200 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. The father of our subject has conducted a merchant tailoring business in this place for nearly fifty years. When of suitable age he connected himself with his son, forming the present partnership and insuring the continuance of the old and honorable house. The parents of Mr. Rabold had five children: Our .subject ; William. who resides in Washington, connected with the Washington Post, of that city; Jane Elizabeth, Mary S. and Maude. In 1889 our subject was married to Miss Edna. Westfall, of Plymouth, Ohio, a daughter of Jacob and Emma (Clark) Westfall, one of the oldest families in the state. Mr. and Mrs. Rabold have three children : Nellie F., born in December, 1892; Daniel R., born in January, 1894; and Edna, born in February, 1900. In politics Mr. Rabold is prominently identified with the Democratic party, and in 1889 he was elected the treasurer of Sharon township by one hundred and fourteen. majority, the township usually going one hundred Republican. He has been called upon to serve in several public capacities in local affairs, and in 1892 was made a member of the election board. Socially he is popular, being a charter member of the K. of P., also a member of the uniform rank, and is a member of the K. O. T. M. and of the Colonial Club. Mr. Rabold has passed his life in this neighborhood, and possesses the respect and confidence of all with whom he has social or business relations. The old house established by his father promises to be carried on with the same energy and honesty that have made it one of the honorable landmarks of the place. HON. CURTIS E. McBRIDE. Whatever else may be said of the legal fraternity, it cannot be denied that members of the bar have been more prominent actors in public affairs than any other class of American people. This is but the natural :result of causes which are manifest and require no explanation. The ability and training which qualify one to practice law also qualify him in many respects for duties which lie outside the strict path of his profession and which touch the general interests of society. The subject of this record is a man who has brought his keen discrimination and thorough wisdom to bear not alone in professional paths, but also for the benefit of his county and state. A native of Richland county, Mr. McBride was born in Monroe township, August I I, 1858, and is a son of Union and Nancy J. (Smart) McBride. CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 201 Union McBride was a son of Alexander and Ruth (Barnes) McBride, and his father was born in Staunton, Virginia, and in 1820 came to this county, locating on a farm in Monroe township, near the village of Lucas, where both he and his wife died at a ripe old age. Union and Nancy J. McBride had four children : our subject is the only survivor, the others having died in infancy. Mr. McBride was educated in the country schools up to the age of sixteen years, spending his vacations on the home farm. In the fall of 1874 he entered the university at Wooster, Ohio, where he pursued a classical course and was graduated in 1879. On the 29th of August, that year, he married Miss Minnie Rhodes, a native of Ashland, Ohio, who was educated in the public schools of that city and at Perrysville Academy. Two daughters have been born to them,—Winona and Fay,—the former a graduate of the Mansfield high school and the latter just entering that institution. The month following his marriage Mr. McBride began reading law in the office of Messrs. Burns and McBride, of Mansfield, the latter being his father's brother, Thomas McBride, now deceased. On the 7th of March, 1882, he was, admitted to the bar on examination by commissioners appointed by the supreme court of Ohio. It was a very rigid examination where but seven passed in a class of fifteen. For two years he was engaged in practice at Mansfield with his uncle and former preceptor, the firm of Burns & McBride having been dissolved. In the fall of 1884 he formed a partnership with S. G. Cummings, which still exists. Their practice has been largely corporation work, and Mr. McBride is the trial lawyer of the firm, while his partner attends to the office practice. He has been in the employ of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company as local and district counsel since 1884, and has been local and district attorney for the Big Four system since 1895. In this capacity he has tried many very complicated cases, usually with success. Mr. McBride served one term as a member of the Mansfield city council, and largely through his efforts the Sherman-Heineman Park was added to the possessions of the city—a most beautiful resort. Its acquisition was hotly contested, and great credit is due Mr. McBride for the final success. During his term the franchise was granted establishing the city electric railway. He served six years as a member of the board of education of the city. In the fall of 1893 Mr. McBride was elected by the Democratic party as a member of the lower house of the seventy-first general assembly of Ohio, and served on the judiciary and ways and means, or taxation, committees, representing the minority on both. During this term he introduced the McBride jury law, which provides for the abolition of the old jury system, 202 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. whereby ward heelers and political hangers-on could succeed to places on the jury list, and provided that the common-pleas judge in each and every county in the state should appoint a non-partisan commission of four, or two from each political party, and that the names selected as jurors should be indorsed by at least three members of this commission. This became a law without a dissenting vote in either house or senate. Referring to this law, the president of the Ohio State Bar Association in his annual address said : "I had given this subject much thought, and prepared some practical suggestion looking toward reform, when much to my delight, and no doubt to the gratification of our profession generally, an act of the legislature passed on the 23d day of April, 1894, provided for the appointment of a non-partisan jury commission of four suitable persons in each county, whose duty it is to select jurors for the ensuing year. Much may be expected from. the improved jury system of the future. It is gratifying also to state that the measure was introduced in the house of representatives by Hon. Curtis E. McBride, of Mansfield, an active and honored member of our association. After passing the house, the bill was concurred in by the senate without a dissenting vote. All honors to Brother McBride in this encouraging step in the direction of legal reform." In the seventy-first general assembly Mr. McBride introduced a bill extending the time from two to three years which law students must study preparatory to admission to the bar. This became a law, though it aroused the ire of many aspirants for easy honors in that direction. Another law which he secured upon the statute books is the law requiring "special findings" by a jury as well as a general verdict. If the special findings are inconsistent with the general verdict, the special findings govern. These were both passed in the session of 1894. Mr. McBride was re-elected to the house in November, 1895, beginning his second term January 1, 1896. At this session he received the unanimous vote of his party for speaker, but his party being in the minority he was not elected, though he became floor leader of the minority during the seventy-second general assembly.. During this session he was a member of the committee on judiciary, taxation and rules, and secured the passage through the house, but without concurrence in the senate, of the McBride libel law. This provided that where a newspaper was sued for libel, the party bringing the suit must prove malice. It was very popular with the press, and a like measure was introduced at a subsequent session, meeting the same fate. Mr. McBride was appointed a commissioner to the Mexican Exposition, which failed to materialize. In September, 1898, he was appointed by Governor CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 203 Bushnell a member of