350 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF tion. The Democrats put up no opposing candidate and in November of that year he was elected. Mr. Adams has always taken great interest in military matters, and enlisted as a private of Company K, Fourteenth Regiment of Ohio National Guards, when that company was mustered into service February 13, 1879. He was afterward made Corporal and Sergeant, and was honorably discharged October 12, 1882 He re-enlisted October 6, 1885, was made First Lieutenant on the 8th of December of the same year, and promoted to the Captaincy May 23, 1887. He commanded the company for six years, during which time it became recognized as one of the best military organizations in Ohio. He was elected Major April 5, 1893, and appointed to command the Third Battalion of the Fourteenth Infantry, in which position he is now serving. Major Adams was married October 24, 1889, to Miss Winifred Sheldon, only daughter of the late Captain H. G. Sheldon, a well-known attorney of Delaware. They now have a little daughter three years old. The Major is a member of Hiram Lodge, No. 18, A. F. & A. M.; Delaware Chapter, No. 54, R. A. M.; and of Lenape Lodge, No. 29, K. of P., and the Delaware Division of the Uniformed Rank, of which he was Captain two years. He also belongs to the Williams Street Methodist Episcopal Church, and is serving on the official board of that society. HENRY CLARK, a farmer of Kingston township, was born in Delaware county, on the 13th of February, 1838, and is a representative of one of its honored pioneer families. For more than half a century he has witnessed its growth and progress, and has aided in its development and advancement. Progressive and public-spirited, he is deeply interested in everything pertaining to its welfare, and is numbered among its valued citizens. Mr. Clark's parents were Moses and Elizabeth (Fancher) Clark, the former a native of Pennsylvania, and the latter of this county. Moses Clark first married Elizabeth King, and to them were born two sons and a daughter.----David, Elijah and Susanna. In I S37 he wedded Miss Faucher, and they became the parents of four sons and three daughters, namely: Henry; Isaac and Myers. both of whom reside in Morrow county, Ohio; Smith, who is living in Delaware county; Rebecca, who makes her home with Henry; Hannah, wife of George Crist, of Clark county. Iowa; and Nancy, wife of Isaac Snyder. of Santa Clara county, California. The family were Methodists, and were people of prominence in this community. Moses Clark followed farming throughout his entire life. On locating in Harlem township he purchased the farm now owned by C. B. Paul, then a densely wooded tract of land upon which not a furrow had been turned or an improvement made. He then cleared and fenced it and successfully operated it until his death. Its boundaries he also extended until it comprised 300 acres of rich land. He also owned land in Porter township. He died in December, 1856, and was buried on Christmas day. The mother of our subject was called to the home beyond in 1862. Henry Clark was reared to manhood on his father's farm and upon his father's death the management of the business affairs devolved upon him, as he was the eldest DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 351 child. In connection with his brother Isaac he then purchased the interest of the other heirs in the old homestead and for ten years they operated the farm in partnership. On the expiration of that period they divided up the farm they had bought and he is now sole proprietor of a valuable tract of 175 acres which yields to him a golden tribute in return for the care and cultivation he bestows upon it. All the improvements were placed thereon by him and stand as monuments to his thrift and enterprise. The lady who now bears the name of Mrs. Clark was in her maidenhood Miss Susie Finley, daughter of Andrew and Mary (Terrell) Finley, the former a native of Virginia, and the latter of New Jersey. The father was a farmer, and in 1814 came to Delaware county where he spent his remaining days, his death occurring in 1886, at the advanced age of eighty-six years. His wife, who was born in 1807, also died in the year 1886. They were both earnest Christian people and active workers in the Presbyterian Church, in which they held membership. Their children were: Mrs. Clark; Joseph T. and Martha, both deceased; Mary E., wife of William Strain, a resident of Nebraska; and David A., who is living in Delaware. Mr. and Mrs. Clark have one child, a daughter, Edna May, who was born on the 1st of May, 1883, and is the life of her parents' home. They, too, hold membership with the Presbyterian Church, and are highly respected citizens of the community. Mr. Clark exercises his right of franchise in support of the Republican party and has served as Trustee and School Director. He is true to every trust reposed in him, whether public or private, and his life is one well worthy of emulation. BENJAMIN FLEMING, a farmer of Lincoln township, was born in Peru township, then Delaware county, December 19, 1820. His father, Isaac Fleming, was born in Pennsylvania, April 17, 1794, a son of Henry Fleming, who was supposed to have been born in that State. He came to Delaware county, Ohio, in an early day, settling on the banks of Alum creek, in Peru township, where he entered land, built a log cabin, and remained until his death, which occurred in his eightieth year. The mother of our subject, formerly Elizabeth Wyan, was born in Pennsylvania, May 10, 1796. Isaac Fleming and wife were married in Pennsylvania, November 7, 1816, and came to Ohio the same year, locating on Alum creek, Peru township, Delaware .county, but a short time afterward located three miles below, on the same creek. Mr. Fleming died there at the age of seventy-eight years, and his wife departed this life at the age of seventy-four years. They were members of the Presbyterian Church. He was a Democrat in his political views. They were the parents of seven children, namely: Sarah A., born in 1818, died in 1846; Benjamin, the subject of this sketch; James, born in 1824, resides in Peru township, Morrow county; Washington, born in 1827, died in 1893; Lydia, born March 27, 1829, deceased; Nelson, born in 1832, lives near Eden, Delaware county; and Sidney, born in 1848, resides on the old homestead in Oxford township, this county. The children were all born on the banks of Alum creek. Benjamin Fleming, the second child in order of birth, remained at home until his marriage, after which he spent eight years on a farm in Peru township, and then came to his present location. He settled in the 352 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF dense woods, built a log cabin, and improved his land. He now owns 208 acres of land, nearly all of which is under a fine state of cultivation. In his political views, Mr. Fleming was formerly a Democrat, but now casts his vote with the Prohibitionists. December 25, 1843, he was united in marriage with Hannah A. Worth, born in Maryland, April 13, 182;. Her father, James Worth. was born in that State in December, 1790, and was a miller by trade Her mother, nee Mary Thatcher, was born in Pennsylvania, September 28, 1791, her father, Jonathan Thatcher. having been a native of the same State, and she was reared a Quaker. James Worth and wife were married in Maryland, March 15, 1815, and came to what is now Morrow county, Ohio, in 1837, spending the remainder of their days in Peru township. The father died in 1845, and the mother in 1861. They were the parents of six children : John W. born in 1815. resides in the West; Joseph M., born in 1817, is deceased; Mary Jane, born in 1821, is the wife of Final Thurston. of Peru township; Hannah A.. born April 13, 1825, now Mrs. Fleming; and William, born March 26, 1827, reside., in Peru township. Our subject and wife have seven children. The eldest, Talitha Jane, is the wife of Henry Wyan, of Lincoln township, and they have two children.—Benjamin A. and Nellie. Judson A., of Peru township, married Elizabeth Jewell, and they have two children,--Cora and Lorance. Joseph, the third child in order of birth, is deceased. Otterbin L., of Cardington, married Hannah Warner, and has five children,—Binnie, Glenn, Coral. John and Bessie. Lorenzo D. married Letta Mason, and they have three children,—Gertie, Walter and Herbert. Justin C. married Sadie Shoemaker, and has two children,—Gavitt and Mame. Mary E. is the wife of Grant Rosevelt. Their three children are : Inez, Walter, and an infant. The family are members of the United Brethren Church. ASA R. SMART, a prominent farmer of Mill Creek township. Union county, Ohio, first saw the light of day in a log cabin in this township, May 4, 1844. He is a son of John S. Smart, one of the early pioneers of the county, now eighty-four years of age and a resident of Marysville. John S. Smart was born in Franklin county, Ohio, where he resided until 1819, at that time coming to Mill Creek township and settling' on a farm. He married Miss Mary Robinson, daughter of Asa Robinson, one of the early settlers of the county. They made their home on the old farm in Mill Creek township until 1881, when they removed to Marysville. Of their eleven children, eight are still living, viz.: Catherine Jane, Joseph T., Oliver Perry, Asa R.. Isaac. Samantha. Susan S. and Etta. John H., William and Margaret Ann are deceased. Asa R. was reared to farm life and received only a common school education. When he was twenty-four years of age he married and settled in Concord township, Delaware county, Ohio, where he remained three years, after which he removed to Mill Creek township, near Watkins, Union county. Here he has 135 acres of fine farming land, all well improved and under a high state of cultivation. His modern and commodious residence was built in 1893, at a cost of $2,000, and he also has a large barn, 42 x 62 feet, built on a rock foundation, the whole premises having an air of thrift and DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 353 prosperity. The old log house, however, still stands and is a reminder of the pioneer days and happy times gone by. Mr. Smart was married November 8, 1868, to Laura A. Edson, a native of Geauga county, Ohio, and a daughter of Levi and Maria (Makepeace) Edson, the former a native of Vermont and the latter of Geauga county, Ohio. Her parents are deceased. In their family were five children: Louisa, Mary, Laura A., Lyman and