450 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF since 1888. In 1893, through his efforts, Union county was made the banner county of the State in the Ohio Teachers' Reading Circle. Politically he is a Republican. He has held the office of Justice of the Peace, at the election receiving every vote, Democratic as well as Republican. In fraternal circles he is also prominent. He was made a Mason in 188o and is now a member of Palestine Lodge, No. 153, F. & A. M. ; he became a Knight of Pythias at London, Ohio, in 1874, and was one of the charter members of the Milford Centre Lodge, No. 274, having ever since held official position in it and also serving twice as representative to the Grand Lodge; and in Derby Lodge, No. 636, I. 0. 0. F., he has passed all the chairs. Mr. Sidebottom was married in Mechanicsburg, Ohio, December 30, 1875, to Miss Artie Geer, a native Clarke county, this State, and a daughter of Lewis and Rebecca Geer. They hare two children, Alameda and Morris. Mr. Sidebottom is identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church, having been a church member since he was seven years old. THOMAS J. CONNER, a prosperous farmer and highly respected citizen of Union township, Union county, Ohio, was born in the township in which he now lives September 20, 1845. Mr. Conner comes of Irish ancestors. His father, John Conner, was born in county Kings, Ireland; was reared, educated and married there, the maiden name of his wife being Catharine Connely. Soon after their marriage they came to the United States and first located in Albany, New York, from whence they subsequently re moved to Ohio and settled in Union county. Here at first they lived with Ed. Moran and later owned a farm of their own. Mr. Conner landed in this country with no means whatever, his only capital being his strong arm and his willingness to work, and by his industry and frugality and the able assistance of his good wife he secured a valuable property and was ranked with the solid men of the township. At the time of his death he owned 465 acres of good land, well improved with brick residence, etc. His wife died at the age of forty-three years and he lived to be seventy-six. They had seven children, namely: Maria, deceased; Eliza, wife of Dr. A. Boylon; Ann, deceased; Thomas J., the subject of this sketch; Selestine, wife of Marion Hopkins, Marysville; John P., a resident of Allen township, this county, and George, of Mill Creek, Ohio. Thomas J. Conner was reared on his father's farm, and was educated in the district schools. When the civil war came on and continued to rage, and President Lincoln called for 300,000 more,- young Conner enlisted in Company B, Thirty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and went to the front. While near Harper's Ferry he received a bullet wound in the left leg, after which he was in hospital at Annapolis for some time. April to, 1863, he was honorably discharged, after which he returned home. For two years and a half Mr. Conner was in the oil fields of Pennsylvania, at St. Petersburg, Clarion county. The greater part of his life, however, has been devoted to agricultural pursuits. He came to his present farm in 1891. Here he has 126 acres of choice land, nicely improved with good residence, barn, fences, and orchard, and everything kept up in first-class shape. DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 451 Mr. Conner was married September 14, 1869, to Miss Rose Spain, a lady of education and refinement, who was, before her marriage, engaged in teaching. She, too, is a native of Union township. Her father, Ed Spain, was born in Petersburg, Virginia, in 1811, and was married in Union county, Ohio, in 1831, to Mary Reed Gabriel. He died in 1881. Following are the names of their children who are living: Mary Elizabeth; Lusetta Smith, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Rose Conner; Ella Rowe, Minneapolis; and William, also of Minneapolis. Mr. and Mrs. Conner have three children: Anna, Harry, and Edna, aged respectively twenty, seventeen and eight years. Miss Anna is a graduate of the Milford Centre high school with the class of 1892. Politically Mr. Conner is a Prohibitionist. He is now in the prime of life, is genial and jovial, and has an abundant supply of that native wit which is a striking characteristic of the race from which he is descended. DAVID HILDRETH, who resides on a farm near Pharisburg, Ohio, is one of the prominent men of Union county, he having resided here for nearly half a century. We take pleasure in presenting the following sketch of his life: David Hildreth was born in Knox county, Ohio, on the banks of Dry creek, October 7, 1821. His father and grandfather, both named William, were natives of Connecticut, and the latter was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. The younger William Hildreth was a boy when he came with his parents to Ohio and settled in Muskingum county, which was then on the frontier and nearly all covered with forest. There he grew up and married, the lady of his choice being Elizabeth, daughter of David Stoakly, who had moved from Kentucky to Ohio. In 1817 he and his wife took up their abode in a log cabin in the woods of Knox county, they being among the first settlers of the county. Game of all kinds was plenty then, and by actual count the father of our subject killed over 200 deer. His home was located five miles southwest of Mount Vernon. The first load of goods that was ever brought into Mount Vernon was hauled there with an ox team by him from Zanesville. He continued to reside there until 1850, when he removed to Union county, and here he spent the rest of his life, and died at the age of sixty-nine years. In Leesburg township he built a saw and gristmill, which he ran for some time. He also practiced medicine some. Indeed, he was a man of general usefulness, and always exerted an influence for good in the communities where he lived. His good wife survived him some years, she being eighty at the time of death. The names of their ten children are as follows: David, William, Gilman, Benoni, Lafayette, Marcus, Abigail, Elizabeth, Mary and Bethsheba. David was reared on his father's farm in Knox county. He received his education in the log school house near his home and later in the dear school of experience. At the age of twenty-five he married and came to his present location, and here he has ever since resided. He built his log cabin in the woods, cleared away the forest and cultivated the land, and in time from his own planting a fine orchard sprang up. He now has ninety-eight acres of land and good farm buildings, his residence being made attractive by a pretty lawn in front, and here 452 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF he is surrounded with all the comforts of life, the result of his years of honest and earnest toil. Mr. Hildreth was married March 19, 1846, to Eliza A. Riley, a most amiable lady, a native of Muskingum county, Ohio, and a daughter of William Riley, who came to Ohio from Kentucky. After the death of her father, which occurred in Muskingum county, the widowed mother and her childdren removed to Knox county, where Mrs. Hildreth was reared. Mr. and Mrs. Hildreth have children as follows: Columbus S., Harriet A., wife of A. Gardiner; Josephine, wife of S. I. Bell; Lucy, wife of E. M. Steneman; Alice, wife of McDow Bolinger; Angeline, wife of Alva Vamti; and Rosella, wife of William Soliday. Politically Mr. Hildreth is a Republican. Both he and his wife are members of the Christian Church at Glendale, in which he has officiated as Elder. Cordial and jovial in manner, he has many friends among both the old and the young. DR. JOSEPH WATSON, one of the leading physicians of Cardington, Ohio, has resided here since 1861. He was born near Mansfield, in Richland county, Ohio, October 24, 1824, son of Dr. Noah and Elizabeth (Dodson) Watson. Dr. Noah Watson was a native of Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, born December 10, 1790, son of Amariah Watson, a native of Hartford, Connecticut, and a soldier of the Revolution. The Watson family are of Welsh and English origin, and were for many years residents of Connecticut. Noah Watson was a Sergeant in the war of 1812. About the time that war opened he came to Ohio and located at Lexington, where he was subsequently married to Bathsheba Eastman, who died only a short time after their marriage. He remained in Richland county six years, after which he returned to Pennsylvania and studied medicine, and while there he married for his second wife Miss Elizabeth Dodson, NN ho was born in Luzerne county, that State, April 29, 1796. In 1823 he came to Ohio and settled on a farm near Lexington. Here he spent the residue of his life and died. In politics he was a Whig, and in religion a Universalist. His death occurred in 1862, and his good wife passed away in 1882.  Three of their seven children are now living, viz. : William Watson, of Lyons, Kansas, who has been twice married and has five children; Lucy, widow of Rev. Clark Johnson, Fostoria, Ohio; and Dr. Joseph Watson, the subject of this article. Dr. Watson spent the first twenty-four years of his life on his father's farm, receiving his education in the public schools. He began the study of medicine at Iberia, under the instructions of Dr. L. L. Barnum, and attended the Western College of Homoeopathy, where he graduated in 1853. After his graduation he entered upon the practice of his profession at Westfield, Ohio, where he remained six years. Since 1861, as stated at the beginning of this sketch, he has been identified with the medical profession of Cardington, being one of the pioneers of his school in this county. Dr. Watson was first married in 1848, to Lucy Amelia Barnum, their happy married life being of short duration, as her untimely death occurred the year following her marriage. In 1855 he married Ella J. Mills, who was born in Marion county, Ohio, in May, 1836, and who was a lady of education and culture. She died of la grippe in DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 453 1890. They had four children, of whom three are living, viz: Orville E., a graduate of the Cardington high school, Kenyon College, and the Ohio Wesleyan University, spent one year of study in Europe, and upon his return to America was appointed minor canon of the cathedral at Cleveland, which position he still holds; Clarence V., deceased; Minette, an artist of some note, has been a student at both Cincinnati and New York city; and Jessie, who was a student in the Cincinnati College of Music, is a fine performer upon the piano and organ. Mrs. Watson was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, while the Doctor is an Episcopalian. Politically he is an active Republican. GEORGE M. McPECK, one of the most enterprising business men of Marysville, Ohio, and one of the members of the company for supplying light and water to this city, has been a resident of Union county since 1852, and of Marysville since 1883. He was born in Harrison county, Ohio, July 19, 1842, son of William H. and Elizabeth (Speck) McPeck, natives respectively of Westmoreland and Washington counties, Pennsylvania; both died in this county, the father in 1891, at the of seventy-five years, and the mother in 1892, at the age of seventy-three years. In early life the father learned the trade of brick and stone mason, and carried on an extensive business in that line for some years. The most of his life, however, was devoted to farming. When he came to Union county, Ohio, he settled on 220 acres of timber land in Washington township, which he developed into a good farm and upon which he resided from 1852 until 1883. In 1883 he removed to Marysville, where he spent the closing years of his life in retirement from active business. His grandfather, the great-grandfather of George M., was born in county Donegal, Ireland, and was the first of the family to come to America. Another branch of our subject's ancestry originated in Scotland, and thus he is of Scotch and Irish descent. The family have been represented in the various wars of the country. 