the Ohio centennial commission for the fourteenth congressional district. He received these two honorable appointments from a Republican governor, though an active and influential. Democrat himself. He is the chairman of the transportation and fish committees in the centennial. On the 1st of January, 1900, Mr. McBride was appointed by the supreme court a member of the examining committee to examine applicants for admission to the bar, his appointment being for three years. Socially he is prominently identified with the Masonic fraternity, being a member of the blue lodge, chapter and commandery of Mansfield ; Ohio Consistory at Cincinnati ; and Al Koran Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Cleveland. He is also a member of Mansfield Lodge, No. 56, B. P. 0. E.; Madison Lodge, No. 26, K. of P.; Mansfield Lodge, No. 19, I. O. O. F.; Mohican Encampment, No. 13, I. O. O. F. ; and the uniformed rank of the same,—the Patriarchs Militant. His wife is a member of the Round Table, a ladies' literary society, and also of the Presbyterian church and several societies connected with it. HON. SAMUEL S. BLOOM. Samuel Stambaugh Bloom, a prominent citizen of Shelby, Ohio, was born in Waterford, Juniata county, Pennsylvania, March 11, 1834. Be was the only child of George and Mary Ann (Stambaugh) Bloom, both of whom were from near Blaine, Perry county, Pennsylvania. His mother dying when he was only six days old, he became a member of the family of his grandfather, John Stambaugh, Sr. He began to receive his elementary education in his native state before the common-school system was established therein, and as soon as it was established he began attending district school and so continued until 1850. In 1851 he was chosen to teach his own district school, and after the term for which he was thus engaged he continued his education at the New Bloomfield Academy. After leaving this institution of learning he taught school every year, either in his native county or in Shelby, Ohio, until 1858. At Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, December 25, 1855, he was married to Miss Anna Mary Stambaugh, of Bloomfield, Pennsylvania, a lady of his mother's name but not of her family. In March, 1856, he removed with his wife to Shelby, Ohio, she dying in August, 1857, and he took her remains back to Bloomfield, Pennsylvania, where she and their only son lie peacefully sleeping in the cemetery of that place. With the exception of a few years 204 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. spent in Columbus, Ohio, he has lived in Shelby ever since, and is one of the very few that have lived there that length of time. Mr. Bloom served as deputy postmaster from May, 1855, to 1860, and as postmaster from 1888 to March, 1890, being superseded by an appointee of President Harrison, because he was a Democrat. In 1857 he was elected township clerk, and soon afterward justice of the peace, and still later mayor of Shelby, serving in this latter office five years in succession, his series of terms in this office terminating in 1862, and holding his office at a time when the Republican party in his town was largely in the majority, which may he considered strong proof of his popularity and patriotism. In 1863, 186, 1877 and 1879 he was elected to the state legislature as a representative from Richland county, thus serving eight years in the aggregate, and longer than has any other man thus represented the county. In 1880 he was his party's candidate for the position of speaker of the house, and was in fact the leader of the Democratic party during the last two years of his connection with the lower house. February 29, 1864, he was admitted to the bar by the supreme court of the state and subsequently in the circuit court and the United States district court at Cleveland, Ohio, and has been in continuous practice for thirty-six years. During the sessions of the legislature of 1878, 1879, 1880 and 1881, he was much occupied with the codification of the laws of Ohio, taking great interest in the work, having himself started the project fourteen years previously, during his first two terms of service in the legislature. While a member of the lower house he served on the committee on agriculture and was of great assistance to the Hon. Columbus Delano in perfecting the laws providing for the establishment of the Ohio Agricultural College, now the Ohio University. Mr. Bloom introduced the first bill providing for the payment of the public debt of the state of Ohio by installments; he at the time being a member of the minority ; but the idea seemed of so great practical value that it was promptly adopted and put into operation by the majority. Since the measure became a law, the public debt. of Ohio has been almost extinguished. Like most valuable discoveries in all departments of human thought, the idea was a very simple one. The state could not pay six million dollars in one year, but by dividing the bonds into installments, three hundred thousand dollars to be paid semi-annually, the payment of the debt became a comparatively easy task. During the several terms served in the legislature by Mr. Bloom he was the author of more than one hundred and fifty amendments to the CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 205 laws of the state. In 1881 he was named as a suitable candidate for the office of governor, but he promptly declined to permit the use of his name in that connection, saying he was "too poor to run." He was also named as a suitable candidate for delegate to the constitutional convention, hut, the Hon. Barnabas Burns becoming a candidate, Mr. Bloom refused to make the canvass. While he was the chairman of the congressional district convention he was voted for as a candidate for congress, and had nearly sixty votes outside of his own county, but the delegation from his own county was so devoted to the regular candidate that neither was nominated. In 1896, at. Shelby, he was again brought forward for congress, and for a time it seemed as though he would surely be named, but he promptly declined the honor for the reason that he could not fairly represent the views adopted in the platform on the silver question, and that he must be permitted to remain in the ranks of the party, instead of in the lead. Years ago he served as a member of the Shelby school board and aided in the erection of the Central high-school building. He was also the projector of the system of graduating pupils at the Shelby high school, a measure in which he has always taken great pride. He was also the projector of the first press in Shelby, the first paper in Shelby being the Pioneer, established in 1858, and subsequently the Gazette and Enterprise. Finally, on November 12, 1868, he established the News, with which he was connected until 1889. thus being for many years intimately connected with the press in his town, as well as having been the founder of the first paper. On May 15, 1859. he married Mrs. Jennie M. Smiley, the widow of David Smiley, and the sister of the Hon. Harrison Mickey, now deceased. By this marriage Mr. Bloom had six children, viz. : Willis Perry; Lula J., the wife of Dr. M. T. Love; Ethel M., the wife of L. J. Dalie, now of Springfield, Ohio; and three daughters that died in infancy and youth. Mrs. Dalie died June 12, 1899. and Mrs. Bloom died in Shelby, April 1, 1896. He has been heard to say that the birth of all his children and the death of his wives occurred within a circle of four hundred feet in Shelby and within the past forty-three years. In 1891 Mr. Bloom moved his family to Columbus for the purpose of engaging in the practice of the law, but his youngest daughter married while there. and, his wife failing in. health, he returned to Shelby, where he intends to pass the remainder of his clays. Besides the editorial work performed by Mr. Bloom, mentioned above, he has published a number of books, among them being: "Why Are You a Democrat ?" "Earth's Angels; or Hidden 206 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. Oppression ;" "Why We Are Democrats ;" "Popular Edition of the Laws of Ohio," containing nearly one thousand pages; and finally, in 1900, "One Hun- dred Years of Platform Principles and Policies of the