DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 375 township; L. B., born in 1850, married Ellen Coomer; and W. T., born in 1865, married Effie DeMuth, and they reside with our subject. GEORGE S. SINGER, Cardington, Ohio, proprietor of the Olentangy poultry yard, fruit farm and garden, and inventor, patentee and manufacturer of the Olentangy incubator and Olentangy brooder and non-freezing fountain for poultry, is a man who has in a comparatively few years established an immense business. In 1880 he began raising fancy poultry merely for a pastime, and to such an extent has this business increased on his hands that last year, 1893, he sold no less than $3,000 worth of eggs. Early in his experience in the business he felt the need of better incubator and brooder facilities than were at that time on the market, and set his inventive genius to work, the result being his Olentangy incubator and brooder, which he first placed before the public in 1890. That year, however, he sold only forty machines. In 1891 his sales reached $4,000, and then for the first time did he contemplate the manufacture of incubators as a a regular business project and took out a patent on his machines. In 1892 the business reached $12,000, and in 1893 a little in excess of $30,000. In 1890 one man did all the work, while this year, 1894, one hundred workmen are busily engaged in supplying the demand. Recently he has established a branch factory in Omaha, and from these two points in Ohio and Nebraska he ships his incubators to all parts of the United States; and he also makes shipments to Australia and other foreign countries. Mr. Singer has received no less than fifty premiums on his invention, these premiums coming from fairs held in several different States. Having thus briefly glanced at the rapidly increasing business in which Mr. Singer is engaged, we now turn for a sketch of his life. George S. Singer is of German and English descent, but spoke the German language. His grandfather Singer was born in England, was one of the early settlers of Maryland, and in that State reared his family. His son John, the father of Gorge S., was born in Maryland, in Frederick county, in the year 1792; was a participant in the war of 1812, was a Democrat in politics, and long before the outbreak of the civil war he predicted that such a war was sure to come. He ran a huckster wagon, kept a country dry-goods store, and also carried on farming, and was fairly successful in his operations. He was married in Frederick county, Maryland, to Sarah Hawkensmith, a native of that place, born in 1800, she, too, being of German origin. They became the parents of five children. The first born died in infancy, and of the others we record that Charlotte A., widow of Jesse Hoover, lives on the old home place in Maryland; Mary S., wife of Thomas Rosensteel, lives in Cambria county, Pennsylvania; George S. was the fourth born; and Sarah Wilhelmina, widow of Hiram Ovelman, resides at the old home place in Maryland. The father died in 1859, and the mother survived him until 1892. Both were members of the German Reformed Church. George S. Singer was born in Frederick county, Maryland, September 15, 1837, and was reared and educated there. In March, 1857, he came to Ohio, stopping 376 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF first at Tiffin.  In 1858 he entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, where he spent one year, and during the winters of 1859, '60 and '61 was engaged in teaching school in Morrow county. Next, he began buying butter and eggs, and kept a grocery at Cardington, being thus occupied when the civil war came on. July 25, 1862, he enlisted in Company C, Ninety-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as private, was made Corporal at muster-in and later promoted to Sergeant. This regiment was mustered in at Delaware, Ohio, and from there immediately went South, via Cincinnati, Lexington, Louisville, Memphis and Vicksburg, and was first in battle at Yazoo Swamps. Mr. Singer was with his regiment in all the battles in which it participated until the war was over, among them being the siege of Wicksburg and the battles around that city. At Jackson, Mississippi, he was taken sick, and was sent to the hospital at Memphis. Later he spent three months as clerk in the office of the head Surgeon at that place, rejoining his regiment at New Orleans. May 29, 1865, at Mobile, Alabama, he was discharged on account of sickness, and from there returned home, arriving on the fifth of June. After his return from the army, Mr. Singer accepted a position as clerk in the freight depot at Cardington, which he filled for five years. In 1877 he established himself in the livery business, also dealing in coal and ice. Since 1880 he has developed his present business, as above stated. Mr. Singer was married in 1859 to Anna Maria Roach, a native of Morrow county, Ohio, born June 13, 1843, daughter of John A. and Rachel A. (Noyer) Roach. They are the parents of four children, namely: Harley S., of Cardington, married Jennie Ackerman and has two children; Van Doren C., Huntington, Indiana, married Rosie Firstenberger, and has five children; Emery M. is married and lives in Omaha, Nebraska; and Mary Ellen, wife of Joseph Kahnheimer, Cardington, has two children. Politically Mr. Singer is a Republican, and has served as a member of the City Council of Cardington. Fraternally he is identified with the I. 0 0. F. , in which he has passed all the chairs, and has twice been through the chairs of the Encampment. GEORGE HOLLOWAY, Raymond's, Ohio, is one of the well-to-do farmers and prominent men of Liberty township, Union county, where he has resided since 1845. Mr. Holloway was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, January 21, 1827, son of Isaac Holloway, a native of Culpeper county, Virginia. Grandfather Asa Holloway was a Quaker, but notwithstanding his religion he took some part in the Revolutionary war, and drove his own team. The Holloways are of English descent. Isaac Holloway was married in Columbiana county, Ohio, to Miss Hope Garwood, a native of Culpeper county, Virginia, and a daughter of Isaiah and Mary Garwood, both of whom died in Columbiana county. This marriage resulted in the birth of five sons, namely: Charles, Eli, George, Isaiah, and William. The father was reared a Quaker, but in later life was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically he was a Whig. The mother lived to the advanced age of ninety-three years. The subject of our sketch was reared on a farm in his native county, and was edu- DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 377 cated in the public schools, remaining in Columbiana county until he was eighteen, and then coming to his present location. This part of the township was then all covered with dense forest. Here he at first bought fifty acres of land, and, after he had cleared and improved it, bought other land. He now has a fine farm of 150 acres, a comfortable residence, other good farm buildings, and is nicely situated. Mr. Holloway is a veteran of the civil war. He enlisted in 1864 in the One Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and joined the regiment at Rossville, Georgia. At Kenesaw Mountain he received a gunshot wound in the right knee, from the effects of which he was confined in the hospital for some time, after which he was honorably discharged and returned home. April 16, 1853, Mr. Holloway married Miss Abigail Phifer, a native of Clinton county, Ohio, and a daughter of Joseph C. and Charity (Crihfield) Phifer, both deceased, her father dying in Union county, at the age of fifty-seven years, and her mother in Logan county, at the age of fifty-two. Both were members of the Church of Christ and were people of high standing in the community in which they lived. They had eight children,—William, John, Amelia, Mary, Abigail, Sarah, Jane, and Narcissa. Mr. and Mrs. Holloway have two sons: Clifton E., who married May Dean and has one son, Olin, living in York township, this county; and J. P., who married Lizzie Snider, and lives on the home farm. Politically Mr. Holloway is a Republican. He has served three terms as Township Trustee and on various occasions has been a delegate to his party conventions. He is a member of the Disciple Church and a Deacon in the same. A man of the strictest integrity, honorable and upright in all the affairs of life, frank and cordial with all, he is as highly esteemed as he is well known. HON. PHILANDER B. COLE, deceased, for many years a prominent citizen of Marysville, was born near Columbus, Ohio, son of James and Jerusha (Blakeslie) Cole, who were of Dutch and English descent respectively. James Cole was a son of Benjamin Cole, a native of Wyoming, Pennsylvania, and a grandson of James Cole, who was born in Holland. The elder James Cole came to this country when a young man and settled at Wyoming, and there reared his family. Benjamin Cole removed from Wyoming to Pottstown, where it is supposed he spent the rest of his life. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, was a farmer by occupation, and reared a large family. One of his sons, Benjamin, was killed in the war of 1812. James Cole, the father of Philander, was in early life a wheelwright. He was a quiet and unassuming man and was domestic in his tastes. He was twice married. our subject being the only child by his first wife. By his second wife, nee Nancy Smith, he had a large family. When Philander B. was five years old his parents moved to Belle Point, Delaware county, where he spent his boyhood days on his father's farm and attended the public schools. Later he went to Granville College, supporting himself while in college, and soon afterward began teaching in the district schools, which he continued for sev eral terms. Then he began reading law in the office of William C. Lawrence, of Marys- 378 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF ville, Ohio, and was admitted to the bar when he was twenty-one years of age. Immediately afterward he opened an office and engaged in the practice of his profession, which he continued up to the time of his death, which occurred in 1892, at the age of seventy-seven years. His career as a lawyer was one of eminent success, and his high intellectual attainments and popularity gained for him numerous positions of prominence and trust. Soon after he opened his law office he was elected Prosecuting Attorney, which office he filled for three terms. He was a member of the Ohio Legislature in 1850-1, and from 1864 to '66 he was in the State Senate. From 1871 to 1877 he was Common Pleas Judge; in 1884 he was Presidential Elector, and for many years he was active in political affairs,—first a Whig and later a Republican. During the civil war he was Chairman of the County Military Committee and labored hard for the good of the cause. He was a delegate to the National Convention that nominated Lincoln for President. Indeed, he was always found on the side of truth and right, and was a hearty supporter of any movement or measure he deemed for the best interest of the people. A few years before the war—from 1846 to 1850—he edited the Argus, a weekly paper published in Marysville. His whole life was characterized by earnestness in whatever he undertook; he was generous and liberal almost to a fault, and in his public service his every duty was performed with ay strictest fidelity. About 1839 Judge Cole was married to Dorothy Barden Witter, who had been his pupil in school. Her parents, David and Sarah Witter, were among the early settlers of Ohio, coming here about 1814 or '15 and settling two miles below Milford Centre in Union township, Union county, where her father purchased 1,600 acres of land. David Witter was born in Pennsylvania, son of Elijah Witter, and from his tenth year was reared in Genesee county, New York. His father, Elijah Witter, living on the frontier as he did, suffered greatly from depredations committed by the Indians and on three occasions had his house burned by them. He was appointed to look after the women and children of the settlement and to protect them in the forts during the Indian raids. On these occasions they frequently suffered from want of provisions, especially salt. His wife at one time made a trip of fifty miles on horseback to get salt, and returned in safety, having passed many Indians. In early life David Witter was a trapper and hunter and later he carried on both this business and farming. When the war of 1812 broke out he entered the service as an officer in the New York militia, and was in the battle of Queenstown. It was soon after the close of that war that he and his wife came to Ohio, as above stated. Here he carried on the stock business on an extensive scale and found a market for his droves of stock at both Philadelphia and Detroit. He also did a large real-estate business. Previous to his coming to Ohio he was elected to and served as High Constable in New York, and about 1827 he was elected Sheriff of Union county, being one of the first to hold this office here. About 1828 he erected a brick hotel in Marysville, which he conducted for some years in con, nection with other business operations, and few men in the county were better known than he. In 1851 he moved to Illinois. There he passed the residue of his life and died, his death occurring about 1864. Judge Cole and his wife became the DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 379 parents of six children, three sons and three daughters, all occupying honorable and useful positions in life. The sons, all following in the footsteps of their honored father, are engaged in the practice of law, and one of the daughters is the wife of a prominent lawyer. We refer briefly to each of them as follows: Ulysses D., an officer in the civil war, at one time a member of the Indiana Legislature, and now a prominent attorney at Rushville, Indiana; James B., a graduate of the West Point Military Academy, served five years in the United States cavalry in Texas, was discharged in 1871 at his own request, came home and entered his father's law office, and since his father's death has been engaged in the practice of law alone; Cornelia, wife of C. W. Fairbanks, an attorney of Indianapolis, Indiana; Edward E., engaged in the practice of law at Columbus, Ohio; Jessie, wife of A. Y. Lowe, a traveling salesman, Marysville; and Dorothea, wife of Captain John L. Sellers, a Marysville cigar jobber. Mrs. Cole is still living and is an honored resident of Marysville, having attained her seventy-fifth year. H. H. HARLAN, a prominent attorney and enterprising and progressive business man of Mount Gilead, Ohio, dates his birth in Noble county, this State, March 22, 1851. His father, Caleb Harlan, was born in Harford county, Maryland, August 20, 1808, and in 1841 came from there, with his wife and two children, to Ohio, locating on a farm near Quaker City. In the early part of his life he worked at the trade of cooper, but after locating in Ohio he gave his attention to farming. In 1857 he came to Morrow county and purchased and took up his abode on 160 acres of land, two miles southwest of Mount Gilead. Here he died December 4, 1864. His father, John Harlan, was a native of Chester county, Pennsylvania, and went from there when a young man to Baltimore, Maryland. He was married in Maryland, passed his life on a farm there, and died in Harford county, that State, in 1824. His father and grandfather were each named Joseph and his great-grandfather was Ezekiel. Ezekiel was a son of George Harlan, a native of England, who came to this country with William Penn and settled in Chester county, Pennsylvania, where he held high official position at the time Penn was Governor of Pennsylvania. George Harlan was a son of James Harlan, whose whole life was spent in England. The Harlans on down to the present generation have been identified with the Society of Friends, and the subject of our sketch has a birthright in the church. Caleb Harlan was married in the Friends' Church in Harford county, Maryland, May 1, 1837, to Pamelia Benson, a native of that county, born February 20, 1814. She survived him a number of years, and died September 10, 1879. Her parents, Levi and Mary (Malsby) Benson, were both natives of Harford county and were married there December 12, 1806, the mother being of Welsh descent. Mrs. Harlan's grandmother Benson ran away from her home in England and came to America, on account of her father's insisting upon her marriage to an English Lord whom she did not love. The Bensons also were Quaker. Caleb Harlan and his wife were the parents of the following named children: Edward, born May 19, 1838, died June 23, 1867, from injuries received in being kicked by a horse, 380 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF and he left a widow and two daughters; Mary Jane, born November 5, 1840, died May 31, 1866, leaving a husband and two children; Lewis, born September 14, 1843, was injured in a railroad accident, and died from the effects of his injuries October 9, 1864, being unmarried; Oliver, born February 22, 1846, met his death April 19, 1878, by an accident in a steam sawmill, and is survived by his widow and one child; Phoebe A., born December 24, 1848, is the wife of Robert F. Mosher, a prominent and highly respected citizen of Morrow county, Ohio; Henry H. is the subject of this sketch, and John W., born January 5, 1854, resides at the old Harlan homestead in this county. Henry H. Harlan was six years of age at the time his parents came to Morrow county, and on his father's farm he was reared, receiving his education in the district schools and in the Union school at Mount Gilead. While still in his 'teens he began teaching school. The dos:: confinement of the school-room, however, did not agree with his health, so he resumed farming, and took charge of the home place, his father having passed away a few years before. Subsequently he and his younger brother purchased the interest of the other heirs to the farm, and they have since held it jointly. After his mother's death, which, as above stated, occurred in 1879, our subject attended school for one year at Delaware, after which he began the study of law under the instructions of General J. S. Jones, with whom he remained from 1880 to 1881, when he was taken sick, and temporarily dropped his studies. In the summer of 1882 he married Martha Mosher, daughter of Nathan N. and Sarah (Bovey) Mosher. They resided on the farm until 1891, when they removed to Mount Gilead. In the meantime he completed his law studies, and was admitted to the bar in 1885. In 1890 he formed a partnership with Mr. C. H. Wood, under the firm name of Harlan Wood, which association still continues. Mr. Harlan is prominently identified with various interests in his town and county. Besides being in partnership with his brother in the farming operations at the old home place, he is interested with his brother-in-law, Mr. R. F. Mosher, in both farming and stock raising. He is a director in the First National Bank of Mount Gilead, a director in the Hydraulic Press Manufacturing Company, and a member of the board of managers of the Mount Gilead Dry Goods Company, Limited. Politically he is a strong Prohibitionist, active in the interest of his party, and is the only Prohibitionist attorney in the county. ROBERT F. MOSHER, a prominent citizen of Gilead township, Morrow county, Ohio, was born in Cardington, this county, September 4, 1848, son of Nathan N. and Sarah A. (Bovey) Mosher. The genealogy of the family is as follows: Hugh Mosher, the progenitor of the family in America, was born in England in 1640 and made his first settlement in this country at Bristol, Rhode Island, whence he removed to Dartmouth, Massachusetts, in 1689. He died in 1714. His wife was Lydia Dixon, and they had six children: Nicholas, Joseph, James, Daniel, John and Rebecca. Nicholas was born in 1665. He had a son Joseph, born July 16, 1693, who married Mahitable Smith in 1718. Their son Barnabas, born December 28, 1720, DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 381 married Bethiah Wollsen in 1743. Their son Lemuel, born October 2 I, 1749, married Ruth Gifford in 1770, and their daughter Bethiah, born July 23, 1771, died in 1856. She married Asa Mosher, February 27, 1794. Their son Robert, born March 27, 1800, married Edith Nichols February 14, 1822. She died February 14, 1894, and he May 5, 1886. Their son Nathan N., born February 2, 1827, married Sarah Ann Bovey April 15, 1847, and their son Robert F. is the subject of this sketch. Hugh Mosher's youngest son, John, and his wife, Experience, had a son John, Jr., who married Hannah Duvall. A son of theirs, Obediah, born January 12, 1731, died March 24, 1808. He married Hannah Brownell, who was born July 22, 1732, and died March 8, 1825. Their son Asa, .born November 25, 1771, died March 4, 1843. He married Bethiah Mosher February 27, 