550 - SOUTHEASTERN OHIO Harry Parker Stranathan, the youngest member of this family, was born November 8, 1894, in Pleasant City and attended its public schools. He is a carpenter and electrician by trade and assists his mother in managing the affairs of the estate. He has a practical education and seemingly is adapted for anything he undertakes. He is industrious, an excellent character and holds a high place of esteem in the community. On September 19, 1917, he responded to the call of his country and became a member of Company B, 308th Engineers, 83rd Division, Camp Sherman, Ohio. A month later he was transferred to Company C, 308th Field Signal Battalion. He embarked at New York on the Megantic and sailed for France, landing at Liverpool. At Southampton he loaded on the Kronoch and was twenty hours crossing over to Cherbourg, France. Battle engagements viz. : Aisne-Marne offensive, the Oise-Aisne offensive and the Meuse-Argonne. Transferred to the Army of Occupation where he remained eight months, mostly at Neuweid, Germany, on the Rhine. Left Coblenz July 14, for the U. S. A., embarking at Brest on the Princess Irene for New York. Landed at that port and shipped to Camp Sherman, where he was discharged August 7, 1919. While in France he was promoted on the field to sergeant first class. He was married April 14, 1920, to Miss Octavia Kackley, born July 8, 1897, in Pleasant City, the daughter of Michael Luther and Sarah (Flanagan) Kackley. To this union was born a son, William Joseph, December 17, 1927. Mr. Stranathan is a past chancellor of the Knights of Pythias and a member of the American Legion. He served several terms as councilman of Pleasant City and is serving as central committeeman of his district having been elected on the republican ticket. Mrs. Stranathan is a Pythian Sister and a member of the American Legion Auxiliary. She is a descendant of John Cale who served in the Eighth Virginia Regiment in the Revolutionary war, is also an interesting hostess and takes great pride in church work and other social activities. Both are affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal church. GEORGE W. LANE George W. Lane, of Newark, is widely and favorably known as a bridge builder and has won success in a business which has been followed successively by three generations of the family in Ohio. He was born July 9, 1872, in Delaware, Ohio, and his parents, William Henry and Lurinda Jane (Mumaw) Lane, were natives of Mount Vernon, this state. He is the sixth in line of descent from John Lane, who was born in 1733 at Killingworth, Middlesex county, Connecticut, where his remains were interred in 1796. He enlisted in the Continental Army and was taken prisoner at Fort Washington. Peter Ray, another ancestor of George W. SOUTHEASTERN OHIO - 551 Lane, was also a soldier in the Revolutionary war. He was a private in Captain John Ventres' company and marched to the defense of Saybrook, Connecticut, in July, 1779. He was born December 12, 1745, in Haddam, Connecticut, and on February 2, 1834, was called to his final rest. He had married Mehitabel Smith and they were the great-great-great-grandparents of George W. Lane. He is a great-great-great-great-grandson of Samuel and Abigail (Dickinson) Tyler. Samuel Tyler was a Minuteman from Haddam, Connecticut, at the Lexington alarm, and likewise aided in winning American independence. He was born in 1733 and died in 1816. John Lane, above mentioned, married Johannah Stevens and they became the parents of Arunah Lane, whose wife was Submit Buell. Their son, Oren Lane, the great-grandfather of George W. Lane, was born October 12, 1790, in Killingworth, Connecticut. On December 25, 1815, he was married by the Rev. David Dudley Field to Lorissa Ray, a daughter of James and Sarah (Tyler) Ray of Haddam, Connecticut, and a granddaughter of Peter and Mehitabel (Smith) Ray. Oren Lane was a school teacher and died at Gambier, Ohio, September 28, 1842. His son, Philander Chase Lane, was born May 7, 1826, in Mount Vernon, Ohio, and became a contractor and builder of note, among the buildings he erected being the Curtis Hotel at Mount Vernon. He was an adherent of the republican party and fought for the Union during the Civil war. His wife, Julia Ann (Ventling) Lane, was born in 1828 and died in 1898. She was long survived by her husband who passed away at Mount Vernon in 1910. They were the parents of William Henry Lane, who was born September 18, 1852, in Mount Vernon and learned the trade of a millwright, becoming an expert mechanic. He and his brothers, Frank and Lewis Lane, organized the Lane Brothers Bridge & Construction Company, which was engaged in structural iron work of all kinds. From John Tucker, a Newark merchant, they purchased the first cook stove brought into Mexico and erected two of the largest market houses at San Luis in that country, making them entirely of iron. William H. Lane died in Newark, August 18, 1888, but the firm continued operations until the financial panic of 1907. He was a member of the Evangelical Lutheran church and gave his political support to the republican party. His wife was born June 11, 1853, and passed away January 5, 1917, in Newark. Mr. and Mrs. Lane became the parents of nine children as follows : Gothard B., who died at the age of thirty-six years ; George W., of this review ; Mrs. Cora B. Lane, of Newark ; Mrs. Richard H. Schutt, of Columbus, Ohio ; Lewis B., of Newark ; William H., of Newark ; Mrs. Wayne Collier, of Newark ; Mrs. LeRoy Mumaw, of Akron, Ohio ; and Mrs. Thomas Stream, of Mount Vernon, Ohio. In the acquirement of an education George W. Lane attended the public schools of Mount Vernon and Newark and completed a course in the Allison Business College of this city. He served an apprenticeship 552 - SOUTHEASTERN OHIO in the Newark plant of the Lane Brothers Bridge & Construction Company, mastering every phase of the business, and became a valuable adjunct to the firm. For fifteen years he traveled for the company, building bridges and doing all kinds of structural iron work, and when the firm passed out of existence he established the G. W. Lane Bridge Works, of which he is the owner. The plant is located at 157 West Poplar avenue, and under his expert administration the business has constantly expanded. He enjoys the work, for which he has a natural talent, and gives to it his undivided attention. Mr. Lane was married to Miss Jennie Rice, who was born in Claytonsburg, Ohio, and passed away in Newark. She had become the mother of two children : Helen Blanche, deceased ; and Frances L., the wife of Evan D. Lloyd, who resides in Newark, and is an accountant with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Mr. Lane gives his political allegiance to the republican party and is a Lutheran in religious faith, while along fraternal lines he is connected with the Modern Woodmen of America. He is a public-spirited citizen and a progressive business man whose record is a credit to the family. JOHN HOEHNES John Hoehnes, who is rendering efficient service as superintendent of the decorating department of the Pope-Gosser Company, of Coshocton, is an artist of recognized ability and is numbered among the most valued employes of that well known concern. Born at Nuremberg, Bavaria, on the 21st day of February, 1875, he is a son of Karl and Margaret (Sauer-man) Hoehnes. For a number of generations the family has been identified with art affairs, his paternal grandfather, Francis Hoehnes, who was born at Rudolstadt, Bavaria, having long been associated with the Dr. Adolph Richter art department. Karl Hoehnes was born August 11, 1851, at Augsburg, Bavaria, and died at Rudolstadt, Bavaria, August 11, 1908. He too was connected with Dr. Adolph Richter, at Rudolstadt, as superintendent of the art department, and he was a member of the Lutheran Evangelical church. His wife, who was born in Cinnsendorf, Bavaria, in 1858, is still living in that country. John Hoehnes secured his education in the public and high schools at Rudolstadt, Thuringia, and between the years 1888 and 1892 learned the trade of a general potter with the firm of Nathan Strouse & Company at Rudolstadt. Then, in order to gain wider experience in his line, he worked in various potteries in Bavaria, Germany, France and Italy for four years, constantly adding to his knowledge, after which he returned to his former employers at Rudolstadt, with whom he remained as decorating boss for about one year. He later served in the same capacity in other china factories in Germany and in 1902 erected a china SOUTHEASTERN OHIO - 553 factory at Hochstadt, Bavaria, for the firm of Beck & Tully. On the completion of the plant, he was made its general manager, in which capacity he continued until June, 1905. Soon afterward he came to the United States, landing at New York, September 23, 1905, and three days later he arrived at Coshocton. Entering the employ of the Pope-Gosser Company, he worked as a china decorator until 1917, since which time he has served as superintendent of the decorating department. A man of marked natural ability in his line, and with a thorough technical training, he is regarded as a master in the art of china decorating and his work has attracted much favorable comment. On September 18, 1895, in Thuringia, Germany, Mr. Hoehnes was united in marriage to Miss Minna Luther, a descendant of Martin Luther.. She was born June 28, 1872, at Koenigsee, Germany, and is a daughter of Constand and Wilhelmina (Reese) Luther. Her father was born at Wildenspring, Germany, and died at Koenigsee, Germany, in 1889, at the age of sixty-two years. He spent his active years in a white lead factory and he was a member of the Lutheran church. His wife was born in Wildenspring, Germany, and died at Koenigsee in 1924. Their daughter, Mrs. Hoehnes, was educated in the public schools of Koenigsee and in a sisters' school in Dresden, Germany. She is a member of the Lutheran Evangelical church. Mr. and Mrs. Hoehnes have four sons : John, Jr., who was born September 28, 1897, in Rudolstadt, Germany, attended public school there two years and on coming to this country completed his public school course in Coshocton. He then attended the Carnegie School of Technology in Pittsburgh, as well as night schools, and he is an artist by profession ; Christopher, who was born July 15, 1900, at Koenigsee, attended the public schools of Coshocton and has since been associated with his father in the decorating department of the PopeGosser Company ; Maxey, born January 2, 1903, at Hochstadt, Bavaria, attended the Coshocton public schools and he too is with his father in the Pope-Gosser factory ; William, born on February 24, 1906, in Coshocton, graduated from the Coshocton high school in 1925 and is now a member of the class of 1929 at Ohio State University, at Columbus, where he is taking the course in ceramic engineering. In September, 1925, he married Miss Ruth Brier, of Coshocton, and they are the parents of a son, William John. Mr. Hoehnes is a republican, is an adherent of the Lutheran Evangelical church, and is a member of Coshocton Lodge, No. 96, F. & A. M., Samaritan Chapter, No. 50, R. A. M., and Coshocton Council, No. 110, R. & S. M. As a diversion, Mr. Hoehnes has gathered Indian relics in this section of the state, his collection now containing about twenty-three thousand pieces, of which he is justifiably proud. A noteworthy incident connected with his search for relics was his discovery, four years ago, of a petrified forest, about four miles from Coshocton. He called the attention of the state geological department to his find and great surprise was expressed over the fact that the existence of the petrified trees had 554 - SOUTHEASTERN OHIO never been suspected here. Mr. Hoehnes saw military service in the German Army during his boyhood. He is a gentleman of pleasing personality and agreeable manner and has made many warm friends since coming to Coshocton. ARTHUR JOHNSON No name is more prominent in the agricultural circles of Meigs county than that of Arthur Johnson, who is one of the largest and most successful farmers of the county and has been conspicuously active in matters affecting its agricultural interests. Mr. Johnson was born in 1887, on the farm where he now lives, and is a son of W. L. and Virginia (Sayre) Johnson, the former born in 1840 and the latter in 1843. His father was for many years a merchant in Pomeroy, running a general store until 1880, when he turned his attention to farming, buying four hundred and fifty acres of good land near Plants, where he engaged in general farming and stock raising until his retirement from active labor in 1912. He and his wife are now making their home with their son. Arthur Johnson received his early education in the Letart schools and attended Ohio University, at Athens, one year. Later he took a course in the agricultural department of Ohio State University and has since devoted his sole attention to the operation of the home farm, the management of which he assumed in 1910. He has carried on general farming operations, but in 1912 he began specializing in potato raising and truck farming, in both of which lines he has met with very gratifying success, being now one of the largest truck farmers in Meigs county. He has twenty-five acres in potatoes and eight acres in cabbage and tomatoes, and, with the use of trucks, disposes of his products in various markets. Progressive in his ideas and methods, he has well merited the outstanding success which is attending his efforts. In 1910, in Pomeroy, Ohio, Mr. Johnson was united in marriage to Miss Helen Zweifel, who was born and reared in Pomeroy, and they are the parents of three children : Virginia, born in 1912, is a junior in the high school at Letart ; Thereon, born in 1914, and Naomi, born in 1922, are attending the grade schools. Mr. Johnson is a republican in his political views and has taken an active and effective interest in local public affairs, standing ready at all times to support such measures as are calculated to advance the public interests. He was one of the organizers of the Truck Growers Association, of which he was vice president until 1924, since which time he has been president. He was vice president of the Farm Bureau until 1924 and is now its president and one of the directors of the Farm Bureau Federation, and is a member of the board of directors of the Fair Association. Every movement in the interest of the farmer receives his earnest support and his efforts along SOUTHEASTERN OHIO - 555 these lines have been recognized and appreciated throughout the county. A man of alert mentality and well defined opinions, he is a leading and influential citizen of Meigs county and commands the confidence and respect of all who know him. JUDGE JAMES CHRISTOPHER DAUGHERTY No field of public service bears a more important relation to the public welfare than does that of the practice of law and its administration through the courts of justice. Judge James C. Daugherty, who is ably presiding over the common pleas collie of Coshocton county, has honored his profession and is dignifying his present position by his learning, ability, sterling character and impartiality. The Judge is a native of Coshocton county, having been born in Bedford township, on the 29th of January, 1865, and is a son of James and Eleanor (Lyons) Daugherty. The family is of Irish origin, the paternal grandfather, Robert Daugherty, having emigrated to this country in an early day, settling in Coshocton county, where he devoted the remainder of his life to agricultural pursuits. His death occurred in Pike township. His son, James Daugherty, was born in Ireland in 1834, accompanied his father to Coshocton county and here devoted his life to farming, his death occurring in this county in October, 1889, at the age of sixty-four years. He was a democrat in his political alignment and was an elder in the Presbyterian church. His wife was born in Belmont county, this state, and died on the home farm in Bedford township, Coshocton county. James Christopher Daugherty attended the public schools of West Bedford and Lebanon and completed his education at the Holbrook Normal School. He taught school for sixteen years in Coshocton county and for three or four years clerked for his brother, H. B. Daugherty, at Cooperdale, Ohio. During this period he devoted his spare time to reading law, under the preceptorship of Thomas H. Wheeler, and in March, 1899, was admitted to the bar. In February, 1901, he located in Coshocton, where he continued in the practice of his profession until January 1, 1927, when he went on the bench of the common pleas court, to which he had been elected in the preceding November. He is well qualified by natural temperament and legal knowledge for the important position which he holds and his record as a jurist has approved the judgment of the electors of the county. His decisions have been characterized by a close adherence to the basic principles of jurisprudence, the well established precedents of the courts, and an earnest desire to be fair and just to all concerned, with the result that he has risen in the confidence and esteem of the bar and holds the respect of all who have had causes tried before him. In November, 1916, in Coshocton, Judge Daugherty was united in 556 - SOUTHEASTERN OHIO marriage to Miss Minnie Snedeker, who is a native of this county and a daughter of J. B. and Susie (Wright) Snedeker, both of whom were born in Coshocton county, while the mother is now deceased. Mr. Snedeker, who lives in Coshocton, is a farmer by occupation, gives his political support to the democratic party and is a member of the Baptist church. Mrs. Daugherty received her education in the public schools of her native county, is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and has taken an active interest in the civic and moral welfare of her city. Judge and Mrs. Daugherty have six children, Mary Margaret, James C., Jr., Julia Elizabeth, Hugh Brown, John Irvin and Mary Alberta. By a former marriage Mrs. Daugherty also has two children, Ianthus D. and Charles D. Mayhew. Judge Daugherty has been a lifelong supporter of the democratic party and served two years as city solicitor. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Methodist Episcopal church. For ten years he served as secretary and treasurer of the Coshocton National Farm Loan Association, a branch of the Federal Land Bank of Louisville, Kentucky. He is the owner of a five-acre farm outside the corporate limits of Roscoe, where he finds pleasant diversion from his professional labors, in raising chickens, hogs and cows, and in gardening. Kindly and affable in manner, he is well liked by all classes of people, and stands today as one of the representative men of his city and county. LEWIS MARTIN SMITH Endowed with energy, determination and sound judgment, Lewis Martin Smith has demonstrated his ability to cope with modern commercial conditions and is accorded a position of prominence in business circles of Pleasant City. He was born November 18, 1864, in Stock township, Noble county, Ohio, and during his childhood his parents, Peter and Emily (Yoho) Smith, moved to Carlisle, where he obtained his education. On leaving school he entered the employ of his brother, who was engaged in general merchandising at Carlisle, and remained with him until 1890. He then erected a building in the town and there conducted a store for nine years. In 1899 he sold the business and for a year was associated with his brother-in-law in the operation of a flour mill at Woodsfield, Ohio. Mr. Smith then withdrew from the firm and opened an undertaking establishment, also selling furniture. Later he disposed of his stock of merchandise and reentered the milling industry but soon afterward engaged in the shoe and grocery business at Woodsfield, which he found more congenial and profitable. Mr. Smith, because of failing health, disposed of his business interests and after being employed as a clerk at Batesville he purchased a general store at that place which he carried on for about ten years. In 1920 he transferred his activities to Pleasant SOUTHEASTERN OHIO - 557 City and in the intervening period has established an enviable reputation as a funeral director and furniture dealer. He has a detailed knowledge of the business in which he is engaged and draws his patronage from a wide area. Mr. Smith was married September 16, 1890, in Carlisle, Ohio, to Miss Mattie Buckingham, a daughter of Thomas and Mary Buckingham. Mr. and Mrs. Smith became the parents of three children. Hazel, the eldest, born August 15, 1891, is the wife of Howard Graham, and the mother of two sons, Howard, Jr. and Eugene. Marie, born October 20, 1897, is the wife of Gilbert Mercer, by whom she has one child, Robert. William Jennings Smith was born December 17, 1912, and is attending the public schools. Along fraternal lines Mr. Smith pis connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, while his political allegiance is given to the democratic party. At one time he was a candidate for treasurer of Noble county and lacked but sixty-one votes of winning the election. He afterward became treasurer of Stock township and also a member of the school board of Batesville, discharging these trusts with conscientiousness and efficiency. In religious faith he is a Methodist and is serving on the official board of the church in Pleasant City. High principles have guided Mr. Smith at all points in his career and the respect accorded him is well deserved. JUDGE LLOYD NICHOLS STAATS No citizen of Coshocton county stands higher in public esteem than Lloyd Nichols Staats, who is rendering able and appreciated service as judge of the probate court, and who in former years was actively and successfully engaged in the practice of law in this city. Judge Staats is a scion of two of the oldest and most highly honored families of Southeastern Ohio. His paternal great-grandfather, Joseph Staats, who was a native of Virginia, was the progenitor of the family in Ohio, and died here in 1826, when about eighty-six years of age. He was a veteran of the Revolutionary war and after coming west maintained very friendly relations with the Indians. His son, Joseph, was born June 16, 1789, and died September 5, 1864, on the Staats homestead in Butler township, on the Kakoosing river in Knox county. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, operated a small still in early days and spent his life as a farmer. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and was a whig in his political views and a strong abolitionist. On January 12, 1812, he married Miss Catherine Hall, who was born in Coshocton county, Ohio. They were the parents of Calvin Staats, who was born in Butler township, Knox county, November 27, 1834, and died in Newcastle township, November 26, 1919. He devoted his life to farming, was a republican 558 - SOUTHEASTERN OHIO in politics and served as township trustee. His wife, who was Miss Hortense R. Nichols, was born at Lloydsville, Belmont county, April 20, 1837, and died on the Staats homestead in February, 1874. She was a daughter of Eli and Rachel (Lloyd) Nichols, of whom the former was born in the vicinity of Lloydsville, Belmont county, Ohio, December 28, 1798, and died in March, 1871, on his family estate, comprising five thousand acres, in Newcastle township. He was educated for the profession of law, but never practiced. In 1826 he represented Belmont county in the state legislature, but was defeated for reelection largely because of his strong advocacy of free schools, it is said. He was a great student and at the time of his death he owned one of the largest libraries in Coshocton county. He was a frequent contributor to the newspapers of the county and they carried a column headed "Eli Nichols' Column." He was born of Quaker parentage, supported the whig party, was a strong abolitionist, and was reputed to maintain a station on the famous "underground railroad," through the agency of which many slaves escaped to freedom. His wife, who was born at Lloydsville, Belmont county, December 11, 1800, died in Newcastle township, December 9, 1869. She too was of Quaker parentage and wrote numerous poems, some being of more than passing merit. Among the children born to Calvin and Hortense Staats is Lloyd Nichols Staats, who was born in Newcastle township, Coshocton county, on the 13th of September, 1871. After completing a course in the public schools of his home neighborhood, he entered Ohio Northern University, at Ada, and was graduated in 1891. He then mastered the art of telegraphy and for a number of years was employed as telegraph operator and station agent by the Pennsylvania Railroad, being employed the greater part of the time in Coshocton county. In the meantime he had been devoting his spare hours to the study of law and on June 13, 1901, was admitted to the bar. In the fall of 1903 he formed a law partnership with R. A. Powelson and engaged in the practice of his profession in Coshocton. Mr. Powelson died in the following spring and Mr. Staats practiced alone until 1918, since which time he has not been active in professional work. During 1914 and 1915 Judge Staats served as mayor of Coshocton and in 1918 was made a member of the commission which drafted a charter for the city of Coshocton, which was submitted to the electors for their approval. The Judge is justifiably proud of his connection with this important work, in which he played a helpful part. In 1902 he became president of the board of education in Nellie Village school district. In 1918, after a severe attack of influenza, he moved out on the Newark road, four and a half miles from Coshocton, where he still resides. However, he has not been permitted to retire altogether from public affairs, for in 1924 his fellow citizens elected him judge of the probate court, in which responsible position he is still serving in a very satisfactory and acceptable manner. On March 13, 1907, in Muskingum county, Ohio, Judge Staats was SOUTHEASTERN OHIO - 559 united in marriage to Miss Ethel J. Fawcett, who was born May 4, 1890, and is a daughter of C. B. and Lucy (Cox) Fawcett, both of whom were born in Muskingum county. Mr. Fawcett, who is living on his farm in that county, is a republican in politics and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Judge and Mrs. Staats had three children : Mary H., who was born March 22, 1908, graduated from the Coshocton high school and attended Ohio State University, and is now assisting her father in the probate office ; Merty Lucile, born December 18, 1909, died December 16, 1916 ; and Lenin N., who was born May 21, 1920, and died August 5, 1921. The Judge is a member of Coshocton Lodge, No. 96, F. & A. M., and gives his political support to the democratic party. A deep student of political and economic questions, be has written a series of articles for the local press and is recognized as a clear and logical thinker. He was not enthusiastic for this country's entrance into the World war and wrote articles to that effect. Because of his earnest life, high attainments, well rounded character and splendid record, he holds an enviable place in the estimation of his fellowmen and is well entitled to specific mention among the representative citizens of his section of the state. EDWARD ORTON OVERMAN Edward Orton Overman, who recently allied his interests with those of Gratiot, is a successful business man of broad experience in the oil industry and is one of Ohio's loyal sons. He was born November 21, 1883, in Waverly, Pike county, and his father, Henry Overman, was a native of Highland county, this state. The grandfather, Elias Overman, was a retail grocer and always resided in Ohio. He supported the candidates of the whig party and was a Quaker, conscientiously adhering to the teachings of the church. He married a Miss Rains and both passed away in Highland county. Their son, Henry Overman, achieved prominence as a civil engineer and lived for a considerable period in Waverly, where his demise occurred February 4, 1904, when he was sixty-seven years of age. He was a member of the Universalist church and gave his political support to the democratic party. His wife, Mary (Warne) Overman, was a native of Coshocton county, Ohio, and also passed away in Waverly. She was a daughter of James and Mary (Cohen) Warne. The former was born in Ohio, engaged in general merchandising and in religious faith was a Baptist, shaping his conduct by the teachings of the church. His wife was born in Coshocton county and both passed away in Pike county, Ohio. In 1901 Edward O. Overman was graduated from the Waverly high school and then enrolled as a student in the University of Ohio, which he attended for a year. At Columbus, Ohio, he entered the employ of the Standard Oil Company and remained with that corporation for fifteen 560 - SOUTHEASTERN OHIO years, acting as an accountant and also becoming a capable salesman. For five years he was connected with the Columbus office of the Pure Oil Company and was then transferred to New York city, where he spent three years. He filled the position of auditor and was also engaged in construction work for the firm, erecting a number of stations in the eastern metropolis. In March, 1927, he returned to Ohio and, has since been the proprietor of a filling station in Gratiot. There is no phase of the oil industry with which he is not thoroughly familiar and his executive capacity and good judgment insure the continuous growth of his business. Mr. Overman was married September 22, 1909, in Columbus, Ohio, to Miss Emma Irvin, a daughter of Lemuel and Jennie (Ditter) Irvin. Her father was a native of Licking county and devoted his attention to mercantile affair passing away in Gratiot, Ohio. On the democratic ticket he was elected to a number of local offices, and in religious faith he was a Methodist. Mrs. Irvin was born in Brownsville, Ohio, and makes her home with her daughter Emma. Mrs. Overman was born January 29, 1889, and attended the public schools of Columbus, also taking a course in the Mann Business College of that city. Mr. and Mrs. Overman have three children : Mary Elizabeth, who is a student at the Brownsville high school ; Robert Irvin ; and Edward Orton, Jr. The parents are members of the Presbyterian church and Mr. Overman is allied with the democratic party. He was a member of the town council of Bexley, Ohio, and heartily indorses movements for civic growth and betterment. His Masonic connections are with Ralph R. Rickley Lodge, No. 670, F. & A. M., of Columbus, and he is also a member of the Ohio Society of New York city. In outdoor life he finds needed diversion, enjoying the sports of fishing and hunting. Conscientious and thorough, Mr. Overman has never undertaken a task unless he considered it worthy of his best efforts and his rise in the business world is the merited reward of fidelity to duty and the ability to meet and master situations. GEORGE W. CASSINGHAM George W. Cassingham, who has spent the six decades of his life in Coshocton county, has long been prominent in business affairs, in which he also has been successful, and since 1918, he has rendered valued service as president of the Commercial National Bank of Coshocton. He was born in this city on the 8th of January, 1867, and is descended from sterling old English stock, his paternal grandfather, George F. Cassingham, having been born in Kent county, England, April 19, 1812. On coming to the United States he located in Coshocton, where he followed the shoemaking trade. He was a man of keen mentality and sterling character and became prominent in local public affairs, having served as county recorder from 1844 to 1858, and also as justice of the peace for a number of years. He was a democrat in political faith and was a SOUTHEASTERN OHIO - 561 member of the Presbyterian church. He married Miss Elizabeth Wilson Huntington, who was born in Pennsylvania, October 6, 1814, and died in Cincinnati, Ohio, March 14, 1899. Mr. and Mrs. Cassingham were pioneer settlers in Tuscarawas township, and in 1832 built a home on an old Indian burial ground, now known as Fourth and Locust streets, Coshocton. Their son, John W. Cassingham, who was born in Coshocton, June 22, 1840, is now living in this city, having retired from active business affairs. He served as deputy treasurer of Coshocton county from 1858 to 1868, subsequently served as president of the board of education and was president of the Board of Trade. He was county auditor of Coshocton county from 1880 to 1887, and was a member of the fifty-seventh and fifty-eighth congresses, representing the seventeenth Ohio district, composed of Licking, Holmes, Wayne, Tuscarawas and Coshocton counties. He was a delegate to the historic democratic national convention in Chicago in 1896. In 1872 he became one of the organizers of the Commercial National Bank, which he served as president for many years, and was long one of the most prominent factors in the business prosperity of this section of the county. He is a member of the Presbyterian church. His wife, who prior to her marriage was Miss Caroline Lamberson, was born at Canal Louisville, Coshocton county, September 26, 1840, and died in Coshocton on March 31, 1913. She was a daughter of Samuel and Julia (Crowley) Lamberson, the latter born in Coshocton county, her death occurring in Canal Louisville. Mr. Lamberson, who was a native of Virginia and died in Coshocton, conducted a mercantile business at Canal Louisville and owned a mill at Roscoe. He was a member of the Presbyterian church and was a democrat in his political faith. George W. Cassingham received his educational training in the public schools of Coshocton, after which he engaged in civil engineering for several years. In 1889 he and his brother, Charles L., with their father, engaged in the coal mining business, which they carried on together until 1901, and then sold out, after which George W. Cassingham continued as an independent mine operator, under the name of the Oden Valley Coal Company, until 1915, in which year he retired. In the same year he became identified with the Commercial National Bank of Coshocton, of which he was elected vice president in 1916, and two years later was made president of the institution, which office he still holds. This is one of the strongest and most influential banks in this section of the state and has always been one of the bulwarks of the commercial interests of this locality. His brother, Charles L., was born on February 9, 1865, and now resides in Cleveland, Ohio. He has extensive gas and coal interests in Boone county, West Virginia, in which George W. also is interested, and they also own a farm of eight hundred acres, on which they carry on general farming operations. In Florida, September 14, 1899, Mr. Cassingham was united in marriage to Miss Mabel Alma Younglove, who was born in Freeport, Illinois, 33-VOL. 3 562 - SOUTHEASTERN OHIO September 26, 1872, and is a daughter of the late Gilbert Dearborne Younglove, of Gainesville, Florida, who was an extensive farmer and owned valuable phosphate mines in that state. He was a native of Stockbridge, Massachusetts, was a member of the Protestant Episcopal church and supported the republican party. Mrs. Cassingham was educated at Fairmount College, at Mount Eagle, Tennessee, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and the Historical Club of Coshocton. Mr. Cassingham has been a lifelong supporter of the democratic party and has been prominent in local public affairs. He was elected mayor of Coshocton in 1898, serving four years, and in 1909 was again elected to that office for four years. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias and his religious connection is with the Presbyterian church. During the Spanish-American war he offered his services, but was rejected, and he then became enlisting officer for the Joseph Wheeler volunteer army, in which he did effective work. During the World war he was active in Liberty Loan and Red Cross drives and has always identified himself with measures for the advancement of the general welfare of his city and county. He has lived and labored to worthy ends and his activities have furthered the material and moral development and the civic welfare of Coshocton county. GEORGE FRANKLYN SMITH As a dealer in automobiles George Franklyn Smith of Cambridge, has displayed that spirit of enterprise which makes for public progress as well as individual success. He represents the third generation of the family in Guernsey county, was born September 17, 1880, in Oxford township, Ohio, and is a son of George Marion and Lorella (Henderson) Smith. His father is seventy-six years of age but the mother passed away in 1897. The grandfather, John Smith, was a native of England and cast in his lot with the early settlers of Guernsey county. George M. and Lorella (Henderson) Smith became the parents of ten children, two of whom, Ethel and Anne, the eighth and ninth in order of birth, are deceased. The others are Alice, Clarence, Clyde, George Franklyn, Etta, Daisy, Herman and Bertha. George F. Smith was reared on the homestead and attended the district schools of Oxford township. He received thorough training in agricultural pursuits and assisted his father until April, 1906, when he began farming independently, purchasing land in Oxford township. He cultivated the place for thirteen years and his carefully tilled fields yield- ed rich harvests. In 1919 he sold the farm and built a garage on East pike on Four-Mile hill, securing the agency for the Oakland automobile. For five years he conducted the business at that point and in 1926 completed the Smith block, an imposing building which is situated on Wheeling avenue, extending from Nos. 1015 to 1023. He has attractive display SOUTHEASTERN OHIO - 563 rooms and is local distributor for the Oakland, Pontiac and Marmon cars. Mr. Smith has mastered the art of salesmanship and under his able direction the business has constantly expanded. In Oxford township, Guernsey county, Mr. Smith was married February 22, 1905, to Miss Margaret O'Connor, a daughter of James and Rowena (Reynolds) O'Connor, of whom the latter died in 1891. Mr. O'Connor was a native of Ireland and came to the United States during his boyhood. He was the father of twelve children, of whom Levi, Katherine, Molly and Harry are deceased. Those now living are Savannah, Timothy, John, Daniel, Rose, Rowena, Margaret and Nellie. Mr. Smith gives his political support to the democratic party and is a consistent member of the First Methodist Episcopal church. His interests are closely allied with those of Cambridge and the rules which govern his life are such as constitute the basis of all honorable and desirable prosperity. JOHN C. TOMLINSON Commercial enterprise in Cambridge finds a leading representative in John C. Tomlinson, whose activities in connection with the baking industry have won for him more than local prominence. He was born in Atchison, Kansas, in 1882 and is a son of John C. and Mary Belle (Eaton) Tomlinson and a grandson of Judge William Eaton, a pioneer settler of Belmont county. John C. Tomlinson, Sr., was a native of Kentucky and engaged in the practice of law in that state, until 1868 when he went to Kansas, locating in Atchison, where he continued his professional activities. He was an able advocate and a counselor whose advice was sound and reliable. In politics he was a stanch democrat and at the age of twenty-nine was the people's choice for mayor of Atchison, defeating the republican candidate, John Martin, who was later elected governor of the state. While filling the office of mayor Mr. Tomlinson made Atchison a city of the first class, securing for it the first waterworks system in Kansas and other needed improvements. During his regime nine hundred houses were built and under his administration the municipality entered upon a notable era of prosperity. Of his service the editor of the Atchison Daily Globe said : "No man has ever filled the office of Atchison's chief executive more satisfactorily to the people than the present incumbent, Hon. J. C. Tomlinson. He has labored incessantly for the prosperity of the city, and modernized thoroughfares, building houses, elevators, street car lines, waterworks and a reduced city debt. He has served the people at a sacrifice of his own time and business and though he has done much good for them is now about ready to go out of office poorer than when he went in. But he is richer by far in the affection of his fellow citizens. "Believing such services as Mayor Tomlinson has rendered the city 564 - SOUTHEASTERN OHIO should receive some token, our citizens subscribed to a fund for the purchase of a handsome watch of eighteen carat gold, costing nine hundred dollars. The watch is of Swiss manufacture and is unique in the fact that it strikes the hour. Upon the watch is inscribed : `Talman Qui Meruit Ferat,' a Latin motto signifying, Let Him Who Has Won It Bear The Palm, 'Hon. John C. Tomlinson, Mayor of Atchison. His Fellow Citizens, 1881'." After retiring from the mayoralty Mr. Tomlinson was appointed city attorney to complete the unexpired term of his law partner, Charles T. Griffith, and during his tenure of office tried damage suits to the amount of thirty-five thousand dollars, winning every case. He received the nomination for congress but declined the honor. He was appointed receiver for important concerns, including the Peoples National Bank, which paid one hundred cents on the dollar, and he discharged with fidelity and efficiency every trust reposed in him. John C. Tomlinson, Jr., received a public school education and for two years worked for the McPike Drug Company, a wholesale house. He was afterward a salesman for various firms and at length became district sales manager for the Armour Grain Company. For four years he held that responsible position, measuring up in full to its requirements, and in 1926 came to Cambridge. Mr. Tomlinson spent a short time in Belmont county, settling up his mother's estate, and then purchased the plant of the France Company. He incorporated the business under the style of The Cambridge Baking Company, of which he became president, with Mrs. Tomlinson as secretary and treasurer. The firm specialized in "Sunburst" bread and operated four delivery trucks, their territory embracing thirty-five miles east of Cambridge, forty miles south, ten miles west and twelve miles north of the city. On January 1, 1928, Mr. Tomlinson disposed of the business. In Janhary, 1926, Mr. Tomlinson was married in Wheeling, West Virginia, to Miss Sarah Taggart, a daughter of Charles and Jessie (Bowles) Taggart. Mr. Tomlinson casts his ballot for the candidates of the republican party and is a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He belongs to the Masonic order and is connected with the lodge at Cambridge and the chapter, council, commandery and shrine of Atchison. He owes his progress to hard work as well as the ability to perceive and utilize his opportunities and is a man of high principles, esteemed and respected by all with whom he has been associated. WILLIAM H. PARR For many years William H. Parr was identified with the commercial life of Newark but now concentrates his attention upon civic affairs. He represents the fourth generation of the family in Licking county and was born November 16, 1879, fifteen miles northwest of Newark, near SOUTHEASTERN OHIO - 565 Johnstown, Ohio, a son of William A. and Jane E. (Elliott) Parr. His great-grandparents, Samuel and Sarah Parr, were natives of Pennsylvania, whence they came to Ohio. The first cabin in Newark was erected by Samuel Parr on lot No. 73, fronting on Third street, and later he purchased a tract of land on Jackstown pike. The farmhouse, erected in 1801, is still standing and also another dwelling, which was built on this property in 1829. Mr. Parr was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and gave his political support to the democratic party. He was called to public office and served for about thirty years on the board of county commissioners. Mr. and Mrs. Parr spent their last years in Licking county and were buried on the old Sanford place, five miles from Newark. Their son, William S. Parr, etas born in Newark in 1801 and engaged in farming. His political allegiance was given to the democratic party and his religious views also coincided with those of his father. When gold was discovered in California the son joined the '49ers and while returning to the east on a vessel which rounded Cape Horn it is believed that he was robbed and thrown overboard. His wife, Elizabeth (Edgell) Parr, was a native of Ohio and died in Licking county. They were the parents of William A. Parr, who was born near Newark May 10, 1837, and in his youth joined the Union Army. At the end of his three months' term he reenlisted and served for three years with Company G, of the Seventy-first Ohio Infantry. He is a retired farmer and resides on the homestead near Johnstown. In politics he is a democrat and he shapes his conduct by the teachings of the Methodist Episcopal church. His wife was born July 23, 1840, in Putnam county, Ohio, and her father, Samuel Elliott, was a native of Pennsylvania. In pioneer times he settled in Licking county and Elliott Run was named in his honor. He was an adherent of the democratic party and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. and Mrs. William A. Parr have a family of seven children : William H. ; John E., who is the owner of a productive farm near Alexandria, Ohio ; Edward 0., who is a blacksmith and conducts a shop at Newway, this state ; Samuel, one of the progressive agriculturists of Licking county ; Mrs. Margaret Milburn, whose home is in Alexandria ; Mrs. Ella James, who lives in Newway ; and Mrs. Carrie Grandstaff, a resident of Springfield, Ohio. In the acquirement of an education William H. Parr attended the public schools of Licking county and afterward obtained employment in the Wehrle Stove Works of which he was made foreman and filled the position for twenty years. He next spent three years with the Burke Golf Company, and then located in Columbus, Ohio. For three months he was connected with the wholesale jewelry establishment of B. L. Auld but returned to Newark at the end of that time, and in 1924 became clerk of the city council, discharging his duties with characteristic efficiency and conscientiousness, until January 1, 1928, when he resigned. Mr. Parr was married April 30, 1903, in Newark to Miss Grace Rif- 566 - SOUTHEASTERN OHIO fey, who was born October 9, 1885, in this city, and received her education in the public schools of Somerset, Kentucky. Her parents were John E. and Catherine (Bell) Riffey, the former a lifelong resident of Licking county. Mr. Riffey learned the machinist's trade and for many years was a locomotive engineer for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. His political support was given to the democratic party and in religious faith he was a Baptist. His wife was born in Homestead, Pennsylvania, and passed away in Newark, Ohio. Mr. Parr is a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Evangelical church and his wife is a Baptist. Both are adherents of the democratic party and for two years he was alderman from the fourth ward, serving his city with ability and fidelity. During the World war he aided the Red Cross Society and was active in the Liberty Loan campaigns. For eight years he has been local secretary of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics and organized the woman's auxiliary of that order, the Daughters of America, of which his wife is a member. Mr. Parr has witnessed much of the development of this section of the state and is well informed on matters pertaining to its history. His fellow citizens speak of him in terms of high regard, for time has proven his worth. CLARENCE KARL CLEMENS Among the oldest and most progressive commercial institutions of Coshocton is the Eureka Laundry, with a record of nearly twenty-five years of continuous service, and the growth and success of the business are the outcome of the administrative powers and untiring efforts of Clarence Karl Clemens, its executive head, who also figures prominently in community affairs. He was born in this city, March 3, 1869, son of Warren and Mary (Taylor) Clemens. His grandfather, William Clemens, was a native of Pennsylvania and followed the carpenter trade. For many years he was closely identified with building operations in Mount Vernon, Ohio, where his demise occurred, and it was there that his son, Warren Clemens, was born. When the country became involved in civil strife he enlisted in the Union Army and served throughout the war. He was a blacksmith and carriage maker, and spent the latter part of his life in Coshocton. In politics he was a republican and his religious views were in harmony with the doctrines of the Methodist Episcopal church. His wife, Mary (Taylor) Clemens, was a native of England and a daughter of John and Maria (Dainty) Taylor. The father was a silk weaver and preceded his wife and daughter to the United States. After reaching Cleveland, Ohio, they made the trip to Coshocton on the old Erie canal and the family became permanent residents of the city. Clarence K. Clemens was graduated from the Coshocton high school SOUTHEASTERN OHIO - 569 and afterward learned the blacksmith's trade, which he followed for five years. For fourteen years he was a retail salesman, working in the store of the Smith-Miller Grocery Company and in the Selby & Fountain dry goods establishment. During that period Mr. Clemens made domestic rugs as a side line and in 1903 he was joined by J. R. Speck and others in organizing the Eureka Laundry & Domestic Manufacturing Company. They combined the laundry and rug manufacturing industries and were thus engaged for eleven years. The rugs were made on hand looms of worn out carpets. In 1914 the manufacturing department was discontinued and the business has since been conducted under the style of the Eureka Laundry Company, Inc., of which Clarence K. Clemens is the president. This is the only steam laundry in Coshocton and furnishes employment to forty persons. The plant is completely equipped and one of its most important features is a dry-cleaning department, which was established in 1905. Mr. Clemens has created a model institution which turns out high-grade work, and under his expert management the business has constantly expanded, becoming one of extensive proportions and a decided asset to the city in which it is operated. In 1902 Mr. Clemens was married in Coshocton to Miss Mary Cox, who received her education in the local schools and is a daughter of William and Margaret (Marquand) Cox. Her father, who was born near Trinway, in Muskingum county, Ohio, and became a prosperous agriculturist, is an adherent of the republican party and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. His wife was born in Coshocton and here passed away. Mr. and Mrs. Clemens have two children. Helen Louise, who was born in 1907 and in 1925 was graduated from the Coshocton high school, for a year attended Northwestern University at Evanston, Illinois, and is now taking a course in the University of Ohio. The son, Max Carleton, was born in January, 1913, and is attending the public schools. The parents are active in the work of the Methodist Episcopal church and Mr. Clemens is a member of its official board, while at one time he was assistant superintendent of the Sunday school. He gives his political allegiance to the republican party and has manifested his public spirit by both word and deed. During the World war he promoted the sale of Liberty bonds and aided the Red Cross Society. In 1920 he was chosen a member of the library board of Coshocton and in 1927 he was reappointed for another term of seven years. An ardent champion of the Boy Scouts of America, he has served on various committees of the organization and is also a strong advocate of good roads and other public improvements. Mr. Clemens was formerly treasurer of the Coshocton Chamber of Commerce and president of the Business Men's Association. At one time he was the executive head of the Ohio State Association of Laundry Owners and also became one of the directors of the State Dry Cleaners Association. He is an ex-president of the Coshocton Rotary Club and also a member of the Town & Country Club. 570 - SOUTHEASTERN OHIO Along fraternal lines he is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, belonging to Coshocton Lodge, No. 44. Mr. Clemens is a broad-gauged man whose activities have touched the general interests of society to their betterment, and in the community in which his life has been passed he is highly esteemed. JUDGE THOMAS AUSTIN BONNELL Judge Thomas Austin Bonnell, who long enjoyed high standing in professional