Delaware County, Ohio - Chapter 18: Townships and Towns, 1908 (part 13 of 16)

Man \nn Smith, who was born in Morrow ( '. iunt) . ( >ln> 1, and w In 1 w as a daughter oi Nehemiah and Experience (Carpenter) Smith. She died in 1894, having been the mother of eight children, namely : Daniel X.. now residing in Missouri, who married Lizzie Dixon and has two children - Lloyd and Grace ; Wellington M., who married Lucy Sherwood and has three children - Lewis, Blanche and Laura; .Millard A., now of Topeka, Kansas, who married Ann Bishop, and has six children - May, Walter. Edna. Hazel. Wilma and Zelda: Lester E., who married Mary Sherwood and lives in Ashley; Adeline, wife of Elmore Coomer and mother of a daughter - Flossie Marie; Harriett, who died in 1890; Emma, wife of Orrie G. Benedict, who has a son. Murray, and two daughters - Buelah Dawn and Thelma Gertrude; and Milton Henry, who is a druggist in Dayton. Elder Shoemaker formed a second marriage April 3. 1898, with Airs. Mary J. Ogden. nee Thomas, who died suddenly in November, 1907. Mr. Shoemaker is a Republican in politics and cast his first presidential vote for John C. Fremont. He served on the School Board 13 years and as mayor of the village 1 1 years.

IOMAS MERCER SEEDS, for many years a prominent business man of Ashley, Delaware County Ohio, is now living in retirement. He has re- -ided here almost continuously since he was 19 years of age and is widely known ami mg the people of this vicinity. He was horn in Chester County. Pennsylvania. November 8, [835, and is a son of Job and Mary 1 Mercer ) Seeds.

Job Seeds was born and reared in Chester County. Pennsylvania, and during his younger days taught in the public schools. Lie then followed surveying for some years, and then engaged in farming.. He was first located on Brandywine Creek, where the famous battle of that name was fought during the Revolution, but moved from there to Columbiana County, Ohio, where he lived until his death. He married Mary Mercer, a native of Chester County, and they became parents of the following children: Edward, deceased; Thomas Mercer; Paschal, who now lives in California; Hannah, deceased; Margaret, wife of William Brown, deceased, resides in ( olumbiana County. Ohio; and Mary, deceased. Thomas M. Seeds was reared in his native count}- and there learned the trade of shoemaker. He was 19 years old when, in 1854. he came west alone, and began working at his trade in the establishment of Aaron Morehouse, near Ashley. After one year he moved to Stantontown and continued his trade for a like period, then returned to Ashley. In 1862 he formed a partnership with M. B. Shoemaker, and under the name and style of Seeds & Shoemaker conducted a general store, including hardware and groceries, until 1879. 'n the meantime he also engaged extensively in buying and shipping grain. Then in partnership with his son. under the firm name of T. M. Seeds & Son. he conducted a general hardware store, including a stock of farming utensils, general hardware and builders' supplies. In connection with this enterprise they operated the only lumber yard in the village. Finally Mr. Seeds and his son dissolved partnership, when he took the hardware and his son the lumber business, and he continued in the hardware line until 1896, since which time he has lived in retirement. About 1873, be erected a modern brick residence on a tract of four and a half acres he owns, adjoining the village, and resided there until 1904. when he moved to his present location. On July 26, [856, Mr. Seeds was married (first) to Adelia Shoemaker, who was born and reared in Delaware County, and was a daughter of Daniel Shoemaker. She died October 10, 1903. having given birth to nine children, the record being as follows; Rosa married Robert Sherman of Dayton. Tennessee, and have the following offspring: Blanche, wife of John Reidy, has three children: Dawn, wife of Ray Sperry, has three children. Lillian and Edwin Sperry. and a daughter, Julia Mc- Gough by a first marriage; Walter. Bessie and

Belle. Edward Seeds, second child of Mr. Seeds, married Lillian Baumbarger and has one sun, Cyloneous. Weston, residing at Columbus, married Kitty Gilbert and they have one son. Gerald. Etta married Melvin Mc- Conbrey of Algier, Ohm. and the}' have a son, Ray. Myrtie married Frank VVigton, and they have a son, Harry Seeds Wigton.

Mr. Seeds was married (second) November 23, 1904, to "Mrs. Elizabeth (Laughrey) Waugh, who was horn in Knox County, Ohio, September 9, 1840, and is a daughter of Samuel and Julia Ann (Harris) Laughrey. She first married Samuel Waugh, by whom sinhas four children living: William E., who resides in California; Samuel Charles, who lives in California; Elizabeth Viola, who is the wife of Josephine Doty, of Leonardsburg, Ohio; and Nancy Rosella, who is the wife ot Wilber Wandell oi California. Religiously, both Mr. and Mrs. Seeds have been Spiritualists for nian_\- years. Mr. Seeds served for years as township and village treasurer .and is a Democrat in politics.

S. CRUIKSHANK, who is a leading general farmer and fruit grower of Liberty Township, owns and resides on a very valuable farm of 22] acres, this being a part of the farm of 500 acres originally secured by his grandfather, George Cruikshank, soon after the War of [81 2'.

George Cruikshank was a native of New York and belonged to a family that came to America in [760. He married Elizabeth Conway, who was born in Ireland, and they came to Delaware County from Salem. Washington County. New York. The property that George Cruikshank secured had been obtained from the Government prior to this, by ' reneral Stansbury. No improvements had been made. but a few of the trees had been slashed to mark a pith through the forest. The children of George and Elizabeth Cruikshank were: Alary, who married John Dutcher; William. I (avid ( I., w hi i was b irn in

1808. married Eliza Eaton; Jane C. who was born November 2, 1814, married Joseph Leonard; William (2), who was born in 1816, married Cynthia Fisher: Elizabeth, who was horn in 181 9, died in 1820; George H.. who was born Apirl 4. 1821, was the father of A. S. Cruikshank; and James, who was born in 1823. married Lucia Kenyon.

Of his father's estate, (ieorge H. Cruikshank owned 221 acres. He followed agricultural pursuits until his children were old enough to require educational opportunities, when he moved to Delaware tp give them the benefits of excellent schools and resided there for about 2^, years. He died at the home of his son. A. S.. on the present farm. January 10, 1902, aged 81 years. George H. Cruikshank was married. June 5. 1850. to Augusta cember 25. iSyj. The children of (ieorge H. Cruikshank and wife were as follows: Harriett Jane, who was born May 4. 185 1. died in 1854; Alwood Smith; George Thompson, who was born October 23. 1854, died in October. 1835; Frederick W, who was born August 10, 185(1. died August 2j. 1856; Mary Augusta, who was born June 25, [858, married Rev. Edwin Brown. June 18. 1884. and they reside at Lawton. Oklahoma; Martha Elizabeth, who was born October [6, [860, died April 9, 1875; Peter, who was born July 22. 1862, died September 2^, 1862; Lucy Joy. who was born September 2. 1803. married Newton II. Fairbanks and they reside at Springfield. Ohio; and Dora, who was born February 4, 1866, died July 8, [866.

Alwood Smith was born December 25, 1852. He obtained his education in the sch ols at Delaware and the Wesleyan University, and was about 21 years old when he adopted farming as his life work'. After his marriage he located on his present farm and here he has engaged in general farming and has given 0 nsiderable attention to growing tine fruit. In [878 he married Viola J. Pollock, who is a daughter of S. D. and Mary (Taylor) Pollock, of Delaware County, but formerly ol I.odi, Medina County, Ohio.' Mr. and Mrs.

Cruikshank have had four children: Alwood Pollock, Mabel Janett, .Mary Augusta and George Harvey. The eldest son was born January 25, 1880. lie was educated in the common and High School at Delaware and served in the Spanish-American War in Porto Rico, as a member of Company K. Fourth Regiment. Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He is now engaged as one of the engineers at the Stratford power house, for the C. D. M. Company. He married Gertrude Snyder. The eldest (laughter, Mabel Janette, was born March jo. [885, and died while a student at the Wesleyan University, July 15. 1906. The passing away .if this daughter was a grevious affliction t" the family. Mary Augusta, hum 1 let iber 28, 1887, is now a student of the ( Ihio Wesleyan University, and ( ieorge Harvey. born March 6, 1891, is a student in the Delaware High School. The family residence was built stout and strong by the grandfather of Mr. Cruikshank. Idle stone house on the farm, just south of the residence, was erected by the father of Mr. Cruikshank. and in it the latter was horn.

In political views, the Cruikshanks have been identified with the Republican party since its formation hut in addition to this they have 1 ecu zealous prohibitionists and to such an extent that the late George H. Cruikshank was at one time the candidate for the State Assembly on the Prohibition ticket. Like his father. Mr. Cruikshank is a member of the Presbyterian Church at Delaware, in which he is an elder. He has been active in all movements designed to promote agricultural interests ami for a number of 3'ears was a member 1 if the < iranee.

APT. J. F. CURREN, whose period I of residence at Delaware covers almost half a century, is one of the city's reliable business men. as well a- a deservedly honored veteran of the Civil War. He was born September 10. [839, in Delaware County, Ohio, and is a son of Stephen Curren.

Joseph Curren, the grandfather, located in Delaware County in [808, coming from Washington County, Virginia, and was one of the pioneer teachers in this section, lie went on horseback to East d'ennessee. where he married, and brought his bride back with him in the same way, and settled permanently in Delaware County, where his son, Stephen Curren, was horn in 18 16. The latter became a man of substance and prominence in Delaware ( ounty, For a number of years he was engaged in a general mercantile business at Norton, Waldo, Leonardsburg and Ashley.