'William H. and Elizabeth McPeck had a family of six children, namely: George M. ; Margaret J., wife of William M. Haines, of Marion county, Ohio; Isabelle A., wife of W. J. Drake, of Logan county, Ohio; Stephen, Union county, Ohio; Sarah A., wife of William Deihl, Marysville; and Mary E., wife of John Reuhlen, Logan county. George M. was reared on his father's farm and was educated in the district schools. At nineteen he began teaching school. This was during the first year of the war, and about the time he opened his school a company was being made up in his neighborhood; so, after teaching only three days, he left the schoolroom and joined the Union army. He enlisted December 2, 1861, in Company H, Eighty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry; was mustered out July 24, 1865, at Louisville, Kentucky; and received his discharge at Columbus, Ohio, July 29. He had veteranized January 1, 1864, in the same company and regiment, and served in the same command from the first to the last of the war, going in as a private and coming home with the rank of First Sergeant. To give a detailed account of his army life would be to write a history of the greater part of the civil war, which, of course, is not our purpose in this work. Suffice it to say that he was in many 454 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF of its most important engagements, and that prominent among them were those of second Bull Run, Gettysburg, Mission Ridge, Resaca, the siege of Atlanta and the march with Sherman to the sea; thence on up into the Carolinas, and finally participating in the Grand Review at Washington. In all his service he was never captured by the enemy, but on two occasions he was wounded,—first, in the second battle of Bull Run, where he was wounded in the right thigh, from the effects of which he was confined in hospital four months; second, at Gettysburg, this time receiving a gun-shot wound in his right arm, which unfitted him for duty until the latter part of August, when he again joined his command. A braver, truer soldier than George M. McPeck never entered the Union ranks. After his return from the army, Mr. McPeck felt the need of a better education, and spent two years in attending school at Marysville and Milan and also Oberlin College. Then until 1872 he was engaged in teaching. In 1872 he invested in some land, buying sixty-three acres in York township, to which he subsequently added seventy-six acres, and he farmed this land and also operated his father's farm, devoting eleven years to agricultural pursuits. He still owns a farm of 223 acres and gives it his personal supervision. In the meantime he began to take an active interest in politics, being a stanch Republican, and in 1883 he was elected to the office of Auditor of Union county, which important position he filled for six years and ten months. While the incumbent of this office he became associated with Mr. Zwerner in the establishment of the electric-light plant in Marysville, to which enterprise he has since given much attention. Later they put in the water-works.   This excellent light and water service is of inestimable value to the citizens of Marysville, and to the enterprise and perseverance of Messrs. McPeck and Zwerner may be attributed its success. As has already been stated, Mr. McPeck has for years been active in political affairs. He served as Chairman of the County Republican Committee, and has on various occasions been a delegate to State, Congressional and county conventions. And in fraternal circles he is also prominent and active. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and is Past Commander of his post; belongs to the Masonic and Odd Fellow orders, and both he and his wife have received the Rebekah degree. Mr. McPeck resides on West Fifth street and has a pleasant home and an interesting family. He was married May 15, 1877, to Miss Rachel E. Rowe, daughter of David and Catharine Rowe, her native place being Pickaway county, Ohio. They have had five children,—Winfred C., Margaret E., Wilber G., Herbert E., and May Bell. All are living except Margaret E. Mrs. McPeck is a member of the Presbyterian Church. C. J. SLOUGH.--Success in any line of occupation, in any avenue of business, is not a matter of spontaneity, but is the legitimate off-spring of subjective effort in the proper utilization of the means at hand, the improvement of opportunity and the exercise of the highest functions made possible by the specific ability in any case. In view of this condition the study of biography DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 455 becomes valuable and its lessons of practical use. To trace the history of a successful life, be it in the electrical world of business, where competition is rife; in the intellectual field, whose devotees open up the wider realms of knowledge; in a public sphere, where is directed the course of government and the policies formed that sway nations; or in the calm and peaceful pursuits which have to do with the source of all supplies, the base of all human achievement,—the calling forth from mother earth her benefices and goodly returns,—must ever prove profitable and satisfying indulgence, for the history of the individual is the history of the nation; the history of the nation that of the world. Under the last element of this category may we direct attention to him whose name initiates this review,—a man who has not been denied a full measure of success; whose military record is one of honor, and whose private life has not been unworthy of emulation. A native of Delaware township, Delaware county, Ohio, Mr. Slough was born October 15, 1844, the son of Joseph and Sarah (Trout) Slough, the former of whom was born in Berks county, Pennsylvania, December 15, 1810, his wife being also a native of the old Keystone State. Joseph Slough came to Ohio in 1831, locating in Delaware county, where his marriage was consummated soon after. The mother of our subject died in 1848, leaving four children: Mrs. Sarah A. Baker, of Toledo, Ohio; Mrs. Harriet E. Webster, of Chicago; C. J., subject of this review; and Jonathan, a resident of Chicago. The father afterward married Mary A. Nye, who survives him, his death having occurred in 1872. He was a Republican in his political views and was an official in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Our subject grew to maturity in Delaware county, securing such educational advantages as were afforded by the schools in the vicinity of his home and assisting in carrying on the work of the paternal farmstead. February 12, 1862, at the age of eighteen years, Mr. Slough enlisted for service in the late war, entering Company I, Eighty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and serving until the close of the war. Under General McDowell he participated in the battles of Port Republic, Cross Keys, second battle of Bull Run; was wounded at Gettysburg, again at Chancellorsville, and finally, at Canfield, received such serious wounds in the left thigh and right hip as to necessitate his confinement in the hospitals at Baltimore and Falmouth for a period of five months. During his term of service Mr. Slough walked more than 2, 50o miles. He was discharged May 20, 1865, as First Sargeant, and then returned to his home in Delaware township, where he remained until the spring of 1872, when he took up his residence on his present farm in Berlin township, the place comprising 600 acres. In 1891 he erected a handsome modern residence, at a cost of $4,000, the same being one of the finest country homes in the county. Mr. Slough pins his faith to the principles and policies advocated by the Republican party, and he has held the township offices of Trustee and Clerk. Fraternally he retains a membership in the Union Delaware League and the Knights of Pythias. October 11, 1871, was celebrated the marriage of our subject to Miss Cynthia R., a daughter of George and Mercy (Andrews) Ridgeway, the former of whom was a na- 456 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF tive of Putnam county, New York, where he was born October 8, 1823; the latter, who was the daughter of Timothy Andrews, was born in Berlin township, this county. George Ridgeway was the son of Isaac and Martha (Adams) Ridgeway; he came to Delaware county at the age of twelve years, and eventually became one of the prominent stockmen of the locality. He and his wife were the parents of two children: Cynthia R. and Josephine R. The mother died in 1859, and the father survived her a number of years. Mr. and Mrs. Slough had two children: Myrtle J. and Carrie B. Mrs. Slough was called to eternal rest October 15, 1888, mourned by a large circle of devoted friends. October 22, 1891, Mr. Slough wedded Josephine Ridgeway, sister of his deceased wife. They have one child, Mildred Eveline. JUDGE BERTRAND ANDREWS, Mount Gilead, Ohio, is one of the prominent lawyers in this part of the State. Of his life and ancestry, we present the following brief sketch: Judge Andrews is of Scotch origin. His grandfather, Philemon Andrews, was born in Scotland, and shortly after the Revolutionary war became a citizen of the United States. His son, Erastus Andrews, the Judge's father, was born in Vermont in 1793, and for fourteen years was in the United States Navy, where he held the rank of Lieutenant. He was promoted to the office of Commander about the time he resigned. He was wounded in the war of 1812. At Truxton, Cortland county, New York, Erastus Andrews married Miss Polly Freeman, who was born at Colerain, Massachusetts, February 22, 1800, daughter of Rev. Rufus Freeman, a Baptist minister. Rev. Freeman was for eight years in the Revolutionary war, three years as a private, and the rest of the time as Chaplain, and at the battle of Monmouth was wounded. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Andrews settled in Cortland county, New York, where they resided six years, at the end of that time removing to Westfield, Chautauqua county, same State, and in 1826 coming from the latter place to Ohio, and settling on a farm in Medina county. At that time there were only two other families in the township. He died in 1846, and she in 1869. They were the parents of eight children, six of whom are now living, viz. : Sophia Haskins; Bertrand, whose name heads this article; Phoebe Howell; Augusta Durand; Eliza A. Watt, wife of Dr. Watt, of Iowa; and E. E., a veteran of the civil war, and now proprietor of the Chippewa Lake resort, Medina county, Ohio. The eldest son, Rev. Dudley Andrews, died in 1861 at Hebron, Licking county, Ohio. Rufus S., who died August 1, 1893, was surveyor of the port of New York during President Lincoln's administration; he was present at the death of President Lincoln. Judge Andrews was born at Westfield, Chautauqua county, New York, October 21, 1822, and grew to manhood on his father's frontier farm in Medina county, Ohio, receiving his education in the district schools, Wadsworth Academy and Granville College. He began the study of raw at Wooster, Ohio, and completed his law course under the instructions of C. A. Lake, of Medina county. June 6, 1848, he was admitted to the bar and immediately thereafter entered upon the practice of his profession in Medina county. In June of the following year he came to Morrow county and DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 457 located at Mount Gilead, where he has since resided. During all these years he has been a prominent factor in the town. He has served on the City Council and the School Board, and for a number of years he was Mayor of Mount Gilead. For two terms, beginning in 1863, he was Prosecuting Attorney of Morrow county. In 1892 he was appointed Probate Judge, and was elected for the short term of 1893. Always a stanch Republican, he has taken an active interest in political matters, frequently serving as delegate in county and State conventions and doing much as a campaign speaker for his party. Judge Andrews was married September 8, 1844, to Rachel Hand, a native of Wayne county, Ohio, and daughter of Samuel H. Hand. She was born July 6, 1824, and was educated at Wooster, Ohio. They are the parents of six children, of whom five are living, namely: Samuel H., a veteran of the civil war, he having enlisted when he was seventeen; Mary J., wife of R. P. Miller, has four children; Ida S., wife of D. D. Rodgers, of Youngstown, Ohio, has one child; Fredericka I. ; and Walter O. The Judge and all his family are members of the Baptist Church, he being an official in the church. He is also identified with the Knights of Pythias. His son, Walter 0., is Chancellor Commander of the Knights of Pythias and also holds next to the highest office in the Encampment, I. O. O. F. NORTON REED, who stands as one of the prominent and popular agriculturists of Union county, is a native of this county, having been born on the old paternal homestead, on Big Darby creek, July 5, 1836. The identification of the Reed family with the history of Union county traces back to the early pioneer days, the father of our subject, Samuel K. Reed, having also been a native of the county, where he was reared to man's estate. Samuel K. was the son of David Reed, who settled on the rich bottom lands of the Big Darby in the first year of the present century, the county at that time being still a forest wild, with settlers few and far between. The wife of David Reed was of Irish extraction. In the primitive old log school-house, with its slab seats and meager equipments, Samuel K. Reed received his educational discipline, which was limited in extent, but which served as the effectual basis for the broad practical education which he gained in the experiences of life. Attaining mature years, he married Amanda Hale, daughter of Oxford Hale, one of the early pioneers of the county. The issue of this union was thirteen children, of whom ten lived to attain maturity, namely: Newton, Norton, Oxford H., Ross, David, Adolphus, Josephus and Josephine (twins), Samuel and Alpheus. David was a member of an Illinois regiment during the late war, and met his death in the battle of Chickamauga. Samuel Reed was a farmer all his life and he lived to attain the advanced age of three-score and ten, his death occurring in Shelby county, Illinois; it is a noteworthy fact that his widow died at the same age, having been a resident of Shelby county, Illinois, at the time of her demise. The father of our subject was an old-line Democrat and was a prominent worker in the party ranks, having served one term as a Representative in the Legislature. He was a man of high intelligence and utmost recti- 458 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF tude of character, and was a popular and honored citizen. Norton Reed, the immediate subject of this review, was reared on the old home farm in this county and was accorded such educational advantages as the place and period afforded, attending the district schools of that favored section known as Darby Plains. At the age of twenty-three years he went West and passed some few years in Illinois and Iowa, after which he returned to his native county and resumed his connection with the agricultural industries of the same. He located on his present farm in 186o, and has since devoted himself to its cultivation and improvement. The place comprises 170 acres, and the land is most productive, has a good dwelling house and other permanent improvements of excellent order, while there is evidence on every side of the discriminating care given to its operation, the work being carried on according to progressive methods, showing the application of brain as well as brawn. At the age of twenty-three years our subject was united in marriage to Miss Selina E. Porter, daughter of that prominent pioneer of the township, the late William Porter, and a sister of H. W. Porter, a sketch of whose life appears on another page of this volume. Mr. and Mrs. Reed became the parents of the following named children: S. M., who is a carpenter at Milford Centre, this county; Lulu, wife of Charles E. Mooney, of Pickaway county, Ohio; Frank, at home; and Carrie, who died in early childhood. Politically our subject lends his influence and support to the Democratic party, and stands high in the local councils of the same. He has served his township as Trustee for the past sixteen years, —a circumstance which perfectly attests the ability which is his and the respect and confidence in which he is held in the community. Fraternally he is identified with the Knights of Pythias, retaining a membership in Lodge No. 274, of Milford Centre. Mrs. Reed is a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. SMITH N. McCLOUD. — Occupying a conspicuous official preferment, wielding an unmistakable influence upon the political affairs of the county, and closely identified with the industrial life of the vital little city of Marysville, Ohio, there is a special propriety in directing particular attention to the career of him whose name initiates this paragraph. Turning, then, a retrospective glance back to the nativity of our subject we find that he first saw the light of day in the same State of which he is now an honored resident, the date of his birth having been December 9, 1845; the place, Madison county. His parents, people of intelligence and honest worth, were Charles and Mary J. (Carpenter) McCloud, the former of whom was of Scotch lineage, the latter of Irish extraction. The father is deceased and the mother is living at Plain City, Ohio. Smith N. McCloud was reared in his native county, attending the public schools until he had attained the age of about eighteen years, after which he completed the course in the high school of Marysville. This preliminary discipline complete he at once entered upon the active duties of life, showing no inclination to stand back with folded hands to await the golden opportunity, but choosing, rather, to make his own opportunity. Accordingly, he became con- DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 459 nected, in a clerical capacity, with a drug business at Plain City, Ohio, and was thus retained until 1865 or '66, when he engaged in the same line of enterprise upon his own responsibility, opening an establishment in the town where he had been employed and thus continuing until 1871, when he removed to Marysville, where he succeeded to the drug business previously conducted by Dr. H. McFadden, and continued this enterprise successfully for a full score of years, the establishment holding precedence as one representative in its line. In August, 1891, Mr. McCloud disposed of the stock and business, after having given the same his personal supervision during all the time the same had been under his control, the only outside issues which called for a division of his attention being those incidental to his labors in behalf of his political party. He has taken distinctive interest in general and local political matters, has been stanchly arrayed in the support of the Democratic party, and has long been a most powerful factor in the councils of his party adherents in Union county. Almost immediately after his arrival in Marysville he gained recognition as a valuable acquisition to the party ranks, zealous and indefatigable in his efforts, logical in his deductions as to policies, and effective in directing affairs toward the goal of success. He became a member of the Democratic Central Committee of Union county in 1872, and was continuously identified with said organization until 1885, receiving, in July of that year, the appointment as Postmaster of Marysville,—an office which he continued to