Delaware City Township (part 1 of 2)

Delaware Township

purchased in the valley of the Potomac, a few miles west of Georgetown, and died there. His death was a great bereavement to his family and friends.

William P. Raid was admitted to the bar in 1849. He came to his profession with very slender opportunities of acquiring a fine education ; but, by a good share of common sense, perseverance, and industry, he gradually rose to distinction in the law. He never assumed to be any great master of the law, but that in practice he was able more than to make up, by his tact, industry, and management of the jury, the witnesses, and the facts. It was his good fortune to be employed in a number of cases for injuries against the railroads at an early day after their construction, in which he received most ample damages. This, at the time of his death, gave him the reputation as a jury lawyer unequaled in the State. During the rebellion he went into the army of the Union, as Colonel of the One Hundred and Twenty-first Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served with credit to himself, and was gTeatly commended by his men for his kindness to them, and attention to every demand of humanity. After the termination of this service, which was by his resignation, he again returned to his professional vocation with his usual success ; and so continued until his death, in March, 1879, which was greatly lamented by the whole community, but especially by his famUy, to whom it was an irretrievable calamity, and to whom he had ever been remarkably kind and attentive. In politics, he was always distinguished as a Democrat and as a partisan.

Leander J. Critchfield, the late Reporter of the Supreme Court of Ohio, was for a number of years a member of the Delaware bar. He was a native of Ohio, it is believed, and a gTaduate of the Ohio Wesleyan University at this place, in the year 1849. He became a law student of Judge Finch, and was admitted to the bar soon after, and then became the partner of Mr. Finch in the business of the profession. He was a successful practitioner at the Delaware bar until after his appointment, by the Judges of the Supreme Court of the State, to be their Reporter. His first volume of the reports, entitled "The Ohio State Reports," being the fifth volume of a new series, was published in 1858, commencing with the decisions of the court in the term of December, 1855. He continued to be Reporter of the Court until 1872, when he published the last volume of his reports, being the twenty-first volume of the new series. His duties as Reporter were ably and faithfully performed, and these reports j-emain as an honorable monument to his professional abilities and industry. In the mean time, he continued his practice in the courts at Delaware, as well as in all the courts at Columbus, where he established his residence soon after his appointment as Reporter, of the Supreme Court, and where he still continues the practice of his profession. He, therefore, at the present time, is more a representative of the Columbus bar than that of Delaware.

Henry J. Eaton is a member of the Delaware bar, and came of one of the oldest and most respectable families. He soon acquired the confidence of thft citizens as an honest and faithful lawyer, and in his profession gaining reputation ; when he became a partner of Mr. Reid, with whom he continued several years, and then retired from practice for a time, but has returned to it, and holds his position in the entire confidence of his fellowcitizens.

Israel E. Buck was admitted to the bar in 1842. He had lived in the county from his infancy, if he was not a native of it. His opportunities for education were limited, such as the country then afforded, but were pursued by him with unusual vigor and diligence. He was distinguished for a strong, robust intellect, which he had cultivated with great assiduity and effect, so that he was ranked among the best informed and intelligent men. As a lawyer, he was more distinguished for his knowledge of the law, and for his common sense and good j udgment, than for eloquence or other captivating display in trials at the bar. He was Mayor of the city at the time that Kossuth visited Delaware, and at a public reception of that distinguished Hungarian, he delivered an address to him, which was much admired and complimented. He was for many years a partner of the writer ; was fast rising at the bar, and on account of diligence, learning, and sound judgment, gave hopes to his friends that when an occasion occurred he would be promoted to the judiciary. But Providence otherwise ordained ; for at an early age he died of a disease of the lungs, much lamented by friends and those who knew him.

Having sketched the lives and characters of the prominent members of the bar who are' deceased, or have ' retired from the profession, those who still remain in the practice and active pursuit of their profession, and have not yet finished their course, and have yet their fame and character to attain or complete, we leave to some future writer to record.

The present bar of the county to which Judge Powell refers, is composed, at present, of about twenty members, and as to seniority they may be named and numbered as follows:

It has been stated, and very truly too, that, in the settlement of new countries, there is no one who holds a more important place than the doctor. The pioneer settlements of fifty or a hundred years ago were usually made by a single family, or sometimes by two or three families, but rarely by large colonies, as is often the case now in the settlement of the distant Territories of the West.- And, in those pioneer settlements, it was not very common to find miaisters and teachers, while lawyers were still " rarer productions," and scarcely ever met with, unless it was for other reasons than the practice of their profession. Their several vocations are not considered so essential, and they become a necessity only at a later period, when growth and development are greater (and people more civilized and, therefore, worse). One of the first queries of the emigrant is. Biblically speaking, " Is there balm in Gilead ? is there a physician there?" or, in other words. Is there a doctor within reach ? And a sense of security is ' only felt when the question can be affirmatively answered.

It was thus with the pioneers in this section of the country. " Within reach " sometimes meant a long distance ; and a one, two or even three days' ride was not uncommon for one of these early practitioners of the healing art. Inquiries for allopathic, homeopathic, hydropathic, or for "men doctors" or "women doctors" were never heard in those early days, but the people, in the simplicity of their hearts, if not of their wisdom, had the fullest faith in the orthodoxy of medicine. Few, if any, of the modern isms or , pathies existed. They were long in creeping into the frontier settlements, even after their advent in the older portions of the country. All had faith in the doctor. He was considered an oracle in all matters pertaining to his profession, as well as in many that did not belong to it. And then, too, he combined all the branches of the profession ; he did the work of the dentist and the druggist, as well as that of the surgeon and physician. He was, also, the oracle in all scientific matters. Being a doctor, he must be the embodiident of learning generally, and, therefore, all questions of chemistry, botany, geology, etc., must be referred to his wisdom. But the monopoly held by the doctor, of complete confidence and consideration, did not last always. With the increase of population, these important gentlemen were compelled to share their honors

The most marked chanjie, however, was in the advent of new lights in the medical prdfessiun. These new lights gradually made their appearance, with innovations in practice that won over to their views a portion of the community. In slow succession came first the root dootDrs, then Indian doctors, and, after them, water doctors, steam doctore and electric doctors. In the regular order came the advocates of Hahnemann, the homeopathic doctors ; and last, but not least, the lady doctors, and to these all are compelled to oiFer the right hand of fellowship, for they are decidedly irrepressible, and will have their own way. One would naturally suppose that these were doctors enough for any respectable community, but to this host may be added the specialist, the cancer doctor, the -consumption doctor, the chronic-disease doctor, the eye and ear doctor, the corn doctor, to say nothing of the clairvoyant, the wizard, the spiritualist, and the periodical or traveling doctor ; and lastly, the most to be despised, and which .should be wiped out by law, if not by public opinion, the hosts of private-disease doctors, whose foul display of advertisements contaminate nearly every newspaper and periodical in the land, and arc sowing the seeds of vice and immorality in the young to an alarming extent. The apathy of the moral world on this subject must soon give way, and the disclosures that will then be made will be simply astounding. The true character and tendency of this pernicious system needs but to be brought to light, to awake thinking persons from their present indiiFerence to its evil effects. One of the most distinguished men of the profession, and one who has spent many years in charitable and reformatory institutions, says : "All the reformatory institutions of the country fall far short of effecting the same amount of good that would be done by the suppression of these advertisers and their foul publications."