American Democracy." In addition to the work outlined above Mr. Bloom carried through the legislature the insurance laws of the state, in 1865-8, which require state supervision, and he served as a member of the codification committee, twice on the judiciary committee, and on several special committees and conferences, among the latter the one creating the interest in forestry now so widely prevalent, that on the investigation of the penitentiary and that relating to the publication of school-books. He was one of the organizers of the First Evangelical Lutheran church in Shelby, and also of the Monroe Avenue Lutheran church in Columbus. For more than twenty-five years he served as the superintendent of Sunday-schools, in Shelby and Columbus, and has been a Sunday-school worker for more than fifty years. In 1881 he established the first telephone exchange in Richland county, in Shelby, remaining its manager about seven years. Thus it will be seen that his life has been not only a very busy one, but also a very useful one to his fellow men. During all these years as editor, publisher, author, business man, attorney and last, but not least, a farmer, he has been fully occupied, and even now, though sixty-seven years of age, he is by no means idle. But in 1881 he decided never again to be a candidate for public office, but has ever since remained an honored member of his party as well as an honored citizen of the state of Ohio. At the age of sixty-seven he considers himself as enjoying the best years of his life that have come to him, fully occupied with his business, having perfect health, possessed of his full mental vigor, and satisfied with his surroundings, even if not with the success with which he has met. But he can certainly reflect that the great majority of men have been and are much less useful and successful in life than himself, and few enjoy to a greater extent the confidence, respect and esteem of their neighbors and friends. SETH G. CUMMINGS. The subject of this. sketch, who has attained distinction as one of the able members of the Mansfield bar, is now a member of the well known firm of Cummings & McBride. In this profession probably more than any other success depends upon individual merit, upon a thorough understanding of the principles of jurisprudence, a power of keen analysis, and the ability to CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 207 present clearly, concisely and forcibly the strong points in his cause. Possessing these necessary qualifications, Mr. Cummings is accorded a foremost place in the ranks of the profession in Richland county, and stands to-day one of the esteemed members of the Mansfield bar. He was born in Crawford county, Ohio, October 31, 1839, a son of Isaac and Sylvia (Reed) Cummings, both natives of Maine, of which state his ancestors were early settlers. His paternal great-grandfather moved from Massachusetts to Maine at a very early day, establishing the family in Kennebeck county, where he was subsequently killed by the Indians. He was one of the defenders of the colonists in the Revolutionary war. The grandfather and his eldest son were soldiers of the war of 1812, and both died at Sackett's Harbor, New York, from disease contracted while in the service of that war. The Reed family, as represented by the mother of our subject, was early established in Oxford county, Maine. In tracing Mr. Cummings' genealogy we find that his ancestors were of Scotch and Irish descent and were residents of Massachusetts in the early part of the seventeenth century. His parents were married in Richland (now Crawford) county, Ohio, where the father cleared and developed a farm, making it his home from 1824 until his death, which occurred December 15, 1880. The mother died in February, 1865, leaving two sons, of whom our subject is the elder. Samuel is still living on the old home farm. Mr. Cummings received a good common-school education, and at the age of twenty-two years commenced the study of law in Mansfield, being admitted to the bar in 1864. From April of that year until November, 1866, he was engaged in the mining business in Montana, and in 1867 took up the practice of his chosen profession in Galion, Ohio, where he remained until coming to Mansfield in October, 1884. Here he formed a partnership with Hon. C. F. McBride, which still exists, he being the office lawyer of this well known and successful firm. Since 1887 he has conducted at his office a thorough system of abstracting, having a complete set of abstract books of Richland county, and giving employment to two or three men in this department, which has become a profitable branch of his business. The firm have the largest and best selected law library in Mansfield, and do an extensive business as commercial lawyers and collectors, doing extensive trial business in various courts. On the 24th of January, 1867, Mr. Cummings was united in marriage with Miss Sarah G. Ruhl, a daughter of Jacob and Sarah Ruhl, of Galion, where she was born, reared and educated. One son was born of this union, 208 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. Glenn M., now a young man of twenty-seven years, who is employed in his father's business. He attended the public schools of Galion and Mansfield, and was graduated at Wittenberg College, Springfield, Ohio. In June, 1899, he was admitted to the bar as an attorney. He married Miss Almena Gotwald, of Springfield. Politically Mr. Cummings is a Democrat, and has always taken an active interest in political affairs. While a resident of Crawford county, he served as prosecuting attorney two terms. Socially he is a member of the Masonic order, being a Master Mason, and religiously is a member of the English Lutheran church, to which his family also belong. DAVID OZIER. David Ozier is engaged in the banking business at Shiloh. The institution with which he is connected, the Exchange Bank, is regarded, as one of the reliable financial concerns in this part of the county, owing to the \veil known business ability of the proprietor. Mr. Ozier was born in Mansfield September 24, 1832, and when three years of age accompanied his parents on their removal to Mifflin, Ashland county. After a short time spent there, however, the family returned to Richland county, where our subject was reared until his sixteenth year, acquiring his education in the common schools. At the age of sixteen he started out in life on his own account and has since depended upon his own resources for all that he has acquired and enjoyed of this world's goods. Going to West Unity. Ohio, he served a six-months apprenticship at the shoemaker's trade and then returned to Richland county, locating at Olivesburg. where he worked for three years as a farm hand. Subsequently he devoted a year to shoemaking and then entered into partnership with his brother Nelson for the purpose of dealing in cattle and other live stock. They disposed of their stock in the New Jersey markets and conducted a stock farm at Rome, in Blooming Grove township. For thirty years the business relations between the brothers was continued with excellent success. They handled between eight and fifteen thousand sheep each summer and also sold large numbers of cattle. The enterprise proved very successful and brought the partners an excellent financial return. For three years he walked from here to New Jersey driving sheep. These trips required sixty days to make the trip with the sheep. He also put in two winters driving hogs from here to Buffalo. These trips required forty-two days. He received for this service fifty cents per day. CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 209 In 1873 Mr. Ozier removed to Shiloh, but continued in the stock business until 1888, when he went into partnership with John Smith and established the Exchange Bank of Shiloh. Four years later he purchased Mr. Smith's interest and has since carried on banking alone. On the 12th of August, 1859, occurred the marriage of Mr. Ozier to Miss Catherine Snapp. They have two children : Charles E., who is a member of the Independent Oil Company, of Bloomington, Illinois ; and Cora, the wife of Frank Armstrong, with whom and their four children she made, in 1900, a tour of the European