Delaware County, Ohio - Chapter 18: Townships and Towns, 1908 (part 6 of 16)

The other children of John Potter and wife were: Ann. John, Christopher, Nicholas, Mark. Francis and Stephen. Ann Potter married Nicholas Walsh and accompanied him to Rome, Xew York, where he had a position as foreman on a boat in the service of the State, lie probably met an accidental death as his lifeless body was found in the sand after he had been absent from home for an unusual time. He left one child and his widow with her babe came to Delaware County with Mrs. Walsh's brother John, taking up their residence in a house owned by Christopher Potter. opposite The Children's Home. John Potter subsequently married and then bought property on Central Avenue, Delaware, on which he built a residence, and his death occurred in March, 1907. Mrs. Walsh, who is now over eighty years of age, makes her home with a nephew. John Putter is survived by a son, Frank Potter, who is employed by the Big Four Railroad as baggage master.

Nicholas Putter resided on the home farm until his father died, when he came to Delaware. Ohio. After ti\-e years of railroad work lie bought a farm in Troy Township, Delaware County, un which he lived some seven years, when he sold out and moved to Columbus. He married Rosa Dunn, who died in 1891, and they had four daughters and four sons. One of his suns went to the EClondyke gold regions. Another is employed as yard master for a railroad entering Columbus and one is a stationary engineer. Mark Potter also secured a railroad position, being walking foreman for a long period, for the Big Four Railroad, between Columbus and Lewis Center, Ohio, He never married. He died at Columbus, where he was first interred, but in 1907, his brother Christopher had his body brought to Delaw are.

Francis Potter resided with his brother Christopher until 1S5N. when he went to Sedalia. Illinois, where he was living when the Civil War broke out, being engaged as a contractor on the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy Railroad. He immediately enlisted in the Federal Army and served three months and then re-enlisted for three year-, but was taken ill and refused hospital care, dying in the service, in the hrst year of the war. He held the rank of corporal.

ier's trade. Later he came to Ohio, where hi- brother Christopher extended to him a helping hand, securing him a railroad position. After frequent promotions, he was made yardmaster and thus continued until he was appointed postmaster of Delaware, by President Cleveland, during the latter"s second administration. Since retiring as postmaster, he has twice been elected count}' commissioner of Delaware County, largely on account of his persona] popularity, he being a Democrat and the county being normally Republican by a majority of 600 votes. Stephen Potter married Ellen Oualey. and they have one son. who 1- chief clerk at Little Rock. Arkansas, for the Iron Mountain Railroad. He married and hi- one son is employed in the office of the locomotive department, being chief clerk for the chief engineer of the Iron Mountain Railway system. He also secured his position through the g 1 office- of Christopher Putter.

lured to check dff pork and beef, for a -alary of $14 a month, shortly afterward finding an easier position at the same salary with George Nichols, near Elyria, and from there he went to Detroit, Michigan. In the meantime he had married and shortly afterward he secured a situation as section foreman on the Lake Sin ire Railroad, his first work being on the construction of the line. Starting as section boss with a salar) of $36 a month, he was soon atter made conductor of a construction train. From railroad work Mr. Putter turned his attention t< > investing in land, this being just the time when agents for Nebraska land were visiting prosperous communities in the East. Air. Potter invested some of his hard-earned money in a land claim and traveled many miles and lived on deer and corn pone in order to reach it. When he finally found it he discovered that it was occupied by a family of squatters. The question of ownership was amicably adjusted, however, the squatters paying for the claim, and he set out on foot on his return journey, meeting on his way with many adventures.

After his return to Ohio he resumed work for the Lake Shore Railroad, receiving $60 a month, and he continued thus occupied for some years. In 1857 he purchased a farm in Lorain County. Ohio, which he subsequently sold, buying other property. In 1858 he went to Cleveland and became fireman on the Lake Shore road. After his second marrage in the following year, he moved with his wife to Lewis Center, and in the spring of i860, for a short time, resided in Delaware, but in the same year he returned to Lewis Center, near which he bought a farm of eighty acres, during all this time retaining his position on the railroad. At the beginning of the Civil War he worked a large force of men, engaged in purchasing Land and chopping wood. In 1870 he returned to Delaware and became roadmaster between flu- city and Cincinnati, a po-' sition he filled until [892, later taking in the Columbus division from Columbus to Cleveland, and in October of this year tilling the office of superintendent of stone quarries. Mr. Potter then went to [ndianapolis and accepted tlie position of roadmaster on the Big' Four Railroad, from Lafayette to Indianapolis, where he continued for eleven months, going thence to Desoto, Missouri, where he was roadmaster from St. Louis to Poplar Bluff and all branches, a position he retained until 1902. He took charge of the Bontair Railroad in .Missouri, where he remained one year and was made roadmaster of the Cotton Belt Railmad from Greenway to Pine Bluff. This road he left in 1905. His last railroad employment was as roadmaster of the Magnetic Springs Railroad, from which he retired in November, 1907. Few railroad men are better knjown or more kindly remembered by their associates than Mr. Potter.

In 1 85 1. Mr. Potter was married (first) to Catherine Burns, who was a daughter of Patrick and Elizabeth Burns, of Brownhelm, Lorain County, Ohio. They had one son. George X., who died at the age of five years, his death being followed four months later by that of his mother. Mr. Potter was married secondly, in 1859, to Emily Moran, who is a daughter of Francis and Emily 1 Baldwin) Moran. Mr. Moran was born in Ireland and his wife iu Cuyahoga County, Ohio, removing at the age of nine years to Lorain County. Of Mr. I 'otter's second union there have been four sons and one daughter, namely: George F., Mary E, Francis C, William J. and Ed ward S.

George F. Potter has been supervisor of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad between Cincinnati and Columbus for the past twenty years. He married Mary Breen, a daughter of Thomas and Ellen Breen, of Marion, Ohio, and they have children - Emily N., Helen C, Mary. Alice. George I'.. Dorothy and Margaret. Mary E Potter married Joseph D. Teasdale, and they reside at Kansas City. Missouri, Mr. Teasdale being division superintendent of the Kansas City Street Railway. lie lias one child, William Bernard. Francis C. Potter died in [887. lie was chief clerk in the roadmaster's office at Delaware. William J. Potter is an engineer on the P>ig Four Railroad running between Delaware and Cincinnati, lie married Josie Sullivan, who died in 1907. She was a daughter of Michael and Mary Sullivan, residents of Delaware. Mrs. William J. Potter left five children - Marie Frances. Christina, Ellen, Edward and James. Edward S. Potter died March 4. 1894, in Missouri, while in his father's employ. he being a collector for the Baltimore & Ohio and the Big Four Railroads.

Mr. and Mrs. Potter are members of St. Mary's Catholic Church at Delaware. Mrs. I 'otter was educated at the LTsuline Convent at Cleveland. In 1873 Mr. Potter erected The Children's Home, where he resided for thirteen years. He sold this beautiful property in 1885. In politics he is a Democrat, but when he was a candidate for the Board of Public Service at Delaware, he had no difficult}- in overcoming a normal Republican majority of from 400 to 450 votes. His fellow-citizens, irrespective of party, hold him in high esteem.

\COB M. SCHAFFNER, formerly sheriff of Delaware County, and a public official of recognized worth, resides on his well-improved farm of twenty-seven acres, which is situated in Troy Township. Mr. Schaffner was born in this township. August 7, 1866, and is a son of John and Mary (Bowers) Schaffner.

The father of Mr. Schaffner was born in Switzerland and emigrated to America in 1854, locating in Troy Township, Delaware County, Ohio, in 1850, where his death took place in 1905. He was twice married and his first wife died in 1871 and his second wife in 1904. Seven children of both marriages survive, namely: John H., residing in Troy rownship; Barbara L., who married S. R. Eckels, postmaster at Ashley. Ohio; Ida M., who married Isaac W. Kelchner, of Delaware. Ohio; Jacob M., subject of this sketch; Carrie 1)., who married E L. Jolly, residing in Troy Township; Clara B.. residing in Troy Township and Clarence E., residing at Troyton, Ohio, where he is engaged in a mercantile business. The late John Schaffner was a well known and much respected citizen of Troy

Jacob M. Schaffner was reared in Troy Township and obtained his education in the public schools. He assisted in the work on the home farm and also taught music for several years. From the age of maturity he has taken an active interest in politics, being a zealous Democrat, and in November. 1898, be was elected sheriff of Delaware County, and gave so excellent an administration of the office that in November. 1900. he was re-elected, being the first Democrat in Delaware County, who was ever elected to this office for two consecutive terms. For four succeeding years he performed the onerous duties of sheriff with the courage and impartiality that ensured him the support and confidence of all law-abiding citizens.

Mr. Schaffner was married March iy. 1896, to Louie M. Downing, who was born in Troy Township, and is a daughter of Oliver and Margaret Downing, of Delaware County. Mr. Schaffner is a member of Lenape Lodge, No. 29, Knights of Pythias.

A.MUEL B. MYERS, who was elected in 1907. for the third time, a justice of the peace in Ostrander, was born in Mill Creek Township, Union County, Ohio, November 30, 1850, and is a son of Christian and Hannah (Graham) Myers. The grandfather of Mr. Myers reared his family in Pennsylvania, and when his son Christian was small he left home to fight the Indians and never returned.

Christian Myers was born in 1809, and he accompanied his mother when she came to Mill Creek Township, Union Count). Ohio, where she subsequently married Asa Robinson. Christian remained on his step-father's farm until his marriage, when he bought the farm which his son Samuel B. still owns but does not operate himself. Although entirely self-educated. Christian Myers was a man of much importance in his community and commanded the respect of his fellow citizens. He was a justice of the peace for mail) yearwas associate judge for some tune. His activities were designed to promote the general welfare and to raise his community to a higher plane. He was particularly active in the Christian Church and often occupied its pulpit, his exemplary lite making his appeals listened to with a large measure of resultant good. He died in March. 1861. his loss being deeplv regretted throughout the community. His wife, Hannah, who was born in the State of New York, was a daughter of George Graham, a native of England.

