As touching the professional career of our subject there is one case which so clearly shows the animus of the man and : which stands in example of the broad charity that is his and the extent to which he will lend his influence for the sake of justice alone, that we cannot refrain from reverting to the same in this connection. DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUXT1ES, OHIO - 37 Giacoma Pallotta was indicted and put upon trial on a charge of —shooting with intent to kill. He had spent the day in Delaware attending strictly to his business, that of scissors grinding. In the evening, he, in company with his uncle, went to the Hocking Valley depot, intending to go to Marion. While waiting for the train he accidentally shot a man by the name of Feenan. He was arrested and indicted on the charge of shooting with intent to kill as above. There was great excitement at the time, and he was placed upon trial while the public mind was grentiv inflamed. Mr. Marriott was in no way connected with his trial. Hon. Gil Barger, of Columbus, defended him before the jury, and made a most able defer e. but he was convicted and sentenced to five years' imprisonment in the Ohio Penitentiary. Mr. Marriott heard the trial carefully listened to all the testimony, and thought the verdict and imprisonment unwarranted. The prisoner's counsel not prosecuting the case further Mr. Marriott voluntarily took up the case. Read the testimony transcribed and filed petition in error in the Circuit Court to the judgment of the Common Pleas Court. Pallatta had in the meantime been taken to prison and was serving his sentence. He did not know that his case was being prosecuted and never did know until Mr. Marriott telegraphed him the action of the Circuit Court and he was released from prison after haying served about six months of his sentence. Pallatto was a poor fellow; a stranger in our country, spoke our langtrige very imperfectly; in fact could hardly make himself understood at all. He had no means to employ counsel and no friends who were willing to assist him, and our subject took up his defense, purely as an act of justice and charity, looking only for his reward in that time when the Great judge shall say, “Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Following is an extract from the brief presented by Mr. Marriott in the celebrated case, the same offering the portion of the argument referring to the testimony given at the trial. The brief discussed the law of the case at length, but the Circuit Court reversed the case solely on the ground that the evidence did not warrant the jury in rendering a verdict of guilty:. "How a jury could conclude and find beyond a reasonable doubt from the testimony in the case, that the defendant purposely shot Feenan is beyond the power of our minds to conceive, and we here invite the court to a careful and close examination of the testimony as given. “Can the verdict be explained except upon the grounds of a prejudice against the defendant, possibly because he is an Italian, and stood friendless arts alone amongst strangers, in a strange land. “At the time of this trial and for some time previous, the public mind was and had been inflamed by public accounts of the wickedness of the Italians in different sections of the country, and the popular mind was so wrought up that a mere word would be sufficient to incite mob law against Italians wherever found in this country; and beyond a doubt the jery partook of this prejudice and were influenced in their verdict by it. “We assert with confidence that had an American citizen of Delaware county been placed upon trial fur exactly the same offence that Pallotta was charge with, and had exactly the same testimony been produced here. precisely the same state of facts, the jury would have acquitted him without going from the jury-box. The shooting was without any motive whatever, so farnIs the testimony disclosed. No words were spoken between the defendant and the man shot; they 38 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF had never met before, no provocation is shown to have been given either by Feenan or any one else. The act of shooting was entirely motiveless,—it cannot be accounted for upon any other ground than accident,—and this is what the defendant says it was. That it was purely accidental, —not intended, —is consistent with every word of the testimony given upon the trial and shown by the testimony of the defendant. When a crime is committed we instinctively and naturally look for the motive which impelled it; in this case we look in vain for motive; not even a shadow of a motive is disclosed. Wharton, in his treatise of the criminal law, on page 1 2 I , uses the language: “No doubt when a tender mother kills a child or a friend kills a friend, and nothing more than the fact of killing is proved, we may be led to infer misadventure, accident —for we have the sworn testimony of the defendant, corroborated by all the evidence of the case, to prove the shooting to have been accidental. “The defendant stands before the jury with the presumption of innocence in his favor, with which the law surrounds and shields every person charged with crime, until that presumption is removed by clear, unequivocal, positive proof of guilt; and this proof must be so strong that there does not remain a reasonable doubt of guilt before that presumption is removed. “If the testimony can be reconciled consistently with the innocence of the defendant, it is the duty of the jury so to reconcile it, and declare him innocent. So jealous is the law in guarding the liberty of the individual that it will not allow that liberty to be invaded or taken from him until every doubt of his guilt has been removed by strong and convincing