But to return to our subject : The variety and changes that have arisen in the medical world have taken place within the memory of the present generation. The doctors of middle life only know by tradition of the good old times enjoyed by their predecessors, who were frontiersmen in the profession. There are those still living who tell of many good times in their own day, and of somewhat similar experience to the old forefathers. But let the ancient landmarks silently enjoy the early period of professional <rlory and of professional honors. If the whole truth was known, however, they would have to acknowledge that their position was not always maintained without some drawbacks. They had to share with others the many hardships, privations and dangers of border life. These were numerous, but there were many to which the doctor was alone exposed - the danger of lonely rides, 'the exposure by night to wild beasts and to savage men, traveling through dark woods with only a trace, or a blaze upon the trees, and their knowledge of the cardinal points, to guide them. No bridges then spanned the narrow but dangerous streams which c(juld only be crossed by swimming, and over the' marshy places stretched the wellknown corduroy. One of the old practitioners who became widely known in the profession in this country, and one of the foremost in the State, says : " When I began practice, nearly fifty years ago, a few of the leading roads only were what is termed ' cut-outs,' that is, the trees were cut down to a certain width along a line, on which the road had been laid out. The greater number meandered through the timbered land in a general, but not a very straight, direction, as circumstances most favored, and which were very difficult to travel on dark nights. And with the lonely roads there were other troubles, such as getting lost, which was a common occurrence, ^sometimes to the most experienced backwoodsman."

This distinguished father, who has gone to his rest, relates the following experience: "In 1832, I attempted to make a trip one cloudy, drizzly day, over this route to Bellepoint, to visit a patient who lived near that village. Soon after striking the dark path or road in the woods, I lost my way, and discovered that my faithful old horse and myself were traveling in a charmed circle, and, notwithstanding the best efforts I could make, I repeated the trip around the circle several times, when at last I broke the charm by undertaking to travel the circle instead of the bee-line. By reversing the order, I was brought to a point several miles from my patient, but from which I started and reached home, hungry, cold, wet and weary. I had traveled from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. without being more than four or five miles from my place of starting." He relates an interesting story of old Dr. Reuben Lamb, who was summoned to attend a patient several miles distant. Both the messenger and doctor lost their way, and were compelled to lie down in the forest with their saddles for pillows, until the morning light. The scream of the panther and the howling of the wolves were often the unwelcome sounds to greet these early physicians. On one occasion, old Dr. James Hills was traveling from Worthington to Alum Creek, in this county. It was a beautifal moonlight night, and, as he rode along through the dense woods, he was suddenly aroused by the snorting of his horse and the rustling of the leaves and bushes. The panther, for such it was, followed him until he emerged from the woods into the open country, when, with liberal use of whip and spur, he succeeded in escaping. In those times, the necessity of swimming the streams was quite common. When the late Dr. Ralph Hills came to Delaware, over fifty years ago, there was but one bridge in the county, and that was over Alum Creek, on the road from Delaware to Berkshire. This was an important line of communication, and the steep banks, probably more than the depth of the stream, compelled the early construction of a bridge. The Scioto, Whetstone and other streams had none. Swimming streams on horseback was so often required that many persons became experts, and quite fearless in the practice. Dr. Hill says the first horse he ever owned was lost from swimming the Whetstone one cold March day, after a dashing ride of five miles. The horse fell sick soon after, and finally died from consumption. The owner held a post-mortem examination on him, after which they sang as a requiem the song, " Poor old horse, let him die."

About this time the physicians found a rival in the female doctor, a class of practitioners whose only diploma was the consent of the people. In a few years, every neighborhood had one of these doctors, who was a great blessing (!), and had an extensive practice. As the country became more thickly settled, and regular physicians increased in number, the female doctors were driven from the field. They had made their advent into the country about 1808-10, and for twenty or thirty years they increased in numbers, but then began to die out. A short time after them another class, known as the root doctors, put in an appearance. Their remedies Were of the sinlplest, herbs and root teas. These were given in the most dignified manner, and they slowly gained a few customers, when the title doctor was conferred by their patients. They never became very numerous, and generally combined farming vrith their practice. About the same time, the Indian doctors made their . appearance, and were closely allied to the herbists. They were nomadic in their habits, and professed to 'obtain their skill and medicine from the Indians. The uroscopic doctors were next in order, and the same remarks will apply to them. They never obtained a footing in the country or disturbed the equanimity of the regular doctor.

The Thompsonian or steam system was a great innovation in the medical profession. It originated in 1824-25, and took its name from the inventor, Thompson, who lived in the East. He patented his book and his medicine, but forgot his theory. He thought, " He^t was life, and cold was death." His medicines were all rated No. 1, No. 2, etc. ; his No. 6 being a strong compound of hot stimulants, and was the only one that survived any length of time. He would steam the patient outside,vand stimulate him with No. 6 inside. His book of instructions, and a right to practice in one's own family or neighborhood, was sold for $20. Delar ware County was not slow in its patronage of this system of medicine. Its popularity and success were due, no doubt, to the influence of Mr. Horton Howard; who held the patent for' Ohio, several Southern States and the whole West, and who lived in Delaware. He soon moved to Columbus, however, where he printed his pamphlet of instructions and started a pharmacy for the medicine, and also began the practice. It soon became a great power in the land, and in 1832, Mr. Howard succeeded in having the medical laws o'f Ohio repealed by the Legislature. This was the means of disorganizing all the medical societies in the State, and in a iew years, the system having had its run, went into a decline which neither No. 6 nor heat could revive.

In the year 1830-31, the people were startled by the establishment of a medical college at Worthington. This was another new system, or rather a root and herb practice or system, that was free to . denounce the use of the lancet and minerals. The students,' on entering the college, were given a diploma in the " Reformed Medical Society of the United States," as an honorary member. This was opened December 6, 1830, with Dr. J. J. Steele as President, and J. Gr. Jones, Dean.' It continued in operation for several years, and being contiguous to Delaware, exercised considerable influence in the county, especially in the southern portion. The college, after a few years, was moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, and became the Eclectic Medical College.

The character of homoeopathic medicine is wellknown, and the system still has its representatives in the county. It first made its appearance about

18 - , and is increasing, perhaps, at the present day throughout the country. Quite a large class of people believe in this method of practice. But we will not enter into a discussion of its merits or demerits in this connection.

The principal diseases known to the early settler were the malarial, or the summer and autumn intermittents, remittents and various other diseases, such as scarlet fever, typhoid fever, measles, etc. Consumption was a rare disease in our early history. In addition to the above the "milk sickness" usually made its appearance in September every year. About 1806-08, there appeared in New England what was termed the " cold plague,'' whi6h, in course of time, reached this Western country. From 1815 to 1822-23, it raged severely and fatally to a considerable extent, not only in Dela^ ware County, but all over Ohio. It w^as during these years that some of our best citizens died with it; The Rev. J. S. Hughes, the first Presbyterian minister of Delaware, was a victim, and the father of President Hayes, Mr. Anderson, ^Ir. Sweetzer, father of the late Hon. Charles Sweetzer, and many others.