Lydia. Mr. and Mrs. Smart have four children: Minnie Belle, Ashton V., Mabel and Maud. Mr. Smart was reared a Presbyterian and is a member of that church and an Elder in the same. Mrs. Smart was brought up in a Wesleyan Methodist family. Politically Mr. Smart was formerly a Democrat, but of recent years has affiliated with the Prohibition party. He takes a deep interest in temperance work and also in religious and educational matters; has served as a member of the School Board. In short, any movement which has for its object the best interests of the community is sure to find in him a hearty supporter. A. H. SHAW, a farmer of Westfield township, is a son of John Shaw, born in Pennsylvania, July 6, 1797. He was the youngest son of John Shaw, Sr., who came to Morrow county, Ohio, in 1808, locating on the farm now owned by our subject. At that time he was the only resident of the county. John Shaw, Jr., married Parmelia Messenger, who was born in Connecticut, April 10, 1807, and was a school teacher in Delaware county. Mr. Shaw cleared and improved his farm, and in 1834 built the present brick residence. In addition to general farming he also worked at the cabinet maker's trade. He was a member of the United Brethren Church. In political matters he was first a Whig and afterward a Republican. He served as Justice of the Peace and Clerk of his township, and was an active worker in every enterprise for the development of his county. His death occurred June 6, 1860, and his wife survived until 1864. John Shaw and wife had the following children: Melvina Parmelia, de; ceased, was the wife of Clinton S. Peck; Chloe Jane is the wife of Jesse Shaw, of Westfield township, and she was formerly married to John Pringle, now deceased; Elizabeth Lucretia, deceased; Henry John, deceased, married Caroline Lewis; Beulah Ann, wife of William Brenizer, of Carding-ton; Mary Martha, deceased, was the wife of John Clymer; and A. H., the subject of this sketch. A. H. Shaw was born in his present residence, October 14, 1840, on the day William Henry Harrison was made President of the United States, and his father was Clerk of elections at the time. In 1860 he was united in marriage with Minerva Maxwell, a sister of Johnson Maxwell, whose sketch appears in this work. Her death occurred in December, 1861. In 1863 Mr. Shaw married Martha J. Waltermire, who died January 7, 1874. They had five children. The eldest, Clarence F., born February 5, 1864, married Coral Sloan, and resides on the home farm; they have one child, Leman. Maggie Parmelia, born June 14, 1865, is the wife of Florence Reed, and resides in Van Wert county, Ohio; their three children are Ethel, Bertha and Ivy. Melvina Estella, born December 12, 1866, married Rolvin Maxwell, and has four children,—Vesta 354 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF May, Harrison J., Nellie R., and Maggie Bo Valura Belle was born January 20, 1868; and Bryant Clay was born November 25, 1872. Mr. Shaw was married the third time, July 15, 1875, to Margaretta Martin, who was born in Westfield township, Morrow county, January 2, 1848. a daughter of B. U. and Mary (Hannah) Martin. The father now resides in the village of Westfield. Mrs. Shaw taught school one term before her marriage. Mr. Shaw now owns a fine farm of 245 acres, all of which is under a fine state of cultivation. He affiliates with the Republican party, and has served as Trustee of Westfield township. Both Mr. and Mrs. Shaw are members and active workers in the United Brethren Church, and the latter is a teacher in the Sunday-school. J. B. McCLOUD, who resides on a farm near Marysville, Ohio, is a native of Union county and one of its enterprising citizens. He was born in Union township, on his father's farm, July 24, 1855, and is a son of James McCloud, deceased, who was for many years a prominent resident of this county. James McCloud was born in Delaware county, Ohio, son of John McCloud, a descendant of Scotch-Irish ancestry; was reared and educated in Union county, married Mrs. Malinda (Converse) Bigelow, widow of A. R. Bigelow. He was in the army, where he lost his health. He was a successful farmer, served as a Justice of the Peace, and was a man of great usefulness in his community, taking an active part in church and lodge work. He was a Methodist and served for a number of years as Sabbath-school Superintendent. A charter member of Darby Lodge, No. 636, I. O. O. F., at Milford Centre, he passed all its chairs and was a member for twenty years. His widow is now a resident of Milford Centre. Of her children we record that she had two by her first husband,—A. R. Bigelow, Jr.. and a daughter, the latter deceased. By Mr. McCloud she had five children, namely: Jerry B., the subject of this sketch; Nina R., wife of G. F. Morse, Garnett, Kansas; the next born were twins, one of which died in infancy, the other, Mamie M., now being the wife of L. H. Elliott, of Union township, this county; and Etta. who died at the age of two years. J. B. McCloud spent his boyhood days on his father's farm, receiving his education in the district schools arid at Delaware. When he was twenty-three years of age he went to Anderson county, Kansas, where he settled on a tract of wild land and developed a farm, remaining there six years. At the end of that time he sold out and returned to Ohio, and the following six years he spent on the home farm. Then for two years he was at Milford Centre, employed as a photographer, after which he purchased the farm on which he now resides, loo acres formerly known as the Joe Powers farm. On this place are good farm buildings, fences, etc., and every thing conveniently arranged for successful farming. In addition to his agricultural pursuits, Mr. McCloud also does considerable business in photography, making a specialty of outside work, groups and rural views. Mr. McCloud was married November 24, 1875, to Miss Lavinia Brobeck, daughter of Joseph and Chloe Brobeck, now in Kansas. Mrs. McCloud was a teacher before her marriage. They have had seven children, DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 355 of whom four are living: Frank, Ethel, Nina and Lena. The others, Ney, Willie and Earl, died in early childhood, the last two dying of membranous croup and within a week of each other. Mr. McCloud is a Republican and an Odd Fellow. He is a member of Darby Lodge, No. 636, I. O. O. F., of Milford Centre and Marysville Encampment, No. 114, in which he has passed all the chairs. Mrs. McCloud is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. JUDGE W. D. MATHEWS, a farmer of section 31, Gilead township, is a son of William Mathews, born in Wyandot county, Ohio, in 1817. His father, Isaac Mathews, was a native of Virginia, and a soldier in the war of 1812. The mother of our subject. formerly Rebecca Marlow, was also born in Virginia, a daughter of Jeremiah Marlow, an early settler of Richland county, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. William Mathews were married in Richland county, three miles west of Mansfield, and located on an unimproved farm in Hardin county. Isaac Mathews entered a large tract of land in that county, with the intention of giving each of his sons a farm of eighty acres. William Mathews improved his place, and remained there until the failing of his wife's health made it necessary for them to change their residence, and they removed to near Mansfield, again settling on his grandfather's old farm. He afterward purchased land two and a half miles north of Lexington, remaining there until 1865, when he sold that place and purchased a farm in Troy township, Morrow county. His death occurred in 1871. His widow lived with her children until her death in 1883. William Mathews and wife had two children,—Martha J., wife of A. Whissemore, of Mansfield, and they have two children; and W. D., the subject of this sketch. The parents were members and active workers in the Presbyterian Church, both grandfathers having been Elders in that church. 'William Mathews was first a Whig, and afterward a Republican. Judge W. D. Mathews was born in a log cabin located in a cornfield in Richland county, Ohio, three miles east of Mansfield, September 6, 1844. He completed the studies in the district school, and then attended Lexington Seminary, under Professor Gailey. During that time the war broke out, and in June, 1862, Mr. Mathews became a member of Company B, Eighty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was under General Miles at the battle and surrender of Harper's Ferry, was captured, paroled, and returned home. In 1863 he enlisted in Company C, Eighty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as Sergeant, assisted in the capture of John Morgan in Ohio, assisted in the capture of Cumberland Gap, and garrisoned it until the expiration of his term of service. In 1864 Mr. Mathews helped recruit a company in Richland county, and was mustered into service as First Lieutenant of Company G, One Hundred and Seventy-eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He did guard duty at Tullahoma, Tennessee, up to the time of the battles of Franklin and Nashville. They then moved to Murfreesboro, where they had almost daily skirmishes with Forest's men in order to secure corn for rations. While at Tullahoma Mr. Mathews was detailed on a general court martial, and when the regiment 356 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF was ordered to Murfreesboro he went to General Rosseau and asked to be relieved, in order to join his regiment. The General refused, but the court temporarily adjourned. and Mr. Mathews served with his company through all their engagements. The regiment was next ordered to Clifton, Tennessee, and the General disbanded the court, but not in time for our subject to join his command, but, traveling by water, he met it at Clifton. After rejoining his regiment he went with them to Washington, District of Columbia, passing through Ohio in freight cars during the cold winter of 1864-5. They camped on the ice at that city, a part of the time without shelter. They were ordered to join Schofield in North Carolina, arriving at Fort Fisher immediately after the surrender of that place. Returning to Beaufort, North Carolina, they became a part of the Twenty-third Army Corps, which joined Sherman at Goldsborough, North Carolina, and participated in the battle of Kingston. Mr. Ma_ thews had charge of a part of the skirmishers the night before the battle, March 7, 1865. He remained on