Richland County, Ohio - Biographical sketches, 1880 (part 3 of 18)

MoKINLEY, JOHN F., farmer. As a soldier and citizen, this name is familiar to the residents of Mansfield, and the members of the 120th O. V.I.; born in Wayne Co., Feb. 27, 1835, he remained at home attending school and working at different occupations until of age, when he removed to Iowa, and entered into business; three years afterward, he returned to Ohio, and settled in Ashland, where he remained until the breaking-out of the civil war, when he enlisted at Mansfield in Capt. Dickey's company of the 15th O.V. I., three-months service; after serving his full term of enlistment, Mr. McKinley returned to Ashland Co., where he was married to Elisebeth Neal on the 27th day of November, 1861, and remained until August, 1862, when he again entered the service, and recruited Co. C, 120th O. V. I., which was stationed at Camp Mansfield until fully organized ; this regiment was soon after ordered to Covington, Ky., when it entered into active service, the history of which will be found in another part of this swork. During Mr. McKinley's career as a soldier, he served with distinction in all of the battles in which that regiment was engaged, first at Chickasaw Bluffs, Miss., the battle of Arkansas Post, Port Gibson, siege of Vicksburg, Jackson, Miss., Fort Blakely, when he was promoted to the position of Major of the regiment, and served as such during the battle of Snaggy Point, on the Red River; for about eight months thereafter he was in command of the regiment as Major. The 120th O. V. I. was later consolidated with the 114th O. V. L., when Maj. McKinley was promoted to the lieutenant colonelecy, afterward known as the 114th O. V. L., in which he served until the close of the war.

McLAUGHLIN, GEN. WILLIAM (deceased). This distinguished soldier was born in Beaver Co., Penn., Feb. 8, 1802; in his youth, he attended the common schools of the country, where, by dint of perseverance, he learned to write a beautiful hand, which, in early life, he turned to pecuniary advantage by giving writing lessons. Getting interested in the study of law,,. he determined to study for that profession ; he applied to Gen. Robert Moore, then a member of Congress, and a practicing lawyer at Beaver Court House, Penn.; Gen. Moore advised him to take time to consider the matter, and, if he still concluded to enter the profession, to come to his office. At the end of a week, young McLaughlin came to Beaver Court House, and enrolled himself as a student. He was a fellow-student with Chief Justice Agnew and Col. Richard P. Roberts, two of the greatest lawyers in Western Pennsylvania. Col. Roberts has a brother and several other relatives in and about Shelby,in this county. Young McLaughlin was .a very frank, honest, manly fellow, and was universally liked. When he had completed his law studies, Gen. Moore advised him to go West, as he had not had the good fortune to receive a thorough early education, as had been the case with the majority of the young members of the bar in Beaver, then a small place on the west banks of the Ohio. Gen. Moore told him that in the West he would have a better chance to rise, and, in compliance with this advice, McLaughlin came to Canton, Ohio, and began the practice of law. Here he was cotemporary with David Starkweather, Hiram Griswold, Dwight Jarvis, John Harris, and other men of that class. He made friends in Canton, as he had at Beaver, and soon rose in his profession. Desirous of coming farther West, he left Canton about 1828, and came to Mansfield ; here he engaged in the practice of law, and soon became successful. When the Mexican war broke out, McLaughlin, who had always been a leader in the militia, raised a company and left for the front. Its history is given in the chapter on that subject. After his return in 1847, he resumed the practice of law, which he followed until the spring of 1861, when he was the first man to respond to the call for troops. He sent a dispatch to the Governor, tendering & company, when, in fact, he did not have a man enlisted. From the breaking-out of the war, until his death, his history is so closely identified with that of the war, that to give it here would repeat, in a large measure, what has been written on that subject. His last public act was to raisea squadron of cavalry, which he led to the field, and which he commanded until his death, July 28, 1862. '

McMILLEN, DAVID C., M.D. The subject of this sketch is of Scotch-Irish descent, and direct offspring of a soldier in the war for American independence and the war of 1812. His grandfather emigrated to America with a brother soon after the insurrection in Scotland. David C. McMillen was born in Trumbull Co., Ohio, July 27, 1832, and was the sixth in a family of eight children; in 1854 he came to Shelby, this county, and commenced reading medicine with his brother Calvin, with whom he remained until he commenced general practice, having attended lectures at the Cleveland Medical College in 1856 and 1857. With the exception of two years' residence in Goshen, Ind., the Doctor has continued in the practice of his profession in this county, almost without interruption, until the present time; he removed to Mansfield in the year 1870, and is now in general practice, attending faithfully to his duties, and with an increasing practice. During the war, he served as Assistant Surgeon of the 163d O. N. G., and also on a hospital boat on the Ohio and Tennessee Rivers.

McMILLEN, JAMES FRANK, physician (eclectic); Dr. McMillen was born in Weathersfield Township, Trumbull Co., Ohio, the 16th of June, 1824, the eldest of the three brothers residing in Mansfield, belonging to an ancestry which can be traced back to the great Scottish insurrection, and afterward in the American Revolution and the war of 1812. At the age of 19, he commenced the study of medicine, which soon after he discontinued for a short time, but again resumed under the instruction of Dr. Evarts, of Cleveland. In 1849, he came to Shelby, Ohio, and engaged in the practice of his profession ; for over twelve years, the Doctor has been engaged in active practice in Mansfield, and, with the exception of short intervals of absence in St. Louis, Indianapolis and Macon, Ga., has been in general practice for thirty years. Dr. J. F. McMillen was married in Warren, Trumbull Co., Ohio, Dec. 27, 18538, to Laura Goodale Hadley, who died in Shelby, Ohio, on the 12th of December, 1866. To them was born one child - William E., now a resident of Omaha, who was born March 22, 1857. Was again married on the 27th of November, 1879, to Mrs. Catherine C. Edmonds, at Mansfield.

McMILLEN, JOHN ALFRED, plasterer and painter; was born in Trumbull Co., Ohio, Jan. 29, 1838; moved to Shelby, Richland Co., in 1852, with hisparents. Of Scotch-Irish descent, he inherits the strength and constitution of that people; the lineage can be found in the biographies of his two brothers, in another part of this work. At the breaking-out of the late war, he enlisted in the Union army at Union City, Ind., as private, in the 11th O. V. I., three-months service, serving his full term with credit and honor. J. A. McMillen was married at Union City, Ind., to Auna Caron, in the year 1866, where he remained and worked at his trade, until his removal to Mansfield, in 1871. During his residence in Mansfield, he served on the police force and was accounted a faithful officer. They have three children.

MARSHALL, E. C., salesman; was born Oct. 9, 1856, in Washington Township, Richland Co.; he served with J. Kelly, of Bellville, as an apprentice ; learned the tinner trade; then attended the Bellville

High School, after which he went to Mount Union College in Stark Co.; came to Mansfield in 1876; employed as clerk in the Sharp dry-goods store, after which he engaged as salesman in Singer's hat store, which position he still retains. ;

MARSHALL, JOHN, dealer in farming implements; he was born in this county March 22, 1885. He married Mary A. Cookston. He enlisted in the late war as a member of the 7th Indiana Battery; served two years, and was discharged on account of sickness, after which he returned, and was for a time Lieutenant of Co. E, 2d O. V.C. He is now a resident of this city. He is engaged in selling farming implements of yarious kinds, and is doing a very extensive business.

MATTHES, ADAM, proprietor of European Hotel ; he was born in Germany Jan. 8, 1882; emigrated to America in 1851, and located in Mansfield. He was married, Aug. 14, 1855, to Caroline Heltmen, who was born in this county in 1837; they have the following family - Louis, born Jan. 9, 1858; Caroline, May- 1, 1862; John, June 13, 1864; Adam, Jr., July 138, 1866; May, Oct. 31, 1868; Charley and Frederick (twins), April 10, 1871; Amelia, July 9, 1877; Andrew, Oct. 5,1879. Mr. Matthes is engaged in conducting the European Hotel, and is doing a good business.

MAXWELL BROS., dry goods; the store is located in a three-story brick building, 20x80 feet, at No. 11 Main street, in which can be found the largest and most complete stock of staple and fancy dry goods, embracing all articles usually found in the best stores, exceeding any other establishment in the city of Mansfield. This house was established in 1860; their increase in the past few years has been all that they could wish, and they now do a business that compares favorably with any similar house in the city; anything new in the dry-goods line can always be found in the store of the Maxwell Bros., and, as they have but one price, total strangers can buy just as cheap as regular customers. - Robert B. Maxwell; the active member and business manager of the house, is a gentleman of over tweiityfive years' experience; he is honest and straightforward in all his transactions, and never fails to gain the confidence and esteem of all with whom he.-may come in contact. The brothers were born in Scotland - Robert, in 1840, and John, in 1834; they are now taking the lead in this line of goods; all who call on them will find them congenial gentlemen with one, and they are destined to be successful in business.

