DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 425 Sarah A., wife of August Freeman, of Kansas. Daniel Wilbur Brown was reared to farm life at his native place, and worked on his father's farm for one year after his marriage. During the following four years he was engaged in the canal-boat business, running from Aurora and Albany to New York city on the Erie canal. He next taught school four winters in New York. In 1853 he came to Ohio, purchasing and locating on 250 acres in Chester township, Morrow county, where he was extensively engaged in buying, selling and shipping produce and in stock-dealing until 1882. In that year Mr. Brown sold his place and embarked in the grocery and butcher business in Chesterville, in which he is still engaged, and to which in 1889 he added a hotel known as Brown's Hotel. In political matters he affiliates with the Republican party, and served as Township Treasurer for many years. Socially he is a member of the I. O. O. F., No. 204. December 28, 1847, Mr. Brown was united in marriage with Adeline M. Squires, born in Cayuga county, New York, December 29, 1825, a daughter of William H. and Anna (Duel) Squires, the former a native of Connecticut and the latter of Rhode Island. The paternal grandfather, Asa Squires, was a native of Connecticut. The maternal grandfather, Reuben Duel, was a native of Rhode Island. He purchased a soldier's claim in Tompkins county, New York, to which he moved his family in an early day, and is buried on the farm. Mrs. Brown is the sixth of eleven children, ten of whom grew to years of maturity, viz.: Harriet, Theodore, Phedora, William, Eliza, Adeline, Henry, Helen, Sidney, Anna and Marian. All but three are still living. Our subject and wife are the parents of three children,—Francis A., wife of William Van Eman, for many years a traveling salesman for a wholesale house in San Francisco, California; Marian A., wife of Marshall T. Smith, a prominent dealer in horses at Mount Gilead, Ohio, and they have one daughter, Anna Maude; and Cassius Clay, who married 011ie Rogers, now deceased; they had two children, Daniel H. and Grace M. DR. H. H. SHAW, one of the leading practitioners of this locality, was born in Franklin township, Morrow county, in 1825, a son of David and Elizabeth (Hardenbrook) Shaw, natives respectively of Pennsylvania and Jefferson county, Ohio. They came to Ohio in 1810, remaining the first year in Pickaway county, and spent the remainder of their lives in Franklin township, Morrow county. The father departed this life in 1865. Mr. and Mrs. Shaw had seven children,—Henry H., Newton, Emily, Albert, Asher, Harriet and Clarissa A. H. H. Shaw, the subject of this sketch, began the study of medicine with the firm of Lord, Swingle & Brown in 1850, and, the partnership having dissolved one year later, he was then with Drs. Hewitt & Swingle three years. After attending a course of lectures at Ann Arbor, Michigan, and graduating at the Medical College of Columbus in 1854, he began the practice of medicine at New Hartford, Butler county, Iowa, remaining there until 1859. From that time until the spring of 1861 Mr. Shaw practiced medicine in Mount Liberty, Knox county, Ohio, and then removed to Johnsonville, Morrow county. October 1 of that year the 426 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF Doctor enlisted as a private in the One Hundred and Eightieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company I. About the middle of January, 1865, he was cited before the Examining Board and appointed Assistant Surgeon of the One Hundred and Eighty-fourth Regiment, and held that position until mustered out of service in 1865. Since that time Dr. Shaw has followed the practice of medicine at Mount Gilead. He was first married to C. Amanda Chamberlain, a daughter of Squire C. H. Chamberlain. Of their four children one daughter, Ola A., is now living. The Doctor's second marriage was to Mrs. Shipman, a widow lady. NOBLE WEAR, a farmer of Bennington township, is a son of Noble Wear, Sr., who was born in county Fermanagh, Ireland, and was a farmer and weaver by occupation. He participated in the battle of Waterloo. The mother of our subject, formerly Annie Irving, was a native of the same county. They were married in Ireland, and came to America in 1833, locating for a few years in Mount Vernon, Ohio, and then settled on an improved farm. The father lived to the age of 102 years, and the mother to the age of 104 years. They were the parents of ten children, five sons and five daughters. Mr. Wear was an active worker in the Democratic party, his first Presidential vote in America having been cast .for Andrew Jackson. Both were members of the Presbyterian Church. Noble Wear, the subject of this sketch, was born about 1829, and received his education at Vernon and Gambier, Ohio. He remained at home until twenty-one years of age,    d then located on a partially improved farm in Liberty township, Knox county, which he put under a fine state of cultivation, and lived there until coming to Morrow county in 186f. In his home farm he Ins 170 acres, and also owns fifty acres west of Marengo and 104 acres in Chester township. In addition to his farm property, Mr. Wear owns two good city lots in Columbus. He has just given the old home farm in Liberty township to his son. In 1850 he was united in marriage with Sarah Ann Bird, a native of Liberty township, Knox county, and a daughter of Elisha Bird, an early pioneer of that county. Mrs. Wear departed this life in 1878. Our subject and wife had seven children, viz.: Cordelia, at home; Frank, who married Rosie Bishop, and resides in Bennington township; George W., at home; Annie, wife of David Green, of Chester township; John, of Los Angeles, California, married Dora Grubb, and has three children; Jennie R. is the wife of E. J. Harris, of Bennington township, and has three children; Isaac, married, resides in Los Angeles, and has one child. Mr. Wear is a member and active worker in the Democratic party, and for several years has served as School Director. He is a member of the Methodist Church. RICHARD WORDEN, a farmer of Canaan township, Morrow county, was born in Seneca county, New York, April 29, 1822, a son of Richard and Polly (Roberts) Worden, who resided in Seneca county. Richard was left an orphan when quite young, and was reared from childhood by Alexander Purvis. He was brought by him to Ohio when about DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 427 eight years of age, and settled in Cardington township, then Marion county. At the age of sixteen years our subject began life for himself, working at anything he could find to do. The year after his marriage he came to Canaan township, locating on a part of his present farm, which he rented for six years. He then purchased ten acres, to which he has added from time to time until he now owns 407 acres, nearly all of which is under a fine state of cultivation. March 6, 1844, Mr. Worden was united in marriage with Lucinda Schooley, born in Virginia in 1824, a daughter of Samuel and Nellie (Graves) Schooley, early pioneers of Cardington township. Our subject and wife have six children living, namely: Sarah F., wife of William Sexton; Hannah, widow of Frank Williams; Alfred W. married Minnie Hardman, and resides in this county; Samuel R. married Olive Bratton; Emily Annette, wife of Samuel Fate; and Sophia, at home. Mr. Worden affiliates with the Republican party, has served as School Director for a number of years, as Township Trustee, and has frequently been a delegate to county conventions. THOMAS FERMAN WURTSBAUGH.—The man who by his own efforts and as the result of industry and perseverance not only receives a good education, but widens the field of his usefulness and influence, deserves to be given full credit for his labors. This Dr. Wurtsbaugh has done. He is essentially a self-made man, as the story of his life which follows will disclose. Dr. Wurtsbaugh was born in Keene township, Coshocton county, Ohio, June 8, 1845, a son of David Harrison and Lucinda (Spiva) Wurtsbaugh. His father was born near Dresden, Licking county, Ohio, April 21, 1819, and was of German descent, his parents coming to America from that country. He died of servile gangrene May 27, 1889, at the age of seventy years. He was one of sixteen children, seven of whom are still living. He followed farming during his life-time, was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics was first a Whig and afterward a Republican. The mother of our subject, who resides on the home place, three miles southwest of Richmond, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in 1824. She is descended from an old New England family, being the daughter of John and Harriet Spiva, who came to Ohio at an early day and settled in Coshocton county. Mrs. Wurtsbaugh has two half-sisters living,—Elizabeth, wife of Henry Van Aukin; and Sarah, who married William Banto. They both reside near Richmond, Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Wurtsbaugh had twelve children,—Sarah, John, Thomas, Emanuel, Samuel M., Hannah, James, David, Nancy, Frank, Mary, and Laura.. Sarah married a farmer named Ross Dougherty, and they reside in Coshocton county; they have six children. John, who married Sarah Babs, is a farmer two miles northeast of Richmond; he has five children,—Alice, Della, Jennie, Bessie, and May; Alice and Della are married, the former to Howard Kinney, a farmer near Richmond, and the latter to Vestus Grindall, a blacksmith of Mount Victory, Hardin county, Ohio; the remainder of the children reside at home. Emanuel died in infancy, in Coshocton county. Samuel M. was killed at Fort Buford, Montana, in 1874; he was serving as First Sergeant of the Seventh 428 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF Regiment, United States Infantry, when he was murdered by a fellow-soldier named Wilson, who was tried for the crime, found guilty, and sentenced to be shot, but the sentence was afterward changed to imprisonment for life in the penitentiary at Columbus, Ohio, by President Grant. Harriet married Isaac Smart, a prosperous farmer four miles south of Richmond; they have two children living,—Lawrence, who is a cripple for life, the result of necrosis of the tibia; and Laura, a well-educated lady, who has for several years been a successful and popular school teacher. James died of typhoid fever