countries, Mr. Ozier is a Republican who believes firmly in the principles of protection, expansion and in the gold standard. His success in business indicates his accurate and reliable methods and demonstrates the possibilities that lie before men who have the will and dare to do. JOHN F. CULLER, M. D. In no profession does advancement depend more upon knowledge or upon individual effort than in the medical ; and when one has attained a position of prominence it is an indication of marked ability. Dr. Culler is known as one of the leading physicians and surgeons in this part of Richland county. He was born in Mifflin township, Ashland county, Ohio, December 23, 1857, and is one of the eleven children of Samuel and Sarah (Blust) Culler. The father, a native of Maryland, was born November 17, 1809. and was the son of Philip Culler, who also was a native of that state. The great-grandfather of our subject was a commissioned officer in the Revolutionary war. He, too, was probably a native of Maryland, but the family was founded in New England at an early date. Philip Culler carried on agricultural pursuits, and when his son was fourteen years of age he removed to Ohio, taking up his abode in what is now Mifflin township, Ashland county, where he purchased land and followed farming until his death. There Samuel Culler was reared to manhood, and after he had attained his majority he purchased land and began farming on his own account, his place adjoining the old homestead. Throughout an active business career he devoted his energies to the cultivation of his fields. He died at the advanced age of eighty-four years, being called to his final rest on the 22d of March, 1893. In his political views he was a Republican, earnest in his advocacy of the party's principles, and for more than twenty years he served 210 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. as a justice of the peace, discharging his duties with strict impartiality. On various other occasions he held township offices and was ever true and faithful to the trust reposed in him. He held membership in tile Lutheran church and for many years filled church offices. In his business affairs he was very successful and became the owner of four hundred acres of rich land. He wedded Miss Sarah Blust, a native of Mansfield, Ohio, and a daughter of John and Christina (Beck) Blust, both of whom were natives of Germany. Coming to America in early life, they located in Lancaster, where they were married, and there Mr. Blust followed the tailor's trade, which he had learned in early life. His daughter, Mrs. Culler: is still living, residing on the home place in Ashland county, Ohio. Of her eleven children all yet survive. Dr. Culler, whose name introduces this review, was reared amid the refining influences of a good home, and in the common schools he acquired his elementary education, which was supplemented by study in the Vermilion Institute, at Hayesville, Ohio. In 1883 he began reading medicine, and in 1885 he entered Jefferson Medical College, at Philadelphia, ill which institution he was graduated with the class of 1887. He then returned home and some months later located in Lucas, where he opened an office and began the practice of his chosen profession. On the 6th of October, 1891, Dr. Culler was united in marriage to Hattie First, a daughter of Captain James First, of Lucas, and to them there has been born one child, Laura Alice, whose birth occurred February 17, 1896. The Doctor is a stanch Republican and is now serving as member of the town council. His wife is a member of the Lutheran church, and he contributes liberally to its support, withholding his aid from no movement or measure that is calculated to prove a public benefit. In the twelve years of his residence here he has built up a large and influential practice and has gained a very desirable reputation in recognition of his skill and ability. His knowledge of the science of medicine is accurate and comprehensive, and his efforts as a representative of the medical fraternity have been attended with excellent results. JESSE MARING. Through eight decades Jesse blaring has been a witness of the development and progress of Richland county. He has reached the age of four score years and one, and receives the veneration and respect which should ever be accorded to one whose pathway of life has been marked with good CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 211 deeds and honorable purpose. He has the appearance of a man of much younger years and is still actively connected with business interests. A man of ordinary spirit would long since have grown weary of the burdens and responsibilities of business life, but Mr. Maring has continued an active factor in the industrial world and is to-clay a representative of the fire insurance interests of Richland county, his home being in the village of Shiloh. He was born in Blooming Grove township February 8, 1820, and is of German lineage, his paternal grandparents having been natives of the Fatherland, whence they came to the new world. Peter Maring, the father of our subject, was born in New Jersey, in 1783, and spent the first twelve years of his life under the parental during which time he did not learn a word of English, as the German language was used in his home. About that time his father died and the home was broken up. Peter Maring was then bound out to a family in New Jersey by the name of Smith and remained with them until he attained early manhood. He then emigrated to Ohio, locating in Belmont county, where he learned the blacksmith's trade. He there married Anna Finch, who was born in New Jersey. in 1787. and was a daughter of Jesse Finch, one of the heroes of the Revolutionary war, who emigrated to Belmont county, Ohio, casting in his lot with its early settlers, and there he spent his remaining clays. Mr. and Mrs. Maring began their domestic life in Belmont county, but after the birth of two of their children they removed to Richland county in 1817, the father having previously entered front the government one hundred and sixty acres of land in Blooming Grove township. This section of the state was. wild and unimproved and the work of civilization and progress seemed scarcely begun. His nearest neighbor on the east was John Freeborn, who lived nine miles distant, and his nearest neighbor on the north was Mr. Warren, who resided eighteen miles away. Thus in an isolated home Peter Maring began life in Richland county. He cleared his land and developed his fields. After a time he sold eighty acres of ,his farm, but continued to reside upon the remaining eighty until the time of his death, which occurred in August, 1863. His old home place is now owned by his son Peter. The father was a veteran of the war of 1812, loyally serving his country during the second period of hostilities between the United States and the mother country. He was an active worker, a consistent member and a faithful officer of the Methodist Episcopal church for many years. He strongly opposed slavery in ante-bellum days, and in early life gave his political support to the Whig party; but on the organization of the Republican party, which was formed 212 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. to prevent the further extension of slavery, he joined its ranks. His wife died in 1875, in her eighty-eighth year. They were people of the highest respectability and held in warm regard for their many excellencies of character. In a pioneer home, amid the wild scenes of the frontier, Jesse Maring was reared. He was one of six children,—three sons and three daughters,—but only two are now living, his brother Peter being one, who is a retired farmer of Shiloh. The educational privileges which our subject received were very limited, for the school system of that clay was not well organized. His training at farm labor, however, was not meager, as he early began work in the fields, assisting in the labor of plowing, planting and harvesting. In 1843 he was married to Miss Jane Groscost, a native of Madison township, Richland county, and a daughter of Daniel Groscost, who was born in Pennsylvania, but became one of the honored pioneer settlers of this locality. He served in the war of 1812, while