MAY, JOHN MILTON (deceased); he was born in Conway, Hampshire Co., Mass., Oct. 18, 1787. The ancestor of his race in America was John May, from Mayfield, Sussex Co., England, Captain of the ship James, which sailed between the ports of New England and London, from 1635 to 1640, when he settled in Roxbury, Mass.; from this stock descended the Mays of New England, New York and Michigan, known in military and civic life; Theodore May, the father of the subject of this sketch, was a Revolutionary war soldier, who, at the close of his services, receiving his pay in Continental currency, so utterly depreciated that John Milton and his other boys would use it for "'thumb-papers'' at school. In 1797, he removed with his family to Washington Co., N. Y. In 1811, our Mr. May emigrated thence alone for Ohio, crossing the

Alleghany Mountains to Pittsburgh on foot, arriving at Marietta, Ohio, by boat. In the fall of that year, he commenced the study of law in the office of Philemon Beecher, in Lancaster, Ohio, having for fellow-students for a time Hon. Thomas Ewing and the late Judge Jacob Parker, of this city; during his novitiate in the law, he supported himself by teaching in the winter-time ; Hocking H. Hunter was one of his pupils; he was admitted to the bar July 26, 1815, and in the autumn of the same year, settled in Mansfield, where he resided until his death, which occurred Dec. 12, 1869; he was the first resident lawyer in Mansfield, and practiced in his profession until two years previous to his death. He was elected Prosecuting Attorney for this circuit in 1816, but resigned the office in 1817, because the defenses to prosecutions offered him better compensation ; for many years, he rode the circuit of the northern and western County Courts, and had a large and successful practice. In 1825, he married Miss Artemisia Wolfe, from one of the pioneer families of the county, by whom he had one son, now the Hon. Manuel May, of this city, and one daughter, Miss Lizzie E. May, who died in 1866. In politics, Mr. May was unambitious ; in his profession, he was a fine advocate, as well as an able chancery lawyer, and, during his long life, always maintained a high character asa good citizen and an honest man; in his latter years, among his associate lawyers, he was styled the ' Nestor of the bar,'' and known as 'Father May,'' and to the day of his death maintained the good will, respect and confidence of all. He was confined to his house about a month before his demise, but was not bed-fast; he passed peacefully away while sitting in his chair.

MAY, MANUEL, attorney. Mr. May was born in Mansfield, where he has resided continuously since; he is of pioneer parentage. The biography of his father, John M. May, has been outlined in this book. His mother, in the year 1807, then Artemisia Wolfe, aged 6 years, emigrated with her brothers, sisters and widowed mother from the Wyoming Valley, Luzerne Co., Penn., to Fredericktown, Knox Co., Ohio, then containing the territory of this county; she, with the Wolfe family, removed thence and settled in Mansfield in 1812, and was married in 1825; one of the issue of the marriage was Manuel May. Among the educators of his boyhood were Rey. James Rowland, Louis Andrews and William Johnson. He graduated at Kenyon College, studied law with his father, John M. May, and graduated at the Cincinnati Law School; in 1858, he received the honorary degree of A. M. at Kenyon College ; on leaving law school, he practiced law with his father, under the firm name of J. M. & M. May; his subsequent law partners were Thomas McBride, John K. Cowen and S. L. Geddes. At present, he is alone in the law business with the aid of his large library and the office help of his students; he was elected and re-elected Prosecuting Attorney of Richland Co,, serving in that capacity from 1858 to 1862; he represented the Fourth Ward as a member of the City Council of Mansfield for four years, part of which time he was presiding officer; he was elected and reelected to the Ohio Senate and represented Richland and Ashland Cos. in that body from 1866 to 1870, and, during his second term, wasa member of the Judiciary

,Committee; as a County School Examiner, Mr. May has for years been connected with the educational interests of the county. He is a bachelor, has always voted the Democratic ticket and is active in politics as well as business.

MITCHELL, DR. GEORGE F. (deceased). He was born in Washington Co., Penn, May 8, 1808; he was the youngest son in a large family of children ; his brothers were mostly farmers, who remained in their native county; his tastes and. inclinations were in a different course, and, in his early boyhood, as well as in his later life, he was a constant student; his researches were not alone confined to the profession in which he became eminent, but the sciences and literature were not neglected; in 1827, he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Church, of Pittsburgh, Penn., a noted practitioner of that city; with him he remained three years, when, after practicing 8 short time in an adjoining county, he removed to Ohio in 1832, and practiced medicine in Olivesburg, this county, until 1846, at which time he came to Mansfield; he was a graduate of the Miami Medical College, of Cincinnati, and in after years the honorary degree was again conferred on him by the Medical ollege of Keokuk, Iowa; for a number of years he was elected a Censor of the Medical College at Cleveland, and was an active member of the State and American Medical Associations, in both of wkich he held positions of honor, and was selected as a delegate to the latter body by the State society; at home he was interested in all educational and benevolent enterprises, and was one of the originators and Trustees of the Mansfield Female College, while under the control of the Methodist denomination. For forty years, he was actively engaged in the practice of medicine, during which time the rich and the poor without distinction received the benefit of his skill. He was married in May, 1831, in Fayette Co., Penn., to Miss Nancy DeVatte; eight children were given them, two of whom diedin infancy, two in early and promising manhood, one daughter just as she was blooming into womanhood, and three children still live. He died in this city March 31, 1869,

MITCHELL, GEORGE, physician and surgeon. Dr. George Mitchell was born July 19, 1837, in Olivesburg, Richland Co., Ohio, and is a 3on of Dr. G. F. and Nancy DeVatte Mitchell; his father was a native of Pennsylvania, but practiced for forty years in Richland Co., with great success; Dr. George Mitchell received his elementary education in Mansfield, and in due course of time entered the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, and pursued the full course of four years' study, graduating from that institution in 1858, with the degree of A. B.; in 1860, he matriculated at the Western Reserve Medical College, where he attended one course of lectures, and during the following winter, entered the Ohio Medical College, at Cincinnati, where he graduated as Doctor of Medicine in 1862; immediately after receiving his degree, heentered the United States service as Assistant Surgeon of the 102d O. V.I.; he continued in active service in different campaigns until the close of the war, being twice promoted for valuable services rendered; in 1865, he retired from the army and located in Mansfield, where he has since resided and engaged in the practice of his profession ; he is one of the Censors of the Medical Department of the Wooster University, and is also a Trustee of his alma mater; in the winter of 1876, he was appointed by Gov. Hayes one of the Board of Trustees of the Central Ohio Insane Asylum; he is a member of the American Medical Association, and also of the Ohio State Medical Society, and has at various times contributed to the literature of his profession.

MITCHELL, WILLIAM, surgeon dentist ; was born in Weller Township May 1, 1841, and came with his parents to this city in 1846; he received his elementary education in the public schools he was a member of the first class that graduated in the Mansfield High School, he afterward completed his studies at the Delaware University; in 1860, he began the study of dentistry and graduated at the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery in Philadelphia in 1863; he practiced his profession for a number of years in this city and Galion, Ohio; he was employed by the publishers of this work as a biographical writer, and he collected many of the portraits of the early settlers that appear therein. He was married May 15, 1872, in Mansfield, to Miss Sallie Strickler; they are the parents of four children - George Frank, Charles Wesley, M. Eugene and Sallie.

MOWRY, JOHN N., physician and surgeon; was born in Pittsburgh, Penn., March 2, 1824, the second son of Daniel and Jane Wiley Mowry, of Western Pennsylvania, of German-Scotch descent; after receiving his elementary education in Pittsburgh, he commenced the study of medicine with Dr, R. B. Mowry, of that city, and afterward attended lectures and graduated at the Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, March 9, 1850; in the fall of 1852, he removed to Mansfield, having previously practiced in Allegheny City for two years; he was appointed surgeon of the 0. & P. and the P,, Ft. W. & C. R. R., which positions he held for twenty-four years; he entered the army as assistant surgeon of the 15th O. V. I., and was at the first battle of the war, Philippi, W. Va.; then he was appointed surgeon of the 32d O. V. I.; then discharged after eight months' service, for disability; he then returned to Mansfield, then Gov. Tod telegraphed him to meet Surg. Gen. Webber, in Cincinnati, and proceed at once to Pittsburg Landing for the relief of the wounded ; after his return, he was appointed Surgeon of the 86th O. V. I., and remained until expiration of service; he then resumed the practice of his profession in Mansfield, where he resided until 1875, when he removed to Tiffin, Ohio; not liking it, he returned to this city in 1877, where he has since resided. Dr. Mowry was married, Sept. 7, 1854, to Miss Elisebeth Sherman Parker, who died April 16, 1855; he was again married, Nov. 25, 1856, to Miss Mary L. Armentrout, by whom he raised five children; she died Jan. 10, 1872; he was married in Tiffin, Ohio, Feb. 17,1874, to Mrs. Ellen J. Graham,,of that city ; the Doctor has always taken an active interest in the prosperity of the city, and subscribed liberally to all the railroads, and was active in securing the location of the Aultman & Taylor (o.'s shops in Mansfield.

MURPHY, JOHN A., farmer ; was born in Madison Township July 7, 1850, and received his elementary education in District No. 3. He was married in the

NEWLON, J., groceryman; was born in this county in 1828. He was married in 1855, to Sarah Shoup, who was born in Wood Co., Ohio, in 1834; they'have two children - Harmon D., born in 1856, and Williard B.,in 1859. Mr. Newlon is engaged in the grocery business in this city in company with R. C. McFarland,

NEWMAN, ANDREW S&S. (deceased). He was born March 1, 1811, in Richland Co., in the Newman cabin, on the Rocky Fork, near the present site of Campbell's mill. A short time after his birth, his father, Jagob Newman, removed to Mansfield, and thenceforth Andrew continued to reside there; in the fall of 1812, he and his mother were sent to the block-house, at Mt. Vernon, Ohio, and, while at this place of comparative safety, his brother, Joseph, was born; when the army passed through Mansfield in 1813, under the command of Gen. Crooks, his father was requested, by the commanding officer, to act as guide through the wilderness, and during this expedition he contracted the disease which terminated his life shortly after his return; though thus early deprived of his father, in his surviving parent he was abundantly compensated; his mother was a woman of very extraordinary ability, and while she devoted herself to her children and their welfare, she was universally beloved by her neighbors; the native good sense and sound judgment which so characterized him as to make him a man of mark in the community, he inherited largely from his mother; his early intellectual advantages were meager, but, possessed of good natural abilities, with only such assistance as a winter school in a log cabin afforded, and with a thirst for reading, he became one of the best-informed men in the country; he was a man of strong convictions, and singularly gifted with the power to express them, had little reverence for place and position, but warm charity for the lowly and oppressed; he was possessed of a most excellent judgment of men and affairs, and always regarded a wise counselor. He was married, April 2, 1839, to Eliza A. Armentrout, who bore him two children, Mary 8. and Harriet (who died in infancy). His wife died July 8, 1855, leaving an only child, the late Mary N. Cummins, so well and favorably known inthis community. In 1841, he became a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and ever afterward led a consistent Christian life. After a brief illness of typhoid pneumonia he died, Jan, 31, 1872.