Samuel B. Myers was the youngest of his parent's family of twelve children and is now the only survivor. He was reared and educated in his native township and remained on the home farm until the fall of 1887. when he came to Ostrander, which thriving town has been his home ever since. He has been largely interested in lumbering, and at 1 me time owned a saw mill. He buys standing timber and manufactures lumber, which he ships to all sections. He was early enlisted into the ranks of the Democratic party, and has always taken an interest in public matter-. He has served for twelve years as a member of the Town Council and has been township assessor.

In 1872, Mr. Myers was married to Mary A. Bean, who was born in Scioto Township. Delaware County, and is a daughter of Hiram Bean, and a granddaughter of George Bean, who came to this section with, James Liggett, ami Solomon Carr, in 181 7, from Hard}' County, Virginia. These three pioneers together bought 600 acres of land in Scioto Ti twnship, which was later amicably divided. George Bean had 200 acres, and he carried on farming and stock-raising, becoming a man of prominence in his locality, and being foremosl in promoting the civilizing agencies of the time. He married Susie Carr and they had seven children, of whom Hiram was the third in order of birth.

Hiram Bean was born in Scioto Township and lived on the home place until i860, when be moved to the north of Ostrander and bought an interest in the Lawrence place. He died in 1864. aged forty-seven year-, lie mar- ried (first) a daughter of Abel Tanner, who died in 1N45. leaving three children - George H., residing in California, Mrs. Julia Cowles, and Jesse. He married (secondly) Eleanor Lawrence, a daughter of Joseph and Nancy (( chran) Lawrence. Van Emmon, a resident of California, and Mrs. Myers are the survivors of their three children.

Mr. and Airs. Myers have had six children, the three who survive being the following: Maw who married Joseph T. Richey, Of Dover Township, Union County, Ohio; Florence, who married George Lowe, of Leesburg, Lnion County: and Dana, residing at home. Mrs. Myers is a member of the Presbyterian Church.

Mr. Myers' fraternal connections include membership in Edinburg Lodge, No. 467, < )dd Fellows, of which he is past grand; and Ostrander Lodge, No. 348. Knights of Pythias, of which he is past chancellor. Mrs. Myers is a member of the auxiliary order of Rebekahs, 'in winch she has held official position.

of his long and useful life occupied 3 prominent place among Radnor's reliable and substantial citizens, was horn in the county of Llanafan. Breconshire, Wale-. May 21, 1830, son of Robert and Ann ( William- 1 Powell. The father. Robert Powell, emigrated with his family to America about [845, and spent almost the entire period of his life, after coming to Delaware County, Ohio, in Radnor. He married in Wales, Ann Williams, and he and his wife were the parents of two children - Margaret and John, both of whom are now deceased.

John Powell was fifteen years old when he accompanied his father to America. He attended the Ohio Wesleyan Seminary, after which he engaged in a hardware business at Newark, where he resided For some years, lie then came to Radnor, where he opened a general -tore, which he conducted for thirtyyears thereafter, and also for several - of that time carried on an undertaking business. He also acquired 300 acres of land and engaged extensively in sheep raising, f>oo head being no unusual number for him to have m his possession at one time.

In 1 Sj2 he was married to Sarah Jane Watkins. who was born in Radnor. July 24, [846, and who is a daughter of William and Mary (Jones) Watkins, and a granddaughter of Evan and Margaret ( Davis) Watkins. The grandfather, Evan Watkins, never came to America, but his widow and children all settled in Radnor, Delaware County, the first of the family to locate here being William Watkins. Mrs. Powell's father. The grandmother.

Mr. and Mrs. John Powell had five children, four of whom now survive, namely: William Robert, a well known architect, and a graduate of Columbia University, who spent two years studying in Europe; John Watkins. who was educated at Oberlin College and the State University at Columbus, and who operates the home farm, growing grain and hay : David H. and Edwin K., residing at home, the former of whom was educated at Culver Military Academy and the Ohio Wesleyan University.

Mr. Powell died June 15. 1902. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Delaware, and in politics a Republican. For many years he was a director of the Delaware Savings Bank. He was very strict in religious observance and in early life united with the Congregational Church, his wife being a member of the Presbyterian Church. He took an active part in church work and for, twenty-five years was superintendent of the Sunday school.

'AMUFL M. CLEAVER, who has been more or less identified with the sheep industry since boyhood and is probably one of the best informed men on the subject in the country, is also the able secretary of the American and Delaine-Merino Sheep Association, and re- side- on a beautiful farm of i 28 acres, known as the "Maplewood Stock Farm," which is situated on the Columbus, Delaware and Marion electric line, just south of the city of Delaware. Mr. Cleaver was born at East Bethlehem. Washington County. Pennsylvania. April [8, 1851, and is a son of Amos C. and Amelia (Morris) Cleaver.

The Cleaver family to which he belongs originated in Wales and in religious faith were Quakers. John Cleaver, the grandfather, was horn near Philadelphia, and later moved to Washington Count}', Pennsylvania, where he became a wealthy farmer and stock breeder. He married Annie Vail and they had the following children : Amos G., father of Samuel M. ; Eli. now deceased, who was formerly a member of the Ohio State Legislature; Dr. Hiram M., deceased, who was an instructor in a medical college at Keokuk. Iowa; Bentley, also deceased, who resided at Wapello, low a: and John Ira. who resides at Centervine, Pennsylvania.

Amos G. Cleaver was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, and died in 1897, aged eighty-four years. As soon as his hoyhood days were over, he began to breed sheep, and in 1858 he bought his first fullbred Merino sheep in Vermont, although he had been engaged in the sheep breeding industry for several years previous. He was a man of sterl - ing qualities, and public offices were frequently tendered him. but he cared little for such honors. He belonged to the Society of Friends and lived faithful to their precepts. He married Amelia Morris, who died in 11)05. aged eighty-six years. She was a daughter of Samuel Morris. They reared seven children, namely: Lewis M.. Mrs. Annie Jones, Hiram T., William H.. Airs. Elizabeth Linton. Samuel M. and John, all residing at Centerville, except Samuel M. and Lewis M., the last mentioned being a resident of Orlando. Florida.

Samuel M. Cleaver was a small boy when he was first set to the task of tending -beep. When he was four years old his father presented him with a sheep of his own. and he has owned sheep ever since that early date in his life. He attended school at Centerville but liked better to be a shepherd than a student of books. This early and continued interest in the subject resulted in his becoming thoroughly posted on everything concerning the care, breeding, and raising of sheep. He remained at home until he was twenty-four years of age. and until he was of age lie assisted his father, after which he had an interest in the home Hock. In 1876 he started out for himself on a farm adjoining the homestead, with a thoroughbred flock made up if the best blood to be found in the New England States. He has continued that class of breeding ever since. In 1879 he became a member of the Vermont Sheep Breeders' Association and later he registered a portion of his flock in the United States Sheep Breeders' Association.

In 1889, Air. Cleaver assisted to organize the Standard Sheep Breeders' Association and for 16 years subsequently served as its able secretary. He then helped to organize the Consolidated Association of Merino^ Breeders, which was made up of the several associations in the United States, at which time (1905) he was elected secretary to this body. In March of the above named year, he bought his present farm of 126 acres, all of which he devotes to his sheep, keeping an average of 150 head at all times. He buys several times as many as he can raise but deals only in the offspring of sheep which he has raised himself. He owns some of the most noted rams in the country, Gold Standard, Fortune, Improver and Oil King having a great reputation with breeds, in all sections. Formerly he exhibited extensively both in Pennsylvania and Ohio, but no longer goes to that trouble. Then he sold to nearly all the exhibitors, while now his best trade is only with the owners of the finest flocks. He is always looking for unusually finely developed rams and when he heard of the phenomenal American Model, he purchased him and from his mating with equally fine ewes, produced a strain that has helped to make Maplewood Stock Farm still more favorably known than formerly. Delaware Count) may be congratulated on having so competent a sheep breeder, and so useful a citizen as Mr. Cleaver. For forty years he successfully developed the sheep industry in his native State, and his efforts have already proven of the greatest benefit to sheep farmers in Delaware County.

Mr. Cleaver married Ella Curry, who was a daughter of Thomas Curry, of Washington County, Pennsylvania, and they had one son. Frank W., residing at Centerville. Mrs. Cleav.er died in 1895. She was a devoted member of the Christian Church. Mr. Cleaver married for his second wife. Mrs. Mina Farquhar, who is a daughter of William Keenan of Monongahela City, Pennsylvania. Of this union there is one child, Elizabeth. Mrs. Cleaver was the widow of the late Dr. Charles Farquhar, who left two children - William and Blanche. Mr. and Mrs. Cleaver are members of the Presbyterian Church.

The first members of the Dilsaver family to come from Pennsylvania to Delaware County were William 11. Dilsaver and his brother, the former then in boyhood. He was born July 5, 1814, and died May 28, 1901. lie was reared in Ohio and married Sarah Dilsaver. who was burn February 4. 1X16, and died August 30. [896. They had four children: Lavina, who married William Wiles, died in Michigan; Jane, who lives in Michigan, is the widow of Louis Gearhart, formerly cf Virginia; Simon, father of Guy Ernest Dilsaver; and Martha, who is the wife of Benson Smith, residing in Michigan. Simon Dilsaver was born in Thompson Township. Delaware County. ( (hio, in 1N42, and has been a life-long resident oi this township, lie married Kate Irving, who was burn in [841, in Liberty Township, near Powell, Ohio, and is

(in}' Ernest Dilsaver was reared on his father's farm of 135 acres, which is a part of the old homestead property on which William H. Dilsaver settled. Very little change has been brought about during the lifetime of Mr. Dilsaver, his parents having lived all their married life in the same residence and even the cook-stove has not been moved for forty vears. Mr. Dilsaver was mainly educated in the schools of Thompson Township and his life has been devoted to agricultural pursuits. For seven years following his marriage be resided on his father 's farm and then moved to bis present farm which he purchased from Jane Pitcher, and here he has engaged in general farming. He has an excellent farm and has placed it under a fine state of cultivation.