proof. In this case we claim that there is an entire absence of testimony proving the guilt of the defendant, that he intentionally committed the crime charged against him or that he intended any wrong whatever; on the contrary the testimony shows that the unfortunate act which has deprived him of his liberty was purely accidental, and we say therefore that he is wrongfully deprived of his liberty. Let us calmly and dispassionately review the testimony as the record presents it and as it was presented to the jury upon the trial. “Giacoma Pallotta, in company with his uncle came to Delaware on the morning of the 18th of August from the city of Columbus, where he was then making his home and where he had been for inure than six years. He was not a tramp or beggar, but is shown to have worked at honest labor in the city, when work could be obtained; and when he could nut find employment where he made his home he would go into the country and try and can an ht west penny by selling scissors, knives and pistols. and by sharpening scissors and knives. So far as the testimony shows he was peaceable and law-abiding: he had never been arrested in his life, nor had he ever before this unfortunate occurrence been charged with any crime. Witnesses who had known him for six or seven Years and whose standing in the community where they live has never been questioned, and whose reputation for truth and veracity has never been doubted, say of him that he is honest, industrious, peaceable and law-abiding. No witness lifts his voice to speak aught against him or casts a shadow upon his life up to the moment of the unfortunate act for which he was tried. He spent the day in Delaware, plying his occupation till evening, when he went to the railroad depot west of the city with the purpose of taking the evening train for Marion. If he spoke an unkind word during the whole of that day to a living soul it is not recorded in the testimony, and was not disclosed in the trial of the case to the jury. He went peaceably about the town, earning an honest clime wherever he could, until the hour of his leaving for Marion. and while waiting for the train which would carry him from Delaware he is asked by a young man who is waiting for the train to sharpen his knife, which he cheerfully did and then returned it to him. “The testimony shows that after handing the knife to its owner, the young man, who DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 39 sat down by Feenan on a bench and began to wipe the knife off on his shoe, the defendant reached in the box of his machine and took out a revolver, took two steps toward the persons who were sitting on tl e bench, and shot. The man who was the unfortunate victim of the shot was Feenan. They had never met before, had never spoken a word to each other; there had been no quarrel between the defendant and any person there on that occasion. Nothing had occurred, so far as the testimony discloses, to provoke the defendant to make the most innocent assault of words upon any person on that occasion, or during the day. The shooting cannot be explained consistently with the defendant's guilt and it cannot be reconciled on any other hypothesis than that it was accidental and the result of misfortune. “The conduct of the defendant after the shooting,--what he said and did,—is not inconsistant with his innocence and is easily explained when the surroundings are taken into account. He was in a strange country among strangers, knowing little of our customs or laws; he evidently thought his life was in danger, and he was ready to act upon the suggestion of the only friend he had, and when that friend told him to flee he was quick to act upon the suggestion and ran for his life. But notice his conduct. How at variance with the conduct of a desperado.--reckless man that he must have been if he had intentionally shot Feenan. To what place of refuge did he flee? Why! with his pursuers close upon his heels, all the time in plain sight, he crawled under a pig pen. “Think of this would be murderer deliberately shooting down a fellow, in broad daylight, at a public place, with numerous persons around--then running to a pig pen and crawling tinder it; and when the per sons come up, he crawls out trembling and says, 'I did not shoot the man.' “Mervin Kuhns, the Fostoria murderer, would scarcely have shown such courage and daring. Yet because of his fleeing and the contradictory statements he made to the town marshal, his feeble statement of innocence is rebutted and he was properly convicted. They say moreover that he was not excited, that he was remarkably cool for a man who had shot another,—and this is claimed in face of the fact that the defendant crawled under a pig pen to hide from an excited mob who were calling out: “Get a rope and hang him.” He must have been very deliberate and composed when he made to the marshal the statement claimed. Besides, there is great doubt as to what he did state to the marshal, or at least of what he meant to state, for the marshal says himself it was hard to understand what he said and he even had to get an interpreter to talk to him before he could understand what he meant. “That the defendant was shocked and horrified at what he had unintentionally done. when he saw that he shot Feenan and saw the blood flowing from the wound, is perfectly apparent from his conduct which followed. Instead of doing that which a desperate criminal would have done, to wit: retained the revolver as a defense against arrest, he threw the pistol down and fled to a pig pen. He did not know and could not tell how the shooting occurred. One thing he knew and has always asserted,--that is, that he did not intentionally shoot; and had no purpose of doing Feenan or any one else harm; and this