Delaware County, Ohio - Chapter 18: Townships and Towns, 1908 (part 9 of 16)

On September 23, 1880. Mr. Sperry was united in marriage with Maine B. Chapman, of Licking County, and a daughter of Sidney A. and Eliza (Fuller) Chapman, the latter of whom is living at the advanced age of 78 years. Six children have been bom to Mr. and Mrs. Sperry. namely: Edwin Ray, who i~ bookkeeper in the Bank of Ashley, mai Dawn Sherman, and they have one son, Edwin : Teressa E., wife of \Y. A. Barnes, lives in Cleveland: Arthur Leon, is a senior in the Law Department of the Ohio State University: Earl Chapman, is engaged in the grocery store of his brother-in-law. in Cleveland; Grace Marguerite; and Robert Theodore.

Politically, Mr. Sperry is a Republican and has served as corporation treasurer for several term> and is the present incumbent of that office.

The family to which Mr. Smith belongs was established in Orange Township, Delaware County, by his grandfather, Benjamin Smith, who eame here at an early day from Syracuse, New York. He was a carpenter by trade but he purchased the present farm in order to provide independence for his family, settling in the green woods and courageously, with his faithful wife, taking up the burden of pioneer hardship. Horace F. Smith accom panied his bather to Delaware County, where he -till lives. To his marriage with Maria Elliott, two sons were born: Franklin' Elliott and Lewis M. The latter was born July 9, 1804. and is a farmer in Orange Township. He married Minnie Slain and they have three children. The father married (second) Airs. Elizabeth Skeels, widow of Henry Skeels. During the Civil War he served in the Ninetysixth Regiment. Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

Franklin Elliott Smith was reared on the home farm on which he still resides and he has engaged in agricultural pursuits all his life. IR* has found dairying a profitable branch of the business and keeps from 17 to 25 head of cows. He raises enough proi to feed all his stock.

In 1885 Air. Smith married Anna AA'ithrow, who is a daughter of Henry and Nancy rhornburg) Withrow. She was born and reared in Orange Township, her parents having come here from Morrow County, and her mother still survives. Air. and Airs. Smith have had three children: Lila, who is deceased: Josie, who married Frank Holt, residing at Columbus, have one daughter, i ence; and Mamie, residing at home. In [886, Air. Smith came to the present farm to make his permanent home and here he has continuousl) In id for the past 21 years. The house, with the exception of a dining-room, which has since been added, is the same as when his grandfather built it.

In politics, Air. Smith is a Democrat and 1- serving his third term on that ticket as township trustee. Although the township is normal!}' two to one Republican, Air. Smith's popularity was shown at the last election for trustee by his receiving two votes to one of his opponent. In 1905, he served as a delegate to the State convention that nominated Governor Pattison and he has been a delegate to every county convention, with one exception,

LATT PI. PERRY, residing on his farm oJ 175 acres, in Thompson rownship, all of which he has under cultivation, was born in Leesburg Township, Union Count}-. Ohio, October jo. 1869, ani' >s a son of Albert T. am! Laura A. ( Irving ) 1 'erry.

Henry Perry, the paternal grandfather of Piatt II., was horn in Wales and accompanied his parents to Radnor Township. Delaware County, when the country was still covered with forests and wolves and other wild animals were almost the only other live things in the wilderness. When he grew to manhood he married Martha Lavender, who was probably born in Thompson Township, and they had a family of several children. He subsequently removed to Thompson Township and later to Bokes Creek Township, in Logan County, where he lived during the last 25 years of his life, his death taking place in July, 1889, at the age of 63 years.

Albert T. Perry was born in Union County. Ohio, August [8, [846, and died August 25, [906. Until withm a year before his death he resided in Leesburg Township, Union Count}-, but tlie last year of his life was ed at Marion. | [e left an estate aggregating nearly 401 1 acres of land. During the Civil War he saw service as a member of. Company (i, One Hundred and Seventy-fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He married a daughter of William Irving, of Thompson Township, who settled in Delaware County at an early day. and she is still living. The three surviving children are: Piatt II.: Roland P., residing at Marion; and William, who manages the home place in Union County. The late Albert T. Perry was a man of tine character and enjoyed the confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens. Politically he was a Republican.

Piatt II. Peri'}- attended the country schools through boyhood and remained on the homestead farm until his marriage, shortly after which he moved to Logan County, where engaged in farming for two years. In the spring of 1893 he came to Thompson Township, settling un his farm, where he has since been engaged in growing wheat, corn, oats and hay and in raising horses, cattle, sheep and hogs. He is considered one of the successful agriculturists of this section.

< in March 16. i88y. Mr. Perry was married to Mar}- Delia Hupp, who is a daughter of Henry Hupp, residing in Claybourn Township, Union County, ami the}- have two children: Jennie E. and Ora V. Both Mi-, and Mrs. Perry are social by nature and he is a member of Magnetic Springs Lodge, No. 380, Knights of Pythias, of which he is past chancellor and has been a representative to the Grand Lodge, while she is a member of the Pythian Sisters and holds the office of past most excellent chief.

ORRINGTON CLINE, a member of the Board of Education of Marlborough Township, residing on his valuable farm of 132 acres, which is situated on the east branch of the Olentangy River, was born March 17. [866 in Marlborough Township, Delaware County, Ohio, and is a son of Samuel D. and Lucinda J. ( Schultz ) Cline.

Samuel D. Cline was born also in Marlboro'ugh Township and was a son of Henry Cline and a grandson of Henry Cline. and great-grandson of Conrad Cline. the latter of whom was a Revolutionary soldier. Henry Cline. Si., served in the War of [812. lie was born in Pennsylvania and accompanied his father to Kentucky, thence to Pickaway County, Ohio, and thence to Delaware County. Samuel D. Cline lived in Marlborough Township from 1833 until 1861;. during his active years having engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods, having his factory situated on the Olentangy River. Later he removed his mill to Cardington, Morrow County, Ohio, where he had better facilities ami was able to carry on a more extensive business, lie died there in [876. lie married Lucinda J. Schultz ami all of their children survive: Wellington, Corringti n ami Arlington, the latter of whom now resides in Marion County, while Wellington resides in Delaware County. Samuel D. Cline was a Democrat.

Corrington Cline was four years old when his father moved to Cardington and he lived there until the death of his father, when he was nine years 1 £ age. He then accompanied other members of the family to Marion 1 ' unity, where they all lived for a time, and later to Marlborough Township, where he has resided ever since. His main occupation has been farming and his excellent property shows the care and attention devoted to its development.

On March 22, (888, Mr. Cline was married to Elizabeth Hauck, who was born in Marlborough Township, and is a daughter of Peter Hauck, of Delaware County, and they have six children: Erwin C, Orrin L, Toura, Annita, Lela and Erma. Mr. Cline has reason to tike a great deal of pride in his family of bright, attractive children. Erwin C. graduated from the Ashley High School in 1903, in a class of 20, bearing off all the honors. although then but 13 years of age, subsequently graduating irom the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, with equal credit. He took a course in the classics at the University, graduating with the highest honors in June. 19.07. and is now assistant superintendent of the Covington, Tennessee, schools. He has a high testimonial from President Welch of the ( ). W. U. Corrington Cline has served as justice of the peace and has held other offices, taking the most interest in those identified with educational work. He has been officially connected with the Elm Tree School for a number of years. He is a stanch Democrat in his political views, and for 11 years served as township committeeman, lie beli ngs to Ashley Lodge, Xo. 421, Odd Fellows, in which he has passed all the chairs.

Athan Marble

Nathan Marble, grandfather 1 f Nathan, came from Brownsville, Pennsylvania, on the Monongahela River, and settled at Rising Sun, Indiana, where both he and wife died well advanced in years. Mr. Marble cultivated a large tract of land near Rising Sun. Ephraim Marble, father of Nathan, was a native of Pennsylvania, where in young manhood he engaged as a millwright. He came to Ohio at a very early day. and settled near \Y< 11 ister, Wayne O unity, where his father had purchased 040 acres of land for him, but the Indians and wild animals were so troublesome that the pioneers deemed it wiseto return to Pennsylvania. Later, however, they returned to Ohio, settling near Byesville, in Guernsey County, where Mr. Marble purchased 80 acres of land, and here the remainder of his life was spent, partly in agricultural pursuits and partly as a miller, in the em] of Joshua live. Being a millwright Mr. Marble built a boat, which he loaded with Hour and piloted it to Dresden, on the Muskingum River, in [838. While on the trip he contracted typhus fever, and. although a powerful man physically, this disease caused his death in the prime of life. His wife survived until 1892, when she died at a very old age. Both belonged to the Society of Friends. Mrs. Marble's parents came from Pennsylvania to ( Ihio at a ver\ early day, and settled in Belmonl County, where her father purchased land. Here both parents spent the remainder of their lives, Mrs. Davidson being aged over too years at the time of her death. To Ephraim Marble and his wife the following children were born: Reese. Nathan. Talitha. Christine, Sarah Ann. Esther and Mary Ann.

making trade, which he followed for many years. On October 14, 1863, he enlisted in the First Regiment, United States Volunteer Engineers. Captain William Lawrence, and served until June 9, 18(15, when he was honorably discharged and mustered out. The most of his service was at Chattanooga, Tennessee, where he saw Jefferson Davis as a prisoner, and at various times he was engaged in the sharp skirmishing which ti » >k place there. On his return from the war Mr. .Marble resumed his business of cabinetmaking and undertaking, and continued until recent years, when he retired from active life.