J. F. Curren was 18 years of age when he came to Delaware, and his education was obtained entirely in the schools of his native county. In [861 he enlisted as a private in Company D. Twentieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered into the service at Camp Chase, Columbus. He participated in the battles of Fort Donelson, Pittsburg Landing, Shiloh, Bolivar, and luka, and in those which occurred daily while the army was getting in the rear of Vicksburg. The Twentieth Infantry on every occasion gave a good account of itself. It went to Memphis and then to Yazoo Bend, through Louisiana, and took pari in the battle at Port Gibson. In the engagement at Raymond. Tennessee, the regiment lost heavily and went thence to Jackson, Champion Hill and Black River, and came up in front of Vicksburg mi May 18, taking part in the charge on the city on May _'jd. Captain Curren, during all these movements, was ever at the post of duty. After the fall of \ icksburg he accompanied the regiment to Mechanicsburg, and later back to Vicksburg, and on November 10. 1863, he was sent home on recruiting service. On the 18th of April, following, he was made regimental adjutant o( the Sixtieth Regiment, ( >. V. I., which was assigned to the Ninth Corps, and on May 5, 1 part in the memorable battle of the Wil ness. Here, with his comrades, he was for five hours under fire. At Nye Run they were again in battle for five hours, and out of three companies of 200. 98 were killed and wounded. On May 12th. came the terrible battle of Spottsylvania, and later that of Cold Harbor.

Following that came 36 hours of marching before the regiment was halted in front of Petersburg, where, after a rest of -'4 hours, these brave men were again called into action, and made that fierce charge which opened the siege, 17th June, [864, and in this Captain Curren was wounded and lost his right arm.

Here it may be mentioned as a curious coincidence that Captain Curren's mother's greatgrandfather lost his right arm, June 17. 1775. at the battle of Bunker Hill. Captain Curren's injury necessitated his being taken to a hospital at Washington, D. C. and he soon went Ik ime on furlough. In October, [864, he rejoined his regiment in front of Petersburg, and was then transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps, .subsequently being sent to the Resen e garrison on Galloup's Island, Boston, where he remained until the close of the war. llis service was of long- duration and filled with severe hardships, but he emerged from all dangers with but one serious wound and had been gradually promoted to high rank.

Shortly after his return to Delaware, Captain Curren became an agent in the Refugee Bureau, under General Howard, and served at different places in North Carolina, until December 31, 1868. Subsequently, he served as postmaster at Delaware for twelve years and a half, later entering into a manufacturing business at Columbus, in which he continued for but a short time. In 1885 he opened a tire insurance office at Delaware, located at j,j> _. North Sandusky Street, where he has carried on business ever since. In [895 Captain Curren established the Citizens hire Insurance Association, of which he has been secretary since its organization.

Captain Curren was married February 1. [866, to Mary A. Gavitt, and they have three children: Lena O, who married John W. Roby, a proniinent attorney residing at Lima. Ohio; Arthur J., residing- at Elyria, Ohio, where he is manager of the Citizens' Telephone Company; and Marie, who resides at home. Captain Curren is a valued comrade in the local post of the Grand Army of the Republic, and of the Union Veteran Legion, lie is a member of the Methodist Episcopal ( Ihurch.

ILLIAM HARRIS, A. B., a leadingcitizen of Ostrander, is cashier of the Ostrander Banking Company and is identified with cither successful enterprises of this section. Mr. Harris was born at Victoria, in Monmouthshire. Wales, November _>_-, 1870, and is a son of Edwin M. and Elizabeth ( Watkins) Harris.

Victoria, the birthplace of Mr. Harris, has been the family home for generations. The grandfather was a sailor and like many others who have followed the sea, made one voyage from which he never returned. Edwin M. Harris was born in 1840 and was a child when his father was lost. He learned the trade of molder. which he followed in his own country until 1880. when he came to America and resumed work at his trade in Cleveland, Ohio, which he has but recently given up. He is a member of the Ancient Order of Foresters, having joined the order in Wales. He married Elizabeth Watkins and they have three surviving children : William, residing at Ostrander; Cyrus M., residing at Cleveland; and Elizabeth, who married John Mosely, residing at Cleveland. The family was reared in the Ci ingregational Church.

William Harris was ten years old when his parents came to America. He was educated in the public schools of Cleveland and at Hiram College, graduating from the latter institution in 1897, having taken the theological course. In June, 1897, lie was ordained to the ministry of the Christian Church. Prior to this he had taken charge of the Christian Church on West Madison Avenue, Cleveland, where he continued for three years, removing from there to West Mansfield, Logan County. He remained in this charge for two years and his last settled pastorate was in Paulding County, where he was stationed for two or more years.

In the spring of 1905, Mr. Harris came to Ostrander and entered into business, on the first of the following July assuming the duties of cashier of the Ostrander Banking Company. He has been interested in the organization of several telephone companies and is secretary and a director of the Crooksville Company. The Ostrander Banking Company was or- department. The bank has proven very popular and profitable, its deposits now being some Si 1 5.1 Kin. while the total resources of the bankare $150,000. The president of the banking company is W. II. Carr, its vice-president is I. C. Maugans, while the following capitalists make up its board of directors: W. 11. Carr, J. C. Maugans, Marion Kirkland, H. \Y. Rittenhouse and J. 1. Adamson.

Mr. Harris married Ethel M. Carr, who is a daughter of S. T. Carr. a prominent resident of Ostrander, and they have two children, namely: Helen Elizabeth and David Carr. The family attends the Baptist Church.

In political sentiment, Mr. Harris is a Republican and in 1907, he was elected to membership on the School Board, although the township is strongly Democratic. He is a member of both the Masons and Odd Fellows, being connected with Ostrander Lodge, No. 594. F. & A. M., and the Chapter at Delaware, in the former fraternity, while in the latter, he is a member of Edinburgh Lodge and is past grand of White Lodge at West Mansfield and belongs to the Encampment at Middleburg. Mr. Harris is an esteemed citizen of Ostrander. a man who exercises a strong and helpful personal influence in the community.

OHX RICHEY XEWHOUSE, one of Scioto Township's most honored citizens, who has spent almost the whole of his long and useful life on his present farm, is a worthy representative of two of the pioneers of Delaware County and can claim a Revolutionary ancestor in the person of his great-grandfather. Mr. Newhouse was born in Union County. Ohio, Augusl 27, [829. His parents were William and Annie (Richey) Newhouse.

The history of the Newhouse family is very interesting. The family is of English origin and the first members came to Loudoun County, Virginia, prior to 1740, in which year the great-grandfather of John Richey was born. When be attained manhood, he married a lady who wa^ also of English extrai I and they reared the following children: Jona than. Isaac. Anthony. Ettra and David. He died of camp fewer, when forty years of age, having served in the Patriot army from Loudoun County, from 1776 to 1780.

Anthony Newhouse. the third son of the above family, became the grandtather of John Richey New house. He was eight years of age when his father died in the army, and with bis older brothers he was forced to assist his widowed mother in providing for the needs of the family. He remained closely at home until 1704. when General Washington called for soldiers to assist in suppressing what is known to history as the "Whiskey Insurrection." Anthony Newhouse responded and remained in the service for six months, or until the insurrecti' nists had been subdued, accompanying the command of General Lee as far as Fort Pitt, where the city of Pittsburg now stands. He returned to his home in Virginia and remained there, following his former pursuits, until 1798, when he visited Wheeling for six months and went from there to old Red Stone Fort, the site of which is now included in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

At that place. Mr. Newhouse became acquainted with Nancy Coons, to whom he was married. June 28, I7<)<). and through this marriage the Newhouse family became established in Ohio. His father-in-law. John Coons, had decided to become a pioneer and settled in the rich country offered to those who sought permanent homes, in Pickaway County. Ohio. Early in the year 1800, a party consisting of John Coons and family, Henry More and family and Anthony Newhouse and family, started on what was then a long and perilous journey, for which they made great preparation. They journeyed to Wheeling. Virginia, on the Ohio River and there the men put their wives aboard an old-fashioned keel-boat which plied up and down the river, by which route they were to reach the mouth of the Scioto River. When their families and possess were safely started, the men set out for the same point, along what was called "Zane's

Trace," being really the first road in the State of Ohio, covering the distance to Chillicothe. When the "house-boat" party, as we might term it in modern days, reached the mouth of the Scioto, it was necessary to take a still smaller vessel in order to ascend the narrower stream. They boarded what was termed a "pirogue," which was the Indian name for a primitive boat, sometimes consisting of several caimes fastened together and sometimes of a kind of flat-boat with a sail, and by this means they safely reached Chillicothe and joined their husbands. A still further journey had to be made up the Scioto Creek until they reached some land that had been previously cleared ami partially cultivated by the Indians, and here they stopped and built log cabins very close together, mainly for protection, as the)' were daily visited by the Indians and they were far from civilization, the nearest settlement being Chillicothe. thirteen miles away, while Lancaster was eighteen miles distant. At this time all the land in this vicinity belonged to the Government, the county not having been yet surveyed. Luring the first year, the little colony subsisted on corn which was brought from .Marietta, either by way of the river or on horseback, and on game, there being an abundance of deer and wild turkeys, while bears were often killed. There was thus no danger of hunger, and the wild berries and wild honey found in the forest, gave variety to the fare. During the residence of the family in Pickaway County the following children were born; William. Sarah, Elizabeth, John, [saac, Margaret and F.ura.

In [812 Anthony Newhouse had his second military experience. He enlisted from I'ickawaj County in John Boggs' company, under the command of General Tupper, who was sent to Fort Defiance to fight againsl the Indians. Mr. Newhouse was discharged at ITbana, Ohio, but before he reached there, his faithful horse had been so disabled b) the tomahawk of an Indian, that it was almost worthless. In 1N14 Anthony Newhouse sold In- farm of [60 acres in Pickaway County and bought 200 acres in Scioto Township, from Henry Massie, oi Chillicothe, paying for it at the rate of two dollars an acre. In May of that year he started with his family for Delaware County, bringing with him three cows and three horses. John R. Newhouse has now among his stock, descendants of the horses his grandfather brought from Pickaway County.