is decisive of the case. And now. haying presented these views, we are willing to rest the case with the court. “I did not appear for the defendant in the trial below. I have never spoken to him, I never saw him until brought into court and arraigned upon the indictment, and I have never seen him since he was conducted from the court room after his trial. I was present at his trial and listened to the testimony given to the jury. “I was impressed (as were others) with the insufficiency of the evidence to warrant a verdict of guilty. I heard the verdict of the jury and was astonished at the same. I thought then as I think now, that it was not warranted by the testimony, and so believing. I, without promise of reward or the Lope thereof, tiled informally 40 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF a motion for a new trial. Counsel who tried the case below not appearing, the motion was over-ruled and sentence pronounced. I then thought it was the duty of some member of the bar to present this case to the court upon the record and give the defendant one chance at least for his liberty, so I have brought the case before the court and now plead the cause of the stranger within our door, and ask for him at the hands of this honorable court, a careful and unprejudiced review of the case (which I know it will give), and when I have secured that for him, I have done only that which I would wish another to do for me or mine should misfortune overtake me or them. The marriage of Mr. Marriott was celebrated December 31, 1874, when he was united to Miss Flora Minges, daughter of John E. and Lydia Minges, of Peru, Huron county, Ohio. Our subject and his wife have had four children. one of whom is deceased. In his fraternal relations Mr. Marriott is prominently identified with the Masonic order, having taken all the degrees of both the York and Scottish rites, and having served as Master of Hiram Lodge, No. 18, F. & A. M., and also as High Priest of Chapter No. 54, Royal Arch Masons, at Delaware, Ohio. FRANCIS CLYMER STANLEY.—The subject of this review is one whose ancestral history touches not only the pioneer epoch in the annals of the Buckeye State, but also traces back to the colonial history of the nation, and to that period which marked the inception of the strongest republic the world has ever known. elimself a representative business man of Edison, Morrow county, it is then particularly consistent that a review of his life be incorporated in this volume. The father of our subject was Milton Stanley, who was a native of Columbiana county, Ohio, where he was born November 5, 1812 the son of James and Rhoda Cobbs Stanley. The original American ancestor of the Stanley line came from England about 1660 and made settlement at Hanover, Loudoun county, Virginia, he and his fain:ly being members of the Society of Friends. or, as they are ordinarily designated, Quakers. The mother of the subject of this sketch was Elizabeth Martin Stanley, a native of Tuscarawas county, this State. where she was born on the 22d day of January, 1815; the daughter of John and Sarah (Michner) Martin, the former of whom came from Holland. He served for eighteen months in the American army during the war of 1812. The Michner family came to America with William Penn and settled with his colony in Philadelphia. The great-grandfather Stanley came to Ohio in 1805 and settled in Columbiana county, being one of the early pioneers of that locality. The Stanley family was represented by six or seven young men, and the Cobb family, which settled there at the same time, comprised in its number six or seven young women. The result of this association in that early day can readily be anticipated, for we find that three of the Stanley boys found their respective wives from the eligible members of the Cobb family. One of the former, James Stanley, was the grandfather of our subject. He died about 1818, leaving a widow and four children, the father of our subject being the eldest child. The mother subsequently consummated a second marriage. Milton Stanley came to Marion county, Ohio, in 1835, settling three miles west of DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 41 the point where the village of Cardington is now located. Here he entered claim to 160 acres of Government timber land, and began operations by causing the forest trees to yield dominion under the sturdy blows of the swinging ax. In 1852 he disposed of the farm, which had been well reclaimed, and removed to Indiana, settling on a farm in Marshall county, where he died on the first day of September, 1865. His widow survived until [888, her demise occurring in Kansas. They were the parents of six children, of whom four are living at the present time, the complete record being given briefly as follows: Robert C. married Maria Cornelius. and they had ten children, their residence being in Ottawa county, Kansas; Mary Jane, wife of Newton Alldaffer, died in 1872. having been the mother of two children; James M., a resident of Tescott, Kansas, married Helen M Tucker, and they have four children; Francis C. is the immediate subject of this review; Samuel O. is a resident of Ottawa county, Kansas; Lydia died at the of thirteen years. The sons all served as volunteers during the late war of the Rebellion The father and mother were devoted and consistent members of the Presbyterian Church. Milton Stanley was an ardent Abolitionist, and was one of the prime movers in effecting the organization of the Republican party in his locality, being a mail of highest honor and of much influence, although he had never accepted political preferment in an official way. Francis C. Stanley was born October 22, 1844, in Marion county, Ohio, and was raised on the farm, receiving his preliminary educational discipline in the district schools and supplementing the same by attending for one year the Friends' Academy, at Woodbury, Ohio. July 28, 1862, he gave the distinctive evidence of his patriotism and loyalty by enlisting for service in the late war, as a member of company D, Seventy-third Indiana Volunteer Infantry, entering as a private. The regiment was recruited at South Bend and after its organization was sent to Richmond, Kentucky, and there faced the forces of the rebel General, Kirby Smith, within six weeks after leaving home,—engaging the Confederate troops in a lively skirmish, and thereafter proceeding to Louisville, same state, covering a distance of forty-eight miles in twenty-three hours.