NEWMAN, MICHAEL (deceased). He was born in New Holland, Lancaster Co., Penn., in 1785; he came to Ross: Co., Ohio, about 1800, and in 1806, he was married to Elizabeth Copsey, who was a descendant of the family of the Longs, in England; he came to this county, as is shown by the history, in April, 1808, and settled at Beam's (now Campbell's) Mill; he lived a year or two in his brother Jacob's cabin, and then moved across the creek, near the mill, into a cabin that was built by Moses Fountain, who probably aided in building the mill on which Mr. Newman worked in the summer of 1808; he next moved to Section 16 in Madison Township, where he resided until after Hull surrendered Detroit, Aug. 16, 1812; it was about this time that troubles with the Indians arose, and as it was not possible for Mr. Newman always to be at home - the nearest flouring-mill being at Mt. Vernon - he took his family to Fredericktown, in Knox Co., Ohio, where there was quite a settlement, a block-house and a few soldiers stationed ; he returned alone to take care of his property, but found all his stock and grain had been taken for the use of U. S. troops, under Gen Beall; his provisions and stock being all gone, he returned to Fredericktown and took his wife and children to her relatives and friends, at Chillicothe; he left them there and returned late in the fall to this county, only to find his house burned ; hé never was able to find out whether the Indians or soldiers perpetrated this outrage; having no shelter, he went to Chillicothe and remained there during the winter; in the spring of 1813, he returned to Richland Co., built a new house, and that summer, in August, he brought back his family and began again ; he had five sons and six daughters; their names, in the order of their births, are Mary, Henry, Susan, Jacob, Jane, Margaret, Harriet, John, Elizabeth, Andrew and Michael C.; Mary married B. Goldsmith; they had five children; Goldsmith is now deceased, and his widow lives in Pierceton, Ind.; Henry married Hannah Maring and both are deceased; they had one son, John M. Newman, who married Eva J. Miller; Susan married William Waugh; they have no children, and they are living in Van Wert Co., Ohio; Jacob married Catharine Stoudt; they had two children, John H. Newman and Lizzie Newman; his wife died soon after the birth of John H., since which time Jacob has been a widower, and lives in Van Wert Co., Ohio; Jane died when a young lady; Margaret married John C. Snow; they have no children; Mrs. Snow is now deceased, and John C. Snow is now living in Illinois; Harriet died in infancy; John is not married, and is now serving his eighth term as County Surveyor of Richland Co.; Elizabeth married Rev. N. F. Bell; Mr. Bell is now deceased, and His widow lives in Huron Co., Ohio; Andrew is now living somewhere in California ; Michael maried Carrie Wilson; they have four children, and reside in the city of Mansfield. Mr. Newman died in 1862, and his wife died in 1872. NEWMAN, JACOB (deceased), The Newman family, of whom Jacob was the oldest, were of Holland descent, and settled at an early day in Lancaster Co., Penn.; the children, Jacob, Polly, John, Christena, Andrew, Michael and a sister whose name is not now known, were born here. This sister married a man by the name of Cline; went South with him, and was lost trace of by the family. Jacob and Michael, when they became young men, went to Franklin Co., Penn., where Jacob married Catherine Freymeyer, by whom he had four children - John, Catherine, Jacob and Henry; Mrs. Newman died when the last named was but 2 or 3 weeks old; the death of the mother, in a measure, broke up the family. This was in October, 1802. Mr. Newman gave all the children but the youngest to their grandparents (their mother's parents) to keep, and taking with him the youngest, whom he kept by the aid of nurses, he went to the vicinity of Greensburg, and lived there on a farm three or four years. He desired a frontier life, and, hearing of the West as it then existed, and the easy terms upon which poor people could obtain land in the military and other districts in Ohio, he determined to emigrate there. He came to Stark Co. and located some land near the town of Canton, then a frontier place. Not long after, he had a good chance to sell the land, and did so, and determined to remove still farther out. His kinsman, Gen. James Hedges, had been surveying in the new country, now comprised in this county, and had informed him of some of the choice selections of land and the probable location of a county seat, as the General knew a new county would necessarily be made in this part of the State. In the summer of 1807, he left his family at Canton, and, moving his few effects, came to the Rocky Fork, where he or Gen. Hedges had undoubtedly selected a location and erected a cabin. He brought, as a housekeeper, his niece, Catherine Brubaker, who did the cooking for him and his hands, who were probably her brothers, the Brubaker boys. As this early settlement is fully | given in the pioneer history elsewhere printed in this volume, its history need not be repeated here. Mr. Newman remained here improving his land till the spring of 1808, when he took his niece back to Canton, and his brother Michael and his wife came out and entered the cabin. That fall, he brought Henry, his youngest son, out and left him here, while he went to Pennsylvania, where he was married to Susan Snively, and remained in the East during the following winter. Returning to this county, he remained in the Rocky Fork and improved his claim and run his saw-mill, which he had erected a year before. The removal of the site of the county seat from the vicinity of the mill, and its sale by Mr. Newman to Mr. Jacob Beam, caused Mr. Newman to remove again. He, in company with Gen. Hedges and Joseph Larwell, of Wooster, had laid out the town of Mansfield on its present site, and had begun improvements there. Mr. Newman built his cabin on the east side of South Main street, about two hundred yards south of the creek, and, in the latter part of 1811, brought up his family, and the next summer raised a crop on his land here. In August, the Indian troubles occurred, and Mr. Newman took his wife and son Andrew to Mt. Vernon for safe-keeping, while he and Henry remained to guard the cabin and the town. While Mrs. Newman was in Mt. Vernon, Joseph was born (Sept. 25, 1812). Not long after, a company of soldiers came up to help guard the town - the killing of Jones having excited the people considerably - and Mr. Newman, considering all things rather safe, went to Mt. Vernon and brought his wife and children home. Gen. Crook's army came to Mansfield soon after this, on their way to the Upper Sandusky country, and Mr. Newman, being a practical, sagacious woodsman, was engaged to pilot the army through from Mansfield. Most accounts state that the army left about the middle of December. Mr. Henry Newman says this can hardly be true, as he distinctly remembers the event, and is sure his father did not leave till later in the winter, probably in February. This march, in an open winter, was very trying on the soldiers, and even the hardy frame of Mr. Newman could not endure the strain. He contracted a pulmonary complaint, which, after reaching home about June 1, 1818, continued to grow worse, and on the 20th of that month he died. He left a widow and three children - Henry, Andrew and Joseph, the latter about 7 months old. She soon after took the logs Mr. N. had prepared in his lifetime to build a better cabin, had them moved to the north side of the square, where Capt. A. C. Cummins now lives, and had a cabin built there. The house was improved at times, and a brick addition built afterward by Henry Leyman. It is part of Capt. Cummins' house now. Mrs. Newman resided here until her death, 1834, By this time, the children were grown. Henry and Andrew were married and had homes of their own, and Joseph was a young man beginning life for himself.

NEWMAN, HENRY, Bryan, Williams Co., Ohio. Mr. Newman is, the fourth child of Jacob Newman, and, since 1849, has resided in Williams Co.; he was born Oct. 17, 1802, in Franklin Co., Penn.; his mother dying a few weeks after his birth, his father took him to Westmoreland Co., where he went to reside, keeping him under his own care; about 1805, his father emigrated to Stark Co., Ohio, and in 1807 to Richland Co.; Henry remained in Stark Co. until the fall of 1808, when he was brought by his father to the cabin home on the Rocky Fork; he was left here by his father while he went to Pennsylvania, where he was married; Henry lived with his uncle Michael and wife, who came on and kept house while Jacob went East; after his father's return, both families occupied the cabin until about 1810, when Michael and his wife moved into the cabin built by Moses Fountain north across the creek, and near the mill; Jacob Newman remained on the Rocky Fork until the fall of 1811, when he came to Mansfield, and remained here until his death in June, 1813; in the summer of 1812, he raised a crop here, and that winter piloted Gen. Crook's army to the Maumee country. Henry Newman says the accounts concerning his absence from December until June are incorrect; he states that his father was not gone that length of time, and that he did not leave Mansfield until March ; he is quite certain concerning this, as he cannot remember his father, being absent so long; after his father's death in 1813, Henry assisted his mother in the care of her property, and gathered what meager education the schools of the day afforded; in 1828, he went to New Orleans in search of a man named Thomas G. Shield, who had absconded in debt to the Newman estate about $1,400, but failed to find him. A few years after his return, he was married to Jane Ward, a member of the Ward family, in Weller Township, to which locality he removed, and entered 80 acres of land. Mr. and Mrs. Newman lived on this farm - to which many acres were added - until 1849; they brought it toa high state of cultivation, and gained a competence from its soil; all their children, but one, were born here. Their names are Jacob, born in 1882, (now a resident of La Grange, Ind.); Joseph (who lost his life in the late war, being mortally wounded at Mission Ridge}; Andrew (also a soldier, and, who after his return, died from the exposure of a soldier's life); all three of these men went into the army as Lieutenants, and all were promoted ; Mr. Newman's daughters are Harriet, Sarah, Francis and Elizabeth. Mr. Newman moved to Williams Co. in 1849, where he purchased a large farm, and erected a saw-mill, which enterprises, with the aid of his son, he conducted successfully, until 1875, when he ceased the active labors of life, and went to Bryan, where he now lives in retirement. Mrs. Newman died June 30, 1876; since her death, he makes his home with his daughter, Frances; his memory is remarkably clear concerning pioneer days and incidents; he can give accurate histories of those early times when Richland Co. was a frontier county, and to his recollection more than to any man now living are the accurate details of pioneer days in this county as given in the historical part of this volume due; that it might be made accurate, he visited the county, and pointed out to the compiler of these pages, localities, and narrated incidents that otherwise would have been forgotten.