On June 1. [852, Mr. Marble was married to Louisa Kempton, who was a daughter of Henry and Louisa (Wright) Kempton, natives 1 f Maine, and to this union there were bom eight children, as follows: Lewa J).. Mattie Jane. Fannie F., Hannah Jane, Wright, and three who died in infancy. Lewa D. married (first) Henry Peck of Sunbury, by whom she had three children, married 1 second) her first husband's half-brother, Clinton X. Peck, and they had one son, and married (third) Thomas L. Dorman, and now resides in Morrow 1 ounty, Oregon. Mattie Jane married Charles Crego, by whom she has a daughter, Bertha, and lives in Sunbury. Fannie F. married Norman Patrick, of Sunbury, and they have two children. Armond and Christian. Hannah Jane married Charles Wormell, of Trenton Township, Delaware County, and they have eight children, Pearl. Wright, Edwin, Fannie, Irene. Stanley. Reese and Velmas. Wright Marble married a lady in Indianapolis, and makes his home in Birmingham, Alabama. The mother of these children died April 3, [877, aged 44 years. 13 days, in the faith of the Christian Church. Mr. Marble was married (second) to [osephine Warner, and they had one child, Mary Maud, who died aged 20 years. Mrs. Marble, who was born December to, 1857, and was a daughter of William Warner, a half-brother of Genera] Robert E. Let-, died August 29, [889, in the faith of the Methodist Church.

Church. Mr. Marble is a 32d degree Scottish Rite Mason, and also belongs to L. A. Myers Post No. 287, G. A. R., of which he was adjutant for one term. In political matters he is a Republican and for a time served in the Sunbury city council.

RANK E. WHIPPLE, cashier of the Farmers Savings Bank Company of Ashley and one of the most prominent citizens of that village, was born four miles southeast of Ashley, in Peru Township, in what was then Delaware, now Morrow, County. Pie was born November (1. 1853, on the old family homesteacl where his grandfather, Reuben Whipple, settled in 1818. Reuben Whipple came from Rhode Island with his family at that time, but had - iously been here to secure a location and, had 140 acres of land wholly uncleared. He first made a clearing for a log cabin, and then set about converting his land into tillable, shape. He was a hardy pioneer and became one of the most prosperous farmers in the township. He was a carpenter and mechanical genius and erected a house and barn on his place, which were unexcelled in that vicinity for many years. These buildings were built on a more substantial plan than those of modern type and are still in service on the farm in good repair. He had a carpenter shop on his place, and followed his trade for some years. He married Sally C ok, and of their children, one was Noah Whipple, father of Frank E.

Noah Whipple was born in Rhode Island, July 7, 1X11, and was seven years old when the family moved west to Ohio. Throughout his active career he farmed the home place, but moved to Ashley with bis son ['"rank E. in 1895. He resided here until a short time before his death, which took place in Massillon, Ohio, in January, [900, while visiting a daughter. His wife's maiden name was Margaret Elliott, and she was born in Virginia. Her father, Archibald Elliott, came from Virginia ami first settled in Blendon Township, Franklin County, moving subsequently to Eden Station. Delaware County. Mrs. Whip- pie died November 5, 1895. Of seven children born of their union five are living, as follows: Phoebe (Kohler), of Ashley; Ella (Wallace), a widow residing in Ashley; J. C. who resides near Leonardsburg ; Frank E. ; and Flora I Benedict ). who lives in Massillon, Ohio.

Frank E. Whipple was reared on the home farm and although a well-informed and broadguaged man. his educational training- was limited to the common schools. He followed farming until his connection with the bank began, although he had moved to Ashley in 1895. He added to the home place, and still owns 180 acres of it, and also has a valuable farm of 135 acres adjoining the corporation on the east. He recently erected a tine two story pressed brick building in the business centre of Ashley, with two store rooms on the main Hoor, ami a hall for Knights of Pythias above. Mr. Whipple was the first president of the Farmers Savings Bank Company, >j\ which he was one of the promotors and incorporators, and served as such until January 1. 1907. since which time he has been cashier. A careful, capable business man. his success lias been uninterrupted. He is a man of public spirit and has done much to advance and develi p the interests of Ashley.

united in marriage with Xettie Slack, who was born in Oxford Township, and is a daughter of Nathaniel Slack. They have a daughter. Pearl, who married Harley Dennis, 1 >f Ashley, on June 6, 1907.

Politically, Mr. Whipple is a Republican and served as a member of the School Hoard for seven years. He is fraternally connected with the Knights of Pythias and the F. et A. M. of Ashley.

WID BEVAN, one of the leading citizens and most successful agriculturists of Delaware Township, Delaware County, < >hio. who is now livingretired, was born April 20, 1829, in Breconshire, South Wales, and is a son of David and Margaret (Lewis) Bevan.

David Bevan, Sr., who was also a native of Breconshire, South Wales, came from that country to America in 1842 with his wife and six children, and located in Delaware Township, Delaware County, Ohio, where his wife's sister and her four children lived. Mr. Bevan settled in a little log cabin on a fifty-acre tract just north of where bis sou David now lives, and here commenced clearing the heavily limbered land. In a tew years the family had a well improved farm, and Mr. Bevan prospered to such an extent that at the time of his death, May 23, [879, he was the owner of 400 acres of land. He was a man of great energy and ambition, but was prudent and economical. Ikwas also engaged for a number of years in raising and dealing in cattle and sheep. Mr. Bevan was married to Margaret Lewis, who died in 1863, having been the mother of six children : Margaret, who died single; James, who is also deceased; William, who lives in Scioto ["ownship ; David; Charles, who is deceased; and Dinah, who resides with her brother William. William Bevan served three years and two months in the 121st Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War. and participated in all the actions of his regiment.

David Bevan went to school in his native country, and when thirteen years of age came with the family to America, lie remained on the home farm until twenty-seven years oid, when he began operating on his own account on the ro6-acre, farm on which he now resides, and where he continued actively in agricultural pursuits until 1899; but lie continued to deal in cattle, sheep and hogs, in which occupation he had been engaged for many years, until the fall of 1906. Mr. Bevan is the owner of 800 acres of land, mosl of which is being cultivated by tenant farmers, lie is one of Delaware Township's best known men. and has the honor and esteem of all with whom he has come in contact.

Mr. Bevan was married to Eliza Davis, who was born in Wales, December id, [829, and who came to this country with her parents when two and a half years old. Four children came to brighten the home life of Mr. and Mrs. Bevan. as follows: Margaret Clara, born May 25, 1857. and residing at home;

David Willard, burn September 22, 1859. who died March 29, 1906; Elizabeth Emma, bom June 6, [864, who died April 13, 1887; and Edward James, burn March 21, 1867, and residing at borne. Mr. Bevan and wife belong to the Congregational Church, in which he has been a deacon for main- years.

AYLOR DONOVON, a substantial citizen and self-made man of Dela-' ware County, Ohio, who owns and operates a farm of 1N4 acres in Marlborough Township, was born November 24, 1850. in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and is a sun of John and. Elizabeth (Wagonseller) Donovon, natives of Pennsylvania.

In 1859 Taylor Donovon was brought by his parents from his native place to Delaware County, Ohio, where his father established himself in the butchering business, an occupation which he followed until a short time primto his death in [865. Taylor Donovon learned the butchering business with hi-- father, and in 1873 engaged therein on Alain Street. Delaware, where he remained until 1SN0. and in that year removed to Montgomery County, Iowa, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits for twelve years. Mr. Donovon then removed to Sunbury, Ohio, where he spent nearly twelve years, and in 1903 he removed to his present property, one of Marlborough Townships hot farms. Mr. Donovon engages in a general line of farming and stockraising. His efforts have met with success and lie is placed with the solid, substantial men of his township.

On December 25, [881, Air. Don- won was married to Ida C. Mason, who was born March i<;. [861, in Montgomery County, Iowa, and is a daughter of Parley J. and Susan C. (Bean) .Mason, who were natives of Xew Hampshire and early settlers of Montgomery County, lowi. love children have been born to Mr. and Airs. Donovon: James, residing in Marlborough Township; George, residing at Sunbury, Ohio; Nellie M., Blanche and Joseph. Mr. Donovon is a Democrat in his political views, and while a resident of Sunbury served as a member of the Town Council. He has always been interested in educational movements., and has been found in the front rank of all enterprises calculated to be of benefit to his township.

DWARD M. HALL, M. D., has been a resident of Delaware, Ohio, since [889" In 1862, when id years of age, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, but, being under age and size, he was at first rejected by the mustering officer, who afterwards, when assured by the Colonel of the regiment that he was competent to perform the clerical duties to which he bail already been assigned, permitted bis name to remain on the rolls.

On the Atlanta campaign, however, he took up the duties of a soldier, and on the 6th day of August, when his divisii n was occupying an important and hazardous position, received a gunshot fracture of his left thigh and was sent to the field hospital, where he had careful attention from the late Dr. T. B. Williams of this city, who was then division surgeon. A few weeks afterwards, on being transferred from Chattanooga to Nashville, Tennessee, the hospital train was thrown from the track and he was so severely injured that be was compelled to remain in the hospital 111 mi\ mi iiiths.

While in general hospital at Jeffersonville, Indiana, and still obliged to use crutches, he was appointed executive clerk to the board of surgeons of the hospital. At the time 1 .en. Sherman's army was ordered to Louisville, Kentucky, to be mustered out of service, many soldiers from the hospitals, he among the number, were detailed to prepare the mus- iii 1 ut mils. His assignment was that oi chief clerk in the office of Col. Flint at Gen. Palmer's headquarters, where he remained from May till August, [865, when he was mustered 1 >ut 1 i service.

At Shell vville, Tennessee, in 1863, he was taken sick with the prevailing camp disease, from the effects of which he has never fully recovered.

On returning home, broken in health and still suffering' from his wound, he was obliged to abandon the idea of a university education, and spent such time as he was able during the next two or three years in reading, preparatory to taking up the study of medicine, which he did, later, graduating- in 1871.