—from Lexington to Frankfort. Here the regiment was assigned to Harker's Brigade of Wood's Division of the Fourteenth Army Corps. This brigade was General Sherman's famous old brigade. In this command they started in pursuit of General Bragg, through Kentucky. traversing all sections of the State and having numerous skirmishes with the enemy. They drove Bragg from Kentucky to Nashville, Tennessee, and then proceeded to Murfreesboro and participated in the battle at that point, being there assigned to General Strait's brigade, having been engaged in building fortifications about Murfreesboro for three months prior to such assignment, which was made April 1, 1863. In this connection Mr. Stanley proceeded with his regiment down the Cumberland river to Fort Henry, thence to Pittsburg Landing, and they figured as mounted infantry on the ensuing raid to Rome, Georgia, being with the command of General Grierson from Pittsburg Landing to Corinth, Mississippi. They proceeded across Alabama, burning much property on the way; they had exhausted their amunition, were surrounded by the the enemy and being 30o miles below the 42 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF Union lines, were surrendered by General Strait. Mr. Stanley participated in the following named battles: Stone River, Tennessee; Sand Mountain, Alabama; Black Warrior Creek, Alabama; Blount's Farm, Alabama: and many skirmishes with bushwhackers. May 3, 1863, he was captured and was sent to Atlanta, where he was held for a few days and then transferred, to Knoxville, and finally to Richmond, where he was held in captivity at Belle Isle prison for a fortnight. The last of May he was paroled and was sent to Annapolis, Maryland, and then to Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio. The terms of surrender were that officers and privates were to be paroled and that the officers were to be allowed the retention of side arms. The officers were held for twenty-two months, with the exception of those who escaped through the tunnel at Richmond. Mr. Stanley passed ten days at home and then reported at Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Indiana, and was exchanged just in tune to take part in the capture of General Morgan, capturing twenty of his men on a little island below Cincinnati, following along the river to keep Morgan from recrossing, and thus continuing until the noted raider was captured. Our subject then returned to Camp Moi-ton and was assigned duty in guarding these prisoners until they were transferred to Chicago. Our subject was taken sick and was confined in the hospital at Indianapolis for six months, and during. the major portion of the time that he was thus incapacitated for active service at the front, he had charge of one of the hospital wards. Finally he went to Nashville, Tennessee, and was assigned garrison duty at Fort Negley, subsequently being sent to assist in guarding railroad lines in northern Alabama, his regiment as yet having few commissioned officers. October I, 1864, he was again detailed as nurse or attendant, entering the hospital at Decatur, Alabama, being there placed, with only 300 men, at the time General Hood surrounded the city, their escape being effected by a strategic ruse. Mr. Stanley then went to Stevenson, Alabama, and there remained for a time, late in 1864. He rejoined his regiment at Paint Ruck, that State, where an almost constant guerilla warfare with bushwhackers was kept up for three months, several being killed on both sides during these minor engagements. He remained there until his discharge, July 8, 1865. After his discharge our subject returned to the North and took up his residence on a farm in Morrow county, this State, remaining there until the spring of 1867, when he purchased a farm in Lincoln township, two miles east of Cardington, remaining there until 1886, when he removed to Cardington, where he was engaged in the hardware busness for four years. He then came to Edison and effected the purchase of his present general merchandising business, which is one of the representative enterprises of the thriving village, the business having been greatly widened in scope and in amount of stock carried and the annual sales having reached the notable aggregate of $12,000. In addition to his general mercantile line, Mr. Stanley also handles farming machin- ery and implements. The marriage of our subject was consummated October 23, 1867, when he wedded Miss Sarah Ann Hicklen, a half sister of Dr. J. H. Jackson, of Edison, concerning whom individual mention is made elsewhere in this volume. Mrs. Stanley was born in DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 43 Columbiana county, this State, October 20, 1847, and completed her education in the Friends' Academy at Damascus, Ohio. They are the parents of three children, namely : Mary Elizabeth, wife of Rev. E. H. Curtis, of Gravity, Iowa; John Milton, and Sarah Frances. After the N‘ ar Mr. Stanley made his home among his uncles for some time. He became a member of the Quaker Church