NEWMAN, JOSEPH (deceased), was the youngest child of Jacob and Susanna Newman, and was born on the 25th day of September, 1812, at the block-house at Mt. Vernon, Ohio, where his mother had been sent as a place of comparative safety from murderous attacks of hostile Indians. A few months afterward, his father returned from the army in Northwestern Ohio, where he contracted a fever that soon terminated his life. Thus early deprived of a father, his early care and training devolved upon his mother, who was wonderfully well qualified to perform these duties. She was a woman of 'great good sense,'' and her keen intentions for the future welfare of her boy soon told her that nature had fitted him to adorn the highest walks of life. And his brief career shows how even a mother's love '' builded better than it knew.'' He early showed a disposition to acquire an education and was not satisfied with the usual '' quarter in winter time,' but went to Norwalk, Ohio, then a prominent seat of learning in Northern Ohio, where he laid the foundation that determined his success in after life. The close application to study and habits of thought that he acquired at this academy followed him through life, and though his scholastic attainments were not the most classical, they were enough, combined with his strong, natural intellect, to rank him among the most scholarly men of his day. He attended law school at Cincinnati and then prepared himself for admission to the bar, and then entered into partnership with Judge James Stewart, and rapidly rose in his profession until he was considered one of the best lawyers in Central Ohio. Of commanding presence, far above the ordinary stature, a handsome person and magnetic voice, of rare habits of thought and study, he was singularly well qualified to fill a high position at the bar or in the halls of legislation. About 1841, he married Ann Catlin, of Harrington, Conn., a cultured lady of rare beauty and accomplishments, who survived him. No children were born of this marriage. He was a Major General of the Ohio militia and took great interest in its organization and proficiency. He was an Assistant Clerk of the Ohio Senate, and, about 1845, after having served four years as Prosecuting Attorney, was elected a member of the Ohio Senate. His entrance into the Ohio Senate was at the time when new counties were being formed, and personal feelings in this respect ran high. The new county of

Ashland was about to be formed, which would despoil his native county of some of her most desirable territory. He took an active part in the Senate to preserve his county in her fair proportions, which was the great his power to prevent, his native county from being clipped almost on all sides, despoiled of her original territory and fair proportions, but the feeling of the hour was for more new counties, and he was compelled to submit to a movement that he was powerless to resist. He took a high position both asa speaker and a careful, painstaking legislator, and filled the position with great credit and was regarded as among the foremost men of his party. In politics, he was a Democrat of the Jefferson and Jackson school and an earnest advocate of their political views. Toward the close of his senatorial career, his bodily health gave way, his mind became clouded under constant study and excitement, and he was removed to an asylum at Utica, N. Y., where his friends hoped that rest and the proper restoratives would bring back his wonted vigor of mind and body. But this was not to be; he died July 17, 1847. Thus closed a career of remarkable activity and usefulness, and one whose high and pure character passed the fiery ordeal of public life blameless and without reproach.

NETSCHER, J. B., manufacturer, Mansfield; was born in Germany, in 1834, and is a self-made man. He began business in this city some thirty years ago, in a very small way, but has increased his facilities fully 200 per cent, for, in fact, as a manufacturer of vinegar, he stands pre-eminent; by means of his pomace leash and vinegar generator, no pomace is lost; as soon as the cider is pressed out, what was considered useless is utilized by Mr. Netscher, and six yield one barrel of choice vinegar that is ready for use in 8 few hours, and of a quality that never fails to please the consumer; by means of this generation, from two to ten barrels of vinegar can be produced daily; this handy contrivance is secured by letters of patent, No. 199,854, dated Jan. 29, 1878; itis without doubt one of the inventions of the age, and will, when it becomes better known, create a revolution in the production of vinegar, while the price of this standard commodity will very materially diminish. Mr. Netscher by no means confines himself strictly to the making of vinegar, but apple-wine and cider as well, all of which is warranted pure, or no pay desired. This enterprising gentleman also deals in bituminous and anthracite coal, and occupies with his coal yard a lot 450x450 feet, located on Short street, near the B. & O. depot; at this yard, parties can always be sure of obtaining the very best bargains in coal that any firm in the eity can offer. The warehouse and cellar wherein Mr. Netscher stores his cider and vinegar, is a two-story brick, 30x60 feet; immediately in front of this building is a four-story brick structure, 80x70 feet, also owned by Mr. Netscher, which he rents for business purposes; a telephone extends from the yard on Short street to the warehouse, or upper office, on Main street, thus affording immediate communication to either place. When running full time, Mr. Netscher employs twenty-eight men all the time, and uses the power of a fifteen-horse engine; everything is complete, from the coalyard to the vinegar manufactory. Mr. Netscher is not only doing a public good in the manufacture of vinegar by his invaluable patent process.

NEVIUS, L. W., dentist. Dr. Nevius was born in Knox Co., Ohio, Oct. 5, 1846; his father was an enterprising, well-to-do farmer; L. W. lived with his parents on the farm until the fall of 1861, when he entered the Ohio Wesleyan College of Delaware, where he remained until the fall of 1863, when he enlisted in the 2d O. H. A., and remained in the service until the close of the war; as soon as he returned home he began the study of dental surgery, in the office of Drs. Semple & Stephens, Fredericktown, Ohio; in 1867, he bought the office and practice of his preceptors, and carried on the business for himself; in the spring of 1871, he came to Mansfield and opened an office over Black's dry-goods store, on the corner of Main and West Market streets, a location he still occupies; the Doctor fitted his office in an exceedingly neat and tasteful manner, an improvement on the most of the offices then seen where dental surgery was practiced; his ideas were to disabuse the minds of his patients of the impression that a dental office was only a place of torture ; he placed beautiful pictures on the walls, an organ in the room, statuettes in the corners, books and music on the shelves, an aquarium with gold fish swimming in its waters, a variety of house plants in the windows and other tasty and pleasing ornaments about his room; the result of this ornamentation soon had its effect ; patients not only came from the city and the country, but from a distance, for a man who exhibits a cultivated taste for fine arts will always be a good workman. The Doctor's patients found him a man of pleasant address, free from every evil habit, and one who could not only appreciate their needs, but one who could relieve them ; his practice'soon grew so that the rooms needed extending, and new improvements; in 1875, he remodeled his office, added new rooms, giving him a cheerful, homelike reception-room, two operating rooms and a convenient laboratory; these he fitted in the best style, making them the largest, best-lighted and most commodious dental rooms in Central Ohio; his practice now comes from all parts of Northern Ohio, attesting his skill as an operator, and standing as a gentleman. Dr. Nevius' recreation consists in driving a spirited horse, an amusement not only very pleasurable but invigorating; it steadies his nerves and makes his brain clearer, when each morning he can enjoy a vigorous drive for an hour or more, and thus inhale abundance of fresh air, strengthening his system, and preparing him for his day's labor; whatever may be said of the practice, if other professional men would follow Dr. Nevius' example, either by riding or walking, a healthier and more cheerful class of humanity would certainly exist. Dr. Nevius has lately associated with himself Dr. C. M. Roe, son of Joseph Roe, one of the pioneers and principal men of Springfield Township, a recent graduate of the Dental College of the Michigan University; he bids fair to become a dentist of the best ability, and is a gentleman in every respect.

V. C.; went as private in Co. M; after returning home, he engaged with 163d, in Co. A; after the death of Capt. Avery, Mr. Niman took the command of Co. A through the service. At the expiration of service, he received an honorable discharge and returned to Mansfield, and was for a time engaged in keeping the American Hotel; the site of the hotel is one of the oldest corners in the city.

OBERLIN, WM. KELKER, farmer; was born in Stark Co., Ohio, Feb. 28, 1839; came to Richland Co. with his parents April 4, 1849, with whom he lived thirty-one years. His father, John Oberlin, located in Washington Township. He was married Oct. 19, 1869, in Washington Township, to Miss Kate Ford. They are the parents of two children - Thomas W., born Feb. 1, 1875; Arthur B., born Sept. 9, 1879. He is now engaged in business in Mansfield.

OTTINGER, SAMUEL F., Deputy Recorder; was born in Stark Co., March 13, 1847; came to Richland Co. in 1860. He was married in 1870, to Catherine Grubb, who was born in Knox Co., April 4, 1845. They have two children - Minnie Bell, born Jan. 5, 1873; Lizzie Ordella, April 18, 1877. Mr. Ottinger has been engaged as Deputy Recorder since September, 1878.