picket duty all night and was relieved the next morning. The little squad under command of our subject opened fire on the advancing rebels; the other troops joining, the battle became general. The regiment, after the surrender of General Joseph E. Johnston, did garrison duty at Charlotte, North Carolina. Mr. Mathews was discharged July 8, 1865. He was then transferred to a regiment which was to remain in the service. An order was sent to the Colonel to grade his officers into three classes, also to ascertain which of them desired to remain in the service. Two out of nine were selected, and Mr. Mathews was one of the former, the other being Lieutenant \W. P. Shrome, who is now a Presbyterian minister near Zanesville, Ohio. He was ordered to report to the One Hundred and Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, but after due consideration he was mustered out with the regiment. Returning home, he again attended the seminary, after which he taught school three terms, and then began farming in Troy township. He next began the study of law. Mr. Mathews is a stanch Republican, having always taken an active part in the work of his party. In 1878 he was elected Probate Judge of Morrow county, serving in that capacity six years. In his first race he was two votes behind the State ticket, but his own townships, although both Democratic, gave him 15o majority over his opponent. His last majority was 600 votes. The Judge was nominated for the Legislature in 1886, but was defeated by reason of a dissension in the party as to whom his vote should be cast for for United States Senator. He was appointed by Governor Steele of Oklahoma as County Judge of Beaver county, in that Territory, and held that position six months, after which he was re-elected by the people, resigning in 1892. The Judge then practiced law there until May, 1893. While serving as County Judge he received a telegram from Governor Steele, stating that he had recommended our subject for appointment as United States Marshal of Oklahoma Territory, General Sherman having endorsed the recommendation, but Mr. Mathews requested the Governor to withdraw his name. He had contracted asthma while in the military service, and at the expiration of his two terms as Probate Judge of Morrow county change of climate became absolutely necessary, and he accordingly spent eighteen months in Colorado. DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 357 He then returned to Ohio, and afterward to Oklahoma. Judge Mathews was married in 1867 to Miss Marietta C. Dean, a native of Washington township, Richland county, Ohio, and who was a schoolmate of her husband at the seminary. She is a daughter of Benjamin F. Dean, a farmer by occupation, and also an active politician. Mr. Mathews and wife have eight living children: Gertrude D., Grace A„ Lora R., Mary Edith, Lucy D., William D., Edwin M. and Herbert D. They have one daughter deceased, a bright little child named Anna, who died at the age of eighteen months with croup. The family are members of the Presbyterian Church. The Judge is a member of the Grand Army Post, and was its first Commander. EDWIN M. CONKLIN, a farmer of Westfield township, was born on the farm where he now resides, September 6, 1835. His father, Jacob Conklin, was born in Grand Isle county, Vermont, June 10, 1787, a son of Abram Conklin The latter married Anna Hilliker when she was only sixteen years of age, and immediately afterward he went into the Revolutionary war. She had three brothers in the war, and on the return home the friends and neighbors gathered to have a joyful celebration, and Mr. Conklin was introduced to his wife, but she had changed so greatly during his absence that for some time he did not recognize her, much to the enjoyment of all their friends present. The celebration was held at the hotel in Grand Isle, and Abram Conklin afterward purchased the place, the father of our subject having been born there. He was the second son of ten children, five sons and five daughters. Three brothers, John, Abram and Jacob, came to Ohio. Abram came from Vermont to Delaware county on foot in 1817. He reared a large family of children, some of whom are still living in that county. John engaged in merchandising at Cleveland, and while on his way to New York for goods was waylaid and robbed. James located in Morrow county. Another brother, Jerry, moved to Illinois, where he reared a large family, and died there. Jacob Conklin, father of our subject, came on foot from Vermont to Delaware county, Ohio, in [813. He joined the Light Horse Cavalry, under Captain Murray, and served under General McArthur in the war of 1812. While a soldier he frequently went without food for three days, and suffered many other severe privations. Mustered out of service at Chillicothe, Ohio, he located in Liberty township, Delaware county, near where the paper mill now stands, south of the city of Delaware. April 3, 1821, he removed to the farm where our subject now resides. Mr. Conklin cut logs and built a cabin, blankets having been used for doors and windows, and remained here until his death, March 12, 1875. He was first a Whig and afterward a Republican. For seventy-two years he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, his home having been the first place where religious meetings were held in the neighborhood. He frequently attended quarterly meetings in a log house at Columbus. Having no money, he worked one week with his ox team to assist in building the first Methodist Episcopal Church in Delaware. September 17, 1818, Mr. Conklin was united in marriage with Orra Payne, who was born in New Hartford, Litchfield coun- 358 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD Or ty, Connecticut, July 6, 1798, a daughter of Ezra Payne, born in that State September 17, 1765. He came to Liberty township, Delaware county, Ohio, in 1817. His wife, formerly Amy Mattison, was born November 26, 1769, and they had thirteen children, namely: Amy, Ezra, Austin, Anson, Betsey, Orra, Alvah, Phebe, Hiram, Edmond, Elvira, Miles and William. Two of the sons were soldiers in the war of I Si 2. Mrs. Conklin died October 20, 1880, having been a hard working woman all her life, having spun and wove and made the clothes worn by her family. Mr. and Mrs. Conklin had seven children: Clarissa, the only daughter, was born in Liberty township; she first married E. White, and their three children are all now deceased: after his death she became the wife of Forester Armstrong and they had three sons, two yet living, Philemon and Mathew; Lyman B., deceased at the age of twenty-one years; Ezra M., of Waldo township, Marion county, Ohio; William A., deceased ; Philemon J. died April 13, 1879; Dr. Abram V., residing in Delaware county, Ohio; and Edwin N. Edwin N. Conklin, the youngest in the above family, and the subject of this sketch, has remained on the home farm since his birth. He owns too acres of fine farming land. Politically he affiliates with the Republican party, and in 1892 was elected Justice of the Peace, his commission having been signed by Governor McKinley. He has also served as Township Trustee two years, as member and president of the School Board the same length of time, and has held other minor offices. Mr. Conklin was the first to take hold of the Grange movement in this locality, and was the first delegate to the State Grange at Xenia, Ohio, in 1874. He organized the lodges in Cardington, Lincoln, Harmony, Canaan, Johnsville, Peru and Marengo townships. He also served as Master of the Farmers' Alliance, and attended the State Alliance at Galion, Ohio, in 1891. Mr. Conklin is prominently identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, having served as Deputy Grand Master of this district for six years, was a Representative in the Grand Lodge for two years, 1874-5, passed all the chairs in both branches, joined the encampment at Delaware, and was a charter member both at Cardington and Ashley. He was also a charter member of Myrtle Lodge, Daughters of Rebekah, at Westfield. He was made a Free and Accepted Mason at old Hiram Lodge, Delaware, Ohio, in 1868 and was a charter member of Ashley Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, Ashley, Ohio. October 15, 1872, our subject was united in marriage with Charlotte Shoemaker, who was born September 19. 1844, a daughter of Jacob Shoemaker, of Westfield township. Their son, Edwin Jacob, born July 1, 1874, is now living in Galion, Ohio. The wife and mother departed this life January 12, 1876. February 11, 1880, Mr. Conklin married Martha Van Brimmer, born in Napoleon, Indiana, May 15, 1846, a daughter of Jacob and Almira (Birch) Van Brimmer. She was the youngest of five children. 1r. and Mrs. Conklin have had three children: Ason, born October 19, 1880, died November 5, 1880; a daughter, born March 9, 1883, died March 18, 1883; Virgil Lavan, born October 9, 1885. Mr. Conklin has kept a diary of where he has been and what he has done, every day for over twenty-five years, and has kept a thermometrical record of the weather for the same length of time, making three observations a day,—at 6 A. M. , 12 M. and 8 P. M. DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 359 He has also kept a cash account for over twenty-five years, noting every cent he has received and every cent paid out and what for. SHELTON & FORD is the name of one of the well-known mercantile firms of Broadway. Under this style, business has been conducted since September, 1890, at which time the present firm succeeded to the business of Shelton Brothers, who established the store in January, 1888. They carry a full line of dry goods, notions, boots and shoes, clothing, groceries, hardware and farm implements. The firm is composed of C. D. Shelton and L.. C. Ford, who are numbered among the leading business men of Union county. In 1892, in company with P. V. Burson, they began dealing in baled hay and straw, of which they now handle a large amount, having built up an extensive business. They have secured suitable barns and storage room, and the combined mercantile and hay and straw sales amount to $45,000 annually. In the store alone the sales reach $20,000 annually. In 1888 C. D. and J. E. Shelton bought out the mercantile establishment of J. W. Smith, and began business with a small stock. They borrowed the money for the purchase, but within a year the indebtedness was paid off and a large and constantly increasing trade was secured. The success has continued