In 1874, Dr. Hall was married to Laura Beaver Nevius, daughter 1 f Aaron C. Nevius of Fredericktown, Ohio. The Nevius family is of Dutch extraction, Aaron C. Nevius* being fifth in descent from Johannes Nevius, who after being graduated from the University of Leyden, emigrated to New Amsterdam, now New York, in 1651, and in 1653, at its organization, became a member of the Court of Burgomaster- and Schepens, serving seven years as Schepen. and afterwards as city secretary, which office he held when the city surrendered t<> the English in [664.

The wife of Aaron C. Xevius. Sarah Beaver Nevius, was a daughter of Rev. Peter Beaver, of the Philadelphia Conference, and a granddaughter of George Beaver, a Revolutionary soldier. Site, also, was an aunt of ex-Gov. James A. Beaver of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Hall's maternal ancestors emigrated to New England about the middle of the eighteenth century. David Brown and Hardy Rundall, great-grandfathers. David Brown I Scotland, making his permanent home at Greenwich, Connecticut, and Hardy Rundall from England, at the nearby town of Norwalk.

During the Revolutionary war. when the English troops, in 1770. raided Ndrwalk, Fairfield and New Haven. Hard}- Rundall, Jr., a colonel of light dragoons in the English army, took leave of his family at Norwalk, after which he sailed for England, not to return.

His paternal ancestors settled in Xew Jersey early in the eighteenth century in the vicinity of Morristown, where his grandfather. Caleli Hall, was horn in [780. Hi- grandmother, Sarah Anderson, was a daughter of Col. Richard Clough Anderson, a well known Revolutionary soldier.

Three children have been horn to Dr. and Mrs. Hall: Mary, who died in 1893, in her seventeenth year, while attending the Ohio Wesleyan University: Aletheia. who married Philo M. Buck, Jr., after their graduation from the O. W. U, and who reside in St. Louis. Mo.; Edward M-. Jr.. who after graduating from the Ohio Wesleyan University, ti ok up the study of law and graduated from the law department of Harvard College, and is now practicing law in Cleveland. Ohio.

Dr. Hall is a.member of the American Medical Association, the State Medical and County Medical Societies, and was president of the County Society in 1905.

While not seeking political preferment, he has taken great interest in political questions since his boyhood, and has given ready support to such measures as have had for their object improved conditions or better citizenship.

At the time of his removal to this city, he was serving his fourth term as a member of the Board of Education of Fredericktown, and was a member of the Board of Examining Surgeons for Pensions for Knox County.

For about twelve years he has been president of the Board of Directors and Trustees of Oak Grove Cemetery Company, and has been a member of the Board of Trustees of the Delaware Young Men's Christian Association since its organization.

Y IHN J. AYRF.S. one of Scioto Township's leading citizens, an auctioneer. carpenter and stonemason, wa- horn in Scioto Township, Delaware County, Ohio, May 24, [865. His

The father of Mr. Ayres has long been a prominent citizen of this section, having settled on his present farm in Scioto Township in 1870. He was born in Pickaway County. Ohio, March 12, 1841. During the greater part of the Civil War he served as a Union scout and only retired from the service after being severely wounded. For some years af- ' ter the close of the war he traveled through Ohio, Indiana and Michigan giving lectures on the battle of Gettysburg, in which he took a prominent part. He married Mary P. Rhoades, who died March 9, 1907.

John J. Ayres was educated in the public schools of Scioto Township and at Delaware, after which he taught school for three years. In the meanwhile he learned the carpenter's and also the stonemason's trade and has worked at these more or less ever since, nowhaving a hue building and contracting trade through Delaware and Union Counties. He has .lone a large amount of work in this section and in 1S87 lie built his own commodious residence, in 1904 remodeling it and making it still more attractive and valuable. In [882, Mr. Ayres began auctioneering in partnership wiih his father and they continued together until 1 0:07, when Colonel Ayres retired.

In 1887. Mr. Ayres was married to Annie McCombs, a daughter of Frank and Catherine McCombs, of .Magnetic Springs, Ohio, and they have had five children, the three survivors being: Carl Abner, Goldie May and Myrtle I. mile. Mrs. Ayres is a member of the United Brethren Church, which Mr. Ayres attends and to which he gives a liberal support. In politics, be is identified with the Republican party, lie is a member of Edinburg Lodge, Odd Fellows, at ( Istrander, of which he is past errand.

physician located at Cheshire, where he has built up a lucrative practice and identified himself with the town's various interests, was born in [868, near the county seat of Washington County,

The father of Dr. McCarty was born in Pennsylvania. For many years he followed farming and worked at blacksmithing, in Washington Count}', where he was a wellknown and respected citizen. In bis political life he was a Democrat. He died in 1904, aged 76 years. He married Matilda Wilson, who was also born in Pennsylvania, and she died, in 1897, in Delaware County, Ohio, aged 63 years. They had the following children: John, a resident of Washington County, Pennsylvania; Dora C, residing with her brother at Cheshire; Simon C, who resides in Kansas City; Mrs. Martha Gleason, residing in Kingston Township, Delaware County; Mrs. Belle Harrison, residing at Marion. Ohio; and Dr. I. T., of Cheshire.

Dr. McCarty came to Delaware County in 1880. and after completing his literary educa-' tion he began the study of medicine and was graduated with his degree from the Western rve College, in 18117. He entered upon practice at Olive Green, in Kingston Township, Delaware Count)-, where he remained three years and then came to Cheshire. II ere he has a wide circle of both personal and professional friends.

ESLEY G. McCURDY was born on the old home place in Oxford Township, Delaware Count}-. Ohio, July 7, 1869, and is a son of John and Amanda (Kohler) Mc- Curdy.

John McCurdy was born in York Count}'. Pennsylvania, and lived there until 1849 or 1850, when he came west with his wife and three children. He located on swamp land about three miles south of Ashley, and erected a cabin on the highest part of his farm. It was in this cabin Wesley McCurdy was born. In the early days, before tiling was made use of, a pan was utilized to scoop up water for washing purposes, and many makeshifts were necessary to make house-keeping possible in the wilderness. Mr. McCurdy set about placing his farm in tillable condition, made clearings and built a barn. These primitive buildings lasted some years, and were then replaced by modern structures, lie lived on the In mie place the remainder of his life, dying at the age of about 84 years. He was united in marriage with Amanda Kohler, sister of Charles Kohler of Ashley. This union resulted in the following issue: Maria (White), who lives in Kingston Township; Daniel, who lives southeast of Kilbourne; Charles, who is engaged in the horse business in Marion, Ohio; John J., who lives near Westtield. Morrow County; Joseph A., who lives in Ashley; Elizabeth, who died at the age of 29 years; William, James, and Edward, who live on the old home farm ; and Wesley G. Mr. McCurdy was a Republican in politics and served some years as township trustee, also in other local offices. Airs. McCurdy still resides at the old family home at the advanced age 1 if 81 ' years.

Wesley < '<. McCurdy was reared on the hi nne farm in Oxford Township, and attended the public schools of that vicinity. Upon coming to Ashley he clerked in a grocery for J. C. Eckals for one year, then formed a partnership with J. T. Olds and conducted a hardware store with much success for a period of u years. Dissolving partnership in January,

1904, Mr: McCurdy fur three years dealt in high class horses extensively, buying ami shipping to points where they could be sold to advantage. An excellent judge and experienced li tndler of horses, he followed this business until tlie market value of roadsters became such as to preclude further profitable operations along that line.

On April 1. 1896, Mr. McCurdy was joined in marriage with Miss Grace Sumner Westbrook, whi 1 was born in Ashley and is a daughter of Dr. E. A. Westbrook. Four children bless their union, namely: Lois Amanda, bum July 27. [897; Lawton \V.. burn September 9, [898; Lloyd E, born April 23, 1901 ; and Rose Cunnard, born March 2, in the village council. A member of the Masonic Lodge, he has served two years as treasurer. Religiously, he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. McCurdy is a popular man. following up-to-date business methods, and the success attending his efforts is well merited.

Dwix Luthben Hemstead

DWIX LUTHBEN HEMSTEAD fur nmre than forty years was a well-known resident of Sunbury. lie was a native <>; Connecticut, where he was born in [826. The larger part of his life was passed in Ohio, his father, Charles Hemstead, having brought his family to Delaware County at an early peril id. and Mr. Hemstead died at his home in Sunbury. July 2. 1901, aged y^ year-.

The boyhood of Edwin L. Hemstead was spent on his father's farm but as the latter was a school teacher as well as farmer, the b \ had excellent educational training and spent some time at Central G illege. When he left home he went to Columbus, where he learned the blacksmith's trade. He married Eliza Williams, who was born April 5, 1825. at Geneva. Delaware County, Ohio, who is a daughter of Thomas and Phebe ( Seaburn) Williams. The Williams family came to Delaware County from Pennsylvania. There were five children in the family. Mr. Williams owned a farm in Geneva Township.

After his marriage. Mr. Hemstead continued to work at his trade at Columbus, ami his capable wife started a millinery business, having previously learned this trade, and they prospered and accumulated enough capital to invest in various properties after they came to Sunbury. in 1857. Mr. Hemstead carried on his blacksmith business there for some \ 1 i>nl_\- giving it up after he had been seriously injured by a vicious horse. He was subsequently appointed mail carrier and served for a Imig time between Mi. Vernon and Central College. He was a man of much energy and enterprise and possessed excellent busin'i judgment. In all his dealings with his rellow-

Mr. ami Mrs. Hemstead had three children: Martha Augusta. Smith Webb, and Charles Burr. Charles Burr Hemstead is a prominent physician and surgeon who is located at Croton, Morrow County, Ohio. He has been called for consultation to Cincinnati and other points. Both of the older children died of diphtheria. Martha Augusta aged seven years and eight months and Smith Webb aged two years. Mrs. Hemstead is very comfortably provided for. She resides alone at Sunbury where she owns two valuable lots of three acres each, seven acres of pasture land and other tracts, all being land that is yearly increasing in value.