In December, 1887, Mr. Dilsaver married Alice Manuel, who was reared in Union County. Ohio, and is a daughter of A. J. and Sarah (Franklin) Manuel. The father of Mrs. Dilsaver was born in Virginia and her mother in Scioto Township, Delaware County. Ohio. Both are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Dilsaver have three children: Paul Irving, Clifford and Burr. Paul Irving was born June 10. 1889, and died August 7. [905, aged sixteen years, one month and twenty-eight days. Despite his youth he had attained to the stature of a full-grown man, at the time of his death being six feet, two inches in height. Clifford, born May 27, 1895, an^ Burr, born December 20, 1 901, are both attending school.

Mr. Dilsaver has been identified with the Republican party ever since the first election of the late President McKinley and he has taken a very active interest in public matters and works loyally for his friends in 'the various campaigns. \:<>v a period of eighteen months he served as a justice of the peace and on numerous occasions he has attended county and Congressional conventions as a delegate. recently being a member of the convention that cast 1,501 votes for Delaware County.

James B. Hodges

AMES B. HODGES, who is the owner of nearly 400 acres of farming land in Radnor Township, Delaware County. is a progressive and public-spirited citizen, and a veteran of the great Civil war, in which he participated for over three years. He was horn near Delaware, Ohio, Feb. 7. 1844, and 's a s"u of Nathaniel W. and Sallie A. ( Underhill) Hodges.

Nathaniel W. Hodges was born in Massachusetts, and came to Delaware County, Ohio, at an early day, being one of the pioneer settlers in the vicinity of Delaware. During the gold excitement of 1840. Mr. Hodges went to California by the overland mute, and there followed blacksmith ing in the mining district for eighteen mouths. On his return he engaged in agriculture, which he followed for the rest of his active period. His death took place in Delaware. He held the office of trustee for a number of years in Radnor Township.

James B. Hodges was reared to manhood in Delaware County, and acquired his education in the schools of Radnor Township. On November 18, 1861, he enlisted in Company E. Sixty-sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was first connected with the Eastern Army and was later transferred to the Army of the Cumberland. Mr. Hodges participated in all the movements of his regiment until the battle of Port Republic, where he was wounded and captured by the Confederates, by whom he was held prisoner at varpoints for three months. At the end of this time he was duly exchanged and rejoined his regiment, becoming brigade orderly, a rank in which he served during the rest of his term of enlistment. During his long and active service Mr. Hodges won the esteem of his comrades, and the respect of his officers, by his bravery, cheerfulness, and faithfulness to . the cause, and his war record was one of which any man might well be proud. On receiving his honorable discharge, he returned to Radnor Township, where he has since carried on agricultural pursuits.

to them four children were born - Clarence O., Homer 11.. Orrie J. and Watterman M. Clarence O. married Lelia Sullivan, of Union County, Ohio, and they have one daughter, Avanelle E. He resides in Radnor Township on one of his father's farms. Homer H. took for his wife Nella V. Rosencrans of Kankakee. Illinois. They have one son, Wilbur R. This family resides in Columbus, where Homer H. is employed on the Columbus Dispatch, being at the head of the classified department of advertising. Mr. Hodges is a popular comrade of the Grand Army Post and Union Veteran League, both of Delaware. He is a Republican in politics. With his wife he attends the Methodist Episcopal Church of Warrensburg, Ohio, where he is now serving in the capacity of trustee.

ARLES CRYDER. who is now serving in his third term as trustee of Scioto Township, carries on general farming and stockraising on his well-improved property which consists of 156 acres. Mr. Cryder was born April 28, 1863. in Scioto Township, Delaware County Ohio, and is a son of John M. and Mary (McClure) Cryder.

The Cryder family can be traced back to 1710. when John Jacob Cryder (or Kreider) fled from Switzerland to Wurtemburg, Germany, on account of religious persecution, and subsequently - about 17 16 - sailed from Rotterdam for America, reaching Lancaster County as one of the earliest settlers. His grandson. Michael Cryder. was born at Lancaster, in July. 1 74J and was a son of John Jacob Cryder. Jr. Michael Cryder married first Susan Carpenter and they had three sons and three daughters, namely: Israel. John. Daniel. Mary, Susan and Elizabeth. For his second w 1 fe he married Salome Carpenter and they had five children. In 1771, Michael Cryder moved to Huntingdon County. Pennsylvania, where he acquired a large tract of land. \\ hen the Revolutionary War broke out. he was appi nited a commissary officer and for the supplies he furnished to the s, ildiers. he accepted.

Continental notes, which were never redeemed, and this resulted in his having to sell his property. He was an old man when he came to Ross County. Ohio, in 1797. His son, George Sewirt Cryder, the grandfather of Charles Cryder, was born in Pennsylvania and there married Leah Stattenberg. He settled at White Sulphur Station in 1848. He participated in the Mexican War.

John M. Cryder was a son of George S. and Leah (Stattenberg) Cryder, and the father of Charles Cryder. He was born at Alexandia, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, October 5. 1837, and died in Delaware County, Ohio, March 24, 1894. He was five years old when he accompanied his parents to White Sulphur Station. Delaware County. Early in the Civil War he enlisted in Company < i. Ninety-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and remained in the service for three years. He was taken prisoner and before being exchanged suffered confinement at Belle Isle, after which he was very ill and it is probable that he never fully regained his former health. His record is that of a brave and efficient soldier. In 1877 he bought a farm situated on what is now known as Klondyke Road. He followed agricultural pursuits during the remainder of his life, and was a man who stood high in the regard of his fellow citizens. In [859 he was married to Mary McClure. She was a daughter of James McClure and was born in Scioto Township. Delaware Countv, Ohio, August 3. 1837. She still survives and is a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church.

Mr>. Cryder came of Scotch ancestry. Her father, James McClure. was born near Greensbur,^. Pennsylvania, and was a young man when he accompanied his parents to Ohio and settled on what is now the John McClure farm. At that time it was a heavily wooded tract, covered with valuable oak, walnut and maple trees, and it was necessary to clear a spot before a loo- cabin could he erected. The grandparents of Mrs. Cryder, William McClure and wife, came originally from Scotland. James McClure raised cattle and sheep and became a man of considerable substance. In politics he was a Democrat and fraternally he was a Mason. He married Olive Skinner, who was a daughter of Robert Skinner, of Perry County, Ohio, where the McClures stopped for a short time after reaching Ohio prior to settling in Delaware County. To this marriage the following children were born: William, now deceased; Eliza, also deceased, who was the wife of Isaac Newton Richey, of Scioto Township; Jane, who married I. R. Xewhouse. of Scioto Township; Robert, now deceased; Mary, who is the widow of John M. Cryder; Isabella, who married William H. Cutler, of Delaware; James, deceased; John McClure; and Olive, who is the widow of Emory Cutler, and resides at Barnesville, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. McClure joined the "Id stone Church at South Radnor, in their later years, but he had helped to build the church at Delaware. James McClure died in 1851,. aged sixty-four years. His widow survived until the age of 98 years, dying in January, [899.

The children of John M. Cryder an.' his wife were: Charles, born in 1803; George S., born in 1867; Robert, born in 1870; John M., born in 1872; and Louella. born in 1881, who is the wife of Fred Davis, residing at Delaware.

Charles Cryder was educated in the local schools and when he was eighteen years of age he rented the home farm and continued to operate it until after his marriage. In 1885 he purchased his present farm of his father and this be has successfully conducted ever since, lie carries on a general agricultural line, raises the crops that do best on his land, cultivating seventy acres, and both raises and buys stock, having eighty acres of permanent pasture. He keeps about 100 head of sheep, thirty hogs, twenty head of cattle, all of acknowledged superiority of breed.

October 25, 1891, Mr. Cryder married Elizabeth Cryder, who is a daughter of John Cryder, a remote relative of his own. Mrs. Cryder's paternal grandfather was Emanuel Cryder. Her maternal grandfather was Benjamin Cryder, and the latter was a son of John Cryder, who was a son of .Michael Cryder,

John Cryderj the father of Mrs. Charles Cryder, was born in Ross County, Ohio, February 24, [834. He married Rebecca J. Cryder. February 5, 1 S 5 7 . who died November 20, 187(1. her birth having taken place June 17. 1836. She was a daughter of Benjamin Cryder, a son of John and a grandson of Michael Cryder. The father of Mrs. Charles Cryder was a general farmer. In [86] he moved to Illinois, for four years previously having been a guard in the penitentiary at Columbus. In politics, he was a Democrat, lie had the following children: Helen Adelle, Levi Calaway, .Martha Alice. Elizabeth, Henry M., Mary A., James \\\, Amanda Lillie, Minnie M. and John T. The mother of Mrs. Cryder was a worth)- member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which religious body her husband gave liberal support.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cryder have four children, namely: Mildred, John. Annabelle and Nellie. In almost every generation of the Cryder family the name of John appears, it being one that is perpetuated as a token of respect and affection for those who have previously born it. Mrs. Cryder is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Warrensburg, of which her husband is an attendant and supporter. Like other members of his family, the latter is a Democrat. He has held township offices and takes an active interest in public affiairs. He is a member of Ruffner Lodge No. 330. I. O. 0. F., at Warrensburg and is a past grand of the order.