ranks of Southeastern Ohio and also figured prominently in public affairs, was serving for the second term as probate judge of Guernsey county when he passed away on the 20th of April, 1927, at the age of fifty-two years. He was born on a farm near Winterset, Ohio, January 1, 1875, and was a son of Thomas and Jennie Bonnell, the latter of whom died when he was but three years old. His father, Thomas Bonnell, afterward married again and is still living with his second wife at Winterset, this state. Judge Bonnell is also survived by one brother, Clarence L., of Bridgeport, Ohio, and by two half brothers ; Dr. G. H. Bonnell, of Worthington, Ohio ; and A. R. Bonnell, of Cambridge, this state. Thomas A. Bonnell grew to manhood upon his father's farm and after attending the country school near his home and the school at Winterset, enrolled as a student at Scio College, which he attended for one year. Subsequently he prepared for the teaching profession in Muskingum College of New Concord and, securing a teacher's certificate, spent a period of seventeen years as an instructor. About midway in his teaching career he became township superintendent of the public schools in Portage county but after two years' activity there returned to Guernsey county, where, while still engaged in the work of the schoolroom, he studied law under the preceptorship of Fred L. Rosemond. In 1906 he passed the state bar examination and immediately began the practice of law in association with W. W. Stewart. He later established an office of his own in the Harper Mast building in Cambridge, where he was accorded an extensive and gratifying clientage for a number of years. A stanch republican in politics, T. A. Bonnell was in 1911 elected as Guernsey county state representative and attended the seventy-ninth general assembly. In 1913 he was reelected to this position and served in the eightieth assembly until 1914, when his term expired and he again gave all his attention to the practice of law. In November, 1920, he was elected probate judge of Guernsey county for a term of four years and was reelected without opposition in 1925 and for a second term expiring February 1, 1929. Thus death came while he was still on the bench. In notable measure he manifested the qualities necessary to the successful lawyer and the competent judge, who must be a man of well balanced SOUTHEASTERN OHIO - 571 intellect, thoroughly familiar with the law and practice, of comprehensive general information, possessed of an analytical mind and a self-control that will enable him to lose his individuality, his personal feelings, his prejudices and his peculiarities of disposition in the dignity, impartiality and equity of the office to which life, property, right and liberty must look for protection. It was said of Judge Bonnell : "His entire private and public life in Cambridge and Guernsey county was characterized by an honest, straightforward conception of his duty to his fellowman both as a citizen and a public servant. He was kindly and indulgent in his teaching, in the practice of law and while discharging his judicial duties. In juvenile work especially his judgment in molding the future lives of delinquents was always wise and considerate. His association with the growing youth of Guernsey county through his teaching of school helped to acquaint him with the foibles and failings of boys and girls in the making, and this valuable experience entered into the disposal of juvenile cases in his court." On the 6th of September, 1900, Judge Bonnell was united in marriage to Aurellia Wyrick, of Winterset, Ohio. Their son, Rollo W., is now twenty-four years of age and is a medical student at the Ohio State University. Judge Bonnell affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal church at an early age, served as a member of its official board and took an active part in its work. At the time of his removal to Cambridge he became a teacher in the First Methodist Episcopal Sunday school. He was first assigned a class of boys, which he taught for a number of years, and later became instructor for Class No. 12, composed of a number of women of the church, whom he taught until about one year prior to his death or until ill health forced him to resign. Judge Bonnell was dictator in the Moose lodge for a number of years and was sent to California as a delegate to the Moose convention. He was also an active member of the Sons of Union Veterans, the Knights of Pythias and the Cambridge Kiwanis Club. It was a widely acknowledged fact that in his passing Guernsey county sustained the loss of one of her distinguished native sons, honored jurists and most highly esteemed citizens. ORIEL C. JONES Oriel C. Jones, known to his many friends as "Cockey Jones, the mayor of Buckeye Lake," has contributed materially toward Newark's upbuilding and improvement, at the same time winning the reward of intelligently directed industry, and is one of the city's loyal sons. He was born September 26, 1855, son of Evan W. and Mary E. (Evans) Jones, natives of Wales. They had two children and the daughter, Irene C., resides at No. 22 East Locust street in Newark. Evan W. Jones was a son of King Thomas and Sarah Jones, who left their home in Wales and 572 - SOUTHEASTERN OHIO sought the opportunities of the United States. They lived for a time in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, and later came to Licking county, Ohio, settling on a farm. Mr. Jones died in Granville and his wife passed away in Newark. Their son, Evan W., was a member of the firm of Jones Brothers, which was organized in 1844 by Lewis and George T. Jones, who established hardware stores in Granville and Newark, Ohio. The business has been in operation for eighty-three years and ranks with the oldest concerns of the kind in the state. In 1849 Evan W. Jones joined the rush of gold seekers to California, leaving Granville in company with Roderick W. Jones and Crip Starke. They walked from Independence, Missouri, to the Golden state and were six months in making the trip. E. W. Jones spent five years in California and then returned to Ohio. He was one of the trustees of the Congregational church and an adherent of the republican party. He passed away at Granville in 1906 and his wife's death occurred in the same town. Her parents were natives of Wales and became early settlers of Southeastern Ohio. Her father was a prosperous farmer and a stockholder in the firm of Jones Brothers and also in the First National Bank of Newark. In religious faith he was a Congregationalist and his political support was given to the whig party. He died on the farm in Harrison township, Licking county, while his wife passed away in Newark, and both were buried in the Welsh Hill cemetery. In the acquirement of an education Oriel C. Jones attended the public schools of Newark and continued his studies in the University of Michigan, in which he completed a commercial course in 1877. He returned to his home and entered the First National Bank of Newark, remaining with the institution for many years. For a period of twenty-seven years he was secretary and a director of the Licking Building & Loan Company, of which he is now vice president, and his earnest, systematic efforts have been elements in its success. From time to time he has made judicious investments in local real estate and among his most valuable holdings is the Jones building, which he erected. Mr. Jones was married, May 26, 1881, in Alexandria, Ohio, to Miss L. Jeannette Curtis, who was born in Croton, this state, and attended the public schools of Alexandria. She afterward took a course in the Granville Female Seminary and taught school prior to her marriage, proving a capable educator. Her father, Dr. John Quincy Adams Curtis, was a native of Vermont and a son of John and Martha (Gillett) Curtis, who died during the smallpox epidemic in Alexandria. Dr. Curtis was a physician of high standing and practiced in Alexandria in association with Dr. B. C. Stimson. In politics he was a republican but never sought office as a reward for party fealty, reserving his energies for his profession. His wife, Emeline (Hare) Curtis, was born in Knox county, Ohio, and passed away in Granville, while his death occurred in Alexandria. Mr. and Mrs. Jones have two daughters, both natives of Newark. Mary Louise, who was graduated from the National Park Seminary in Wash- SOUTHEASTERN OHIO - 573 ington, D. C., is the wife of J. Fulton Van Voorhis, president of the Universal Supply Company of Newark, Ohio, and their family numbers two children : Mary Jeannette, a senior in the high school at Coronado, California ; and Robert Fulton Van Voorhis. Helen Irene, also a graduate of the National Park Seminary, became the wife of Malcolm H. Baker, who conducts a general insurance office in Newark, and they are also the parents of two children : Malcolm Jr., and Barbara Baker. Mr. and Mrs. Jones are affiliated with the Second Presbyterian church of Newark, of which he was a trustee for some time, and he gave to it the beautiful chimes which he recently installed at his own expense. In politics he is a republican and along fraternal lines is connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. For thirty-five years the local home of this organization was in the Jones building and the first floor was occupied by the post office until the present federal building was erected. Generous, broad-minded and public-spirited, Mr. Jones has exerted a strong influence for good in his city and a magnetic personality has enabled him to win and retain the esteem of all with whom he has been associated. For eight years his winters have been spent in San Diego, California, where he has an attractive home in addition to the fine residence which he owns in Newark. HENRY P. WOODWORTH Animated at all times by the spirit of enterprise, Henry P. Woodworth stimulated the pulse of trade in Cambridge and his influence upon the life of the city was strong and beneficial. He was born in Perry, New York, and was a son of the Rev. Philo and Lucy (Hall) Woodworth. For forty-five years the father labored earnestly and effectively to expand the influence of the Methodist Episcopal church in western New York, ably expounding the Gospel, and for a considerable period was presiding elder in the conference. Much of his pastoral work was in Pekin, Niagara county, where his life's labors were terminated in 1890, and in 1895 his widow was called to her final rest, the remains of both being interred in the cemetery at that place. Henry P. Woodworth was reared in the Empire state and supplemented his public school training by attendance at Leroy Academy, also taking a course in the Eastman Business College at Poughkeepsie, New York. Thus well equipped for a commercial career, he secured a position in a large dry goods store of Buffalo, New York, and was one of four hundred clerks. For four years he remained with the firm and maintained that the experience was the best schooling he ever had. Mr. Woodworth next turned his attention to educational work, with which he was identified for two winter terms, teaching in the district schools of Niagara county, and then journeyed to the south. For ten years he was a railroad employe and 574 - SOUTHEASTERN OHIO during that time filled positions in general offices in Mississippi, Louisiana and Tennessee. Returning to western New York, he embarked in the lumber business at Lockport and on the expiration of four years went to West Virginia. He continued to maintain his headquarters in Lockport and later located in Marietta, Ohio, where he engaged in buying and shipping hard lumber from the West Virginia mills, remaining in that section for about four years. In 1892 Mr. Woodworth came to Cambridge and engaged in the same business until 1905, when he retired. He was an extensive operator and shipper and displayed notable foresight and keen sagacity in the conduct of his affairs. He invested heavily in local real estate and was a director of the Cambridge Land & Development Company, the Citizens National Bank and the Cambridge Home Telephone Company, all of which profited by his wisdom and experience. The growth and prosperity of the city was to him a matter of vital importance and he was always found in the vanguard of movements for its advancement. High principles guided him at all points in his career. Mr. Woodworth's first wife was Miss Isabel Ayrault, whom he married August 23, 1887. She was a daughter of Lyman Ayrault, a general merchant of Dalton, New York, and passed away in September, 1890, leaving one child, Isobel. On February 22, 1895, Mr. Woodworth wedded Miss Ella Miller, a daughter of Lafayette and Mary (McCullough) Miller, of Kimbolton, which is situated eight miles from Cambridge, in Guernsey county, and to the second union was born a son, Ward W. Mrs. Woodworth occupies the family home at No. 1519 Clairemont avenue and her many estimable qualities have drawn to her a wide circle of sincere friends. J. L. MURPHY One of the most prominent figures in connection with the mineral interests of Athens county, and indeed of the Hocking valley, is J. L. Murphy, chief engineer of the New York Coal Company and president of the Nelsonville Brick Company. An expert civil engineer, he has been of invaluable service in developing the mining and manufacturing interests of this locality and stands among the representative men of his community. Mr. Murphy was born in Vinton county, Ohio, in 1877. and secured his education in the public schools, graduating from high school. He entered Ohio State University, from which he was graduated with the degree of Civil Engineer in 1903, and in the same year he came to Nelsonville, Athens county, as a mining engineer, and is now holding the responsible position of chief engineer for the New York Coal Company and its various subsidiary coal and oil companies, having full charge of operations in the Hocking valley and West Virginia. In 1912 Mr. Murphy organized the Hocking Valley Brick Company, at Logan, Ohio, which, in 1916, was consolidated with the Nelsonville Brick Company, and he is SOUTHEASTERN OHIO - 575 now president of the corporation, which is one of the progressive and successful concerns of this county. In 1920 he was made vice president and controller of the Ohio Fireproofing Company and he also has other interests. In 1905, in Columbus, Ohio, Mr. Murphy was united in marriage to Miss Margaret DuVall, who was born and reared in Zanesville, Ohio, and takes an active interest in the church, club and civic life of the community in which she lives. Mr. Murphy gives his political support to the republican party and he and his wife are communicants of the Protestant Episcopal church. He is a Scottish Rite Mason, a Noble of the Mystic Shrine, a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, and also belongs to the American Society of Civil Engineers, the Columbus Engineers Club, the Ohio Engineers Society, the Athens County Country Club, the Columbus Athletic Club and the Nelsonville Chamber of Commerce. Though his business duties make heavy demands on his time, he maintains a deep interest in his home community and gives his hearty support to every measure for its improvement or advancement. He is a man of keen discrimination, sound judgment and executive ability and is well worthy of the respect and esteem in which he is held by his fellowmen. COLONEL TILESTON F. SPANGLER As a real estate dealer pioneering in the work of converting farms into lots for the Zanesville homeseeker ; as a banker facilitating the growth of local industry and commerce and the building of homes ; and as an official lending the weight of example and devoting time without stint to the creation of city beauty spots for public enjoyment, Colonel Tileston F. Spangler has rendered lasting community service. He has written local history along many other important lines during a lifelong residence in Zanesville and is as actively in the harness today as at any time in the past. Colonel Spangler was born in Zanesville, March 28, 1849, the son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Tarrance) Spangler, both of whom were natives of Muskingum county. His grandfather, Jacob Spangler, a soldier of the War of 1812, and his great-grandfather, Mathias Spangler, settled in Muskingum county in 1808. Henry Tarrance, Colonel Spangler's maternal grandfather, also a veteran of the War of 1812, was the son of James Tarrance, a native of the north of Ireland, who located in this country soon after the close of the Revolutionary war. During two years following his graduation from the Zanesville high school in 1867, T. F. Spangler engaged in teaching. In 1870 he took up the study of law in the office of A. W. Train and in 1873 was admitted to the bar. In 1880 he embarked in the real estate business and became secretary and attorney for the Homestead Building & Savings Association, of which organization he is still secretary and manager. Mean- 576 - SOUTHEASTERN OHIO while, other important interests engaged his attention. During the decade ending in 1883 he was secretary of the Muskingum County Fair Association. He organized and still is president of the Spangler Realty Company, developer of such important Zanesville residential districts as Fair Oaks, Brighton, Maplewood, Norwood and Belleview Terrace. From 1892 to 1898 he served as a director of the City and County Workhouse. On the 1st of November, 1889, with other leading citizens of Zanesville, he organized the Peoples Savings Bank, became its first president and has continued to serve in that capacity to the present time. This is a strictly savings institution