hold until 1890, proving a most capable and popular executive and aiming to insure to the people of the community the most effective service possible to be secured. After an interim, which marked the Republican administration, he was again appointed Postmaster, in April, 1894, the incumbent under the second regime of President Cleveland. As evidence of the respect and esteem in which Mr. McCloud is held in Marysville, it is apropos that we mention the fact that he was a member of the Common Council of the city prior to his first appointment to the office of Postmaster, and that during his interregnum of four years he was again called upon to act in this capacity, —a circumstance the more noteworthy for the reason that the political complexion of the city is strongly Republican. Reverting to his efforts in connection with his official duties as Postmaster, we find that, within the time of his first administration, he brought about the removal of the postoffice to its present spacious and convenient quarters, and that the fine, modern equipment now in use was introduced largely through his personal and well-directed efforts. In his fraternal relations Mr. McCloud is prominently identified with the F. & A. M., Palestine Lodge, No. 158; Marysville Chapter, No. 99; also with the I. O. O. F., Marysville Lodge, No. 87; with the Knights of Pythias, Marysville Lodge, No. 100, holding in the same the office of Special Deputy Grand Chancellor of Union county, and having represented his lodge at the several meetings of the Grand Lodge. Our subject was united in marriage to Miss Nora E. Filler, a native of Springfield, Ohio. They are the parents of seven children, of whom we make brief record as follows: Charles F., who married Miss Ethline Peck, is a resident of Marysville, and has charge of the bottling works in 460 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF connection with the mineral springs operated by his father, as noted further on in the context; Imogene, wife of Charles Schwartz, of Marysville, but in the employ of a Cincinnati house as traveling salesman; Lena, who assists her father in the post-office; John J., who is preparing himself for the practice of medicine; May, who is a graduate of the Marysville high school, as are also those older; Nellie, and Erdean. In considering the business career of our subject there are several matters which call for specific mention as bearing upon the industrial activities of the city and as evidence of his progressive spirit and executive ability. In 1886 Mr. McCloud organized a company and enlisted capital for the sinking of a gas well. The venture as put to the test failed to yield the desired results in the striking of gas, and the enterprise was abandoned in so far as the original project was concerned. However, the well developed a pure, perpetual stream of water, clear as crystal, of alkaline nature, and showing upon analysis a very interesting chemical combination of remedial agents. Additional stock was issued to develop the well upon its medicinal valuation. In this connection a copartnership was formed and a commodious and nicely appointed bath-house erected. This has been in constant operation from the time of its completion and has gained an excellent patronage, the value of the water in the treatment of rheumatism, skin diseases and allied complaints having been thoroughly tested and proved. Of this enterprise our subject assumed full control in 1888, and at the present time the waters are in demand and are shipped to divers sections of the Union. The well produces two waters of different constituency: the "Saline," which is pumped to the surface, and the natural-flowing issue. The bath-house is under the supervision of Charles F., the eldest son of the proprietor. Mr. McCloud was one of three individuals who established in Marysville the Keeley Institute for the cure of inebriety, and after having placed the enterprise in good running order he disposed of his interests in the same. He is president of the Newhouse Manufacturing Company, of Marysville, organized for the purpose of manufacturing and placing on the market the Newhouse patent horizontal ice-cream freezer, a new and original device of unique order and one that is destined to supersede all other mechanisms in the line, by reason of its unmistakable superiority as shown by most exacting tests. In addition to this the company will also manufacture the Newhouse criculating air purifier and heater, designed for use in both public and private buildings, and bearing the highest recommendations by reason of its effective agency in a sanitary way, in the saving of fuel and in facility of operation. The enterprise is one that will prove of marked value to the commercial status of the city. Mr. McCloud's beautiful residence, which figures as one of the finest homes in Marysville, was erected in 1892, is of pleasing architectural design, and modern in all appointments and conveniences; the residence is located on Fourth street. DR. JAMES CUTLER.—It is now privileged the biographer to offer a brief sketch of the life of one who stands as one of the pioneer native residents of this portion of Ohio,—a man of ability in the line of his profession, one who has attained to marked success in temporal DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 461 affairs, whose patriotic services to his country have been unstinted, and whose position in the respect and esteem of his fellowmen is assured. It is certainly germane that the life of such an man should come up for consideration in the premises, not for undue panegyric, not, perhaps for the voicing of his own modest estimate of himself, but as giving incidental utterance to the opinions of those who have known him long and well. Such a task can never prove an ungrateful one and there is pleasure in tracing such a genealogy. Dr. Cutler, who has been a resident of Richwood for upward of two decades, was born in Concord township, Delaware county, Ohio, April 23, 1831, a son of John and Matilda A. Cutler, natives respectively of the States of Delaware and Ohio. John Cutler passed his early life in Delaware, and when a young man determined to seek his fortunes in the West. coming to Chillicothe, Ross county, Ohio, where he engaged in the shoe and leather business. Here he remained for some few years, when, upon the location of the State capital at Columbus, he removed to that city and there remained until 1829 or 1830, when he removed to Concord township, Delaware county, where he purchased a considerable tract of timber land. To the clearing up of this farm he devoted his attention, also erecting a sawmill, which he subsequently converted into a flouring mill,—an enterprise of much benefit to and duly appreciated by the settlers for miles around. Mr. Cutler became a power in the community, was alert, progressive, and of high intelligence, and soon gained recognition as one of the leaders in public matters of local order,—one whose counsel was much in demand, whose decisions came to be considered as practically ultimate. He took an active interest in political affairs, and held, in turn, many of the important county and township offices. He was originally a Whig, but upon the organization of the Republican party, he identified himself therewith, continuing his allegiance during the residue of his life. He had been for many years a devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He married, and became the father of ten children, two of whom died in infancy, the remaining eight living to attain maturity. Of the latter we offer the following brief record: John S. was educated at the Ohio Wesleyan University, and entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church, preaching for years in this State, and finally going, as a general missionary, to Africa, where he soon after died: he married the daughter of B. 1-1-. Willis, of this county, and she still survives, being a resident of Columbus; James, the second child, is the immediate subject of this sketch; H. C., deceased, was a well-known farmer and stock dealer of Delaware county; William H. is a resident of the city of Delaware; Matilda A. is the wife of Joseph Corbin, of Dublin, Franklin county, Ohio; N. E., who died in Richwood, left a wife and one daughter, who are now residents of Delaware; Amanda is a widow, and is a resident of Columbus; Orange D. is a prominent farmer of Jerome, Union county, Ohio. The father served in the war of 1812, and two of his sons, James and W. H., showed their patriotism by bearing arms in the late war of the Rebellion. The last named served as a member of Company C, One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged after a service of less than one year on account of Lisa- 462 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF bility. The honored father of our subject died, in Concord township, in the fall of 187o, having attained the venerable age of ninety-two years; the mother is also deceased. The records of the early days in this section of the Union tell of the conditions that maintained and incidentally show what the early life of our subject, must have been. He was reared on the old home farm and attended the district schools up to the time when he reached his fifteenth year. At this time a notable epoch in our national history was ushered in as the result of the protest of Mexico against the annexation of Texas by the United States. Recourse to arms became neccessary and among those to espouse the cause of the Union was the young lad, our subject. In July, 1846, he enlisted as a member of Company E, Second United States Infantry, and served until August, 1848, when he was discharged, in compliance with a petition filed by his father asking for his release on the grounds that he was yet a minor. He first served under General Taylor, in the command of Colonel Riley, the captain of his company being J. B. Kingsbury. This service was along the course of the Rio Grande, whither General Taylor had been sent to protect the new State from threatened invasion by the Mexicans. The regiment was then transferred to the army commanded by General Scott, the hero of Lundy's Lane, to whom had been assigned the task of capturing the Mexican capital. After this transfer our subject did service all the way from Vera Cruz to the proud old Spanish-American capital, where he remained until the treaty of peace was signed, when he returned with his regiment to St. Louis, Missouri, where he was mustered out. Besides having par ticipated in the engagements in the city of Mexico he was also in the battles of Vera