at the age of twenty years. David is a carpenter by occupation, but his present residence is unknown. Nancy is the wife of Benjamin Reed. a resident of Bucyrus, Ohio. Frank, a farmer by occupation, married Jennie Mulvane, and they reside one mile west of Richmond. Mary has been twice married; her first husband, Perry Bacon, died at his home four miles south of Richmond in 1891, about a year and a half after his marriage, leaving One child; her second husband is Malcolm Cameron. Laura died in infancy. When Thomas F. Wurtsbaugh, the subject of this sketch, was two years of age his parents moved to Union county, settling on fifty acres of land seven miles south of Richmond, where his father remained until his death, in 1889. During his boyhood Thomas attended school but very little, and at thirteen years of age he began work as a farm hand. In July, 1864, being then nineteen years old, he enlisted in Company C, One Hundred and Seventy-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he served as a private. He was in the engagement near Decatur, Alabama; at Overall creek, near Murfreesboro, December 4, 1864; ten days later, December 7, participated in the battle of the Cedars; and was discharged from the service May 31, 1865, at Camp Dennison, near Cincinnati. After returning home he was an invalid and threatened with consumption. After partially recovering his health, Mr. Wurtsbaugh entered the academy at Ostrander, which he attended four terms; next became a student at the Richmond high school, after which he taught school nineteen terms, teaching during the fall and winter, and farmed during the summer, a part of the time on rented land, and for four years on his own place of thirty-six acres four miles west of this city. He next entered the Eclectic Medical Institute at Cincinnati, taking the regular course, and graduated June 1, 1886. Before entering the latter institute, he began practice under the preceptorship of Dr. W. B. Duke, of Richmond, and for six years after graduating he practiced at Claiborne. From that time until 1888 he followed his profession at North Louisburg, when he came to Richmond and formed a partnership with Dr. W. B. Duke. This firm continued three years; it was dissolved by mutual consent in 1891, and Mr. Wurtsbaugh then opened his present office. The Doctor is a member of the Ohio State Eclectic Medical Association and of the Ohio Central Eclectic Medical Association. He holds a special diploma from Butte Medical College, as a graduate in ophthalmology and otology, also holds certificate of preceptorship from the Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincinnati, in which he filled the chair of anatomy in 1885-6. Politically the Doctor is a Republican, and is a member of the Board of Health of Richmond. Socially he is a member of Richmond Lodge, No. 443, I. O. O. F., also of the Encampment of Mount Carmel DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 429 Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and of the National Fraternal Union. Dr. Wurtsbaugh was married October 30, 1870, to Miss Abigail F. Wilson, born in Delaware county, September 12, 1847, a daughter of Joseph and Mary Wilson, both now deceased. Mrs. Wurtsbaugh has one sister and brother: Henrietta, who married Thomas Onion, and they reside in Ostrander; and Henry, who married Emily Riley, and resides in Richmond. They have three children. Doctor and Mrs. Wurtsbaugh have two children: Ferman, horn February 22, 1873; and Howard, born December 17, 1876. Ferman will graduate at the Nada Pharmaceutical School in December, after which he will enter the Eclectic Medical Institute at Cincinnati, to fit himself for the medical profession. Howard is attending the Richmond high school. JOHN ANDREW MOODIE. --The good old Scotch name which the subject of this sketch bears is one that has, in its several collateral branches, been identified in a conspicuous way with the history and development of various sections of the Union, and in this line his father gained distinction as one of the early pioneers of the Buckeye State. All these circumstances lend a particular consistency to the incorporation of a brief history of the life of John Andrew Moodie, who is himself an honored resident and successful farmer of Union township, Union county, Ohio, where he was born (on the old Webb farm) July 7, 1833. His father was Henry Moodie, who was born in Culpeper county, Virginia, the son of Roger Moodie, whose parents were na tives of bonny Scotland. Roger Moodie was a native of Maryland, where his ancestors took up their residence in the Colonial days. He became a pioneer of this county, coming here at a very early day, and taking up his residence on a tract of wild land in Union township, where settlers were few and far between, and when the forests were still given over to the dominion of Indians and wild beasts. Henry Moodie was reared on the frontier farm, and recived such educational advantages as the pioneer settlement afforded, attending to his studies in the old log scho olhouse with its slab seats and primitive equipments. He married Elizabeth Moodie, who was born in 1812, a native of Virginia and and the daughter of John A. Moodie, who was called out for service in the war of 1812, but who participated in no battle, as the victory had been gained ere he reached the scene of action. He was a half-brother of Roger Moodie, paternal grandfather of our subject. In 1834 Henry Moodie and his wife took up their residence on a tract of fifty acres, in Union township, the same being still unreclaimed and heavily timbered. Wolves, deer, turkey and 'coons were yet abundant, but soon the forest aisles re-echoed the sturdy blows of his ax, which felled the trees and made way for the cultivated fields. He developed a good farm, but did not live to enjoy the same, death coming to him in the prime of life,—at the age of forty-two years. He left to the care of his bereaved widow three children: John A., subject of this sketch; Aaron Gilmore, who died at the old homestead; and Mrs. Nancy Spratt, of Richwood, this county. The mother subsequently consummated a second marriage, being united to Moses Blake. She is still 430 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF living, at the venerable age of eighty-two years. The father of our subject was a Democrat in his political faith, was a consistent member of the Christian Church, and was a man honored by all who knew him. John Andrew Moodie was reared on the old home farm in Union township, and early became enured to the sturdy labor required in its operation. He received his educational discipline in the district school near his home and duly profited by the meager instructions there meted out. He was one of the brave boys who bore arms at the time of the late war of the Rebellion, enlisting, in May, 1864, for the 100 days' service, as a member of the One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. During his term of service he was stationed at Alexandria, Virginia, and at its expiration he was honorably discharged, after which he returned to his home in this county. Mr. Moodie was married April 2, 1863, to. Sarah Emily Dawson, who was born in Pickaway county, this State, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (James) Dawson. Mrs. Moodie is a devoted member of the Christian Church. Mr. Moodie is a member of Silas Kimball Post, No. 570, G. A. R., of Milford Centre. He is a man of intelligence, is fair and honorable in his dealings, and enjoys the confidence and respect of all who know him. He has a good farm and the same is cultivated with much care and discrimination, thereby rendering tangible returns for the thought and labor expended. The family residence is a substantial frame structure, and other permanent improvements about the place are of excellent order. W. H. WILLS, M. D.—We are now permitted to take into review the life history of one of the representative and honored professional men of Union counts', Dr. Wills, who is a resident of Milford Centre, where he is engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery and where he retains a most representative supporting patronage. The Doctor is a native of the Buckeye State, having been born in Franklin county, February 6, 1850, the son of John Wills, who was born near Zanesville, this State, and who is now a resident of Columbus, his lineage tracing back to Germany. He has reached the venerable age of seventy-five years but retains a virile strength of both mind and body. The mother of our subject, nee Elizabeth Compton, was born near Reynoldsburg, this State, daughter of Ezekiel Compton, one of the pioneers of that section, and a native of the old Keystone State. John and Elizabeth Wills became the parents of five children, namely Jennie, deceased; W. H., subject of this review; Caroline; Charles, a prominent business man of Columbus, Ohio; and Emma. The venerable father was successfully engaged in farming until the time of his retirement from active business life. He has been a stanch Republican for many years, and is a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Dr. W. H. Wills was reared on the old homestead farm and was given exceptional educational advantages, completing his more purely literary education at Delaware, where he attended the Ohio Wesleyan University. He engaged in teaching district school before he had attained the age of fifteen years and for some time he bore the appropriate DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 431 sobriquet of "the boy teacher." He early determined to prepare himself for the practice of that profession in which he has attained so marked success, and he commenced the study of medicine under the preceptor-ship of Dr. Frankinburg, a prominent and able physician. He finally matriculated at Starling Medical College, in the capital city of the State, where he completed the prescribed course and graduated with high honors, as a member of the class of 1879. He established himself in practice at Columbus, immediately after his graduation, and there remained for a period of four years, after which he came to Milford Centre, where he has since devoted himself to professional work and where he has built up a large and representative practice, being held in the highest esteem in the community, both as a man and a physician. The Doctor is an avidious student" and keeps constantly