William Newhouse, father of John R., was born March 11. 1800. He was married to Annie Richey, January 6. 1823, and they settled on the bank of the Scioto River, near Bellpoint, from which place they removed, in [825, to Union County, but in the fall of 1829 they returned to Scioto Township and settled on the farm now owned by John R. Newhouse, who was then six months old. Here the father died December 6, 1842. His occupation was farming but he was possessed of so much mechanical skill that he constructed a large number of the necessities of the household, including furniture, utensils and shoes. He built the first wagon that was ever made in this section.

The children born to William Newhouse and wife were the following: Mary K., born January 2, 1825, married Benjamin T. Benton, August 13. 1840. and died January 19. 1901 ; David Emery, born August 26, 1826, died in Wapello County. Iowa, February 20, 1856; Belinda, who was married November 15. 1849. to Washington Jones Warren, died at Ashland, [1 wa; John R.; Catherine, born January 22. 183 1. was married in 1855, t0 Abner Johnson Bird, and died in [885; Nancy Jane, born June 30. [832, was married in 1857 to Levi Hart, and died in 1901 ; Adam, born January 30. 1X34. resides in Scioto Township; Joseph, born in 1836. lives in Buffalo, Missouri; William Lafayette, born June 12. [838, died June 30. [855; James 11.. born in 1840. died in 1899; and Isaiah died in infancy.

John R. Newhouse has engaged in general farming and stock-raising and has raised many horses. His farm contains 82 acres and be has all but 15 under cultivation. lie cast his first 1 'residential vote for Zacbary Taylor, and all through the period of the Civil War he was identified with the Republican party, 'out since then his interests have centered more in the Prohibition party which he is happy to see is winning consideration all over the land, the people beginning to value its principles and aims as he has done for many years. In many respects. Mr. Newhouse stands alone, being the oldest school-teacher living in the western part of Delaware County, having out-lived his co-workers and many of his pupils; is the oldest member of the old Stone Church of Radnor and the oldest Sunday school superintendent in Delaware County, and- the oldest elder in the Presbyterian Church, in point of service, in the Marion Presbytery, which includes Marion. Delaware. Union and Morrow Counties. He is also the oldest justice of the peace in the count}'. He has held all the township offices and has been at the head of all public-spirited movements. Since December 10. 1853. he has been a Mason, belonging first to Fidelity Lodge at Bellpoint, later demitting to Hiram Lodge, at Delaware, and is the oldest member of the fraternity in the countv.

On April 6. 1858, Mr. Newhouse was married to Jane A. McClure, a daughter of James McClure. She was born April 1. 1831. Of their seven children, six reached .maturity.- Emma, born February 7. 1859, married D. E. Hughes. December 15, [881, and they reside at Delaware. They have one daughter, Harriet, who was born November 7. 1884. David Emery, born July 26, r86l, died November 22. 1884. Nellie, born June ] _\ 1865, married A. H. Fawcett, June 11, t8go. and they have four children: Clyde, born March 31, 1891 ; Fern, born February 9, [893; Edgar, born November 2j. 1894; and Guy II.. born October 11. 1905. Annie Olive, born November 12, 1870, married Harry S. Britton, September 14. 1890, and died at Chicago, Illinois. April 22, 1898, leaving two children: Corinne, born August 24, 1891 ; and Pauline, born September 19. 1893. Mary lata, born December 13. 1872. married William Brown, February 1. [893, and they have one child, Chester Dean, lorn May 20. [897. Chester P.. bom November 21. 1N74. married Mary K. Oiler, April 21,- [898, and they have one child. John R., born February 11. [899

)N. THOMAS P.. POWELL, for many years numbered among Delaware's most prominent citizens, lias been a resident of Columbus, Ohio, since 1SS7. A lawyer by profession, his successes have been such as to gain for him a prestige not only throughout the State of Ohio, but in the industrial and financial centers of the country as well, and it has been his fortune to represent many of the largest corporate interests of the United States in a legal capacitv. He comes of a distinguished family of Delaware county, the name of Thomas W. Lowell, his father, being inseparably linked with the history of the city of Delaware and institutions, as its guiding genius during its constructive period.

Thomas L. Lowell was born. February 20. 1N42. in the old family home located on what is now the campus of Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, a building which subsequently served as the residence of the incumbent presidents of the University for many vears. He is a son of Thomas Watkins and Elizabeth (Gordon) Lowell, and paternally is descended from the Ancient Britons, the Lowells and Watkins, the latter being the family name of his grandmother, tracing their lineage back to ancestors who were in the Saxon invasion of (ireat Britain, in the Fifth Century of the Christian Era. These names are contained in the earliest year-books and literature of the Saxons, adorning the pages of the history of their country and race.

Thomas Watkins Powell was born near Cowbridge, Montgomeryshire, in South Wales, in November, 1707. mid was four years of age when brought to America by his parents. He was reared at Ltica. New York, in the beautiful Mohawk Valley, where he attended the Academy, availing himself of the limited advantages at hand for the procurement of an education. An insatiable thirst for km wledge could not be denied, and through self instruction and individual research he in time became one of the most scholarly of men. Upon leaving school lie read l;i\\ al Ltica until [819, then went to Canton, Ohio., where hi- p aration for the legal profession was continued under the preceptorship of Hon. James \Y. Lathrop. In 1820 he was admitted to the bar at Wooster, Ohio, and duly licensed to practice by the Supreme Court of the Circuit. He immediately after located at Perrysburg, Ohio, where he engaged in practice about 10 years, and while there served as prosecuting attorney, auditor and clerk of courts of Wood County, discharging the duties of these various offices at the same time. He moved to Delaware. Ohio, about 1830. and soon after purchased the land surrounding Sulphur Springs, now a part of the Ohio Wesleyan University campus, and erected the Mansion House, which is now used as Elliott Hall, one of the University buildings. He built, also, cottages, bath houses and bowling alleys, this being for some years a fashionable resort patronized by those in search of health and pleasure. Numbered among his guests at different times were men who occupied high stations in life, notably William Henry Harrison. President of the United States. Judge Campbell of the United States Court died there in 1832. Air. Powell erected a cottage on the ground, in which he and his family resided, and in which our subject and his wife were both born. He finally disposed of this property to the University. He was in the active practice of his profession in Delaware during this time, and for a period of [5 years was Probate Judge of the county. 1 le refused such offices as were not in line with his professional work, and twice refused the nomination for Congress, in 1840 and in [846, at a time when the nomination of his party meant almost certain election, lie was originally a Whig, in politics, then a Republican during the Civil War and until i,X-_>. when he withdrew his support from that party because of its reconstruction policies.

- Mr. Powell was ever foremosl in the public enterprises of Delaware, lie was influential in bringing the first railroads into the city; built the 'ild flax-mill, now in use as the chair factory; and assisted in establishing the foundry on East William Street. A man .if intellectual attainments and literary ability, with a masterly grasp of the subjects at hand.

as the author of "Powell's Analysis of American Law." a work on "Appellate Jurisdiction" and "'The History of the Ancient Britons and their Descendants," he erected a monument to his name which will endure. As to Mr. Powell's career, his ability and achievements, and the attributes which went to make his character, a more comprehensive account is given elsewhere in this volume.

Thomas E. Powell was reared in Delaware and attended Ohio Wesleyan University, from which he was graduated in 1863. He then read law under the direction of his father and was admitted to the liar in 1866. Immediately thereafter he formed a partnership with Mr. W. P. Reid, an association of legal talent which continued under the firm name of Reid & Powell, until the senior partner's death in 1879. During this time they had erected the Reid & Powell Block, a threestory brick building situated on the southwest corner of Sandusky Street and Central Avenue. Our subject continued in practice in Delaware until 1887, a greater part of the time as senior member of the firm of Powell, < iill & Kauffman, his partners being Judge J. S. Gill and Frank Kauffman. The latter subsequently withdrew from the firm, but Powell & dill continued until 1887. At that time Mr. Powell moved to Columbus, and the firm nf Powell, Owen, Ricketts & Black was formed. Hon. S. X. Owen had but recently retired as Judge of the Supreme Court, and was the first to sever his connection with the firm, retiring from practice some eight or ten years later. Upon the elevation of Mr. Blackto the bench as Probate Judge, the partnership was dissolved and Mr. Powell has since continued alone in practice. He has had connection with some of the must important litigation in the Ohio Courts, a notable case, in which he represented the plaintiff, being the Deshler Will Case, involving more than a half million of dollars. The successful prosecution of this case, which was before the courts for nearly 12 years, brought him a fee of $60,- 000. He has been attorney for the American Sugar Refining Company of New York, The Standard Oil Company, the Ohio and Western

Coal Company, The National Cash Registei Company, and mam other large corporations of New York and Ohio. During his practice in Columbus, his tecs from New York have exceeded those from Ohio, notwithstanding the fact he has tried cases in near]}' every count} in the State. lie has tried cases in nearly one-half the states of the Union, and appeared in all the courts, from the Common Pleas to the United States Supreme Court. Ik- has. without doubt, tried more cases than an_\- other lawyer in Ohio now living. The extent of his practice bespeaks his ability, his comprehensive knowledge of the law. his forensic ability, and his rank among the luremost of his pn rfession.