1794. Therefore the last named Asa and his wife, Bethiah, the great-grandparents of our subject, were both descendants from Hugh Mosher, Asa through his youngest sOn and Bethiah through his oldest son. Of the Bovey family, we record that Christopher Bovey emigrated from Lorraine, then in France, during the latter part of the last century and settled in Maryland. He had a family of children as follows: John Jacob, Christopher, Adam, Mary and Margaret. John Jacob married Elizabeth Burgher, and their daughter, Sarah Ann, the mother of our subject, was born February 28, 1824, in Frederick county, Maryland. Her parents removed with their family to Ohio in 1832 and settled in Knox county, where they made their home for six years, coming in 1838 to Morrow county. The father was a soldier in the war of 1812. Robert Mosher came to Ohio from New York State in 1818. He was thirteen years of age at the time of the battle of Lake Champlain, which was fought near his father's home. Nathan N. Mosher and his wife were married in Morrow county, in the spring of 1847, and after their marriage settled in Cardington, where he carried on the business of wagon-maker for a while. He moved to Warren county, Iowa, in 1853, and farmed there for four years. Then he returned to Ohio, and three years later went back to Iowa, where he spent five years. In April, 1861, he enlisted in the Union army, but was not mustered in until June 4, when he became a member of Company G, Third Iowa Volunteer Infantry, which was organized at Keokuk, Iowa. He remained with his command, participating in its numerous engagements until the fight on the Hatchie river, when, on account of ill health, he was ordered to the hospital. He afterward served as nurse in the hospital, and was sent in charge of sick and wounded to Jackson, Tennessee, where he was given the position of ward master. There he was discharged by the Medical Inspector of the United States Army, after having served in the war over two years. In 1865 he moved to Kansas and located in Douglas county, where he engaged in freighting, and whence he subsequently removed to Page county, Iowa, and resumed farming, also teaming there. In 1867 he came to Warren county, Ohio, and farmed there until 1872, after which he kept a hotel at Waynesville, Ohio, for six years. Following that, he was for three years employed on the Cincinnati Times. He now resides on a farm in Gilead township, Morrow county. He and his wife became the parents of ten children, two of whom are now deceased. Of the children we offer brief record as follows: Robert 382 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF F. is the subject of this sketch; Mary E., born December 22. 1850; Edith, born February 28, 1853; Martha, November 11, 1855; John Jacob, born January 8, 1857, died June 9, 1894, leaving a widow and three children; Amanda, born December 22, 1858; Samuel F., February 14, 1861; Gideon, born February 5, 1864, died November 1, 1881; Charley, born April 6, 1867; and William, January 28, 1870. All the surviving children, except William, are married, and all are prospering in life. Robert F. Mosher received his education in the district schools and at the Waynesville, Ohio, high school, being a student in the latter for three terms. He began life on his own responsibility when he was twenty-one and when he was twenty-two he left home in Warren county and came to Morrow county. Here he worked one year for his grandfather Mosher. After his marriage, which occurred in 1873, he settled on the farm on which he now lives. He rented this place for five years and at the end of that time purchased it. It comprises ninety-four acres, all well improved and in addition to this he has a half interest in an adjoining farm of 112 acres. His elegant residence, built in 1893, is one of the finest homes ill the township. He gives his attention to general farming and stock-raising, making a specialty of sheep and heavy draft horses. Mr. Mosher Was married April 29, 1873, to Miss Phoebe A. Harlan, who was born in Noble county, Ohio, December 24, 1848, daughter of Caleb and Pamelia (Benson) Harlan. The Harlans came to Morrow county in 1857, and both parents died here. Mr. and Mrs. Mosher have five children, namely: Ralph N., born October 2, 1874; Henry H., born December 27, 1877; Mary M., born August 30, 1881; Samuel J., born October 30, 1884; and Phoebe H., born May 17, 1890. Mr. and Mrs. Mosher both come of old Quaker families, and are themselves active members of that church. He is a Sabbath-school Superintendent and his wife is a teacher in the Sabbath-school. Mr. Mosher has always been interested in educational affairs and has afforded his children good educational advantages. He has served as Director of his school district for fifteen years, and as a member of the Township Board for twelve years He has also served as Road Supervisor several terms. In this capacity he clearly demonstrated what could be accomplished by the application of business principles in discharging the duties of his position. His road district is well graded and drained and a large portion graveled,—this being accomplished by the agency of only the ordinary road tax. Politically he has been identified with the Prohibition party since its organization, in 1869, and has served on both the County Executive and Central Committees and the State Central Committee. He has also been the candidate of his party for County Auditor, Recorder and Commissioner. Few men are better known or more highly respected in Morrow county than is Robert F. Mosher. MILLS BROTHERS, proprietors of a flouring mill at Cardington, Ohio, are among the most enterprising young business men of the city. Their father, Richard T. Mills, was born and reared on a farm in Marion county, DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 383 Ohio, and after his marriage he engaged in the grocery business in Caledonia, that county, where he remained until 1868, at that time coming to Cardington. His father, Jesse W. Mills, a native of New Jersey, was one of the early pioneers of Marion county. In the spring of 1865 he removed from his farm in that county to Cardington and bought the mill above referred to, being engaged in its operation for some time under the firm name of Mills & Dawson. After his death his son Richard T. took charge of the mill, becoming its owner in 1880 and continuing to operate it until 1892, when he died, at the age of fifty-two years. He was a man of sterling qualities, having many of the characteristics of his Scotch ancestors, and was well known and highly respected throughout Morrow county. In politics a stanch Republican, he was for a time Mayor of the city of Cardington, served on the School Board, and at the time of his death was a member of the City Council. When the civil war came on, he enlisted in the first year of the struggle as a member of the Ninety-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until he was honorably discharged on account of disability. He was a member of the G. A. R. at Cardington and was Commander of his Post, and in the I. 0. 0. F. he was prominent and active, at different times serving as representative to the Grand Lodge and Grand Encampment. The mother of our subject was before her marriage Miss Lottie Kermickle, she being a native of Wooster, Wayne county, Ohio, where she was reared and educated. She is now a resident of Cardington. Her children are five in number and are as follows : Minella, J. G., H. A., J. W., and Ralph. Jesse W. has for the last four years been employed by the clothiers, Curl & Glauner. J. G. and H. A. represent the firm of Mills Brothers. The former was born in Caledonia, Marion county, Ohio, May 4, 1868, and was six months old at the time his parents moved to Cardington, where he has since lived, having been connected with the mill since he was eighteen years of age. H. A. Mills was born in Cardington May 14, 1870. After the death of their father they took charge of the mill and have since operated it successfully. This mill has both water and steam power, is equipped with roller process, and has a capacity of fifty barrels per day. Both these gentlemen are members of the Cardington Lodge, No. 194, I. O. O. F., and of Lodge No. 427, K. of P. ; and J. G. is also a member of the Masonic order, Cardington Lodge, No. 384. JAMES R. LYTLE, attorney at law, Delaware, Ohio, has for a number of years been an important factor in the affairs of this city and is thoroughly identified with its interests. He has resided here since 1864, when he came to Delaware for the purpose of attending the Ohio Wesleyan University. Mr. Lytle was born on a farm near Lancaster, Ohio, son of James and Catharine (Freymeyer) Lytle, who were of Scotch-Irish and German descent and who are both deceased. His father was one of the pioneer farmers of Ohio, and for his many sterling qualities was honored and respected by all who knew him. Politically he was first a Whig and afterward a Republican. In religion he was an Episcopalian, while his wife was a Lutheran. They had four children, 384 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF viz.: Catherine A., widow of John T. Evans, a resident of Delaware, Ohio; John B., who died at the age of twenty-one years; James R., whose name appears at the head of this article; and William, who was a member of Company I, Ninetieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was captured by guerrillas while he was out foraging and has never since been heard of. James R. Lytle spent his boyhood days on his father's farm and received his early training in the district schools. In the fall of 1861 he entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, and spent one year in hard study, after which he returned home and remained until the spring of 1364. On the 2d of May of that year he enlisted in Company I, One Hundred and Fifty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in the 100-day service. Previous to this time he had been a member of the Home Guards and had done some service during the Morgan raid. When the time of his enlistment had expired he returned home, and in the fall of 1864 again entered college, as above stated. Here he graduated in the class of 1868. During his vacations he studied law in the office of Jones & Hippie, of Delaware, and in June, 1869, was admitted to the bar. He was married soon after his graduation and moved to Fremont, Ohio. He remained there, however, only one year. While on a visit to Delaware, his