In politic. Mr. Hemstead was a stanch Republican. He was a member of the Odd Fellows organization and of the Masons, having been instrumental in organizing the first Masonic Lodge at Sunbury.

OSEP11 11. CUNNINGHAM, who is engaged in the florist business in Delaware, has been thus established in his present location on West William Street, since [890. He was born in Liberty Township about three miles west oi Hyattsville, son of George and "Mar)' J. (Harris) Cunningham. I lis father, a native of Edinburg, Scotland, and a machinist by trade, emigrated to this country, settling in Marietta, Ohio, where he followed his trade for a while, subsequently removing to Liberty Township, Delaware County. lie enlisted in Company F, Ninety-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and died in the spring of [863, while serving with his regiment in the Civil War. He was a Free Mason, belonging to the lodge of that order at Marietta. 1 I i < wife was a daughter of Joseph Harris of Concord Township. They 'had two children: Joseph II.. the subject of this notice, who was born July 25, 1 S 5 5 . and Edward, who is now a resident of Cleveland, ( Ihio. Mrs. George Cunningham died in June. 1905. at the age of about 65 years.

Joseph H. Cunningham acquired his education in the schools of Marietta and Liberty and the old High school at Delaware, lie began industrial life in the employ of George W. Campbell, who was formerly secretary of the Ohio State Horticultural Society, and later its president, and who was a man widely known in horticultural circles. Under his instruction Mr. Cunningham acquired a thorough knowledge of horticulture and floriculture, rem lining with him until 1890, when. as alread\ noted, he started out for himself at his present location. His first greenhouse was 72x20 feet. With the gradual but steady increase in his business he enlarged his facilities until he now has 10,000 feet of glass. He does a general business in greenhouse, bedd and flowering plants, shipping his floral products to all parts of the country. Few people in Delaware realize what a complete and well ordered establishment he has, containing ever) thing that can be needed for any kind of floral decoration. His natural taste in such matters has been cultivated and perfected by the thorough training he received under his former in ted employer, and the produd his art, in the line of floral decorative work, m the highest degree tasteful, and appropriate to the occasion for which they are intended. The existence here of so complete an establishment of this kind is another proof, added to the many contained in these pages, that Delaware need not fear comparison with any city of its size in all that goes to illustrate the progressive and up-to-date character of its citizens.

Mr. Cunningham married Emma J. Genier. a daughter of John S. Genier. of France, lie and his wife have been the parents of five children, of whom four are now living, namely: Irene M., George W., Mary M., and Jean J. The family are members of St. Peter's Episcopal Church.

f.OEL LETTS, who was one of Berkshire Township's most highly esteemed citizens, successful business men and prominenl fanners, was born in Morgan Township, Knox Ohio, August e8, [82fi, and died at [896. I lis parents

The parents of Mr. Letts were born in Pennsylvania and they were among the pioneer settlers of Knox County, Ohio. The father secured 400 acres 1 f wild land and settled on it when Indians still roamed through the uncleared forests and game and wild animals were plentiful all through Morgan Township. The parents of Mr. Letts died there. They had ten children and all of this larg£ family were sons with one exception.

Joel Letts was the third member of his parents' family and he remained on the home farm and assisted in the clearing and developing of the land, remaining until his marriage, October 4. 1859, to Ella Lace. Mr-. Letts was bcrn in Luzerne County. Pennsylvania, June 7. [830, and is a daughter of Michael and Elizabeth (Jones) Lace. They also were natives of Luzerne County, and the paternal grandparents, Michael and Anna | Freeman) Pace, were born in Pennsylvania. The greatgrandfather, Michael Pace, was born in Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Letts had three children, namely: Edward Howard, born February 18, [861, died October 19, [865; Arthur Reed, born February 4. 1866, residing in Florida; and Lillian M., who was born March 17. [868. She married Frank Whittier, who is connected with the Sunbury Nczcs.

The late Joel Lett- owned 100 acres of valuable ' land adjoining Sunbury, on the southwest, and also a good house and improved lot in Sunbury. He carried on farmin-- and for tive years was also interested in a hardware business at Sunbury, for two years with a Mr. Payne and tor three years alone. His store was destroyed by fire and he never resumed business but lived retired for three years prior to his death. He was an upright, Christian man ami for many years had been a class leader in the Methodisl Episcopal

Church, lie was also a man who unswervingly followed the path he believed to he right and this was particularly shown in the matter of prohibition. He hail been a temperance advocate from his youth and when the question came up at the polls, he was the first voter of the Prohibition ticket in Berkshire Township.

K. JONES, M. D., physician and surgeon at Radnor, was horn in Troy Township, Delaware County, Ohio, April id, 1853, and is a son of William and Hannah ( Humphreys) Jones.

The father of Dr. Jones was born in Montgomeryshire, Wales, in 1N00. and died at Radnor. Ohio, in [889, aged 83 years. He remained in his own country until a man of 35 years and then came to America, later settled in Troy Township. Delaware County, Ohio, where he carried on farming and stockraising until 1885. when he retired to Radnor. He married a daughter of Edward Humphreys. The latter was a native of Wales and an early settler in Troy Township. William and Hannah Jones had three children to -row to mature years, namely: Elizabeth, T. K. and Ruth A. Elizabeth is deceased. The father was a Welsh Presbyterian in his religious faith, but the mother was a Congregationalist. The paternal grandfather was a soldier in the English army.

Dr. Jones was educated in Troy Township, in the Ohio Business College at Delaware and at the Normal School at Worthington, Ohio. Lor several winter terms he taught school, engaging in farming during the summers and while teaching began the study of medicine under Dr. Fowler, a practitioner at Delaware. He attended the Columbus Medical College. where he was graduated in 1883. He established himself at Radnor, where he has remained ever since, his practice extending over a wide territory. in earlier years he did a great deal of driving through the country, but latterly his practice is more restricted. He is a member of the Delaware County Medical

Dr. Junes married Emma Harsh, residing at Radnor and they have three children, namely: .Martha J I., Albert H. A. and C. Irwin. Mrs. Jones is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, while Dr. Jones continues in his mother's faith ami for several years served as trustee of the Radnor Congregational Church.

Politically, Dr. Jones is a Republican. Fraternally, he belongs t< > Prospect Lodge. F. & A. M., and of Radnor Lodge of Odd Fellows, and has served as district deputy grand master of the latter organization. Mrs. Jones belongs to the auxiliary li dges of these orders, the Eastern Star and the Rebekahs. Dr. Jones and wife are among the most esteemed citizens of Radii* ir.

TANLEY BELL, a veteran of the Civil War and trustee of Oxford Township, has been a life long resident of this community. He was horn two miles southeast of Ashley. Oxford Township. January i, 1843. and is a son of Henry and Mar)- ( Miller) Bell.

Henry Bell was born in Maryland, and came west to Zanesville, Ohio, walking ami carrying his carpenter's tools. His wife came into possession of a piece of land in Oxford Township, Delaware County, upon which they moved. This they cleared and elected thereon buildings, some of which still stand. Mr. Bell became a man of prominence in this vicinity and was frequently called upon to fill local offices, lie served several terms as township trustee. He married Mary Miller, who was born in Zanesville, Ohioj and was a daughter of Jesse and Mary Miller, her father being a shepherd and a very wealthy man. Henry Bell and wife became parents ,,f the following children: John, w no lives in Columbus: Sarah (Poale) deceased; Mary, who h\es on the old home place; Stanley: Robert, who also lives on the old home farm; David, who lives east of Delaware: and Celia, who resides on the old home place. Mr. Bell was

Stanley Bell was reared in Oxford Township where he attended school and worked at home until the Civil War was in progress. He was very anxious to enter the service but could not secure the consent of his father who needed him at home and wished him to remain in school. In 1863, he accompanied his father to Ashley, to see some soldiers depart for the front, and while his father's back was turned jumped tin the train. He enlisted for three months service in Company C. Eightyfifth ( ). Y. I., at the end of which time he returned home for three weeks. He then re-enlisted in Company II. One Hundred and Seventy-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served till the war was over. He fought at Murfreesboro, Stone River and Nashville and in many skirmishes of importance. While in action. General Jones observed him in an act of bravery and had him advanced in rank to Sergeant-Major. He was with General Sherman's Army at Raleigh, North Carolina, where the war closed, and from there returned to Washington. D. C, and was discharged after taking part in the Grand Review. After returning home he remained there until March, iSoo. when he located on 50 acres in Oxford Township. This land he improved, erected a residence and the necessary buildings ami resided there about 25 years. He then moved across the line into Peru Township. Morrow County, where he lived until October 17, 1904, then bought 23 acres of the old B. S. Brundage place, lying within the corporation limits of the village of Ashley. He has a comfortable home, built of brick, and devotes his time to farming on a small scale.

In [868, Mr. Bell was united in marriage to Harriet Walters, who was born in Oxford Township, and is a daughter of Hosea and Hannah (Heverlo) Watters. They had the following children: Harry, who lives in Cleveland; Bertha, who married Marion Hatton, lives in Brown Township; Lena, who married Frank Librock, lives in Delaware; Arthur, who lives in Delaware, married Minta Hupp, and has a son, Clyde Stanley; Joseph.

Clara, who lives in Oxford Township, is the wife of Harvey Lea. by whom she has two children : Merle and Robert E. ; and May and Elizabeth, both of win mi are at home.

Politically, Mr. Bell is a Republican and at the present time is serving as township trustee and health officer. He formerly served two terms as trustee, and was also member of the School Board. He belongs to the Grange, and to J. E. Coomer Post, No. 281, G. A. R. at Ashley.