Mr. Powell was a Republican in politics until 1872. since which time lie has been most active in the affairs of the Democratic part}', being a prominent figure at count}. State and national conventions. He served as presidential elector from his district in 1872, and two years later was nominated for Congress in that district, which was strongly Republican. Although he met with defeat there was much glory in the fact that he was the first Democrat to carry Delaware G unity in a Congressional race. In 1873 he was the party nominee for attorney-general of Ohio, and in 1 878 was presidential elector at large for Ohio ; in 1887. he was nominated for governor of Ohio against Senator Foraker; he was delagate-at-large to the Chicago convention which nominated Cleveland for President, and placed in nomination the name of Governor Hbadley. Of commanding presence and pleasing voice, employing the choicest diction in his speech and appealing to the better judgment and reason of man. he is gifted beyond measure with the power to sway an audience, and has many times been called upon to place the name of a friend before a convention, lie presented the name of Allen C. Thurman at the St. Louis Convention in 1888: the name of General Thomas Ewing for governor in [878; and the name of Durbin Warren for governor in 1885. Fraternally. Mr. Powel] is a member of Hiram Lodge. No. [8, F. & A. M., at Delaware. He helped to organize the Delaware Chair Company in 1N70, and has been a director of it ever since.

Our subject was joined in marriage with Miss Eliza Thomson, a daughter of Bishop Edward Thomson, first president of Ohio Wesleyan University, a sketch of whom appears in connection with the history of the University. Six children were born of this union: Edward T., a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University and an attorney at law, who has offices with his father; Maria, wife of Rev. Charles W. Watson, D. D., secretary of the Presbyterian Board of Missions of Philadelphia; Cornelia, who lives at home: Raymond, of Tucson, Arizona: Warren T.. who graduated from Ohio State University with the class of 1907, spent one year in Japan as teacher of English in the University of Tokio; and Harold is a member of the class of [.909, (Him State University. Religiously. Mr. Powell is a member of the Broad Street M. E. Church, tn the support of which he has contributed liberally.

AY \\". BARTON, a prominent citizen, large landowner and successful farmer of Berkshire Township, was born at Columbus, Ohio. March 4. 1861. and is a son of William and Sarah ( Inks ) Barton.

The parents of Mr. Barton were natives of Niagara Count}-, Xew York. The}- were married at Columbus, Ohio, in 1850. The father, William Barton, was a prosperous real estate dealer at Columbus for a number of years and continued to reside there until his death, which took place April 7. 1Q05. his wife's death having occurred in the preceding month! The}- had four children, namely: Mar}-, who died aged sixteen years; Helen, who married John Braddock, residing at Newark. Ohio; Clay \\. : and Nellie, who died aged seventeen years.

Clay W. Barton was educated in the schools of Columbus and prior to going the real estate business with his father, was a clerk for two years in the office of the C. II.

B. & T. Railroad. Under his father's supervision, Mr. Barton developed into a successful business man. and continued his residence at Columbus until 1886. He then bought 150 acres of farming land adjoining Sunbury on the south, where he has since carried on general agriculture. In April. 1906. he purchased a second farm of 116 acres in Geneva Township, which he rents. He is identified with many of the leading business concerns of this community. He owns considerable stock and is a director in the Sunbury Farmers' Bank and has other interests. He also owns valuable city realty at Columbus and is interested in the Smith Chemical Company, manufacturers of fertilizers in that city.

In [888 Mr. Barton was married to Anna Moore, who was born at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and who died at Sunbury. Ohio. April 1. 1895. She left one child. Ethel, born in February. 1890, who died October 7. 1902. Mr. Barton was married, secondly. May 13, [907, to Mrs. Ella (Mains) Ford, widow of the late Benton Ford and daughter of John Mains. Mrs. Ford had three daughters - Catherine. Estella and Ruth, all attending school. In politics, Mr. Barton is a Republican, and since 1897 he has been a trustee of Berkshire Township. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and has served on its Board of Trustees.

The ancestors of the subject of this memoir, both paternal and maternal, lived in South Wales, and they trace their lineage back among the \ncient Britons, to the Saxon invasion of Great Britain, in the Fifth Century of the Christian era. The names of Powell and Watkins can be found in the earliest vear-

Tin imas Watkin Powell, lawyer, legislator and author, and in his day widely known to his brethren of the bar, and literary circles, was born in Wales in the latter part of the year 1797. In the early part of the year 1801, his father, Watkin Powell, with his young family immigrated to America and settled in the upper part of the Mohawk Valley, in the State of Xew York. The name of bis maternal grandfather was Watkins.

Utica at that time was a small village, compared with its present magnificence and grandeur, and the country around it was new, the population sparse, and as a matter of course, the means for the education of the young men of that day were limited. Young Thomas sought and obtained such an education as the opportunities afforded.

During the second war with Great Britain, then a mere youth, he drove his father's team with the baggage of a regiment, in the spring of 1813, to Sackett's Harbor, and entered the place at the close of the battle.

In September, 181 4, he was appointed by the military authorities to a post of great trust and responsibility - the bearer of dispatches to Plattsburg; and at the close of that battle he entered the town with dispatches to General McCombes.

Thirst for knowledge was the ruling passion of young Powell's life, and after the War. of 1812. for about two years he was favored with the privilege of attending an academy in Utica. where he studied and mastered such branches as are taught at such institution-, including the higher branches of mathematics, for which he had a taste, and great genius to excel.

It was ever with him a subject of regret, that bis opportunities in early life to obtain a more thorough education were so limited, lint such was the order of Providence. Had he been indulged in the natural bent of his mind, he would have devoted his life to literature. and undoubtedly acquired fame in the Republic 1 if letters.

as a law student, when about the age of 20. Jn the year [819 he came to Ohio, and he passed his quarantine as a law student in the office of Hon. James \Y. Lathrop at Canton. In the year 1820 at Wboster, Ohio, he was duly licensed by the Supreme Court' on the Circuit, to practice in the several courts of record of the State; and he immediately located at Perrysburg, on the Maumee. in the practice of the law. But the country being new and the business insufficient to occupy his time, he accepted both the offices of county auditor and prosecuting attorney of Wood County. At that time under the law, the count}' commissioners appointed the auditor, and the Common Pleas Court appointed the prosecuting attorney, and Mr. Powell held these two offices in Wood County for a period of 10 years consecutively.

In the year 1830, the Maumee Valley not growing in population and not meeting with tlie commercial and business success that was anticipated by the first settlers, in order to obtain a wider held for the practice of his profession, he removed to Delaware, where he resided for more than 50 years, and until his death. He immediately entered upon a lucrative and extensive practice, and from the very outset, his business proved to he commensurate with his abilities and integrity. For more than 30 years, he was regarded by the bar in Delaware, and throughout the counties in Central Ohio, as a strong and successful lawyer. In special pleading and equity to which be devoted special attention he excelled. His industry was untiring both in his profession and as a student. Law. history and literature remained his constant attention, when not occupied with the cares and duties "i" his business, ami pn fessional engagements. He was noted for his zeal for his clients" interests and welfare, in both civil and criminal cases. Politic and intelligent his society was courted by his lirother lawyers at the bar. and in whatever circle he entered he was always welcome.

students than Mr. Powell. Among the lawyers who acquired celebrity in professional or political life, or both, we can name among his students. Hon. C. Sweetser, who was a successful lawyer and a member of Congress from 1849 to I8S3; subsequently Edward Jones, Esq., who died young, and who at the time of his death was prosecuting attorney of Delaware County. Mr. Jones had acquired so much reputation as a lawyer and publicspeaker, that it was thought that if he had lived, he would have reached the very highest round in the ladder of fame. His brother, Hon. Thomas C. Jones, scarcely less distinguished, was both State Senator and Common Pleas and District Judge for 10 years. Hon. Royal T. Wheeler, Chief Justice of Texas. General J. S. Jones, a member of the Forty-fifth Congress, and others making a 1' >ng roll, were among the number of his law students.

The bar in Central Ohio when Mr. Powell entered upon the practice in Delaware was distinguished for its ability. Gustavus Swan and Ovis Parish of Columbus, Ewing and Stanbury of Lancaster,' William Sanbury of Newark, Delano and Curtis of Mt. Vernon, Godman and Bowen of Marion, Stewart and Bartlv of Mansfield ami others with whom he was frequently associated as co-counsel, or pitted against in the trial of causes, were able lawyers. In this brilliant array. Mr. Powell stood abreast with the foremost as an advocate and trial lawyer.

Painstaking and laborious in the preparation of his cases, he was never taken by surprise by his adversary in the trial of a cause. His earnest and persuasive style of elocution was entertaining and instructive, to both Court and jury. Punctilliously honest, he was the very soul of honor, and his earnest manner impressed the Court and jury with the sincerity of his convictions.

To his industry in his profession and letter^, Mr. Powell added great enterprise in all matters of interest to the public. He projected and prosecuted to completion the improvements at the Sulphur Springs, at Delaware. known as the "Mansion House," which in its early history was a fashionable resort as a watering place; and which subsequently secured to Delaware, the "Ohio Wesleyan University." He built the flax-mills at Delaware, and thereby secured the extensive chair factory upon the same site, now known and patronized in every State in the Union; and by his enterprise and patronage, greatly aided in the establishment and success of the foundry and machine shops of that city, lie had an exquisite taste for horticulture and -the arts - especially architecture. His knowledge of the arts by study and cultivation, was of a high order. All his life he was free from very vice of dissipation. To billiards and cards he was a stranger.

Although he took a lively interest in public affairs he was never partisan, lie believed in the brotherhood of man and sympathized with the afflicted, either in mind, body or estate - it made no difference to him whether the sufferer was white or black, degraded or virtuous, his hand was ever ready to extend him relief. His whole life was signalized with acts of charity, and he was never known "to turn the poor away unalmsed."