with the establishment, and Shelton & Ford are now among the leading merchants of Broadway. Mr. Shelton, the senior member, was born in Bourneville, Ross county, Ohio, October 2, 1859, and is a son of \W. T. and Jane A. (Flora) Shelton, the former a native of Pike county, and the latter of Ross county, Ohio. They were, however, descended from old families of Kentucky and Virginia respectively. The father was a farmer by occupation and followed that pursuit throughout his entire life. Both he and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. For a time they resided in Fayette county, Ohio, and in April, 1876, they came to Broadway, where the father's death occurred on the 17th of January, 1888, at the age of forty-four years. The mother is still living in Broadway. Their family numbered ten children, eight of whom are yet living, namely: Charles D. ; John E. , a furniture dealer and undertaker of this place; Hannah, wife of D. J. Sanderson, a resident farmer of Union county; Mary F., wife of Frank Stevens, an agriculturist of Champaign county, Ohio; Grant T., who is living in Broadway; Jennie; William T., and Bert J., all of whom are yet at home. Charles D. Shelton spent the days of his boyhood and youth upon his father's farm and acquired his education in the common schools of the neighborhood. He entered upon his business career in the winter of 1880, as a salesman in the general mercantile store owned by J. J. Watts, of Broadway. That gentleman was his employer during the four succeeding years, and when Mr. Watts sold out to Fisher & Son, he continued with the new firm for one year, then moved to Marysville, but after six months came to Broadway, where our subject has since carried on business. On the 7th of April, 1885, Mr. Shelton led to the marriage altar Miss Freelove Bault, a native of Union county, and a daughter of John and Susan Bault. They now have two daughters, Clara and Flora. 360 - MEMORIAL AND BlOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF When twenty-two years of age, Mr. Shelton was elected Township Treasurer, a position which he held for two years. He was then called to the office of Township Clerk and is still serving in that capacity in a most creditable and acceptable manner. He is one of the founders of the first Methodist Episcopal Church erected at Broadway and is very prominent in religious work. At this writing he is serving as Trustee of the church and Superintendent of the Sunday-school, and the cause of Christianity finds in him an able supporter. Socially he is connected with the Odd Fellows' society. He is a charter member of the lodge in Broadway, belongs to Richwood Encampment, No. 185, in which he has filled all the offices, and for two years he has served as District Deputy Grand Master. In his political views he is a Republican. Mr. Shelton is emphatically one of the most progressive young business men of Union county, and in the history of this community he well deserves representation. JOHN L. BOERGER.—There is no one nation that has contributed to the complex composite make-up of our American social fabric an element of more sterling worth and of greater value in supporting and fostering our national institutions than has Germany. From this source our republic has had nothing to lose and much to gain. Germany has given us men of sturdy integrity, indomitable perseverence, higher intelligence and much business sagacity,—the result being the incorporation of a strong and strength-giving fiber ramifying through warp and woof. A man who may well look with pride upon his German-American origin is the subject of this review, who has long been identified with the mercantile life of Marysville, Ohio, and who stands conspicuous as one of the most active, enterprising and successful of her business men. Mr. Boerger is a native of the Buckeye State, having been burn at Galion, Crawford county, September 19, 1858. His parents, both of whom are now deceased, were John L. and Mary (Denderline) Boerger, both being born in Bavaria, Germany, where they were reared. The father came to America when sixteen years of age and located in Columbus, this State, where he met and ultimately married Miss Mary Denderline, whose residence in America dated from her seventeenth year. They continued their residence in the city of Columbus for but a brief time after the consummation of their marriage, soon removing to Galion, where the father engaged quite extensively in the manufacturing of brick, the family continuing to reside there for several years, after which they removed to Union county, locating in Darby township, where the father purchased a farm, known as the Alex Robinson farm, and conducted the same successfully for a time, after which he exchanged the place for a fine farm located four miles east of Marysville. This continued to be his home for the remainder of his life, his demise occurring May 4, 1893, at which time he had attained the age of sixty-six years; the devoted wife and mother had preceded her husband into eternal rest, her death having occurred May 23, 1891, her age being sixty-five years. The father was distinctively a self-made man, was industrious, honorable in all his dealings, self-reliant and ever instinct with human sympathies,— DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 361 a man who gained and held the appreciative esteem of all. As indicative of the strides he made toward the goal of substantial success, we may recall the fact that when he first began operations upon his own responsibility he worked for a time for the diminutive stipend of sixteen cents per diem. He lived, however, to find his position assured as one of the prosperous and influential residents of Union county. He and his wife were active and devoted members of the German Lutheran Church. They had a family of seven children, concerning whom we are enabled to offer brief record as follows: Mary, deceased; Maggie, wife of L. C. Conrad, of this county; John K., a prosperous farmer in the State of Missouri; George A., who is also engaged in farming in Missouri; John L., subject of this review: John M., who resides on the old homestead, four miles east of Maryville; Elizabeth, wife of George Vanderan, a resident of Salisbury, Missouri. The career of our subject has been marked by no events of extraordinary order, and yet it has shown a record of accomplishment which can but redound to his honor and credit, and which has eventuated in a pronounced success gained by personal effort and exemplifying what is possible of doing when one's ambitious desires are sufficiently potential to beget practical endeavors along the line where the desideratum may be realized. Having passed his boyhood days on the parental farm, he was enabled to secure excellent educational advantages in a preliminary way, attending the district and parochial schools until he had attained the age of sixteen years, when he matriculated at the Capital University, in Columbus, where he took a partial course, subsequently entering the Spencerian Business College at Cleveland, Ohio, where he completed a thorough business course. In the fall of 1878 he came to Marysville and secured a position as bookkeeper for F. H. & W. Otte, clothiers, with whom he remained one year, after which he entered the employ of S. Stern & Son, who were engaged in the same line of enterprise in this city. He held a position as salesman with this firm until February 1, 1886, when he effected a purchase of the stock and business and commenced operations upon his own account. At the time this transfer was made the stock was given an inventory valuation of $1o,000, and this very considerable representation has since been augmented until the capitalistic investment now reaches an aggregate of fully three times the amount named. By careful methods, keen business discernment and alert spirit of enterprise Mr. Boerger has brought the business to a point of maximum importance in point of trade controlled and extent of stock carried. The headquarters of this representative enterprise are located at the Fountain Corner of the public square, and the entire building of three stories is devoted to the accommodation of the business,—the aggregate floor space utilized being nearly 5,000 square feet. This is the most extensive industry of the sort in the county, and the stock is one of the largest and most admirably selected in this section of the State, in. cluding a full assortment of clothing, hats, caps and men's furnishings, and offering a wide range for selection. The credit for having attained a position at the head of so magnificent an enterprise is due alone to our subject's personal efforts and ability and he may well hold in high estimation his marked success. 362 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF Mr. Beorger is a stanch Republican and has taken an active interest in the conduct of local political affairs, having held preferment as Trustee and Corporation Clerk. June 2, 1886, was consummated our subject's marriage to Miss Ollie, daughter of Waterman Hill, a prominent resident of Milford Centre, this county. They are the parents of two interesting children, namely: L. Fawn and Ralph W. Mr. and Mrs. Boerger are members of the Marysville Presbyterian Church, in whose work they take an active interest. The pleasant family home is located on East Eighth street. As a member of the business circles of Marysville and in social relations as well Mr. Boerger occupies a high position in the esteem of the community. WINGET HARRAMAN, who follows farming in Jackson township, Union county. served his country during the late war as a member of the Union army, and has ever been a loyal and valued citizen. The record of his life is as follows: He was born in Bowling Green, Marion county, Ohio, on the 3rd of February, 1843, and is a son of David Harraman. His father was a native of Virginia, and was a farmer by occupation. He served as a soldier in the war of 1812, and his death occurred in the year in which the civil war war broke out. In his political views he was a Democrat, and in religious belief was a Baptist. His wife bore the maiden name of Margaret Clemens. Mr. Harraman, of this sketch, was reared on the old homestead farm in Marion county, and received such educational privileges as the common schools of the neighbor hood afforded. He aided in the cultivation and improvement of the old farm until 1861, in which year he started 'Westward, locating in Iowa. In 1862, however, he