preceptor, General J. S. Jones, offered him a partnership in the law business, which he accepted, and they have since been associated in practice, Mr. Lytle giving his attention to the office business. Mr. Lytle has made a specialty of securing pensions for the old soldiers and their widows, and in this line of work has been eminently suc-/cessful, having secured upwards of t,000 pensions in this part of the State. Both his natural and acquired abilities fit him for a successful lawyer, and added to these is his absorbing love for his profession. And he is not only a successful lawyer, but he is also a good financier. He owns a valuable stock farm in Union county, and has a pleasant home in Delaware. at No. 6o South Sandusky street. For a number of years Mr. Lytle has been active in political circles, being a strong advocate of the Republican principles. He was Chairman of the Executive Committee in 1892, and for six or seven years prior to that was its Treasurer. In 1893 he was placed m nomination by the Democratic party for the office of Probate Judge,—and this without his laying aside his Republican principles. The election gave Mr. McKinley for Governor a majority of 969, while Mr. Lytle was defeated by only 337 votes. This proves conclusively his popularity. He has served as a member of the City Council, member of the Board of Cemetery Trustees, and at this writing is secretary of the Board of Associated Charities. Fraternally he is identified with Hiram Lodge, F. & A. M., and also with the George B. Torrence Post, G. A. R. Mr. Lytle was married in 1868 to Miss Cornelia A. Chase, daughter of Rev. Ira Chase, and they have three children, namely: James W., a graduate of the Ohio Wesleyan University with the class of 1890, and for three years assistant postmaster of Delaware, is now located in San Francisco, California; Viola M., also a graduate at the Ohio Wesleyan University, in 1894, and, being a talented musician, has since gone abroad to complete a course in music and German in Berlin; and Frances C., better known as Nellie," is now a student in the Ohio Wesleyan University. The family are DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 385 all members of St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church. For twenty-five years Mr. Lytle has been a member of its official board, for the past fifteen years has served as Recording Steward, and for five years has been Treasurer. Thus in religious, social, political and business circles Mr. Lytle is a leading spirit, and his influence is always directed for good. More might be said of his active life and excellent qualities, but enough has been given to serve as an index to his character and place him, where he belongs, among the most worthy citizens of his town. P. R. CADY, a respected farmer of Lincoln township, Morrow county, Ohio, forms the subject of this article. The Cady family were for many years residents of the New England States. Noah Cady, the father of this gentleman, was born in Windsor county, Vermont, in the year 1784, son of Parley Cady, also a native of the Green Mountain State. Noah Cady married Miss Hannah Davis, daughter of Ezekiel Davis, both of Vermont, and in that State he and his wife reared their family, passed their lives and died. They had eight children, only one of whom, P. R., is now living. P. R. Cady was born on his father's farm, August 4, 1815, and spent the first seventeen years of his life there. Then he left Vermont and went to St. Lawrence county, New York, where he made his home several years, and where, in 1837, he married Sophronia Granby, a native of the Empire State. The year following their marriage they came west to Ohio and settled in Cardington township, then Marion, now Morrow county. For several years he worked in an ashery, and he also helped to build the first bridge across Whetstone creek. About 1840 he settled on a farm in what is now Lincoln township, this county, the farm having a log house and a small clearing. Subsequently he traded this place for another farm a little further east, and moved to it and began the work of clearing and improving. Here, August 18, 1857, his wife died. Of their children, five in number, we make record as follows : Norman, born November 2, 1837, married Annie Mott and has six children, their home being in Miami county, Ohio; Lucius, born May 13, 1839, is a resident of Kansas City, he and his wife, nee Annie Lee, having two children; Myron A., born November 12, 1843, a resident of Cardington, Ohio, married Mattie Wiseman and has four children, Mary L., born May 5, 1848, is the wife of Francis Conklin, Sauk county, Wisconsin, and has six children; and Harriet M., born March 24, 1850, is the wife of Van Kirkpatrick, Wisconsin, and has six children. In 1858 Mr. Cady married Mrs. Harriet (Warner) Benson, a native of Dutchess county, New York, and a daughter of John H. and Julia (Robinson) Warner. Her father was born in Connecticut, October 12, 1785, and her mother in New York, January 31, 1787, and they were married in Dutchess county, New York, October 1, 1808, and settled in that county. Soon afterward they removed to Poughkeepsie, New York, still later to Onondaga county, that State, and from the latter place came to Ohio in 1833, and settled in the woods of Lincoln township. Here her father died, January 25, 1852, and her mother September 25, 1862. They had nine children, as follows: Emeline Wheeler, of Wisconsin, is eighty-three years of age; Mrs. Cady, aged eighty; Eliza 386 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF Benedict, of Cardington township, this county, aged seventy-eight; Daniel, aged seventy-six; Maria, deceased; Julia Ann Alter, deceased; Almira Cushman, of Wisconsin; Mary Jane Aldrich, of Kansas; and Amanda Aldrich, also of Kansas. Mrs. Cady was born December 20, 1813, and until she was fifteen years of age lived near Poughkeepsie. In January, 1831, she became the wife of Leander Benson, a native of New York, and they came to Ohio in 1831 and settled on the farm where she still lives. Here she has resided for sixty-three years. Mr. Benson died February 14, 1856. They had eight children, only three of whom are now living, viz: Henry G., who is married, has two children, and lives in Colorado; Nelson, of Ashley, Ohio, has a wife and two children; and Adeline Ashley, who also has two children. Mrs. Cady's son Nelson served in the late war, as also did two of Mr. Cady's sons, Norman and Myron. Both Mr. and Mrs. Cady have for years been members of the Christian Church, and he is a Deacon in the same. Politically he is a Prohibitionist. He has served as School Director and Township Trustee. EVAN SHAW, whose post-office address is Marysville, Ohio, is one of the respected farmers of his community and is a member of one of the prominent families of Union county. Mr. Shaw was born in Maryland, December 8, 1840, son of Harrison and Ann (Hutchins) Shaw, natives of Maryland, the father of Scotch descent. In 1843 the Shaw family came west to Ohio, making the journey with teams and bringing with them their household goods. That winter they spent at Marysville, and in the spring they located what is now known as the Dines farm, north of Marysville. Later on they removed to Paris township and took up their abode on a farm located near the new turnpike, remaining there until 1860, when they removed to another farm in the same township, but located on the Kenton road, and there the parents passed the residue of their lives. The father died December 28, 1885, at the age of seventy-two years, the mother having passed away fifteen months before, at the age of seventy-five. They had nine children, of. whom seven reached maturity, namely: Amanda Beard, Emily Wiley, Morgan, Evan, Oliver, Hutchins and Mary Knutts. Mary is one of triplets, the other two dying in infancy. While in Maryland, the father of this family kept a tavern, but after coming to Ohio he gave his attention to farming and stock-raising. By trade he was a blacksmith. The mother was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and both were most highly respected and esteemed for their many excellent qualities. Evan Shaw was three years old at the time they emigrated from Maryland to this State, and on his father's farm he grew up, receiving his education in the common schools and in the practical school of experience. When he was twenty-four he left the parental home, married, and settled in Taylor township. In 188 t he came to his present farm in Liberty township. Here he has ninety acres of choice land and is engaged in general farming and stock-raising. His farm is well improved with comfortable residence and other good farm buildings, and here he is surrounded with all the comforts of life, his earnest efforts being attended with merited success. Mr. Shaw was married January 29, 1865, in Taylor township, this county, to Maria DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 387 Jane Coder, who was born in Paris township, Union county, Ohio, daughter of George and Elizabeth (Hamilton) Coder. She is the oldest of a family of five children, the others being: Simon, James, Joanna, Emily C. Her parents also have an adopted son, D. H. McCormack, who still lives with them. Mr. and Mrs. Shaw have nine children, as follows: Martha E., Arthur, Anna L., Jacob W., Harrison, Mary Ida, Jennie, Eva, and Georgia. All are at home except Martha E., who is the wife of a Mr. Gourman and who lives in Paris township, this county. Like his father before him, Mr. Shaw is Democratic in his political views. THOMAS A. WOOD, a prominent farmer of Gilead township, Morrow county, is a son of Jonathan Wood, born in New York, September 1, 180i. He was a son of Jonathan and Rachel (White) Wood. Jonathan, Sr., was a son of Daniel and Susannah (Chase) Wood. John Wood, the first American ancestor and a Quaker, emigrated to America about 1635 or 1636, crossing the Atlantic probably in the ship Hopewell, from London, which arrived September it, of the latter year. At this time he was twenty-six years of age, and was married. After the death of his first wife he married again, and altogether he had seven children. His son William married Miss Martha Earl, daughter of Ralph and Joan Earl, and had ten children. Their son Jonathan was born May 22, 1697, married Peace Davis, August 12, 1724, and they were both Quaker preachers. They had five children, of whom Daniel was born November 14, 1729. He married Susannah Chase, a daughter of Stephen and Esther