He was never a place seeker. The offices he filled so well were forced upon him. and accepted seemingly against his will. He filled many offices of trust both before and after he came to Delaware - prosecuting attorney, representative and Senator in the State Legislature, lie was a member of the Constitutional Convention of '73 and for main' years in the later part of his life he was count) judge. The writer was a law student of Mr. Powell, and lor several years occupied Ins office and knew him well. On two different occasions he could have been elected to Congress if he had given his consent to run. In [840 he could have been elected, and again in [846, but be would not consent to give up his lucrative professional practice for a seat in Congress. lie thought the claims upon him of his young family were superior to the claims of his country, and at that time men seemed to be more honest than they do now, and no honest man then sought a seat in Confor the purpose of making a fortune.

between the years of 1840 and 1847. and among his associates in the Legislature were Seabury Ford, of Granger, afterwards governor; William L. Perkins, of Lake; Kelly, -1 Geauga; Alfred Kelly, of Franklin ; General Eckly, of Carrol; General Schouck and Governor Anderson, of Montgomery; Colonel Chambers and General Godard, of Muskingum; Judge I'.. 1;. Wade, of Washtabula; lion. B. Stanton, of Logan, General Louis H. Godman, of Marion; Colonel John Cheny. of Fairfield; Judge B. S. Cowen, of Bellemont; General Samson Mason and General Charles Anthony, of Clark - some of whom had already and others subsequently acquired a national reputation in the councils of the Nation. In point of ability. Air. Powell stood in the front rank, by the common consent of all.

He gave the profession in which he was so useful and an ornament, two books which are highly prized by the bench and bar, viz. : 1'owell's "Analysis of American Law" and a work on "Appellate Jurisdiction." The latter is a book much needed by both bench and bar. It is a work not previously embodied in the form of a separate treatise ; the author, therefore, was in a great measure obliged to analyze the subject for himself and gather his materials in a path not previously pursued. It presents an important subject, holding an intimate relation to every thing connected with the trial of litigated cases - thus involving every interest in the law, and important principles in practice. It is a work every practicing lawyer should have in his library, and every student should read.

Mr. Powell's "Analysis of American Law" is a work of one volume, containing 724 pages, and has received the highest commendation of the ablest jurists of the country, among whom the writer begs leave to mention the late Thomas Ewing, who was recognized at the time of his death as the ablest lawyer in America and perhaps in the world. The writer has been recently shown an autograph letter from Mr. Ewing to Mr. Powell in which he says. "I have given your ' Analysis ^\ American Law' such examination as time would permit, and am greatly satisfied with it. It is indeed a worthy contribution to our noble profession. During my professional career I have felt esprit de corps strongly, and 1 would at any time rather have been the acknowled head of the bar than President of the United States. Your work encourages high aspiration-, resting on intellectual culture, and elevated morality, i thank you for it."

To the beginner in the study of the law. it is a nio-t invaluable work, and cannot fail to occupy a most important place, in the course of preparation, for the practice of the law. Even- student of Blackstone is constantly perplexed with doubts as to how much of it is applicable to our institutions, and is recognized as law. by our courts. Hence the necessity of some work that would bear the same relation to the laws of this country, that Blackstone's Commentaries do, to the laws of England, has long been felt. This want has been practically supplied by the lectures of Chancellor Kent of New York, Judge Tucker of Virginia, and Judge Walker of Ohio. The work of Chancellor Kent is too elaborate and profound a discussion of the principles of the common law. and international law. as well as the jurisprudence of the United States to be adapted to beginners in the study of law. Of all American works, the Analysis best answers the demand.

The author, in arranging this Analysis, followed the arrangement of Mr. Justice Blackstone, who followed the Analysis of Lord Hale, in his preface to Role's Abridgment. But it must lie admitted that it C an improvement over the Commentaries of Blackstone.

The Commentaries are divided into four bonks: Rights of Persons, Rights of Things. Private Wrongs and Public Wrongs. This Analysis divides the whole body of the law into these four well known divisions: Public, Private, Civil and Criminal Law. which may well be considered, to be the division of law according to its natural order. The reasons for adopting this mode ami division of the subject will be apparent to the reader by reference to the commencement of the First Book of this Analysis, and he will then see

It can be safely affirmed as a book [or student, and beginner, and for our schools and colleges, it is the best that has been given to the legal profession by any American author.

The Hon. T. C. Jones, who was judv the District and Common Pleas Courts for io years, said he "had found it the most convenient book for reference, for the proper statement of any elemental'}- principle, or established rule of law, and in this respect of great utility to the intelligent citizen as well as to the law student and practitioner.

It is said the artful French diplomat Talleyrand used language to conceal his thoughts - such is not the language used by Air. Powell in his books. He expresses his thoughts so clearly, they are readily understood by the intelligent student; nor is his composition freighted, like some old authors, with Norman, French and Latin quotations, and thereby, to be pedantic, made unintelligible to the average American student.

In early life his thoughtful mind was disciplined, and his diction formed by reading the best elementary authors, on the English common law. He was a life-long student in history, literature and belles-lettres; and he loved the black letter literature of the law. He wrote and spoke the language of a cultured lawyer, and it is the simplicity of his style that makes his books so entertaining to the readers.

Although Mr. Powell for more than 50 years had been engaged in collecting the material and facts for "The History of the \ncient Britons and their Descendants," it was only written during the years 1875, and 'jj; and that arrangement for its publication was not made until 1880. The sight of the author at that time had become so impaired he was unable to examine proof sheets 1 >r make ci irrections of errors, and the publishers, in the printing and publication of the history, refused to take upon themselves any responsibility; the process of publication was slow, and the author could only make rections of errors in the proof sheet by hearing it read by kind friends who volunteered tu do so. The writer mentions this fact to show under what disadvantageous circumstances the history was published. But it was fortunate for him that defective vision was his only infirmity, for at that time his memory was good and his mind had lost hut little of its maximum strength.

All people both barbarous and civilized in proportion to their intelligence entertain a sentiment of reverence for their ancestors, and this sentiment of veneration for the memory of his ancestors, the Ancient Britons, was a striking feature in the character of our author. Mr. Powell was a thorough Welshman, and as a descendant of the Ancient Britons, was pr< ud of his race. If. he had not been a believer in the brotherh 1 of man, he would

Hume and other historians commenced their history with the Roman Invasion under Julius Caesar about 50 years before the Christian Era. Mr. Powell in his history goes back oi the Roman period, more than five hundred years through a long and bewildered track" of time. The author, as he said himself, produced this history under peculiar circumstances, for he left his native land, and came to America So years before its publication, and during that long life he lived on the border of a new country, and among a border people, who were always generous and kind to him: and still he never lost his love for his native land, nor his regard for the history of his .ancestors. During that time in the midst of circumstances adverse to the studv of history, and literature, and engaged in the profession of the law. with a vim to an active practice, and its studj a- a sci< ncc. he did m it neglect 1- 1 di what leisure tune he could to the study of 1ns- : and especially that of his native land and pei 'pie.

conflicts in the battles of life, he resolved to put into the form of history, the ideas and knowledge he had collected on the subject, in his former hours of leisure and amusement.

This history contains information not to be found in any other one book. The author assumes for reasons which he makes clear, that the human family bad a common origin, and that the Creator placed their cradle in some delightful place in the border of that great and fertile valley in Western Asia, watered by those rivers, so well known in connection with whatever is most venerable in antiquity - the Tigris and the Euphrates; and we may add, that aside from the authority of Moses in the Ancient Book of Genesis, the world has what is called the secular and profane history, to ci infirm this belief.

While the Bible is to be relied upon as a sound revelation as to things spiritual and religious - as to our knowledge of the true and living God, our duty to Him and ourselves, and to each other, it was not intended to teach tis science, geology or chronology, and other things that are strictly secular matters, but even in these matters it is as much to be relied upon as ancient and profane history. We learn from Moses and his writings, that the inhabitants of the Earth after the flood have descended from Xoah and his three sons and their families.

From the cradle of the human family in the Tigro-Euphrates Valley in Western Asia. Mr. Powell in his history traces the line known in history as the Cimri round the north coast of the Euxine Sea. into Western Europe, and across the British Channel into the Island of Creat Britain. This history in its accuracy and research shows vast erudition. The curious student, anxious for information concerning the Celtic race, can have his curiosity gratified by the perusal of the instructive pages of this "History of the Ancient Britons, and their Descendants."

In 1830. about the time of his removal to Delaware, Mr. Powell was married to Miss Elizabeth Gordon, a most estimable lady who like himself had literary tastes and accom- plishments. lie survived his wife only a few years. By this marriage five children survive their parents, two daughters and three suns. The oldest daughter is the wife of Dr. Stambaugh, of California. The youngest daughter. Mi>s Ilellena Powell, is the proprietress and occupant oi the old Powell Homestead in I (elaware.

Of the three sons, ( ieneral Eugene Powell was the oldest. lie raised for the Fourth Regiment, (J. V. I., a company which was one of the very first in the war of the Great Rebellion, and rose to the rank and title of brigadier-general at the close of the war. Another son is Dr. Llewellen Powell and resides in Delaware. The youngest son is Hon. T. P. Powell, a leading lawyer and practitioner in Columbus, Ohio.

Another daughter, Miss Annie, married T. H. Ricketts, Esq., law partner of his brotherin-law, Hon. T. E. Powell, of Columbus, Ohio, hut died soon after her marriage. The youngest daughter of this family was Alary, a mosl beautiful and promising Miss, who died when about 12 years of age.

< >u the 1 2th day of December. A. D., 1882, in the 80th year of his age, this venerated sage ami patriot, without an enemy in the world, seemingly without pain, passed to his final rest, greatly lamented by all who knew him.