both the paternal and maternal grandfathers of Mrs. Maring valiantly aided the colonists in their struggle for independence. Soon after his marriage Mr. Maring assumed the management of the home farm and continued its operation until December, 1851, when he removed to Shiloh and became an assistant station agent to C. R. Squires. As Mr. Squires was also a merchant and commission man, the duties of station agent largely devolved upon Mr. Maring, and when the former resigned his position the latter was appointed to fill the vacancy, and for twenty-seven years and two months continuously served as the station agent at this place. Illness then forced him to resign, in October, 1881. He was always a popular official, courteous, obliging and helpful to the public and faithful to the interests of the corporation which he served. A year after his retirement from that position he engaged in the fire-insurance business and' is now representing several reliable companies. Although he is eighty years of age he is a well-preserved man, vigorous and energetic, and appears to be many years younger. In 1885 Mr. Maring was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who died on the 7th of November of that year. Their only daughter, Anna, is the wife of Joseph C. Fenner, a prominent merchant of Shiloh, by whom she had six children, but only two are living: Jesse Albertus, an attorney of Cleveland, Ohio, and Virgie Wilella, at home. Mrs. Maring was a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal church and her loss was deeply mourned throughout the community. Mr. Maring became a member of the Methodist church in 1846 and CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 213 for fifty-four years has been faithful to its teachings. He has served as an officer in the church and has done much to promote its growth and upbuilding. Socially he is connected with Shiloh Lodge, No. 544, F. & A. M., and politically he is an ardent Republican. He at one time served as justice of the peace for a term, but has never been an office-seeker, and, though he keeps well informed on the issues of the day, prefers that others shall occupy the official positions: Great changes have occurred in Richland county during his residence here. He has seen the wild land transformed into beautiful homes and farms, while towns and villages have sprung up, and all the industries and enterprises of the older east have been introduced. He takes a just pride in what his county has accomplished and his fellow townsmen regard him as one of the factors in its development. EARL F. STRATFORD, D. D. S. This is an age of progress and America is the exponent of the spirit of the age. Perhaps no greater advancement has been made along professional lines than in dentistry. New methods have been introduced and the profession has largely attained perfection. Fully in touch with the advancement which has been made. Dr. Earl F. Stratford stands as a leading representative of the dental fraternity in Mansfield. He was born in Lewistown. Pennsylvania. and is of German descent. His grandfather, Charles Stratford, came to America from Stratford-on-Avon. England, in the '40s. He was a man of superior ability and a graduate of Oxford, and for some years he was identified with the Episcopal clergy of London before emigrating to the new world. He located in Lewistown, Pennsylvania. where his son, J. Frederick Stratford, was born. The latter is now living in Altoona, Pennsylvania, where he is successfully engaged in business as a granite dealer. During the war of the Rebellion he twice enlisted in the Union army, going to the front with the Pennsylvania volunteers. His children are: Earl F.: Anna L., the wife of James Latherow, who is engaged in the granite business in Altoona, and has one child ; and Grace who is now a student in the high school of Altoona. In his early boyhood Dr. Stratford, of this review, accompanied his parents on their removal to Altoona, where he pursued his studies in the public schools. He further continued the acquirement of his literary education in the Clarion State Normal, in Clarion county, Pennsylvania, and 214 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. with the determination to make the practice of dentistry his life work he entered the office of Dr. J. W. Carter, of Altoona, with whom he was associated for several years, acquiring a practical knowledge of the profession. He then entered the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, in Philadelphia, and was graduated with the class of 1898. On the 26th of April of that year be came to Mansfield, where he has already built up a large and lucrative practice. He uses electricity in the various departments of his work. His methods are modern and are such as are in use by the most renowned members of the dental fraternity. He is particularly skillful, and at the same time is patient with his patrons and courteous in his treatment. These qualities have therefore been the means of bringing to him a practice that many an older representative of the profession might well envy. The Doctor is identified with the Woodmen of the World and is a member of the First Presbyterian churCh. His life has been manly, his actions sincere, his manner unaffected, and he is popular among the residents of his adopted county. P. W. FREDERICK. A well known representative of educational interests in Richland county is Professor P. W. Frederick, who conducts the Mansfield Business College, in the city of Mansfield. He was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, October 19, 1865, and belongs to one of the oldest families of that portion of the state. John C. Frederick, his grandfather, was born in Germany about. 1800, and in early life came to the United States, taking up his abode in Bethlehem, Coshocton county, during the pioneer epoch of its development. He was twice married, his second .union being with Katherine DeBerry. By his first marriage he had four children : John G., Mary Ann, Barbara and Samuel. The children of the second marriage are Akira, Isabel, Benjamin and Amanda. John G. Frederick, the father of our subject, is now living retired at Warsaw. Ohio. He married Miss Amy Curran, and their children are as follows : Laura is the wife of A. J. Darling, who resides near 'Warsaw. They have two sons,—Glenn R. and Lloyd. Sylva is the wife of Lyman Tailor, a dealer in fine horses at Warsaw, and they have two children.—Myrle and Audra. Millie is the wife of Dr. R. C. Edwards, a practicing physician of Coshocton. and they have one son, Clifford F. Carrie A., the youngest of the Frederick family, resides with her parents in Warsaw. CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 215 Professor Frederick, of this review, began his literary education in the schools of Coshocton, and was afterward a student in the National Pen Art Hall and Business College, and Zanerian Art College, of Columbus, Ohio. After his graduation he went to Zanesville, where he was employed in the Zanesville Business College. Seven months later he purchased a half interest in that school and continued his connection therewith for two years. He then came to Mansfield and founded the Mansfield Business College, in September, 1897. This institution has grown steadily and is a credit to the city. The work done there is thorough, the methods are progressive and the Professor is well qualified to prepare young people for the practical experiences of a business life. Professor Frederick was united in marriage to Miss May. Lauck, at Zanesville, Ohio, in June, 1895, and they now have an interesting little son, J. Lowell. Mr. Frederick is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and is a gentleman of high moral worth. He has, by force of native ability and steady perseverance, raised himself to a creditable position in life, and his history illustrates in a marked degree what may be accomplished by well-directed efforts and a strict adherence to correct business principles. HENRY BEAM. In control of one of the most extensive floral enterprises of Richland county is Henry Beam, who has succeeded in establishing a large and lucrative trade. Tireless energy and capable management have been salient features in his