Having taken a hasty glance at the early, history of medicine, the various systems, and their advent into the country ; also, a brief sketch of the diseases most prevalent, it will now be in order to say something of the early practitioners, as gathered from those who personally knew them. Much of our information has been obtained from one whose knowledge extended back professionally over a period of nearly fifty years, and who knew, perhaps, every physician or surgeon personally that practiced in the county. Others have corroborated his information, as well as furnished additional facts of historical interest. For the first five years after settlements were made in the county, we have been unable to ascertain who was the medical adviser, if indeed the early settlers were so fortunate (or unfortunate) as to have one. But in 1806, Dr. Reuben Lamb came to the county. He had read medicine in New York, his native State, and was on his way down the Mississippi River. But, on arriving at Pittsburg, he fell in with Col. Moses Byxbe, and was persuaded to join his party at Berkshire, in Berkshire Township. At that time, there was no village in the county, and none nearer than Worthington, Franklin County. After a brief sojourn with this emigrant party, he decided to move to Worthington, as it was without a physician. In 1806, he married there, and his oldest child, long a resident of Delaware, was born in

1807. In the spring of 1808, the Doctor again joined his old friend, Col. Byxbe, and together they laid out the town of Delaware. Dr.Lamb aided in organising the county, and in starting various enterprises. He was the first County Recorder, as well as the first physician in the county and in the town. His residence and office were in a log cabin, built by Col. Byxbe, and stood in the front yaa'd (or what is now the front yard) of Hon. J. C. Evans. He soon built himself a palatial cabin in the rear of where Martin Miller's residence now stands, ai)d on the banks of the Delaware Run. He was about thirty-three years old when he began practice in the county, and remained in active practice until 1822, when he moved to Missouri. But losing his wife, he returned to Delaware in less than a y«ar. From physical disability he gave up general practice on his return to this county, but confined himself to the sale of medicines, consultations and office business. He was a well-read physician, but whether a graduate or not, is not known. It is quite conclusive, however, that the office of some good physician in New York was his alma mater. Coming to the Western country, his best lessons were culled from his own experience at the bedside of his patients, as the type of diseases here difi'ered from those he had met in the East. He was a very successful physician, and in the days of the so-called bilious forms of trouble, he usually had his hands frill to attend the calls made upon him. A good story was often told of his early practice : "About 1820, a Mr. Shippy was taken sick, at Col. Sidney Moore's. When the crisis of the disease came, two watchers had been engaged, but one failed to put in an appearance. The Doctor made his last visit for the night, gave full instructions, and left. The nurse seated himself comfortably before the fire awaiting the arrival of his assistant. But weary from a hard day's work, he soon forgot all his cares in a heavy, undisturbed sleep. When he awoke, the bright .sunshine was streaming into the room. Fearing from his neglect that the man must be dead, he went to the becl, when the patient turned over, rubbed his eyes, and seemed surprised that it was morning. He spoke of having had a good night's rest,- and that he felt much better (so did the nurse). The Doctor soon came, pronounced the man out of danger, highly complimented the good nursing, and remarked that, in future, he would know who to call on to watch his patients." Although Dr. Lamb disliked surgery, he had the only case of instruments in the county at that time, and freely loaned tliem to those who had occasion to use them. He was a man of few words ; was a kind-hearted, generous, sympathetic, aiFectionate man, but being professionally and socially quiet, was often taken to be cold and distant. He was married four times, leaving a widow at his death, which occurred in 1850, at thfe age of seventy-six.

Dr. Noah Spalding was a native of New Hampshire, and graduated in literature and medicine at Dartmouth College. He possessed a mind well stored with knowledge, but was slow in expression ; was amiable, sociable and temperate in all his habits, and succeeded in gaining a good practice. An old physician said, " It was the Doctor's delight to be seated with his feet higher than his head, entertaining his listeners with pleasing stories." Dr. Spalding first located in Berkshire Township, about 1809. He afterward came to Delaware, where he practiced his profession until his death, in 1832. He was a member 'of the Protestant Episcopal Church, an exemplary Christian, and, as early as 1818, assisted in organizing the first Sabbath school in the county. While a member of the Board of County Examiners for teachers, he made a pleasant impression on the late Dr. E.. Hills, which was never forgotten. He came before the honorable Board for examination, and for credentials to teach school. His trepidation was soon dispelled by the genial examiner, occupying the "first half-hour with some anecdotes of school teaching, and the qualifications of some who had been before him for examination. Suddenly he turned, and said, "Ralph, what is the difference between six dozen dozen, and a half-dozen dozen ? " The answer being promptly given, the Doctor turned to his associates and said : " You may as well write out his certificate. He is one of Dr Hill's sons, and we know what he is." Another joke is told of the Doctor, which is too good to be lost. It seems he had not the most, implicit confidence in his own professional judgment. One day he met Dr. Lamb on the street, and said : " Doctor, I have given my wife some blue pills, and. they have not acted as they should, see what you think of them," showing him some he had in his hand. Dr. Lamb placed one in his teeth, then quietly remarked, " You see they are buckshot, and made of lead."

Dr. N. Hawley, so near- as can be ascertained, was the third physician in the county, and located in Berkshire (the point of attraction to doctors) about 181 0-1 2. He wa»s an energetic practitioner ; shrewd and skillful, and full of anecdotes and laughable stories. He died about 1822, at quite an advanced age, as he was called " Old Dr. Hawley" when he came to the county. *

Dr. Silas C. McClary was probably the fourth doctor to immigrate to Delaware County, and, like those who preceded him, he settled at Berkshire. He located there about 1813, and remained a resident of that place for a period of nearly twenty years, when he removed to Delaware, and soon after to Radnor Township, where he died. At one time he was very successful in business, but in later years, through misfortunes, he was left destitute, and died poor and unoared for. Some traits in his character, unnecessary to mention in this connection, always prevented him from becoming a favorite with members of the profession or of being much sought after by them.

Dr. Samuel Moulton located in Delaware in 1819, thus giving Berkshire a rest from new doctors. He came from Vermont; was educated in Rutland, in that State, and was a graduate of medicine. Soon after his removal to Delaware, he began to rise in his profession, and to grow in public esteem. He was a well-read, skillful physician, and made very few mistakes. His useful career was cut short by that fell disease, consumption, and he died in 1821, at the age of twenty-nine years. Dr. Lamb esteemed him highly, and often sought his counsel. For many years after MouL ton's death, Dr. Lamb kept his name familiar among the people of Delaware by making, and using in his practice, "Moulton's Cathartic Pills."