in touch with the advances made in medical science and surgery. In politics the Doctor pins his faith to the Republican party, and he has been a most active worker in the local organization of his party, having served as chairman of the county committee, and having wielded no little influence in the party councils. Fraternally he retains a membership in Darby Lodge, No. 636, I. O. O. F., in which he has filled all the chairs, besides having served as District Deputy of the order. He is a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and has been closely identified with church, Sunday-school and temperance work for many years. He organized Sunday-schools and became a teacher in the same while he was still a boy in his 'teens, having also been a superintendent for many years. A man of strongest integrity and of broad sympathies, he has gained the esteem of the community and the confidence and affection of those to whom he has ministered in the dark hours of sickness and distress. The marriage of Dr. Wills was celebrated June 6, 1883, when he led to the hymeneal altar Miss Ada Butler, a young lady of culture and true refinement. She was born in Hocking county, Ohio, the daughter of John Butler, now deceased, receiving an excellent education at McConnellsville and Adelphi, this State. CHARLES D. MILLS, M. D., junior member of the professional firm of White & Mills, of Marysville, Union county, Ohio, stands as one of the representative physicians and surgeons of the county, and a record of the lives of the leading professional men of this section of the Buckeye State would be incomplete were there a failure to direct attention to him whose name forms the caption of this review. Dr. Mills was born at Logan, Hocking county, Ohio, November 30, 1857, a son of Dr. George B. and Priscilla (Bright) Mills. The father was born in Wayne county, Pennsylvania, his native village being the old town of Lakawaxen, on the Delaware river. He was the sun of Isaac Mills, who emigrated from Connecticut to Pennsylvania in an early day. Dr. George B. Mills is a graduate of Starling Medical College, at Columbus, and for many years has been engaged in practice in Fairfield county, Ohio, where he still resides, being one of the oldest and most honored physicians of the county and still being called upon to continue his professional work in the community where his ministrations have so long been appreciated. 'While he was still a 432 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF mere lad his mother died and after this he was sent to live with an uncle who was engaged in farming. Attaining mature years he began his independent career by engaging in railroad construction, ultimately securing the position as superintendent of the work and thus continuing for some time. While thus employed he met and eventually wedded Miss Priscilla, daughter of Rev. S. S. Bright, of Hocking county. For many years she continued his faithful helpmate and companion. Subsequent to his marriage Dr. Mills began the study of medicine under the preceptorship of the venerable Dr. Hufford, thereafter completing the prescribed course of study at Starling Medical College, at which he was duly graduated. He began the practice of his profession in Hocking county, but soon afterward removed to Dumontville, Fairfield county, where he has ever since maintained his residence. He is a man of marked individuality and force of character, steadfast in his sturdy rectitude, and generous and sympathetic in nature. Naturally strong in his convictions, he has ever been an ardent and active Republican, and during the civil war he served as acting Assistant Surgeon. He is identified with the Masonic and Odd Fellows' orders. Of his four children we give individual mention as follows: Charles D. is the direct subject of this sketch; Louisa A. and Samuel S. are deceased; and Carrie B. is the wife of Rev. William Mather, of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Charles D. Mills was afforded exceptional educational privileges in his youth, attending the public schools during his boyhood days and thereafter entering the Fairfield Union Academy, where he graduated with the Centennial class, in 1876. He then began teaching school arid reading medicine with his father, having determined to gain, as it were, a professional inheritance from his honored parent. He matriculated at the Medical College of Ohio, in Cincinnati, graduating at this well-known institution in 1880. Of his post-graduate work it may be incidentally noted at this point that, in 1890, he went to Chicago, where he took a special course of study and clinical work touching the nature and treatment of chronic diseases, this course being secured under the direction of Professor Pratt, the well-known specialist in the line mentioned. After his graduation Dr. Mills engaged in practice at Pleasantville, Fairfield county, where he remained until 1891, having secured a representative patronage. In 1891, he came to Marysville, and formed a professional partnership with Dr. White, with whom he has since been associated. Their office is located on Court street, opposite the Presbyterian Church. Dr. Mills has here devoted himself to general practice, is skilled in his profession, keeping pace with advances made in the medical science and thoroughly in touch with the most approved methods of treatment. As a student in his profession he has aimed to excel, and when graduating he received the Professor Connor prize for proficiency in surgical anatomy, coming into competition with a class of 100 aspirants. This fact bears unequivocal evidence of his labors and precedence in that branch of professional acquirement. While in practice at Pleasantville he taught the class in physiology at the college there located. Politically the Doctor is identified with the Republican party, and fraternally with the Free and Accepted Masons and Inde- DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 433 pendent Order of Odd Fellows. In the latter order he is Past Grand and is also a member of the Encampment; in the former he is a member of Palestine Lodge and of Lancaster Chapter, of which last he is Past Master. Socially our subject is also a member of the Marysville Choral Union, of which he was one of the organizers and in connection with which he gives no little attention to musical matters and cultivation. The marriage of the Doctor was celebrated at Pleasantville, Ohio, December 14, 1882, when he was united to Miss Ella A., daughter of Captain James and Margaret Stewart, of that place. Dr. and Mrs Mills have had five children: Leora, deceased; Carrie F. ; George S., deceased; Mary M. and Clarence D. Our subject and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of Marysville, the Doctor being a member of the Board of Trustees. The pleasant family home is located on Sixth street. WILLIAM STALEY, who is successfully engaged in farming and stock-raising in Parish township, Union county, has the honor of being a native of the Buckeye State. He was born in Greene county on the 17th of October, 1833, and is a son of Samuel and Catherine (Hall) Staley. The father was born September 6, 1800. In his youth he learned the miller's trade, and became the owner of a mill on the Miami river which he operated for a number of years, doing a good business along that line. His death occurred December 23, 1880. His wife, who was born in Maryland, May 6, 1800, survived him about twelve years, and died July 20, 1892, at the very advanced age of 28 ninety-two years. In their family were four children,— Mrs. Fannie Wood, William, Isaac, and Mrs. Sarah Keckly. In taking up the personal history of William Staley we present to our readers the life record of one who is both widely and favorably known in Paris township. He was reared to manhood under the parental roof, and the work of developing and cultivating land was familiar to him from early boyhood. To his father he gave the benefit of his services until seventeen years of age, when he went to Marysville, Ohio, and began learning the blacksmith's trade with J. S. Cunningham. He followed that business for eight years, but at length again turned his attention to agricultural pursuits. In the meantime, Mr. Staley was married. On the 21st of November, 1855, he wedded Miss Roxy J., daughter of John and Nancy A. Marne, who were prominent and highly respected citizens of Union county. Eight children have been born unto Mr. and Mrs. Staley,—Mrs. Julia B. Turner; Simon L. ; Walter H. ; Mrs. Hattie Parthamore, who was a popular and successful teacher; George W. ; Nettie; Jerry; and Josephine, who is now deceased. At the time of his marriage, Mr. Staley resumed farming, which he then carried on until 1863. For a short time thereafter he was engaged in the grocery business in Marysville, but he found this occupation did not suit him as well as the one to which he was reared, and came to the farm on which he now resides. Here he owns eighty acres of rich and arable land, and in connection with its cultivation he has been extensively engaged in stock-raising, making a specialty of the breeding of Merino sheep, in which undertaking he has prospered. He has a pleasant home, a good barn and 434 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF orchard and well-kept fences, and the Staley farm is numbered among the best in the community. Mr. and Mrs. Staley hold membership with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and take a deep interest in everything pertaining to its welfare and advancement. They have labored earnestly for its upbuilding, and Mr. Staley is now serving as Superintendent of the Sunday-school. In his political views he is a Republican. He filled the office of Assessor, but has never been an aspirant for political honors, preferring to give his entire time and attention to his business interests. His life has been a useful one, and his example is worthy of emulation. GEORGE PIERSOL, who owns and occupies a fine farm of eighty-five acres in Mill Creek township, Union county, Ohio, is one of the well-known and highly respected men of the county. Mr. Piersol was born on a farm in the township in which he now lives, June 24, 1843, son of John Piersol, one of the prominent early settlers of the county. John Piersol was a native of Chester county, Pennsylvania, of German ancestry, and by trade was a blacksmith. After coming