)HX BERLETT, who resides 0,1 his valuable farm of Go acres, is one of the representative men of Delaware Township and belongs to an old pioneer family of this county. Mr. Berlett was born in Scioto Township, Delaware 1 ounty, Ohio, October 8, 1851, and is a son of Peter and Mary Ann | Rupp) Berlett.

Peter Berlett was born in 1816, in Canton Blamonz, Prance, and he accompanied his parents to America in [833. For some years he was handicapped by reason of not understanding the English language, hut this disadvantage he overcame while assisting his father in getting settled in the new country, necessarily meeting many people and learning in the course of business transactions. IK- had learned the wagon-making trade in his own land, hut mainly followed fanning after coming to Ohio. Peter Berlett, grandfather of John Berlett, settled first in Stark County, but five years later came' to Delaware County. He was a blacksmith hut engaged in farming after coming to America. He was successful in his undertakings, being a type of thrifty French settler, one whose characteristics were inherited by his descendants, all of whom proved to he men of character and of good citizenship. The venerable grandfather lived to within five years of the century mark, dying in 1877. Peter Berlett, the father of our subject, became possessed of a tract of 200 acres of timber land after coming to Delaware Count)-, and alter clearing it. raised cattle and sheep quite extensively.

John Berlett remained at home until his marriage, when he moved to his present farm, 011 which he had previously built his comfortable residence. He continued to improve his property, and in 1903 he built his present substantial barn, a commodious building with dimensions of 50 by 40 feet, with 22-foot posts.' He rotates his crops, having 50 acres under cultivation, raising corn, oats, wheat and hay. He feeds his stock all he grows except his wheat. He keeps 10 head of cows, selling his milk to a local creamery, has about seven head of horses and 25 head of Chester White hogs.

Mr. Berlett married Annie Eliza McFarland, who is a daughter of William (1. Mc- Farland, of Scioto Township, and they have had three children, of whom the two survivors are: Augusta May. who married Walter Freece, residing at Delaware ; and Harry Thurston. Mr. and Mrs. Berlett are members of the L'nited Brethren Church, of which he has been a trustee. In politics. Mr. Berlett lias identified himself with the Republican party, and < m numerous occasions he has been elected to Township office. For three terms he served as township assessor, during tin's time working faithfully for the good of the community.

INFIELD SCOTT MARKS, representative citizen and general farmer residing on his excellent farm of ioo acres, which is situated three-fourths of a mile east of Powell, was born on the Olentangy River, in Liberty Township, Delaware County, Ohio, one mile east of Powell, December 4, 1839. His parents were Sheldon and Ann (Knight) Marks.

The paternal grandfather, Edward Marks, lived and died in Hartford County. Connecticut, and from there Sheldon Marks and all his children, except Winfield Scott, came to Delaware County prior to 1839. Sheldon Marks was horn June 4, [792, in Connecticut, and died at Powell, Ohio, in [878. He married Ann Knight, who was horn in Pennsylvania. January 6, 1800. and died in [879. Her parents were very early settlers oi Delaware County and they lived in the lower house, near the river, on the Powell road. Eight children were horn to Sheldon Marks and wife, namely: Lorenda, who died one year after her marriage with Sylvester Andrews, residing at Bellfontaine ; William Edward married Phebe Dedrick ami they resided at Columbus, where he died; Sylvester died in childhood; Erastus Bryant, residing at Lowland, near Cincinnati, married Lucy Dedrick; Miles Cordon died in California; Milow married Mary Barber and died in Illinois. Thaddeus Stevens married Marcella Stanberry and died at Columbus; and Winfield S.. of Liberty Township.

Winfield Scott Marks went to school in Libert) Township in his boyhood, taking advantage of the rather meager educational opportunities afforded the youth of his day. He earl) became acquainted with work on the farm and has made agriculture his main occupation through hie. When he was young a large part of his present well-cultivated property was yel covered with forest trees, and the present highway on which so much traffic passes his door, was then hut a path through the woods. For the past jo years, Mr. and Mrs. Marks have lived on the present farm and prior to that they lived on the old Marks nestead.

In [859, by marriage, Mr. Marks became connected with two of the oldest and most prominent families of Liberty Township. His bride was Josephine Case, who is a daughter ni Augustus Lumis and Cynthia (Tuller) Case, and a granddaughter of Augustus and Lucinda (Curtis) Case, natives of Pocahontas Count), West Virginia, who first settled on the Scmto River in Concord Township, Delaware County. The children of the grandparents were : Augustus, who was small when the family came to Ohio; William Hunter; Rufus Timothy; Lewis Enos ; and Ann. who married Joseph Wells. The father of Mrs. Marks was born in 1816 and died in 1834. after moving to Delaware, aged 38 years. He married Cynthia Tuller. who was born and died at Powell. They had five children : James Oscar, Ahhie Josephine. Philander Cicero. Dora and Lumis Augustus. James Oscar Case served as a member of the Xinety-sixth Regiment. Ohio Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War. He was married (first) to Martha Tone and 1 secondly 1 to Olive Vance. Philander Cicero married Emma Collier and they reside at Powell. Dora married Charles Carlson, a prominent farmer of Liberty Township. Lumis Augustus is a conductor on the Hocking Valley Railroad. He married Marietta Case and they reside at Columbus.

The children horn to Mr. and Mrs. Marks were: Milo Sheldon. William Oscar, Clara Edna, Edward Cicero, Lilliebelle, Alvin Halstead. Harry Raymond and Mary Ann. Milo Sheldon was employed on the railroad, where be was killed, leaving a widow and two children. William and Carl. William < '-car died March 24, 1866. Clara Edna married John Hall, residing at Arlington Heights, Cincinnati, and they have one daughter, Stella. Edward Cicero married Josephine Case, a daughter of Levi Case, and they reside at Hyattsville. They have three children- Luis, Sheldon and Ellsworth. Edward C Marks served in the army in the Philippine Islands for eighteen months. He enlisted for three years as a member of Company B, Seventeenth Regiment, < Ihio Volunteer Infantry and at Port Thomas was transferred to the Twenty-third Regiment,

Albert Huntley Axd Representative Citizen'S

< >hio V< lunteer Infantry. He saw service in Luzon and at lolo. Lillibelle married Harry Wilcox and died at Powell, in [890. Their only child is also deceased. Alvin Halstead married Charlotta Thomas, a daughter ot Charles Thomas, and they reside at Winnipeg. Manitoba. Harry Raymond married Myrtle Black, a daughter of William Black, and they reside on the home farm. Mary was born October jo. 1883. and died April 14. 1886.

The Huntley family is of English extraction and it was founded in America by Mr. Huntley's great-grandfather, who settled in New Hampshire about the same time that William I'enn came to Pennsylvania. Lemuel Huntley, grandfather of Albert Huntley, was born in Coos County, New Hampshire, where he engaged in farming. He and wife died at the home of their son. William, in 1854, aged respectively eighty-eight and eighty-six years.

William Huntlev was born in Coos County, New Hampshire, in 1799. where he grew to manhood. He then went to Vermont, and after his marriage came to Ohio, settling at Tallmadge Center. Summit County. From there he came to Delaware County, in (836, and settled on what is now known as the David Bevans farm. He was one of the earliest settlers and he had to clear his forty acres of land, where he built a log house in which he lived for many years. During the War of 181 2 he served in the militia. The last twenty years of his life were spent with his son, Albert, and his death took place in 1878.

He married Abigail Marden and they had six children, namely: Lavina, now deceased, who married Lyman Tuttle, of Delaware: Anna. also deceased', who married, first, Frank Cole. and second, Joseph Davis; William, who is deceased: Mary Ann. also deceased, who married Valentine Wilson; Albert, subject of this sketch: and Oscar, who is no longer living-.

Albert Huntley was educated in the schools of Delaware Township. He then learned the trade ol carriage-smith, developing an unsuspected talent for all kinds of blacksmithwork. This has led to his invention of a number of valuable agricultural implements, some of which he has patented. He invented a single wheat drill, the utility of which has been very generally recognized and large sales of which have been made all over the country. He is the inventor also of a corn busker which can he operated either by hand or by mechanical power; and of the Perfection fence post, which is made of cement, that composition which bids fair to take the place of building materials of all kinds, in the near future. Mr. Huntley long since recognized its great possibilities. He followed blacksmith work for eleven years before he purchased the home farm. In 1887 he bought a farm of 130 acres in Scioto Township, situated on the State Road, subsequently adding to it until it contained 165 acres. This he sold in 1904, with the exception of forty acres. He formerly carried on general farming, making a specialty of hay. of which he marketed fifty tons in an average, and also raised livestock.

Mr. Huntley has always been a loyal citizen. During the Civil War he served 100 days as a member of Company 1). 145th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under General Alger, who commanded the troops oc cupying Forts Whipple, Woodbury, Tillinghast and Albany. After the crisis was 0 the 145th Regiment was sent back to Camp Chase. Ohio, where it was honorably discharged. Mr. Huntley is a member of Tanner Post, I .rand Army .if the Republic.

Ella, both of whom are now deceased. Charles Huntley died in December. [907, and is survived by his widow, whose maiden name was Alice Houtz. Mr. Huntley and wife belongto the Presbyterian Church at Ostrander. In his political views the former is a Democrat but he has never been an active politician. He has always been recognized as a citizen of reliability and one on whom dependence could be placed in any public emergency.