Dr. Eleazer Copeland'was also a native of Vermont, and came to the' county about the same time as Dr. Moulton, locating in Galena, or Zoar, as the place was then called. He was wholly a self-made man; was a shoemaker by trade, and obtained much of his education while at work at his bench. In this way he committed Murray's English Grammar in two weeks, and likewise prepared himself for a teacher. While teaching school, he began the study of Greek and Latin, which he mastered without an instructor, and became a good translator of both languages. He took up the study of medicine in the same manner, and was an Excellent and skillful physician. He was highly esteemed by all his professional brethren, and for several years held - the position of Censor, first of the Sixth and then of the Eleventh Medical District of Ohio; the latter district comprising the counties of Franklin, Delaware, Marion, and Crawford. He met his death, in 1834, from accidental drowning, in Big Walnut Creek, near Galena. As counselor, phy--

Dr. Royal N. Powers was the next doctor in the field, and came "to the county about 1820. He settled in the town of Delaware, but, owing to conduct that was unappreciated by a majority of the people, he was, it is said, compelled to leave somewhat unceremoniously. A number of the citizens accompanied him a short distance on the way, and presented him with a "ride on a rail" as a token of their remembrance.

Dr. Alpheus Bigelow, who located in Galena in an early day, was a brother of the celebrated Russell Bigelow, the well-known evangelist of the Methodist Episcopal Church. It is said that he, like his brother, was solf-educated, and was a plain, unpolished man. He possessed energy of character, as well as a strong intellect and excellent judgment, and became a skillful practitioner. Not being a regular graduate, he evinced little disposition to cultivate an intimacy with "Regulars," but was nevertheless respected by all. He died in 1850^ having been longer in practice, in one place, than any other physician in the county.

Dr. James Harvey Hills \v;is a native of Connecticut, and was educated at Yale College. He studied medicine with his brother-in-law. Dr. Eli Todd, and began the practice of his profession in his native place, but soon determined to emigrate to the West. He located at Worthington, Franklin County, in 1808, and, in 1822, removed to Delaware, where he remained until his death, in 1830, aged forty-nine years. It wa.s universally conceded that he had a thorough professional education. He was a clear thinker, possessed strongperceptive faculties, an excellent judgment, and was successful as a physician. Surgery he did not hke, but never shrank from it, as connected with common practice. A brother physician who knew him well, says : "As a physician, he was extensively serviceable to suifering humanity, and when he died was greatly missed."

Dr. Jonathan N. Burr read medicine and graduated in Columbus, and came to Delaware in 1823. Here he entered into a partnership with Dr. James Hills, which continued until 1825, when Dr. Burr withdrew, and removed to Mount Vernon, and is still Uving there in the enjoyment of all his faculties. During his sojourn in Delaware, he made a host of friends. He was, and is still, quite a jovial man, literally bubbling over with jokes and fan. For more than half a century he has been practicing his profession, and, thotigh advanced in

Dr. George M. Smith came to Delaware in 1826, and was taken into partnership with Dr. James Hills, a partnership that continued as long as he remained in the county. He was a fine anatomist, the knowledge of which had been gained in the hospitals of the East. For some little affair, in the way of exhuming a body "for the cause of science," he was forced to leave his native State (New Hampshire), and seek a secluded retreat. In the height of his success here, his abode was discovered, and again it became necessary for him to seek safety in flight. He went to Mississippi, where he married a rich wife, and became famous. Some years after his marriage, he made a visit North, and while here died with the cholera. The first quinine ever brought to Delaware was at his suggestion, in 1826, and the invoice consisted of one drachm.

Dr. W. 31. Miller removed from Worthington, a favorite resort of doctors, to Delaware, and opened an office. He was a Virginian, and a graduate of some one of the colleges in that State. When he settled in Delaware he was in middle life; and, not succeeding well in establishing a practice, although an excellent physician, after two or three years he sold out and removed to Columbus, and afterward to ^Missouri. He is said to have been a brother-in-law to ex-President John Tyler.

Dr. Charles H. Pickett was born and educated in the city of New York. He was a graduate of medicine (a rare thing in those early days), and came from an educated and influential family. His father and brothers conducted a female seminary in New York, and were the authors of some popular school-books. Dr. Pickett's abilities as a physician were universally conceded, even by himself, it is said. He first located in Worthington, but, in 1831, moved to Delawai%, where he died in 1855, at the age of sixty years. His son. Dr. Albert Pickett, studied medicine with his father, but, after a few years' practice, died suddenly. Dr. Christopher C. Rausburg studied medicine in Columbus, and came to Delaware the same year as Dr. Pickett, and formed a partnership with Dr. Pickett. In a few years his health failed, and he was forced to retire from professional work.

Dr. James Langworthy was from Albany, N. Y. He came to Delaware in 1835, and engaged in the drug business. In the winter of 1836-37, he began the practice of medicine, but had been in practice before couiiug to Delaware.

Upon the return of Dr. Ralph Hills, who resumed his business as a physician, Dr. Langworthy retired from professional work, and from Delaware.

Dr. Ralph Hills was a son of Dr. James H. Hills, and came with his father's family from Worthington to Delaware, when he was but twelve years of age. He commenced the study of medicine witlT his father, in 1827, at the age of seventeen, and continued it until the death of his father, when he was himself licensed to practice. He at once entered on duty, and took upon himself the most of his father's business. But, after a few years, at the request of his uncle, Dr. Eli Todd, who was in charge of a large hospital for the insane, in Hartford, Conn., he went to Hartford, and took a position in the hospital ; the instruction there received was of the utmost benefit to him in the active and useful life he afterward lived. He then returned to Delaware and commenced a practice which he followed uninterruptedly for twenty years. In 1830, he received an honorary certificate from the college at Cincinnati, to practice medicine. This took the place of a diploma, as his father's death called him home before he had completed his medical course, and hence, he had never graduated from a medical college. His reputation- grew rapidly, and his fame as a physician extended beyond his own county.' He was employed to deliver lectures on astronomy, and to travel with Russell's Great Planetarium for a year or two (about 1836-37), and his fine talents were recognized both at home and abroad. He was an able thinker on other subjects than medicine. As a writer, none questioned his ability. His productions on medical and other subjects were of 'the highest standard of merit. His judgment and calculations upon matters of business were almost unerring. It was in his parlor that the idea originated which developed into the Ohio Wesleyan Female College, an aducational institution of high reputation. Of his great inventive genius, appropriate mention will be made in another chapter.

In 1854, he established the Counsellor, the first medical weekly journal published in the West. He filled the position of editor of this journal for two years, when he was called to take change of the Central Ohio Lunatic Asylum, at Columbus. For eight years, he satisfactonly filled the ofiice of Superintendent, and then accepted a position to plan and superintend the erection of the largest State Asylum in the United States - that located at Weston, W. Va. When he finished his labors there, in 1870, he returned to

Delaware and retired from active life. But he was not created to be idle, and, after a short rest, was prevailed on to accept the superintendency of the Girls' Industrial Home, a position he held at the time of his death, which occurred in October, 1879, at the age of sixty-eight years.

Dr. Elijah Carney was from Kentucky, and settled in Berkshire in 1835, commencing his professional career about the same time as Dr. Ralph Hills. For one so well known as was Dr. Carney, his personal history has been very difficult to obtain. He, soon after coming to the county, succeeded, in winning the confidence of the people, and, for many years, was the sole practitioner, almost, of a large scope of country. He was a graduate of the Cleveland Medical College, and a man of industrious habits, attentive to his patients, always showing a kind interest and much sympathy for them in their suffering. He died in 1869, but has numerous relatives still living in this and in Morrow County.