to Ohio he gave his attention to farming, settling on 120 acres of timber land, where he lived and prospered, from time to time adding to his landed estate until at the time of his death he was the owner of 800 acres. He was seventy-five years of age at the time of death; his good wife passed away at the age of seventy-four. Her maiden name was Catherine Wesley; she was a daughter of John Wesley, a relative of the eminent di vine, and they were married in Berks county, Pennsylvania. Sons and daughters to the number of fourteen were born to them, their names being as follows: Christie Anna, Elijah Wesley, Silas, Evan, Mary, George, Margaret, John, Catherine, Samuel, Enoch, Eliza, Elizabeth and Jacob. Only three of this large family have passed away,—Samuel, Eliza and Elizabeth. Wesley, Silas and George were among the volunteers for service in the Union army when the civil war came on, and bravely did their part toward putting down the rebellion. It was in April, 1864, that George enlisted, and from that time until the close of the war he was on guard duty before Petersburg and Richmond. George Piersol grew up on his father's farm and received his education in the public schools. In 1866 he went West to Franklin county, Kansas, where he spent two years in work at the carpenter's trade, and in 1868 settled on the farm on which he has ever since resided. This place is nicely improved with good buildings, orchard, well-cultivated fields, etc., and here he is meeting with the prosperity which his honest efforts merit. Mr. Piersol was married in 1868 to Miss Barbara McCuley, daughter of William and Harriet (Robinson) McCuley. Their happy married life was of short duration, as her untimely death occurred the following year. She left a little daughter, Mary, who is now the wife of H. Hutchison, of Cleveland, Ohio. In 1874 Mr. Piersol married Miss A. C. Robinson, daughter of Dr. Joseph T. and Eliza (Mann) Robinson. By this second marriage he has five children,—Eliza, Wesley, Joseph T., Orvil, and Blanche. Of Mrs. Piersol's ancestry, be it stated that her father, Dr. Joseph T. Robinson, DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 435 was born in Franklin county, Ohio, son of Asa Robinson; and that Asa Robinson was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts, son of Bartlett Robinson, a native of that State, and a veteran of the Revolutionary war. In 1809 Asa Robinson emigrated to Ohio and located in Franklin county, being at Columbus when the town was laid out. He married Catherine Turney, and they had children as follows: Harriet, Mary, Margaret, Bartlett, Joseph, Henry, Asa, Daniel, and Adam, and two that died in infancy. Daniel and Adam died in California in 1849. The father passed away in 1865, at the age of eighty-four, the mother surviving him until she reached the advanced age of ninety-seven years, her death occurring in 1884. Dr. J. T. Robinson and his wife had six children, five of whom are living, namely: Abigail, David, Sarah, Willie, and Mary. His wife died at the age of forty-four years. Politically Mr. Piersol is Democratic in his views. He has served as a member of the School Board and also as Township Trustee. Personally he is a man of fine physique, is honorable and upright in all his dealings, and by his frank and cordial manner has made himself popular with all who know him. Mrs. Piersol is a member of the Christian Church. L. H. HALZMILLER, one of the enterprising business men of Delaware, Ohio, was born and reared in this city and has been identified with it all his life. Mr. Halzmiller is a son of F. P. and Susannah (Ziegler) Halzmiller, and was born in August, 1858. He is one of a family of three children, his two sisters being Amelia and Louisa. The former is the wife of William H. Gleckler, of Pierre, South Dakota. Both parents were born and reared in Baden, Germany. They were married in Cincinnati, Ohio. The father learned the trade of baker in his native land, and after locating in Delaware, Ohio, in 1855, entered the employ of M. Miller. A few years later he opened up a business of his own, and successfully ran a bakery for some time. Then he engaged in the grocery business, which he followed until his death, in 1876, at the age of forty-five years. His widow is still living, having attained her sixty-ninth year. The subject of our sketch was seventeen years of age when his father died, and, young as he was, he took charge of the grocery and conducted it for his mother until he reached his majority. Then he bought the store and ran it a short time longer, after which he sold out. He then, in company with W. S. Parks, purchased the wine establishment of Martin Miller, and together they carried on business for eleven years. In February, 1891, he purchased his partner's interest and has since conducted it alone. For nine years he and Mr. Parks conducted an eating house in connection with their wine room. This department of their business was discontinued in 1889. Mr. Halzmiller has also been connected with various enterprises of a public nature. He and Mr. Parks secured the franchise of the city for putting in an electric-light plant, and established the same. Afterward they formed a stock company and took in some of the leading business men of the town. He was one of a company that started the Odevene Bottling Works in this city. In 1893 he was appointed receiver of the Delaware Brewing Ice Company, and the fol- 436 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF lowing year placed the ice plant in operation. He is now running it, turning out some fifteen tons daily. In short, he has taken an active interest in every thing tending to the public good of this city. He is Democratic in his political views and represents his ward in the City Council. Mr. Halzmiller was married in Delaware, in 1883, to Miss Mary Enright, daughter of Cornelius Enright. Their residence is on South Union street. J. A. SALISBURY, veterinary surgeon, Delaware, Ohio, is a native of Marion county, this State, born October 27, 1847. His parents, Ephraim and Emily (Daggett) Salisbury, were descended from New England ancestors. When he was five years of age the family came to Delaware county and located on a farm in Troy township, where the father died in 1868. The mother died in Marion county in 1886. Dr. Salisbury grew up on his father's farm, spending his winters in attendance at the district schools and later taking a course and graduating in the Delaware high school. After completing his education he turned his attention to buying and selling horses and followed that business for a number of years. Early in life he took up the study of veterinary medicine, which he practiced in connection with his farming and horse dealing, although not a graduate of any school; but in 1888 he entered the New York College of Veterinary Surgeons, where he took a thorough course, and in 1882 he gave up farming altogether and devoted his time to dealing in horses and to the practice of his profession. His practice so increased that, in 189o, he found it necessary to give his entire attention to it. In 1893 he established a hospital in Delaware for sick and lame horses, where he can accommodate from six to eight head, and in connection with this hospital he also runs a feed barn. He has met with eminent success in his practice and has gained an enviable reputation as a skilled veterinary surgeon. The Doctor is a member of the Knights of Pythias, Lenape Lodge, No. 29, and also of the National Union. During the war, although a mere lad in his 'teens, he enlisted, in 1864, in Company E, One Hundred and Forty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until he was mustered out, at Washington, in July, 1865. He is a member of George B. Torrence Post, No. 6o, G. A. R. Dr. Salisbury was married in Delaware, January 27, 1866, to Miss Isabell Durfey. Their pleasant residence is at No. 98 North Sandusky street. Both he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. Politically the Doctor is a Republican. LUTHER A. WOOD, one of the prosperous and honored farmers of Allen township, Union county, is a native of this county, his birthplace having been the old homestead which has been in the possession of the family since the early pioneer period of the county's history. The date of his birth was December 19, 1851, and his parents were William C. and Maria (McWilliams) Wood. The father, who is now deceased, was a prominent early settler and honored citizen of the county, and the venerable mother is still living, a resident of Milford Centre. They had five children of whom our subject was the third in order of birth. DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 437 Young Luther passed his boyhood days on the paternal farmstead and familiarized himself in a practical way with the duties incidental to clearing and improving the farm, working in both Allen and Jerome townships. His theoretical education was secured in the district schools and has been well re-enforced by his connection with the practical affairs of life. For nine years he operated a threshing machine throughout this section, utilizing steam power for a period of three years. In this line of enterprise he attained a distinctive popularity and a wide acquaintanceship, and carried on the same successfully until impaired health compelled him to abandon the work. In 1879 he took up his residence on his present farm, which comprises 190 acres of the prolific alluvial bottom lands of Darby creek, the same being particularly eligible for the raising of cereals and stock, in both of which departments of farm work he has been successful in his operations. He has given particular attention to the raising of pure-bred Galloway short-horn cattle and draft horses, and his discrimination and good judgment have been such as to yield the best of results and consistent financial returns. The family residence is a substantial and commodious frame structure, and the place has one of the best barns in this section of the county. Mr. Wood has been thrice married, his first union being consummated April 12, 1877, when he wedded Emma P. Irvine, daughter of the late Leckey and Nancy (Maxwell) Irvine, and by this union he had one child, who died in infancy. The death of Mrs. Emma P. Wood occurred January 31, 1884; she was a consistent member of the. Methodist Episcopal Church. March 19, 1885, Mr. Wood was