in 1867, and in 1872 he was acknowledged as a minister in the orthodox Friends' Church, having ever since continued to exercise his clerical functions and having traveled much in the work of his church. visiting Kansas, Indiana, Michigan, and Iowa, and also laboring zealously in this State. He has filled all the official positions in his church, having been a pioneer in the revival work of this simple and noble religious organization, with which he has been so conspicuously identified. He has been president of the Ohio Mission Board, and clerk of the quarterly and monthly meetings. While on the farm Mr. Stanley was greatly interested in the the breeding of tine stock, and at the present time he is secretary of the Ohio Spanish Sheep Breeders' Association, having been one of its incorporators and having served as secretary since 1886. Since 1882 he has been connected with the Ohio State Wool Growers' Association, having formerly been one of its directors. He has been an active politician, and in 1871 he identified himself with the Prohibition party, lending his aid and influence to the cause for a full decade, after which he decided that the sought for reforms could better be secured through the medium of one of the old parties, and he accordingly espoused the Republican cause, and has been a valued and active worker in its local ranks. He was a candidate for Probate Judge, in 1890, but met defeat in the Democratic land-slide of that year. He was Morrow county's candidate for Congress before the fourteenth district convention, held at Mt. Vernon, June 21, 1894. In a local way he has been a member of the Board of Education, acting as its treasurer, and has served as a member of the Common Council. Fraternally he retains a membership in James St. John Post, No. 82, G. A. R., of Cardington, having been Past Commander, and holding the rank of Colonel in the district organization. He is also identified with the Mt. Gilead organization of the Union Veterans' Legion, being Chaplain of the same. He is also a prominent member of the order of Knights of Pythias, being Past Chancellor Commander, and being the local representative of the Grand Chancellor. He has also held preferment in the order as Master of the Exchequer and as Treasurer. He has been prominently identified with temperance work and has been a member of lodges of the Good Templars and the Sons of Temperence,—an active organizer in both. ABRAM THOMSON.—In northern Maryland, at the village of Taneytown, Abram Thomson was born, on the 15th of October, 1814. In this tranquil, old-time village, which was drawn, in spite of itself, into the turbulent current of history, Abram Thomson spent the first seventeen years of his life. He was the second son of Hugh Thomson, who was an officer of the Maryland forces, actively participated in the defense of his native State and its commercial metropolis 44 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF against the British invasion; and at the time of the birth of our subject, was absent with his command at the front, and very shortly after that event was sent home wounded from the scene of conflict. His opportunities for education were meager. There being no public schools at that time in Maryland, he could attend only the private schools, which were very inferior. In these he received a mere rudimentary training; beyond that he was self-taught. Having a passionate fondness for reading, he was naturally drawn to the village printing office, in which at the age of fifteen he accepted an opportunity to learn the business of printing. He accompanied the office on its removal to Frederick, and from thence, at a later date, to Westminster. From that place he emigrated, at the age of eighteen, to New York city, where he was employed as a compositor in some of the leading printing offices, including that of General James Watson Webb's daily Courier and Enquirer, which was then the leading commercial newspaper of the country, and was absorbed in what is now the New York World. By diligent use of the opportunities which he thus obtained, the young Marylander became thoroughly proficient in his craft. He acknowledged no superior as a compositor, and was particularly expert in the management of difficult manuscripts, among which he had to deal with the hand writing of Hezekiah Niles and Horace Greeley, both of whom were then a chirographic terror to ordinary type-setters. Summoned by the illness of his father, he returned from New York to his native village and after a brief stay there, in September, 1834, at the solicitation of George Sharp, who then published the only paper in that place, The Gazette, he went to Delaware, Ohio. Went into partnership with Mr. Sharp and after a short continuation of the connection it was terminated by the sale of Mr. Sharp's interests to Judge David T. Fuller. Two years later Mr. Thomson purchased Judge Fuller's interest, and became sole proprietor, which he has remained from that time to this excepting a period of six years. from 1865 to 1871, during which a one-half interest was held by Mr. Alfred E. Lee. In politics he was first a Whig and then a Republican. In 1847-8 he represented Delaware county in the lower branch of the Ohio Legislature, and in 1849-50 represented the district composed of the counties of Franklin and Delaware in the State Senate. Was a member of the Whig State Central Committee, when, in 1854, it assembled at the capitol and finally disbanded the organization, merging it into the Union party, which soon after took the name of Republican. In 1860 he was one of the Presidential Electors and with his colleagues cast the vote of the State for Abraham Lincoln. In I86I he was appointed Postmaster of the city of Delaware, and was reappointed in 1865, both