REM J. HEALY, a leading citizen of Concord Township, residing on his well-improved farm of 152 acres, was horn where he now resides, on the old Healy homestead in Delaware County, Ohio, August 10. 1850, and is a son of F.henezer and Sophronia (Cotton) Ileal}', and a grandson of Ehenezer and Eunice (Crossman) Healy. The first member of the Healy family that is on record as resident in America, came from England in 1630 and settled at Roxbury, .Massachusetts. Ehenezer Healy, paternal grandfather of Erem J., was horn at Newton, .Massachusetts, February 3, 1768, and died at Sennett, New York, September 22, 1857, aged nearly ninety years. In 1793 he settled in Cayuga County. New York, where he bought an undivided half of lot 8, on which the town of Sennett now stands, paying $2.50 ner acre, which he added to an adjoining farm he already owned. In the autumn of 1793 he returned to Newton, Massachusetts, where he was married to Eunice Crossman. In the following February, Mr. and Mrs. Healy started for New York, reaching the new home in thirteen days. Ehenezer Healy was a man of great enterprise and became prominent in the section in which he settled. His farm lay on the line of travel to the Western Reserve, and for a number of years he kept a well-patronized tavern. He a deacon in the Baptisl Church. Ill- wife died September [6, [810. They had the following children: Lyman \\\. John Mason,

Nathaniel, Ehenezer and Sallie, twins. Eliza H., and two who died in infancy. Mr. Ileal) was married (second) to Anna Leonard. March 11, 1S11, and they had one son, George. Mr. Healy built his barn in 1796 and in it the first Baptist Association in Cayuga County was formed in 1801.

Ebenezer Healy (2d), father of Erem J., was horn in Cayuga County, New York, January 29, 1806. He grew up on his father's farm and was married November 5, [838, to Sophronia Cotton, who was horn in 1809. and died November 29, 1884. aged seventy-five years. Immediately after marriage, Ebenezer Healy and bride set out to find a western home. They traveled to Buffalo, thence to ( lc\ eland, and from there by way of canal to Columbus, where Mrs. Healy remained, while her husband started out prospecting, traveling over a large part of the neighboring country on foot. Finally he found land to please him - a farm well located and with fertile soil - 152 acres situated in Concord Township. Delaware County, and this he bought. The land at that time was largely covered with timber. By December 5, 1838, Mr. and Mrs. Healy had established their household goods which they had brought from New York, in a temporary dwelling on the new farm and in this location Ehenezer Healy (2d) remained until his death, which occurred October 25, [873, when he was sixty-seven years old. His three children were: Erem J., subject of this sketch; Eunice, who died at the age of ten years: and Eliza, who married James T. Hutchinson, residing at Delaware.

Erem J. Healy grew to manhood on the present farm and obtained his schooling in the district schools. In 1870 he was married to Mary J. Freshwater, who died in 1890, a thirty-six years. She was a daughter of George and Sallie freshwater, the former of whom was the first white child horn in Concord Township, where he died in 1906, at the age of ninety-three year-. His wife died in 1872. They had five children. The children bori Mr. and Mrs. Healy were as follows: Sarah Sophronia. who married George Berlet reside- on a farm near Delaware, and has two daughters - Helen and Florence; Eliza Rae, who married Frank Loveless, a mail clerk on the Big Four Railroad, residing at Cincinnati, and has one daughter - Violet; Alice,' who married H. O. Moore, a farmer of Concord Township, and has two children - George and Harold: and Minnie, who married W. C. Mc- Cloud. who is engaged in farming in Concord Township. Mr. Healy was married (secondly) October 26, 1893, to Estelle Krohn, who is a daughter of H. S. and Anna Elizabeth ( Swisher) Krohn, and who was educated in the Galion High School and Otterbein University, and for five years was a successful teacher in various high schools. They have two bright boys - Eldredge J., aged thirteen -. and Russell Krohn, aged five years. Mr. Healy is a director in the Deposit Bank at Delaware. He is a member of the order of Knights of Pythias, being connected with Lodge No. 525 at Bellpoint. He has long been a leading factor in local politics and has represented Concord Township on the Republican Central Committee, for a number of years. He has been very active in educational movements and largely through his efforts the township high school was established here, it being the first one in the county outside of Delaware. He is a member of the United Brethren Church.

STER GILEAD PEET, a representative citizen of Thompson Township, where he is engaged in farming and sheep-raising, was born in Berlin Township, four miles east of Delaware on the Sunburv Pike, June 20. [855. His parents were William J. and Anna (Welch) Peet, and he is a grandson of Alba Peet, who migrated with his family from Connecticut to Franklin County, ( Ihio, prior b [830, settling near Worthington. They resided there about nine years and then came to Berlin Township, Delaware County. Alba Peet's wife was in maidenhood a Miss Orton. Alba Peet removed subsequently to Delaware, where he died in [876 at the age of 84 years.

He and his wife reared three children, namely: Judd, who died in 1862; Orpha, who married David Croncelton and died in Delaware about 1904 at the age of 84 years; and William J., father of the subject of this sketch. Their other children, of whom they had several, died young.

William J. Peet was horn in Connecticut and accompanied his parents when they removed to Ohio, he being then about nine years of age. He was brought up to agricultural life and while a resident of Berlin Township he purchased a farm there. This he sold in 1862 and purchased land in Thompson Township, taking up his abode in the house that is now the property of his son Lester. In 1882 he removed to Richwood, where he died in 1886. At the time of his death be owned a farm of 221 acres. He was three times married: First to Penelope Halley. who bore him one daughter, Ida. The latter married a Mr. Thurston, of Knox County, and died subsequently in Paulding Count}-, Ohio. Mr. Peet married, secondly, Anna Welch, who was a daughter of Hiram Welch and a native of Delaware County. Of this union there were three children, namely : Lester Gilead, subject of this article; William L., who resides in Richwood. Union County, Ohio; and Fannie, who died in infancy. William J. Peet's third wife was a widow. Mrs. Melissa Evans. They were married in 1861, and she is still living at the advanced age of 92 years. Mr. f^eet removed in 1882 to Richwood, where he died four years later at the age of 69.

Lester G. Peet was educated in the district school, which he attended for some time in Richwood and for about a year in Delaware. He was married in 1X82 to Miss I lattie Cone, a daughter of John and Mary (Williams) Cone, and located on the farm which he now owns and cultivates. This union has been blessed by the birth of four children, namely: Mary B., Georgianna, Ralph C, and Stanley, all of whom are residing at home. Stanley, the youngest, being now t8 years old.

there. Mr. Peet goes out daily to his tarn: which comprises 250 acres and which he has improved considerably since it came into his possession. Besides carrying on agriculture, he feeds Western Iambs for the market. He is a member of the Rising Sun Lodge, No. 72. K. of P., at Richwood, and he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in that place. He is a Democrat politically and has served as township clerk and

Board. A good, practical farmer, he is one cf the successful men of the township, of which he and his wife are among the most respected residents.

LONZO FLEMING HOSKINS, a prosperous and enterprising general farmer, of Thompson Township, was born on the homestead where he now resides. April 8. 1855, son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Fleming) Hoskins. His paternal grandfather. John Hoskins. was a native of Wales, who emigrated to America about 1807, landing in the city of Baltimore. He was an earlv settler in Delaware County, locating first near Millville, now Warrensburg, later settling on a farm adjoining that of the subject of this sketch to the south. The farm was then covered with heavy timber, no improvements having been made, and should therefore be referred to in this connection as wild land rather than a piece of agricultural property. He built a log- cabin on it and began the arduous work of clearing- oft" the timber. In course of time the improvements made by him completely changed the aspect of the place. The log cabin gave way to a brick house, and smiling fields appeared instead of the trackless forest. There he and his wife spent the rest of their lives. Their family included 12 children, several of whom died in infancy. The foil,, wing is their record in brief: Jane, married John Randall. Rachel became the wife of John Lenox. Betsy married Owen Avery. Another daughter. Ann, married George Mover. Henrv married a Mis> Fields. Jacob ( lather of the subject of this sketch) married Elizabeth Fleming. Perry married Hannah Deck. Ebenezer never married.

Jacob Hoskins was bom on the farm in Thompson Township above referred to, March 21, 1822. and resided there all his life. He married Elizabeth Fleming, who was a daughter of Crazier Fleming, a native of Ireland, who settled in Radnor Township. Delaware County, at an early day. Jacob Hoskins settled on the farm now owned and occupied by his son Alonzo, and made thereon some of the first improvements, building the present residence about 1870. Soon afterwards he erected the barn that stands on the farm. The first house was a weather-boarded building, which was destroyed by fire, after which Mr. Hoskins erected a log house. About 1870 he built the present residence. His wife Elizabeth died in 1862. She had borne him six children, as follows: Oliver, who was a druggist residing in Prospect, married Miss Ellen Greek; Jennie who died in 1862; Alice, who is single, resides in Prospect ; Alonzo F. married Miss Jennie Fields, daughter of Marshall Fields, of Delaware County, Ohio; Ida. who is single, resides in Prospect ; and one son who died in infancy.

Alonzo F. Hoskins was educated in the district schools and was brought up to farm life and labor. He was married in 1882 and subsequently resided in several different places, being a resident of Union County for nine years. For the past seven years he has occupied the old Hoskins homestead in Thompson Township, the farm which he owns and cultivates successfully, containing 103 acres. He is a highly esteemed citizen of the township and is well versed in the science of farming. He is a member of Prospect Lodge. F. & V M., No. 144: Durwood Lodge. K. of P.. at Prospect (No. 153): and of the Prospect

Mrs. Jennie Hoskins died February 15. 1903. She and her husband had been the parents of the following children : Ethel, residing at home: Annie B., wile of Albert B. Keef, residing in Cleveland, Ohio; and Leah.