Cruz, Cerro Gordo, Contreras, Churubusco Chapultepec. He was on military guard during the time the army was located in the city of Mexico. After his discharge our subject returned to Delaware county and shortly afterward entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, where he completed his specific literary education. He then went to West Alexander, Preble county, Ohio, and entered the office of Dr. Patterson Nesbit, under whose preceptorship he remained for some time, after which he entered the Starling Medical College, at Columbus, completing the prescribed course and graduating. He then engaged in the practice of his profession at New California, Union county, where he remained about four years. At this time his country once more issued call to her patriotic sons to come forth in defense of the Union, and he promptly enlisted as First Lieutenant of Company K, First Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, the date of his enlistment being October 6, 1861. He was commissioned Captain of his company February 6, 1863, but resigned his commission at Columbus on April loth of the same year, simultaneously retiring from the service. He served in Kentucky and Tennessee, participating in the battles of Pittsburg Landing, Stone River and Perryville besides a number of skirmishes. He was taken prisoner at Courtland, Alabama, and for about three months was held in captivity in Mississippi,—at Columbus and Jackson. He was finally exchanged at Vicksburg. After retiring from the service Dr. Cutler resumed the practice of his profession in Delaware county, locating at Belle Point, where he remained until 1871, when he DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 463 came to Richwood, Union county, and engaged in the drug business, continuing the enterprise for a period of nine years, after which he retired for a time from active business. Some little time after locating here he associated himself with the Bank of Rich-wood, a private banking institution, with which he has ever since maintained a connection in an executive capacity and to whose conduct and affairs he now gives his undivided attention. A Republican in his political views, the Doctor has been an active worker and has held numerous preferments of honor in the gift of the people. He served in many of the local offices in Concord township, Delaware county, and he was also elected to the sixty-eighth General Assembly of the State Legislature, representing the thirteenth senatorial district, comprising the counties of Union, Logan, Hardin and Marion. While in the Senate he served as a member of the committees of finance, county affairs, reform school for girls, medical societies and benevolent institutions, having been chairman of the committee last mentioned. He has frequently appeared as delegate to State, district and county conventions. The marriage of our subject was celebrated August 18, 1864, in Columbiana county, this State, where he was united to Miss Lydia Pim, a native of that county and of Quaker parentage. The Doctor and his wife adopted a daughter, Lallah Rookh Cutler, who grew to maturity, her demise occurring in J une, 1890. Mrs. Cutler died January 3, 1891, at the age of forty-five years, leaving her devoted husband doubly bereaved,—the silver cord was loosed; the golden bowl broken, and still there remained that rich heritage, the memory of a pure, gentle and holy life, whose influence will abide through the soft twilight that shall mark the declining day of him to whom this dear association was given. The Doctor has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for the past twenty-eight years, and he is one of the Trustees of the local organization of this great religious body. In conclusion we will briefly review the history of the Bank of Richwood. The institution was organized as a private banking establishment, the original promoters having been W. H. Caukwright, B. L. Talmage and John Cahill; the original capitalization, $9,000. Dr. Cutler finally purchased Mr. Caukwright's stock and became president of the institution, an office which he has held continuously ever since, B. L. Talmage being cashier. Aside from these two officials the other stockholders are Robert Smith and C. E. Hill. The capital stock has been increased to $12,000, and there is a surplus fund of $3,000. The bank owns its fine building, which was erected in 1888. The institution is one of the solid financial concerns of the county and secures a representative support, transacting a general banking business. PROF. DANIEL E. COWGILL, Superintendent of the public schools of Delaware, Ohio, was born in Zanesfield, Logan county, Ohio, April 12, 1854, son of Daniel and Mary (Everett) Cowgill. The family comes of old Virginia stock, their remote ancestors being Scotch-Irish. Daniel E. was reared in Delaware county from the time he was five years old, his boyhood days being spent on the farm and his early education being attained in the 464 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF district schools. In 1873 he entered the preparatory department of the Ohio Wesleyan University of Delaware, where he completed the classical course and graduated in 1884. In the meantime, however, he taught school a number of terms, and in this way defrayed his own expenses through college. He was employed in the country schools in this county and also at Ashley. After his graduation he taught at Prospect, next at Richwood, and afterward at Van Wert, having charge of the schools at all these points. He spent three years at Van Wert, whence, in the spring of 1891, he came to Delaware, where he has since filled his present position most efficiently. In 1883 he received a life certificate from the State Board of Education. For seventeen years he has been in educational work, and all this time it has been his earnest effort to advance its interests and bring it up to a higher standard. Under his able management the Delaware schools have prospered, and are now in a flourishing condition. He has under his supervision thirty-six teachers, all of whom are performing faithful and efficient work. Prof. Cowgill was married, in 188o, to Miss Stella Bell, a native of Delaware county, Ohio, and they have two children,—Paul E. and Ruth L. He and his wife are membersof the Methodist Episcopal Church. ABRAHAM MOREY.—A man whose residence in the county dates back nearly an half century, and whose identification with the business interests of Marysville has been conspicuous and continuous during nearly all this entire period, is certainly deserving of marked recognition in a work whose province is the epitomized detailing of the life histories of the representative citizens of Union county. Such are the elements that render consonant the incorporation of the biography of the venerable pioneer whose name initiates this review,—a man who, though past the mark of three-score years and ten, still retains his place among the most prominent business men of the flourishing little city which has been his home for so many years. The genealogical records extant show that our subject is of German extraction, his grandfather, William Morey, having been born in that section which defines the border line between France and Germany. It is a peculiar and interesting fact that the type of individual native to Alsace-Lorraine and other provinces along the border between the two countries named is wont to exhibit in his make-up the mental attributes of both nationalities,—the quick observative faculties characteristic of the volatile French and the more solid and pragmatic temperament of the German. This blending or assimilation produces a type whose individuality is perhaps stronger and more potential than that of either of the primogenial factors. That these traits, modified by circumstances and environment, are transmitted through succeeding generations is shown when a thorough study is made, and in the mental characteristics of our subject the dual elements are still in evidence. William Morey took unto himself a wife in the person of a petite lady of the Hessian stock and they reared a large family of children,— six daughters and four sons. The father was a saddler and harness-maker by trade and followed this vocation during his early life. He was ingenious in a mechanical line, and even after he had turned his attention to farming he continued to bring DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 465 his trade into use in connection with his agricultural pursuits, making his own harness and also erecting on his farm a forge, where he did his own blacksmithing. After his marriage he emigrated to the United States and located in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, where he remained for a number of years, after which he moved to Carroll county, Maryland, where he lived but a short time and then returned to the old Keystone State, purchasing a farm in Perry county and eventually erecting thereon a large stone residence, which continued to be the family home for many years and which is still standing. The farm was located on Sherman's creek and the father and mother retained their residence there until all their children had grown to maturity and left home. Mr. Morey then sold the place and came to Ohio, locating on a farm in Trumbull county, where he passed his declining days. He died about 1840, at the advanced age of eighty-three years, his wife passing away a few months later at about the same age. They were members 0f the Lutheran Church and Mr. Morey was a most zealous and active worker in the same. He was a man of marked intelligence and enterprise, and during his long and useful life he retained the respect and esteem of all who knew him. The father of our subject was Jacob Morey, who was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and reared on the old paternal homestead in his native State. Attaining maturity he was married, in Perry county, to Miss Barbara Jacobs, a native of York county, Pennsylvania. They came to Ohio with their family of seven children, in 1836, and settled in Delaware county, where Mr. Morey purchased a farm of fifty-six acres, located on the Scioto river, five miles west of the city of Delaware. He was a model farmer and a successful business man, his name being held in high honor in the community where so many years of his life were passed. Politically he was an unswerving Democrat and religiously a member of the Lutheran Church. He died at the old home in Delaware county, at the venerable age of ninety years; and his widow died at the age of ninety-two, the family having