EN. EUGENE POWELL, whose death occurred March 17, 1907, at Columbus, Ohio, of which city he was a resident during the latter years of bis life, was a native of Delaware. Ohio, and a resident there until his removal to Columbus in [888. He is well remembered by the people of Delaware County as a man of sterling quilities and unimpeachable integrity, oik- who was devoted to those things held most sacred in life - family, religion and country. He was not of that type given to the acquirement of riches, to the exclusion of the development of the liner qualities of manhood, although he was successful in a business way. He was charitably inclined, and was ever ready to give assistance to the families to those patriots who gave their lives in defense of the Union, or to those who emerged from that terrible struggle in impaired health, unfit to cope 111 the business world with those more fortunate. He bore an honorable record for services, as private and officer, during the Civil War. and in after years was frequently called

Genera] Powell was born in the family home on what is now the campus of ( >hj0 \\ eslevan University, November id. [835, and was a son of Thomas W'atkin and Elizabeth (Gordon) Powell, concerning whom an extended account appears on another page of this work-. The Powell family traces its lineasre back to the Ancient Britons, in the Saxon invasion of Great Britain, in the Fifth Century of the Christian Era. It became established in South Wales, where Thomas W. Powell was born in November, 1797. He was four years of age when brought to America by his parents, who located at Utica, Xew York, where he was reared and educated. As above mentioned an account is elsewhere given of his subsequent career at Canton and Perrysburg, Ohio, and at Delaware, the scene of bis greatest activity, and of his fame as lawyer and author.

Eugene Powell was reared in Delaware, attended the public school and Ohio Wesleyan University. Upon leaving school he went to Conneaut, Pennsylvania, with an uncle. David Powell, a well known manufacturer. He erected the first water works plant in Cincinnati, Ohio, and after an absence of two years returned to Delaware. Ohio. He soon after enlisted as a private in the same company with Colonel Crawford, 4th Reg. O. V. 1.. for service during the Civil War. He was elected captain, and later was transferred to the 66th Reg. 0. V. I., of which be was made major; he was advanced to lieutenant-colonel, acting o lonel, in which capacity he served until near the close of the war, then became colonel of the 193d Reg. 0. A". 1. After the battle of Antietam, in which he was wounded in the face and neck, he was brevet brigadier-general. He was in many of the important engagements of the war. among them: Rich Mountain, Romney, Winchester. Ft. Republic. Cedar Mountain, Winchester, Antietam. Chancellorsville, Dumfries. Gettysburg, Lookout Mountain. Dug Gap, Resaca, Xew Hope Church. Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta. Savannah. Me was in the campaign through the Caroli ami then came north to Washington. I). C., where he was mustered out. He was offered the commission of major in the regular army of the United States, but declined in order to return to peaceful pursuits. His longest serice was with the 66th Regiment, in which he enjoyed the greatest popularity among officers and men. Owing to temporary physical disability he was about to resign his commission at one time, but General Thomas would not have it so, and with the comment that "Powell was too -.»k1 an officer to lose," sent him to the military hospital at Lookout Mountain. He was peculiarly well lined for military service, of commanding presence, being of good physique and handsome features, and a natural born leader of men. When a boy he had organized a military company in Delaware, and a brilliant army career was before him had he wished to enter the regular army at the close of the war. He was modest and unassuming, and was scrupulously neat in his persona] appearance, it being noticed that when his regiment came in irom a long march. tired and eager for rest, he was never too weary to first make himself tidy.

Upon his return from the front, or soon after, he was appointed by President Johnson as internal revenue collector, an office he filled for several years. lie was a Democrat in politics, but always reserved the right to vote as he pleased, regardless of party affiliations. He was elected to the Ohio Stale Legislature in 1 87 1 and [873, serving his constituents in a most capable manner. He helped organize the Delaware Fence Company, which he managed, and was secretary of the Board of .Managers of the Ohio Penitential}'. He later served as National Bank Examiner for several years. He was a member of the committee which disburses State funds to families of indegent soldiers, under appointment of Governor Nash, and was appointed by the same governor to the committee that built Memorial 1 [all, at Columbus.

General Powell was joined in marriage with Miss Louise Falconer, a daughter of Cyrus Falconer, M. D.. of Hamilton, Ohio, one of the best known physicians of Southern Three children blessed this union: Mary Louise, wife of Captain Alexander T. Ovenshine, Seventh Regiment, U~. S. A., staed at Fort Leavenworth. Kansas; Elizabeth, whose death occurred just six wei prior to that of her father, was wife of Captain Hjalmar Erickson, Seventh Regiment, C. S. A., stationed at Fort Brady, Michigan; and Frederick Falconer is a member 1 f the 1 of [909, Ohio State University. Mr-. Powell is a member of the Broad Street Presbyterian Church, which her husband also attended and supported liberally. She was a member of the Ladies' Christian Union of Delaware, serving as ward visitor; and was one of the original hoard of trustees of the Children's Home, of which she served a- secretary several years, also as president. She continued active in this work until her removal from Delaware, which was looked upon as an irreparable loss to the city. A woman of culture and refinement, of true Christian character, active in the work of alleviating the sufferings of humanity, she had won her way into the hearts of the people who much regretted her departure. General Powell was fir many years an active member of Wells Post. ( i. A. R., of Columbus; and of the Loyal Legion.

ERRY VV. WILLEY, M. D., a rising young physician, now in Columbus, Ohio, is a native of Delaware Count)', horn in Troy Township, January 20, [873. His parents were John and Keziah (Carter) YYilley, and he is a grandson of Samuel Willey, who was an early settler in Troy Township. This pioneer of the family in this section, did not remain here to finish his days, but in the late titties went west, first to Iowa and thence to Missouri, where he died.

John Willey. father of Dr. Willey. was lorn in Tro) Township, May "23, 1837, and was engaged all his life in agriculture. In iqoo he removed to < (range Township, where he engaged in farming. During the Civil War he was a member of Company C, One Hundred and Forty-fifth Regiment. O. X. G., and served in defence of Washington, being charged with his company. Pie was a member of the [.0.0. F. Lodge at Westfield, Morrow County, and held in it the rank of Past Grand. In politics he was a Republican and at different times served on the township hoard, being a member of it at the time of his death, which i ccurred June 13, 1007. His wife. Heziah, was a daughter of Hugh Carter, who was one of the first settlers in Trow Township. Seven of their children attained maturity, namely: Dora, wife of Joel Inskeep, of Troy Township; Allie, wife of Charles Weiser, of Troy Township; James Willey, of Morrow County; Hosea, who is a resident of Manlius, Illinois: Nancy, wife of Thomas Singery. of Lancaster, Ohio; Perry W., whose name appears at the head of this article; Josephine. wife of Ernest Rousch, of Columbus, Ohio. The mother of the above mentioned family resides with her son, the subject of this sketch. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as was also her husband.

Perry W. Willey was graduated from the Delaware High School in the class of '((4. He then entered the Starling Medical College at Columbus, from which he was graduated in 1897. He began the practice of his profession' at Lewis Center and there continued it successfully for a number of years. In 1004 he was elected coroner, and was subsequently re-elected to that office after serving one year of his second term on account of his removal to Columbus, January 15, [908. This move he resolved on in order to obtain a wider field for the exercise of his talents. Here he has a fine office with a thoroughly up-to-date equipment, and it is a safe prophecy, in consideration of his record up to the present time, that he will make his mark in his new field of endeavor. I lis practice is general and he is carefnl to keep in touch with the pro-res- made in each branch of his profession. Dr. Willey i- a member of the State and County Medical Societies, of the American Medical Association, and also of the Mississippi Valley Medical Association, lie is a frequent contributor of medical papers which he is called on to read before one or another of said societies. He is a member of Hiram Lodge. No. iS, F. & \. M. ; Lewis Center. No. 636, K. of 1'.. <»f which ho is Past Chancellor, being now representative to the Grand Lodge, in which capacity he has served several times before; also of the Pythian Sisters, and of the Fraternal < )rder of Eagles, Acne No. 297, Columbus. The Doctor belongs to Lewis Center

M. E. Church, to which his father formerly belonged. In politics lie is a Republican, but has served in no public office save that of coroner, as already mentioned. The location of his present office is at Xo. 1385 Summit Street. Columbus.

OBINSON BROS. Sherwin S. Robinson, furniture dealer and funeral director of Ostrander, Ohio, was born in this county on what is known as "Three Oaks Farm." three miles north of Ostrander. on July 19, 1868. He is the eldest son of Rubens W. and Hattie Watson Robinson, and a grandson of John Robinson, the artist and sculptor, who came to this country from London. England, in [832, and settled in this county in 1833.

The subject of this sketch spent his hoyhood days on the farm and received his education in the Ostrander public schools. On November 20. 1896, he was united in marriage to Alary E. Bell, a daughter of William and Margurette Smart Bell. She was born at Macomb, Illinois, June 28, 1869. Mr. and Airs. Robinson have two daughters, Elizabeth L. ami Winifried. They are members of the Presbyterian Church. Politically, Air. Robinson is a Prohibitionist, public-spirited and enterprising; fraternally, he is a member of ( >strander K. of P. Lodge, Xo. 348, and of the Woodmen of the World. Delaware Camp.

(In January 1. [897, Sherwin S. Robin- now the senior partner of Robinson Bros., succeeded J. H. Afillisou by purchasing his furniture and undertaking establishment. In the autumn of 1901. Harry W. Robinson, who was in Alaska at that time, purchased a half interest in the business and thus gave the public the firm of Robinson Bros., who conduct one of the leading furniture and undertaking establishments of the country. This store has the record of furnishing as many homes annually as any other furnishing house in this and adjoining counties. The firm has had the satisfaction of furnishing a good many homes outside of this State.

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'i Brothers, Furniture dealers and funeral directors, is the son of Rubens VV. and Hattie Watson Robinson, whose biographical sketch appeared in the History of Delaware County, published in [880, who at that time, were living Mil the home (arm known as "Three ( >aks Farm," three and one-half miles north of Ostrander. This farm is now owned by Mr. Rol insi n's mother, who resides in Ostrander, his father having died on the 30th of April, [897.