united in marriage to Sarah A. Spain, daughter of Washington and Sarah Spain, both of whom are now deceased. The only child of this union, William C., died at the age of seven months and sixteen days, and the mother passed into the life eternal April 19, 1886, having been a zealous member of the United Brethren Church. Mr. Wood married his present wife April 17, 1887, her maiden name having been Eliza L. Holycross. She comes from one of the old and honored families of the county, and was here reared and educated. She is a daughter of Pierson F. and Jane S. (Wilson) Holycross, of this township, and is a woman of marked intelligence and refinement. Mr. and Mrs. Wood have two children, namely: Leroy Edson, born August 18, 1888; and Hetty Fern, born April 9, 1891. In politics our subject casts his franchise with the Republican party, and fraternally he affiliates with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, retaining a membership in Darby Lodge, No. 636, of Milford Centre, and Encampment No. 114, of Marysville. Both he and his estimable wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Milford Centre. Mr. Wood is one of the representative farmers of this section and is honored for his ability and upright character, enjoying an unmistakable popularity in the community. JOHN W. JONES, of Radnor, Delaware county, Ohio, was born in the township in which he now lives, November 12, 1855, son of William P. and Elizabeth (Thomas) Jones. William P. Jones was born near Utica, New York, son of John Jones, a native of 438 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF Wales, who came to America about 1832 and engaged in farming. After remaining in New York a short time he came in 1833 to Delaware county, Ohio, and took claim to the too acres of land which is now owned and occupied by Robert Rowlands. He continued farming the rest of his life, and died in 1857. His wife's maiden name was Sarah Thomas. They joined the Congregational Church at Utica, and after they came West united with the same church at Radnor and were among the leading members here. She survived until 1893 and was eighty-five years old at the time of her death. Their family was composed of five daughters and one son, all of whom, with one exception, reached maturity, married and had families and settled in this vicinity. They are as follows: Sarah J., wife of Thomas Griffiths; Margaret, wife of Thomas Pritchard; Amelia, deceased wife of a Mr. Bagley; Martha M., wife of Robert Rowlands; and William P., father of our subject. William P. Jones was a farmer and a manufacturer of lime, carrying on the latter business on an extensive scale at Radnor. In 1873 he removed to Delaware and retired from business and there spent the residue of his life and died. He was a Republican in politics and was a man of high moral worth. His wife was a native of Wales and came to this country with her father when she was four years old. Mr. and Mrs. Jones had an only child,—John W., whose name heads this article. John W. Jones was reared on his father's farm, and received his early education in the common schools. He then entered the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, where he graduated in 1879. After completing his education, he was for three years engaged in farming in Marion county. About this time his father bought the warehouse at Radnor, and he turned his attention to the grain business here, in partnership with his father at first, and, since his father's death, has continued it alone. To this business he has also added that of hardware and agricultural implements. Whatever he has undertaken, he has carried it forward to success, and, indeed, he is regarded as one of the most prosperous men of the county. He affiliates with the Republican party, and has served as a Justice of the Peace. Mr. Jones was married October 28, 1886, to Margaret E. Gallant, daughter of James W. and Elizabeth (Williams) Gallant, her people being ranked with the early settlers of the county. LAFAYETTE McILROY, Raymond's, Union county, Ohio, is one of the thrifty farmers and prominent citizens of Liberty township. Mr. Mcllroy was born on the farm on which he now lives, October 20, 1856, his grandparents, James and Cassie (Baker) McIlroy, natives of Vermont, having settled here about the year 1835, and in the midst of the forest developed a farm. They had a large family of children, four sons and seven daughters, one of whom, Zachariah, the father of our subject, was born in Harrison county, Ohio, May 14, 1821, and was a boy in his 'teens when they settled here. Here he grew up, and when he reached his majority was married to Catharine Heminger, a native of Tuscarawas county, Ohio, and a daughter of George Heminger. After his marriage he bought the old home place, and here he spent the rest of his life and DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 439 died. His parents both died in this county. He owned 800 acres of land and carried on both farming and stock-raising, making a a specialty of raising draft horses. He and his wife had eight children, viz: John M., James W., George F., Jacob Foy, La Fayette, Susan Shirk, Cassie Belle Sparks and Clara May. The father died June 3, 1890, and the mother is still living, now a resident of Raymond's. Politically Zachariah McIlroy was a Democrat up to the time of the war, after which he was a Republican. In religion he was a Methodist, and was a Steward and Trustee of his church. He was a man of many sterling qualities, and was honored and respected by all who knew him. Lafayette McIlroy's early life was not unlike that of other farmer boys. His education was received in the district school and in the practical school of experience. He succeeded his father in the ownership of the farm above referred to, and now has 200 acres of this land, which is well improved and under a high state of cultivation. The large residence is located on a natural building site and has a pretty lawn in front, and among the other improvements on the farm are the substantial buildings, modern wind pump, orchard, etc. Mr. McIlroy was married March 2, 1878, to Miss Laura Hubbard, who was born and reared in this township, daughter of J. R. and Elizabeth (Sterling) Hubbard, the former a native of Vermont and the latter born near Zanesville, Ohio. The mother died in July, 1884, and the father still resides in this township. Mr. Hubbard has four children: Emeline, wife of John M. Mc Ilroy; Lucy Winters, of Columbus, Ohio; Mary, wife of Clarence McIlroy; and Laura McIlroy. Mr. and Mrs. McIlroy have four children,—Clarence H., Hazel K., Lucy B., and Fannie May. Mr. McIlroy has for years been one of the wheel-horses of the Republican party in Liberty township, and has served with credit as a member of the Board of Education and as Constable and Assessor. He is a member of Newton Lodge, No. 249, A. F. & A. M., of Raymond's. In the prime of life, intelligent, genial and jovial, he is popular with all who know him. CAPTAIN D. H. HENDERSON, an honored veteran of the late war, is one of the best known citizens of Union county. For many years he has been prominently connected with the history of this community, for he is numbered among its honored early settlers. The Captain is a native of Kentucky, and comes of a good family. When a youth of eleven summers he came to Ohio, locating in Union county, with the history of which he has since been identified. No event of special importance occurred during his boyhood and youth. He was reared in the usual manner of farmer lads, and received a limited education, conning his lessons in a log school-house, which was heated by an immense fire-place and furnished with primitive furniture. Through experience and observation, however, he has acquired a good practical business education, and, by reading, he keeps himself well informed on all the questions of the day. Captain Henderson started out for himself empty handed, with nothing to rely upon save his own enterprise and perseverance, but these stood him instead of capital, and, by persistent energy, he has steadily worked his way upward. Over- 440 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF coming the difficulties and obstacles in his path, he has at length accumulated a good property, and is now the owner of one of the best homes in this part of Union county. The dwelling is a large frame residence, built in modern style of architecture, and is neatly and tastefully furnished and supplied with all the comforts that go to make life worth the living. He owns two good farms, besides valuable property in the town of Raymond's, where he now resides. In 1886 the Captain was united in marriage with Mrs. Lucy C. Burnham, a lady of education and refinement, who has the esteem of all who know her. Mr. Henderson is a member of the Masonic fraternity and has served as Master of the blue lodge. He also belongs to the Chapter of Marysville. He holds membership with the Christian Church, and in his political views is a radical Republican, who stanchly advocates the men and measures of his party. He labors earnestly for its interests and does all in his power for its promotion, yet he has never sought office for himself, The cause of education also finds in him a warm friend, and he is actively interested in everything pertaining to the welfare of the community. He was a loyal defender of the Union in the time of war, and is a valued citizen in the days of peace. His pleasant, genial manner has made him very popular, and in the history of his adopted county he well deserves representation. JOHN HICKLEN JACKSON, M. D., has been engaged in the practice of medicine at Edison, Ohio, for over ten years, and is well known throughout this section of the country. Of his life, we present the following brief sketch: James Jackson, the Doctor's father, was born in what is now West Virginia, in the year 1819, son of Isaac Jackson, also a native of the Old Dominion, both having Quaker birthrights. This family of Jack-sons are of English and Scotch-Irish descent and are related to the distinguished "Stonewall" Jackson. James Jackson was first married, in Crawford county, Ohio, to Miss Rebecca Kirk, who died, leaving one son, George E., now a resident of Gilead township, Morrow county. For his second wife he married, in Columbiana county, this State, Mrs. Mary A. (Oliphant) Hicklen, a widow of John Hicklen and daughter of