responded to the country's call for troops, enlisting for three years' service. He was assigned to Company C, of the Fortieth Iowa Infantry, went at once to the front, and with his regiment took part in some of the leading engagements of the war, including the battles of Pulaski and Yazoo City, the siege and capture of Vicksburg, the battles of Helena and Little Rock, Arkansas, and the Red river expedition. When the Ay ar was over and the country no longer needed his services, he was honorably discharged in Davenport, Iowa. His brother, Jesse Harraman, was also a soldier. He enlisted in the spring of 1863, in the Fourth Regiment, Company C, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died in the battle of the Wilderness. He was born in Marion county, Ohio, and was but sixteen years of age when he enlisted. During the year succeeding his discharge Mr. Harraman continued in the Hawkeye State, but in 1866 returned to his native county, where he remained until 1868. He then came to Union county, where for twenty-six years he has now made his home. Here he owns a good farm comprising 151 acres of arable land, under a high state of cultivation and well improved. He devotes the greater part of his attention to the raising of small grains and has won prosperity by his good management and careful attention to all business details. An important event in the life of Mr. Harraman occurred in 1867, when at the age of twenty-four years he was united in marriage with Miss Martha J. Baldwin, daughter of Henry and Edith (Parmenter) Bald- DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 363 win, born and reared in Union county, Ohio. The father was born in Madison county, Ohio, and became one of the prominent pioneer settlers of Union county. Seven children graced the union of our subject and his wife, of whom five are yet living, namely : William H., John, Alma Florence, Leroy and Carrie. Those now deceased are Jesse and Naomi. Mr. Harraman exercises his right of franchise in support of the Democracy, but has never sought or desired office, prefering to give his time and attention to his business cares. He belongs to the Odd Fellows' society and to the Grand Army of the Republic, and is the same loyal citizen as in days of yore when he donned the blue and went to the defense of the Union, following the old flag until it was placed in triumph in the capital of the Confederacy. HON. E. F. POPPLETON is one of the most prominent representatives of the legal profession in Delaware county, and is also one of the leading men of the State, influential both in professional and political circles. His name is therefore inseparably connected with the history of his adopted county, and this work would be incomplete without the record of his life. He claims Ohio as the State of his nativity, for his birth occurred in Richland county on the 29th of September, 1834. His father, Samuel Poppleton, comes of Revolutionary stock, his father and three uncles having fought for the independence of the colonies all through the war. He was born in Vermont, July 2, 1793, and in the usual manner of farmer lads was reared to manhood. He made the most of his school privileges in early life and thereby acquired a fair English education. In his younger years he united with the Methodist Church, was a regularly ordained minister of that denomination and often preached, and was an earnest worker in the cause of Christianity. At the age of nineteen he enlisted in the war of 1812, in which he served until its close, when shortly after, he removed to New York. In the Empire State, Samuel Poppleton was united in marriage, October 10, 1818, with Parthenia Steinbeck, and then emigrated to Ohio, locating in Knox county, on Dry creek, taking up his abode with Daniel S. Norton, doing farm work for about four years. On the expiration of that period he removed to Richland county, Ohio, where he made his first purchase of land, developing therefrom a good farm which he placed under a high state of cultivation. In 1839 or 1840, he embarked in merchandising in company with F. W. Strong, his son-in-law, in Mansfield, Ohio, and was connected with the commercial interests of that city during the succeeding twenty-five years, after which he removed to Delaware for the purpose of giving his children better educational privileges; and Delaware was the place of his residence until called to the home beyond, on the 23d of September, 1864. By his first marriage Mr. Poppleton had a family of four children,—Roena F., Samuel D., Mary E. and Andrew J., all now deceased. The mother of this family died October 18, 1826, and on the 3rd of February, 1828, Mr. Poppleton was again married, his second union being with Julia A. Smith, who was born February 1, 1808, in Canada, but is descended from New York ancestry. She is still living, her home being now in Cleveland, Ohio. The children of the second marriage are Emery E., who 364 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF resides in Cleveland and is secretary of the Cleveland & Mahoning Railroad Company; Parthenia P., deceased wife of Judge Stevenson Burke; Damaris A., deceased wife of Judge George B. Lake, Chief Justice of the Supreme Bench of the State of Nebraska; Early F., of this sketch; Houston H., an attorney at law of Cleveland and for twenty years attorney of the Big Four Railroad Company; Zada C., deceased wife of Colonel Thomas H. Linnell. E. F. Poppleton began his education in the district schools, where he became familiar with the three R's,--" readin', ritin ' and 'rithmetic." At the age of twelve he entered the Wilcox High School, at Belleville, Ohio, at which place the family were living, although the father was engaged in business at Mansfield, Ohio, and to that place our subject frequently went to assist his father in the store. In 1852 he further continued his literary education, becoming a student in the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, where he remained until 1855, when he went to Elyria, Ohio, and took up the study of law in the office of Judge Burke, his brother-in-law. He was admitted to the bar in September, 1858, and formed a partnership with his former preceptor, the connection continuing for about a year, when Mr. Poppleton came to Delaware to look after the affairs of his father, who was then in poor health. In the spring of 1861 he opened a law office and here embarked in the prosecution of his chosen profession, which he has followed continuously since, except when officially employed. Turning from the public to the private life of Mr. Poppleton, we note that on the 1st of September, 1859, he led to the marriage altar Miss Adeline Chase, and by their union were born four children,— Franklin Chase; Edmund Burke, Parthenia Adeline and George E. The mother departed this life in July, 1868, and on the 24th of November, 1875, Mr. Poppleton was joined in wedlock with Miss Mary R. Miller, daughter of Martin Miller, of Delaware. They have two children, both sons, William Miller and Earley Samuel. Perhaps Mr. Poppleton is best known to the people at large through his official life. He has served for six years as a member of the City Council of Delaware, most of the time as President of the body, during which time the water-works were built, the electric lights put in and the electric railway built, and these works, so beneficial to the city, were secured largely through the earnest and untiring efforts of Mr. Poppleton, who has always manifested an active and commendable interest in everything pertaining to the welfare of this community. In 187o he was elected to the Ohio State Senate from the Sixteenth Ohio Senatorial District, comprising Licking and Delaware counties, and in 1874 he was elected to Congress from the Ninth Congressional District, comprising the counties of Marion, Morrow, Hardin, Union, Delaware and Knox. Though one of the youngest members of the House he was placed on several very important committees, including the committee on elections; also served as a member of the committee on public buildings, and was made chairman of the subcommittee on the investigation of the post-office building of New York city. As a lawyer before the bar, Mr. Poppleton is earnest and eloquent, possessed of keen perceptive power and quick to grasp the salient points in his opponent's arguments, and therefore has won success in his chosen profession. In the Legislature and in Con- DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 365 gress he ably represented his constituents, laboring for their best interests, and his votes were always cast after mature deliberation. He is a pleasant, genial man, very popular with all classes, and his fidelity to duty and his conscientious fulfillment of all trusts reposed in him, have made him one of the most esteemed and honored citizens of his adopted county. TULLIUS CLINTON O'KANE.— Among all the popular gospel and Sunday-school song writers of our times no one is more widely known or holds a higher place in the affections of the Christian world than T. C. O'Kane. He was among the very first to strike out with more freedom in his melodies and rhythms and introduce the style of songs that have since taken such a hold upon the people, and that have been the great moving power in religious revivals and great religious convocations. The first name of a musical author that ever attracted my attention was that of T. C. O'Kane. When I was a pupil of the public schools of Cincinnati, Ohio, at about the age of fourteen, there was a song in our music book that was the general favorite of the school. We would always call for it when given an opportunity and we would sing it lustily. It was entitled 'Ever to the Right, Boys," or something like that, and had a movement like his "Over There. " We boys were at that time making our first attempts at singing bass, and we felt that we were doing great things. The song suited our tastes exactly. In the chorus the bass would come in on after notes to the words to the right, to the right, etc., with a march movement that would stir up all the enthu siam there was in us. We wished that Mr. O'Kane had written more songs for the book. Since having grown up I have had the pleasure of a personal acquaintance with this honored musical author and have found him to be in every way as great as our boyish imaginings had pictured him. He was born in 1830 in a small village of Fairfield county, Ohio, some sixteen miles southeast of Columbus. He resided with