Chase, July 30, 1752, and had five children. Of these, Jonathan (grandfather of the subject of this sketch), was born at Dartmouth, Massachusetts, February 9, 1760, married Rachel White at Nine Partners, New York, in 1784, came to Ohio in 1817, first settling in Delaware county, near South Woodbury, and a year afterward in Marion county, same State, two miles south of Mount Gilead, where he died May 7, 1838. His wife, born January 18, 1764, died September 26, 1824. They had twelve children. Of these, Jonathan (father of our subject), was born in Peru, Clinton county, New York, September 1, 1801; and February 23, 1824, married Mary Ashton, in Columbiana county, Ohio, and died November 25, 1863, and his wife February 8, 1873. The Wood family, of course, have been exemplary members of society. Ex-Senator Chase, of Rhode Island, and ex-Senator Eaton both married members of this noble family. Mary Dyer, one of the ancestors and a Quaker minister, was put to death in the time of Governor John Endicott, of Massachusetts, for asserting her rights as a Quaker in that colony. The perpetrators of this deed were Puritans, who had first fled from England to Leyden, Holland, to escape the persecution of Queen Mary, and in 1620 came to Plymouth to carry on a persecution just as unreasonable as that from which they had fled. After marriage, Jonathan Wood and wife located on the farm now owned by our subject. Although poor financially, he was an energetic and hard-working man, and took an active part in the development of his county. With the exception of a few years in Columbiana county, they spent their 388 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF lives here. They were the parents of six children, namely: Thomas A., the subject of this sketch; Stephen A., of Cardington; Rachel Ann, wife of James W. Vaugher, of Lincoln township; Griffith L., a resident of Mount Gilead; Lindley H., also of that city; and Lamira W., wife of Harry W. Collins, who resides in Franklin county, Kansas. Thomas A. Wood was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, December 3. 1826, and was brought to this county when an infant. He was reared to manhood on the place he now owns, and received his education in the district schools, and at the Hesper Seminary, near South Woodbury, Morrow county. From 1851 to 1864 he resided in Harmony township, and since 1864 has been a permanent resident of Gilead township. He owns seventy-three acres of land, fifty acres of which is under a fine state of cultivation. Mr. Wood was married September 1, 1847, to Rhoda Vaughan, who was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, February 19, 1828, a daughter of James and Rhoda (Cobb) Vaughan, natives of Virginia, the father born January 17, 178o, and the mother September 3o, 1790. They came to Ohio, and were married in Columbiana county, August 29, 1822. In 1839 they made a permanent settlement in Gilead township; the father dying here December 12, 1859, and the mother July 20, 1877. They were the parents of seven children, five now living: Rebecca T., widow of William B. Kirk, and a resident of New Sharon, Iowa; Johanna, wife of Stephen Gardner, of Cottage Grove, Union county, Indiana; Rho la, wife of our subject; Joseph, of this township; and Lindley J., a resident of Gilead township. The parents were members and active workers in the Friends' Church. Thomas Wood and wife have had five children, namely: Reuben E., born June 23, 1849, married Elvira Milligan, resides in Union county, Iowa, and has three children; Marietta, born August 15, 1853, died at the age of nine years; Louisa T., born December II, 1857, is the wife of Alfred H. Brease, of Mount Gilead, and they have six children; Harriet M., born October 22, 1862, is the wife of Fred R. Hathaway, of Lenawee county, Michigan, and has one child; and Caroline T., born July 3. 1867, is the wife of LeRoy NV. Furby, of Gilead township. They also have one child. The family are members of the Friends' Church. Mr. Wood is a member of the Republican party. JOHN A. SHOEMAKER has the honor of being a native of Delaware county and is numbered among its leading and representative citizens. He was born on the 22d of September, 1856, near Ashley, and is a son of Frank and Chloe (Smith) Shoemaker, a sketch of whom appears below. With the usual experiences. of farm life he grew to manhood, and on attaining the proper age, he entered the public schools, where he manifested special aptitude for his studies until at the early age of seventeen he was fitted for the profession of teaching and took charge of his first school. He was very successful in this profession, which he continued to follow through each winter season until called to public office, the last two years of his school work being Superintendent of the schools at Ostrander, Ohio. He also attended Normal school in Worthington, Ohio, for two terms, defraying his expenses with money earned DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 389 in teaching. In the fall of 1887 he was nominated and elected to the office of County Clerk, his ability and worth being recognized by his fellow citizens, and that their confidence was not misplaced was shown by his faithful and prompt performance of duty. So well did he administer the affairs of the office that he was re-elected in the autumn of 1890, and on the expiration of his second term, he was appointed by the County Commissioners for a short term of six months. At the election to his second term he ran ahead of his ticket in all but two precincts in the county, —a fact which certainly indicates great personal popularity and the high regard in which he is held by those who know him. He is a warm advocate of the principles of the Republican party and does all in his power to advance its interests and insure its success. On the 5th of September, 1888, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Shoemaker and Miss Carrie, the accomplished daughter of William H. and Mary (Richey) Loveless, at New Dover, Union county, Ohio, and their union is blessed with two children who are yet living,--Mary and Grace, while they lost one in infancy. This worthy couple have a wide acquaintance throughout the county and in social circles hold an enviable position where true worth and intelligence are received as the passports into good society. Haying always taken an active interest in the educational affairs of his native county, in the year 1888 Mr. Shoemaker was appointed School Examiner for the city of Delaware for the period of three years, and his reappointment in 1891 and again in 1894 are evidence of his qualifications for the office which he is still filling. Both Mr. and Mrs. Shoemaker are members of Williams Street Methodist Episcopal Church of Delaware, Ohio, and have been for several years. On retiring to private life in 1894, Mr. Shoemaker formed a partnership with William H. H. Wood and embarked in the grocery business, which he is now carrying on with good success, having, by fair and honest dealing and an earnest desire to please his customers, won a liberal patronage, of which he is well deserving. He also owns a finely improved farm in Oxford township, Delaware county, comprising 106 acres of rich and valuable land, and this adds materially to his income. He possesses good business ability and is a pleasant, genial man and good citizen, whose friends in the community are many. Socially he is connected with the Odd Fellows' lodge of Ashley, Ohio, and has passed all its chairs. He also holds membership with Lenape Lodge, No. 29, K. P., of Delaware, and is now the Keeper of Records and Seals in that order, a position which he has filled for four years. Frank Shoemaker, the father of the subject of this sketch, is a well-known and prosperous farmer of Delaware county, living near Leonardsburg, and is the fourth son in a family of seven children. He was born in Delaware county, November 17, 1833, and is a son of John Shoemaker, a native of Bedford county, Pennsylvania, born in 180i. During his childhood days he accompanied his parents to Ohio, where in the usual manner of farmer lads he was reared, and his early experiences in the Ohio wilds were the privations that usually beset the path of the pioneer. He wedded Jane Jenkins, a native of Virginia, born in 1809, who removed to Ohio early in the present century. While yet in the prime of life, John Shoemaker was killed by a falling 390 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF tree, after which his widow, by her own labor and the income derived from the small farm, supported her children, rearing them. to maturity. Frank Shoemaker was the only son and in consequence many duties and cares devolved upon his young shoulders. He aided his mother in the operation of the home farm and worked for others, giving his wages for the support of the family until his marriage, which was celebrated on the 18th of November, 1855, the lady of his choice being Miss Chloe Smith, who was a daughter of Almond and Maria (Rodman)Smith. Her father died when she was quite young, and her mother, being left alone with a large family to support, had recourse to weaving, which she followed steadily for many years. Mrs. Shoemaker was born in Delaware county November 5, 1836, and by her marriage has had five children,—John A.; Orrie E., now the wife of John C. Jones; Della C., wife of 'Wellington C. Whipple; Oscar W., who married Maggie Williams; and Guy C., who completes the family. At the time of his marriage Mr. Shoemaker was in very limited circumstances, but was hopeful and ambitious, and a busy life has brought him a comfortable competence. For several years he supported his family by day's labor. His work was interrupted in 1862, when he enlisted in the Union army for three years' service as a a member of Company C, Eighty-eighth Regiment of Ohio Volunteers. When the war was over he returned to his home and purchased a farm, since which time he has carried on agricultural pursuits. He now lives one mile north of Eden Station, where he has a pleasant home. For many years he and his wife have been identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church, are sin cere Christian people, faithful workers in the Master's vineyard. He is one of the unswerving Republicans of the county, and a public-spirited, progressive citizen, in whom the best interests of the community find a friend. ADAM KRATT, who standsas a representative of one of the old and honored pioneer families of Morrow