appointments being made by President Lincoln. Since retiring from that position, which he filled with honor to himself and benefit to the public service, his time and attention have been absorbed by his duties as editor and proprietor of the Delaware Gazette, of which, for several years past, he has issued semi-weekly and daily editions. In local affairs Mr. Thomson has borne a conspicuous part. The movements and efforts which brought about the construction of the Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati Railway had his active participation. During the war of the Rebellion he not only DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES. OHIO - 45 performed excellent service through the medium of his paper in supporting the prosecution of the war, but gave ready heart and hand to the comfort of the soldiers in the field and their dependent friends and families. On several occasions he has served in the town council, as an officer of the township in which he resides, and as a member—usually chairman or secretary—of the Whig and Republican County Central Committee. When the State Industrial Home for Girls was established in 1869, Mr. Thomson became, by appointment of Governor Haves, a member of its first Board of Trustees. Mr. Thomson served as member and secretary of this board continuously for nine years--1869-1878. Mr. Thomson comes of a long-lived ancestry. He is one of a family of nine children. At Delaware, on the 17th of December, 1839, he married Miss Delia Storm, who died March 7, 1848. leaving three children—two sons and a daughter. On the first of December. 1852. he was married at Urbana.- Ohio. to Miss Sallie M. Wright, of which two sons were born, who with their mother. and the children of the first marriage, are all vet living. For the science and practice of horticulture Mr. Thomson has always had great fondness. Such have been his aptitude for this subject and the attention he has paid to it that for many years he has been recognized as a standard authority on horticultural matters. In the development of the new varieties of flowers and fruits he has not only had infinite pleasure but marked success. Within the narrow limits of a town lot he has been able to produce at one time as many as eighty different species of pears—mostly on dwarf trees—of which he made a specialty. His grapery has been noted for the rarity, beauty and luxuriance of its products. The so-called Delaware grape, which has acquired fame both in this country and Europe as an unsurpassed hardy variety, owes its discovery, development and introduction to him. Such, in brief, is the story of this useful life. It inculcates many valuable lessons and sets forth many claims to our respect, but none, perhaps of weightier import than that which is expressed in the words once uttered in the presence of the writer by a distinguished citizen of Delaware, now no more: -Abram Thomson is the soul of integrity. " LEVI L. BENSON, M. D.—One of the most highly honored citizens of Cardington township, Morrow county, Ohio, and one whose life has been devoted to good works, is he whose name initiates this review. Dr. Benson was born in Harford county, Maryland, September 17, 1829, the son of Levi Benson, who was born in Frederick county, that State, February 9, 1783, and whose death occurred February 10, 1865. He was a son of Benjamin and Hannah (Scott) Benson. Our subject's mother, Rachel (Lancaster) Benson, was a native of Harford county, Maryland, where she was born May 27, 1790, the daughter of Jesse and Mary Lancaster, both of whom were of English descent. Her demise occurred March 28, 1886. Both parents were members of the Society of Friends. The marriage of our subject's parents was celebrated in Harford county, Maryland, and soon after they located on a farm in that county, where they remained until 46 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF 1837, when they removed to Guernsey county, Ohio, where the father died, the mother dying in Belmont county, this State. Levi Benson was twice married, the issue of the first union having been four daughters, namely: Hannah, deceased ; Sarah, widow of William A. Harlan, resides in Chester county, Pennsylvania; Mary Ann, died early in life; Pamelia, married Caleb Harlan and both are now deceased. By the marriage to the mother of our subject there were six children, namely: Elizabeth, widow of John E. Lee, of Belmont county, this State; Emily became the wife of Knowis Doudna, of Guernsey county, and both are now deceased; Jesse is deceased; Julia is the wife of James Carter, of Cardington township, Morrow county; Rachel L. is the widow of Jesse Doudna, of Quaker City, Guernsey county; and Levi L. is the subject of this review. Dr. Benson, who was the youngest of the children, was but seven years of age when his parents removed from the East to Guernsey county, this State, and his first schooling was received prior to this removal, and after arriving in Ohio he attended the public schools of Guernsey county. In his twentieth year he went to Maryland and was a student in the Oakland high school for a brief period, after which he returned to Guernsey county and remained at the paternal home until the time of his marriage, in March, 1855, when he was united to Miss Elizabeth Sharp, a native of Cardington township, this county, and a daughter of Thomas and Sarah Sharp, pioneer settlers in Morrow county. The former died in Muscatine, Iowa, at the venerable age of ninety-seven years. The wife of our subject passed into eternal life June 20, 1856, leaving one son, Thomas L., who now resides at Marble Cliff, near Columbus, this State, being Postmaster of the town, where he also carries on a thriving grocery business. The second marriage of Dr. Benson was consummated