his parents in this vicinity until the spring of 1849, when he went to Delaware, Ohio, and entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, from which he graduated with great honor in 1852. Immediately upon his graduation he was tendered a position in the faculty as tutor of mathematics, which he accepted and successfully filled for five years. The students always called him "Professor," by which title he is known to the present day. His musical abilities were early recognized in the university, and for years he was the musical director in the daily chapel devotions. He organized and maintained a choral society in the college, and was the first musical instructor in the Ohio Wesleyan Female College, which a few years ago was incorporated into the university. In 1857 he was elected to the principalship in the Cincinnati public schools, and served in that capacity until 1864, when he resigned his position to accept a place in the piano establishment of Philip Philips & Co. He remained with this house until its removal to New York city in 1867, when, although urged to be transferred with the house to that city, he preferred to remove with his family back to Delaware, Ohio, where he now resides. For the ensuing six years he traveled over the State of Ohio as general agent for the Smith American Organ 366 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF Company, of Boston, Massachusetts. During this time he visited conferences and Sunday-school conventions, both State and county, introducing his Sunday-school singing books, and in this way became well known throughout his native State and quite extensively in some of the adjoining States. In 1873 he went into the book and stationery business, in Delaware, Ohio, which is still engrossing his attention. His musical compositions were first published in Philip Philips's Musical Leaves, in 1865, and since then but few Sunday-school singing books have appeared without one or more of his compositions. His first singing book, Fresh Leaves, was issued in 1868. This was followed by Dew Drops, in 1870; by Songs for 'Worship, in 1873; by Every Sabbath, in 1874; by Jasper and Gold, in 1877; by Redeemer's Praise, in 1881; by Glorious Things, in 1886; by Morning Star, in 189o. In connection with J. R. Sweeney and Chaplain McCabe he issued in 1878 Joy to the 'World, a singing book for prayer meetings, and the same editors, with the addition of W. J. Kirkpatrick, compiled Songs of Redeeming Love, in 1882, and No. 2 in 1887. In 1883 he issued Songs of Praises, for evangelistic purposes, the sales of which amounted to several hundred thousand copies. In connection with his son, Edward T. O'Kane, who is himself a most excellent composer and a very skillful organist, in 1882 he compiled Selected Anthems, a book designed for use by the more advanced choirs. With Mr. O'Kane music and musical composition have ever been a recreation rather than a profession. He is an excellent leader of choirs, but his forte seems to be in leading large congregations, Sunday-schools and social religious meetings in sacred songs. He sings with "the spirit and with the understanding," also with a due appreciation of both words and music, and very naturally infuses his enthusiasm into his audience, so that they cannot keep from singing. In his music he endeavors to catch the spirit of the hymn, and then give it expression in the music he composes for it. This sometimes seems to have been almost an inspiration and could be illustrated by a reference to the circumstances under which many of his compositions have been made. One of his earlier and more widely known pieces is that entitled —Over There." He says he cut this hymn out of some newspaper and put it with others in his portfolio, intending sometime when he felt like it to give it a musical setting. One Sunday afternoon, after studying his lesson for the next session of his Sunday-school, he opened his portfolio, and, turning over his selections, found these words, and something seemed to say "Now is your time." He sat down to the organ, studied the hymn intently for a few moments, and then as his fingers touched the keys of the instrument melody and harmony were in every movement, and when the stanza was ended melody and harmony found expression in the chorus and "Over There" was finished. Another of his well-known songs is " Sweeping Through the Gates." One cold blustering day he had occasion to go from his residence to the railroad depot, about a mile distant, and in his route had to cross the river on a suspension foot bridge. As he came down the bridge he thought of the "River of Death," so cold with no bridge, and then the words of the dying Cookman came to his mind and he exclaimed to himself —Who, who are these beside the chilly DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 367 wave?" Words, melody and refrain seemed to come all at once and altogether, so that by the time he had arrived at his home the composition was complete. Mr. O'Kane is a deeply religious man. His greatest joy comes from the consciousness that his music has cheered and comforted the hearts of Christian people all over the world and has been the means of winning thousands from the pleasures of the world to the higher enjoyments of the Christian religion. He cherishes a large file of personal letters that have been received during past years testifying to the blessing his songs have been to the souls of others. He is a genial, modest Christian gentleman who carries sunshine wherever he goes, and although he has passed the milestone of his life numbering three-score, yet he seems as fresh and vigorous as ever, and we may confidently expect many years yet of valuable service in the realm of sacred song. The above was taken from the December number, of 1891, of the Musical Messenger, published at Cincinnati, Ohio, by the Fillmore Bros., who, being well acquainted with the subject, wrote and published the article. In 1843 he united with the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he has since been a constant and active member, arid for forty years of this time has been a worker in the Sabbath-school, being Superintendent of the same most of the time. Mr. O'Kane was married in Delaware, in June, 1853, to Miss Laura A. Eaton, daughter of Hon. James and Elizabeth (Caulkins) Eaton. They had been residents of the county for many years, and she was born and reared here. Mr. and Mrs. O'Kane have had four sons, namely: Charley C., a promising young man who died in his twenty-second year; an infant son, deceased; Edward T., manager of the Philips Optical Company, at Delaware, Ohio, is a graduate of the Ohio Wesleyan University, and is a fine organist and composer, skilled in all branches of music; and William Eaton, the youngest, who was for years associated with his father in business and who is now manager of the retail department in the Methodist Book Concern, in Chicago. James O'Kane, the honored father of this noted man, was born in Virginia in 1805, and in the Old Dominion spent his youthful days. When about twenty he came to Fairfield county, Ohio. His parents were Scotch-Irish and were both born in the north of Ireland. In Fairfield county James O'Kane was engaged in the mercantile business until 1838, when he moved to Franklin county, ten miles east of Columbus, continuing there the same occupation, and from that place, in 1849, he removed to Columbus, where he was in business for fifteen years. His next and last removal was to Licking county, Ohio, and his death occurred in 1869, at the age of sixty-four years. His wife was nee Julia Williams. She was a native of northern New York, born in 181o. They were married in 1829, and her death occurred in 186o. Of their nine children five reached maturity and four are still living, T. C. being the first born. A list of the books which Mr. O'Kane has published has already been given, with, however, the exception of the latest work with which he has been connected. In 1893 J. R. Sweeney, W. J. Kirkpatrick and Mr. O'Kane issued Unfading Treasures, which is now being largely circulated. 368 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF D. H. LINCOLN, Clerk of the Courts, Mount Gilead, Ohio, is a native of Grant county, Wiscon- sin, born April 28, 1855. Thomas Lincoln, his father, is a son of Azariah Lincoln, they being near relatives of the distinguished Abraham Lincoln. Thomas Lincoln was one of the pioneer farmers of Wisconsin. About 1849 he crossed the plains to California, making the long and tedious journey on foot. For eighteen months he worked in the gold mines of California, and at the end of that time returned home via the isthmus of Panama and New York city, bringing with him $1,000 and joining his family in Wisconsin. In 1862 he moved to Boscobel, Wisconsin, and engaged in the hotel business, which he continued for a year and a half. About this time he traded his farm in Wisconsin for one in Congress township, Morrow county, Ohio, to which he moved in 1863. In the fall of that same year he traded this farm of 100 acres for one of 135 acres in Franklin township, and from that time until 1880 made his home on it. In 1880 he again traded, this time for a farm in Gilead township, where he resided until 1889, when he retired from active life and moved to a home he had bought on Cherry street in Mount Gilead. Here he passed away in June, 1890. He was a prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and a Steward in the same, and was honored and respected for his many sterling traits of character. Politically he is a Republican. Of our subject's mother, we record that her maiden name was Rachel Kay, and that she was born in Ohio and reared near Luddingville, this State. She is still living and is a resident of Mount Gilead. Her father, William Kay, was one of the pioneers of Ohio. Mrs. Lincoln is the mother of seven children: three sons and four daughters, namely: Judge A. W., a graduate of the Ohio Wesleyan University, was a teacher for several years, was admitted to the bar in 1887, and is row Probate Judge of Greene county, Missouri; Joel K., engaged in farming in Morrow county; and D. H., the subject of this sketch, the youngest son and fifth born. Of the daughters, Mary E. is the widow of Thomas Coles; Sarah A. is the wife of Lee Dakan, a farmer of Harrison county, Iowa; L. Augusta is the wife of John Hull, of Morrow county, Ohio; and Belle is the wife of J. C. Lerch. of Pulaski, this county. D. L. Lincoln was eight years old when he removed with his parents from Boscobel, Wisconsin, to Morrow county, Ohio. He attended the district schools and also the union school at Mount Gilead, and at the age of seventeen began teaching. For sixteen years he followed the profession of teaching and all that time was in Congress township. May 22, 1888, he moved to Mount Gilead and engaged in the livery business, in which, however, he continued only a short time, selling out in February of the following year. April 23, 1889, he was appointed to a position in the railway mail service between Cleveland and Cincinnati, on the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railroad, by President Harrison. This position he resigned July 20, 1894, in order to accept the office he now holds, that of Clerk of the Courts. In 1891 he received special mention from the Superintendent of Railway Mail Service, and at the close of his service was the recipient of a letter of commendation from that official. In 1887 Mr. Lincoln made the canvass DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 369 for the office of Clerk of Courts, the opposing candidates being J. E. McCracken, Thomas Riddle, John Bunker and a Mr. Lyon. After a spirited contest of fifteen ballots, J. E. McCracken was nominated. Mr. Lincoln lacked only three votes of securing the nomination. In 1893 he was again candidate for the same office and was nominated on the first ballot, and at the ensuing election he received a majority of 730 votes. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., No. 169, and Encampment No. 69, and he is also identified with the Knights of Pythias and the Royal Arch Masons. Mr. Lincoln was married in 1877 to Miss Silva Vanatta, a native of Morrow county, Ohio. They have two children, Beryl, born in 1878, and Annie, in 1880. J. W. S. PUGH, Deputy United States Marshal, resides on a farm in Gilead township, Morrow county, Ohio. He is one of the representative men of this county, is well known and highly respected, and it is appropriate that some personal mention be made of him in this work. A sketch of his life is as follows: J. W. S. Pugh was born in Canaan township, Morrow county, Ohio, December 15, 1858. His grandfather, Jesse Pugh, a native of Wales, emigrated to America when a young man and located in Pennsylvania, where he took claim to a tract of Government land. Subsequently he came to Ohio and entered land in Fairfield county, being among the earliest settlers of that place, and from there he afterward removed to Morrow county. In Walnut township, Fairfield county, December 17, 1818, his son James, the father of our subject, was born, and there he spent his boyhood days, coming with his father to Morrow county. He married Elizabeth \W. Stinchcomb, who was born in Thorn township, Perry county, Ohio, May 16, 1825. Her grandfather, George Stinchcomb, came from England to this country at an early day and settled at Baltimore, Maryland, from whence he afterward removed to Pennsylvania, where he passed his last days and died. His son George, Mrs. Pugh's father, was born in Pennsylvania, and came from there to Perry county, Ohio. James Pugh and his wife were married in Perry county and soon afterward located on a farm in Canaan township, Mori row county, where he was engaged in general farming until 1867, when he moved to Gilead township. He died in the sixty-sixth year of his age, after an active and useful life. Politically he was a Republican. During the war he served for two terms, six years, as Commissioner of Morrow county. He was Township Trustee and Land Appraiser of Gilead township in 1870. In religion he was an earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as also is his wife, who is still living, now a resident of Edison, Ohio, and in the seventieth year of her age. They had ten children, six sons and four daughters, the eldest dying in infancy. Of the others, we record that Henrietta L. is the wife of H. C. Bennett, of Cardington township, this county; George H., a prominent physician, is a resident of Thornville, Perry county, Ohio; Margaret A. is the wife of Alvin Essing, of Canton, Ohio; J. W. S. is the subject of this article; Jesse H. is a resident of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; Elmer is deceased; John C. resides in Columbus, Ohio; Sarah E. is deceased; and Benjamin F. lives at Columbus. J. W. S. Pugh was eight years of age at the time his parents moved to Gilead 370 - MEMORIAL AND .1310GRAPHICAL RECORD OP township. He had good educational advantages, attending the district schools and later the Union School at Mount Gilead, where he graduated in 1881, in a class of thirteen. Soon after his graduation he became an employe of the 0. C. R. R., with which company he remained four months. Then he settled down to farming and has been engaged in agricultural pursuits on his present farm ever since. He was married September 23. 1886, to Carrie Belle McCracken, who was born in Chesterville, Morrow county, May 6, 1862. daughter of William W. and Mary (Green) McCracken. She, too, was educated at Union School and was a member of the same class in which her husband graduated. They have one child. Mary Caroline, born in 1890. Politically Mr. Pugh is a Republican. He was appointed United States Deputy Marshal under Harrison's administration, in 1889. and still fills the office most efficiently. He has also served as Township Trustee and Township Collector. Fraternally Mr. Pugh is identified with the Masonic Lodge, No. 206, of Mount Gilead, and Gilead Chapter, No. 59, R. A.. M. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church. A. L. BANKER, Probate Judge, Mount Gilead, Morrow county, Ohio, was born in Peru township, this county, October 29, 1860, and, although comparatively a young man, has attained prominence. Judge Banker is of German descent, and traces his ancestry back to the early settlers of New York State. His father, William Banker, a native of New York and a carpenter by trade, came to Morrow county, Ohio, in 1850, and located in Peru township, on a farm. Subsequently he went West, and died in Kansas. He married in Ohio, Miss Elizabeth James, a native of Virginia, who came with her parents to Peru township, this county, when she was eight years of age, and they had two children, a daughter and a son, the elder, Dora, being deceased. Mrs. Banker is still living, and makes her home with her son. She is of English descent. A. L. Banker received his early education in the district schools of Lincoln township, and then for one term was a student at Cardington. When he was sixteen he began teaching, securing a position in Oxford township, Delaware county, where he taught two terms, following that with four terms in Lincoln township, this county. Afterward he taught at Westfield, Eden and other district schools. In the meantime he kept up his studies, took a high-school course at Cardington. and a classical course in the Ohio Wesleyan University, graduating in the latter institution in 1886. In the spring of 1886 he was elected Superintendent of the Cardington schools, which position he filled most acceptably until 1891. For four years he was also County Examiner. In 1891 he engaged in the clothing and furniture business at Cardington, which he sold after conducting the same for a year and four months. About this time he became a candidate for the office of Probate Judge, was nominated and duly elected, and is now serving in this position. He has always been a Republican. In 1889 Judge Banker married Miss Clara Kreis, a native of Cardington, daughter of Hon. George Kreis, and they have had two children,—Helen E. and Ruth V. The former died at the age of three years. DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 371 Socially the Judge is identified with the Masonic order, having taken the Royal Arch degrees. Thus in social, political and educational circles he is well known, and is justly entitled to the high esteem in which he is held. WILLIAM PATTAN, deceased, was the first settler of Liberty township, Delaware county, Ohio, and was the progenitor of a large and highly respected family of this State. He was born, reared and married in Maryland, the lady of his choice being Mary Harden, and after their marriage they came west to Ohio, and settled on a large tract of land where Marietta now stands. There he made a clearing in the forest and resided for some years, and in 1804 removed from that place to what is now Liberty township, Delaware county, then a trackless wilderness. Here he cut down the trees and built a log cabin, and soon he and his wife and their little family of five children were comfortably established in their pioneer home, far removed from any other habitation. And here he lived until his family were all grown and married, after which he distributed a portion of his property among his children and sold the rest. He then bought property at Prospect, Ohio, where he spent the residue of his life and died. He was eminently a successful man. During the war of 1812 he served as Captain, and did. faithful service for his country. An enthusiastic Methodist, and an exhorter in the church, he exemplified in his own life the truths which he tried to impress upon others. His family was composed of the following members: Thomas, who removed to Marion county, Ohio, and engaged in farming; Richard, a merchant of Marion county; Sally, wife of Oran Powers; William, a farmer of Marion county; Isaac, who remained in Liberty township, Delaware county, and further mention of whom is given below; Oran, a banker of Marion county; Lorenzo, a farmer of Marion county; Ruth, who died in early life; Milton, M. D., of Larue, Ohio; and Maria, widow of Thomas Berry, a merchant of Marion county. All the sons grew up to be successful men and honored and useful citizens. Isaac, the fifth of the family, was born in Marietta, Ohio, in 1801, and died in Delaware county, Ohio, in 1893. He spent his whole life on the farm upon which his father had settled, devoting his energies to agricultural pursuits, and being successful in his operations. He assisted in making the shingles which covered the first building erected in the city of Delaware. In his religious views he followed in the footsteps of his honored father, and was one of the first members of the Williams Street Methodist Church of Delaware. Politically he was first a Whig and afterward a Republican. His first Presidential vote was cast for 'William Henry Harrison, and his last for Benjamin