HISTORY
OF
PICKAWAY COUNTY, OHIO
AND
REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS
EDITED AND COMPILED BY
HON. AARON R. VAN CLEAF
CIRCLEVILLE, OHIO
History is Philosophy Teaching by Examples"
PUBLISHED BY
BIOGRAPHICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY
GEORGE RICHMOND, PRES.; C. R. ARNOLD, SEC'Y AND TREAS.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
1906
PICKAWAY COUNTY COURTHOUSE, CIRCLEVILLE, OHIO
July 15, 2009 (Allen Potts)
PICKAWAY COUNTY COURTHOUSE, CIRCLEVILLE, OHIO
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PREFACE THE aim of the publishers of this volume and the author of the history has been to
secure for the historical portion thereof full and accurate information respecting all
subjects therein treated and to present the data thus gathered in a clear and impartial
manner. All topics and occurrences have been included that are essential to the
clearness and usefulness of the history. Although the original purpose of the author was
to limit the narrative to the close of 1905, he has found it expedient and has deemed it
proper to touch on many matters relating to the year 1906. In collecting and arranging
the material which has entered into this .history, it has been the editor's aim to secure
facts and to present them in an interesting form. It is impossible for the editor to enumerate all to whom he feels that thanks are due for
assistance rendered and kindly interest taken in this work. He is under special
obligations to Mr. John W. Lowe, Miss May Lowe and Mr. Charles E. Winstead for
help in the preparation of the history. The reviews of resolute and strenuous lives, which make up the biographical
department of the volume, and whose authorship is for the most part independent of
that of the history, are admirably adapted to foster local ties, to inculcate patriotism and
to emphasize the rewards of industry, dominated by intelligent purpose. They constitute
a most appropriate medium of perpetuating personal annals and will be of incalculable
value to the descendants of those commemorated. They bring into bold relief careers of
enterprise and thrift and make manifest valid claims to honorable distinction. If "
Biography is the only true History," it is obviously the duty of the men of the present
time to preserve in this enduring form the story of their lives in order that their
posterity may dwell on the successful struggles thus recorded and profit by their
example. These sketches, replete with stirring incidents and intense experiences, will
naturally prove to a large proportion of the readers of this book its most attractive
feature. In the aggregate of personal memoirs thus collated will be found a vivid epitome of the
growth of Pickaway County, which will fitly supplement the historical statement; for the
development of the county is identified with that of the men and women to whom it is
attributable. The publishers have endeavored in the preparation of the work to pass
over no feature of it slightingly, but to give heed to the minutest details, and thus to
invest it with a substantial accuracy which no other treatment would afford. The result
has amply justified the care thus exercised, for no more reliable publication, under the
circumstances, could be laid before its readers. We have given special prominence to the portraits of representative citizens, which
appear throughout this volume, and believe they will prove a most interesting feature of
the work. We have sought to illustrate the different spheres of industrial and
professional achievement as conspicuously as possible. To those who have kindly
interested themselves in the successful preparation of this work, and who have
voluntarily contributed most useful information and data, we herewith tender our
grateful acknowledgment. Chicago, Ill., November, 1906. THE PUBLISHERS. Note All the biographical sketches published in this volume were submitted to their
respective subjects or to the subscribers, from whom the facts were primarily obtained,
for their approval or correction before going to press, and a reason-able time allowed in
each case for the return of the type-written copies. Most of them were returned to us within the time allotted, or before the work was
printed, after being corrected or revised; and these may therefore be regarded as
reasonably accurate. A few, however, were not returned to us and as we have no means of knowing whether
they contain errors or not, we cannot vouch for their accuracy. In justice to our readers,
and to render this work more valuable for reference purposes, we have indicated these
uncorrected sketches by a small asterisk (*), placed immediately after the name of the
subject. They will all be found on the last pages of the book. THE PUBLISHERS. Contents
CHAPTER I.
COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND FIRST COURTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
CHAPTER II.
THE CONGRESS LANDS AND VIRGINIA MILITARY LANDS . . . . . . . . . 21
CHAPTER III.
THE CITY AND TOWNSHIP OF CIRCLEVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
CHAPTER IV.
REMINISCENCES OF OLD CIRCLEVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
CHAPTER V.
DARBY TOWNSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
CHAPTER VI.
DEER CREEK TOWNSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
CHAPTER VII.
HARRISON TOWNSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
CHAPTER VIII.
JACKSON TOWNSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
CHAPTER IX.
MADISON TOWNSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
CHAPTER X.
MONROE TOWNSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
CHAPTER XI.
MUHLENBERG TOWNSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
CHAPTER XII.
PERRY TOWNSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
CHAPTER XIII.
PICKAWAY TOWNSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
CHAPTER XIV.
SALT CREEK TOWNSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
CHAPTER XV.
SCIOTO TOWNSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172,
CHAPTER XVI.
WALNUT TOWNSHIP . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
CHAPTER XVII.
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
CHAPTER XVIII.
WAYNE TOWNSHIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
CHAPTER XIX.
ROSTER OF COUNTY AND OTHER OFFICIALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
CHAPTER XX.
COUNTY BUILDINGS AND INSTITUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
CHAPTER XXI.
STATISTICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 205
CHAPTER XXII.
TRANSPORTATION IN PICKAWAY COUNTY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . 208
CHAPTER XXIII.
MILITARY HISTORY OF THE COUNTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 219
CHAPTER XXIV.
BENCH AND BAR OF THE COUNTY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
CHAPTER XXV.
COUNTY SOCIETIES AND ORGANIZATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
CHAPTER XXVI.
THE CHURCHES OF CIRCLEVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
CHAPTER XXVII.
THE SCHOOLS OF CIRCLEVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
CHAPTER XXVIII.
THE MEDICAL PROFESSION IN CIRCLEVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
CHAPTER XXIX.
THE SOCIETIES OF CIRCLEVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
CHAPTER XXX.
THE PRESS OF CIRCLEVILLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
CHAPTER XXXI.
SOME REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF THE COUNTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 344
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