been, through many successive generations, one of extreme longevity. Jacob and Barbara Morey reared a family of ten children, six sons and four daughters, concerning whom we offer the following epitomized record: Abraham, direct subject of this review; David, who went to California during the memorable gold excitement of 1849, is a resident of San Bernardino county, that State, and is prominently concerned in the mining and fruit-growing industries of that favored section; Hester is the wife of William Felkner, of Delaware county, this State; Elizabeth, widow of Rev. Alvin Rose, of Findley, Ohio; Jacob and William, twins, the former of whom is deceased, the latter residing on the old homestead in Delaware county; Israel is a resident of Delaware county and is Postmaster at White Sulphur station; Mary and John are deceased; Catherine is the wife of Benjamin Wollen, of Delaware county. Our subject, Abraham Morey, was born at the old homestead in Perry county, Pennsylvania, July 21, 1822, and his boyhood days were passed on the farm and in attendance at the district schools. At the age of eighteen years he went from his home in Delaware county to Columbus, the capital of the State, and devoted himself to the learning of the cabinet-maker's trade, remaining there for a period of eight years, 466 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF and then, in 1848, coming to Marysville, which has since continued to be his hOme. In the same year was consummated his marriage to Miss Abbie B., daughter of Dr. S. F. Kinney, one of the early and prominent physicians of Marysville. Soon after his arrival here Mr. Morey formed a copartnership with Mr. John Ressler for the prosecution of the cabinet-making business, our subject being the practical man of the firm. After one year the partnership was dissolved, and Mr. Morey opened a shop of his own, meeting with consistent success in his work. Later on he purchased a lot west of the public square, and here erected a building, in which he placed the necessary machinery, and. began manufacturing upon a more extensive scale, the principal output of the establishment being cane-seated chairs. He continued this industry until the dark cloud of war spread its gruesome pall over a divided nation, when he closed his establishment, and, with patriotic ardor, gave himself to the work of recruiting troops, doing most effective service. He was also a member of the band, and in this way his attention was constantly demanded, for the inspiriting music proved an important element in those days when the nation was issuing its call for loyal and valiant soldiers. In 1866, after the close of the war, Mr. Morey again turned his attention to his business enterprise, erectinga large wareroom adjoining his factory and preparing to push the industry to the utmost. He finally determined, however, that the establishment was too far removed from the business center; and accordingly he leased a lot more eligibly located, and moved the building onto the same. Here he put in a select stock of furniture and began to do a more purely retail business, also continuing the undertaking branch, which had been a featuro of the enterprise from the time of its inception. He is distinctively the oldest undertaker in the county, and in the connection it is interesting to recall the circumstance that, in the early days when the functions of the skilled artisan had not yet been usurped by mechanical devices, he manufactured all the coffins utilized in his business. The business flourished and showed a consecutive increase in volume as the years passed and the town received new increments in population, honorable methods and fair dealing having been distinctive features of the enterprise from the start to the present day. In 18— Mr. Morey admitted his son Charles to a working interest in the business, and this association continued for a number of years; in 1880 his eldest son, Henry W., was admitted to partnership, and to his charge was committed the practical supervision of the now conspicuous enterprise. Mr. and Mrs. Morey have a family of five children, namely: Henry W., who is connected with the furniture business; Charles D., who has the supervision of the undertaking branch of the enterprise; William M. F., a salesman in the establishment; Albert H., who is a prominent dentist of Marysville; and Estella, wife of Thomas H. Flower, of Albion, Pennsylvania. Our subject and his family are connected with the Congregational Church, Mr. Morey having been for many years an official in the local organization and a most active worker in the Sunday-school. In politics our subject casts his ballot with the Republican party, with which he has been stanchly arrayed for many years. Fraternally he has been a member of Marysville Lodge, No. 87, I. O. O. F., since 1848; is a char- DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 467 ter member of Marysville Encampment, No. 114; and a charter member of the local lodge of the Order of Red Men. All of his sons, except Henry \V., are identified with the Odd Fellows. JOHN T. BUCK, a civil engineer of Morrow county, is a son of Edmund Buck, born near New Milford, Connecticut, April 9, 1791. His father, Israel Buck, was born May 7, 1762, a son of John Buck, born July 26, 1731, a son of Ezekiel Buck, born March 5, 1699, a son of Ezekiel Buck, born January 8, 1676. The ancestry is traced to Emanuel Buck, who, with his brother, Henry Buck, came from Norfolk county, England, to America in 1647, locating in Wethersfield, Connecticut. Edmund Buck, father of our subject, was married September 20, 1815, to Anna Hubbell, who was born in Seneca county, New York, June 3, 1795, a daughter of Ephraim and Elizabeth (Collins) Hubbell. She was a grandaughter of Benjamin Collins, a Quaker pioneer, who built the first cabin and became the first settler of Lincoln township, as early as 1815. After his marriage Edmund Buck located in Peru township, then in Delaware county, and came to this township about 1812. His wife's people located here about one year later. In 1817 he purchased the farm now owned by our subject, which he cleared and improved. Mr. Buck took an active interest in politics, having been first a Whig and afterward a Republican, served as County Commissioner of Delaware county, and as Justice of the Peace of this township for fifteen years. His death occurred October 21, 1866, and his wife survived until March 4, 1874. They were the parents of eight children. The eldest, Israel E., a lawyer by profession, was born May 8, 1817, and died August 28, 1855. He married Sarah W. Van Deman, and their son, Henry E., was Mayor of the city of Delaware, Ohio. Phebe, born April 18, 1819, died December 22, 1883. She married David W. Mosher, also deceased, and they had six children,-Dr. E. B., of Columbus, Ohio; G. H., of Delaware; Annie E., wife of Theodore Blakeley, a merchant of Sunbury, Ohio; Frank, of Lincoln township; Charles H., of Fulton, this county; and Elmore, of Columbus. Collins Buck, born October 29, 1821, was married April 8, 1847, to Nancy Stiner, and they have two children, Gilbert and John S. Priscilla A., born July 25, 1827, is the wife of Joseph Russell. Elma Annis, born October 27, 1829, died in infancy. John T., the subject of this sketch, was the next in order of birth. Annie M., born February 17, 1835, resides in this township. Ruth M., born May 5, 1838, died March 10, 1885. She was the wife of S. M. Smith. J. T. Buck was born on his present farm May 24, 1832, and received his education in the district schools, the Hesper Mount Seminary and at the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, where he took a special course of civil engineering, teaching school during the winter months, and since February, 1857, has been engaged in surveying. He makes surveys for railway lines, roads, streets, ditches, towns, parks, cemeteries, race courses, subdivisions of real estate, conveyancing, drainage, sewerage, maps, plans, estimates and specifications. Mr. Buck also owns a good farm, and in addition to general farming, is extensively engaged in raising Holstein cattle and standard-bred 468 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF trotting horses. In 1857 he was appointed Deputy County Surveyor under Thomas Sharp. was elected County Surveyor in 1859, serving in that position twenty-four years; is a Notary Public, and has served as a member of the School Board. During the late war, in 1863, Mr. Buck was commissioned First Lieutenant of Company K, First Ohio Regiment, and in September, of that year, he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel of the same regiment. He is a leader and active worker in the Republican party. November 19, 1863, our subject was united in marriage to Miss Martha A. Nichols, born in Lincoln township, Morrow county, July 5, 1844, a daughter of Washington and Mary (James) Nichols. The mother was a daughter of David James. Mr. and Mrs. Buck have had five children, namely: Thaddeus E., born April 18, 1865, is a graduate of the high school at Cardington, also took a special course in civil engineering at the Ohio State University, taught school in this county fourteen terms, and now works with his father; Arthur H., born January 24, 1868, graduated at the Cardington high school and the Columbus Medical College, and is now engaged in the active practice of medicine; Annie L., born October 2, 1871, died October 26, 1875; Kittie M., born January 18, 1876, is attending the high school at Cardington; and Ralph W., born May 30, 1879, is a student at the same school. In his social relations Mr. Buck affiliates with the I. O. O. F. and is a member of the Encampment; and is a member of the Masonic order: Cardington Lodge, No. 384, F. & A. M.; Gilead Chapter, No. 59, R. A. M.; and Marion Commandery, No. 36, K. T. He is a member of the Cardington Council, No. 180, Royal Arcanum, and the Ohio Society of Surveyors and Civil Engineers. DR. JAMES W. WATTS, a well-known physician and surgeon of Delaware, Ohio, dates his birth in Rodney, Gallia county, Ohio, January 15, 1851. His parents, Dr. 