HARLES E. McELWEE, who conies of an old and respected Delaware County family, is a prosperous farmer and also an undertaker, and resides in Harlem Township. He was born in this township May 14, 1869. and is a son of Joseph and Mary (Haycook) Mc- Elwee, and grandson of John McEhvee.

John McEhvee was born in Virginia and there grew to maturity and was married. His first wife's maiden name was Orndorff, and they reared six sons and three daughters, of whom Joseph was the oldest. His second wife was Margaret Haycook and they had four daughters and one son. He came to Delavtare County, Ohio, at an early age and here lived the remainder of his life. Joseph McEhvee was born in Virginia ami was young- when his parents came to Ohio, and received his education in the schools of Harlem Township. He has always followed farming, owning a farm of 125 acres in addition to property in Centerville, and has ranked as one of the progressive men of the community for many years. He married Mary Haycook, who was born in Harlem Township and is a daughter of Amos Haycook, who was a native of New Jersey. Amos Haycook came to Harlem Township, Delaware County, at an earlyperiod and followed fanning near Centerville where he owned property. This marriage resulted in the birth of two children: Charles E. ; and Zora, who is the wife of Luther Johnson, an implement dealer of Westerville. Joseph McElwee is a Republican in politics. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias at Centerville.

I harles E. McElwee was reared. on the home farm and was educated in the common schools of Harlem Township, and a high school in Franklin County. He began farming in his youth and has always followed that

September 27, 1888, Mr. McElwee was joined in the bonds of matrimony with Miss Lucy Wilcox, who was born near Richwood, Union County, September 26. 1868, and is a daughter of Martin Wilcox, who was born in this county and made his home here all his life. He was engaged in farming in Berkshire Township. He was an unusually wellinformed man, having been a great traveler, visiting in many States and viewing many points of historical interest. Mr. and Mrs. McElwee have four children : William. Blanche, Charles and Lucy. All were born on the farm on which they now live. Fraternally, he is a member of the Knights of Pythias, at present serving as master of exchequer, and has filled all the other offices, and twice he has been a delegate of the home lodge to the ( hand Lodge. He is also a member of the Patrons of Husbandry and both he and wife belong to the auxiliary lodge. They are consistent members of the Christian Church.

I. BOLLOCK, cashier of the Delaware National Bank, was born at Port Clinton. Ohio, in i860, and came to Delaware in 1887. His education was secured at the points where his father, who was a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, happened to be stationed, but it was thorough and practical, and was completed at the Ohio Wesleyan University. Mr. Pollock entered into business as bookkeeper for W. Z. Evans, with whom he remained for over six years. He then came to the Delaware County National Hank as teller and bookkeeper, later becoming assistant cashier, and in 1900 was elected cashier. The Delaware National Bank began its career as a branch of the old State Hank of Ohio, and was established in 1845, being succeeded in [865 by the Delaware County National Bank, which institution became the Delaware National Bank, January 7, 1905. lis officers are:

V. T. Hills, president; L. L. Denison, vicepresident, and E. I. Pollock, cashier. It lias a capital stuck of $150,000, and is a carefully and profitably managed institution. As cashier Mr. Pollock has made man}- friends for the bank, his genial manner and accommodating demeanor making him an agreeable person with whom to do business.

In 1SS4 Mr. Pollock was married to Alice C. Armstrong, of Delaware. He has always taken a good citizen's interest in public affairs and for a number of years has been president of the City Council. He retains his old fraternity membership, in the Beta Theta Pi Society of the < )hio Wesleyan University. He is a member of the St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church, which he is serving as a steward.

OSEPH 11. ANDREWS,a well-known resident of Delaware Township, Delaware County, Ohio, who owns and operates a fine farm of 50 acres, was horn July 27, 1869, in Concord Township. Delaware County, and is a son of Dr. Hugh B. and Mary E. ( Dall ) Andrews. Hugh Andrews, grandfather of J. H.. was horn in 1781, in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and came to Ohio when u years old. He served in the War of 1812, being with Hull when he surrendered, and after the war settled in Fairfield County, Ohio, where he followed the trade of tailor and later took up farming, which he continued until his death. His son, Dr. Hugh B. Andrews, was born October 6, 1819. in Fairfield County, and in the spring of 1852 came to Delaware County, where for many years he practiced medicine, but subsequently settled on a farm in Concord T vvnship consisting of 85 acres, where he lias since carried on general farming and stock raising. Originally a Whig, Mr. Andrews is now a Republican. He is a' member of the United Brethren Church. Air. Andrews was married to Alary E. Dall, who was the daughter (if James Dall. and five children were born to this union: John and James II., who are deceased; Nettie E., who is the wife of David Bailey of Concord Township; Maggie, who

J. H. Andrews received a common school education in his native township, and spent one year at Lebanon, Ohio, and two years at what is now Ada University. He taught several terms before entering the last named institution. He left school to make his campaign for the office of count}' recorder, to which he was elected in 1899, and in which he served until September, 1906. On April 1, 1907, he purchased bis present farm of fifty acres in Delaware Township, where he gives special attention to the raising of corn and hay, selling most of the latter, while the former is fed to his fine Chester White hogs.

Air. Andrews was married to Jessie C. Cutler, who is the daughter of Orange D. Cutler, formerly of Jerome, but now of Delaware, Ohio. One daughter. Alary Stiles, has been horn to this union. Mr. Andrews and his wife belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church. Fraternally he is connected with Delaware Lodge No. 76 of the Elks, of which he is esteemed loyal knight, and the Odd Fellows at Jerome, Ohio, of which he is past grand and of which he was district deputy grand master for four years ; and at one time was a member of Delaware Encampjnent N . 52, of the Odd Fellow-.

Rof. Cyrus B. Austin. D. D.

ROF. CYRUS B. AUSTIN. D. D., Dean of Women of the Ohio We - leyan University, and professor of Mathematics and Astronomy on the faculty of that institution, was horn in Clinton County. Ohio, son of David S. and Lois (Smith) Austin. The Austin family is, well and favorably known throughout Clinton County, where Prof. Austin's father was a substantial farmer and a man of large influence in civic and religious matters. He was a local preacher in the Methodist Church. His death occurred in (886. His wife, the Professor's mother, is still living in Wilmington, Ohio. The}' reared a family of eight children.

Cyrus B. Austin acquired his elementary education in the schools of his native county, and subsequently entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, where he was graduated in 1879. Immediately following his graduation he was elected Tutor of Mathematics in the university. A few years later he was made a professor in the department of which he is now the head. In 1883 he was placed in charge of Monnett Hall, the home for the young women of the university, which position he still holds with the official title of Dean of Women. Since 1883 Monnett Hall has been greatly improved and its size more than doubled. Twelve teachers and 260 pupils reside in the building. Monnett Hall was formerly the Ohio Wesleyan Female College, and was founded in 1854; additional facts in regard to it may be found in another part of this volume.

Dr. Austin was married in 1884 to Mary McVay, who is a daughter of Jason McVay, formerly of Columbus, Ohio. They have three sons - Jason McVay, Raymond Brooks and Cyrus Bash lord, of whom the two elder are students at the Ohio Weslevan University, while Cyrus is attending the public schools. Dr. Austin is a member of the Central Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which church the family are all members. Politically he is a Republican. His fraternal affiliations are with the Delta Tau Delta Fraternity and the Free Masons.

P. WINTERMUTE, who is interested in a number of business enterprises at Delaware, notably the Delaware Hardware Company, was born February 25, 1N54. in Muskingum County, Ohio, son of ^.shfordby and Mary (Fleming) Wintermute. When he was six years old, the parents of Ah-. Wintermute moved to Licking County, where his boyhood was spent. lie was about 21 years of age when he came to Delaware County and found a position as clerk in a mercantile store at Norton, but four years later he returned to Licking Count v. where he carried on a similar business for four years. He then went back to Norton and bought a half interest in the store of his uncle, J. F. Wintermute, when the firm became A. P. Wintermute & Company, and this firm continued in business until 1893. when J. H. Schaaf bought the interest of J. F. Wintermute, the style being then changed to Wintermute & Schaaf. The firm later purchased a hardware store at Waldo. When the partnership was dissolved, Mr. Wintermute took the Norton store which he conducted under the name of A. P. Wintermute until 1003. when he sold out and came to Delaware. In January, 1906, he purchased an interest in the Delaware Hardware Company and he has made a number of other excellent investments in this city and the vicinity.

In 1878. Mr. Wintermute was married to Emma E. Schaaf. who was born in Marion County, right on the Delaware Count}- line. They have two children: lmogene and Edna. The family belong to the Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church of Delaware.

While still a resident of Norton. Mr. Wintermute was elected township treasurer, in [884 and served in that capacity until his removal to Delaware, in 1903, resigning after serving seven days in the new term t> 1 which he had been re-elected. In 1884 he was appointed postmaster under a Republican administration and served continuously until 1003. with the exception of three years during the administration of President Cleveland.

at Radnor, has been prominent in the affairs of this section of Delaware County for many years. Me was born at Radnor, Ohio. May 22. 1 837, and is a son of George and Nancy (Perrv) Wolfley. and a grandson of Lewis Wolfley.

Lewis Wolfley was born in Germanv and after he came to America he settled in Pennsylvania, where he married Mary Tute for his second wife. George Wolfley, son of Lewis and .Mary (Tute) Wolfley. was born in Lan- caster County, Pennsylvania, July 8, [807, and died at Radnor, December 29, [879. When he was three months old his parents moved to Lancaster, Ohio, where they resided until the death of the father. On .May 3, [823, George Wolfley came to Radnor, with his widowed mother, teaching several terms, having settled on a farm which was situated one and one-half miles of what is now Radnor village. The first settler on the place had been a pioneer of 1805 and he left a log cabin into which the Wolfley family moved. George Wolfley resided "ii that farm until 1871. when he sold out ami moved into Radnor. He was a man of sterling traits of character, active in both public affairs and in the educational and religious advancement of his community, lie was one of tlie pillars of the Methodist Episcopal Church and was as firm in his belief as were his neighbors and close friends. John Humphreys and James Kyle, in theirs, the former being a Congregationalist and the latter a Baptist. These three representative men controlled and promoted many of the industries of the neighborhood' and were warm friends as long as thev lived. In his political views. George Wolfley was first a Whig and later a Republican. For twenty-five successive years he served as township clerk and he filled other offices.