Ephraim Oliphant, a native of Virginia and a pioneer of Columbiana county, Ohio, he being a famous hunter in early days. She was born in Ohio in 1826, and by her first husband had one daughter, Sarah A., who is now the wife of F. C. Stanley, of Edison. James Jackson and his wife came to Morrow county twenty-seven years ago and settled on a farm two miles south of Mount Gilead, where they resided until 1887, at that time removing to Edison, and here they have since lived retired. They have two children, the subject of this sketch and J. Alvin, a druggist at the corner of Sixth and Main streets, Columbus Ohio. The parents are prominent and active members in the Quaker Church, and in politics he is a Prohibitionist. Dr. Jackson was born on his father's farm on the Tiffin road, three miles north of Bucyrus, in Crawford county, Ohio, November 15, 1857, and was ten years old when he moved to this county. He attended school at Mount Gilead and Damascus, and at Cardington, this county, began the study of medicine under the instructions of Dr. Watson. Then he spent one sum- DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 441 mer in the office of Dr. Case, of Mount Gilead, and for two years he attended the Homcepathic College in Cincinnati, and served as assistant visiting physician for the Dispensary at Cincinnati. He entered upon the practice of his profession at New Lexington, Ohio, and while there his health broke down, after which he was out of practice for a year. In 1883 he located at Edison, where he has built up a fine practice and where he has the confidence of all who know him, being highly respected both as a physician and a citizen. Dr. Jackson was married in 1887 to Miss Jessie Miles, daughter of James G. Miles, a merchant of Edison, and sister of J. R. Miles, one of the most prominent Odd Fellows of Ohio. Mrs. Jackson was born at Chesterville, Ohio, and is a graduate of the Mount Gilead high school. She was for four or five years a teacher in the Mount Gilead schools. The Doctor and his wife have two children: Charles Salo and Warren Milton, aged respectively six and three years. Fraternally Dr. Jackson is a member of the Knights of Pythias at Edison and the Mystic Circle at Cardington, and is Past Chancellor Commander of the former. Politically he is a Republican, is Central Committeeman, and has for some years been an active worker in the ranks of his party. Mrs. Jackson is a member of the Presbyterian Church. E. M. HELLER, architect and superintendent, Delaware, Ohio, is one of the most enterprising and progressive men of this city and has been identified with its interests nearly all his life. Mr. Heller was born September 4, 1847, son of Owen and Lavina (Hess) Heller, a venerable couple now living retired in Delaware. They came from Pennsylvania, their native State, to Ohio in 1840 and seftled on a farm, which they owned and occupied until, on account of advanced age, they removed to Delaware and retired. Owen Heller was active in politics in his early life and filled most acceptably a number of local offices. They are of German descent and are members of the German Reformed Church. Of their family of six children, we record that Edwin is deceased; Elias M. is the subject of this article; Hannah, wife of J. A. Sell, resides in Delaware; Samuel is a resident of Delaware; Mary F. is with her parents; and Elmer E. is deceased. E. M. Heller remained on the farm with his parents until 1864, receiving his education in the public schools. In September, 1864, he enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Seventy-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered out at Columbus, Ohio, July 8, 1865. He was in a number of prominent engagements, and at Decatur, Alabama, was taken prisoner by the enemy, but made good his escape. After his return from the army, Mr. Heller began work at the carpenter's trade in Delaware, and shortly afterward went to Cleveland, where he spent two years of study under the instructions of the famous architect, Blackburn. Then he came back to Delaware and engaged in drafting. About 1870 he commenced contracting in connection with his work as an architect, and gave his attention to contracting and building here until 1886, with the exception of one year he spent in Columbus, Ohio, when he was employed in work on the State University. Since 1886 he has devoted himself to architecture and 442 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF superintending. His first large contract was the City Hall of Delaware, and among other notable buildings he has superintended are the Monett Hall, Dormitory and Dining Rooms, the Conservatory of Music and Gray's Chapel, at Delaware; the Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home at Xenia, Ohio, including the school building, dining hall and cottages; a number of buildings in Columbus, Ohio, some in Cincinnati, and the South Side Hotel at Birmingham, Alabama, beside numerous other buildings in various cities and towns. His son George has adopted the business and is now engaged in contracting in Delaware. Socially Mr. Heller is identified with the Odd Fellows, both lodge and encampment, and has also taken the Rebekah degree. He is a member of George B. Torrence Post, No. 60, G. A. R. Mr. Heller was married in Delaware, May 26, 187o, to Miss Mary J. Crook, and they have had five children, two of whom died in infancy. Those living are George, Fred and Frank. Their home, one of the attractive residences of Delaware, is located on South Main street. DARRANCE E. HUGHS, M. D., one of the prominent members of the medical profession at Delaware, Ohio, has been engaged in practice in this city since 1886. A sketch of his life is appropriate here and is as follows: Darrance E. Hughs was born in Concord township, Delaware county, Ohio, October 1, 1856, son of Joseph E. Hughs and grandson of Joseph S. Hughs, both prominent ministers. Rev. Joseph S. Hughs came from Pennsylvania to the Western Reserve and was one of the early pioneers of Dela ware county. He founded the first Presbyterian Church in Delaware and also churches in Radnor and Liberty townships, and preached at all of these places. He died about 1821, at the age of thirty-three years. He was also one of the prominent early Masons of the State. His wife, nee Eliza Reynolds, was a native of Maryland, she being of Welsh descent and he of Irish. They had a family of two children that reached maturity,----James and Joseph E. James followed the sea for a number of years, being a commander of vessels. He came home about the time the civil war broke out and soon afterward enlisted in the Union army. He died in hospital in Tennessee, while in the service of his country. Joseph E. Hughs was born, reared and educated at Delaware, Ohio. Here he followed farming until he was thirty years of age, when he was ordained as minister in the United Brethren Church. He was connected with the work of the ministry in this district for forty years, was a man of great force of character, and was the means of accomplishing a great amount of good. He died June 10, 189o, at the age of seventy years. He married Miss Eliza Gallant, whose untimely death occurred six years after their marriage. She had three children, all dying in early childhood. For his second wife he married Miss Harriet Day, daughter of Benjamin Day, of Coshocton, Ohio. She is still living in Delaware county. Of her nine children, we make record as follows: Gerard, a farmer residing in Concord township, Delaware county; Dr. James H. , who was engaged in the practice of his profession in Delaware for ten years, died in 1888; Darrance E. ; William L., a resident of Jamestown, North Dakota, is an engineer on the Northern Pacific Railroad; DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 443 Sarah, wife of Frederick Smith, Warrensburg, this county, died in 1886; Amanda A., wife of I. M. Freece, Jamestown, North Dakota; Charles, who died in infancy; Hattie J., wife of O. P. Bird, Jamestown, North Dakota; and Amy, wife of John Kuhutz, of Springfield, Ohio. Dr. Hughs was reared on his father's farm and received his early education in the district school. He then entered the Delaware high school, where he graduated in due time. In 1877 he began the study of medicine in the office of Drs. Hyatt & Hughs. He also studied under the instructions of Dr. Vogt. In 1878-9 he took a course of lectures in the Columbus Medical College, after which he entered the Miami Medical College, at Cincinnati, where he graduated in the spring of 1881. Immediately after his graduation he began his professional career at Hyattville, Delaware county, where he spent four years, and from there removed to Delaware, with which city he has since been identified. Here he was associated with his brother, Dr. James H., for two years, until the latter's death, and has since practiced alone, having met with eminent success. Dr. Hughs is a member of the American Medical Association and also of the Delaware County Medical Society. He is identified with a number of social organizations, among which are the Knights of Pythias and Improved Order of Red Men. Politically he is a stanch Republican, and on various occasions he has served as delegate to conventions, etc. Both he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. Dr. Hughs was married in 1881 to Miss Emma Newhouse, daughter of J. R. Newhouse, of Scioto township, this county. They have one child, Harriet J. DR. JAMES N. WRIGHT, one of the prominent members of the medical profession of Union county, Ohio, has been located at Raymond's since 1882. Dr. Wright was born at Johnstown, Licking county, Ohio, August 6, 1858, son of James N., Sr., and Effie (Willison) Wright, both natives of that county, born respectively in the years 1818 and 1822, and both still living on a farm near Johnstown. The Doctor's grandfather, Simeon Wright, was born near Rutland, Vermont, and was by occupation a farmer. He came with his family to Ohio in 1816, and settled in Licking county, which was at that time nearly all dense forest. Here, while in the prime of life, he met his death by a runaway team. He was a veteran of the war of 1812, having served all through that war as a Major, under Ethan Allen. His sons all became farmers, and were among the best people of Licking county; all were stanch Republicans, and one served in the State Legislature. The subject of our