Dr. Kingsley Ray came from Western New York and located in Worthington at an early day, and, in 1837, removed to Delaware. He graduated at Berkshire, Mass. As a physician, he had the entire confidence of the community, ^ and is said to have been well read, but, from some cause, he never achieved a very great success. In 1848, he went to CircleviUe, Ohio, where he still lived at the last known of him.

Dr. H. Lathrop also came from Worthington to Delaware about 1837-38, but never actually located in the city of Delaware. He stopped in Liberty Township, where he operated some mills and practiced the profession a little at times, but never very extensively. In a few years he removed to Columbus, where he at length died.

Dr. M. Gerhard was born near Easton, Penn., and in early life came to Wooster, Ohio, where he clerked in a bank. It was while thus employed that he read medicine and. attended one course of lectures at Philadelphia. In 1840, immediately after finishing his first course of lectures, he came "to Delaware County, and located on Scioto River, at John Detwiler's. After about two years' practice, he went to Philadelphia, attended another course of lectures and graduated at the Jefierson Medical College. Upon graduating, he returned to Delaware County and resumed practice. He was a thorough scholar, a well-read physician, and possessed the full confidence of his patients. He married a grand-daughter of Dr. Lamb ; he died in 1868, leaving a wife and

Dr. WilUam Johnston came from Crawford County, and settled in Norton, where he practiced medicine for several years, and in 1842 removed to Delaware. In later years, he was a great suflFerer, and finally died from cancer.

Dr. Abraham Blymyer has been in the county so long that his name has become a standard of perfection for the true physician, in the minds of all medical students. For more than forty years this favorite old Doctor has been going in and out ; before the people of Delaware County. Through the midnight darkness and the noonday sun, through the storms of winter and the heat of summer, has he gone on his way and administered in his kind manner to the poor and needy. These long years of faithful practice and broken rest have made but little impression upon his iron constitution. Although he has been a practicing physician for a half-century or more, he rivals in activity many of his younger brethren, who number but months of practice where he counts years of hard work.

Dr. Blymyer was born in Pennsylvania in 1804. His father was a man of education and followed school teaching. It was under his instruction that the son received his early education. He commenced the study of medicine in 1824, and, some two years later, fell heir to a fortune of several thousand dollars, with which he entered into the mercantile business. This venture proved successful, but a large "Iron Company," with which he was connected, failed, and his entire fortune, amounting to some $17,000, was swallowed up in the crash. He then returned to the study of medicine, and, after reading two years longer, took a course of lectures at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia. He also attended two terms at Barten's Medical Institute, in the same city, where he received a diploma. Soon after graduating, he came West, and located at Mansfield, Ohio, where he commenced the practice of his profession. He remained there some ten years, during which time the WUloughby Medical College, near Cleveland, conferred on him the degree of M. D., as a token of merit. In 1840, he removed to Gallon, but did not remain long (one year), and then came to Delaware. Here he soon won a large practice, and became an enterprising citizen. He took an active part in building up a county medical society, and found time to attend the meetings of the State Medical and State Central Societies, of both of which he is at present a member. Twice he has been elected one of the Vice Presidents of the State Medical Society, and several times President and Vice President of the county society. And further than this, he has been the private instructor of over thirty medical students, some of whom have attained the head of the profession, and to others, who were unable to make a start in life without help, he furnished money, a horse, medicine and influence. A few years ago, he partially retired from active professional work, but, through some bad investments, he again saw his goods taken by hungry creditors, and he was left with nothing but a strong old body and an active brain. Again he resumed practice, and is doing good work, with a fair prospect of many years of professional life still before him.

We come now to a more modern date in the history of the medical profession. Dr. Henry Gregg, it is said, read medicine at Eden in 1845, and graduated at Columbus. After that, he located in Liberty Township. A few' years later he removed to Indiana, where he now lives.

Dr. Klapp settled in Berlin the same year Dr. Gregg located in Liberty Township. He was professionally well educated and a successful practitioner. He remained here until about 1803, when he retired fi'om practice.

Dr. D. W. Howell came to the county, and settled in Eden in 1845. He remained in Eden three years, then removed to Stratford, near Delaware, and, in 185G, removed to Circleville, Ohio, where he afterward died.

Dr. William Hendren located in Delaware about 1846-47, and was a graduate of Starling Medical College. He remained here but a short time and then went away, since which period but little has been learned of him, beyond the fact that he is dead.

Dr. H. C. Mann came from Butler County, Ohio, and settled in Delaware iv 1846. Some three years later he joined a party, going to California, where he died. He was a man of intelligence, and well educated. His wife accompanied him to the Golden State, but after his death, returned to Ohio. The people of Delaware are indebted to Dr. Mann for the best sketch of the county that has been written to the present time. It may be found in -' Howe's Historical Collections of Ohio," pages 567-574 of the Addenda.

When he came to Delaware, Carothers accompanied him and finished his studies, after which he attended the Cleveland Medical College, and graduated in 1846. He then located in Eden, where he remained until 1851, when he came to Delaware and entered into partnership with Dr. Blymyer. A few years later he went to California, but, after a short stay, returned to Delaware, and renewed his old partnership with Dr. Blymyer. In 1855'^ he again went to California, and settled in Costa County, where he still lived the last heard from him.

Dr. Thomas B. Williams was born in South Wales in 1819, and came to the United States with his parents when but an infant. His father first located in Gallia County, Ohio, and, in 1824, came to Delaware County, where he soon after died, leaving his wife to care for and raise eight children. The subject of this sketch, Thomas B., though but a lad of six years of age at his father's death, showed marked ability, and, as he grew up, determined to learn the shoemaker's trade, which he soon mastered. A few years later, he was called upon to nurse an individual through a serious illness, at the American House. It was in this experience that his qualities as a nurse and his interest in medicine were discovered, and his friends advised him to turn his attention to medicine. He commenced reading medicine in the office of Dr. Ralph Hills, and, after a thorough course of study of five years, he graduated at the Ohio Medical College, at Cincinnati, in the winter of 1848-49, after which he returned to Delaware, and was taken into partnership by his preceptor. When the late war broke out he entered the army as a volunteer surgeon in the One Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio Volunteers. His course through the war is best given in the language of those who shared the toil and danger of army life with him. Says one who knows whereof he speaks : " In September, 1862, he laid down an extensive practice, bade farewell to home and family, and enrolled himself with the patriots under Col. William P. Reid. For more than three years he rendered the Union Army invaluable services as a surgeon. After the battle of Perryville, he was promoted to Brigade Surgeon of the Second Brigade, commanded by Gen. John G. Mitchell, of Columbus. His energy, indefatigable industry, his care of wounded soldiers, the cleanliness, efficiejicy and excellent arrangement of his hospital,'^, won still higher promotion, that of Division Surgeon in the Fourteenth Army Corps, under command of Gen. JeiF C. Davis. His bravery and self-possession never forsook him in the most extreme fortunes of war." Says Maj. Henderson: "I have never known a man so admirably constituted for extreme emergencies." At Chattanooga, his commanding officer. Gen. Steedman, said to him : " Doctor, we are completely shut in, and I do not see how we can escape being cut to pieces." " Well," quickly replied the Doctor, " I must arrange my hospitals on a more permanent and efficient plan, and be ready for all misfortunes that may befall our troops." Mr. H. M. Carper thus speaks of him: "The mind of Dr. Williams was of a peculiar type, which usually acted with singular promptness, clearness and good judgment on occasions of peril involving important, if not vital interests. If the unwritten history of the war could only be written, the career of no surgeon could be shown to be .more brilliant than that of Dr. WilKams." "It was my fortune," said Gen. Mitchell, " to be intimately associated with Dr. Williams for three years in the field, and I have often thought over an intercourse which covered the most trying period of the war." Says Rev. Dr. McCabe : " He was one of the noblest men I ever knew, and the simple statement of his virtues a monument more enduring than marble or brass." He was with Sherman on his march to the sea, and in all the battles of that period. He was present at Bentonville, the closing battle of the war.