George Wolfley married Nancy Perry. who was a daughter of Robert Perry. He was born in Wales and left home when a boy of [6 years with the intention of being a sailor, and came to America on a vessel in that capacity. When again on land he decided to make the United States his. home, and after working at farming for four years in the State of New York, he went to Baltimore, with the intention of returning to Wales in order to bring his parents hack with him. As he walked down a street in that city he was amazed to see a woman who walked with his mother's peculiar gait and when he stopped her it proved indeed to be the mother whom he had imagined to be in Wales. The meeting was an affecting" one and the mother had no idea that her sailor son was in America. The Perry family, consisting of father, mother, Roberl and several other children, then made their way to Delaware County, Ohio, and were the first settlers in Radnor Township, this being in 1803. In 181 [, Robert Perry married Sarah Hoskins and their first child was the mother of Mr. Wolfley. She was born March 22. [812, and died August 24. [894. Henry and Robert Perry helped to organize the first Methodist Episcopal Church in the township, the first place of worship being a log cabin. Robert Perry was one of the first trustees of the township. He died in September, [852, aged 66 years.

When Robert Perry found his parents in Baltimore, he learned that they had left Wale-. in 1802. Together they came to Ohio and reached Radnor Township in May, [803, where Henry Perry secured 100 acres of land and he remained with his sous until the following Julw two of them having accompanied him. the rest of the family having remained in Baltimore. They made the trip from that city to Radnor in a cart, and the family was reunited in November. The two sons who were left in the woods alone were Levi and Reuben and they had early learned the use of firearms. Game was plentiful and they had no difficulty in finding sufficient food and by the time the father returned thev were able to show him a large part of cleared land. They had many undesirable visitors in wandering Indians, who were not always friendly, and were invariably thievish. On numerous occasions the Perry boys were forced to show their mettle but there is no record that they ever evinced any cowardice or failed to rout their enemies. They were pioneers by instinct anil when they grew to manhood and the country in their neighborhood had become settled, they left home and again became pioneers, making homes for themselves in the still uncivilized regions of Indiana.

Of the seven children born to George Wolfley and wife, the survivors are four, but six passed infancy, namely: Lewis, who is a veteran of the Civil War. resides at Olathe. Kansas, having served in Company A. One Hundred and Forty-fifth Regiment. Ohio National Guard; Robert, who died in Kansas in

1896, was a member of the same regiment; George T. ; Sarah, who was accidentally killed in a runaway, at the age of six years; Ebenezer. residing at Edgerton, Kansas, served in the Civil War as a member of the Second Regiment, Ohio Heavy Artillery; John M., who died in 1881, served in the Ohio National Guard; and Margaret Ellen, who married William H. Dildine, of Prospect.

George T. Wolfley attended the local schools and later spent three years at the ( )hio Wesleyan University, following which he taught several terms of school. In 1867 he moved to Shelby County, Illinois, where he engaged in teaching school during the winters and farming during the summers until 1876, when he returned to Delaware County and for seven years engaged in farming in Troy Township. In the spring of 1883 he came to Radnor, where he embarked in a mercantile business and conducted a store for twenty and onehalf years, on April 1. 1904. selling it to Powell & Coonfare. From 1888 to 1904. Mr. Wolfley was in the tile business under the firm name of Wolfley & Son. during which time he erected all the buildings used in the industry and carried on a large trade. From 1897 until [904 he gave his attention to managing the mill, his son and partner. H. W Wolfley, having moved to Prospect. In 1889, Mr. Wolfley was first appointed postmaster at Radnor, by President Harrison, and held the office for four years. On January 1. [898, he was appointed postmaster by President McKinley and he has been the incumbent ever since. He is an ardent Republican and is in close touch with political matters in this section. On various occasions he has been elected to other offices, being one of the reliable and substantial men of the community, but he has not

At political favors for himself and when he was elected justice of the peace for Radnor, he refused to serve. During his first residence in Troy Township he served as a trustee and also served one year in Radnor Township as assessor. In [864, Mr. Wolfley en 1 in Company P. One Hundred and Forty-fifth Regiment. Ohio National Guard, and

Mr. Wolfley was married to Louisa Darst, who is a daughter of Samuel Darst, of Troy Township, Delaware County, and five of their six children reached mature years, namely: Harvey W., residing at Prospect; Jennie F., who married Thomas L. Wiggins, residing at Portales. New Mexico; Nannie B. ; Cora L, who married Daniel Ritter, residing in Radnor Township, and Hattie. Mr. Wolfley and family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he is a trustee, and has held all of the offices of a layman. He is a member of Prospect Lodge, F. & A. M., and he served four years as master of Tower Hill Lodge, No. 493, in Illinois.

AMES R.THOMAS, who owns a magnificent farm of 200 acres in Radnor Township, on which he is extensively engaged in farming and stock raising, was born February 11. 1863. in Radnor Township, Delaware County, Ohio, and is a son of James and Elizabeth ( Evans I Thomas.

James Thomas, father of James R.. was born in Montgomeryshire, Wales, and died in Radnor Township. April <;, 1891. aged 74 years. At the age of 12 years he accompanied his parents to America. They lived for three years at Utica. New York, and then came to, Delaware. Mr. Thomas was employed in Pettibone's hotel and drove a stage coach for a number of years, after which he bought a farm in Troy Township on which he remained until 1855, when he came to Radnor Township, selling his Tmy Township farm and buying one north of Radnor village. It was wild land at that time, which he cleared off and here developed a valuable property. He married Elizabeth Evans, who was also born in Montgomeryshire, Wales. They had 11 children, nine of whom survived infancy, namely: Mary,, who is the widow of David W. Jones. resides at Radnor; Robert, who lives in Rad- in r Township; Margaret, who is the wife of Rees W. Jones, of Radnor Township; William, who died in February, 1907, was the first break in the mature family in fifty years; Ji 1 i 1 1 . who lives in Radnor Township ; Elizabeth, who married Charles Dildine, of Ashley Township: James R. : Martha, who married Samuel Seigfried, residing- in Delaware Township; and Alice, who married William Wiser of Troy Township. The parents reared their children in the faith of the Congregational Church.

issisted his father until his own marriage. He was educated in the excellent public schools of Radnor Township and his interests have been centered almost entirely in this section. In

[884 he bought his present farm of 200 acres and has 100 acres under the plow, but wheat is the only crop he markets, lie keeps 30 head of Shorthorn cattle. 100 Chester White hogs and from ro to 12 burses. He erected a very tine residence on his farm and a substantial barn 40 by 50 feet in dimensions, with 16-foot pi >sts.

Air. Thomas married Lavina Feaster. who is a daughter of James Feaster. of Troy Township, and they have five children: Hazel. Goldie, Wealthy. Erma and Arden James. Mr. Thomas and family belong to the Congregational Church. In political sentiment, Mr. Thomas is a Republican, but his interest is only that of a good citizen who is anxious ti > see the laws upheld.

SHTOX STOVER CONKLIN, cashier of the Deposit Banking Company, of Delaware, was born in [870, in Berlin Township. Delaware County. Ohio, and is a 50H of the lin G mklin. John Conklin was born in Licking County, . and was brought to Orange Township, Delaware O unity, in childhood. During the Civil War he served as a member of Company C. Fifth Independent Cavalry, which was afterward merged with the Thirteenth Ohio

Ashton S. Conklin was educated in Berlin Township, where he subsequently taught school, remaining six years in one district. In 1894 he came to Delaware and accepted the position of deputy county clerk, in which he continued until June, 1898, when he began work fur the Deposit Banking Company as bookkeeper. In October, 1900, he was elected assistant cashier and served in that capacity until he assumed the duties of county auditor, tn which position he was elected in the fall of 1904. and in which he made a. good record. April 1, 1908, he was elected to his present position as cashier of the Deposit Banking Company. Politically, he is a Republican and he has always been more or less active in politics, and is in close touch with the leader^ of his party in this locality.

In October. 1901, Mr. Conklin was married to Loma Owen, who is a daughter of H. F. Owen. He belongs tn the United Brethren Church. Fraternally, he is connected with the Masons, and the Knights of Pythias, and belongs socially to organizations which have charity for their object.

AVID T. PERKINS, who has been prominently identified with the development of Ostrander; was born October 25, 1840. in Dover Township, Union County. Ohio, on Little Mill Creek, and is a son of Schuyler and Rebecca (Rittenhouse) Perkins.

Schuyler Perkins was born in Albemarle County, Virginia, a son of Samuel Perkins. and he remained in his native State until after marriage and the birth of one child, when he moved tn Iv^s County, Ohio. He remained there two years, when, having found land ti > suit him better in Dover Township, Union County, he brought his family tn tin- section, where he secured 137 acre- for Si. 37 an In order to make his payments be was oblige 1 to sell his "dandy-wagon," to chop down ti and tn exercise every known principle oi strict economy. He gradually cleared his land and put in a first crop, but the work was wearisome and often discouraging' as he had neither farm implements nor machinery. He built on his land the log cabin in which his son David T. was horn and continued to live in it until he erected a substantial frame house. At the time of his death he was the owner of several hundred acres of excellent land which he had acquired through farming and stock raising. He married a daughter of Henry and Martha (Turner) Rittenhouse, and they had 12 children horn to them, of whom the following reached maturity : William H.. residing in Dover Township; Samuel Price, who died aged eighteen years; Martha Jane, who is the widow of Perry J. Sherman, residing in Dover Township; James H., residing at Hutchinson. Kansas; David T. ; Frances Elizabeth, deceased, who was the wife of William Abrams, of Iowa; Daniel Morgan, residing in Oklahoma; and Adoniram Judson, residing at ( >-- trander. Schuyler Perkins was a faithful member of the Baptist Church and in earlv days frequently rode six miles on horseback in order to attend religious exercises.