sketch is one of a family of seven children, he being the sixth. His boyhood was passed on his father's farm, and his education was received in the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, and at Wooster (Ohio) College. He began the study of medicine in the office of Dr. T. J. Williams, of Sunbury, Ohio, and took a three years' course in the Michigan State University, at Ann Arbor, where he graduated in June, 1882. In August of that year he came to Raymond's and entered upon his professional career, and here he has met with merited success, winning the confidence of the people from the very first, and now having a practice of considerable magnitude. Both as a physician and financier 444 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF he is a success. He owns a fine farm of ninety-three acres adjoining Raymond's, the management of which he superintends. Dr. Wright was married at Johnstown, Ohio, October 18, 1882, to Miss Florence L. Hill, daughter of A. J. Hill, and they have an interesting family of five, namely: James W., Helen E., Miles L., Donald M. and Gladys R. The Doctor and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he is a Steward and Trustee. Fraternally he is identified with the Masons and the Knights of Pythias, being Master of the Masonic Lodge at Marysville, and Vice Chancellor of Raymond's Lodge, No. 657, K. of P. D. G. CRATTY, who occupies a position of distinctive prominence as one of the most enterprising and successful business men of Ostrander, Delaware county, Ohio, a man of broad ideas, force of character and unimpeachable integrity, is particularly deserving of mention in connection with a consideration of the lives of the leading citizens of the county, of which same he is a native and with whose stable development along normal channels he has been closely identified. Born, November 6, 1828, in the vicinity of the thriving village of which he is now a resident, Mr. Cratty is the son of John and Eleanor (Porter) Cratty, the former of whom was a native of Butler county, Pennsylvania, of which State his father, William Cratty, was also a native, coming of stanch old Irish stock. John Cratty was a farmer by occupation, a Republican in his political views, a member of the Presbyterian Church, and a man of much intelligence and honor. The mother of our subject was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, a daughter of William Porter, who was of Welsh ancestry. Mrs. Cratty departed this life at the age of seventy-five years, and her husband entered into eternal rest at the age of eighty-nine years, the funeral occurring on the day which marked the anniversary of his birth. Both died in the State of Ohio. They were the parents of seven children; namely: William Porter, deceased; Rosa Anna, deceased wife of Alfred McCampbell; D. G., subject of this review; Sarah, deceased wife of N. B. Tanner; Wilson; Lucinda, wife of W. C. Wingett; and Reuben, a resident of David City, Nebraska. Amid the manifold duties and free, out-of-door life of the farm our subject was reared to man's estate, securing such educational advantages as were afforded by the district schools in the vicinity of his home, and early manifesting that sturdy independence and self-reliance which have been typical characteristics of his life. While still a young man he commenced operations on his own responsibility, engaging for several years in buying wool; next giving his attention to the purchasing and shipping of live-stock, and subsequently dealing extensively in land and merchandise. In whatever line he directed his efforts they were attended by success, his business sagacity and executive ability standing him well in hand. At the present time he is engaged in the milling business, his fine, roller-process mill, which is equipped with the most improved machinery, having a capacity for the output of fifty barrels of flour per day, and proving an inestimable benefit to the farming community, as well as a most valuable acquisition to the industrial activities of the village. Mr. Cratty is also proprie- DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 445 for of the leading livery and sale stable of Ostrander. Politically he is an ardent Republican and a prime factor in the local councils of his party. He is one of the leaders of Republicanism in his township and has been called upon to serve in numerous positions of public trust and honor, having held the preferment as Justice of the Peace four terms, the office of Constable ten years, and having also served as Assessor and Trustee and as a delegate to county and State conventions. These incumbencies perfectly betoken his popularity and the confidence and esteem in which he is held in the community. Mr. Cratty rendered effective service to his country during the war of the Rebellion, enlisting May 11, 1864, as a member of the One Hundred and Forty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and being mustered out August 24, 1864, as First Lieutenant of his company. He is now prominently identified with the G. A. R., being first Commander of Joseph Tanner Post, No. 531, of Ostrander. He has also been for many years an officer of Edinburg Lodge, No. 467, I. O. O. F. Mr. Cratty was married November 18, 1852, to Miss Martha J. Crane, a native of Licking county, Ohio, and a daughter of Aaron and Elizabeth Crane, the former of whom is now deceased. Their son, Joseph Crane, participated in the late war, as a member of the Forty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and is now deceased. Our subject and his wife have three children: O. L., who is associated with his father in the livery business; Amanda R., wife of Dr. C. M. Wanzer, of Zanesfield, Ohio, and Nellie May, wife of Charles Bell, of Madison county, Ohio. Both daughters are graduates of the Ostrander high school. Mr. Cratty is and has been a member of the K. of P., Ostrander Lodge, No. 348, since its organization, May 9, 1889, being its first Chancellor; also, a member of the I. O. O. F., Marysville Encampment, No. 114. J. A. CULBERTSON, Milford Centre, Ohio, is one of the representative citizens of Union county. He has resided on his present farm for over thirty years and is thoroughly identified with the interests of this section of the country. Mr. Culbertson was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, February II, 1841, and is descended from Scotch-Irish ancestors who were prominent in the wars of this country, and who were zealous in the faith of the Presbyterian Church. His father, Captain John C. Culbertson, was born on Culbertson Row, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, September 19, 1791. He was an Ensign in the Twenty-second United States Regulars and served with distinction at Chippewa and Lundy's Lane, receiving two wounds. For bravery on the field of battle he received a Captain's commission. After the war he went to St. Louis, Missouri, and engaged in merchandising, furnishing supplies to the Government forts, and selling goods to the frontier merchants from St. Louis to the Texas and Mexican borders. In this way he accumulated a fortune. He then located in Cincinnati and helped to found the old Franklin Bank, known as the " Three Johns Bank," the names of the founders being John C. Culbertson, John Rozebeck and John Kilgore. This solid financial institution stood firmly through the great crises of 1837, 1847 and 1857. Like his forefathers, 446 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF the Captain was a stanch Presbyterian, and a liberal supporter of the church. Politically he was first a Whig and afterward a Republican. He was truly a self-made man. He started out in the world with only $50, and by his honest industry and good management he accumulated a large property. Personally he was of commanding presence. six feet and three inches in height. He was twice married and had a family of ten children, his first wife being Margaret Hamilton, and his second, Jane Moody, daughter of Rev. John Moody. The names of his children are as follows: John M., of Indiana; Mary Kilheath, New York city; Joseph A., the subject of this article; H. Clay, Cincinnati; Samuel D., of Union county, Ohio; William, deceased; Robert, Cincinnati; Anna Addy, Cincinnati; Frank, Texas; and Elizabeth Annore, New York city. J. A. Culbertson was reared in his native city, and was educated at Princeton College. When the first call for troops was made, in 1861, to put down the Rebellion, he enlisted in Company A, Sixth Ohio; went to the front, and was first under fire at Beverly, Virginia. For meritorious service he was made Adjutant of the Fiftieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and later was promoted to the Captaincy of the Fifty-second Ohio; was on duty in Virginia and Kentucky, and participated in the battles of Perryville, Lexington and others. After the battle of Stone River he resigned his commission and returned home. In 1863 Mr. Culbertson settled on his present farm, a fine tract of 300 acres, which is ranked with the best farms in the township. His commodious residence is surrounded by attractive grounds, and the whole premises, from the substantial build ings, good fences, etc., to the well-cultivated fields, all give evidence of the owner's prosperity. Mr. Culbertson was married in 1864, at Columbus, Ohio, to Miss Martha Trumell, daughter of Francis and Elizabeth Trumell. Her widowed mother is a resident of Cleveland, Ohio, her father having died in 1890. He was a soldier in the United States Army, and his three sons, David, Albert, and John, were also in the army, two of them being in his regiment, and Albert in an Ohio volunteer regiment. Personally our subject has the bearing of a soldier. He is six feet and one inch high, perfectly erect, and weighs 288 pounds. He has what few possess, namely, a magnificent personal presence. Socially he is identified with the Knights of Pythias and Silas Kimball Post, G. A. R. DAVID B. LOCKWOOD, who is engaged in farming in Liberty township, Union county, Ohio, is one of the well known and highly esteemed citizens of his township. Mr. Lockwood was born in the Province of Quebec, Canada, March 21, 1826, son of Walter and Dorothea (Barnes) Lockwood, the former a native of Harrisburg, Vermont, and the son of an Englishman, and the latter a native of Worcester county, Massachusetts, and a daughter of Willard Barnes, of that