VIN X. GARDNER, whose tine dairy farm is situated in Libert}' Township, has been a life-long resident of the portion of Delaware County lying within one mile of Powell. He was born three-fourths of a mile south of that village. February 9, 1850, and is a son of Jonathan and Delia ( Brenton ) Gardner.

Count\ and his was the first burial that place in the Powell cemetery. The gi mother was Nancy Pond, a widow, who had formerly lived in Knox Count}-. Jonathan Gardner, father of In in X.. was born in Vermont and accompanied hi-- parents to l v County, Ohio. He married Delia Benton, who was born on the banks of Alum Creek, near Westerville, and they settled on a farm south of Powell. They had the following children: Nettie, now aged about sixty-six years, married Rev. J. G. Evans, of the Methodist I copal Church, and the)- reside near Kank Illinois; Lyman, aged sixty-three years, married Lillie Hall, a daughter of Gordon Hall, and he is now engaged in a banking business at Worthington; Bryon A., residing east of Powell, married Florence Lowery, a daughter of John Lowery; Isabel is survived by her husband. Edward Xeds. residing in Franklin County, Ohio, anil one son Robert Franklin Xeds; and Franklin and Henry, both of whom died young. Jonathan Gardner is dece but his venerable widow still survives. SI indeed a remarkable lad}-, being in full possession of all her faculties although she celebrated her ninetieth birthday on April 24. 1908. More than this, she appeared on this happy occasion in a becoming costume made by Iter own hands, the dainty stitching on it putting machine work to shame. Her hands have ever been useful ones and for years were busy doing helpful things for others. Since there is no longer am- need for her practical use of them, she has gratified her love for beautiful objects by doing fine bead and - fancy work and so accurately and exquisitely that her display took first prize at a late held at Kankakee, where she has been a resident for the past twelve years.

Irvin XT. Gardner attended the district schools in his boyhood but as his eldest brother entered the army to serve in the Civil War. he was obliged to take up the work on the while young. Following his marriage be engaged in general farming for twenty-five ; and during this time also did stock-buying I a large extent. In [884 he came to his present place, where he has 132 acres, and for the past two years he has followed dairying, milking thirty cows and ships from fifty to sixty gallons of milk per day to Columbus, lie has greatly improved his farm since settling ort it. as lie found nothing here but an excellent well. He built first what is now the rear of his handsome residence, which he later completed, subsequently adding fine barns and commodious sheds. He also cleared a large part of the farm. He remembers that in his boyhood, an old log house stood on the place.

In 1872. Mr. Gardner married Mary Burss, who died in 1879. She was the only child of Amter Burss, of Libert)' Township. Mr. Gardner was married (second) in 1881, t" Martha Washington Tone, who is a daughter "i Lafayette Tone. Mr. and Mrs. Gardner have had four children, namely: Lora, who is the wife of J. I'. Drumhiller, residing in Liberty Township; Lillie and Guy, both deceased; and Jay T., who manages the home farm for his father. He married Amelia Pounds, who i~ a daughter of William Pounds, and they have one sun. Lesley.

.Mr. Gardner is a member of Powell Lodge, Odd Fellows, No. 465J of Lowell Lodge, Knights of Pythias, No. 684; and of the Improved Order of Red Men, Tribe Xo. 112, at Hyattsville. Formerly lie was identified actively with the Republican party, but in recent years has been independent in his views. He 1- ;i trustee of Liberty Township, having

Ev. John Franklin Shaffer

1 >. 1 ».. \\ In ' for nearly a quarter of a century ha- been in charge of the Lutheran Church at Delaware, was born on hi- father's farm in Fairfield nty, ( >hio, March 28, [837, and is a son of the honorable old name. Isaac Shaffer, the grandfather of Rev. Shaffer, was born in Lancaster County. Pennsylvania, in 1768. coming from there to Fairfield County, in 1798.* and locating in the wilderness before the county lines were drawn and when the larger number of inhabitants were Indians. He located on a desirable tract of land very near to what is now the county seat and he it was who suggested the naming of the place Lancaster, in memory of the old home toward which his thoughts so often turned. The town of Lancaster was laid out in the fall of 1800 and Mr. Shaffer's farm, a few miles to the southward, became doubly valuable. Here he lived until he passed away, at the age of eighty-two years. He had married Julia Reem. also of Lancaster and also of German extraction. At the time of death, the Shaffer children each received 200 acres of land and as there were six in his family, this amounted to a large body.

John S. Shaffer, father of Dr. Shaffer, was the youngest son of his parents, and was born in Fairfield County. Ohio, June 20, 1807. At the age of twenty-one years he married (first) Mary Koontz, who subsequently died, leaving two sons, who survived to early manhood. He was married (secondly) to Sarah Stuckey. and to this union were born ten children. Mr. Shaffer continued his father's agricultural activities and through a long exemplary life remained a leading man in his community. He was particularly active in Christian work and fellowship, being one of the pillars of the Lutheran faith in Fairfield County. It was mainly through his efforts that a congregation was organized at Hamburg, and in the building of the church he assumed one-sixth of the expense and also subsequently provided for a large part of itmaintenance. He was one of the trustee-, also an elder and for twenty years was superintendent of the Sabbath school. He was a man beloved for bis many virtues and admired for bis sterling character. He died April 20. [875, at Carthage, Missouri, to which place he had moved in 1869; he was aged sixtyeight years and three months.

Up to the aye of seventeen years, the subject of tin's sketch, who was the fifth child of his parents, assisted in the management of the home farm, attending school as opportunity was afforded. The youth of that day had few educational advantages, and no matter how ambitious and intellectual a boy might he, he was fortunate, in that section of Fairfield County, if he could obtain three or four months' instruction during the winter in the country school. Young Shaffer was exceptionally bright, and long before he entered Wittenberg College, in 1854, he had mastered everything taught in the rural schools. At Springfield he entered earnestly into study. taking the regular literary and classical course as then prescribed, and when he graduated he -i' d fifth in a class of ten students, and with one exception, was the youngest member o\ that brilliant class.

After graduating at Wittenberg College, Mr. Shaffer at once began the study of theology, entering the theological seminary connected with Wittenberg College, and remained until he completed the course. He was licensed to preach in 1861, by the Miami Synod. convened at St. Paris, and was ordained a minister of the Lutheran Church, at Circleville, in 1862. His first appointment was to the church at Xenia, Ohio, and when Mr. Shaffer took charge it was in poor condition both as to membership and interest. Under his pastorate it was revived and has had a continuous, steady growth up to the present time. At the time of his resignation of the charge, some twenty years later, it had increased in spirituality, membership and material possessions.

Dr. Shaffer has been the recipient of many honor.- in his church and has effectively tilled many very responsible positions. lie was thrice elected secretary of the Miami Synod and four time- it- president, lie was retained

directorate of Wittenberg College by tlie Miami Synod, for nearh a third of a century, the college hoard twice elected him its president, and on numerous occasions lie repnted his synod in the general synod, lie lias served on the Examining Committee to examine candidates for the ministry, for more than thirty year-. While residing at Xenia, Dr. Shaffer took an active interest in civic matters pertaining to educational movements and for fifteen years served as an examiner of teachers for the county schools; for twelve years he served in the same capacitv for the city schools, and for fifteen years served on the Xenia Board of Education. He has never lost his deep interest in educational progress and at the time of this writing, is serving as clerk of the School Board at Delaware.

In March. 1881, Dr. Shaffer moved to Springfield in order to give his children what he deemed better educational advantages, placing them in his alma mater. Wittenberg College. He continued, however, to supply his charge at Xenia until a successor could be found, which was done in the following June, the old pastor never, in the meantime, having disappointed his congregation on a single occasion. He also supplied the churches at West Liberty and Tippecanoe City for some months. In addition to his pastoral work. Dr. Shaffer has done much literary work, all showing a high grade of scholarship. From September, 1881, to December. 1885. he prepared the comments on the Sabbath school lessons for the Lutheran Evangelist, and within this period also provided many articles covering a wide range of subjects for that and other papers. For two years he was associated with Dr. Ort as editor of the Evangelist, and with Dr. Singley a- corresponding editor. He also taught in the theological seminary connected with the college the important branches of Hebrew. Biblical Archaeology, Sacred Philology. Biblical Evidences, Church History and Catechetics.

However, under this stupendous amount of work. Dr. Shaffer began to find his former robust health breaking down, and as his soul yearned for the regular work of the ministry, when the opportunity came to organize a church at Delaware, he came to this city. This organization was effected in November, [885, and in eleven month- the little but enthusiastic congregation dedicated a line brick church, with a seating capacity of 500. In June. 1887, the board of Wittenberg College, at the recommendation of the faculty, conferred upon Rev. Shaffer, the degree of D. D. He has remained in this charge ever since, each year but serving to bind pastor and congregation in closer bonds. With the exception of Dr. Stuckenberg, Dr. Shaffer is given credit of having had more to do than any other man in bringing into existence the Women's Home and Foreign Mission Society of the General Synod.

On September 18, 1862. Dr. Shaffer was married to Eliza Jane Puterbaugh, of Xenia, who died in .March. 1873. She left five children - Sallie M., Franklin Newton, who died at the age of thirty-live years. Walter St. Clair, Augusta Vernon, and John Samuel. Dr. Shaffer was married (secondly) October 8, 1N74, to Margaret Ellen Barns, who died May 23, [882. She left one child. Ella, who died at the age of three months. Dr. Shaffer was married, for the third time, July 3, [884, to Kate M. Boggs, of Zanesville. Of this union there have been two children - Ralph Boggs, who died at the age of eight months, and Elida .Marguerite, who is a member of the class of '09, < ). W. U. Miss Boggs had consecrated herself to foreign missionary work, and in [880 had sailed for India, being the first representative of the Women's Missionary Society to that country. On account of the intense heat of that land she broke down in health and was forced to return. Since then she has been verv active in the tield ot home missions.