1 he firm familiarly known as Robinson Bros, is located on the corner of Second and North Streets. Ostrander, in a large two-story frame building, which they purchased in September. 1901. and remodelled to suit their purposes. It is divided into three apartments. The first floor, which is 30x75 feet, is given up to furniture and is filled with everything pertaining to a first-class home furnishing establishment; the second floor, 30x50 feet, is the carpet, rug and drapery department. A large stock of wall paper is also carried. Adjoining these rooms on the first floor, is their undertaking parlor, which is modernly finished and where the}- carry a complete line of undertaking supplies, a line of caskets which is seldom found outside of the city undertaking parlors, covering a wide range, from the ordinary caskets to the most beautiful hand-carved solid mahogany and quartered oak state caskets. This firm especially prides itself in its funeral furnishings, having every modern convenience pertaining to this line of work. which classes them among the leading undertakers of the county. Both members of the firm are State licensed embalmers and directors.

Harry \Y. Robinson was born on the farm in this county. April [9, [872; he is the third chilil of a family of three children - Sherwin S., Bessie A. and Harry VV. Bessie died November 30. 1900. Harry VV. Robinson received his education 'in the public scl Is. and al the age of 20 graduated from the X. P. A. 11. and Business College at Delaware. Alter this he spent some three years in the telegraph and express office on the Big Four Railway. While at home on a vacation from

London, Ohio, Madison County, in the summer of 1896, he met Miss Gertrude Latham, of Delaware, a young lady of nearly 10 summers, win, was also visiting at the home of his nts, and. as Mr. Robinson explains it, "Dan Cupid was there, too."

In the fall of [896 Harry resigned his position and engaged with Prof. Lewis L. Le- May in connection with the N. P. A. Ii. & Business College at Delaware. Ohio. The following year, on account of his father's continued poor health, he returned home, where he remained until after his father's death.

Late in the fall of 1897. when the first reports of the discovery of gold in Alaska were made known. Harry Robinson organized a party of six to start for the Northern Gold Fields, the following February, 1808. The party was composed of J. J. Cone, F. J. Leeds. J. F. Haas. Fred Travis and Julius Herdegi n. Harry Robinson and Mr. Cone left Ostrander on the afternoon of February 15th for Chicago, where the}' met the balance of their party at the Tremont Hotel, and here they more full}- made their arrangements, taking into their part}' two old gentlemen from Mt. Pleasant. Michigan - E. W. Ellis and S. D. Eldred. who afterward proved of much value to the part}- when it came to boat building.

The party of eight left Chicago 1 n the 17th for St. Paul', via the C. M. & St. P. Ry.. arriving at 7 :3c A. M., the 18th. and leaving at 1:30 P. M.. for Seattle, Washington, via the Great Northern Railway. After over three days' continuous travel across the plains, through and over the Rocky and Cascade Mountains, they arrived in Seattle at 4 P. M. on the 2 1 st. having at times traveled hundreds of miles through a seemingly uninhabited country except for an occasional rancher's cabin, a tribe of Pawnees, or cattle to break the majestic solitude.

The party spent seven days in Seattle, with a view to purchasing their outfits, as every man going into the Klondike was obliged to take with him an outfit of clothing and provisions that would last one year. The clothing, outside of common wearing apparel, consisted of moccasins for the feet, made by the

Indians, usually from moose hides, which are made large enough to slip on over from one to six pairs of sucks, as the weather sometimes requires it; snow shoes, ice creepers, snow glasses, several pair- of German socks. and a Parka, which fits like a gown, covering the body from the top of the head to the feet, and is very warm. The provisions were as condensed as it is possible to make them, in the way of beef extracts, milk, cream, sacharine tablets, for sweetening, etc.; dried 01 evaporated fruits and vegetables of all kinds put up in heavy canvas sacks and canvascovered boxes, as nearly water-proof as it was possible to prepare them. In order to save paying the heavy duty on all goods taken from the United States into the British territory. the party decided to go to Vancouver, British Columbia, and purchase their outfits. Leaving Seattle on the 27th for Vancouver, via the S. & I. Railway, the)' arrived at their destination at 4:30. At Surnas, on the Dominion line, the Canadian custom officers boarded the train, ami examined all baggage and collected duties.

After staying in Vancouver 11 days purchasing their outfits, the party sailed for Skagway, Alaska, on the ocean steamer Centennial. a large English vessel, built in 1862. There were three women and 362 men aboard, destined to Fort Wrangle, Skagway and Juneau. While crossing Queen Charlotte's Sound, they were in a severe hail and wind storm, lasting for eight hours; every passenger was sick including several of the ship's crew. Upon the upper deck were 85 dogs, which the rocking of the vessel seemed to effect very much in the same way as it did the first-class passengers. In narrating the story, Mr. Robinson said they all made noises similar and offered a liberal di in tlie fish.

; at Wrangle, which is a pom and an Indian Camp of the Siwash Tribes. Near the wharf are a number of "totem poles," the Indians' God, that they worship. Some oi the p were newly carved with gruesome heads and images, while others were decayed and mosscovered, which have evidently been standing through man_\- summer suns and wintry blizzards. Some have panels let in, encasing the ashes of the dead chiefs. Large game abounds; there were 15 fresh-killed deer hanging in fnnit and on the sides of one Indian's cabin.

The party arrived at Skagway. March 15th, and after a delay of three days, they got their papers through the Custom House, which was in the United States territory. Upon looking over the trail leading from Skagway through the Porcupine Canyon to the summit of the Rocky Mountains, which was over and through the White Pass, it was found impossible to draw a sled with a team, as the part)- had anticipated doing. The warm Chinook winds and warm sunshine had melted the snow and exposed the many rocks and bowlders that only a few days before had been covered with snow, in such a way that only a pack train, or man on foot could travel, with any degree of safety. So facing these conditions there was but one thing to do; employ a man with a pack train and pay him the price of five and one-half cents per pound to "pack" the outfits to the summit or boundary line between Alaska and the Dominion of Canada - a distance of 22 miles, which all the way was very dangerous, being through deep canons, and over and between great rocks and holes in the ice. There were 36 mules and burros in the pack train, each carrying from two to three hundred pounds on their back', one mule following another. Usually the man in charge of the mules would ride at the head of the pack, the head mule, with a bell .around his neck', and the rest following as closely as they could walk, single file. There were hundreds of mules being thus used on the trail; horses were of little use for packing in this way, as a misstep usually meant a broken leg.

Reaching the Summit on March 21st with their outfits, they found plenty of snow and the trail in good condition for sledding. Here dogs were put into use for hauling the outfits, usually from two to seven dogs in a team, driven tandem fashion and drawing from 400 to Sou pounds. Oftentimes one could look ahead for a mile and see that single file of moving feet onward pushing to the promised land; first a dog team pulling until their tongues were hanging from their mouths; next a man witli a rope passing around his body and either end attached to a sled, loaded with bacon and beans, pulling until their eyes were bulging fnnii their sockets; then another man with his partner, a good faithful dog. the truest and staunchest friend a man ever had in the north country - pulling their burden together, each knowing it contained their rations, and each willing that the other should have his share - some men cursing and some in good humor. Such were the daily scenes for several weeks. CO '1111- the entire trail from the Summit of the Rocky Mountains to the head waters of Lake Bennett, which is a tine body of water, as it lies in one beautiful long stretch between the mountains. There are on its shores magnificent pine forests, which extend away up into tlie clouds and in its clear mirror scores of snowy peaks are reflected.

Upon reaching this lake, one begins to look fur a favorable and cosy spot, one that will make him feel as though he were at home, for here he must stay until he has whip-sawed enough lumber out of the rough tree to make a boat 'i sufficient size to carry from two t<> five passenger^ and their outfits. Mr. Robinson and his part}- hand-sledded their outfits down Lake Bennett to an island, now known a- "Dead Man's Island," as there were three men who lost their lives near there, by breaking thn ugh the ice. and who were later buried on the island. To the left of this island the party made their camp, six of them in the party - Travis and Herdegan had dropped out, eat many others had done. There, day after day, they converted themselves into miniature saw -mills. To one who has never had any experience in whip-sawing, the work is very laborious. On April toth they finished cutting lumber for boats. .Mr. Eldred and .Mr. Ellis built them - two in number - each large enough for three passengers and their outfits. As the ice had not left the lake yet. the party spent their time in hunting, there being much game. The ice froze to a depth of eight feet.

and when it thaws it becomes honey-combed and is very treacherous to travel over. On April 12th, near Mr. Robinson's camp, three men were seen on the trail and were warned that the ice was unsafe. Not taking heed, they were soon through the ice and struggling for their lives. One of them was rescued by the Robinson party and two of them drowned - Mr. Burns from Kansas and Mr. Richards from Frenchtown, Montana. The bodies were recovered and buried on the island in rude coffins or boxes made fn m lumber which was w hip-sawed.

( )n May 28th the lake seemed clear 1 and on this memorable day hundreds of boaton Lakes Bennett, Linderman and Taggish, were launched with their precious loads. We -ay precious, because after one has packed and pulled, carried and rolled a sack of dried apples or 1, tans over glaciers, mountain t< ps and snow banks for six months lie begins r< feel an attachment for it. and this was what the parties had been waiting nearly six week's for; and now rhe way was opened from Lake Linderman to the Bering Sea. nearly 3,000 miles. and over water as treacherous as a boat ever traveled, as wrecks were scattered at nol infrequent intervals all along the n Lite. Sometimes the boats were broken in equal parts, which meant total destruction to the outfit, and oftentimes death to its occupants, whose final resting place was usually marked by a posl squared on all sides, with the name 1 the unfortunate man written upon one with a lead pencil.