Dr. Williams was widely known and universally beloved as a physician, and his noble qualities were the admiration of all. For many years he was elected a member of the School Board. In 1873, he was, chosen to represent his county ,in the Sixty- First General Assembly of the State, but declined the nomination. He was an honored member of the State Medical Society, and several times chosen one of its Vice Presidents. He was also a member of the State Central Society, and one of its Vice Presidents, and was one of the most active workers in the Delaware County Medical Society. He was elected President of the society, and served one term, but declined further honors, saying " the honor must go to others."

He was married, about 1855, to Miss Nannie Ritchie, daughter of the Hon. John Ritchie, of Perry County, Ohio. She was a graduate of the Ohio Wesleyan Female College. They have but one child, a daughter, who graduated at the same college as did her mother. In 1859, Dr. Williams became a member of the Williams Street Methodist Episcopal Church, and remained one of its faithful and exemplaiy members until the time

Dr. John A. Little is a native of Delaware, and was born December 7, 1825. He was the second child and the first son of the old pioneer, William Little, who is frequently mentioned in other portions of this history. In 1840, when fifteen years old, he entered the Preparatory Department of Kenyon College, at Gambler, (3hio. It was here that he again met his old play fellow. President R. B. Hayes, and became his room-mate for two years. Dr. Little graduated in 1845. While in college, none stood higher in their classes, or graduated with more honors. It is said that he was admired by both faculty and students. After completing his studies at Kenyon College, he entered the ofiice of Drs. Jones & Case, in Columbus. Dr. Little was a thorough student of medicine, and especially of botany, in which he had few superiors. He attended his first course of lectures at the Medical Department of the Transylvania University, at Louisville, Ky., and while there was a member of the family of the distinguished Dr. Drake. In 1847-48, he attended his second course of lectures at the University of Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, and where he received the degree of M. D. He first located at Sandusky Citj'. but was soon called to Columbus, when he became a partner of his preceptor. Dr. Case, Dr. Jones retiring. After about three years. Dr. Case retired from practice, and Dr. Jones became a partner of his former student, but died some three years later, when Dr. Little was left alone. His popularity and scholarly attainments had already introduced him into a lucrative practice. Through the infiuence of friends, in 1865, he removed to Delaware, where he soon grew into a large business. Dr. Dening said Dr. Little was a " born physician ; he was an ambidexter, possessed almost intuitive knowledge of both diseases and remedies." His bearing in the sick-room was ever calm, reposed and cheerftil, and inspired his patients with confidence and hope. To a student of his profession he was an invaluable instructor, ever imparting the most important teachings. To the young physicians he extended a kind word and friendly hand, and to the older members gave advice and counsel of the ablest character. His opinions and advice w'ere sought by all classes. He was loved and esteemed by all who knew him, and especially the poor, who always found in him "a friend in time of need."

and able papers on the antidotal properties of belladonna in opium poisoning, ever read before it. He was a member of the State Central Medical Society, and one of the organizers of the Second Delaware County Medical Society, and a member of Agassiz Scientific Association of Delaware. He was the proof-reader of Dr. J. G. Jones' American Eclectic Practice of Medicine. He was married to the youngest daughter of the late Judge IJosea Williams in 1850, and had one son and four daughters. He died January lo, 1877, of acute catarrhal phthisis, at the age of fifty-two years.

Dr. P. A. Willis was a native of Delaware County. After attending the district school he spent two years at the Ohio Wesleyan University. He read medicine with Dr. Hamilton, at Columbus, and graduated in Starling Medical College in 1862. Soon after he graduated, he entered the army as Contract, Surgeon ; and in a short time was promoted to Assistant Surgeon of the Forty-eighth Regiment, and in the spring of 1863, to full Surgeon. At the close of the war, he was made Medical Director of an army corps under Gen. Andrews. After leaving the army, he engaged in farming and the practice of his profession. He died in March, 1876. at his home near Bellepoint.

Dr. B. F. Loofbourrow was one of the best of the root and herb doctors. He was widely known and universally esteemed. He first lived on the township road in Berlin Township, but afterward removed to Alum Creek, and, some time later, to Cheshire. He finally removed to the West, where he died:

Dr. Barbour moved into the county in 1840. He was fi'om Richland County, and soon grew into a large practice, but lost it again in a short time, and moved away.

Dr. Daniel Skeels came to Sunbury in an early day. He was a root and herb doctor, and soon gained a large practice. He died in 1824, at the age of seventy-nine years. Drs. Skinner and Leach settled at ^Millville about the same time that Dr. Barbour came to the county. Dr. Leach took up homoeopathy, and removed to Cincinnati, and afterward to Middletown, where he now lives.

Dr. William H. Davis settled at Bellepoint, in 1850. He is said to have been a well-educated man, and an industrious practitioner. In 1856, he went to South America, where he became Governor, or held some high position in one of the small states. He at length returned to the United States, and settled in Iowa, and was a Surgeon in the Union Army during the late war, but has since died. Drs. Dening and Brown settled in the village of Grsiena at an early day. But of them little is known. Dr. Granger was a student from Worthington Botanical School, -but afterward graduated at the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati. He located in Westfield in 1837, where he died in 1863. Dr. Lewis was a student of Dk Loofbourrow, and was strictly a root and herb doctor. He settled in tlheshire and gained a large practice. He died there a few years ago.