OHN RATHBONE STANBERY, a progressive farmer of Liberty Township, who owns land amounting to 453 acres, was born in the city of Zanesville, Muskingum County. Ohio, June ig. [836, and is a son of Charles and Mary ( Smith ) Stanbery.

Jonas Stanbery. the grandfather of John R., was born in New York and he accompanied Stephen I!. Munn, to Ohio, both coming as land speculators. They located land in Muskingum, Fairfield, Licking, Delaware. Franklin, Pickaway, Madison and other counties of Ohio east of the Scioto River. Jonas Stanbery held more than a hundred thousand acres in his own right. In the disposal of this property he was both just and generous, accepting almost any kind of commodity from the settlers in payment lor land. It was a source of satisfaction to him that no pressure had ever caused him to sue for a debt.

Jonas Stanbery married Ann Lucy Seaman and they both lived into advanced age. his death occurring at Zanesville, in 1838. at the ag-e of seventy-two years. The following children were born t<> Jonas and Ann Lucy Stanbery: Augustus. George, Henry. Edward, Charles and Howard. Henry Stanbery was the eldest of the family and he became a lawyer and subsequently filled some of the highest positions of State and Nation. From being attorney-general of Ohio, he was chosen by President Andrew Johnson as a member of his cabinet and filled the high office of attorney-general of the United States until such time as he resigned in order to take up the defense of the President in the impeachment proceedings. After General Stanbery's efforts had been crowned with success, he was re-appointed to the office be had so ably tilled previously, but the Senate never confirmed this second appointment. He later engaged in the practice of law in Campbell Count}-, Kentucky, but the greater part of his time was taken up in practice in the Federal Courts. He died in New York city. He was married ( first ) to a daughter of General Beecher, of Lancaster, Ohio. His second marriage was to Cecelia Bond, who was a daughter of William Key Bond, who was a member of Congress from Ohio and was a resident of Chillicothe. Of the other children of Jonas Stanbery, Edward was a physician and he practiced at Newark, Ohio, where he died. Charles Stanbery was the father of John R. Stanbery. Howard Stanbery spent the whole period of his life at Zanesville. George Stanbery died while he was at school, at Athens, Ohio. Augustus was the only member of the family to die in childhood.

bone Stanbery, was born in 1809, in the city of New York, and in 1814 he accompanied his parents to Ohio. They established the family home at Zanesville, and young Charles was afforded excellent educational advantages both in that city and at Athens, Ohio. He became a member of the Bar and had the prospect of much professional success, when the death of his father called him to take charge of the large estate and the management of this required the greater part of his subsequent attention. Soon after his marriage he moved to Delaware County, from there to Lancaster and later to Columbus, where he lived for a number of years. His large interests, however, in Delaware County, finally required him to give them his personal attention and in [856 he returned and settled in Liberty Township, on the Scioto River. In the same year he erected here a fine mansion and in this beautiful home both he and wife lived until death.

Charles Stanbery was married at Zanesville to Mary Smith, who was a daughter of Hon. Theophilus Smith, judge of the Supreme Court of Illinois. She died in March. 1883, at the age of seventy-two years. She was survived by her husband until 1802, when he was in his eighty-htird year. They had four children : Clara S.. John R.. Charles and Edward. The only daughter of the family, Clara S., is the widow of Col. George W. Neff, and resides in Liberty Township, Delaware County, Ohio. Colonel Neff died in 1882. He was a native of Ohio and be served as second lieutenant in the Second Regiment, Kentucky Volunteer Infantry. He was captured in West Virginia and was confined for thirteen months in prison, during three of which he was under sentence of death. After his release from the Charleston jail, he was commissioned colonel of the Eighty-eighth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Two daughters. Laura and May, and three sons, Ambrose, George and Bond, survive him. Ambrose Neff married Jennie Abert, whose father was an officer in the Regular Army. They live at Elmwood. George Neff married Margaret Wallace and thev reside in New York city, where he is a large contractor and mechanical engineer. Bond resides also in New York, where he is in business as a hydraulic engineer. Charles Stanbery resides on the old Stanbery farm on which his father settled in 1856. He was educated in the district schools, at Cincinnati and at Zanesville. He acrries on general farming on 150 acres. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias at Powell. Mr. Stanbery is unmarried. Edward Stanbery married Emma Newell and they are residents of Chicago. Illinois. and have four children. Frank, Edward, Emma and Helen. Mr. Stanbery represents the Royal Insurance Company of London, England.

John R. Stanbery attended the Columbus High School and the Capital University, it Columbus, Ohio. He accompanied his parents to Liberty Township, when they came here in 1856, and he has lived here ever since, with the exception of five years, during which he was an employe of the Cincinnati & Zanesville Railroad and lived at Zanesville. Agricultural pursuits have afforded him more content than' either a mechanical, commercial or professional career, although he is well equipped for either. His large estate is under a fine state of cultivation and he has it stocked with superior breeds of cattle and other livestock. He is undoubtedly one of the county's best and most successful farmers.

John R. Stanbery was married at Zanesville, Ohio, to Annie Martin, who was a daughter of Alfred Martin. Mrs. Stanbery died in 1901. Her death removed from both family and social circles a lady of beautiful presence and lovable personality. She is survived by two daughters. Adaline and Mary. The former is the wife of Edward S. Mendenhall, of Delaware. Ohio, and the latter is the wife of Miles T. Watts, of Cincinnati. Mr. and Mrs. Mendenhall have one daughter. Annie. Mrs. Watts is a lady of literary talent and is an acceptable contributor to various publications of the day. including McClure's magazine. She belongs to a pleasant lite circle at Cincinnati, where her work is much appreciated.

ocratic party, the family Eor several generations having been connected with that organization. He is interested in public and local affairs tn the extent of faithful citizenship, but he has never been willing to accept office.

K (MAS A. FRYMAN, one of Thompson Township's representative citizens, owning a valuable farm of seventy-three and one-half acres, has resided here ever since 1850, with the exception of three years which he dedicated to the service of his country. Mr. Fryman was bom in Monroe County, Ohio. January 21, 1N44. and is a son of George and Margaret (Porterfield) Fryman, and a grandson of George and Mary Fryman, who lived and died in Pennsylvania.

George Fryman moved from Monroe to Belmont County. Ohio, and from there to Delaware County, which he reached March I, [850. lie was welcomed by his brother. John Fryman, who had come to Delaware County in 1833, from Pennsylvania, subsequently being followed b) his brothers and two sisters, Mary A. and Margaret. Mary A. was the wife of Louis II. Vincent, and Margaret was the wife of Robert Craig. All are now deceased. One brother. Samuel. mined from Delaware County lo Oregon, Holl County, Missouri, prior to the Civil War. and two of his sons id in the Confederate army, and one son and a son-in-law were soldiers in the Union army.

In 1857. George Fryman, father of Thomas A., purchased twent) acres of land in the \vi ods, in Thompson Township, which he later cleared and improved, and he resided on the place until the close of his life, September 30, [899, wlu-n aged eighty-eight years, five months and nineteen days, lie married Marel I '1 irterfield, who was 1" irn [une 9, 181 3, who died in August, [902, aged eighty-eighl S, two months and ten days. She was burn in America but was ,,f [rjsn parentage. Three Porterfield brothers came from Ireland and -ettlcil in Belmonl Countv, Ohio, one of these, Alexander Porterfield, being her father. There were nine children born to George Fryman and wife, three of whom died in infancy and four of whom survive. The record is as follows : Mary Jane married Salathail Rose and died in June, 1873. Susanna is the widow of Dexter Durfey and resides at Marion, Ohio. Christiana, who was born December 27, 1841, died November 2$, 1843. Thomas A. was the fourth born in this family. John, who was born December 15. 1846. died November 24. 1847. Margaret Elizabeth, who was born September 13, 1848, married John Agin after the close of the Civil War. and died September 27. 1868. Sarah C. married David Williams and they live in Thompson Township. Martha E. is the widow of John Williams and resides in Thompson Township, just west of her brother, Thomas A. Hannah, the youngest, was born October 26. 1857, died January 7, 1863.

Thomas A. Fryman attended the district schools near his home. He was but seventeen years of age when he enlisted for service in the Civil War, entering Company F, Ninetysixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, at Camp Delaware, on August 4, [862. On the first of the next month the regiment was sent to Louisville, Kentucky, and from there to Memphis, Tennessee, and then on to Vicksburg, where it was stationed until the surrender of that city. From Vicksburg the regiment was sent in pursuit of General Johnson, first to Jackson and from there to New Orleans, and then to Matagorda Bay. then back to Vicksburg. Mr. Fryman participated in the Red River campaign and assisted in the capture of Fort Morgan, Spanish Fort, Fort Gaines and Mobile. After the battle of Mobile the young soldier was mustered out and returned to Cam]) Chase. Ohio, July 29, 1865. going from there to his home. Although he was prostrated by a sun stroke, at Jackson. Mississippi, he returned comparatively tinharmed notwithstanding his post of duty had frequently been one of the greatest danger, and his record shows that he never evaded any service.

pursuits of agriculture and has given much attention tn raising hogs, each year having a large number to put on the market. He has added to the original farm and has improved the land by thorough cultivation and has erected new buildings and remodeled the old ones. A part of his residence was the old home of his uncle John and, although constructed or logs, was considered a very fine house when it was built, the best one in the whole township. In 1903 he erected his present substantial barn.