success, and he now occupies a leading position in business circles. A native of Germany, Mr. Beam was born in Hessen on the 13th of July, 1841, his parents being Henry and Emma Beam. These children are living : John B., who is now living in Mansfield ; Henry ; Mrs. Christina Berno, of Mansfield ; and Barbara, now, Mrs. Hutzelman, also of Mansfield. In 1850 the parents came with their family to the new world, believing that they might better their financial conditions in America. A settlement was made in Mansfield, and Henry Beam, then a lad of ten years, entered the public schools, where he pursued his studies for three years. His father was a gardener,. and naturally during his youth he worked among the plants and became familiar with the best methods of cultivating them. When the war broke out he enlisted in the Thirty-second Ohio Infantry and served for two years and seven months, rendering valuable aid to his adopted country in her hour of need. Upon his return he again worked in his father's 216 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. greenhouses, and about 1880 he began business on his own account by renting the greenhouse belonging to Senator Sherman. After conducting it for five years he purchased his present property. He was the first to carry on the floral business on an extensive scale in Richland county, and his trade has steadily grown in volume and importance, until it has now assumed extensive. proportions. He began operation with only three greenhouses, but has enlarged his facilities from time to time until at the present time he has eight. His knowledge of floral culture is very comprehensive and his opinions are regarded as authority on everything connected with that line of work. On the 28th of February, 1876, Mr. Beam was united in marriage to Miss Hattie Daubenspeck, whose parents, William and Helen (Schuster) Daubenspeck, removed from Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, to Illinois about 1855. After three years they became residents of Mansfield. At that time Mrs. Beam was only seven years of age. She is one of a family of seven children, of whom six are now living : Henry, the eldest, married Annie Echelberge, by whom he has three children, and resides in Ashland county; William, who is living six miles from Mansfield, married Laura Tucker, and they have three children ; Mary was a resident of Hayesville, Ohio ; Fannie is the wife of William Sickler, of Akron, Ohio ; and Susie resides with Mrs. Beam, who is the third eldest of the family. Mr. and Mrs. Beam have a wide acquaintance in Richland county and their friends are many. His has been a busy and useful career. He deserves mention among the prominent representatives of commercial interests in Richland county and his life record should find a place in the annals of this section of the state among men whose force of character, sterling integrity, control of circumstances and success in establishing paying industries have contributed in a large degree to the solidity and progress of the entire county. T. Y. McCRAY. T. Y. McCray, one of the most active and useful citizens of Richland county, and formerly an exceptionally brilliant lawyer, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, August 8, 1857. In 1846 he removed to Richland county, Ohio, and was reared upon a farm. In early life he became crippled, and all through life he suffered more or less with, asthma, so that his full powers could never be brought into activity; but nevertheless he made his mark in the world. After receiving as good an education as the common schools afforded CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 217 be attended the Savannah and Hayesville institutes, and afterward taught school twelve years. In 1860 he was appointed a member of the board of school examiners for Ashland county, and served during the term of four years. In 1862 he was admitted to the bar in the same county, and in 1863 he was married to Miss Mary E. Barnhill, of Ashland county. In 1866 he removed to West Salem, Wayne county, Ohio, where he had charge of the public schools for two years, and while thus engaged he was appointed a member of the board of school examiners, remaining on the board until 1875. In 1868 he was elected prosecuting attorney of Wayne county, and was re-elected in 1870, thus serving in that capacity four years. In 1868 he removed to Wooster and was there engaged in the practice of law until 1875. when he removed to Cleveland, there forming a partnership with G. M. Stewart, which partnership lasted about one year. But being, as was previously stated, afflicted with asthma, for the last three months of this partnership he lost the use of his voice, for which reason he returned to Wooster for the purpose of settling up his affairs. On August 20, 1876, he removed to Mansfield, where ever since that time he has been engaged in the practice of law. Unto Mr. and Mrs. McCray were born the following children : Robert, born in Ashland county January 12, 1864; Minnie, born in Ashland county January 11, 1866; Clarence V., born in West Salem November 5, 1868 ; Grace, born in Wooster September 14, 1872 ; Ella B., born in Wooster July 26, 1875; Thomas, born in Mansfield June 26, 1878. Robert died in 1871; Clarence in 1870, and Ella in 1876. Mrs. McCray died March 17, 1897. Mr. McCray is one of the widely known and highly esteemed citizens of Richland county, a most useful man, and he and his family are highly esteemed by all. GEORGE W. REED. George Willard Reed, editor and proprietor of the Advertiser, of Plymouth, was born March 30, 1859, in Salem, Ohio. His father, James Reed, was a native of eastern Ohio, born in 1819, and was of German lineage. He died at Attica, Ohio, in 1884. His wife, Mrs. Delilah Reed. was born in Ohio in 1819, and on the mother's side was of Irish lineage. The grandparents of our subject, however, were natives of Pennsylvania, removing to eastern Ohio at an early period of its development and in that part of the state spent their remaining days, and when death came were there laid to rest. Mrs. Reed died in Attica, Ohio, in 1887, in her sixty-eighth year. She became the mother of four sons and four daughters, of whom all but one 218 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. daughter are vet living : James M. Reed, now fifty-one years of age, is a mechanic living in Clyde, Ohio; William F. is a contractor of Hutchinson, Kansas, and is forty-nine -years of .age; Clifford W., aged thirty-two, is in the service of the Western Union Telegraph Company, of Chicago, Illinois. The sons are all married and are in prosperous circumstances. The daughters are Mrs. Alvira Spencer ; Mrs. W. O. Heavier, of Attica, Ohio ; Mrs. Charles Hardie, of Clyde, Ohio; and Mrs. John Stark, deceased, formerly of Rising Sun, Ohio. George Willard Reed was only a year old when his parents removed from Salem to Attica. A year later they took up their abode at West Union, Fayette county, Iowa, where they lived for two years. On the expiration of that period they returned to Attica and Mr. Reed, of this review, was a resident of the latter city until 1882. He acquired his education in the public schools and on laying aside his text-books to learn the more difficult lessons in the school of experience he entered upon an apprenticeship in a printing office. He was then seventeen years of age. He soon mastered the business and was employed for several years on the Attica Journal, owned and published by Charles Clough. Following Horace Greeley's :advice to young men, to go west and grow up with the country, he made his way to Pierre, South Dakota, where he was employed on the Daily Signal for three years. In 1885 he came to Plymouth and began work on the paper which he now owns. For ten years he was its foreman and for three years was its editor and manager. He then purchased the paper, on the 1st of April, 1898, and has since conducted it, still acting as its editor. The Advertiser is a wide-awake and popular journal, independent in politics and well supported by the citizens of Plymouth and vicinity. It has a circulation of one thousand and its patronage is steadily increasing. On the 12th of May, 1886, in Plymouth, Mr. Reed was united in marriage to Miss