'W. M. and Mary (Campbell) Watts, are both deceased. They were of Irish descent. Our subject's early life was spent in his father's office and in attending school, his advantages for an education being excellent. When he was seventeen he began the study of medicine under the tutorship of his father, and continued under his instructions until 1870, when he entered the Ohio Medical College, where he graduated in due time. He took two courses in that institution and one at Louisville, Kentucky. After thoroughly preparing himself for his profession he entered upon its practice at Centreville, Gallia county, and continued there two years. The following two years he was employed as teacher of physiology at Rio Grande College, and at the end of that time he returned to Rodney, his native town, and practiced there until coming to Delaware, September 1, 1892. In the comparatively short time he has been here he has worked up a good general practice and has gained considerable prominence in his special line. In 1890 he decided to give some thought to the preparation of a remedy to relieve the afflicfed and suffering humanity of the liquor, morphine and tobacco habits, and, being a master of his profession, he soon secured the compound that would produce the desired results without first wrecking the DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 469 entire system of the patient. At first he began treating in a private way, but in 1893 he established an institute in Delaware for the treatment of all such diseases or habits, and in this enterprise he has met with signal success. He now proposes to give his entire attention to his specialty. Dr. Watts was married September 22, 1878, to Miss Euphenia S., daughter of Wiley and Sarah E. (Coverstan) Hill, she being a native of Green township, Gallia county, Ohio, born March 3, 1856. They have four children, namely: Mary, born May 6, 1881; Philip H., August 9, 1885; Sallie, April 3, 1886; Belle, February 29, 1888. The Doctor is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. ABNER GENIER, City Clerk of Delaware, Ohio, was born here March 8, 1861, son of John S. and Phoebe (Graham) Genier. John S. Genier was a native of France, was an artistic marble cutter, and was an honest and highly respected man. He died in Delaware in 1865, after a residence here of fifteen years. He was married in this city to Mrs. Phoebe (Graham) Burnett, who had one daughter by her former marriage,—Mary Burnett, wife of Julius Bobo, Street Commissioner of Delaware. He also had been married before, and had one son, Charles. His second marriage resulted in the birth of two children,--Emma, wife of Joseph Cunningham, of this city; and Abner, whose name heads this article. The mother is still living. Abner Genier received his education in the public schools of his native city, and when he was fourteen he started out in life on his own responsibility, working at whatever he could get to do. When he had attained his eighteenth year he took a course in the Delaware Business College, and af ter that he served seven years as a clerk in a book store and three years in a grocery. In 1891 he was elected City Clerk of Delaware, on the Republican ticket, to fill a vacancy, and was re-elected in 1892 and again in 1894, his re-election being ample proof of. his popularity and efficiency. Mr. Genier is also manager of the City Opera House of Delaware. He was married in 1887 to Miss Ida M. Stimruel, and they have two children,—Charles and Stanley, aged six and four years respectively. Their residence is at 53 Eaton street, and he and his wife are members of St. John's Lutheran Church. Fraternally he is identified with Lenape Lodge, No. 29, Knights of Pythias, and Uniform Rank, No. 14. JOHN F. ZWERNER, president and general manager of the Marysville Light & Water Company, is particularly deserving of consideration in this connection inasmuch as he is a native of the city in which he has attained to a position of marked prominence, and also by reason of the fact that his career has been one marked by persistent effort, much discrimination and correct methods,—elements which ever conserve a material success. His career has been one of constant application, but one into which have entered various lines of endeavor, and this taking advantage of opportunities and making all things bend to the accomplishment of desired ends af- 470 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF fords both lesson and incentive to those who would study and learn of the methods by which success and honor are attained. Mr. Zwerner was born in Marysville, January 18, 1858, being the son of John G. and Maggie (Gunderman) Zwerner. The father was a native of Bavaria, Germany, and he remained in the fatherland until he had attained the age of thirty years, when he emigrated to America and forthwith took up his residence in Marysville, Ohio. He had learned the shoemaker's trade in his native land and had devoted his attention to the same prior to coming to the United States, as did he also for a considerable time after his arrival here. Finally impaired health demanded that he make a change of occupation, and accordingly he engaged in the grocery business here, continuing the enterprise until the time of his death. His marriage was celebrated in this city, his wife having been also a native of Bavaria, from which land she came to America when only twelve years of age. He was a most zealous member of the German-Lutheran Church, as was also his wife. He died February 12, 1881, at the age of seventy-one years, and his widow, now seventy years of age, still resides in Marysville. John G. and Maggie Zwerner became the parents of seven children, namely: J. Adam, who is engaged in the drug business at Columbus, Ohio; J. Michael, a resident of Marysville; Anna, wife of Rev. Frederick Zagle, of East Wheatland, Illinois; John F., subject of this review; Mary and Maggie, who remain at the old home; and George, who is employed by his brother in the electric-light works here. John F. Zwerner was educated in the public schools of Marysville, continuing his studies until he reached the age of fourteen years, when he determined to strike out in life on his own responsibility, being ambitious, self-reliant and willing to work. He traversed the Western and Southwestern portions of the Union, and was absent about six months, making his own way, meeting with numerous experiences and profiting by the same. He finally returned to his home and turned his attention to the tailoring trade, at which he worked for a time, and then successively acquired an intimate knowledge of the brick-mason's and blacksmith's trades, working at the latter for a period of three years. This diversified experience did not satisfy the ambition of our subject, and we next find him employed in the local pharmacy of W. P. Anderson, with whom he remained until he had acquired a thorough knowledge of the drug business, when, in company with his brother, J. Adam Zwerner, he fitted up the drug store now conducted by N. E. Liggett, and the firm carried on a successful business for three years. At the expiration of this time our subject purchased his brother's interest and continued the enterprise alone for five years, when he disposed of the same to the present proprietor. The date of this final transfer was August 1o, 189o. In 1887 Mr. Zwerner became associated with Mr. George M. McPeck in the putting in of the electric-light plant of this city, the same furnishing both incandescent and arc lights and also dynamic power, and being one of the most effective and complete in equipment that the Buckeye State can boast. In August, 1889, Messrs. Zwerner and McPeck formed a partnership with Walter C. Fullington and Jerome E. Davis; articles of association were duly drawn up, and the company incorporated with a capital stock of $100,000, under the title of the DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 471 Marysville Light & Water Company. The company at once began the work of putting in a thorough system of water-works, and the following year the same was in operation. There are seven and one-quarter miles of mains, with laterals ramifying into all sections of the city. In the operation of the electric plant the Thompson-Houston system is employed for the arc street lighting, and the Edison for the incandecent system, utilized in lighting interiors. The service rendered in both branches of the enterprise has given excellent satisfaction, and the citizens of Marysville may well honor those progressive and public-spirited men who have invested their capital and secured to the city these modern accessories, now so essential in every place which lays any pretentions to metropolitanism. The official corps of the Marysville Light & Water Company, is as follows: John F. Zwerner, president and manager; W. C. Fullington, treasurer; and George M. McPeck, secretary. Our subject gives his entire attention to the supervision of the enterprise, and under his effective direction not only has the business secured an extraordinary supperting patronage and been advanced to a substantial basis, but the public has been accorded a service that compares more than favorably with that of many cities of much greater population. He was active in getting the springs here, and is one of the stockholders in the company formed for boring for gas. In addition to his financial and executive connection with the enterprise noted, he has other capitalistic interests of importance, being a stockholder in the Kirby Dry Goods Company, and also in the Marysville Bank, holding official preferment as one of the directors of the former corporation. He is also a director and one of the appraisers of the Citizens' Home & Savings Company, of Marysville. It is needless to say that he is held in high estimation in both business and social circles, being recognized as one of the most alert and progressive citizens, and a man of much tact, discernment and business acumen, —one of the leaders among the younger business element of the city. He is a stanch Democrat, and has served as a member of the City Council, as the candidate of his party, being, however, in no sense avidious for public office. Such men are an acquisition in any community. Mr. Zwerner was one of the charter members of the Ohio National Guards, being a member of the Fourteenth Regiment, Company D, serving first as a private, then Lieutenant, and finally as Captain. He has also been a member of the Fire Department for seven years, being elected chief of the department when only eighteen years of age. EMANUEL JARVIS.