Mr. Fryman married Evaline Durfey, who is a daughter of James and Jane ( Nafus ) Durfey. and a granddaughter of Ebenezer and Malinda Durfey. James Durfey was a tailor by trade, residing in Union Count}', where Mrs. Fryman was born. Mr. and Mrs. Fryman have had six children, namely : Ettie Elnora, Sarah C, George J., Cora. William Oscar and Thomas Ray. Ettie Elnora was horn in 1867 and married Archibald Black. They reside one-half mile distant from Magnetic Springs, in Union County. They have had seven children : Clyde, Claude, Clifford, Clinton, Mary Evaline, Thomas Call, Clayton and Zola, the latter being deceased. Sarah C. was born in September. 1870. married John Gabriel and they lived in Radnor Township near Prospect. They have three daughters and two sons: Florence, Carl. Grace, Frances and Lester. George J. was born September 6, 1873, married Bertha Williams of Wyandot County and they live in Union County. They have one child, Dorance. Cora was born September 30, 1876, married Nelson C. Fryman and they reside in Thompson Township and have two sons and one daughter : Ernest, Max and Mildred. William Oscar was born September 30, 1879, married Lydia Smart of Union County and they have one child. Leah Evaline. Thomas Ray was horn in June. 1 88 1. He married Clara Rider ami they have one daughter, Clara Louise.

In politics, Mr. Fryman is a Democrat. For fifteen years he has served as a justice of the peace and for thirty years has been a useful member of the township Board of Education. He has always taken an active interest in advancing his community and is identified with the various movements which have made this one of the most intelligent and progressive sections of Delaware County.

OL. JAMES M. CRAWFORD, an honored resident of Delaware, has been identified with the interests of Delaware County, in public office and private business, all his life. He was born in Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio, June 11, 1834, and is a son of Colonel James W. and Nancy (Stephen) Crawford. The name of Crawford is a familiar one in Ohio history, and has been particularly conspicuous in public and military life. Colonel William Crawford, who was burned at the stake by hostile Indians, on Sandusky Plain, was a kinsman of the present representative of the name. This same Col. William Crawford served in Braddock's army, and was Colonel of the Fifth Virginia Regiment that served under General Washington during the war of the Revolution. James W. Crawford, father of James M., was an officer in the War of 1812. Two brothers served in the war with Mexico, and two brothers and five nephews assisted, with Colonel James M. Crawford, in suppressing the Rebellion of 1861-5. Of these, two were killed in battle and two were mortally wounded, while another died at the close of the war from disease contracted in the service. Still another member - one of the younger generation - kept up the family prestige by serving in the Spanish-American War. as a member of President Roosevelt's Rough Riders.

James M. Crawford was reared and educated in Delaware, where he learned the trade of painter, which he followed until 1858. On the 1st of February. 1859, he joined with a party of nine other men. at Gabon, Ohio, who crossed the plains to the Rocky Mountain-. where he engaged in mining with various results. Returning to Delaware in December, 1859, he there resumed his trade, which he followed until the opening of the Civil war. Then.

not content with offering his own services to aid in preserving a united country he exerted himself to secure the enlistment of his friends, and with such good success that with one day's effort he raised a company, which was organized April 16, 1861, of which he was made captain. This company was immediately offered to the governor of Ohio, and through Captain Crawford's energetic efforts, it became the first accepted military organization of the State for the Civil War service. The company, together with another Delaware County company, was assigned to the Fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. These Delaware companies were lettered respectively C ami I. and the record shows that the officers of Company C were the only ones commissioned as early as April 16, [861.

Early in May, 1861, this regiment was enlisted for the three month' service, and before it was disbanded - in fact in June, [86] - it reenlisted for three years. After serving with Company C until November 14. [862, Captain Crawford reluctantly resigned his commission on account of severe and repeated hemorrhages of the lungs, and returned to Delaware. As soon as his health permitted, he entered actively into the recruiting service and so continued until he was appointed colonel of the Ohio National Guard, and was assigned to the duty of instructing and disciplining the troops assembled at Columbus, in response to the Governor's call, for the defense of the State against Morgan's raiders. In this position Colonel Crawford won signal honors and was complimented by the Governor as well as by the department commander. This did not close his military career, for he subsequently enlisted for the service of 100 days, in the One Hundred and Forty-fifth Regiment, O. N. G., and commanded a detachment from the regiment for garrison duty at Forts Tillinghast and Craig, winch protected the chain of fortifications south of Washington, D. C. On his return from this service he was honored by electi n as colonel of the Twenty-first Regi ment, ( ). \. G.

for a number of years. In the spring of 1866 he was appointed United States revenue assessor in Delaware County, and served in that office for five years. He then engaged in a real estate and insurance business, in which he remained interested until 1884. In the year last mentioned he and his wife were elected superintendent and matron respectively of the Girls' Industrial Home, and they continued, With slight intermissions, m those positions until 1892. The records for those years show how admirably the institution was conducted, and how thoroughly qualified were both Colonel Crawford and his efficient wife for the discharge of the duties they had assumed.

On his return to Delaware from the Girls' Industrial Home, he was offered a lucrative position in Chicago, Ills. Mr. J. K. Newcomer at that time was making a strenuous effort to organize a local company for the purpose of building an electric railway within the city limits. Thinking the project might prove to be a benefit to the city, Colonel Crawford was induced to join in the enterprise. He therefore declined the Chicago proposition, and at once joined the promoters with his usual zeal, to help in carrying out their plans. A company was soon organized and incorporated under the laws of Ohio. When the company advertised for bids for the construction of the road, he anticipating the advantages that might accrue from the stimulus given to home labor, determined to put in a bid. His bid. being much lower than that of any other contractor, was accepted and the contract given to him. The work was immediately commenced and was satisfactorily completed within the limits of the contract.

Prior to the extension of the line into the grounds at Greenwood Lake. Colonel Crawford endeavored to secure a lease on the premises for the purpose of developing more fully the natural beauty of this pleasant resort. Not being able to secure sufficiently satisfactory terms, according to the value of the property, upon which to base a lease, he abandoned further effort along this line and turned his attention toward the development of the greatest natural asset within the limits of the city.

To this end he purchased and moved into the pleasant home place afterward known as Five Oaks, on We^t Central Avenue, this being in the fall of i Si)-- The property purchased lies in close proximity t'> the well known Indian, or Little's Springs, whose healthful waters have inspired hint to a continued effort to gel hi- neighbors interested with him in the development of these beautiful grounds, whose resources seem to he beyond all present calculation. At tin- writing there is an organization known as the Mineral Springs and Sanitarium Company, of which he is president, with a capitalization of $150,000, ami with bright prospects of realizing their plans and seeing their efforts for the construction of the necessary buildings crowned with success.

Colonel Crawford entered the political arena in 1855. and has been an active worker in the ranks of the Democracy ever since, hut side-stepped in i860 and [864 to vote for that greater Democrat, Abraham Lincoln, holding that he violated no tenet of his party in so doing. He has been many times called to the chairmanship of the County Committee, and served as a member of the State Central Committee in 1884, when he stood Spartan-like against the machinations of the schemers in the committee to thwart the will of the people by placing another candidate in the field from Ohio against Judge Allan G. Thurman. the people's choice for the Presidency. He went t" Chicago with Judge Thurman and was selected by him as the custodian of his headquarters during the struggle in the National convention. During- the Colonel's long service he has been frequently chosen as a delegate to Democratic State conventions. He was a delegate to the National convention at Cincinnati in 1868. and an alternate at the National convention at Chicago in 1890. While Colonel Crawford has displayed much activity in business and political affairs, his home life has been to him the sphere in which he realized the greatest degree of happiness, and in which he found the deepest sentiment- of his nature capable of their fullest expansion. He mar ried in 1864, Sarah M. Henry, a refined and accomplished lady, who was a native of Shell i\

County, Ohio. When he and hi- good wife moved to their suburban home, they felt that they had found a real haven beneath the tre and among the birds - a situation in which ethical culture becomes a pleasure and the frequent touch of Nature leads to a closer touch with the Creator. This quiet retreat became a refuge to all who sought its hospitality and appreciated the privilege of a free pull at the latch string, that ever hung on the outside of the door. Many of the recipients of the fostering care bestowed upon them in earlier years, returned, bearing mementos of their appreciation of the kindness and consideration extended to them in the days of their youth. To the Colonel and his wife these visits were like bread cast upon the waters, that returns after many days.

This retreat was their happy home until August 15, 1903. when the deepest shadows that ever fall upon any household, encompassed theirs. It was then that the good wife anil co-worker in public and private life, who was the light and the joy of their home for nearly forty years passed to her reward. Her death brought grief to all who had had the privilege of knowing her, kind and affectionate remembrance being shown by main' wards of the State upon whom she had lavished so much sympathizing care.

Colonel Crawford remained at the old homestead until June, 1907, when he sold his place and located on North Franklin Street, where he now resides.

Colonel Crawford has been financially interested in a number of important enterprises in this section. His connection with the Delaware Electric Railroad and its construction, and with the Mineral Springs and Sanitarium Company, has been already noticed. He is also a director in the Citizens Savings Bank. He belongs to Hiram Lodge, No. 18. F. & A. M.. to the Chapter and Council at Delaware. and to the Commandery at Marion. He has been a member of the local Grand Army post from it- organization. For half a century he ha- keen a member of William Street Metho di-t Episcopal Church, and also teaches a large class in the Sunday school. He has served as justice of the peace for two terms, commencing in 1877 and closing in 1883; and was a member of the city School Board six years, 1894 to 1900. A man of tried integrity and public spirit, with a readiness to sacrifice himself for the interests of others, yet of- good business ability, social in his nature, with a cheerful disposition and kind and genial manners, sucb is Colonel Crawford as his neighbors see him. The weight of years has made little impression on him, nor ever will in any essential respect, for he is pre-eminently one of those who may wear out but will never rust out.