and from a small beginning now has resources of over two million dollars and owns Zanesville's most desirable office building, in which the bank has the largest and most commodious banking rooms in the city, recently remodeled along the most modern banking lines. Colonel Spangler was also the leading organizer of the Guardian Trust & Safe Deposit Company of Zanesville, in May, 1900. He was made first vice president and general manager and when President John Hoge retired from business, Colonel Spangler was chosen his successor and has served as president and attorney continuously. This company does a strictly trust business, acting in the capacity of executor, administrator, trustee, receiver, etc., of many of the leading estates of the community. Its business has steadily grown until its operations at the present time exceed the million dollar mark. In 1923 the American Bankers Association honored Colonel Spangler with the office of vice president, for Ohio, of the savings banks division. He has also been president of the Muskingum County Bankers Association, is now president of the Muskingum County Building Association League and is financially interested in a number of local business organizations. On the military staff of two Ohio governors, George Hoadley (1883) and James E. Campbell (1889) , he served as aide-de-camp with the rank of Colonel. He worships in the Putnam Presbyterian church and is one of its elders. Since 1870 he has been a member of Mechanics Lodge, No. 28, I. O. O. F., now merged into Muskingum Lodge. The supreme honorary thirty-third degree rank of Scottish Rite Masonry was conferred upon him in 1908. He is a member of Amity Lodge, No. 5, F. & A. M. ; Zanesville Chapter, No. 9, R. A. M. ; Cyrene Commandery, No. 10, K. T.; of which he is past eminent commander ; Scioto Consistory, A. A. S. R. ; and the Mystic Shrine. He was for a time president of the Ohio Canal Association and is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution and of the War of 1812. On September 26, 1912, he was appointed a member of Zanesville's first park commission and has since then served continuously as its president. He has been an active member of the Chamber of Commerce since its organization. In 1875, in New York city, Colonel Spangler married Miss Mary S. Cox, daughter of Ezekiel T. Cox and sister of Hon. S. S. Cox. Two of the children born of this union survive : Arthur Cox Spangler, an official of SOUTHEASTERN OHIO - 577 the Peoples Savings Bank of Zanesville ; and Helen S., wife of Walter C. Garges, of Roswell, New Mexico. Mrs. Mary H. (Buckingham) Greene became Colonel Spangler's second wife. Her father, James Buckingham, was born in Zanesville, October 22, 1831, and died in 1909. The Buckinghams formed one of Ohio's most distinguished families. Pioneer members settled near Coshocton in 1799, removed to Athens county in 1803 and located in Putnam, Muskingum county, in 1804. James Buckingham was educated at Marietta, Ohio, and at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. He served in the Civil war in Company A of the One Hundred and Fifty-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Later he engaged extensively in manufacturing, farming, real estate and banking. He was president of the Zanesville & Ohio River Railroad, an organizer of the Peoples Savings Bank and from 1865 to 1873 a director of the Ohio State Agricultural Society. His wife was Jane P. Wills, of Chillicothe, Ohio. Their daughter, Mrs. Spangler, has for years been prominent in Zanesville's church, club and social circles and is an active and influential member of the Pioneer and Historical Society of Muskingum County. Colonel Spangler's paternal ancestors, whose family name was originally spelled Spengler, emigrated from the Palatinate of Germany, in Rhenish Bavaria, about 1732 and settled in York county, Pennsylvania. Mathias Spengler, of the second generation, pushed on and in 1761 became one of the first settlers of Frederick, Maryland, purchasing a large lot from the agent of Lord Baltimore, the proprietor of Maryland, and became the first blacksmith of Frederick. The identical lot on which his home and shop were located is now owned by the United States government and is occupied by the fine government building and post office. He later removed to Sharpsburg, Maryland (the battlefield of Antietam) , and died there in 1781 from the result of wounds said to have been received at the battle of Trenton, in the Revolutionary war. His sons, Christian and Mathias Spangler, came to Zanesville in 1803 and 1808, respectively. Through his paternal grandmother, Martha Washington Wyatt, born at Providence, Rhode Island, Colonel Spangler is a Mayflower descendant, tracing his lineage to John and Priscilla (Mullins) Alden and three other passengers on the Mayflower, which landed at Plymouth in 1620. Other New England emigrant ancestors were heads of the pioneer emigrant families of Wyatt, Blake, Church, Tillinghast, Westcott, Stafford and others well known in early New England histories and records. One of Colonel Spangler's ancestors, Elizabeth (Betty) Alden, daughter of John and Priscilla Alden, was the first white woman born in New England. She married William Pabodie, became the mother of a large family and lived to be more than ninety years of age, leaving a precious memory of a beautiful and useful life. During the time Colonel Spangler has been at the head of the city park commission, marked progress has been made with the work at hand. Forty acres of comparatively unimproved grounds have been converted 578 - SOUTHEASTERN OHIO into parks, special changes for the better having been made in Putnam Hill, McIntire and Pioneer parks, and in all of this work Colonel Spangler has labored with whole-hearted devotion. In spite of the many-sidedness of Colonel Spangler's activities he devotes much time to culture and research. His interest in local history has led him to the study of many records in the large libraries of the country as well as in those at home. His contributions to local and Ohio history have been valuable. They include a paper on "Colonization of the Ohio Valley." Travel by motor and rail in this and foreign lands furnishes one of the chief pleasures of his busy life. The phrase, "lending the weight of example," used in the first paragraph of this review, refers to the beautiful park laid out by Colonel Spangler on property of his own on the bank of the Muskingum river at Woodlawn avenue. MELVIN McKINLEY Melvin McKinley, president of the Coshocton Glove Company and a man of marked business ability, holds a high place in industrial and commercial circles, being regarded as one of the important factors in the prosperity and upbuilding of his community. He was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, on the 17th of November, 1879, and is a son of Dennis and Margaret (Nicholson) McKinley, who now reside in Columbus, this state. Dennis McKinley, a native of Michigan, followed farming in early life, later became associated with his father-in-law, David Nicholson, in the coal business and in 1892 located in Columbus. He is a member of the Baptist church, is a republican in his political views and is active in public affairs, having held several state offices. His wife was born in Guernsey county, Ohio. Melvin McKinley received his educational training in the public schools of Columbus and in boyhood became identified with the glove manufacturing business in that city. In 1903 he came to Coshocton as factory manager for the Coshocton Glove Company and has been identified with this well known concern continuously since. For a number of years he served as secretary and assistant general manager, and on May 11, 1919, at the death of C. B. McCoy, W. A. Himebaugh was made president and Mr. McKinley became vice president and general manager, while on the retirement from the business of W. A. Himebaugh, July 20, 1923, Mr. McKinley became president and general manager of the company, which relation he still retains. The Coshocton Glove Company was established in 1903, with twenty-five employes, and has enjoyed a steady and satisfactory growth until now few companies in the world equal it in the manufacture of work gloves. It now has plants at Coshocton and Uhrichsville, Ohio, and employs about seven hundred hands. It has a daily capacity of sixty thousand pairs of gloves and does an annual business of about SOUTHEASTERN OHIO - 579 two million dollars. It makes all classes of workingmen's gloves and sells to the wholesale trade exclusively. Mr. McKinley is also president and general manager of the Timmons Glove Company, of Coshocton. On November 18, 1900, at Delaware, Ohio, Mr. McKinley was united in marriage to Miss Grace Crider, who was born November 2, 1883, and is a daughter of Mrs. Frank Russell, of Mansfield, Ohio. Mrs. McKinley is a graduate of the Columbus high school and is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church and its societies, as well as the Coshocton Historical Society, and is active in various ladies' organizations. To Mr. and Mrs. McKinley have been born three children, namely : Elsie Leone, born September 8, 1901, graduated from the Coshocton high school and attended Ohio University ; Charles Fred was born November 1, 1904 ; and Jack William was born August 12, 1913, and is now in high school. Politically Mr. McKinley is a stanch republican, while fraternally he is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks at Coshocton. He belongs also to the Coshocton Town and Country Club and the Ohio Manufacturers Association. He is affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal church, but contributes to the support of other denominations, as well as to worthy benevolent and charitable causes. During the World war he gave active support to the Red Cross Society, the Young Men's Christian Association and the Community War Chest and has been a consistent advocate of advancement and progress in all lines of public interest. A man of sound and discriminating judgment and progressive methods, he commands the respect and confidence of his business associates and is accounted one of the foremost manufacturers of the state, his interests contributing to the general prosperity as well as to individual success. OWEN J. OWENS Owen J. Owens, of Cambridge, who is widely known owing to his activities in behalf of the miners of this district, was born October 29, 1890, at Clitvale, Wales, and is one of the seven children of Reese and Elizabeth (James) Owens, the others being Thomas, Evan, David, Lewis, Rachel and Bessie. The father worked as a miner in Wales and in 1893 brought his family to Pleasant City, Ohio. He entered the employ of the Cambridge Colliery Company and was able to give his children opportunities that he had never enjoyed. He has passed away and the mother is also deceased. Owen J. Owens was a child of three when his parents settled in Pleasant City and his education was acquired in its public schools. At an early age he began to provide for his own livelihood, obtaining a position in a coal mine. He soon proved himself a leader of men and his opinion was sought in regard to the various problems confronting the miners in this region. For fifteen years he worked underground and was then 34-VOL. 3 580 - SOUTHEASTERN OHIO made a check weigher on the upper level. Mr. Owens was employed in the mines until 1921, when he became vice president of subdistrict No. 6 of the Affiliated Miners Union. He was reelected in 1923 and in 1925 his ability led to his selection for the presidency. He is working tirelessly and effectively for the good of the men who chose him for this important office, and to secure for the miners a decent living wage. This has entailed many hardships but, as Mr. Owens says, no great cause was ever won without suffering. He has devoted deep thought and study to matters pertaining to the coal-mining industry and is exceptionally well qualified for the duties assigned him. In September, 1914, Mr. Owens was married in Pleasant City to Miss Anna Cash, a daughter of the Rev. John Cash, and they have become the parents of two sons : Ronald Cash, who was born March 17, 1916, in Cambridge ; and Willard Paul, born May 27, 1919, in Pleasant City. Mr. Owens came to Cambridge in 1925 and built a home at No. 723 Oakland boulevard, one of the choice residential districts of the city. His fraternal affiliations are with the Knights of Pythias and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a man of marked strength of character, actuated by high ideals of service, and possesses those qualities which make for personal popularity. WALTER H. FAIRALL In no field of endeavor is high-class service more generally appreciated by the public than in that of the hotel and restaurant business, and in West Lafayette Walter H. Fairall is winning a high place in popular favor through his effective management of the Lafayette Hotel. He was born at Reform, Perry township, Licking county, Ohio, on the 13th of August, 1885, and is a son of John W. and Janie (Holmes) Fairall. His father was born near Frazeysburg, Muskingum county, Ohio, and died at Reform, Ohio, August 23, 1922. He followed farming ; gave his political support to the republican party, and was a very active member of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was a son of William Fairall, also a native of this state, who died near Frazeysburg, where he had followed farming. He belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church and was a republican in politics. Mrs. Janie (Holmes) Fairall was born in Licking county, this state, and died at Reform in 1887. Walter H. Fairall secured his educational training in the public schools of Licking county and then went to work as a salesman in the dry goods and carpet store of H. H. Grigg & Company at Newark, Ohio, with which concern he remained one year. He and his brother, P. J. Fairall, then engaged in the grocery and meat business in Newark under the firm name of Fairall Brothers for three years, at the end of which time he accepted a position as credit manager for Stewart Brothers & Alward Company of Newark. He remained with that firm for five years and then for about SOUTHEASTERN OHIO - 581 one year he sold fraternal insurance, representing the Old Home Guard of America, with headquarters at Van Wert, Ohio. He was next associated with E. C. Pierson, a hardware merchant at Frazeysburg, Ohio, for three years, after which he came to West Lafayette and for ten and a half years served as manager of the Gray Hardware Company. In September, 1926, he went to Newark as manager of the Newark Monument Company, but a year later he returned to West Lafayette and bought the Lafayette Hotel and Restaurant, which he is now running. He has shown himself well qualified for this business, catering to the needs and tastes of his patrons, and his establishment is enjoying a steady growth. On June 6, 1906, in Granville, Ohio, Mr. Fairall was united in marriage to Miss Blanche Cooperider, who was born in Fairfield county, Ohio, November 22, 1885, and is a daughter of D. B. and Mary Frances (Fee-man) Cooperider, natives of Fairfield county, who now live near Newark, where her father is engaged in farming. He is a son of George Cooperider, who was born in Perry county, this state ; followed the vocation of farming, and died in Fairfield county. Mrs. Mary F. (Feeman) Cooperider is a daughter of Benjamin Harrison and Fannie (Lightnager) Fee-man, the former of whom was a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Ohio. Their deaths occurred in Fairfield county, this state. Mr. Feeman was a farmer and supported the republican party. Mrs. Fairall is a first cousin of Dr. Harlan Feeman, president of Adrian College, at Adrian, Michigan. She was educated in the public schools of Granville, Ohio ; is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Frazeysburg, Ohio, and belongs to the Order of the Eastern Star at West Lafayette. Mr. and Mrs. Fairall have a daughter, Juanita F., born May 29, 1908, who graduated from the West Lafayette high school in 1927 and is now assisting her father in business. Mr. Fairall has been an active supporter of the republican party and has served as a member of the board of education. During the World war he took a leading part in Liberty Loan and Red Cross drives. He is a member of West Lafayette Lodge No. 602, F. & A. M. ; belongs to the chapter and council at Coshocton ; Scioto Valley Consistory, A. A. S. R., at Columbus, and the Order of the Eastern Star. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Frazeysburg and gives his support to all worthy local enterprises. Cordial and friendly in manner and a man of earnest purposes, he commands the respect and confidence of all who know him and has many warm and loyal friends in the community. WALTER P. FERGUSON As a contractor of Newark, Walter P. Ferguson long occupied a position of leadership and moreover he was a worthy scion of honored pioneer families whose members have contributed in notable measure toward the city's upbuilding and progress. He was born February 24, 582 - SOUTHEASTERN OHIO 1857, in Newark, a son of Levi and Mary A. (Poundstone) Ferguson, natives respectively of Chillicothe and Brownsville, Ohio. The former was a son of Shadrach Ferguson and a grandson of Isaac Ferguson, who died in Chillicothe. Shadrach Ferguson was born in Ohio in 1797 and became one of the foremost contractors of the state. He constructed the trestle work on the Mansfield and Newark locks and the viaducts on the Ohio canal, on which he had two boats in operation from Chillicothe to Cleveland. In addition to a large amount of heavy construction work Mr. Ferguson erected the Central school building on Church street, the J. E. Stone residence, afterward purchased by the late Judge Jerome Buckingham, and other structures which feature in Newark's architectural adornment. He was a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal church and an adherent of the republican party. A man of fine character, his death in 1862 was a distinct loss to Newark. His wife, Sarah (Orr) Ferguson, was a native of Ohio and also passed away in Newark. Their son, Levi Ferguson, was born January 13, 1834, and followed in the business footsteps of his father, organizing the firm of L. Ferguson & Son. He also maintained a high standard of construction and remained at the head of the business until his death in January, 1905. His wife, Mary A. (Poundstone) Ferguson, who was born in November, 1833, and passed away at Newark, February 23, 1900, was a daughter of Jacob and Rhoda (Jolliffe) Poundstone and a granddaughter of Philip and Anna (Creger) Poundstone. Philip Poundstone was born in Pennsylvania and was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. His life was devoted to agricultural pursuits. His wife was likewise a native of the Keystone state and died on a farm near Brownsville, Ohio, where his demise also occurred. Their son, Jacob Poundstone, was born in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, and became one of the prominent contractors of Newark, Ohio, constructing many of the city's substantial buildings. His wife was also a native of Uniontown, and both passed away in Newark. She was a daughter of Aaron and Mary (Griffith) Jolliffe, a granddaughter of William and Sarah (Marcus) Jolliffe and a great-granddaughter of James and Hannah (Springer) Jolliffe. The last named was a daughter of Dennis Springer, whose father, Sir Christopher Springer, and his four brothers owned six hundred acres of land on which Wilmington, Delaware, is now located. This estate was willed by Sir Christopher to his six sons and by them leased for a period of ninety-nine years. Walter P. Ferguson attended the public schools of his native city and the Pittsburgh Business College. After his graduation he returned to Newark and for a few years worked for his father, mastering the various phases of the business. He was then admitted to a partnership, becoming a member of the firm of L. Ferguson & Son, and that style was continued until the father's death. The reputation of the firm was statewide, and much of their work was confined to railroad contracting. They were engaged by the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company to build both railroad shops and depots west from Fairmont, West Virginia. Walter SOUTHEASTERN OHIO - 583 P. Ferguson subsequently became the owner of the business, which he then operated under his own name, constantly increasing its scope, having inherited the administrative power and unerring judgment of his father and grandfather. He erected many of Newark's fine residences and best store buildings, in addition to several glass factories and other industrial plants. Mr. Ferguson retired from active business in 1922, but his services were frequently sought in an advisory capacity in construction work. Mr. Ferguson was married November 2, 1881, in Newark to Miss Elizabeth Buckingham, who was born in that city, daughter of Judge Jerome Buckingham, now deceased, one of Ohio's distinguished jurists, a detailed account of whose life is published elsewhere in this volume. To Mr. and Mrs. Ferguson were born two sons : Jerome Buckingham, who was born August 9, 1882 ; and Donald L., who was born February 4, 1889, and married Miss Mary Nichols, a daughter of D. T. Nichols, deceased, druggist. The children of Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Ferguson are : Harriet A., who was born September 10, 1914 ; and Mary Jane, born May 31, 1921. Walter P. Ferguson was a member of the Second Presbyterian church, and his political allegiance was given to the republican party. The Chamber of Commerce numbered him among its influential members and his cooperation could always be counted upon in the furtherance of projects for Newark's good. He was also active in the affairs of the Country Club. A man of forceful personality, thoroughly imbued with the progressive spirit of the age, his worth as a citizen was uniformly acknowledged. His death occurred February 20, 1928. MUSKINGUM COLLEGE One of the greatest institutions of Muskingum county, in the outreach of its influence and in the service that it renders the county, the commonwealth, the country and the world, is Muskingum College. This institution was chartered by the Ohio general assembly on March 18, 1837, William Medill being speaker of the house of representatives and Elijah Vance president of the senate. On July 9, 1836, some of the citizens of New Concord met to consider the establishment of an academy. Judge David Findlay was chosen chairman and Dr. John Hull secretary. The man primarily responsible for this movement was the Rev. Benjamin Waddle, who was the first president of Muskingum College and was closely connected with the institution as president or member of its board of trustees for more than twenty years. Other members of the first board of trustees were Rev. Robert Wallace, Rev. Daniel McLain, Rev. Samuel Wilson and Messrs. John Jamison, John Hull, William Findlay and John McKinney. For forty years the institution was entirely governed by a local board of trustees. 584 - SOUTHEASTERN OHIO However in 1877 it came under the control of the Muskingum and Mansfield presbyteries of the United Presbyterian church and so continued for ten years. In 1888 the institution passed to the control of the synod of Ohio, of the United Presbyterian church, which has, since that date, directed and fostered the institution. At the present time the College is under the direction of a board of trustees of twenty-seven members elected by the synod of Ohio. Nine of these are nominated by the Alumni Association. On the board six denominations are represented ; in the faculty, eight ; and in the student body, twenty-four. So that, while the College is fostered by the United Presbyterian church, it is in no sense sectarian nor is it required that all the members of its governing board be members of the United Presbyterian church. Eighteen different men have served the institution as president, many of these, however, only from one to two years. The Rev. David Paul, D. D., was president from 1865-1879 ; the Rev. F. M. Spencer, D. D., LL. D., 1879-1886 ; the Rev. J. D. Irons, D. D., LL. D., 1887-1892 ; the Rev. Jesse Johnson, D. D., 1893-1902 ; Rev. J. Knox Montgomery, D. D., LL. D., 1904 to the present. For many years of its history the College had a continuous struggle with poverty. More than once it was all but decided to close the doors and dispose of the property to meet the debts. When President Montgomery was inaugurated November 11, 1904, the total assets of the institution, including campus, buildings and endowment, were seventy thousand three hundred dollars. There were eighty-five students in the four college classes, sixty in the academy and a few in the Conservatory of Music. The total enrollment for the year, including the summer term and all departments, was two hundred seventy. The campus consisted of but an acre and a half on which there were three small buildings. The new president entered upon his duties with a clear vision and a dominant purpose to build an institution that would be the pride of Southeastern Ohio and for generations would serve the youth of this section of the commonwealth. During the twenty-two years of his administration the progress has been constant until today the institution has a campus, most beautifully situated, of one hundred and two acres, ten major buildings, nine faculty houses and a new stadium, than which there is none more attractive on the campus of any college in Ohio. The assets of the institution are now in excess of one million eight hundred thousand dollars. A campaign is now in progress to bring the endowment alone up to a million and to secure funds for three additional buildings. One hundred thousand dollars has been subscribed and partially paid in by the city of Cambridge toward Cambridge Hall, and eighty thousand dollars in the city of Zanesville toward Zanesville Hall. The village of New Concord, together with the faculty and students of the College, subscribed over seventy-two thousand dollars, which was in excess of the entire assets of the institu- SOUTHEASTERN OHIO - 585 tion in 1904. The attendance has increased until in 1927 two thousand two hundred sixty-six students, coming from twenty-seven different states and from seven foreign countries, were enrolled. There has been developed at Muskingum one of the strongest summer schools in the state of Ohio, the enrollment in 1926 being one thousand one hundred twenty-one. Dean J. G. Lowery of the department of education is director of the summer school. A notable list of educators of national and international note have graduated from Muskingum College. Among the more prominent of these are the late William Rainey Harper, president of the University of Chicago ; William Oxley Thompson, president emeritus of Ohio State University ; President M. G. Kyle, of the Xenia Theological Seminary ; President Howard McDonald, a Muskingum county man, president of Parsons College ; President J. Kelley Giffen, of Knoxville College, Tennessee, and fifteen other college and seminary presidents. A committee is now engaged in working out a plan for the merging of Franklin College, which has ceased to function, with Muskingum. In 1888 Muskingum College fell heir to Ohio Central College, located at Iberia. Several of the faculty and many of the students transferred to Muskingum and that institution ceased to function. It was from Ohio Central College that the late President Warren Gamaliel Harding graduated, and because of Muskingum absorbing Ohio Central, President Harding became an adopted alumnus of Muskingum College. July 7, 1922, was a "red letter" day in the history of Muskingum, for on that date the College was visited by President Harding and the degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon him by President Montgomery on the authority of the board of trustees. President Harding made a notable address on that occasion which was published widely and was the subject of editorial comment all over the United States. Dr. Montgomery believes that no institution is worthy to live, and certainly none is worthy the patronage of youth, unless it insists on hard work, on earnest application, on clear thinking and on devotion to duty. Muskingum College is no place for the loafer ; he is not welcome. Only those students are heartily welcome to Muskingum who go there with a distinct purpose, with a definite aim and with a wholehearted determination to make the most of their opportunities and thus secure the best education possible. Dr. Montgomery believes that man is essentially a religious being and therefore holds it to be Muskingum's duty to be concerned about the religious life and development of the students enrolled. With farsighted vision President Montgomery has worked out a program for the future that when realized will make Muskingum College one of the great institutions of Ohio and of the entire country. The birdseye view of the campus when building program now outlined is completed shows ten more buildings, ground for the first one having been broken March 18, 1927, at which time the College celebrated the ninetieth anniversary of its founding. Before surrendering his commission President 586 - SOUTHEASTERN OHIO Montgomery confidently expects to see all these buildings upon the campus and an endowment fund of five million dollars secured. This will put Muskingum College in a position to render a greater service to the people of Southeastern Ohio than is rendered by any other institution in the commonwealth. RAMEY SANFORD CURTIS Ramey Sanford Curtis, secretary and treasurer of the Coshocton Glove Company, of Coshocton, is well qualified by nature and experience for these important positions and is, through his intelligent and well directed efforts, contributing in large measure to the success of this great concern. Mr. Curtis was born at Nashport, Muskingum county, Ohio, on the 3d of October, 1887, and is a son of Edward Steven and Laura Ellen (Ramey) Curtis. His father was born at Nashport, Ohio, in 1861, and died at Coshocton, February 24, 1917, after many years of effective service as a technical inspector for the Pennsylvania Railroad. He was a republican in politics and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. His parents were Enoch and Rebecca (Gale) Curtis, of whom the former was born in Muskingum county, this state, and died there. He was a stonemason contractor and a steward in the Methodist Episcopal church, while his political adherence was given to the republican party. A veteran of the Civil war, he served with the Seventy-eighth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry. His wife was born in Muskingum county and died at Nashport. Laura Ellen Ramey was born in Muskingum county, a daughter of Sanford W. and Sarah Ellen (McVey) Ramey. Her father was a lifelong resident of Muskingum county, and engaged in farming and teaching. He was a republican and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. His wife was born near Coopers-dale, Ohio, and died in Muskingum county. Ramey S. Curtis attended the public schools of Nashport and Coshocton, took a commercial course in the Meredith Business College at Zanesville and correspondence courses. From 1905 to 1912 he was with the Coshocton Glass Company, and then went to the Coshocton Glove Company, serving about one year as manager of its Columbus branch. He next turned his attention to public accounting in association with W. E. Langdon, certified public accountant, but on November 1, 1914, he became assistant treasurer of the Coshocton Glove Company, holding that position until July 20, 1923, when he became secretary and treasurer of the company. On August 27, 1914, in Coshocton, Mr. Curtis was united in marriage to Miss Delsie Anne Hanley, who was born May 29, 1889, a daughter of Thomas J. and Mary Margaret (O'Connor) Hanley. Her father, who was born in Ireland, is now proprietor of the Hanley Milling Company SOUTHEASTERN OHIO - 587 in Coshocton. He is a democrat in politics and is a member of Sacred Heart Roman Catholic church. His wife, who was born at Cresson, Pennsylvania, is also a member of that church. Mrs. Curtis graduated from the Coshocton high school and St. Mary's of the Springs at Columbus, and is an active member of Sacred Heart church, in which she is a member of the choir. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis are the parents of two children, Richard Ramey, born January 7, 1916, and Thomas Hanley, born June 9, 1923. In politics Mr. Curtis is a republican and has long been active in local affairs, serving continuously since 1918 as secretary of the sinking fund trustees of the city of Coshocton. He is a member of Coshocton Lodge, No. 96, F. & A. M. ; Coshocton Lodge, No. 376, B. P. 0. E., of which he is a past exalted ruler ; the Coshocton Town and Country Club and the National Association of Cost Accountants. For a number of years he served as auditor of the Coshocton County Chapter of the American Red Cross and •during the World war took an active part in advancing the various drives in this county. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and gives liberal support to all worthy benevolent causes. Of genial and friendly manner, he enjoys a wide acquaintance and is held in high esteem by all who know him. SAMUEL S. PACE Among those who by their individual labors have contributed to the successful operation of the pottery business in Southeastern Ohio, specific mention should be made of Samuel S. Pace, who has devoted practically all of his active life to this line of business. He is of German descent, the Pace family having emigrated to this country many years ago and settled in Pennsylvania. In the early '60s the family came to Ohio. His father, Jacob Pace, who was born in 1846, settled on a farm near Roseville, Muskingum county, where he still lives and owns one hundred and sixty acres of good land. He is a potter by trade, in which industry he has always been actively engaged, and he obtains much pottery clay from his own farm. He is a democrat in politics and a member of the Lutheran church. He married Miss Lucinda Guy, who was born in 1848 and who also is a member of the Lutheran church. They became the parents of three sons. One of these, Samuel S. Pace, was born at Roseville, May 8, 1869, and secured his education in the common schools. He worked with his father in the pottery business until 1900, when he moved to Roseville and became a kiln fireman with what is now the Brush Pottery Company, being thus employed until 1917, when he was made superintendent and assistant manager of the plant. Later he became interested in the company and is still associated with it. This pottery is engaged in the making of art and utility ware and yellow bowls. In addition to his interest in 588 - SOUTHEASTERN OHIO this business, Mr. Pace is also the owner of a good farm, located about one mile and a quarter north of Roseville. Mr. Pace married Miss Ida Rodgers, and they are the parents of a daughter, Juanita Marie, who was born in 1897. She graduated from high school in 1913 and from Ohio State University in 1919. In 1927 she took a summer course at the State University and received her Master's degree. She teaches English in the Roseville high school and is a member of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Pace is a democrat in his political views, belongs to the Knights of Pythias and is a member of the Lutheran church. He has lived an upright and consistent life in this community, is straightforward in all of his relations and is well deserving of the high place which he holds in the esteem of his fellowmen. J. HARRY McGREGOR J. Harry McGregor, of West Lafayette, is president and manager of one of the important lumber manufacturing concerns in Southeastern Ohio--the McGregor Lumber Company, which well known organization has milling and timber interests in several states and has gained a high reputation in lumber circles as a progressive and enterprising concern. A native of Unionport, Jefferson county, Ohio, Mr. McGregor was born on the 30th of September, 1896, and is a son of George and Elizabeth (Minnis) McGregor. The father was born in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, May 1, 1861, and died April 4, 1924, at West Lafayette. For a number of years he had been actively engaged in lumber contracting for the Pennsylvania Railroad, and was later in the general lumber business. He was a stanch republican in his political views and was a member of the Methodist Protestant church. His father, Archie McGregor, was born near Adamsville, Pennsylvania, and there devoted his life to farming to the time of his death. He was a member of the Presbyterian church. Mrs. Elizabeth McGregor was born in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, January 30, 1863, and died in West Lafayette, Ohio, June 30, 1924. J. Harry McGregor attended the public schools, graduating from the West Lafayette high school in 1915, and was a student at Oberlin College two years. He then enlisted in the United States Army for service in the World war and went into training at Camp Taylor, Louisville, Kentucky. He was honorably discharged from the service in December, 1918, as regimental supply sergeant. On his return home, he entered into a partnership with his father, under the firm name of George McGregor & Son, which continued until his father's death, since which time the business has been operated under the name of the McGregor Lumber Company. Mr. McGregor owns seventeen sawmills, located in various sections of the country, and has an annual production of about five mil- SOUTHEASTERN OHIO - 589 lion feet of lumber. He has devoted his attention closely to his business and is meeting with a splendid measure of success. On May 29, 1918, in Dresden, Ohio, Mr. McGregor was united in marriage to Miss Twila Cox, who was born at Dresden, November 14, 1898, and is a daughter of Marvin and Mina (Lacey) Cox. Her father was born at Adams Mills, Ohio, August 22, 1874, and is now a farmer at Dresden. He is a deacon of the Baptist church and is a republican in politics. His parents, Samuel and Mary (Kreider) Cox, were natives of Ohio and were long residents of Adams Mills, where Samuel Cox died. His widow is still living there, at the age of eighty-eight years. He was a soldier in the Union Army during the Civil war, and was a member of the Baptist church. Mrs. Mina (Lacey) Cox was born in Dresden, Ohio, September 19, 1878, and is a daughter of Frank and Elizabeth (Johnson) Lacey, also natives of Dresden, where Mrs. Lacey's death occurred. Mr. Lacey followed farming for many years but is now retired. He is a republican and is a member of the Protestant Episcopal church. Mrs. McGregor graduated from the Dresden high school in 1917 and attended Ohio University at Athens for one year. She is an active member of the Methodist Protestant church, in which she served five years as pianist. She is president of the Ladies Aid Society ; president of the Sisterhood class of the Sunday school ; is a charter member of the Woman's Club of West Lafayette and belongs to the Order of the Eastern Star. Mr. and Mrs. McGregor are the parents of two daughters : Constance Louise, born April 23, 1919 ; and Bettie Jane, born November 3, 1920. The republican party receives Mr. McGregor's support, and his religious connection is with the Methodist Protestant church, of which he is a steward. He is a member of West Lafayette Lodge No. 602, F. & A. M., of which he is a past master ; of Aladdin Temple, A. A. 0. N. M. S., at Columbus ; Coshocton Lodge, B. P. O. E.; West Lafayette Chapter, 0. E. S., of which he is a past worthy patron ; and the American Legion at Coshocton. He is secretary of the West Lafayette Board of Trade and is a member of the Izaak Walton League. He has at all times shown a deep interest in the progress and prosperity of his home community and is recognized as one of its most enterprising citizens, commanding the respect and confidence of all who know him. JOSEPH W. THOMSON For many years Joseph W. Thomson has been actively connected with the business interests of Coshocton and has won a well merited reputation as a progressive and enterprising man, though duly prudent in all of his undertakings. He is rendering valuable service as president of the Central Bank, which institution, under his able management, is making 590 - SOUTHEASTERN OHIO steady and continuous progress, being numbered among the reliable and influential financial houses of Coshocton county. Mr. Thomson was born in Roscoe, Ohio, on the 11th of August, 1869, and is a son of Archibald H. and Maria (Hutchins) Thomson, and is descended from sterling Scotch ancestry, his paternal grandfather, Dr. Joseph Thomson, who spent his life in Edinburgh, Scotland, having been a physician and surgeon of wide repute. He was a member of the Scotch Presbyterian church. Archibald H. Thomson was born in Edinburgh, August 29, 1839, and died in Coshocton, Ohio, February 27, 1920. He was engaged in the grain and builders' supply business in Coshocton from 1870 to 1882, during which period he was also interested in the cattle business in New Mexico for a few years. He was a loyal defender of his adopted country during the Civil war, having served four years and seven months as a member of the Seventh Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. He was a republican in his political views and was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. His wife, who was born in Lancaster, Ohio, and is now living in Coshocton, is a daughter of William and Delilah (Harrison) Hutchins. Her father was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and died in Lancaster, Ohio, in 1849, and her mother was born in Lancaster, where she died in 1892. Joseph W. Thomson received his educational training in the public schools of Coshocton, after which he became associated with his father in business. In 1895 he was admitted to a full partnership in the business, which was operated as A. H. Thomson & Son until 1920, when he sold out, turning his attention to the wholesale gasoline and oil trade. On August 1, 1927, he again sold out and has since devoted his entire attention to the interests of the Central Bank, of which he was elected president in 1919. On December 22, 1898, in Hayesville, Ashland county, Ohio, Mr. Thomson was united in marriage to Miss Jane Latimer, who was born February 27, 1871, and is a daughter of William and Henrietta (Echelbarger) Latimer. Her father, a native of Wayne county, Ohio, devoted his life to agricultural pursuits, and died in Ashland county. He served in the Union Army during the Civil war, gave his political support to the republican party and was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. His wife was born in Ashland county and is now living in Hayesville. Their daughter, Mrs. Thomson, who was educated in the public schools of Hayesville, is an earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal church and takes an active part in the work of its societies and the Sunday school. Mr. and Mrs. Thomson have two children : Eward W., who was born December 4, 1901, graduated from the Coshocton high school and attended the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis for a year and a half, then spent one year at Mercersburg Academy, at Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, and three years in the University of Michigan, and is now engaged in the gasoline and oil business in Coshocton. He married Miss Helen Currie, of Bradford, Pennsylvania, and they SOUTHEASTERN OHIO - 591 have a daughter, Barbara Jeane. Kathryn A. Thomson, who was born September 24, 1903, graduated from the Coshocton high school and the Highland Hall for Girls, at Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, and attended Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, three years. She is now the wife of E. H. Trowine, of Coshocton, a manufacturer of cuffs for canvas gloves. In his political views, Mr. Thomson is a stanch republican and has served as a member of the city council. He is a member of Coshocton Lodge, No. 96, F. & A. M. ; Samaritan Chapter, No. 50, R. A. M. ; Coshocton Commandery, No. 63, K. T. ; Aladdin Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., at Columbus ; Coshocton Lodge, No. 376, B. P. O. E. ; the Rotary Club, the Coshocton Town and Country Club, and the Coshocton Business Men's Association. He is a member of the official board of the Methodist Episcopal church and gives liberal support to all worthy causes. A man of splendid personal qualities, sterling character and public spirit, he is popular among his many acquaintances, while in business circles he is regarded as one of Coshocton's most dependable and substantial citizens. JOHN COTTON, M. D. In the early medical, educational and civic history of Marietta one name is pre-eminently notable—that of Dr. John Cotton, who filled so large a place in the affairs of his day here that no history of this locality would be complete without specific reference to his life and labors. A skilled physician and surgeon, a ripe scholar of scientific and classical attainments, a man of deep religious convictions and broad learning, and maintaining a sincere interest in the welfare of the people among whom he ministered for more than thirty years, he commanded to a marked degree the confidence and respect of all with whom he came in contact, as well as the love and appreciation of those who benefited by his professional services. Dr. Cotton was born at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in September, 1792, was a son of Rev. Josiah and Rachel (Barnes) Cotton, and a direct descendant of Rev. John Cotton, the eminent Puritan divine of England, who, after twenty-one years' service as vicar of St. Botolph's church, was obliged, under the persecution of Laud, to flee to the new world, where he became the "Patriarch of the Massachusetts Theocracy." Through maternal lines, Dr. Cotton was descended from Richard Warren, of the "Mayflower," the Winslows, the Rossitors and other well-known New England families. After completing his early education in the common schools of Plymouth, John Cotton prepared for college at the academy at Sandwich, and at the age of fourteen years he entered Harvard College. There he maintained a very high standing in scholarship, being especially distinguished in logic and metaphysics. He graduated from Harvard in 1810 and then became preceptor of an academy in Framingham. While 592 - SOUTHEASTERN OHIO there he began the study of medicine and later attended medical lectures in Boston, receiving the degree of Doctor of Medicine at Cambridge in 1814. He practiced his profession for a short time at Framingham, and then moved to Salem, but his health requiring a milder climate, he decided to remove to the valley of the Ohio. Locating at Marietta, his abilities as a physician gained quick recognition and from that time until his death, which occurred in 1847, he stood in the front rank of the medical men of this section of the state. Dr. Cotton's wide and accurate knowledge of classical and scientific subjects was put to good use and he frequently was called upon to deliver lectures, both to the public and to the students in the Female Seminary. "His favorite subject was astronomy, which he elucidated in a familiar manner, aided by diagrams of his own construction. One of his favorite occupations was the calculating of eclipses. His familiarity with the classics, especially those of the Latin tongue, is another proof of his scholarship, as he composed and delivered in that tongue addresses on several occasions, notably at the inauguration of the first president of Marietta College." Deeply interested in the cause of education, in 1835 he became one of the founders and one of the original trustees of. Marietta College. He served a number of years as president of the board and remained a member of the board, and a deep friend of the institution, until his death. Dr. Cotton was a man of wide interests and became prominent and influential in public affairs. In 1824 he was elected to represent Washington county in the state legislature and in 1825 that body elected him an associate judge of the court of common pleas, which appointment was renewed from time to time until his death. An earnest believer in the verities of the Christian faith, he took an active and leading part in advancing the religious interests of his community and was especially zealous in the establishment of Sunday schools. He knew the Bible intimately and took a delight in teaching it. "That he might be able to explain more fully some of the darker passages of the Old Testament, he took up the study of Hebrew after he was forty years old, and became able to read the Hebrew Scriptures." He owned a fine library, abounding in religious works, a subject which was very close to his heart. He was a member and deacon of the Congregational church in Marietta and took an active part in its services, his consistent Christian life commending him to the love and esteem of his brethren. Dr. Cotton died suddenly on April 2, 1847. In August, 1815, before leaving Massachusetts, Dr. Cotton was united in marriage to Miss Susan Buckminster, of Framingham, and they became the parents of three sons, John Thomas, Josiah Dexter and David Barnes, and two daughters, Susan Buckminster and Hannah Maria. John Thomas Cotton was born in Marietta in 1819 and was a member of the class of 1838, the first graduated from Marietta College. He became a physician and in 1845 settled in Charleston, West Virginia, SOUTHEASTERN OHIO - 593 where he lived a long and useful life. He married Miss Sarah Ashton Fitzhugh, of Virginia, and they had five children : Henrietta became the wife of Willis Wilson, who served one term as governor of West Virginia, and of this marriage there are two children living, Miss Ashton Wilson, of New York and White Sulphur Springs, and Mrs. Barksdale Lathrop of Richmond, Virginia. Nannie became the wife of Frank Woodman, for many years a successful manufacturer of Charleston, and they had two daughters, Ashton, the wife of Perceval Reniers, of New York, and Charlotte, who married Harold Sterritt, of Charleston. Sallie became the wife of W. B. Donally, of Charleston, and they had two daughters, Mrs. Sadie Sheets and Mrs. Robert Ruffner, and six sons, John Cotton, Fitzhugh, VanBibber, Henry, Robert and Boyd, all of whom, excepting the last-named, served in the World war. Harry died, unmarried. John, a lawyer, now deceased, is survived by his widow, Mrs. Nannie Bibby Cotton, and three daughters, Mary Ashton, Virginia and Katharine. David Barnes Cotton was born at Marietta on April 5, 1834, and graduated from Marietta College in 1853. He received the degree of Doctor of Medicine from Jefferson Medical College, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and in 1857 engaged in the practice of his profession at Portsmouth, Ohio. In 1861 he married Miss Mary C. Slocomb, a daughter of Silas Slocomb, of Marietta, and they are survived by four daughters, namely : Grace Gaylord, the wife of Dr. Stephen Cone, of Cincinnati ; Dr. Mary H., of Long Island, New York ; Katharine Bullard, widow of the late Dr. Edwin Erle Sparks, who was for many years president of Pennsylvania State College ; and Ethel Hamilton, wife of William Swartz, of Portsmouth, Ohio. Josiah Dexter Cotton was born in Marietta, May 18, 1822, and graduated from Marietta College in 1842, being the youngest member of a class of nine students. He began the study of medicine with his father, attended lectures at medical colleges in New Orleans and Cincinnati, and received the degree of Doctor of Medicine from the .University of Louisville in 1847. He began the practice of his profession at Mt. Vernon Furnace, Lawrence county, Ohio, but after his father's death returned to Marietta. He was in constant practice for fifty-five years, except during three years of the Civil war, when he served as surgeon of the Ninety-second Ohio Regiment, as brigade surgeon of General Turchin's brigade at the battle of Chickamauga and medical director of the Provisional Division of the Army of the Cumberland and Tennessee. He was a member of the city council for ten years and served two terms as a member of the board of education. He was one of the founders of the Fourth Street Presbyterian church and served for more than forty years as president of its board of trustees. He was born in the old brick house at the corner of Fifth and Wooster streets which his father had bought in 1819 from Dr. John Baptiste Regnier, and he passed away on August 5, 1903, in the stately home which he and his wife had built in 1852, 594 - SOUTHEASTERN OHIO on the corner of Fifth and Tupper streets, a house which opened its hospitable doors