PAINTER, MICHAEL, farmer; was born in Madison Township May 2, 1839. His father, the late Andrew Painter, resided east of Mansfield for a great many years, where he followed farming, and also proprietor of a carding-mill, which still stands; in this business Michael was engaged during its continuance, and afterward at farming. He was married in 1868 to Miss Margaret Sproats, by whom he has raised two sons. Now a resident of Madison Township.

PARKER, JACOB (deceased); was born on the island of Newfoundland Sept. 5,1791. Although born in a foreign land, he was an American in fact, his father being a citizen of Massachusetts, and resided in Newfoundland only temporarily ; early in the present century, he removed with his father toOhio. In 1815, he graduated at the Ohio University at Athens - he and Thomas Ewing being the first two who received the degree of Bachelor of Arts from an Ohio college. After his graduation, Mr. Parker, in company with. Thomas Ewing and John' M.. May, entered the law office of Philemon Beecher, in Lancaster, where he studied until admitted to the bar. In 1819, he removed to Mansfield and entered upon the practice of his profession; in 1829, he went into the rercantile business with Robert McCombs, of this city, in which he continued until 1837 ; in the winter of 1840-41, he received the appointment of President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of this county; he held this office seven years, and discharged its duties with great ability and to the entire satisfaction of the bar and the people. Upon leaving the bench, he retired from active life; | he, however, always took an active interest in the welfare and prosperity of the city ; he was a persevering His death

PARSONS, LE ROY, real-estate and insurance agent; he was born in Bennington, Vt., in May, 1843; when a youth, he removed with his parents to Eastern Pennsylvania, where he received in part his elementary education; he came to Mansfield in 1867, and was engaged for a number of years in the sale of farming implements ; in 1872, he opened an insurance and realestate office in this city, in which business he has since been exclusively engaged. The assets of the companies he represents, which are classed among the very best, amount to over $1,000,000. He was married in Mansfield, Sept. 14, 1876, to Miss Mary Shumway, of this city; one child, a son, was born in March, 1878. Mr. Parson's ancestry dates back among the early settlers of New England. They were vigilant participants in the Revolutionary war. During his residence in this city, he has taken an active part in the promotion of its interests, and been elected to the office of Clerk of the City Council for four consecutive terms; a period longer than any of his predecessors.

PATTERSON, A. C., proprietor of the carriage manufactory ; he was born in Lexington, Ohio. Married, in 1862, to Lizzie A. Cope, daughter of Franklin E. Cope; they had the following children: Franklin E., born in July, 1864, died in 1871; Florence J., born in October, 1868, died in August, 1871,.and Gracie A., still living with her parents. Mr. Patterson established the buggy factory in 1864; has been connected with this business ever since, and has met with marked success; his work is among the best in the county.

PATTERSON, A. V., DR., physician; he was born in Springfield, Jefferson Co., April 9, 1831; came to Mansfield in 1837; attended the Mansfield Academy, also Oberlin College, after which he attended the University of Cleveland ; graduated at the Cleveland Medical College Feb. 25, 1857; commenced the practice of medicine at Galion, where he remained until he was commissioned Surgeon of the 102d O. V. I.; continued till the close of the war, after which he located in Mansfield; engaged in the practice of medicine, and still continues. He was married, March 3, 1857, to Miss L, L. Gladden, daughter of Capt. Solomon Gladden, of Monroe Township.

PLATT, WILLIAM (deceased). Among the old residents of Madison Township who have passed away, and who will be remembered by many of the living, was William Platt, who resided on a farm near Mansfield, known by his name, but now within the city limits, and partially covered with dwellings. He was born in the year 1803, and came to this county in 1821. The site of the old homestead, and a part of the lands, which have never passed out of the family name, can be seen from many parts of the city. He died Feb. 17, 1850, in the 46th year of his age, well known by all the citizens of that time, and universally respected and esteemed. Quiet and amiable in his manners, he made no enemies. Highly moral in his conduct, and upright 4n all his dealings, he always sustained the most unsullied character; living at a time when it was generally customary among farmers to allow the use of liquor among their employes, particularly during the harvest, he was among the few who peremptorily forbid it. Mr. Platt was married, May 1, 1835, to Miss Charlotte Bell, ~ by whom he had seven children - one, a son, alone survives him, a resident of the city, near the old homestead.

Backenstoe, who was born in Mansfield; they have two children - William, born March 10, 1867; James, Oct. 6, 1868. Mr. Potter enlisted in the 8d O. V. C., Co. E, in September, 1861; was in the service about three years and four months, and was ih different engagements - among them the battle of Stone River. This regiment was noted for its service in this battle. He was taken prisoner at Benton, Tenn.; he was prisoner eleven months - first at Atlanta, second at Libby Prison, in Richmond, third at Belle Island, and from there to Andersonville; was kept there seven months; from there to Florence,S.C.; was then exchanged at Charleston, and camefrom there to Annapolis, Md.; from there to Columbus, Ohio, and received an honorable discharge. Came to Mansfield, where he has since been engaged in the photographic business, having one of the best galleries in the city. He has established a very extensive business, and an excellent reputation, as an artist. He stands at the head of his profession in Northern Ohio, and is prepared to do all kinds of first-class work in his line.

PRITCHARD, W. H., born in Worthington Township, Richland Co., Ohio, July, 1850. After taking an academical course at Greentown Academy, Perrysyville, Ohio, he went to college at Denison University, and thence to the University of Wooster, where he graduated in June, 1874. The expenses of his education were paid almost exclusively by the results of his own labor, working summers and teaching winters. In July, 1874, he was married to Miss Sophie Leiter, of Lucas, Ohio, and for four years thereafter he was employed as a teacher - one year as assistant in Greentown Academy and three years as Superintendent of Schools in Shelby, Obio. He was admitted to the bar in December, 1878, by the Supreme Court at Columbus, Ohio, and immediately thereafter formed a copartnership with Norman M. Wolf, under the firm name of Pritchard & Wolf, and since that time has been enjoying a good and successful law practice. In the spring of 1879, being an enthusiastic Republican, he was active in organizing 1nd was elected chairman of the Young Men's Republican Club of Mansfield. His family consists of his wife and two boys - ZJ. Sample, aged 5 years, and Natscher W., aged 23 years.

PROCTOR, FRANCIS M., REV., minister, U. P. Church ; was born in Troy Township in 1829; he is the second son of James and Margaret (Mitchell) Proctor, who were both old residents of that township; James Proctor came to Ohio with his parents from Alleghany Co. in 1816, and settled in Troy Township where he lived until four years previous to his death ; he died in Mansfield Oct. 9, 1871, aged 73 years ; Margaret (Mitchell) Proctor died March 31, 1837. Francis M. received his elementary education in this county, and graduated at Franklin College, Ohio, in 1856; he studied theology'at the Alleghany Seminary, and was licensed by the Mansfield Presbytery of the U. P. Church to preach in 1857; in the year 1858, a call was made out for him by the Cuylerville congregation under the care of the Caledonian Presbytery of the State of New York, which call he accepted, and was ordained Nov. 9, 1858, and installed Pastor of that congregation, where he remained until February, 1866, when on aocount of poor health he was compelled to resign his charge, and returned to Richland Co., Ohio, where he has since resided, a resident of Mansfield, and has not regained his health sufficiently to engage in the active work. On June 18, 1857, he was married to Miss Lovenia Bowers, of Morrow Co., with whom he has raised six children, two sons and four daughters.

PURDY, JAMES, retired capitalist; was born July 24, 1793, in Hopewell, York Co., Penn.; his father owned a farm on which he had a flouring-mill, located forty miles north of Baltimore; the non-intercourse laws of 1808-09 and embargo on shipping in our ports embarrassed his business, reduced his income and the value of his property ; James had been given more than an ordinary common-school education, with the intention of giving him a college course; he was the oldest son, and a change of the pecuniary circumstances required his personal services; he was put to work on the farm, in the mill, and at whatever he would be most useful.

In 1811, his father sold out, and purchased a farm near Canandaigua, N. Y.,to which place he removed with his family; James continued to labor with him until he became of age, and his father's farm was well improved; he then determined to acquire a liberal education by his own exertions; to that end he devoted two years in an academy of high repute in the acquirement of a classical education; a gentleman of the bar in Canandaigua tendered him a position in his office on very liberal terms, which he accepted, and entered as a law student, in which position he continued three years, the time required in that State for admission to the bar; during all this time, he sustained himself by teaching, either common schools or ag assistant teacher in the Canandaigua Academy, with some perquisites of the office; Sept.-5, 1822, he left for Pensacola; he stopped at Louisville, Ky., on account of the sickness below; while thus waiting, he became acquainted with the effect on society produced by slavery, and determined to settle in a free State; he crossed the river into Indiana and went to Corydon, where the Supreme Court of the State and the United States District Court were in session, and was admitted to practice in both; on trial, the location did not suit him, he returned eastward, and May 29, 1823, settled in Mansfield, then a rough, unsightly hamlet, and then the farthest west town in that latitude; the county was then thirty miles square, sparsely settled, with intelligent, industrious and energetic pioneers, made an unsuccessful effort to establish a paper; he sold toa Mr. Croswaite, who had also issued a prospectus, but failed to get sufficient support, and offered the property for sale; Mr. Purdy purchased it, and gave his note on time therefor, employed J. C. Gilkison as printer, and issued the Mansfield Gazette; he now discovered that the type was worn out and insufficient to print a respectable paper; he went to Cincinnati on horseback, purchased type on credit, and brought it to Mansfield in saddle-bags, the only mode of transportation then available.