ELYLY CASS CLICK, one of Concord Township's leading men. owning 300 acres of valuable land. was born in Concord Township, Delaware County. Ohio. December 9, 1851. 011 a farm within one-half mile from where he now resides, lli-- parents were Lyman T. and Ellen Matilda (Dunlap) Glick. Lyman T. Glick came to Delaware County from Licking County. Ohio, about [840, and purchased a farm near Plain City, but later sold that land and bought fifty-eight and onethird acres in Concord Township. He engaged in agricultural pursuits through life and also acted as agent for various concerns. He died at the age of fifty-seven years. About 1N47 he married Ellen Matilda Dunlap and there were six children born to them, namely: Lafayette and Esther, both of whom died young; Julian Andrew, who lived to the age of -'_' years: Melvm ( !ass ; Leroy Addison, residing in Liberty Township, married (first) [da May Thurston and (second) Mary Thompson; and Elisha Murry, who is engaged in farming in Franklin County, married Emma Hard.

Concord Township, where, since lie finished going to school, he has carried on agricultural activities. He has lived on his present farm for the past 26 years. Prior to that he rented land for a number of years. When he contracted to purchase his first farm of 41 and three fourths acres, he paid $252.50 to seal the bargain, and went into debt for $800. This does not seem such a large amount to him now, but many years of hard work and provident saving followed before Mr. (dick and his estimable wife felt themselves entirely free of incumbrance and ready to enjoy the fruits of their persevering labor. When Mr. Glick came here he found the land much run down ami requiring a large amount of fertilizing and careful managing to make it productive. He immediately began to build up the land and also to make necessary improvements and in the course of a few years built the present substantial farm buildings. The little log cabin in which Mr. and Mrs. (dick went to housekeeping, after the}- came to this [dace, still stands. Mr. Glick has made a specialty of raising horses, mules and ponies. He keeps an average of 35 head and has two registered Percheron stallions. His farm is noted over a large territory for the fine mules anil Shetland ponies raised here. A recent sale of mules for $475, and an offer of $450, for a second pair, indicate the valuable animals he keeps. He aims to sell from five to six head of horses annually. His livestock are well cared for, comfortable shelter being provided, with an abundance of clear water.

In 1 87 1, Mr. Click married Susan Ann Edwards, who is a daughter of James ami Margaret Edwards. Her parents are deceased and she was born near Rochester, in the State of New York. Her parents moved to Franklin County, Ohio, about 1857 and purchased a farm, and sold it in about two years later and purchased another in Delaware County, Ohio, where she was reared. She has two sisters: Margaret, who is the wife of J. P. Seeley. residing in Seward County, Nebraska ; and Carrie Emmeline, who married Nelson Emmerson, residing at Seattle, Washington.

Mr. and Mrs. (dick have had four children, namely: James Terrell, who died in 1906, aged 33 years; Addie, who married R. B. Maddox, resides in Liberty Township, and they have two daughters. Marjorie and Laura : Carrie Bell, who resides at Brooklyn, New

York; and Turney Edward. The latter is a young man of 20 years residing at home. In National politics, Mr. Glick votes the Democratic ticket, but is independent in local affairs. He belongs to Protection Lodge. No. 219, I. O. O. F., at Jerome.

HARLES CARLSON, one of Liberty jy/g] Township's excellent citizens and representative farmers, was born November J3, 184J. in Sweden, where his father, Charles Carlson, lived and died.

In 1869. when 27 years of age, Mr. Carlson came to America and after a pause in New York, proceeded to Burlington, Iowa, remaining in that State for five years, variously engaged. Prior to reaching Delaware County, September 10. 1875. 'ie had worked at Toledo. Ohio, and for a short time he engaged in railroad work in Delaware County, but finally w 1 irked at farming on the place on which he has resided ever since.

On September 26, 1876, Mr. Carlson was married to Dora Case. The grandparents of Mrs. Carlson were Lumis and Lucinda Case and Roswell and Nancy Tuller. Both families came to Ohio from Connecticut and the maternal grandparents died on the present farm, their burial being at Powell. The paternal grandparents settled at Beechtown,

< (hio, and the grandfather died at Marietta, and both he and wife were interred in Grove Cemetery, Delaware. August Case, father of Mrs. Carlson, was born in 1816, and died of cholera at Delaware. Ohio, in 1854. He had the contract to carry the mail prior to the building of the railroad to Delaware. He married Cynthia Tuller. who was born at 1'oweli.

< »hio, in [819, and died in 1880. aged 61 years. They had three -"lis and two daughters, namely: Oscar, born April 6, 1S40. residing at Powell ; Josephine, horn February 13. 1842, married Winfield S. Marks, residing in Liberty Township; Cicero, born June 13. 1N44. is engaged in farming in Liberty Township: Mr-. Carlson, horn February [8, 1851 ; and Lumis,

Mr. and Mrs. Carlson have had five children, as follows: Cicero, born July i 1. [877, is a conductor on the Hocking Valley Railroad, married Gertrude Johnston and they reside at Columbus; Fred, born March 1, 1879, is in the employ of the Wells-Fargo Express Company, at Chicago; Worthy, born April 9, 1 88 1. is an employe of the Hocking Valley Railroad; Victor, born February 18, J884, is also with the Hocking Valley system ; and Guy, born June 16, 1888, who died September 28, 1888.

Mrs. Carlson has resided on the present home farm, containing 147 acres, since she was eight years old, and Mr. Carlson has resided here since 1875. In 1882 the comfortable residence was built and many improvements have since bee'n made. Mr. Carlson is a member of Powell Lodge, No. 4, Odd Fellows, and of Powell Lodge of Knights of Pythias. I lis eldest son, Cicero, is a Mason. In politics, Mr. Carlson votes independently, doing his own thinking and supporting the candidates who, in his judgment, will best carry out the law-. -The family is one which stands very high in general esteem in Liberty Township.

D. KING who is serving in his fourth year as auditor of the city of Delaware, ranks with the leading- and representative citizens of this locality. He was born at Springfield. Ohio, where he lived until 22 years of age, clerking in a drug store after completing his educate n.

For three years after leaving Spring .Mr. King was connected with the drug h< ot ( )rr. Brown & Price, at Columbus, and then came to Delaware, where he embarked in a drug business for himself. This was si: quently developed into the drug firm of Miller & King, which continued for one year, and for three years afterward. Mr. King was engage 1 in a cigar business. Me disposed of his cigar interests to accept his present office, in which he has proved so efficient and reliable that it is doubtful it the city has ever had a more popular official. In addition to performing the duties of city auditor, he is also clerk of the Council, has served as clerk of the Board of Public Service, is clerk of the Board of Public Safety and of the Board of Library Trustees, and secretary of the Sinking Bund and Tax O immission.

On September 22, 1892, Mr. King was married to Emma C. Eagle, who is a daughter of the late Frank Eagle, of Spring-field. He and his wife have had five children, namely : Helen Marie, Carl Francis, Robert Edward, Frank D., Jr., and Paul Anthony. The fourth child, Frank D., Jr.. died September 9, 1907, at the age of three years ami two months. Mr. King is a member of St. Mary's Church.

Mr. King is very prominent in fraternal circles and has frequently been honored with official positions in various organizations. He belongs to the B. P. O. Elks, No. 76, and for three years was secretary of the local bod); to F. O. Eagles. No. 376, and for four years

- its secretary, and one year worthy president, and is a life member of this organization, lie belongs also to Council No. 1056, Knights of Columbus; Pasl Commander Camp. No. 50, Suns of Veterans; Court No. 1883, Foresters; Branch No. 79. Catholic Knights of Ohio; and Tent. No. 246, Maccabees. He is

RUCE CHARLES, an enterprising citizen of Thompson Township, who is doing a prosperous grist- and sawmill business, and also runs a ciderpress, was born in Harrison Township, Licking County, Ohio, August 17. 1X54, son of Simon and Amanda (Channel) Charles. I IN paternal grandfather was one of the first settlers in Licking County, there being but live others there when he arrived. Aboul the time there arrived in Harrison Towu- . Solomon Channel, the maternal grandfather 1 m' Mr. Cbai^

Simon Charles, father of Bruce, was born in the State of New Jersey, and came to Ohio with his parents. In 1859 he purchased the mill now owned by the subject of this sketch. It had been built in 1834 by Roswell Fields, from whom it passed into the possession of his sun. Samuel Fields, who sold it to Mr. Charles, and it is still known as the Simon Charles Mill. The millwright was Henry- Waits, who became of unbalanced mind and one of whose peculiarities it was to imagine that all the mills he had built were his own personal property. He used frequently to visit Mr. Charles, always carrying with his his boot-jack, and also a pole with a hook on' the end for pulling people out of the water. The sash, saw upright, and gearing that are still in the mill were put in by Henry Waits 74 years ago. The framework, hewed sills and braces, and the siding of black walnut, is all his work, also the machinery, except two

Simon built the residence in which his son Bruce now lives, the entire building, including 24 doors, being all of black walnut. He was well qualified for such an undertaking, as he was a cabinet-maker bv trade and also a maker of caskets for burial purposes. He manufactured the casket in which Waits was buried. In the prosperous days of the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal he spent 11 years at Warren, Ohio, engaged in building canal boats. He was a member of the Grange and in politics a Democrat. His death took place about 30 years ago. By his wife Amanda, daughter of Solomon Channel, he had 11 children, nine of whom were born in Licking County. Two were born in this (Thompson) Township, namely : Stephen Charles, who died about fifteen years ago and who was a partner of the subject of this sketch, and Almeda, who married O. D. Browning, and died March 13. [908. Of the others, Caroline was accidentally burned to death at the age of 17 years; Griffith died from diphtheria in [867; Bruce is a millet of Thompson Township and the direct subject .if this article; Frank died from diphtheria at the same time as Griffith - [867; James, the

The mother of the above mentioned children died in March. [867, and Simon Charles subsequently married for his second wife Mrs. Armentrout of Licking County. Of this union there is one child, William Simon Charles, who is a printer residing in Spokane, Washington.