to the people of Marietta for more than half a century. On July 6, 1848, at Mt. Vernon Furnace, Ohio, Dr. Cotton was married to Miss Anne M. Steece, a daughter of George Steece, one of the pioneer iron manufacturers of Ohio, and of their eight children four grew to maturity. Ella Maria, born August 7, 1849, was married, February 8, 1871, to Lieutenant Casper H. Conrad, U. S. A., who won distlnction in the Indian campaigns, while during the Spanish-American war he, as major, commanded his regiment at El Caney. Ill with fever, he died on his way to New York and was buried at sea, August 18, 1898. In the same war were two of his sons, of whom the younger, Captain W. D. Conrad, died, unmarried, in Brooklyn, New York, in 1921. The elder, Colonel Casper H. Conrad, Jr., an expert tactician, was, to his regret, kept in this country during the World war to drill the soldiers. Later he was sent to Metz, Germany, where he had charge of the transportation of troops home. He is now in the war department at Washington. The Major's only daughter, Mrs. Violet Conrad Ellicott, lives at Mt. Kisco, New York, with her two daughters, Marylyn and Marguerite, the former having lately become the wife of Henry Spies, of that city. Mary, the second daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. D. Cotton, became the wife of Fred E. Sterns, of Rapid City, South Dakota, in 1881, and died the same year. The next in order of birth w as George Dexter Cotton, who was born February 11, 1861. At the age of eighteen years he went to Nebraska, and near Stuart, Holt county, took up land, on which he lived until his death, August 13, 1918. On February 11, 1886, he married Miss Eva Blondin, who survives him, with her two sons and six daughters. The oldest son, Dexter Dewitt Cotton, who went overseas during the late war and was wounded at Chateau Thierry, is married and lives on the home farm. The other son, John David, is engaged in business in Colome, South Dakota. Of the daughters, Anna Steece is the wife of Charles Broeker, of Creighton, Nebraska ; Marie Edna is the wife of Earl Halligan, of Cedar Butte, South Dakota ; Dorothy is the wife of Ross Greiner, of Chadron, Nebraska ; Lelia married Robert Shields ; and Ruth and Lillian live in Omaha. The only member of the Cotton family left in Marietta is the youngest daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. D. Cotton, Miss Willia Dawson Cotton, who was born in the old home, September 6, 1868. She was valedictorian of the Marietta high school class of 1886, attended Oberlin College, and, when Marietta College threw open its doors to women, she graduated with the first coeducational class in 1893. In 1901 she was appointed librarian of the newly organized public library, which position she still holds. She is a charter member of Marietta Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, of which she has been historian, registrar and regent. She is a member of the Colonial Dames of America, the Women's Centennial Association of Marietta and was one of the organizers of the Marietta Women's Professional and Business Club, formed two years SOUTHEASTERN OHIO - 595 ago. As a member of the Campus Martius committee of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, she has been in charge of the restoration of the Rufus Putnam house, which was a part of the famous fortification, Campus Martius, and the home of General Putnam until his death, in 1824. In 1926 Miss Cotton was appointed by Governor Donahay one of the three commissioners in charge of building the Memorial Museum, for which the last legislature appropriated fifty thousand dollars. GROVER C. SPECKMAN Grover C. Speckman has for many years been identified with the commercial interests of Warsaw, Coshocton county, and is regarded as one of its most progressive and capable business men, while in civic affairs also he has proven a loyal and enterprising citizen of his community. Born in Jefferson township, Coshocton county, Onio, on the 11th of February, 1885, he is a son of William and Hattie (Cross) Speckman and traces his paternal line back to Germany, from which country came his grandparents, John and Rose Anna (Frederick) Speckman. On coming to America, John Speckman located in Jefferson township, Coshocton county, where he bought and operated a farm, and was also employed as a carpenter and builder. He was a democrat in politics and was a member of the Evangelical church. His wife was brought to this country by her parents in 1832, when eight years of age, and her death occurred in Warsaw, Ohio, her husband dying in Jefferson township. Their son, William Speckman, was born in Jefferson township, June 28, 1862, and is now living in Warsaw. He followed farming and was engaged in the livery business in Warsaw for a number of years, but is now conducting a general mercantile business in partnership with his son, Grover C. A democrat in politics, he has been active in local public affairs and served two terms as assessor of Jefferson township. He is a trustee of the Presbyterian church. Hattie (Cross) Speckman was born in Bethlehem township, Coshocton county, October 20, 1862, and is a daughter of John and Rhoda (Swan) Cross. Her father came from Wayne county, Ohio, to Coshocton county, where he followed the trade of carpenter and builder. He filled the office of justice of the peace in Bethlehem township and was a veteran of the Civil war, having served in the Union Army throughout that struggle. He was a member of the Evangelical church and was highly respected by all. His death occurred in Hamilton, Missouri, while his wife, who was a native of Coshocton county, also died in Hamilton. Grover C. Speckman was graduated from the Warsaw high school, and also attended Wooster University, after which he engaged in educational work for ten years, serving as superintendent of schools at Tiverton and Keene, Ohio. Forming a partnership with the late John Funk, 35-VOL. 3 596 - SOUTHEASTERN OHIO he established a general mercantile store at Warsaw, under the name of Funk & Speckman, and after Mr. Funk's death, became associated with M. D. Berry, under the firm name of Berry & Speckman, continuing the business from 1914 to 1917, when they closed it out. During the two following years Mr. Speckman was employed in the war risk insurance division of the treasury department at Washington, D. C., and in April, 1919, he and his father established a general merchandise business in Warsaw under the firm name of William Speckman & Son, which they have conducted to the present time. They carry a large and complete line of goods and have enjoyed a very satisfactory trade. On August 14, 1914, in Coshocton, Mr. Speckman was united in marriage to Miss Nellie Bucklew, a daughter of Howard and Elizabeth (Severns) Bucklew, who now live in Warsaw, this county, where Mr. Bucklew carries on a stonemason and cement contracting business. They are both natives of Coshocton county, where they have spent their lives. Mr. Bucklew is a democrat in politics and an adherent of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mrs. Speckman is a graduate of the Warsaw high school and Wooster Business College and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and the Order of the Eastern Star. Mr. Speckman has always been a stanch democrat in politics and is a member of the county executive committee of his party. He has taken a deep interest in the welfare of his community and is a member of the county board of education. His fraternal affiliation is with Warsaw Lodge, No. 255, F. & A. M., and the chapter and council in Coshocton, and the Order of the Eastern Star, and is a trustee of the Methodist Episcopal church. He has been loyal and true in every relation of life and no resident of Warsaw stands higher in public esteem than he. CLIFFORD H. MAGRUDER Important interests claim the attention and profit by the keen sagacity of Clifford H. Magruder, who is classed with the influential financiers and business men of Coshocton and also deserves much credit for what he has accomplished along civic lines. He was born June 22, 1878, in Coshocton county, Ohio, of which his parents, William A. and Maria (Lynch) Magruder, were also natives. The grandfather, William Magruder, was born in Culpeper county, Virginia, in 1808 and migrated to Ohio, casting in his lot with the pioneer farmers of Coshocton county, where he spent the remainder of his life. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and gave his political support to the republican party. His wife, Eleanor (Henderson) Magruder, was born in New Castle, Ohio, in 1820, and passed away in Coshocton county in 1845. Their son, William A. Magruder, was born December 20, 1838, and during the Civil war offered his aid to the Union, becoming captain of Company D, One Hundred and Twenty-second Regiment of Ohio Volun- SOUTHEASTERN OHIO - 597 teer Infantry. In later life he was a dealer in live stock. He died March 26, 1900. He was allied with the republican party and his religious views also coincided with those of his father. Maria (Lynch) Magruder was born February 23, 1846, and her demise occurred in Coshocton September 4, 1900. Her father, John Lynch, was a native of Coshocton county and a son of William Lynch, who was born in 1790. The latter was a successful stock raiser and engaged in farming on an extensive scale. As a leader of agricultural progress in Coshocton he was widely and favorably known and in 1864 was called to his final rest. John Lynch followed the occupation to which he was reared. Like his father, he was a republican and his religious views were in accord with the doctrines of the Methodist Episcopal church. He died during the Civil war, while in the service of the Union, and was buried in the national cemetery at Fredericksburg, Virginia. His wife, Emily (Watson) Lynch, was born in Harrison county, Ohio, in 1825, and passed away in Coshocton county in 1897. Clifford H. Magruder was graduated from the West Bedford high school and for three years engaged in teaching school. In 1903 he became a teller in the People's Bank, filling the position for six years, and in 1909 entered the Commercial National Bank of Coshocton in the. capacity of assistant cashier. Four years later he was promoted to the position of cashier and since 1925 has been vice president and trust officer of the bank. Mr. Magruder is a capable executive and under his wise administration the business has enjoyed a steady growth. In September, 1902, Mr. Magruder married Miss Effie B. Almack, a daughter of F. M. and Mary (Ralston) Almack. Mrs. Magruder was born February 28, 1879, and her demise occurred on December 27, 1921, in Coshocton. On January 16, 1924, Mr. Magruder married Miss Mat-tie L. Hack. Her parents, Martin G. and Alice (Burns) Hack, were born in Coshocton county and reside in Coshocton. Mr. Hack engaged in merchandising for a number of years, also cultivating a farm, and is now retired. Mr. and Mrs. Magruder are active in the work of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he is a trustee, and is also serving on the finance commission. He supports the candidates of the republican party and for nine years was one of the councilmen of Coshocton, being president for four years and is now a member of the local board of health. At all times he has worked for the best interests of the community and his efforts have been beneficially resultant. He was chosen treasurer of the war chest fund and was active in the Liberty Loan and Red Cross campaigns. His Masonic connections are with Coshocton Lodge, No. 96, F. & A. M. ; Samaritan Chapter, No. 50, R. A. M. ; Coshocton Council, No. 110, R. & S. M. ; Coshocton Commandery, No. 63, K. T. ; Lake Erie Consistory, A. & A. S. R., of Cleveland ; and Aladdin Temple of the Mystic Shrine at Columbus. Mr. Magruder acts as treasurer of the Masonic Temple Association and is also connected with the Knights of 598 - SOUTHEASTERN OHIO Pythias. He enjoys motoring and has visited many points of interest in this country. The advancement and prosperity of his community is a matter in which he takes much personal pride, and the respect accorded him is well deserved, for high and honorable principles have constituted his guide throughout life. RUSSELL IRVING COX Russell Irving Cox, whose ability won for him a place of prominence in financial circles of Guernsey county, was born August 24, 1894, in the eastern part of the town of Byesville, and was a son of David and Virginia (Trott) Cox. His early instruction was obtained in the Conquer Hill schoolhouse and after his graduation from the Byesville high school he entered the educational field. For eight years he engaged in teaching in Jackson township and on March 29, 1918, enlisted in the United States Army. He went to France with the Eighty-third Division and was afterward transferred to the Third Division. Mr. Cox was wounded in the Meuse-Argonne offensive and also participated in the battle of St. Mihiel. He sailed for the United States, August 4, 1919, and after his honorable discharge located in Akron, Ohio, accepting a position with the Firestone Rubber Company, with which he remained until July, 1920. He took up teaching until 1923 when he entered the Byesville State Bank, of which he was cashier at the time of his death. Mr. Cox was married June 6, 1917, in Barberton, Ohio, to Miss Maude R. Stage, a daughter of James E. and Elizabeth (Linkhorn) Stage and a granddaughter of William A. and Ruth A. (Atherton) Linkhorn. James E. Stage was a native of Center township, Guernsey county, and the son of John and Elizabeth Stage. John Stage espoused the cause of the Union, joining the Seventy-second Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served under General Sherman during the memorable march from Atlanta to the sea. His parents came from New York state to Southeastern Ohio early in the eighteenth century and were pioneer settlers of Center township. After the death of his first wife John Stage married Elizabeth Foy, by whom he had six children : Cornelius, Jacob, George, James, Samuel and Phoebe. Mr. and Mrs. Cox became parents of three sons : Ralph Fred and Robin Ted, twins, were born June 2, 1921. Robin Ted died August 16, 1921, and Ralph Fred died October 18, 1927. John Allen was born December 2, 1924. On October 18, 1927, Russell I. Cox lost his life in one of the most tragic accidents in the history of Southeastern Ohio. While in the act of bringing his son, Ralph F. and four of the latter's playmates, home from school, the automobile of Mr. Cox was struck by a southbound passenger train in Byesville and Mr. Cox, his son, and three other boys, Raymond Kostelnick, Robert Breedon and William Gooden, were killed, and the fifth boy, John Gould, badly injured. SOUTHEASTERN OHIO - 599 Mr. Cox shaped his conduct by the teachings of the Methodist church, of which he was a trustee, and since 1920 had been superintendent of its Sunday school. His political views were in accord with the platform and principles of the democratic party, and his support was given to those projects which were destined to prove of benefit to his town, county and state. At the time of his death he was serving as township treasurer. He was a master of the Byesville Lodge, No. 654, F. & A. M., and belonged to Cambridge Chapter, No. 53, R. A. M., at Cambridge. He never shirked a responsibility nor betrayed a trust and was a man whom to know was to esteem and respect. HARRY G. NORMAN Harry G. Norman, of West Lafayette, is one of the leading general contractors of Coshocton county and during the eighteen years in which he has followed that line of business he has gained an enviable reputation for trustworthiness and reliability. Mr. Norman was born in Lafayette township, Coshocton county, on the 18th day of July, 1885, and is a son of Thomas J. and Mary Elizabeth (Elliott) Norman. He comes of an old Coshocton county family, being a grandson of Johnson J. Norman, who was born in Oxford township, this county, December 9, 1825, and followed the vocation of farming for many years, his death occurring at West Lafayette, October 23, 1884. He was a member of the United Brethren church, and in his political affiliation was first a whig and later a republican. He married Miss Ann Jennings, who was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, February 4, 1820, and died in Lafayette township, Coshocton county, July 7, 1899. Their son, Thomas J. Norman, was born in Oxford township, Coshocton county, January 9, 1855, and for many years followed the general contracting business, at first alone and from 1909 to 1925 in partnership with his son, Harry G., since which he has been retired from active business and is now living on his farm of one hundred acres just outside the town limits of West Lafayette. He has always supported the republican .party and in early life filled a number of local offices. He attends the Methodist Protestant church. His wife, Mary Elizabeth (Elliott) Norman, was born in White Eyes township, Coshocton county, and is a daughter of Thomas and Mary Ann (Ling) Elliott. Her father, who was a lifelong resident of White Eyes township, was a successful farmer, and also owned and operated a gristmill. He was a member of the United Presbyterian church and voted the democratic ticket. His wife, who was born in Keene township, Coshocton county, and died in White Eyes township, was a daughter of Henry and Nellie (Elliott) Ling, the former born in Pennsylvania and the latter in Ireland. Thomas J. and Mary E. Norman became the parents of four children : Ralph C., who was born October 28, 1882, and was drowned at Grand River, Michigan, March 28, 1904 ; Harry G. ; Lucy,