Dr. Messe was a uroscopic doctor, and settled in Delaware in 1838. Fcff many years he made open war on quinine, and used as a substitute a blue powder made from quinine and prussiate of iron. He retired from the field in 1845. Dr. William House was of the Thompsonian Steam School, and located in Galena. He finally turned his steaming into merchandising, which he found more profitable. -

Dr. Brasti^s Field began the practice of medicine at Bellepoint, in 1844, where he remained until 1852, when he located in Ostrander. He is one of the oldest resident doctors in the county, and the oldest in Scioto Township, and has been a member of the State Medical Society since its organization in 1851. He has retired from active practice. His son. Dr. John H. Field, graduated from the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery in 1870. Since that time he has been practicing in Ostrander and vicinity; where he has taken much of his father's business. Dr. D. M. Kepsell read medicine with Dr. Blymyer, and, . after graduating in the regular school, adopted the practice of homoeopathy, and, in 1856, removed to Columbus, where he soon grew into a large practice. From a poor boy he has become one of the wealthiest men in the city of his adoption. Dr. D. C. Fay is a native of Union County. He read medicine and attended his first course of lectures at Starling Medical College, and, in 1866, graduated at the Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati, after which he located in the village of Ostrander, where he is still in practice. Dr. E. Jones was a son-in-law and student of Dr. Blymyer. He went West, where he died some years later. The following physicians have been practitioners of the county, but of them we have not been able to learn much : Dr. Joseph Cox, of Radnor ; Drs. Morehead, Mount, Black, of Scioto Township; Drs. McCrary, Maine, Starnburg, Wigdons, of Delhi ; Dr. LongweU at one time located in Eden, but died in the army, where he held the position of Surgeon; Drs. Robinson, Hill, Dennison, Eaton,

Delaware; Dr. Mills, now of Trenton Township ; Drs. Lewis, White, Pencoast, Doty, Wilson, of Ashley; Drs. Van Deman, D. C. Peterson, Rowell, Benton, Skinner, Leach, were residents, at diiferent times, of Millville. The profession in the county is thus represented at the present time, many of whom are noticed in the biographical department of this Work. We give the year in which they came to the county, or the year they commenced practice.

It has been said that "associated action constitutes the main-spring - the controlling motivepower of "society." When one looks over the present aspect and tendency of civilization, he will concede the truth of this saying. Thus it was that the early practitioners of the county saw the great need of associated action, and set about forming a society. In or about 1848, Drs. Ralph HUls, Blymyer, Cherry, Gerhard, and a few others met in the room now occupied as the Mayor's office, and formed the first medical society'of the county, known as the Delaware County Society. Dr. Hills was elected President, and Dr. Blymyer, Vice President, At this meeting Dr. Blymyer read his famous paper on " Milk Sickness."

After a few yeai's, this society went into a trance, in whicTi condition it remained until 1868, when it was resuscitated by Drs. Blymyer, Williams, Constant, Mclnlire, Little, Willis, Hyatt, White, Cherry, Besse, Welch, Carothers, and others. Dr. Blymyer was elected President, Dr. Willis, Vice President, and Dr. Hyatt, Secretary. In 1869,

Dr. Blymyer was re-elected, and when his term expired he gave a banquet to his brethren' - a social custom that has since been kept up by his successors. At the last annual meeting, the society, or as it is now called, the association, had an attendance of thirty-five members. The greatest harmony prevailed throughout the entire meeting. Dr. James H. White was elected President, Dr. S. C. Dumm, Vice President, and Dr. J. G. Wintermute, Secretary.

Note. - The historian deems it but a matter of justice to mention here that Dr. Fowler (who ii too modest to mention it himself) prepared and read before the society, at its meeting, December 11, 1877, a paper on " Nervous Debility," which was freely indorsed by some of the ablest physicians in the country, and was published by order of the society, for the benefit of its member<j. And at 'the meeting in January, 1880, he read a paper on ** Scarlet Fever," which received high commendations, and was ordered published.

23, 1803, and is the son of John and Elizabeth (Davis) Jones, both natives of Wales ; Mr. Jones' father died when he was but 3 years of age ; at 11, he entered a tailor-shop to learn a trade, and served an apprenticeship of five years ; worked at il5 cents per day, and, when 18 years old, sailed with his parents for America ; the passage was very rough, the storm so severe as to throw the lead ballast out of place against him, and drove Mr. Jones against the side of the vessel; they were on the voyage eight weeks, and landed in Baltimore; Mr. Jones remained here but a short time, when he came West to Ohio, and located in Delaware, where he has remained ever since ; then he first worked as a journeyman for a short time, when he opened a shop of his own and was at that time the leading tailor in this vicinity, often receiving orders for clothing from a distance of sixty miles ; he also made clothing for the Indians ; when working here by the day, he earned 81.50 per day, he began to save, and when he had made a little money by hard work, stitching all day and late at night, he would invest it in real estate, and now has laid up a little for his old age ; we will state here that he was launched into life a cripple, but perseverance achieved a good degree of success ; he opened the business in a shop on the west side of Sandusky street, between Winter and Williams streets, where he remained a number of years, moving then to his present stand, and is now the oldest tailor in Delaware Co. Mr. Jones has embarked in several enterprises, including dry goods, groceries and cattle business, but has lost money in all his undertakings except his tailor business. Mr. Jones has lost four wives; he married his present wife in 1869 ; her name was Mary Bushfield, of Pennsylvania; Mr. Jones has six children living.

KEV. JOHN H. JONES, minister of the Welsh Church, Delaware ; was born in Glamorganshire, South Wales, in 1814, and is the son of William and Alice (Harrison) Jones, both natives of South Wales ; while living in Wales, he engaged in farming and working in the coal mines, and, at 20 years of age, he commenced preaching ; in 1842, he emigrated to America and located in Cincinnati, Ohio ; here, in 1842, he was ordained and licensed to preach ; his first charge was with the Lawrence Street Welsh congregation of that city, where he remained' about five and a half years ; he next had charge of two congregations, one at Pomeroy and the other at Minersville ; after remaining in Pomeroy nine and a half years, he received a call from Columbus, and preached in Columbus three years and four in Brown Township ; in 1863, he came to Delaware, where he has since been in charge of the Welsh Church ; in 1865, he moved to Delaware, which has been his home ever since ; in 1878, he also took charge of a church in Putnam Co., where he preaches about two Sundays every month. He was married, in 1846, to Miss Lydia Jones, of Butler Co., Ohio; they have had four children, 3,11 opopfiMPri

GEORGJE W. JAMISON, stock-raiser and farmer ; P. 0. Delaware ; was born in Delaware Township, Delaware Co., Ohio, Jan. 18, 1841, and is the son of James M. Jamison, whose biography appears in this history. Mr. Jamison remained on the farm until he was about 13 years of age, when he went to Greenville, Darke Co,, where he was engaged in the court house as a clerk in the Treasurer's and Clerk's oifice for some six years ; he went into the army from Greenville at the breaking-out of the late war in 1861, enlisting in the 11th 0. V. I., and served in this regiment his full term, three months ; in the same year he enlisted from Delaware in Co. E, 66th 0. V. I. for three years as private, but was was made Sergeant on the organization of the regiment. Mr. Jamison participated in all the battles and marches of his regiment up to November, 1862, when he was honorably mustered out on account of sickness ; he came home to Delaware, and soon after went out with the 55th 0. V. I. as sutler, where he remained about eight months, then returned home and went to Greenville, where he filled the position as agent for the Columbus & Indianapolis Central R. R., for some eighteen months, then came to Delaware Co., and engaged in farming and stock-raising. Mr. Jamison married, in 1864, Miss M. J. Nigh, daughter of William Ni.ah ; they have two children.