In connection with his professional business, he continued to edit the paper until 1831, when he sold it to T. W. Bartley, then a young lawyer, since Judge of the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio; a new circuit of the Court of Common Pleas was organized in the winter of 1823-24, composed of the counties of Richland, Huron, Sandusky, Seneca, Crawford and Marion; in these, tie Courts of Common Pleas held three terms annually, and the Supreme Court one; this circuit he traveled four times a year on horseback, accompanied with other members of the bar, also the Supreme Court in Columbus, and the courts in other counties occasionally ; as the country improved and increased in population, he reduced the territorial extent of his practice; by careful and strict attention to business, and prompt remittances, he was intrusted with a full share of the most important business of the country, from which his income was principally derived.

Canals were located and being constructed in other parts of the State, for which water could not be obtained in this and other counties on the dividing ridge. A canal from the mouth of Little Beaver, on the Ohio River, to the mouth of Big Sandy, on the Ohio Canal, was located and in process of construction by the State. Railroads were then considered quite inferior to canals. He had made an eastern tour and saw the railroads there being constructed and doing business, and thought a railroad from the western terminus of Sandy and Beaver Canal, westward, through Richland and other counties to the wesi line of the State, would create a valuable thoroughfare, connecting this part of the State with Pittsburgh, and thence eastward. His professional calling had introduced him to the prominent men of that city, and made him acquainted with the most prominent men on the line of the contemplated improvement.

In the summer of 1834, he wrote a number of these gentlemen, calling a meeting on a certain day at his Office, to initiate the consiruction of this improvement. A meeting was held, composed of representatives from Wayne Co., westward to the State line, at which measures were taken to obtain an actof the Legislature, and Dr. A.G. Miller, 8S. R. Curtis (afterward General), and he were appointed a committee to forward the work. In the winter of 1834-35, he went to Columbus and procured the necessary legislation, and July 4, 1835, a meeting of the Commissioners therein designated was held at the court house, in Mansfield, and measures adopted to carry into effect the provisions of the charter. Dr. A. G. Miller and S. G. Curtis and he were again appointed a committee to take charge of the work. He called on the Board of Public Works for an engineer and corps to survey and locate the road. They, after much solicitation, in the spring of 1836, appointed S. R. Curtis, who organized his corps in Mansfield, and made the survey and location that summer ; made his report to the Board of Public Works, and the expense was paid by the State. Of this, the Pittsburghers were notified by Mr. Purdy, without whose aid the work could not be done. Railroads had not yet become popular; they had the Pennsylvania canal and Ohio River, and declined co-operation. Thus terminated our labor of two years. But it was not lost. Our attention was directed to the construction of a railroad to Sandusky, which, as hereinafter stated, was completed in June, 1846. Mansfield soon became an important point, and in the fall of 1848, gentlemen of

Pittsburgh wrote Mr. Purdy, requesting him to call a meeting at Massi'lon, which he did. The meeting was attended by Ohioans and Pennsylvanians. A joint charter from the two States was determined on. A committee was appointed to visit Harrisburg, and also one to visit Columbus to obtain the charter. Mr. Purdy and B. Jones, of Wooster, were the committee for Ohio. Mr. Purdy attended, and a joint charter was procured for what afterward became the P., Ft. W. & C. R. R. This company had the benefit of our two years' work and the survey we had made, at the expense of the State. Thus, "large oaks from little acorns grow." Richland had neyer become a well cultivated county ; immense quantities of produce were by the farmers transported to the Lake on wagons. Our first market was Sandusky. A canal was made from Huron to Milan; this drew the business from Sandusky to Milan. Sandusky then had a railroad built to Monroeville, operated by horse-power. Much of the Richland trade was withdrawn from Milan to Monroeville and thence to Sandusky. Efforts had been making for some time to get a railroad from Sandusky to Mansfield, and charters therefor had been granted. A charter had been obtained for a railroad from Monroeville to Plymouth. In December, 1839, Judge Patterson and he were appointed to go to Columbus and obtain or have amended a charter for a road from Plymouth to Mansfield, which was accomplished. He, with others, spent the winter among the farmers throughout the county in obtaining stock. Inthe spring of 1840, the company was organized and he -was appointed President. Under his superintendence, an engineer was appointed and the road located, and in August, 1840, the first ground was broken in Mansfield, in the presence of a large and deeply interested assembly, by John Stewart, the first Surveyor and the first Auditor of the county, and Gen. Robert Bentley, also an early pioneer and commander of the militia of the county, both farmers. On that day the foundation of Mansfield's prosperity was laid. It then became a railroad terminus. Other railroads were constructed through this point, in all of which he took an active part, and for their construction contributed liberally. These public improvements have made Mansfield a railroad center, a commercial and manufacturing city. For this we are deeply indebted to the stalwart pioneers of the county, who subscribed liberally to the stock. Bonds were not then issued, the money had to be raised in the country. The three companies were consolidated; the work progressed slowly, and the cars did not reach Mansfield until June, 1846. It now forms part of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. To the contributors the improvements were not a direct financial success, but in the improvements of the country they have their compensation. In 1855, he invested in real estate in Iowa, one tract lay on the west bank of the Mississippi River. He, with others, added to this and laid out the city of Clinton, which, in 1870, contained 8,000 inhabitants, a National Bank, a daily paper and a streetcar company. The Chicago, lowa & Nebraska Railroad Company was then (1855) organized, of which he became a stockholder, and in which he was offered and accepted a prominent position in locating and constructing the road. It was completed and the enterprise was a pecuniary success. It crossed the river at Clinton on a bridge, and has become a part of the route from Chicago to San Francisco. About the same time, he, with two others, purchased a block in Chicago on which they erected seven good buildings which he still owns. As facilities in Mansfield multiplied, business increased, requiring greater money accommodations. In 1845, he took an active part in obtaining the charter for the State Bank of Ohio, of which he became a member of the Board of Control and assisted in the management of its multifarious Jepartments, consisting of forty branches. It was wound up at the termination of its charter, no bill holder ever losing a dollar. He, with the assistance of William Granger, G. Armintrout, David Anderson and John Shank, organized a branch - the Farmers' Bank of Mansfield, of which he was appointed President and Attorney, which position he occupied until the termination of the charter. This bank was the only institution of the kind in Mansfield for many years. It afforded means liberally to business men, and thereby promoted the prosperity of the city. At the expiration of this charter in 1865, the stockholders organized and transferred their stock to the Farmers' National Bank of Mansfield, of which he was' appointed President and Attorney, which position he still occupies. This is now the only bank in the city that issues notes for circulation. It affords to our manufacturers and others pecuniary means for carrying on their business and a satisfactory profit to the stockholders. He was connected with other branches and some banking houses in the State. In 1850, he, J. M. Rhodes and S. B. Sturges, established a banking house in Sacramento City, Cal., where he had previously sent some miners, and furnished their outfit. This banking institution built the first fire-proof banking house in that city.

Although his business was extended, he continued to promote the interests of the city by liberally participating in all public improvements, by» erecting business houses on Main street, and a comfortable family residence in the suburbs, where he continues to reside. He isa Presbyterian ; not withholding aid from other denominations, his contributions were principally made to that church'and its institutions. To the Wooster University he gave $5,000, the interest of which to be used in putting young men through the two last years of the course, who by their own exertions had reached the junior class.

In politics, he isa Whig and a Republican, in all those terms imply, including the V. To the support of these principles he contributed liberally, but never held a civil office. He has been a soldier and a participant in three wars. In that of 1812-15, he served in the army on the Niagara frontier. By special authority from the Governor, he assisted in enlisting Ohio's quota for the Mexican Army. On the first call for soldiers to suppress the rebellion, he received a telegram from Goy. Denison to enlist soldiers. Within forty-eight hours he raised and put on the cars for Columbus 100 soldiers ; physical debility prevented him from accompanying them. As Chairman of the County Committee, he took an active part in raising men, and supplies to those in the field. He was appointed Commissioner for drafting men for the army, which duty he faithfully performed. His son, James, with his consent, enlisted at the age of 16 as a private, | continued in the service to the close of the war, being promoted in the mean time to Ist Lieutenant. Although assiduously devoting his time to his profession, he was still attached to the business of his early life. After providing a home, an office and a library, he purchased a farm, then a mill site and built a mill, which he sold in 1885. In 1836, he purchased lands on the south shore of the Maumee River, opposite the Grand Rapids and an island in the river, thereby becoming the riparian proprietor of three-fourths of the Maumee and of the water-power. Here he erected a flouring-mill, saw-mill and other machinery, which he continues to keep in operation. On part of the land a prosperous town has grown up; on the remainder, farms have been cleared up, and are being cultivated and improved under his own supervision. At the age of 87, although badly crippled by rheumatism, he otherwise enjoys perfectly good health.

RACE, W. H., physician; came to Mansfield in 1859, and has been engaged in the practice of medicine since, except his service in the army, where he was surgeon in the 8d O. V.I. Returning, he again resumed his profession ; he has served as Coroner for Richland Co. for two terms. Dr. Race is an alumnus of the Ohio Medical College, from which institution he graduated.

RECORD, C. M., boot and shoe dealer; he came to Mansfield in July, 1878, from Massachusetts; engaged in the manufacturing of boots and shoes, introducing all the late machinery, which added to his success; being prepared to meet all competition in price and quality, he is now selling his goods in many places in Ohio, and has a very extensive home custom trade. It is now an established fact, that Mansfield has a firstclass shoemaker, prepared to make all classes of work, from the very finest hand-sewed boot to the stogy or. brogan, as cheap as can be procured in any of the Eastern cities.