Rosa L. Derringer, of Plymouth, one of the popular young ladies of the city. They now have three children, Evan P., Amy E. and Kenneth M., aged, respectively, thirteen, eleven and three years. Mrs. Reed is a daughter of Will.iain Derringer, of Plymouth, a cooper by trade, and one of the most highly esteemed citizens of his town, where he and his wife have resided since 1863. Mr. Reed is a past chief of the Ben Hur Tribe of Plymouth. In politics he is a stalwart Republican, and his wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. They are widely known in this city and in the county and enjoy the hospitality of many of the best homes here. Mr. Reed is public-spirited and progressive, and through the columns of his paper and through personal influence and financial support CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 219 contributes to the advancement of all measures which he believes will prove of general good. His social qualities and his sterling worth render him popular and he enjoys the high regard of all with whom he is brought in contact. DAVID N. STAMBAUGH. David Nivens Stambaugh, who has been a trusted employe of the Aultman & Taylor Company, of Mansfield, Ohio, for over thirty years, was born in Shippensburg, Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, May 14, 1833, a son of Michael and Catherine (Coppenhaver) Stambaugh. His paternal grandfather was Peter Stambaugh, who was born on the ocean while his parents were emigrating from Germany to America, and his maternal grandfather was Benjamin Coppenhaver. On first coming to Ohio, in 1841, the parents of our subject located in Wooster, from there removed to Massillon, and in 1843 became residents of Cleveland. It was in 1847 that they came to Richland county, where the father, who was a carpenter by trade, died in 1876, at the age of seventy years, the mother in 1869, at the age of sixty-seven. They left one daughter, who is still living, Mrs. Elizabeth Ferguson, of Mansfield. The subject of this sketch came with the family to Mansfield, where he attended school for a time, and about 1851 started out in life for himself, working at the carpenter's trade until the Civil war broke out. In 1861 he enlisted in Company E, Thirty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, of which he was commissioned first lieutenant, while Judge Warden, of Mansfield. was made captain of the company. They were under the command of Generals Milroy and Reynolds, and were on duty in West Virginia. Mr. Stambaugh participated in the battle of Greenbrier, but after seven months' service was discharged on account of physical disability. After his recovery he engaged in carpentering and building, and was connected with the Erie Railroad construction until 1865. In 1869 he entered the service of the Ault-man & Taylor Company, in whose employ he has since remained, being the foreman of the wood department of the factory during the absence of William Ackerman. When he commenced working for the company their employes numbered only fifty, but to-day there are about eight hundred names on their pay roll. Mr. Stambaugh has never missed a season since he entered their service, and in the meantime has built many fine houses in the city of Mansfield. His own fine residence on Spring Mill street was erected by him in 1867. 220 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. In 1856 Mr. Stambaugh married Miss Isabella Newbold Quigley, who was born in 1832. Her father, Thomas Bunting Quigley, was .a master mechanic for the Bellefontaine & Indianapolis Railroad at Galion, Ohio, many years ago, and was an expert engineer and machinist. In 1.860 he concluded to go to Arkansas and engage in lumbering. He built a complete and duplicate outfit engine and machinery, and with his son-in-law, John Grabner, started south, but in a collision at Devil's Bend in the Mississippi river he was drowned and the machinery all lost. Mr. Grabner escaped and is now living in Warsaw, Indiana. Mr. Quigley was from New Jersey. His brother, Philip Quigley, of Wilmington, Delaware, built many of the Centennial buildings at Philadelphia. Of the five children born to Mr. and Mrs. Stambaugh, Alice Emily is at home; Georgiana died in childhood, aged six years; Belle is a graduate of the Normal College at Mansfield, and is now the wife of C. M. Eaton, of Omaha, Nebraska, who is manager of the Omaha Stove Repair Works ; Tilletta is a graduate of the Mansfield high school and is at home ; and D. Rizdon Thompson, also a graduate of that school, is now in the employ of the Omaha Loan & Trust Company, of Omaha, Nebraska. All the members of the family belong to the Baptist church, and are highly respected and esteemed by all who know them. Mrs. Stambaugh is now an invalid. Politically Mr. Stambaugh has always affiliated with the Republican party and has taken an active part in its work since its organization in 1856. He was a member of the city council of Mansfield one term. Fraternally he is a member of the Grand Army post of that place. WILLIAM A. SHAW. For many years Mr. Shaw was connected with commercial interests in the town of Shelby, but is now living retired at his present home, which is situated in the suburbs of Shelby. To his own efforts he owes his success, which has resulted from the careful conduct of his business affairs. He labored so earnestly, energetically and persistently that fortune has favored him with a competence, and he is now enabled to put aside all the more arduous cares of business life and enjoy a well merited rest. Mr. Shaw is one of Ohio's native sons. He was born in Hinckley, Medina county, July 5, 1840, and is a representative of one of the old New England families. His father, Jacob Shaw, was born in Chesterfield, Massachusetts, in 1799, and in 1829 emigrated westward, hoping to improve his financial condition in the new country, where prices were low, where land CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 221 was cheap, and where opportunity for advancement was offered every individual. By water route he made his way to Cleveland, then a mere hamlet, and by canal proceeded to Boston. Ohio, taking up his abode in Medina county. By trade he was a goldsmith, and for many years he followed that pursuit. also devoting a part of his attention to the cultivation and development of a small farm which he had purchased. Just before his removal to the west he wedded Rowena Damon, of Chesterfield, Massachusetts, and in their Ohio home they became the parents of ten children, of whom seven are now living. The father became a well-to-do man and at his death left to his family a comfortable competence. He passed away in 1877, and his widow, surviving him for a number of years. died in 1893, at the age of ninety-two years. In 1870 they became residents of Shelby, and their remains were interred in Oakland cemetery, in this city. William A. Shaw, whose name introduces this record, enjoyed the advantages of a good common-school education and prepared for his business career by becoming his father's assistant in the jewelry store. For thirty-four years William A. Shaw engaged in the jewelry business, being located in Shelby during the greater part of that time. He, however, followed the pursuit in Medina. in connection with the firm of A. I. Root & Company. he being the silent partner of the concern. For twenty-eight years he conducted a jewelry establishment of his own, in connection with the book and stationery business. Mr. Shaw possessed the qualifications necessary for the successful conduct of a store. He is a man to whose nature indolence and idleness are thoroughly foreign. In manner he is obliging and courteous, and he understood how to meet the varied tastes of the trade. In all his dealings he was strictly honorable, and he therefore enjoyed the public confidence and received a liberal share of its patronage. At the age of twenty-six years. in 1861, Mr. Shaw was united in marriage to Eleanor F. Oakley. of Sandy Hill. New York. Her mother was in her maidenhood a Miss Garfield. a relative of the martyred president. Mrs. Shaw was called to her final rest in 1898. at. the age of fifty-two years, and at her death left three children : J. Anna : William, who is married and lives in