David T. Perkins obtained his education in a log school-house near his home, three months in the winter being all that was offorded him, as from bOyh 1 lie was kept busy on the home farm, on which he continued to live until he was 2] years old. He then visited Indiana and remained one winter in Fulton County, during which time he was first married, after which he returned to Dover Township and engaged in farming for a fewyears. After his wife's death he went back to Indiana and lived for two years with his father-in-law, and then returned once more to Doyer Township, where he purchased a farm of 100 acres, which he operated until 1907. He now owns 105 acres of land which he uses for grazing in summer, also owns 54 acres in and adjoining Ostrander.

Mr. Perkins was one of the organizers of the Ostrander Banking Company. In 189] he bought 66 acres 0f land from Dr. John Fields, which he platted and made into town lots. He erected his own fine two-story brick residence on the southwest corner of North and Fourth Streets. All of the attractive and substantial houses which stand on Fourth Street and on the south side of North Street, west of Mr. Perkins' residence, are built mi the laud which he has improved since [891. Probably more than any other individual. Mr. Perkins has developed ami improved Ostrander.

Mr. Perkins was married (first) in Fulton Ci unty, Indiana. March 31. 1863. to Lydia A. Hudkins. a daughter of Daniel and Sarah Hudkins, residents of Kewanna, Indiana. They had three children: Marion P., born March 3, [864, residing at Muscatine, Iowa; Sarah Rebecca, who died in infancy; and Olive Candace, who was bom September '1. 1866, and died aged 26 years. Mrs. Perkins died April 12, [871. She was a consistent member of the Baptist Church. Mr. Perkins was married (second) September 18, 1873. to Melissa ( i. Rittenhouse. who was born March 2T,, 185 1. and died February 18. 1905. She was a daughter of Thomas Rittenhouse and a granddaughter of Samuel Rittenhouse ami a grandniece of Henry Rittenhouse, who was a Revolutionary soldier. To his second marriage .Mr. Perkins had horn the following children; Floron D., born July 4. 1874. who is a member of the faculty of a Baptist College at Williamsburg, Kentucky: Norman B., born June 17, 1877, residing at Williamsburg; Cora Belle, born June 13. 1N78. who married Frank Shover, of < tstrander; James E., born July [8, [880, residing at Westburn. Tennessee: Maude M., burn April 18, 1883. who married Prof. Harvard Valance, residing at Columbus; and Ervin C, born May 2, [893, residing at Williamsburg, Kentucky.

In political preference, Mr. Perkins is a Democrat but he is not active in politics. On several occasions he has accepted office, but has never sought it and has served as trustee of both Dover and of Scioto Townships. He is a member of Palestine Lodge. F. & A. M.. at Marvsville. Union County, Ohio. He is a member of Springdale Baptist Church.

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[1 >M \S B. JONES, a prominent retired fanner of Radnor Township, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, December 20, [834, and is a son of Nicholas and Elizabeth (Warner) Jones.

The founder of this family in America was Griffin Jones, who came from England to America at a very early day. when somewhat advanced in years, but his son Edward, who was the grandfather of Thomas E., was born after he settled in Virginia. Edward Junes learned the carpenter trade and he also was employed as an overseer on Virginia plantations. He was a soldier in the War of 1812 and received a land warrant on that account, but he never made use of it. His last years were spent at the home of his son Nicholas, in Delaware Count}', Ohio, where he died in 1856, at the age of 62 years. He married Nancy Wharton and they had several children. She had five brothers, all of whom hecame ministers either of the Baptist or the Methodist Episcopal faith.

Nicholas Junes was born near Fredericksburg. Virginia, in January, 1807. and died in ( )hio, in 1868. He remained in Virginia until the construction of the National road was under way, when he came to Ohio and engaged as a hotel clerk at Morristown, in Belmont County. He married Elizabeth Warner, who died in 1883, aged 72 years. She was a daughter of Henry Warner, who kept the hotel at Morristown, in which Mr. Jones was employed as a clerk. To this marriage were born 12 children, the following of whom grew to maturity : Edward, who was a physician, died in Missouri: Thomas I',.; Nicholas, who resides in Nebraska; Winfield S., who resides at Moberly, Missouri; Mary, who is the wife of Sidney Howe, of Black Rock, Arkansas; Charles, who resides near Rochester, New York; and Stella, deceased, who married Ruins Wells of Chicago, who is also deceased.

Nicholas Jones and wife continued to live in Belmont County, until after the birth of Thomas B.. when they came to Troy Township. Delaware County, where Mr. Jones built a log cabin in the woods and subsequently cleared up an excellent farm. He was a man of more than ordinary intelligence and force of character and so impressed his fellow citizens that for many years he was retained in public office. In politics he was first a \\ lug and later a Republican and he was elected a justice of the peace in Troy Township and served for u consecutive years. In 1847 he was elected sheriff of Delaware County, an office he efficiently filled for four years, leaving it to became county auditor fur a like period. He then returned to Troy Township, where he bought what was known as the broom-corn farm, hut five years later he sold that property and retired to Delaware, where the remainder of his life was passed. Both he and wife were leading members of the Baptist Church.

Thomas B. Jones was educated in the public schools of Troy Township and at the Ohio Wesleyan University. He engaged in farming with his father until his marriage in 1861 and continued to live in Troy Township until 1866, when he came to Radnor Township: In the above year he bought his farm of 187 acres on which, until within the past two years, he has carried on general farming and stock raising. He made all the improvements here and erected all the buildings except the residence.

In 1 861, Mr. Jones was married to Ellen Bush, who is a daughter of David Bush, of Troy Township. Mrs. Jones was a school teacher for a number of years in southern Ohio and in Iowa, prior to her marriage. Of the ten children born to Air. and Mrs. Jones, all but one reached maturity, as follows: Louis J., residing at Lorain. Ohio: .Mice, who married Cadwallader Price, residing at Magnetic Springs, in Union Count}': Thomas Bennett, deceased: Walter A., residing in Concord Township; Victor W., residing at Columbus: Hosea H.. residing in Radnor Township: Elizabeth, who married Edmund Morrison, residing on the home place; and Anna, who married Frank < iraham. residing in Thompson Township. Mr. Jones and family belong to the Baptist Church at Radnor.

andot Indians riding through Troy Township on their way to the Ohio River. They impressed him as a very jolly company, singing as they went on out of hearing. They never returned to this section. Mr. Jones remembers also the mob that came out from Columbus, in 1844, for the purpose of tearing down the gates along the Columbus & Sandusky turnpike road. When they reached Tin mias Casey's gate, in Troy Township, they found a band of militia awaiting them and when the mob persisted in tearing clown the gate, the militia fired and wounded one of the invaders. In spite of the militia the gate was demolished.

OHN P. CRASSER, a prominent business citizen of Delaware, senior member of the cigar manufacturing firm of Grasser & I bias, was born in Bavaria, Germany, July 10, 1858. and 1- a sun of Michael and Eva ( Bayerlein) Grasser.

The father of Mr. Grasser was also a native of Bavaria, where he was a man of considerable importance, being a general fanner and owning 100 acres of land, a very large amount in that country of small farms. He never came to America, but survived in his own land into advanced age, dying December 14. 1903, when 83 years old. He married Eva Bayerlein, who died in 1893, aged j^ years. Their family consisted of six sons and two daughters, two of the former coming to America, John I', and John George.

John 1'. Grasser was reared in the town of Neudorf and was educated in the parochial school, his parents being of the Catholic faith. He assisted his father on the home farm until [882, when lie crossed the Atlantic and joined his brother, who had settled at Baltimore, Maryland, in [872. \i'ter a visit of two months there, Mr. Grasser came to Ohio, reaching Delaware November 2j. [882. He continued to be active in various lines of industry at Delaware until [886, when he hecame a stockholder in the Delaware Co-operative Cigar Company and went to work for this concern. In 1893 ne formed a partnership with August Dauernheim under the firm name of Dauernheim & Grasser and they purchased the business of the Delaware Co-operative Company and continued together until 1897, when Mr. Grasser bought out his partner's interest. He continued to carry on the business alone until 1898, when he admitted W. E. Haas to partnership and the firm style became Grasser & Haas. Employment is given to about nine people and 400,000 cigars are annually turned out. The leading brands are the Henry Gray, the Ripper and Tom Watts, the last being a ten cent cigar.

In 1903. Mr. Grasser re-visited his native land and while there made some investigations into his ancestry. He found it easy to trace back to Hans Grasser, a senator in Nurnberg in 1452. The family own a coat of arms which displays the symbols of eagle, sickle and crown, each of which have a distinctive significance.

In politics, Mr. Grasser is a Democrat. He is a member of the Catholic Church and of many of its strong organizations, including the Catholic Society, of which he has been secretary and treasurer at various times; of the Knights of Columbus: of the Catholic Knights of Ohio, of which he is treasurer. He is treasurer also of the Federation of Catholic Societies. He is a member of the fraternal order of Eagles. He is a public-spirited, progressive man. one who has prospered through his own efforts. He has literary tastes and takes pride in his private collection of well-assorted literarv works.

retired farmer of Scioto Tow; who has resided at Ostrander [903, still retains 122 acres of land in Delaware County and 120 acres in Union County. Ohio. He was born in Albemarle County. Virginia, January 24, 1834, and is a son of Henry and Martha ( Turner ) Rittenhouse.