REED, N. S., General Agent Richland Mutual Insurance Company; he was born in Frederick Co., Md., Sept. 7, 1823; the third child of James and Susan Reed, old residents of that place; he came to Ohio with his parents, who settled in Knox Co. in 1829, where he received his elementary education; at the age of 16 years, he commenced the trade of harnessmaking in Frederick, which he completed in four years afterward; fora year afterward, he was employed in a dry-goods store as clerk, then he purchased a stock of goods and opened a store in Waterford, which he continued for eighteen months, when the death of his father compelled a change and he returned to Frederick, where he resumed his trade, at which he worked until removing to Mansfield in April, 1856, where he plied his vocation until the spring of 1863; for three years following, he engaged in real-estate business in this city, when he received the appointment of General Agent of the Richland Mutual Fire Insurance Company, which position he now holds. Mr. Reed was married in Richland Co., March 11, 1852, to Miss Cordelia Geddes; they have four children - Burr W., Lizzie A., Hattie R. and Mary; Burr W. died at the age of 9 years, and Mary at the age of 6 months. Mr. Reed was made a Mason at Frederickton, Ohio, in 1845, in which order he has held a number of subordinate offices and is now a member of Venus Lodge, Mansfield. During his residence in this city, he has been identified in every movement tending toward the improvement of the city and its inhabitants.

REED, INK & LEWIS, jobbers of notions, hosiery and fancy goods. H. L. Reed came to Mansfield in 1865, and engaged in book store, which he continued for some years. He established the present businessin January, 1875. Mr. Reed was married to Miss Wasson, daughter of William Wasson, of Ashland, Ohio, in 1867. Residence, West Third street.

REMY, PETER, merchant and manufacturer; he was born Sept. 20, 1830, in Mogendorf, dukedom of Nassau, Germany; he emigrated with his parents to the United States early in the spring of 1844, who located in Mansfield June 29, 1844; he was then 14 years of age; the year following, he was employed by Mr. Keith, who was one of the early settlers, and kept a tavern stand one and a half miles north of the city; he remained with him two months, and recalls with gratitude to this day the treatment he then received. His father soon after apprenticed him until he became of age to Lieut. Goy. Thomas H. Ford, desiring that he should thoroughly prepare himself and complete the study of the law; after remaining about ten days, he became dissatisfied, and sought other employment; an uncle, who was then living three miles west of town, kindly found him employment in the dry-goods store of Endly & Wigle, with whom he acted as a salesman for three years; he was afterward employed in the same business in the firm of Frost & McBride for one year; this firm having failed, he was in like capacity engaged in the store of Sturges, Grimes & Co., for a period of four years. In December, 1852, he went to California, where he was again hired by Frost, who had preceded him and who was engaged in the same line of business ; he remained with him one and a half years; forashort time afterward, he did business in Weaverville, then in a placer-mine; soon after, he opened what was then termed a general store. After residing in California four years, he returned to Mansfield, where he has since resided; in the spring of 1857, he opened a dry-goods store with his cousin, under the firm name of P. & A. W. Remy; this partnership continued until the spring of 1864, when he was next employed in the store of E. & T. Wirt for six months, then doing business on the old Weldon corner ; Noy. 20, 1865, he, in company with James A. Hedges and Abraham ©. Cummings, bought out the wholesale grocery, confectionery and liquor house of E. Clapp & Co.; the firm name was then Remy, Hedges & Co., which was soon after changed to Remy, Hedges & Walters; in this business, he was engaged fourteen years. He is now extensively engaged in manufacturing the celebrated patent thill coupling, also fork, hoe and other handles, in Lodi, Ohio; the firm name is Remy, Warren & Co. four years in this city, Mr. Remy has held many positions of trust and honor; one term as City Treasurer, and again re-elected; he has of Madison Township for two terms, and as one of the Infirmary Directors, which position he was compelled to resign, his business demanding his full time; he was a member of the Board of Equalization for six years, and served on the Board of Public Improvements, and for two terms a member of the Richland Mutual Fire Insurance Company; in all these positions, Mr. Remy served with credit to himself and for the interests of the people.

REMY, A. W., & SON. The above-mentioned firm are well-known grocers and coffee-roasters; they occupy Nos. 4 and 5 South Park street, a double store, 30x70 feet, connected by an arch, with a warehouse in the rear; they have a commodious store, and do a large business, and are first-class grocers; they are also coffee-roasters, and keep the largest variety of fine coffee, both green and roasted, to be found in Mansfield; salt, lard, plaster, water-lime, etc., always on hand and convenient to load; they make a specialty of clothes-wringers, and are sole agents for the Excelsior and Welcome wringers, with bench, which have been introduced over the county and given universal satisfaction; they have sold hundreds of these machines, and would refer any person wishing to buy a wringer to parties using them; they are guaranteed to be the best in the world. ~

REMY, E. & F. M., grocers; they were born in Mansfield, and are engaged in the grocery business, 108 Main street; they have the finest assortment of staple and fancy groceries in the city, 4nd offer them coffees, sirups, spices, fruits, berries, and vegetables in in their season, flour and feed; they also make a specialty of fine cigars and tobacco; goods are delivered free to all parts of the city.

RICHARDSON, JAMES R&., manufacturer mineral and soda water. He was born in Allegheny City, Penn., July 1,.1829; in 18380, his parents moved to Washington Co., Penn., where his mother died two years later, leaving a family of six children, four boys and two girls, the youngest 7 months and the oldest 15 -years old. The subject of this sketch obtained a fair commonschool education by attending school during the winter months; not relishing the avocation of a farmer, he determined to try the city, and, in 1846, the next year after the great fire there, he went to Pittsburgh, where an elder sister resided. She had married a gentleman engaged in the manufacture of hats and caps, and ,by whom Mr. Richardson was employed as clerk; wiile here he learned the business, and at the end of three years, he was enabled to purchase his brother-in-law's store, through the aid of a friend and the easy terms of payment given him by his brother-in-law, who After carrying on the business for several years, having once been partially burned out, and losing considerable money, he sold out and invested his means in 'a steamboat, which he entered in the capacity of receiving and discharging - mud-clerk; he engaged in the river trade for some time, holding all the positions on the bat from clerk to captain. In 1867, he sold out, and engaged in the drug business in New Castle, Lawrence Co., Penn. In 1870, he sold out here, and in March, 1871, came to Mansfield, and engaged in the manufacture of mineral and soda water, The confinement in the.drug trade hadimpaired his health, and his physician recommended him to try out-door employment, or one that would give him considerable physical exercise; the business he now follows gives him just that, and is, therefore, fitted for his condition; in 1875, after the death of Isaac Gass, then Mayor of the city, he was urged to run for the unexpired term; he did so and was elected by seventy-five majority; two years later, he was re-elected by seventy-four majority; he served out the term, faithfully discharging all the duties of the office. Mr. Richardson was married in 1852, to Miss Mary E. Surles, of Steubenville, Ohio; they are the parents of three children, one boy and two girls, one of whom (a daughter) is dead; both the other children are married and have families. Mr. Richardson is now and has been a prominent member of the Masonic Order, I. 0. O. F., K. P. and Knights of Honor.

RHODES, WILLIAM H. This well-known citizen, at present a merchant, on the corner of East Diamond and Fourth streets. is of English descent, dating back to the Beaumonts and Hoxeys; William H. Rhodes was born in Portage Co. Dec. 8, 1819, and removed to Mansfield in the year 1846; soon after his removal to this county, he was engaged in buying horses for the Eastern market, until the year 1849, and then for a time was proprietor of the old Exchange, on Main street, now the European Hotel, which he soon after relinquished to take charge of the Teegarden House, now the St. James; soon after, he was actively engaged in the grocery business, which he continued until the year 1858, at which time he sailed from New York, by way of the Isthmus, for California, where he remained eight years, principally engaged in stock farming. In June, 1866, he returned to his native State, locating in Mansfield, where he has since been engaged in active business. Mr. Rhodes was married in the year 1848, to Miss Alzoa M. Winslow, by whom he has had nine children, six living - Abbie W., Esther S., George ., HelenS., Carrie E.and Mary A.; Mrs. Rhodes died Feb. 16, 1869; a kind mother and wife, she will long be remembered for her many good qualities of head and heart. Mr. Rhodes comes from a long-lived family, his father and mother both living until about their 80th year, and died in California some years since. William H. Rhodes, the second son in a family of six children, during his residence in this city, has always been considered an upright and good citizen, and respected by the entire community. Two brothers of Mr. Rhodes were for a time in succession cashiers of the old Farmers' Bank, of this city, and will be remembered by the old citizens as good business men.