Harrison. His wife, whose maiden name was Ariel Eaton, was born in Vermont in 1803, and died in Delaware county, Ohio, in 1872. They had six children, viz.: William, a farmer of Liberty township, Delaware county; Levi, who died in infancy; Millard, deceased; Luvia, wife of John Gardner, of Delaware; Stephen, who occupies the old home farm in Liberty township; and Mary, deceased. Of Mrs. Isaac Pattan, we further record that she was of English descent, and that her father, Levi Eaton, was a soldier in the 372 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF Revolutionary war. He came with his family to Franklin county, Ohio, at an early day and settled on a farm, where he met with prosperity and where he spent the rest of his life and died. His children were Fannie, Levi, Layernie, Philanda, Stephen, Ariel, Ruth and Phoebe. Mrs. Pattan was a woman of deep piety and high intellectual attainments. She was for a number of years a teacher in the Worthington Female Seminary of Ohio. As above noted, two sons and one daughter are the only survivors of the family of Isaac Pattan. This daughter, Luvia, in 1866 became the wife of John Gardner, a highly respected citizen of Delaware county, who was for years an active minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, continuing in the work until failing health ccmpelled him to retire. He was born in New Jersey in 1821, son of Moses and Seba (Dickinson) Gardner, and came to Delaware county, Ohio, with his parents when he was ten or twelve years old. Mr. and Mrs. Gardner lived on a farm prior to 1881, but since that time have made their home in Delaware, now living with their only child, Ariel, widow of Christian E. Graff. They occupy a beautiful residence at No. 25 West Central. Avenue. Mr. Graff was one of the promising young business men of Delaware, and his untimely death occurred in 1891. Mrs. Graff has one child, George Edward. Such, in brief, is a sketch of this pioneer of pioneers and his posterity. SILAS D. WOLFLEY, dealer in hides and furs, Delaware, Ohio, was born in Delaware county, this State, March 6, 1846, son of John and Hattie (Allen) Wolfley. He received his education in Delaware, and when he was fifteen years old began to learn the trade of tanner in his father's tannery. This was during the civil war, and, young as he was, he felt it his duty to enter the Union ranks, which he did May 2, 1864, at the age of seventeen. He enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Forty-fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered out August 24., 1864, at Camp Chase. Re-enlisting February 3, 1865, he served until September 18, 1 865, when he was mustered out at Nashville, Tennessee, as Corporal. His first service was near 'Washington and the latter part of his army career was in Tennessee and Georgia. The war over, he returned to his home in Delaware and resumed work at his trade, with which he has been connected up to the present time. He has been at the head of the hide and leather firm of S. D. Wonky since its establishment, having the entire supervision of the business. At the present he confines his operations to the handling of hides and furs. Mr. Wolfley has also dealt considerably in real estate in this city and county and also at Bowling Green, Ohio. He was married in Fairfield county, Ohio, March 13 1867, to Maggie Allen, daughter of Lyman P. and Eliza Allen. They have had two children, viz.: Clara, deceased wife of Dr. W. N. Leonard, of Delaware; and Mary, wife of Frank Huff, also of this city. The family are members of Williams Street Methodist Episcopal Church, of which Mr. Wolfley has been identified for over thirty years. He is also an Odd Fellow and a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, being a member of the George B. Torrence Post, No. 6o. His political affiliations are with the Republican party. DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 373 J. E. RODGERS, the well-known Recorder of Delaware county, who makes his home in the city of Delaware, has the honor of being a native of this locality, his birth having occurred in Scioto township on the 4th of October, 1862, and in that township he has spent nearly his entire life, coming to the city only when called here by his official duties. He is an only son of Ezekiel and Mary (Dodds) Rodgers, both now deceased, the mother haying passed away at the age of twenty-three years, while the father died in the fifty-ninth year of his age. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, held membership with Tanners Post, G. A. R., and was a highly respected citizen, whose sterling worth won for him many warm friends. The Rodgers family was established in Delaware in 1830, and the Dodds family in 1813, and its members were therefore numbered among the pioneer settlers of this locality. No event of special importance occurred during the childhood and youth of our subject, who was reared to manhood under the parental roof in the usual manner of farmer lads. After h; had attained to years of maturity he was united in marriage with Miss Carrie Tuller, the wedding being celebrated in 1885, and by their union have been born three children, namely: Imel B., LeRoy and Clarence. When the grandparents of our subject came to Delaware county, they located land and developed a farm which is now the property of J. E. Rodgers, and he continued its cultivation with good success until November, 1893, when he was nominated and elected to the office of County Recorder. He then came to the city, and has since devoted his time to the discharge of his official duties, administering the affairs of the position in a very acceptable manner. His long residence in this county has made him widely known, and his well-spent life has gained him high regard. A. M. GARDNER, proprietor of a tile factory and sawmill at New California, Union county, Ohio, is one of the enterprising young men of the town. This factory and mill plant was built in 1886 by his father, F. M. Gardner, and is one of the most complete establishments of its kind to be found. The sheds are 170 x 30 feet, the engine is a 30-horse power, and the capacity of the kiln is 1,300 rods of 3-inch tile. Six men are here employed, Mr. Gardner has a local market for all his product and does an annual business of $2, 500. He has worked at this business for a number of years, thoroughly understands its every detail, and is meeting with merited success. A. M. Gardner was born in 1872, and comes from a worthy ancestry. His father, F. M Gardner was born in Athens county, Ohio, in 184.7, son of Obadiah Gardner and grandson of Captain Gardner, a sea captain of Gardner, Maine. The Gardners are of Scotch origin. Obadiah Gardner's wife, nee Maria Vincent, was a daughter of Captain John Vincent, her father also being a sea captain. F. M. Gardner married Maria Rettenhouse, daughter of Thomas Rettenhouse, and a lady of culture and refinement. She died in November, 1877, leaving three sons and one daughter, viz.: Albert M., Harry, Laura, and Lester. Albert M. is a member of the United Presbyterian Church, affiliates with the Prohibition party, and is a young man of the 374 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF highest integrity of character. His frank and genial manner make him a favorite with his many friends. It is too soon on his journey of life to attempt a sketch of his career, for much of it, we trust, is before him. SAMUEL HOFFMIRE, a retired farmer of Lincoln township, Morrow county, was born in Knox county, Ohio, March 24, 1824. His father, Isaac Hoffmire, was a native of Bedford county, Pennsylvania, and a son of Samuel Hoffmire, also born in that State. He came to Knox county, Ohio, in 181o, locating on Owl Creek, four miles north of Fredericktown, where he entered land. He was one of the earliest settlers there, and remained there until his death. Isaac Hoff-mire located on a farm a mile and a half from his father's place, where he also departed this life. He was of German descent. The mother of our subject, Margaret (Packer) Hoffmire, was a Quaker by birth. Her parents located in Richland county, Ohio, in 1810. She was a daughter of Moses Packer, and one of her brothers was a Quaker minister. She had three brothers who were Mormons, and participated in the Mormon massacre at Nauvoo, Illinois. Isaac Hoffrnire and wife had eight sons, namely: Luther, deceased; Samuel, the subject of this sketch; Milton, of Fulton, Morrow county; Moses, deceased; Job, who is supposed to be a resident of Oklahoma; Thomas, who died from wounds received in the late war; James, of Colorado; and Burr, who was lost in the mountains and died there. Samuel Hoffmire, the eldest child now living, was reared in Knox county, and received his education in the subscription schools. During those days he had to cut his regular share of wood to keep the old school-house warm, the windows of which were made of greased paper. His father purchased forty acres of land, except a small payment down, on credit, and they put in twenty acres of wheat, from the sale of which they received sufficient money to pay for the land. At the age of twenty-two years Mr. Hoffmire left home and began work by the month, receiving $10 per month, for three months, after which he worked for himself at harness-making and blacksmith-Mg. In 1849 he came to Lincoln township, Morrow county, bought an improved farm, on credit, remaining there six years, then moved to Perry township, and then in 1858 bought an improved farm in Lincoln township, on ten years' time, and in 1865 moved where he now lives. During his residence in this county he has owned ten different farms. Mr. Hoffrnire began life for himself with nothing but a three-year-old colt, and he now owns forty-three acres of well-improved land, and has given too acres to his children. In political matters, he votes the straight Republican ticket. He served as Trustee for many rears in Lincoln township, having been first elected in 1873, and is at present Justice of the Peace. In November, 1847, Mr. Hoffmire was united in marriage with Catherine Carr, a native of Richland county, Ohio, and a daughter of David Carr, who came to this county before the land came into the market. He located in the woods, and purchased a farm after the land became salable. Her mother was formerly Sallie Fisher. Mrs. Hoffmire was their second child, and her death occurred May, 1888, leaving three children,—Melvina, born in February, 1849, is the wife of F. M. Carpenter, of Lincoln