Shelby. and has two sons and one daughter : and Elmer. a widower, who has one child. Mr. Shaw was again married, the second union being with Mrs. Anna Rogers, nee Ott. of Shelby. She belonged to one of the old families of Ohio, and her mother was a Miss Marvin prior to her marriage. In 1890 Mr. Shaw purchased the Gump farm, adjoining the eastern boundary of Shelby. The place comprises seventy-four acres and has been 222 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. in the possession of but three persons. Mr. Shaw now holds the original deed, to which is attached the autograph signature of Andrew Jackson. He has now practically retired, yet gives considerable time and attention to the improvement and cultivation of his place. His residence is a most commodious, substantial and inviting one. It is built of brick and is surrounded with attractive gardens and lawns. Everything about the place is neat and attractive in appearance, indicating his careful supervision. Mr. Shaw is a prominent Mason and has taken the Scottish rite degrees. His political views are in harmony with the Democratic principles, yet he votes independently. For nine years he was a member of the school board, and the cause of education found in him a warm friend. He earnestly promoted the welfare of the schools of the community. He was also the township treasurer for two terms, and in this office discharged his duties with promptness and fidelity. In all life's relations Mr. Shaw has been true to the trust reposed in him, honorable in business, reliable in public life and faithful in friendship. He has enjoyed the confidence and esteem of all with whom he has been associated and well deserves representation in this volume. J. Q. A. CLONES, M. D. Few men are more prominent or more widely known in Shelby and in Richland county than Dr. Clowes. He has been an important factor in professional circles, and his popularity is well deserved, as in him are embraced the characteristics of an unbending integrity, unabating energy and industry that never flags. He is public-spirited and thoroughly interested in whatever tends to promote the moral, intellectual and material welfare of his town and county. The Doctor was born in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, May 18, 1845, and is one of the thirteen children of James and Rebecca (Kennedy) Clowes. His father also was a native of Allegheny county, and upon the home farm spent the days of his childhood. As a preparation for life's work he learned the cabinetmaker's trade, which he followed throughout his active business career. He made his home in what is now Cheswick but was then Pleasant Shore, a village on the Allegheny river. He was an active member of the Baptist church, and died in 1867. His wife, who was born in Warren county, Ohio, passed away in 1862. Of their children only four are now living : Walter A., who is engaged in the undertaking business in Springdale, Pennsylvania ; Henry R., of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; J. Q. A. ; and Mary, the wife of William Berwinkle, of Apollo, Pennsylvania. Dr. Clowes spent the first seventeen years of his life in his parents' CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY - 223 home and pursued his literary education in the graded schools of Harmarville, Pennsylvania. At the age of sixteen he began reading medicine, often seeking the seclusion of the woods, where he concentrated his mind on his studies and mastered many of the fundamental principles of the medical science. After a year thus passed he began reading medicine under the direction of Dr. B. F. Reynolds, of Harmarville, with whom he remained for a year, when he went to Pittsburg and continued his studies under Dr. G. T. Jacoby, tinder whose preceptorage he remained for two years. He then enjoyed the advantages of a college course, matriculating in the Philadelphia University of Medicine and Surgery in the fall of 1868. He was graduated at that institution in the spring of 1869. Well equipped for his chosen calling, he started westward to seek a favorable location. He went to Normal, Illinois, but was not favorably impressed with that section of the country and came to Richland county, Ohio,. locating in Rome, Blooming Grove township. There he successfully practiced for six years, when, in 1875, he removed to Shiloh, where he built up a very enviable business. In October, 1900, he removed to Shelby, where he now continues the practice of medicine. In 1872 Dr. Clowes was joined in wedlock to Miss Mary H. Van Horn, a native of Rome and a daughter of William Van Horn, who at one time was a leading carpenter and builder, but afterward engaged in the grocery business in Rome. Unto the Doctor and his wife have been born four children, of whom three are yet living : Roselle and Estelle, at home ; and Nellie, the wife of B. F. Long, an able attorney and the present mayor of Shelby, Ohio. The family is one of prominence in Richland county, and the hospitality of many of the best homes is extended to the members of Clowes household. The Doctor is a supporter of Republican principles. He is one of the well known residents of Richland county, and his career has been honorable and creditable. He represents a profession where advancement depends upon individual merit, and his high standing is an indication of his skill. ALEXANDER FRASER. Alexander Fraser, wholesale dealer in monumental marble and granite at Mansfield, Ohio, is of Scotch origin and possesses many of the sterling characteristics that have distinguished his countrymen wherever they have settled in the United States. Mr. Fraser was born in Kincardineshire, Scotland, in 1860, and in his 224 - CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. native land was reared and educated. He is a graduate of Robert Gordon's College. The marble business, in all its details, he learned under the instruction of the firm of McDonald, Field & Company, of Aberdeen, Scotland, where he made a specialty of draughting. He was a draughtsman for five years in one of the largest shipbuilding establishments of Aberdeen. His parents, Alexander and Christina (Smith) Fraser, are both still living, and his father is the manager of a large estate in Scotland. In 1889, the year following his marriage, Mr. Fraser came to this country and located in Mansfield, where he at once established himself in his present business, and from the beginning has met with marked success. His business, constantly on the increase, now extends throughout the United States and into all parts of Canada. In his office Mr. Fraser has the assistance of his entertaining and accomplished wife, and to her is due a share of the success they enjoy. Their business amounts annually to over one hundred thousand dollars. Mrs. Fraser was formerly Miss Maria Milne, and she, too, is a native of Kincardineshire, Scotland, and a daughter of John and Jane (Donald) Milne. She had excellent educational advantages and holds a life certificate as a teacher in Great Britain. They are the parents of two sons,—Alexander John and Herbert Freeman. Mr. and Mrs. Fraser are worthy members of the United Presbyterian church, and politically he is a Republican, voting with his party on all national issues. In filling local office, however, he makes it a point to support the man he believes best fitted for the place, regardless of party lines. Personally he is a man of fine physical proportions,—a well-developed, rugged determined, keen, successful Scotchman. JOSEPH PATRICK HENRY. This well known and prominent lawyer of Mansfield, a member of the firm of Henry & Reed, is a native of Richland county, born in Monroe township April t0, 1854, and is a son of Nicholas S. and Margaret (Yates) Henry. The Henry family was founded in America by his great-grandfather, Joseph Henry. a highland Scotchman by birth, who was one of the soldiers who came to this country with La Fayette to fight for the independence of the colonies in the Revolutionary war. He was scalped by the Indians in New Jersey at the age of sixteen. and left for dead, but recovered and lived to the advanced age of eighty-four years. His home was probably in Washington county, Pennsylvania. In his family were three sons. of whom Joseph Henry