RICHARD, J. FRAISE, Professor, President and founder of the Mansfield Normal College. He was born one mile west of Ashland, Ohio, Jan. 18, 1844; at

_the age of 7, his parents moved from that locality to the southern line of Wood Co., and began to clear up a farm; in this work he assisted, remaining on the farm until his 16th year, using such opportunities of education as the district school afforded; with these aids and self-study under most trying circumstances, he was qualified to teach a country school during the winter of 1860, being then but 16 years of age; with the means thus secured, he attended the Seneca County Academy at Republic one term in the fall of 1861, under the charge of Prof. Aaron Schuyler, now of Baldwin University; returning to his home, he taught during the dark days of 1861-62, and was ready to return to the Academy in September, 1862; when President Lincoln called for 600,000 volunteers, he enlisted in Co. B, 111th O. V.I., and went to the army; he was soon detailed as a clerk, in which capacity he spent over three years in the Government service; for two years he was Chief Clerk of the armies and departments, under the control of Maj. Gens. J. D. Cox, John M, Schofield, George S. Stoneman and John M. Palmer; twice during his army service he was offered a captain's commission, but they were both refused. At the close of the war, he was offered a position in the War Department at Washington, but it was also refused; returning from the army in 1865, he attended the University at Indianapolis for one year, taking double work; thence he went to the National Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio, where he compieted the business, scientific and classical courses, graduating in August, 1869; during 1869-70, he taught in the Lebanon School; in the fall of 1870, he organized at Republic, Ohio, the Northwestern Normal School, and thus _ became the pioneer of normal work in Northwestern Ohio. From the hundreds and thousands of pupils received in that school during the five years it was under his management, have been taken the Principal and subordinate teachers of the Valparaiso (Ind.) Normal, to-day the largest normal school in America; some of the teachers in the Ada Normal; lawyers and physicians without number, and innumerable teachers and Superintendents; he taught a portion of a year at Ada, and was Superintendent of the Alliance (Ohio) Public Schools during 1877-78; from Alliance he came to Mansfield. From this sketch it will be seen that, as pupil and teacher, he has been connected with every grade of school in this country, and has acquired a diversified experience. His articles on educational subjects have been published in the Ohio Hducational Monthly, the Boston Journal of Education, the Chicago Educational Weekly, the Eclectic Teacher and Southern School Journal, the Common School Teacher, Normal Teacher and Parents' and Teachers' Monthly. He is thoroughly known in the educational world, and is now permanently settled in the work of his life, the building-up of the Mansfield Normal College.

RIEMAN, ANDREW, brewer. He was born in Ida, Precinct of Rhodenburg, Chur, Hessen, Germany, July 23, 1826, and was married to Dorethea Kiston, on the 17th day of September, 1848. Mr. Rieman has been a resident of Mansfield since 1857, and during that time has held a number of public positions of honor and trust; he has repeatedly held the position of Councilman from the Third Ward in the City Council, and was elected President of the same several terms, where he served with credit to himself and the city's interest. To Andrew and Dorethea Rieman have been born six children, four of whom are living and two dead - Rosina, born Oct. 11, 1849; John, Jan. 21, 1852; Elisabeth, Aug. 11, 1854; Lizzie, Feb. 11, 1856; Andrew, Jr., July 253, 1858; Dorethea, Oct. 16, 1864: Elisabeth Rieman died April 12, 1855, and Andrew, dr., Dec. 18, 1861. Mr. Rieman is now a resident of Mansfield, where he is engaged in an extensive brewing business.

he came to this county with his parents, who emigrated in 1846; the family afterward returned to Ireland in 1852, and in the latter part of the same year again came to America, where they have since resided; he began carpenter work in 1862, in this city, which trade he acquired and followed until 1875, when he was appointed Deputy Sheriff under John J. Dickson; he was elected Sheriff of Richland Co. in October, 1877, and re-elected in 1879, which position he now holds. He is the youngest man who has ever been elected to that office in this county. He was married in Mansfield to Kate Bell; they are the parents of six children - Bertie B., born Sept. 19, 1870; Franklin D., born Deo. 6, 1872; William W., born April 4, 1873; Nettie May, born July 29, 1876; James J., born Oct. 13, 1879; Kate, April 19, 1880.

RITTER, WILLIAM, leather merchant. Was born in Canton, Ohio; Jan. 10, 1834, where his parents resided previous to their removal to Mansfield in 1836. Since reaching manhood, he has held a number of offices of honor and (rust, both in the city and county, to the satisfaction of the people; in 1860, he was elected City Clerk, which position he resigned at the breakingout of the civil war, and entered the army in the threemonths service, where he remained during his full term of enlistment; in the fall of 1861, he was elected Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, in which office he served two terms of three years each; in 1877, he was elected a Trustee of the Board of Water Works, which office he now holds and is President of the same. In June 24, 1864, he was married to Miss Sarah A. Keech, daughter of C. C. Keech, of this city, now residents of South Main street, Mansfield.

BITTER, JOSEPH (deceased). In 1874, Oct. 20, Mansfield lost one of its old and respected citizens, in. the person of Joseph Ritter, who had lived here nearly. fifty years, honored and respected, always a gentleman, plain and frank in his intercourse with his fellow-men; he was proverbial for his kindness and rigid honesty; he was born in Brakerl, Westphalia, Germany, in the year 1796, ahd emigrated to this country in 1818, landing in Baltimore, where he worked at his trade (tanner) until 1822, when he removed to Canton, Ohio, and in 1836, to Mansfield, having previously visited Ohio in 1819; after his retirement from business, a few years previous to his death, and on his fiftieth anniversary in this county, he visited the land of his birth and the scenes of his childhood, interesting incidents of which he was accustomed to relate with minuteness. Joseph Ritter was married in Baltimore, April 2, 1828, to Miss Magaline Eberly, who survives him, and by whom he had three children - John, William and Louisa, who now reside in this city.

RITTER, JOHN, tanner and leather dealer. The senior of the present firm of Ritter & Sons, was born in Canton, Ohio, Jan. 9, 1829; when 7 years of age, he came with his parents to this city, where he has since resided ; while quite young, he commenced work in his father's tannery, which trade he afterward acquired, and in which he continued until the organization of the leather firm. He was married in Mansfield, May 8, 1857, to Miss Mary Jane Irwin, who died April 15, 1879, leaving four children.

ROBERTS, MARK L., mechanic and inventor. The subject of this sketch was born in East Whiteland Township, Chester Co., Penn., July 15, 1822, a descendant both on his father's and mother's side of old and well-known families, the one of Welsh and the other of French pedigree; his younger days were spent on a farm in his native county, where he first began to show that inventive genius that has produced so many useful labor-saving machines during his life. While in his 17th year, he invented a thrashing machine, which he thinks was the second manufactured ; his second invention, a knitting machine and the Roberts Manufacturing Knitting Machine, was the work of sixteen years' hard labor before its accomplishment ; an adjustable cork horse-shoe, which is believed to be a great improvement over the old method, he invented in 1873; a rake and hay elevator in 1872; a seamless knit bag in 1869. Mr. Roberts' family consists of a wife and six children; of the sons, Isaac Calvin is a painter; Allen Lewis, an engineer ; Wayne K., a needle manufacturer, Mr. Roberts is now living on North Mulberry street, Mansfield, in a beautiful home, diligently at work in other improvements.

ROWLAND, REV. JAMES, was born near Pittsburgh, Penn., Sept. 1, 1792, where he was reared, and graduted at Jefferson College in 1813; he was of Scotch-Irish descent, his family having come from the North of Ireland; after leaving college, he went to Washington .City, where he taught a preparatory school; he left Washington after a residence of four years, and opened a classical school at Darlington, Penn., where he remained as teacher and preacher of the Presbyterian faith until the spring of 1820, when he removed to Mansfield, where he was settled over the first church organization in Richland Co., prenching here~part of the time and part. six miles west on the Leesville road. He was married twice, first to Maria 8. Christmas, of Wooster, Ohio, May 2, 1820, who died in November, 1839; second, to Mary A. Moody, of Shippensburg, Penn., May 12, 1841; Mr. Rowland was a ripe scholar, a man of fine personal appearance, and possessed more than ordinary talent ; after a life of usefulness he died at his house in Mansfield, Dec. 20, 1873.

RUMMEL, J. P., proprietor of suspender factory. Was born in 1840, Worthington Township, Richland Co. Married in 1866, to Eva Redrup, she was born in Cleveland; they have the following family: Wilber J. (deceased), Lulu E., Arthur Clifton. Mr. Rummel is conducting an enterprise that is giving employment to a number of hands; the articles of his manufacture are growing fast in popularity, and consequently is increasing, and is taking the lead of this class of goods.

RUNYAN, BENTLEY S. (deceased). The subject of this sketch, who was one of the active and prominent business men of Mansfield for over twenty years, was born in Knox Co., Ohio, March 6, 1821; he was the eighth child of Hill and Mary L. Runyan, who were old residents of that county; in the month of April, 1847, he removed to Mansfield, where he opened a hardware store, near the southeast corner of Walnut and Fourth streets; in the fall of the same year, he changed his location to a room south of Fourth on Main street, where he remained until after purchasing the building south of the present European Hotel, in which place for many years he did a large and extensive business, it being the chief hardware store in the city. During his residence in this city, he was prominent in all public and charitable enterprises, and his name was generally found at the head of the list of those citizens who petitioned and subscribed in the interest of the city and its inhabitants; he was one of the founders of the Mansfield Gas-light Company, and served as one of its officers, and was elected on an independent ticket as Mayor of the city, in which capacity he gave universal satisfaction; for many years he was an active member and officer of the Richland Co. Agricultural Society, the success of which was due in a great measure to his efforts. He was married in Mount Vernon, Ohio, to Miss Lucinda Murphy, of that place, Jan. 14, 1844; five children by this marriage are living - John Bentley, now a resident of Tiffin, Ohio, where he holds the position of Teller in the Tiffin National Bank; Charles C., of the firm of Bush & Runyan, plumbers and gasfitters in this city; Robert Mead, iron-roofer and painter, now in the employ of the Aultman & Taylor Co., and two daughters, Almeda and Mary E. B.S. Runyan died in this city Jan. 12, 1869; R. Mead Runyan was married in Mansfield, Jan. 20, 1875, to Miss Ida Boyle; two sons were born to them - Frank, born in 1876, died March 18, 1878; Harry was born Jan. 16, 1877.