--At this juncture we enter a brief narrative touching the life history of one who is recognized as one of the substantial and representative farmers of Union county, and who holds a tribute of honor and esteem accorded by those who recognize honest worth of character. He is a native of the Buckeye State, having been been born in Belmont county on the 3d of March, 1830. His father, Philip Jarvis, was born in Maryland, and was a son of John, a representative of a prominent old family of that State. Philip Jarvis was a lad of thirteen years when his father came to Belmont county, this State, and located on a farm, which laid along the banks of the Stillwater river, 472 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF being one of the early settlers in that locality. Philip was reared to the work incidental to clearing and cultivating the farm, and while still a young man he aided in the work of building the old National turnpike road. On one occasion, as may be noted as significant of one of the phases of early pioneer life, he drove a six-horse team, attached to a huge 'Pennsylvania wagon,- from his home to Baltimore and thence on to Washington, District of Columbia, transporting a load of hogsheads of tobacco. Returning, he brought a load of goods from Baltimore, the same comprising supplies of all sorts,— necessary furnishings and provisions which could not be otherwise obtained in the pioneer locality. In Belmont county Philip Jarvis was united in marriage to Mary Foreman, daughter of Andrew Foreman, of stanch old Irish stock. After his marriage he settled, in 1831. on a claim of land which he had entered in Guernsey county, Ohio, the same being entirely unreclaimed. Here he and his devoted wife took up their abode in a primitive log cabin in the forest, and, in order to render the little home accessible, Mr. Jarvis cut a road through the woods and thus opened the way of approach. This section of Guernsey county subsequently became a part of Noble county. In 1869 Philip Jarvis and family removed to Indiana, and there he remained until his death, at the advanced age of eighty-three years, his wife having passed away at the age of sixty-eight. In addition to following the vocation of farmer, he had been ordained preacher in the Christian Church, and was a zealous worker in the cause of the Master for more than two score years. In politics he was a supporter of the Democratic party, until the birth of the Republican party. Philip and Mary Jarvis became the parents of the following named children: Emanuel; John; Margaret J,; Ann; Marie; Malinda; Andrew; Isabelle; William. deceased; Philip, Jr., deceased; and Susan, deceased in infancy. Our subject, Emanuel Jarvis, grew up on the farm and early became inuured to its sturdy business; incidentally learning the valuable lessons of honesty and consecutive industry. He was granted such educational privileges as were afforded by the schools of the district and to-day he can vividly recall the old log school-house, with its blazing fireplace, its slab benches and its windows provided with oil paper in lieu of glass. Not a pretentious institute of learning was the early pioneer school, but from its precints has issued many a man who has attained eminence in the world. At the age of twenty-two years our subject joined heart and hand with Miss Lettice Lynch, who was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, but who, at the age of twelve years, came with her parents to Guernsey county. Her parents were Matthias and Elizabeth (House) Lynch, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania. After their marriage Emanuel and Lettice Jarvis resided on the former's paternal homestead for one year and then removed to Monroe county, where they remained for two years, going thence to Noble county, where they purchased fifty acres of land and continued their residence upon the same for five years. Then they disposed of the place and Mr. Jarvis then effected the purchase of the old homestead of his father, which continued his place of abode until 1871, when he came to Paris township, Union county, where he purchased a valuable tract of 228 acres, known as the old Josiah Marshall farm, the DELAWARE, UNION AND MORROW COUNTIES, OHIO - 473 same being located three miles northwest of the county seat, Marysville. By subsequent accessions, Mr. Jarvis has increased the area of his landed estate to 508 acres, and the place is unmistakably one of the most thoroughly improved and most valuable in this section of the State. The present fine improvements of permanent order have all been made by our subject since he came into possession, and include a fine, commodious residence of modern architecture, erected in 1884, at a cost of $3,400,—a home which betokens the taste and refinement of its occupants, and which cannot fail to attract admiring attention. Other improvements include barns,—one of which is 36 x 60 feet in dimensions, with brick basement,—and a model wind engine, which furnishes water for domestic and farm purposes, and which is an essential equipment by reason of the fact that Mr. Jarvis is an extensive stock-raiser, having on his farm at the present time a fine herd of cattle, besides other fine grades of improved horses, sheep and hogs. Additional water privilege is afforded by Mill creek, which flows through the eastern part of the farm. Mr. and Mrs. Jarvis have six children, of whom four are living at the present time, namely: Mary E., wife of William Stubbs, who assists in the cultivation of our subject's magnificent farm; Amanda Melissa is the invalid wife of Daniel Griffin Bellville, of Paris township; Philip Cornelius; and John W., who married Miss Addie Belle Shirk, and who assists in the management and operation of the parental acres. Two children died in infancy. The tender grace of a devoted companionship which had continued for a period of forty-two years was rudely dispelled by the hand of death, to whose inexorable summons the beloved wife of our subject gave heed on the 21st day of March, 1894, thus entailing to Mr. Jarvis the greatest deprivation and bereavement of his life. Mrs. Jarvis was a true, noble, Christian woman, and there must remain to those bereft the consolation of the thought that never was there one more fit for translation into the beauties of the life eternal. In his religious adherency our subject is a zealous member of the Church of Christ, and has held official preferment as Trustee of his church, and is at the present time an Elder in the same. In politics he follows in the footsteps of his honored father and supports the principles of the Democratic party. A man who has attained marked success in life by his own efforts, who has ever been just and charitable in his dealings with his fellow men, Mr. Jarvis is well entitled to the prominence which is his, as one of the leading agriculturists of the county, and as one of its most honored citizens. REV. JOHN GRAHAM.—After nearly half a century of active work in the Christian ministry, this venerable gentleman is now enjoying the rest and repose that belong to the decline of life, in his pleasant home northwest of and adjoining the town of Richwood. Mr. Graham was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, October 13, 1822, the oldest son of Samuel and Sarah (Butterfield) Graham. His father was the son of John and Jane (Patterson) Graham, the former being a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Ireland, her parents being Protestants in religion. They first came from Ireland to New Jersey, and afterward settled in Pennsylvania. 474 - MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF About the year 1798, while Ohio was vet a Territory, John Graham moved his family from Pennsylvania to Harrison county, being among the very first settlers in that section. He assisted in the building of the first log cabin in Steubenville. After living for a time near Steubenville and Cadiz, Mr. Graham moved his family to Carroll county, where he lived for several years: he next moved to Coshocton county, where he remained until 1837, when he sold his farm and came to Union county, buying and settling on 100 acres of land, one mile northwest of the town of Richwood. Here he passed the remainder of his life, dying April 2, 1850, in his eightieth year. Jane (Patterson) Graham, the paternal grandmother of our subject, as has already been stated, was a native of Ireland. She was born in one of the northern counties, and came to America with her parents when seven years of age. This must have been about the time of the breaking out of the Revolution, as she was yet a young girl when that struggle began. She remembered distinctly, and used to tell of hearing, the boom of the cannons in the battles fought in the vicinity of her New Jersey home. She also related that while she was in the garden on a certain day, near the house, a body of horsemen in bright uniform rode up, and, after refreshing themselves with some cider given them by her father, hastened on their way. After they left she was told that General Washington was one of their number. They had not been gone long before another party, coming from the same direction, and evidently in pursuit of them, arrived. These were the red-coats of the British army. One of them, " a very pretty man," approached her, she being still in the garden, and asked which way the first party had gone. Being somewhat frightened, she found herself unable to give an audible answer. Upon the inquiry being repeated, she answered by pointing "over the hill." The party then left in pursuit of the patriot band. The date of the removal of her family to Pennsylvania is not known, nor is the exact locality of her residence. It was in this State that she met and married John Graham, the paternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch. She died near Richwood, July 22, 1847, in the seventy-sixth year of her age. The mother of the subject of this sketch, Sarah (Butterfield) Graham. was the daughter of John and Mary (Long) Butterfield. Her parents were natives of Virginia, and were born and reared near Winchester. They were Quakers in religion, and were members of what was known as the "Apple Pie Ridge Church." They are believed to have been of English ancestry. They moved from Virginia to Pennsylvania, where their daughter, Sarah, the mother of our subject, was born July 22, 1803. When she was two and one-half years old they moved to Carroll county, Ohio, settling near Leesburg and Hagerstown. Here her father passed the remainder of his life. Her mother, afterward, about 1834, came with her only surviving son, Thomas Butterfield, to Union county, settling near Summerville, in York township. She remained with this son until his death, in 1845, and then made her home and passed the remainder of her life with the father of our subject. She died about 1852, aged eighty-four years. In accordance with her wish, expressed before her death, her grave was left unmarked by headstone or monument. She was a woman of quiet and gentle nature, who lived a pure and holy life, avoiding anything par-