August 1, 1862, when he was united to Minerva H. Boggs, who was born in Morrow county, February 23, 1840, the daughter of Rev. William and Frances Boggs, early settlers in the c. unto, the father having been for mans years a prominent clergyman in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Our subject met a second bereavement in the death of his cherished and devoted wife on the 24th of March, 1894. She was the mother of four children, of whom we make brief record as follows: Horace W., born May 16, 1863, married Nettie Hulse and they have four children; Frances M., born January 1, 1866, remains at the paternal home; Emily E.. born June 29, 1868, is the wife of Henry R. Raub, a mechanic, of Bucyrus, Ohio; and Merrick L., born November 26, 1870, was drowned in Olentangy river, near Columbus, April 20, 1891. While in his teens our subject began the study of medicine in a somewhat desultory way, and in 1856 he took up a regular course of professional study under the preceptorship of Doctor Jones, of Loydsville, Belmont county, and he thus continued his reading for two years, after which he located near Spencer Station and there remained in practice until 1859, when he came to Morrow county, locating in Cardington township, where he was a successful and honored practitioner for a full score of years. For many years while in the practice of medicine he was also engaged in ministerial work, though not yet ordained, and for the past twelve years, being in full DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 47 standing as a minister in the Society of Friends, he has devoted his entire attention to this noble cause, traveling from Illinois to New York, and his earnest and devoted efforts have been fruitful in good results and in the furtherance of the interests of the true and simple religion of which he stands as an exponent. Dr. Benson is a man of unassuming manners, is sympathetic and charitable, and is honored for his spotless life as well as for his marked intellectual and professional ability. The appending poem from the pen of our honored subject was contributed to a recent number of the United Friends, and is entitled “He Leadeth Me, Oh, Blessed Thought” In all this world, through all its cares, Its fleeting hours of pain or grief, From all life's seeming ills. O Lord, Thy constant presence brings relief. No labor now, no pressing fears. No heavy laden task to bear, To battle on with false ideas Is now made light beneath Thy care. Thy hand to lead, Thy Truth Divine A standard on my pilgrim way. Thy promised Life shall never cease To turn all darkness into day. I ask no higher boon: I crave No greater privilege than this. To walk with God, to know, to feel My hand. my life secure in his. H. L. BAKER, Mayor of Delaware, Ohio, is one of the self-made men of Delaware, and his position as chief officer of the city is evidence of his great popularity. Personal mention of him is appropriate in this work. Henry L. Baker was born in Orange township, Delaware county, Ohio, October 30, 1841. Early in life he was thrown upon his own resources and the success he has attained is due to his own efforts. In the year 1863, he married Miss Mary A. Angle, a native of New Jersey. After their marriage they located on a farm in the neighborhood in which he was born, where they remained one year, whence they removed to Worthington, Franklin county, Ohio. A year later they took up their abode in Westerville, same county, where he engaged in the grocery and provision business, in partnership with Mr. H. Foos, and where he remained two years. His next move was to Lewis Center, Delaware county, and for nine years he was employed there as age.nt for what is now the Big Four Railroad Company. In 1876 he came to Delaware, and until 1878 remained with the Big Four, having charge of construction trains. It was during that time that he built his property at the corner of Railroad and Sandusky streets, where since that time he has been engaged in the grocery and coal business. Mr. Baker has been elected to office by the Democrats, and is alike popular with both parties. He has served three terms as as Councilman of Delaware and is now serving his third term as Mayor of the city, having been elected Mayor the third time in 1894. For twenty-two years Mr. Baker has been identified with the I. O. O. F. and he is also connected with the Masonic fraternity, having taken all the degrees up to and including the thirty-second. Mr. and Mrs. Baker have three children, viz. : William Frederick, who is in railroad employ at Tarlton Springs, Florida; Sue E., wife of T. C. Jones, son of Judge Jones; and Laura Etta, wife of Clifton W. Sears, of Delaware. 48 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF REV. F. W. C. WIECHERS, pastor of the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. of Marysville, Ohio, has had this charge since September, 1892. Before proceeding to a sketch of his life, we give a brief history of the church. Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church of Marysville was established in the year 1878 by the consolidation of two organizations. In 1882-3 its present church edifice, the finest in the city, was erected at a cost of $18,000, and its present membership is 300 communicants, while its usual congregation is nearly twice that number. This church is connected with the Joint Synod of Ohio and other States. Its first pastor, Rev. F. Zagel, was succeeded by Rev. J. M. Koepplin, now of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, who filled the charge for nine years, and who in turn was succeeded by Rev. J. E. A. Dcerman. Rev. Dcerman officiated here most acceptably for five years, and upon his removal to Washington, D. C., where he is now located, the subject of our sketch was called to the pastorate of the church. At the time this church was established a parochial school was also organized. It started with twenty pupils, has kept pace with the growth of the church and other advancements in the city, and at this writing it has 122 pupils enrolled. At first the pastor was its teacher and he continued as such for three years. Then J. F. Burgener was employed, and is still retained, and in 1893 the school had increased to such an extent that it was necessary to divide it and employ another teacher, and Carl Schaub, of South Chicago, was called to fill the place. These gentlemen are proficient teachers and under their able management the school has attained a marked degree of excellence. Rev. Wiechers was born in Hanover, Germany, December 18, 1854, son of Ludwig and Mary Elanora Wiechers, members of the Lutheran Church and people of the highest respectability. His father was a manufacturer of umbrellas. Young Wiechers attended the graded and afterward the high school in Hanover up to the time he was sixteen, when, on account of his father's failing health, he was obliged to drop his studies and take charge of the business. After his father's death, which occurred May 16, 1871, he remained with his mother until 1873, when he came to America. Here he at once entered Capital University, Columbus, Ohio, where he graduated with the theological class of 1875, and in August of that same year he entered the ministry. His first charge was at Patricksburg. Owen county, Indiana, which he tilled for four years. Then he was pastor at Cardington. Morrow county, Ohio, eight years, and for two years and nine months was at Covington, Ohio, being called from the latter place to his present charge, where for two years he has served most acceptably. Rev. Wiechers is eminently a self-made man. He worked his way through college by teaching during the vacations. While in Covington he officiated as a member of the Board of Education, and here in Marysville he is on the Board of Health. His mother followed him to this country in 1874 and is now a resident of Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Wiechers was married December 31, 1878, to Miss Catharine Heintz. a native of Columbus. Ohio, and a daughter. of Adam and Mary Heintz, and they have an interesting family of five children, —Herbert A. W., Mary Leonora. Clara Catharine, Oscar Fredrick and Flora Caroline. They lost one child by death, namely, Leo Martin. DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 49 In his political views, Rev. Wiecher is in harmony with the principles advocate( by the Democratic party. ROBERT FRANKLIN BARTLETT, to whose ancestral and personal history we now direct attention, is one of the representative lawyers of Morrow county and retains a residence at Cardington. His father, Abner Matthews Bartlett, vas born April 16, 1816. in Kingston township, Delaware county, Ohio. and was a school-boy with Gen. W. S. Rosccrans, John Hall and other natives of that township. He was a son of Abner and Obedience (Mix) Bartlett, the former of whom was born in Catskill, Greene county, New York, November 16, 1787, and the latter at Farmington, Hartford county, Connecticut, April 24, 1785. They were the parents of ten children, namely: Timothy Mix, burn January 27, 1810, is a resident of mount Vernon, Ohio: Sarah Ann, born August 10, 1811, died in Morrow comity, Ohio, April 27. 1872; John De Mott, born September 18, 1813, died at Fredericktown. Knox county, Ohio. Abner Matthews was the father of our subject; Polly Maria, born June 14, 1818, is the wife of John Bader, of Gilead township, this county; 'Wealthy, who was the wife of the late David B. Blue. died in this county; Joel Root died, in December, 1863, in McDonough county, Illinois; Mary Jane, widow of David M. Fredricks, lives at Lima, Ohio; Abel Weed is a resident of Eden, Delaware county, this State; and Loruhamah, deceased, was the wife of Alvin Masson. Abner Bartlett vas a son of John and Loruhamah (Matthews) Bartlett. The genealogy of the Bartlett family is traced back to Adam Barttelot, a follower of William the Conqueror, and of Norman extraction. descendent of Adam B., Sir Walter B. Barttelot, now lives on the original estate which was granted to Adam Barttelot by William the Conqueror, in 1066, for military services at the battle of Hastings, said estate being located at Stopham, in Sussex, England. The name has undergone many changes, being now spelled " Bartlett" by all the family, both in England and America, except by Sir Walter B., afore mentioned, who retains the original orthography. Emigrations of the Bartletts from England to America have occurred at various times, and the following brief record touches upon this emigration: Robert Bartlett carne in 1623 and settled at Plymouth, Massachusetts; another Robert Bartlett reached America in 1632 and settled in Hartford, Connecticut; John Bartlett, 1634, located at Newbury, Massachusetts; Thomas Bartlett, 1634, located at Waterloo, same State; Richard Bartlett, 1635, located at Newbury, Massachusetts; George Bartlett, 1641, Guilford, Connecticut; Henry Bartlett, 1680, Marlborough, Massachusetts; George Bartlett, 1733, Boston, Massachusetts; Roger Bartlett, 1749, Boston; F. R. Bartlett, 1803, New York; John Sherren Bartlett, 1815, Boston; Louis Bartlett, 1880, Cleveland, Ohio. Besides these there were some others, who settled in the vicinity of Salem and Marblehead, Massachusetts, prior to 1640, the dates of their arrival in the New World being not clearly ascertained. One of the signers of the Declaration of Independence was Josiah Bartlett, who was born in 1720, and who died May 19, 1795. In the pavements of an old stone church on the ancestral estates, in Sussex, England, the Bart-