State. The Lockwood family removed from Canada to Ohio in 1844 and settled in Liberty township, Union county, and in 1857 the parents went to Iroquois county, Illinois, where they spent the residue of their lives, both living to advanced age. The mother died in 1880, at the age of eighty-one, and the father in 1885, at DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 447 the age of eighty-five. Both were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and were highly esteemed for their many excellent qualities. They had six children, namely: Frederick, Iroquois county, Illinois; David B., the subject of this article; Amelia Donferth, of Illinois; Adison, deceased; Ellen deceased; and Elmer, Iroquois county, Illinois. His father being a farmer, the subject of our sketch was reared to farm life and has always been engaged in agricultural pursuits. With the exception of ten months that he spent in Illinois, he has resided in Liberty township ever since he came to Ohio in 1844. His farm comprises sixty-six and a half acres and has good improvements upon it. Mr. Lockwood was married March 28, 1849, to Miss Mary J. Harsha, who was born near Saratoga Springs, New York, daughter of Thomas and Lorena (Beers) Harsha, the former a native of Washington county, New York, and the latter of Connecticut. The Harshas are of Irish descent. Mrs. Harsha's father was Uriah Beers, a member of one of the prominent early families of Connecticut. Thomas Harsha and his family came to Ohio in 1837, and, after a sojourn of two weeks in Columbus, came to the farm where Mr. Lockwood now resides. At that time there was a log cabin on the place and a few acres had been cleared. Here Mr. and Mrs. Harsha passed the rest of their lives and died, he being sixty-two at the time of death. She died March 4, 1861. Religiously they were Presbyterians. Of their family of three children we record that Clarisa died in 1841, at the age of eighteen years; that Mary was the second born and is the only one now living, and that Sarah died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Lockwood have four children, viz: Clarisa Lavina, wife of Newman Dillion; Alice, wife of John Mahaffy, has two children, Evan L. and Dwight E. ; Charlie married Dela Jenkins and has three children, Guy, Pearl, and Dyer; and Thomas Frost married Lora Burham and has one child, Alice. Mrs. Dillion and Mrs. Mahaffy are both ladies of education and culture and were before marriage engaged in teaching. Mr. Lockwood is a Republican in his political views, and in his religious faith is a Methodist, while Mrs. Lockwood is a member of the Baptist Church. CALVIN TIMMONS, Ray mond's, Union county, Ohio, is ranked with the successful and well-known farmers of Liberty township. He is a native of this county, born near Irwin Station, March 14, 1841. His father, George W. Timmons, was born in one of the Eastern States, and his mother, whose maiden name was Sarah Smith, was born in Ohio. They had a family of six children, three of whom are living, all in different States,—John in Missouri, Lewis in Kansas, and Calvin in Ohio. James was a Union soldier, and died from disease contracted while in the army. The father died in Champaign county, Ohio, at the age of fifty-seven years; the mother lived to be over eighty-two. Calvin Timmons was reared on a farm in Champaign county, and early in life was inured to such work as is found on a frontier farm. His education was obtained in the common schools and in the practical school of experience. Twenty-five years ago he settled on his present farm and here he has since lived. He has made all the im- 448 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF provements found here now, the old fences and buildings all having been replaced by new ones, and the farm now being classed with the best in the neighborhood. The residence is a story-and-a-half cottage located on a beautiful building site and surrounded by an attractive lawn dotted over with shade trees; and the barn, 34 x 6o feet, adorned with a cupola, is as convenient as it is neat. A fine orchard and an acre of small fruit are among other additions to this valuable property. Indeed, the whole farm has an air of thrift and prosperity and shows the owner to be a man of more than ordinary enterprise. At the age of twenty-four Mr. Timmons married Miss Mary E. Argo, who was born in this township, daughter of D. S. and Sarah (Hensen) Argo. Her father was one of the prominent early settlers of Union county, as also was her grandfather, William Hensen. Mr. and Mrs. Timmons have three daughters, namely: Ida Mary, wife of Frank Jones, residing near Urbana, Ohio, has four children, Omer, Norma, Oral and Twan; Enola Leota, wife of Frank Scott, of Liberty township, has one daughter,—Fern; and Autice, at home. Like his worthy father, Mr. Timmons affiliates with the Republican party. Both he and his wife are members of the Freewill Baptist Church. Few men in this vicinity are held in higher esteem than is Calvin Timmons. WILLIAM H. SIDEBOTTOM, principal of the Milford Centre schools, was born in Mount Pleasant, Jefferson county, Ohio, December 31, 1852, son of John H. and Eliza (Taylor) Sidebottom. Mr. Sidebottom traces his ancestry back to the English and Welsh. His grandfather, John Sidebottom, came from Oldham, England, to America when he was seventeen years of age, and located at Winchester, Virginia. There he formed the acquaintance of Elizabeth Drake, a descendant of Sir Francis Drake, which acquaintance ripened into love and resulted in an elopement, the young couple coming West and settling in the Quaker town of Mount Pleasant. Here they enjoyed a long and happy married life, and celebrated their golden wedding. He died at the age of ninety-three and she at ninety-five. By trade he was a weaver, weaving blankets and carrying them across the mountains to market. Prior to his coming to this country he was a member of the Church of England, and afterward he became a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and a local preacher in the same. Always in a good humor, and with a kind word for everybody, he was popular with all who knew him. He was a fine musician, as also was his wife, and both taught music. This musical talent was transmitted to their only child, John H., who at six years of age played the dulcimer and sang alto by note in the church. At sixteen he was bound out to an architect, who was also a musician and from whom young John learned to play the violin, becoming an expert on that instrument. When Ole Bull, the Norwegian violinist, was in Cincinnati, Ohio, he played with him. He was also an apt student at his trade, and at nineteen was pronounced a full-fledged architect, at which he worked until about the year 1857. At that time he built a Presbyterian church, was beaten out of his pay, and vowed he would quit the business. From that time DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 449 he devoted his attention to music. He had always been a lover of band music. At the age of twenty he led a band at a band tournament at Pittsburg and there took second prize. During the civil war he enlisted as Fife Major in the Army of the Cumberland, where he served until he was honorably discharged on account of disability. He wrote and arranged much of the music used by that branch of the army. After the war he gave his attention to writing and arranging music. He was an active Mason and a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. His death occurred in Mount Pleasant, Ohio, in 1885, at the age of sixty-five years. The mother of our subject died in March, 1873, at the age of forty-eight years. She was a daughter of John and Dorothea (Klein) Taylor. John Taylor was born in Wales about the year 1792 and came to America in 1812. He was a veteran of the war of 1812. His wife, Dorothea, belonged to a Pennsylvania-Dutch family. Soon after their mar, iage they located at Mount Pleasant, Ohio, where he followed the trade of carpenter until his death, which occurred when he was fifty-six years of age. His wife lived to be ninety-four. Both were devout members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They had a family of sixteen children who grew up to occupy honorable and useful positions in life and who are widely scattered over the United States. John H. and Eliza (Taylor) Sidebottom had ten children, viz.: John, a resident of Belmont county, Ohio; James, who was killed in the battle of Manassas; Orpha, wife of Josiah Morris, Madison county, Ohio; Anna, wife of S. Morris, Kirksville, Missouri; Henry, who died in 1874, at the age of twenty-three years; William H., whose name heads this article; Amanda, who died at the age of three years; Minnie, wife of Charles Neff, Belmont county, Ohio; Lida, wife of Frank S. Wilson, Clarke county, Ohio; and Mary, widow of John Osborn, Mechanicsburg, Ohio. William H. was reared in his native town. When he was nine years of age he went into a woolen factory, where he worked three years, keeping up his studies by candle light, and after this spent two years on a farm. During these five years he attended school only three months. From the time he was fourteen until he was seventeen he was in school five months of each year, working during the summers. Then he began teaching, and to this profession he has faithfully applied himself for twenty-four years, fourteen of which have been in graded schools. In 1886 he came to Milford Centre. At that time the schools here were ungraded, the attendance was small, and only three teachers were employed. His first work was to get out a manual and grade the schools, and by his untiring efforts he has brought them up to their present high standard of excellence. The Milford Centre school now has six departments. He was the one to propose and draw plans for the addition to the school building, and he also superintended the construction of the same. Through the combined efforts of F. E. Reynolds and himself, furniture, apparatus and books to the amount of $700 have been added to the school. It was largely through his influence that the office of Township Superintendent was established, thus making the school at Milford Centre a high school, and he was chosen the first to fill this office, which position he still holds. Over forty pupils have graduated from this school. Mr. Sidebottom is also County School Examiner, having served as such