county, Ohio, is one of the substantial and progressive farmers of Westfield township. His father, the late Christopher Kratt, was a native of Baden, Germany, and he grew to manhood in the fatherland, being reared to farm life. The maiden name of our subject's mother was Christina Krouse, and she likewise was a native of Baden, Germany, where she remained until she had attained mature years. The parents came to America about 183o and were married here, after which they settled near Chillicothe, Ohio, where the father was employed in a factory about six years. In 1837 they came to that part of Delaware county which is now incorporated in the county of Morrow, and here the father entered claim to ninety-two acres of Government land, the same being entirely unreclaimed and heavily wooded. He paid for his land at the rate of $1.25 per acre. On this farm he erected a log cabin and then set valiantly to work to clear and improve his farm, subsequently adding forty-five acres to his place. In 1861 he erected the present residence. His death occurred September 23, 1875, and at the time he had brought the farm up to the present high state of cultivation. The mother of our subject is still living, at the venerable age of eighty-three years. DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 391 Christopher and Christina Kratt became the parents of eight children, of whom seven lived to attain mature years. Of the children we offer the following brief record: Amena is the deceased wife of Monroe Orcut; Catherine is deceased; Ann is the widow of the late Alpheus Schofield and is the mother of three children; Maggie is the wife of Joel Shaw and they have two daughters; Elizabeth is the wife of F. B. Shaw and is the mother of three children; Jacob enlisted for service in the late war of the Rebellion, entering the Ninety-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and while with the same met his death at Arkansas Post; Adam, subject of this review, is the youngest of the family. The parents early identified themselves with the Lutheran Church and were zealous workers in the same. In politics the father was a Democrat Adam Kratt, subject of this sketch, was born October 3, 1848, on the old homestead where he now lives, and he received his educational discipline in the district schools. After the death of his father he assumed the management of the home farm, which he now owns. He has added to the same until he is now the proprietor of 266 acres, all in one body and all improved. He has done much in the way of rebuilding and in making the permanent improvements about the. place substantial and well kept, while he has also cleared and brought into cultivation a large part of his fine place. He has about six acres of fine orchard and devotes considerable attention to the raising of graded stock. In December, 1873, Mr. Kratt was united in marriage to Miss Sarah B. Phillipy, a native of Pennsylvania, and the daughter of the late John Phillipy. Our subject and his wife are the parents of two children: Harley J., born September 23, 1875, and Chloe Belle, born May 15, 1883. Fraternally Mr. Kratt is prominently identified with the Masonic order, retaining a membership in Cardington Lodge, No. 384, and Mount Gilead Chapter, No. 84. He is also a member of the I. O. O. F., Cardington Lodge, No. 194, in which he has passed all the chairs, and of Ashley Encampment, No. 125. The list of his fraternal affiliations is completed in his retaining a membership in the Royal Arcanum at Cardington. He has been one of the most zealous and progressive workers in furthering educational interests, and has been School Director for many years, being the present incumbent in that office. His interest in the work is unflagging and he is recognized as the prime factor in promoting the educational advantages in his township. Politically Mr. Kratt is an ardent supporter of the Republican party and its principles, and he has taken an active part in the local councils of the organization. A man of marked intellectual force, careful and conscientious in all his dealings, and charitable and kind hearted, he is not only one of the most prominent men in Westfield township, but one honored and esteemed by all. CHARLES S. CHAPMAN, cashier of the People's Bank of Marysville, Ohio, is one of the prominent and highly respected citizens of Union county. Mr. Chapman traces his ancestry back to Benjamin Chapman, who was a native of Southington, Connecticut, born February 22, 1761, the son of a minister (Congregational, it is supposed) and slaveholder. This 392 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF Benjamin Chapman was married September 25, 1792, in Connecticut, to Miss Silvia Upson, also a native of Southington, the date of her birth being October 12, 1773. About 1802 or 1804 the Chapman family came to Ohic with a colony under Colonel James Kilbourn, the colony being composed of Episcopalians and Colonel Kilbourn its first minister. The Chapmans, who were Presbyterians, took the place in the company of a family which failed to emigrate, and they settled on the west side of the Olentangy river, about three miles above Worthington. On a farm at that place Benjamin Chapman and his wife passed the rest of their days. He died March 7, 1823, and she survived him a number of years. They had a family. of children as follows: Roswell R. ; Albert, M. D., who practiced his profession in Franklin county, Ohio, for many years, died at the age of eighty-nine; Mary, wife of Dixon Mitchell, died in Union county; Sarah, wife of Aaron Mitchell, died in Logan county; Henry, a steamboat captain on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, died in Van Buren, Arkansas; Lucinda, wife of Aaron Mitchell, died in Columbus, Ohio; Sylvia, died at De Groff, Ohio; and Harriet, wife of Ira Reynolds, died in Seneca county, Ohio. Roswell Riggs Chapman, the oldest of this family and the grandfather of the gentleman whose name heads this sketch, was born in Bandford, Massachusetts, September 21, 1798, and was a small child when he came with his parents to Ohio. He enlisted in Captain Levi Pinney's company in the war of 1812, served as a musician, becoming fife major of his regiment, and was taken prisoner by the British at Detroit, upon the surrender of that post by General Hull. After his return he engaged as clerk for the Scioto Company in their store, subsequently forming a partnership in the dry-goods, grocery and general produce business with his uncle, Dr. Daniel Upson. In the spring of 1816 he married Miss Phoebe Stansbery, who was born in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, March 1798. His health failed in 1826, and in 1827, .being threatened with consumption he went South, thinking to derive benefit from the change. The disease had too strong a hold upon him, and he died on a steamer December 13, 1827, and was buried at Natchez, Mississippi. His wife, Phoebe Stansbery, was the only child of Judge Recompense Stansbery, who emigrated to Ohio in 1810, coming through Pennsylvania, down the Ohio river on a flat-boat, and up the :Muskingum as far as Zanesville, thence by wagon to Granville, in what is now Licking county, Ohio, and across the country to Worthington. Between the latter points there was then no road, and he was compelled to clear his way with an axe. Mr. Stansbery occupied a prominent position in the new settlement. In .1814 he was appointed Associate Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. He was also Justice of the Peace, and in that capacity married many of the early settlers. He was for twenty-five years Postmaster at Worthington; was a large land-holder and stock owner, having at one time 1,200 sheep, when the region was yet thickly infested with wolves. He died in 1843. Roswell R. Chapman and his wife were the parents of five children, namely: John O., a farmer of Jasper county, Iowa; Eliza, widow of Dr. Peter Goble, Tulare, California; Mary, deceased, wife of Jacob Haas, of Pekin, Illinois; Albert S., the father of our subject; and Delia, deceased, wife of Dr. Francis Upson, Los Angeles, California. After the death DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 393 of her husband, Phoebe Chapman became the wife of Dr. Arius Kilbourn. He died September 2, 1865, and she passed away March 4, 1878. Albert S. Chapman was born at Worthington, Ohio, April 26, 1823. At the age of eighteen he began reading medicine and teaching school, was afterward engaged in business at various places until 1855, when, on account of failing health, he sought outdoor employment and gave his attention to farming. In 187o he located a second time at Marysville, entering into partnership with his son in the agricultural implement business. In 1875 he formed a partnership with John S. Fleck for the manufacture of doors, sash and blinds, and dealing in lumber, under the firm name of Fleck & Chapman, which association continued until 1893, since which time he has been retired, still making his home in Marysville. He was married when twenty-two years of age, to Miss Eveline M. Couch, of Springfield, Ohio, and they became the parents of three children: Charles Stansberv, subject of this review; Frank, who died at the age of five years; and Minnie, who became the wife of A. J. Reicherts, Delaware, Ohio, died in 1872, leaving one child. Mrs. Chapman died August 30, 1892, at the age of seventy-two years. Charles S. Chapman was born in Newton, Union county, Ohio, November 15, 1846, and was educated at Worthington. After he had attained his majority he was for three years engaged in the agricultural implement business with his father, at Marysville. Since the organization of the People's Bank of Marysville, in 1874, he has been its cashier, serving most efficiently in this responsible position. Both he and his father helped to organize this bank. About 1875 they also became interested in farming operations, owning some 300 acres of land, to which they added by subsequent purchase until now they have 500 acres. This land is located in Jerome township, Union county, and is operated chiefly as a sheep farm. They commenced the sheep industry by securing the American Merinos from Vermont. About 1884 they began crossing their stock with the Delaine breeds, and they now have a flock of about 700 fine registered sheep. They breed both for clip and market. In the spring of 1893 Mr. Charles S. Chapman gathered clippings of wool for an exhibit at the World's Fair at Chicago, and was awarded a