Bruce Charles was five years old when he ace mipanied his parents to Thompson Township, and he has ever since resided here. Me distinctly remembers helping to drive the cows from the old home when the family made the journey here in wagons. He was early initiated into the milling" business, and for mam- years was a useful assistant to his father. On the latter's death he came into possession of the mill property, which he has since ci mducted and greatly improved, having installed modern machinery, including a 25-horsepower -team engine and a 14-horsepower gasoline engine. He owns in all about 90 acres of land, including the mill property which covers 1 1 acres. In addition to the original milling plant he has installed a powerful hydraulic cider-press. These enterprises are all in flourishing condition, due to Mr. Charles's capable business management. In politics he is a Democrat and he belongs to the Modern Woodmen, having first joined the order at Warrensburg but being now a member of the Camp at Prospect.

Mr. Charles was married. December 9, [881, to Miss Mary Love, a daughter of Leonard Love. Mrs. Charles's father died when she was four years old. Her mother was in maidenhood a Mis- McVeigh. The household of Mr. and Mrs. Charles has heen enlarged by the birth of four children and one daughter, namely: Blanche, who married six years ago William Hansome, of Magnetic Springs, a conductor on the Magnetic Spring Electric Road, and has a daughter - Lucille: Carl, residing at home; Earl, residing at home, who is assisting his father in the mill: and Melvin, who i< attending school.

Few women in the community were more highly esteemed. She was a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which she joined in Fulton Creek Chapel, subsequently becoming a member of Thompson Chapel. In the winter of 1907-08 she spent four months in Tryon, North Carolina, with the view of benefitting her health, which had become impaired, and when she started on her journey 40 or more of her friends and neighbors accompanied her to the train to bid her farewell. While in Tryon. her active, helpful disposition prompted her to organize the Aid Society, the first of its kind organized in that place. She always took an active part in church and missionary work, and for two years was superintendent of the Sunday school. Her loss was deeply felt, not only by her husband and children, but also throughout the community ac large, the members of which realized that ." true Christian woman and a kind and hospitable neighbor had passed from among them. Her memory will long he kept green in the hearts of her many friends.

ILLIAM W. WILLIAMS, who was for many years one of the best known citizens and most prominent agriculturalists of Troy Township, was born in this township August 2 j. 1835. son of William B. and Margaret (Davis) Williams. His parents were natives of Wales. William B. Williams coming from that country when a boy with his mother and step-father. They settled in Troy Township, Delaware County, Ohio, where he spent the industrial period of his life engaged in agriculture.

William W. Williams was reared to manli 1 in Troy Township and secured his education in the public schools. He then engaged in fanning and soon became well and favorably known as an agriculturist and breeder oi horses. In 1870, in company with Stephen Thomas, he made a trip to France, being interested in a company organized for the purchase of French drait horses, of which they brought hack four head. In r888 he returned to

France in his own interest, bringing back three head. Through his efforts the quality of draft horses in this section was largely improved. So- successful was he along these lines that at his death he left an ample estate, including a farm in Radnor Township and one in Troy Township, on the latter of which in a pleasantly situated brick dwelling, Mr. Williams's widow and her son, William L., now reside. Mr. Williams was always an industrious and energetic farmer. Although, as already indicated, he accumulated in time a large amount of property, he aimed less to increase the quantity than to improve the quality of that which he had. His farm in Troy Township has been described as "undoubtedly the bestequipped farm in that part of the county, in point of farm buildings, tiling, and fruit culture." He was a faithful member of the Baptist Church, which Mrs. Williams also attends. On January 6, 1871, he was elected deacon of the church and served faithfully as such until his death, which occurred February 17. 1907. A kind husband and father and an obliging neighbor, he was honored and esteemed by his fellow citizens, who knew him also as a man of much public spirit and many sterling characteristics. In politics he was a Republican, and be took much interest in the educational progress of the township.

< )n June 8. [865, Mr. Williams was married to Eliza R. Lewis, who was born October 24. [836, in Licking ( bounty, ( >hio, and w ho 1 - a daughter of John and Sarah (Hughe-) Lewis, natives of Wales and early settlers in Licking Count). Ohio. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Williams was blessed by the birth of two children - Lizzie A., who is the wile of John Pugh, residing in Radnor Township; and William L., residing with his mother in To >\ L i\\ nship.

Medicine, in Ohio, since he received his degree in i860. He assisted to organize the Ohio State Eclectic Society and was its first vice-president, and served also as the president of that important medical body. Dr. Conklin belongs to an old pioneer family of the State. He was born in Morrow County. Ohio. November 21, 1 832, and is a son of Jacob and Orra (Payne) Conklin.

The parents of Dr. Conklin were of new England birth, his father coming from Vermont and his mother from Connecticut. Jacob Conklin was a soldier in the War of 18 12. and alter its close, in 1814, he settled first in Delaware County, Ohio, and later moved to that section which became Morrow County. where be died in 1875.

Dr. Conklin was reared in Morrow County and enjoyed educational advantages at Mt. Hesper Seminary, following which he taught school for some years, in this way providing for his own prefessional education. He was graduated from the Eclectic Medical Institute at Cincinnati, in i860, and practiced subsequently at Waldo and at South Woodbury, in 1875 coming to Delaware County. Lor many years Dr. Conklin was one of the leading medical practitioners in this section and few men are better known. Public affairs and local good government have claimed his attention, in the light of good citizenship, and he has long been identified with the Republican party, with strong views in favor of temperance.

On November 12, r86i, Dr. Conklin was married to Maria Hull, who was born in Marion County, Ohio, and is a daughter it Nathaniel and Nancy (Wyatt) Hull, both i whom died in Marion County. Dr. and Mrs. Conklin have two children: Prof. Edwin G., Ph. D., a member of the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, filling the chair of Biology; and Eva C, who married Charles Page, residing at Columbus, Ohio.

Dr. and Mrs. Conklin are members of the V-bury Methodist Episcopal Church, at Delaware, lie is identified with several leading fraternities and has hern an ( )dd Fellow since 1856 and a Mason for about 37 years.

William James Lytle

AMES ROBERT LYTLE, A. M., attorney and counsellor at law, of Delaware, Ohio, is a man of prominence in his profession and is widely known throughout this section of the State. He was born in Clear Creek Township, Fairfield County, Ohio, April 9, [841, and is a son of James and Catherine (Freymyer) Lytle.

James Lytle, the father, was horn in Lancaster Count}-, Pennsylvania, and there received an educational training in the public schools. He was a remarkably fine penman, and became known as a broad and liberalminded man. In 1837, he came west to Ohio, and engaged in farming in Wayne Count}' for 1 me year, then removed to Clear Creek Township in Fairfield County, where he purchased a farm. He followed general farming. His wife died in 1855. aged forty-two years, and he followed her to the grave in 1866. She also was horn in Lancaster Count}-, Pennsylvania, and was a daughter of Jacob Freymyer. Four children were the issue of their union, as follows: Catherine A., deceased, who first married Dr. C. C. Bryson, ami later John T. Evans, who at that time was clerk of the court in Delaware County; John, who died at the age of twenty-one years: James Robert, whose name heads this sketch; and William F., who enlisted in Co. 1. Ninetieth Regiment, O. V. I., and was captured by guerrillas on Strawberry Plains, just after the battle of Chickamauga, and was never heard from afterwards. Mr. Lytle was of the Episcopal faith, and his wife of the Lutheran. He was originally a Whig in politics, and later joined the Know-Nothbut became a Republican upon the organization of that party. A strong Abolitionist, he was connected with the Underground Railroad during the war.

James Robert Lytle was reared in Fairfield County and received a rudimentary edu- 11 in the common schools. He entered Ohio Wesleyan University, but after attending that institution one year, was obliged to return home and take charge of the farm, his lu-other having enlisted in the service of the

Union Army. He continued at home until the spring of 1804. when he enlisted in Co. 1, One Hundred and Fifty-ninth Regiment, O. V. I., and went with his regiment to Baltimore, where for one hundred days they guarded railroads about that city. Immediately after his return home from the war, he re-entered Ohio Wesleyan University, from which he was graduated in June, 1868. During his vacations he had read law under the direction of Jones & Hippie of Delaware, and in June, 1869, he was admitted to the bar, just one year from the date of his graduation. He went to Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, and engaged in practice one year, then returned to Delaware and formed a partnership with his former preceptor, Gen. John S. Jones, under the name and style of Jones & Lytle. This association of legal talent continued for a period of twenty-five years, during which time the firm was identified with much of the important litigation in the courts of Delaware County. Since April 1, 1895, Mr. Lytle has practiced alone and has maintained the prestige established in earlier years. He has been especially active in practice before the Bureau of Pensions, having procured the grant of more than fifteen hundred pensions. He also procured bounty for many of the veterans or their families, and his familiarity with the bounty records of Delaware County resulted in the exposure of the bounty frauds and the saving to Delaware County of more than $20,- 000. Among the important cases with which Mr. Lytle has been identified, was the prosecution through the United States Circuit Court of two suits for the heirs of Leonard Case, a multi-millionaire of Cleveland, in which he was opposed by many lawyers, among the number being some of the most distinguished practitioners before the bar in Ohio. The number of defendants in one of these cases was 648, and the land involved was valued at many millions, including- the sites of Case Library and the City Hall in Cleveland, about one mile of lake front, some 4,000 lots in all. and 1,900 acres of land adjoining Cleveland. Mr. Lytle is attorney for the Fidelity