diploma on Delaine wool, making a score of 95.9, this being an honor to both Mr. Chapman and to Union county. Mr. Chapman's residence, erected in 1885, is one of the finest modern homes in Marysville, its location being on the corner of Fourth and Maple streets. He was married in this city, December 1, 1870, to Miss Anna T. Kinkade, daughter of James Kinkade, deceased. They have three children, viz.: Frank T., a graduate of the Conservatory of Music of Chicago, and for four years a student under Professor Jacobsohn, now has a studio in Columbus, Ohio, where he is giving especial attention to violin music; Max. a graduate of the Marysville high school, is now looking after the interests of his father's farm, and Albert K., a bright little fellow of four years. Politically Mr. Chapman is a stanch Republican. He is a member of the F. & A. M., Palestine Lodge, No. 158. While his father is an Episcopalian, Charles S., is identified with the Presbyterian Church, in which he has been an official member for a number of years. For some years he was 394 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF Sunday-school Superintendent. Such is a brief sketch of the life of this well-known citizen and his pioneer ancestry. THE KINKADE FAMILY. --The Kinkades were originally a Scottish clan, whose motto was : The Head and Front of Battle." They went from Scotland to the north of Ireland, and from an estate in county Down, near Londonderry, one John Kinkade came to America about the year 1749, with his wife, Jane, and six children, and settled near Philadelphia. A family custom that is dated from its earliest history, was for the eldest son of one generation to be named James, and for his oldest son to be called John, and so on continually, James and John alternately. Thus, as John Kinkade was the first of the name in the United States, so also was he the oldest son and heir of the Ireland estate. True to the family tradition, he named his eldest son James and his second son John; he had also four daughters. This son James, who was fifteen years old when the family came from Ireland, was married near Philadelphia, about the year 1790, to Nancy Taylor, daughter of George and Eleanor (Thompson) Taylor. After some years they left Pennsylvania and located in Brook county, Virginia. They had a family of ten children. Their eldest son, John, was married, in Virginia, February 4, 1819, to Isabella Adams, daughter of William and Isabella (Scott) Adams. They had three children,—Isabella, James, and John Thompson,—and they died within a month of each other in 1826. The immediate subject of our sketch, their eldest son, was born May 13, 1822. After the death of his parents he lived with his grandmother Kinkade, in Virginia, until about 1835, when he came to Ohio, where he remained with his uncles in Delaware and Logan counties till he became of age and started in business for himself, in Marysville, Ohio, where he resided for the rest of his life. He was a merchant until failing health made it necessary for him to retire from active business and seek relief by life in the open air. He located on a farm a short distance from the town, but the change Was of no avail. June 3, 1845, he was married to Hannah Cassil, daughter of John and Drusilla (Gladden) Cassil. They had a family of five children : Mary E., who died in infancy; Anna T., wife of Charles S. Chapman, of Marysville, concerning whom individual mention is made elsewhere in this volume; John H., a lawyer of Marysville, who married Clara Moxley, of Ironton, Ohio; James Frederic, a successful business man of New Mexico, married to Nettie Priscilla White; and Drusilla I., now Mrs. William Kelsey Liggett, of Columbus, Ohio. In character James Kinkade was one of nature's noblemen, a devoted Presbyterian, and a gentleman in thought and word and deed,---an I honest man, that – noblest work of God." He left to the family, who were so dear to him and to whom he was so dear, the priceless inheritance of an unspotted name. He went away October 31, 1877. "I can not say, and I will not say That he is dead—He is just away." J. H. GILLESPIE, deceased, was one of the prominent early settlers of Union township, Union county, Ohio. Mr. Gillespie was born in Champaign county, Ohio, March 7, 1819, son of James DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 395 and Mary (Phillips) Gillespie, both members of highly respected families, the father being a relative of the late James G. Blaine, and the mother a cousin of Hon. Thomas Corvine, and died July 23, 1894. His father, James Gillespie, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and was one of eight brothers who came to Champaign county, Ohio, in 1816, being among the first settlers of that county. He and his wife had three children, namely: James H., whose name heads this article; Jane Thomas, deceased, and Elijah, a veteran of the Mexican and civil wars and now at the Soldiers' Home at Washington, District of Columbia. The parents of James H. did before he was six years old and his uncle, Jesse Phillips, reared him, and he learned his trade, that of a tanner. He worked at the tanner's trade for some years and for twenty years was in the tile business. The rest of his life was spent on the farm. He had 200 acres of choice land near Irwin, well improved with modern residence, good barn and other buildings, and everything kept up in good shape. One of the attractive features of this farm is a beautiful oak park. Originally this was the James Irwin farm. Mr. Gillespie was married October 2, 1845, to Anna E. Hathaway, a lady of culture and a member of a prominent family. She was born, reared and educated in this county. Her father, Dr. Nicholas Hathaway, was one of the early settlers of Union county, and died here in 1848. He was born at Freetown, Massachusetts, December 4, 1773, son of Steven Hathaway, also a native of Massachusetts. John Hathaway, the original ancestor of the family in this country, came from Wales and settled in Massachusetts. Dr. Hathaway graduated at Providence, Rhode Island, and after his graduation was married in his native State to Miss Anna Pierce, daughter of Eben Pierce, by whom he had ten children, all of whom have passed away. For his second wife the doctor married Mrs. Elizabeth (Mitchell) Morton, daughter of Charles Mitchell, and their only child is Mrs. Anna Gillespie. Dr. Hathaway was a man of large means, owned a thousand acres of land in this county, and was public-spirited and generous, always taking an active part in public affairs,—political, educational and religious,—and was regarded as one of the most influential men in the county. He was one of the first three Judges of the county, when the court was held at Milford, in George Brown's bar-room. His widow survived him until 1863, when she died at the age of seventy-seven years. Mr. and Mrs. Gillespie had three children, viz. : Mary, who has been a popular and successful teacher for a number of years; Harvey M., who died June 21, 1888, at Emelton, Pennsylvania, leaving a widow and two children, James Glenn and Eva Gertrude; and Gertrude, wife of Willis Hathaway, of New Bedford, Massachusetts. Politically Mr. Gillespie was a Democrat. Mrs. Gillespie and her daughter Mary are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Their son was also a member of this church. CHARLES W. SMITH, the subject of this sketch, was born in Harrison county, Ohio March 31, 1833, and Sarah Smith, he came to Union county, Ohio. He was from his youth devoted his attention to farming, and he received but a rudimentary education. On May 2, 1872, he married 396 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF Miss Augusta C. Hathaway, who was born October 1, 1842, in Logan county, Ohio; she is a daughter of Ebenezer C. and Almira Hathaway. To them have been born three children: Emily, Nannie H. and Charles H. In May, 1864, Mr. Smith enlisted in the One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was stationed principally at Forts Ellsworth, Lyon and O'Rourke. He received an honorable discharge in September, 1864. Mr. Smith served as a Trustee of York township nearly six years, from April, 1885, to December, 1890, when he resigned, being elected County Commissioner for three years, commencing January 1, 1891. To the latter office he was re-elected in the fall of 1893, for another term of three years. His first majority was 800 and his second 1,300. In the autumn of 1889 he was elected Land Appraiser of the same township. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the owner of 240 acres of land, and resides in the southern portion of York township. His duty to both church and state he has always held as sacred, responding liberally with his means for their support. For twenty years he has been Superintendent of the Methodist Episcopal Sunday-school. The parents of Mrs. Smith are natives of Massachusetts, who, about the year 1833, came to Union county, Ohio, and located there a short time, when they removed to Logan county, where they now reside. JAMES FLEMING, a prominent farmer of Peru township, Morrow county, is a son of Isaac Fleming, a native of Pennsylvania, and a son of Henry and Lovisa (Sackett) Fleming. The latter died in Pennsylvania. Henry Fleming came to Ohio in 1814 with his eldest son, William, where he was among the early pioneers. He cleared his farm, and died there in 1848. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fleming had four sons, viz : William, who married Catherine Wyan, and had fourteen children, seven now living; Isaac, the father of our subject; John, who married Annie Keene, and had seven children, three now living; and James married Lydia Lilly. All four sons died in this locality. Isaac Fleming was born in 1794. He came to Ohio in 1816, locating just north of where our subject now lives. He married Elizabeth Wyan, born in Pennsylvania 1797, a daughter of John "Wyan, whose death occurred in that State. Mr. and Mrs. Fleming had seven children. The eldest, Sarah Ann, married Nehemiah White, both now deceased, and they had three children, —.William, Elizabeth Daily and James. Benjamin was the next in order of birth, and his sketch appears in this work. The third child, James, is the subject of this sketch. Washington, deceased, married Rebecca Minter. Lydia, deceased, was the wife of David Hatton. and they had the following children : John, Delilah Green, George, Sidney, Chloe Baldwin, Marion and Harvey. By her first husband, Christopher McCornber, she had two children, Sarah Jane Zent and Edwin. The sixth child in order of birth, Nelson, married Elizabeth Barton, and resides in Brown township, Delaware county; Sidney married Lydia McDaniel, deceased, and they had three children,—Harry, Fred and Mary. For his second wife he married Emma Clark, and they reside in Brown township. Isaac Fleming died at the age DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 397 of seventy-eight years, and his wife died at the age of seventy-four years. They were members of the Presbyterian Church. In political matters the father affiliated with the Democratic party, and served as Justice of the Peace and Township Clerk for many years. James Fleming, the subject of this sketch, was born on the old homestead in this county, January 27, 1824, where he also grew to manhood. After his marriage he farmed on rented land in Brown township, Delaware county, three years, and then came to his present place. He now owns 340 acres of land in Morrow county, and 173 acres in Delaware county, all under a fine state of cultivation. With the exception of 143 acres, Mr. Fleming has earned all he now owns. In his political relations he affiliates with the Democratic party, and has served as School Director and Road Supervisor for many years. November 6, 1847, our subject was united in marriage with Rachel Heverlo, a daughter of William and Maria (Lancaster) Heverlo, natives respectively of the State of Delaware, and of Peru township, Clinton county, New York. The father was a son of Andrew Heverlo, who located in Berlin township, Delaware county, Ohio. William Heverlo came to Peru township, then Delaware county, where he purchased and improved a farm. His death occurred August 29, 1834, aged forty-two years. The mother is still living, aged eighty-nine years, and makes her home with her children. They were the parents of five children, three now living, — Mrs. Fleming; Jackson, of Eden Station, Ohio; and William, of California. The father was identified with the Democratic party, was a soldier in the war of 1 S 1 2, and was a member of the Baptist Church. After his death the mother was married a second time, and had three sons, all soldiers in the civil war, and two of them died in the service. Mr. and Mrs. Fleming have had nine children, seven now living, namely: Albert married Jane McDaniel, and has two sons; Hattie, wife of David Hickson, and they have two sons and four daughters; Wilbur married Effie Mason, and has two sons; Lester married Ettie Channel, and has one son; Harper married Jennie Foster, and has two daughters; Ona is the husband of Orpha Taylor; and Myrtle married Bert Bunker, and they have one son. They have two children deceased. Maria was the wife of Leroy Gale, who served in the One Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the late war. They have eleven children living,—Lavina, Almon, Wesley, Rachel, Lester, Kittie, Herbert, La Fayette, Margaret, Cisely, and Bessie. The second child, Lizzie, died at the age of four years. The family are members of the Advent Christian Church, in which Mr. Fleming is Trustee. JOHN C. GUTHRIE.—A native son of the Buckeye State, one who has held conspicuous preferment as Postmaster of the city of Marysville, and one who is numbered among the representative and most progressive business men in said thriving city, our subject well merits consideration in this connection. The parents of Mr. Guthrie were John and Mary (Kerr) Guthrie, both of whom were natives of Chester county, Pennsylvania, and both of whom are now deceased, the demise of the former occurring in Licking county, Ohio, in the fall of 1875, heat 398 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF the time being a guest at the home of his daughter; the widowed mother survived until 1891. Early in life John Guthrie was engaged in blacksmithing, but later on turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, continuing to till the soil for many years. For four years prior to his death he was engaged in the grocery business in Marysville, having made his home in Union county from 1857 until the time of his dissolution. He was a man of strong convictions and unwavering integrity, and was respected by all who placed a true valuation upon the honest and earnest character which was his. Zealous in his support of the Republican party and its principles, he was a most vital anti-slavery man during the troubled hours leading up to the great. civil conflict when this principle of ethics was at stake. He was fearless in his utterances and indefatigable in his efforts to aid the Union cause, being prominently identified with the operation of the famous “underground railway" during the war. He was an ardent temperance advocate, and was for many years actively identified with the Congregational Church. To John and Mary Guthrie eleven children were born, and of this number only four are living at the present time, namely: Harriet B., wife of 0. M. Scott, of Marysville; Sarah J., wife of C. H. Cherry, who is in Government employ as a railway postal clerk, his residence being at Newark, Ohio; Phoebe E., wife of Rev. M. K. Pasco, of Kentucky; and our subject, who was the youngest child. John C. Guthrie, the direct subject of this review, was born in Licking county, this State, March 18, 1855, having accompanied his parents to Union county when he was about five years of age. He grew up on the farm, receiving his education in the public schools. At the age of nineteen he entered the local office of the Western Union Telegraph Company, at Marysville, and remained until he had acquired the art of telegraphy, after which he was retained by the company as an operator for some three years, being located in Marysville the major portion of the time. He was next engaged for a time in clerical work, being in the employ of his brother-in-law, O. M. Scott, who was engaged in business in Marysville. After a brief incumbency in this line he secured a position as a salesman in the clothing establishment of Samuel Stern, later on accepting a similar position in the employ of J. L. Boerger, who was and is still engaged in the same line of trade in Marysville. This clerkship he held continuously until 1890, when he was appointed Postmaster at Marysville, as will be noted later on. An active worker in the ranks of the Republican party, he gained local preferment as incumbent in the offices of Township Clerk and Corporation Clerk. March 7, 1890, he received the appointment as Postmaster of Marysville, which office he filled most acceptably until April 7, 1894, when he stepped down and out, by reason of the change in the national administration, the Democratic party coming into power. Within the term of his service as Postmaster Mr. Guthrie made an official inspection of all the postoffices in the county and made a report of the same to the department at Washington. Through his efforts while in this office, he succeeded in securing an advance in the salary of the Postmaster here from $1,600 to $1, 800 per annum. After his retirement from official life Mr. Guthrie entered into a copartnership with Mr. Elan Smith and effected a pur- DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 399 chase of the stock and business of the Climax Clothing Company, in Marysville, since which time the enterprise has been most successfully conducted under the firm name of Smith & Guthrie, the well equipped salesrooms, in which are displayed at all times a fine line of clothing, hats, caps and men's furnishings, being centrally and eligibly located at the northwest corner of the public square. The marriage of Mr. Guthrie was celebrated in this city, October 3, 1878, when he espoused Miss Effie B. Price, daughter of ex-Sheriff Price, of this county. Our subject and wife are the parents of two children: Alice Lucile and Walter Scott. Mr. and Mrs. Guthrie are members of the Presbyterian Church. Their pleasant home is located on West Sixth street, in one of the most attractive residence quarters of the city. In concluding we will state that our subject is identified with two fraternal orders, being a member of Palestine Lodge, No. 158, F. & A. M., and of 'Marysville Lodge, No. 100, Knights of Pythias, his connection with the latter society dating back fifteen years, and in the same he has passed all the chairs. HARRY E. SMITH, who merits specific recognition as one of the talented and progressive young business men of Marysville, Union county, Ohio, and whose ability in the line of his profession is beyond cavil, is the leading photographist of the city, having given his entire attention to the work, which is both an art and a science, since 1886. He is a native of Marysville, and here the major portion of his life has been passed. He was born November 8, 1870, the son of Elan and Jennie (Converse) Smith, and he was reared in Marysville and here received his literary education, graduating at the high school as a member of the class of 1889. His father was engaged in the photographic business for many years and was recognized as a most capable artist long before the present improved dry-plate process was brought into use. While still a mere youth our subject began the study of photography under the effective preceptorship of his father, who was then operating the studio over which his son now has control. After his graduation from the high school Harry decided to follow in the paternal footsteps and to make photography his life work. He was ambitious and was determined that nothing short of the highest possible attainments in the line of his art would satisfy him, as he was fully cognizant of its wider possibilities. With a view to perfecting himself in the practical and late st approved details of photography, he left Marysville in July, 1889, and went to Aurora, Illinois, where he secured a position in the studio of Pratt, the leading artist of that section. He devoted his attention principally to retouching and printing and remained there somewhat more than a year, after which he entered the employ of C. E. Aiken, a most talented artist in that aristocratic suburb of Chicago, Evanston, Illinois. He here retained a position as operator for some eight months, and was then compelled to come home, having met with an accident which so crippled his ankle as to render it impossible for him to continue his work. After he had recovered his wonted physical vigor he returned to the Pratt studio, at Aurora, but remained but a short time, having seen his way to the