REV. J. C. JACKSON, Pastor of St. Paul's M. E. Church, Delaware ; was born in Fairfield Co., Ohio, June 14, 1850, and is the son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Collins) Jackson ; his father was born in Perry Co., Ohio. Mr. Jackson was raised on a farm, where he remained until 19 years of age, when he entered the Union Academy of Fairfield Co., from which institution he graduated; then engaged in teaching school ; in 18Y3, he came to Delaware and entered the junior class of the Ohio Wesleyan University, from which he graduated in 1874, with a class of thirty-four. Mr. Jackson then went to Lancaster, Ohio, where he was Principal of the city schools for one year, and soon afterward commenced preaching ; he was for three years Pastor of the Third Street M. E. Church of Columbus, when he came to Delaware, and took charge of St. Paul's M. B. Church. Mr. Jackson married, Nov. 25, 1879, Miss Eva M. See, daughter of the Kev. A. B. See.

JAMES M. JAMISON, retired; P. 0. Delaware ; is one of the oldest settlers of Delaware Co. now living ; he was born in the Pan Handle district of Virginia on the 4th day of March, 1808, and is the son of Robert and Esther (Baird) Jamison, his mother a native of Virginia, and his father of Pennsylvania; in 1811, the family emigrated to this county and located in Delaware Township ; here they commenced farming, in a wild and unsettled country ; the elder Jamison served as a soldier of the war of 1812, and died on the old homestead in Delaware Township, in 1840, at 72 years of age; Mr. Jamison's mother died in 1852, at 82 years of age; Mr. Jamison remained on the farm until 1866, when he moved into Delaware, where he has resided ever since. In 1835, he married Elizabeth High, who was born in Berks Co., Penn., in 1816, the daughter of Benjamin High, who came tq Delaware Co. in 1832, and settled two miles north of the town of Delaware, where he died in 1834 ; Mr. and Mrs. Jamison have had eight children, two died in infancy ; by hard work and many sacrifices, three daughters - Angelina, Esther and Millie - qualified themselves as teachers, and each had taught school about five years when they were married ; Angelina married G-eorge Martz; Esther, Jacob Martz, of Darke Co., and Millie, William Mc- Geegin, one of the proprietors of Olive Furnace, Lawrence Co.; Annie Elizabeth died in 1876, loved by all; Greorge W. married Mary J. Nigh; when 18 years old, he enlisted in the Union army, and served nine months in the 66th 0. V., I., in the Army of the Potomac ; after undergoing many perils and hardships, he was transferred with about eight hundred other sick and wounded, to Fairfax Seminary, Virginia, where Mrs. Jamison went to nurse him, remaining there about two weeks, when he was transferred to Bellevue Hospital, New York ; Mrs. Jamison remained with him there about, four weeks, when he was discharged, and both came home ; the youngest son, Robert B., graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan University, ^n 1879 ; Mrs. Jamison has lived in Delaware City and vicinity since her father came to Ohio, in 1832 ; Mr. Jamison has accumulated sufficient

MATTHIAS KRUCK, farmer ; P. 0. Delaware ; was the son of George Kruck, of Pennsylvania, and was born Oct. 3, 1800, in Pennsylvania, and remained there until 1834, when he came to Delaware Co., Ohio, settling on the present farm of thirty-four acres. He married, in June, 1827, Mary Zeigler ; they have five children ; those living are Mary A., Jacob, Eliza and Harriet ; one deceased - Maria; this union seems one of contentment ; for fifty-two years they have together traveled life's pathway. Mr. Kruck has worked in a foundry in Delaware, Ohio, for James' Barnham for seven years ; has worked at cabinet work twelve years ; millwrighting seven years, and joiner's trade some time ; his allotted threescore years and ten have been extended nine years beyond; he enjoys uniform good health, and bids fair for many more years to enjoy the good things of this world.

JACOB KRUCK, Delaware, was born in Berks Co., Penn., in October, 1818, and is the son of N. Kruck ; he came to Delaware Co. with his parents in 1834 ; they first stopped in what is known as the Horseshoe Settlement, and remained a short time, but not being satisfied with the outlook, started to return to Pennsylvania ; having arrived at Stratford, Delaware Township, they finally located in this vicinity, his father keeping hotel in Stratford and Delaware for several years ; at the age of 18 Mr. Kruck began to learn the printer's trade in Delaware, and worked at his trade in Columbus and Delaware. At the breakingout of the war, he enlisted, April 16, 1861, in Co. C, 4th 0. V. I., as Sergeant, and. served with this regiment three years and three and a half months, participating in all its battles and marches, and was a brave soldier and honorably mustered out ; he then returned to Delaware and resumed his trade, which he followed until 1875, when he took charge of his present billiard parlor, located on Sandusky street ; Mr. Kruck was Chief of the fire department for six years, filling that office faithfully and with credit, and has been a member of the fire department for twenty-five or thirty years ; Mr. Kruck has two sons and two daughters.

JACOB KLEE, carriage trimmer, Delaware; was born in Munster-Mayfeld, Province of the Rhine, Prussia, Dec. 25, 1827 ; son of Jacob and Annie Maria (Zenter) Klee, both born in Germany'; Mr. Klee at 14 years of age, commenced to learn the trade of harness-maker ; in 1840, he, with his parents, emigrated to America, and, after remaining in Bichland Co., Ohio, until 1845, came to Delaware, here Mr. Klee carried on the harness and saddlery business some five years, when he moved to Ashland Co., and carried on the same business six years ; he then returned to Delaware, where he has since been engaged in business : in 1873, he embarked in his present business of carriage trimming, which is the largest in Delaware, doing all the work for Frank Moyer and L. Miller's carriage works ; Mr. Klee is a first-class workman and guarantees satisfaction ; he employs one hand besides himself. Mr. Klee has been a member of the Reform Church of the United States for the past twenty-four years.

REV. 0. C. KLOCKSIEM, Pastor of the German M. B. Church, Delaware ; is a native of Mecklenburg, Germany, where he was born May 12, 1842 ; is a son of John Klocksiem, who emigrated with his family to America in 1854, and located in La Porte, Ind. At the breaking-out of the late civil war, he enlisted in the 5th Ind. Battery for three years, and participated in the battles of Perryville, Chickamauga, Stone River, capture of Chattanooga and Atlanta, and others ; he did good duty, and served two months over his time, when he returned to his home in La Porte ; he then went to school at *he German Wallace College, where he remained some two and a half years, after which he was engaged in mercantile business at La Portg for about five years. In 1 873, he was licensed to preach, and was first given a charge at Gallon, Ohio, where he remained two years ; thence to Canal Dover, Ohio, three years ; in 1878, he came to Delaware, where he has remained ever since. Rev. Klocksiem married, in 1866, Miss Elizabeth Brandau, of Ohio ; they have had four children, one deceased.

REV. A. J. LYON, Presiding Elder of the M. E. Church, Delaware ; born in Knox Co., Ohio, June 6, 1828, and is the son of Daniel and Hannah (Dalrymple) Lyon ; his mother was born in Pennsylvania, and his father in New Jersey ; our subject was born on the farm, where he remained until about 19 years of age, when he came to Delaware and entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, graduating in 1854 ; the first years in the university he was engaged in studying medicine in Chesterville, where he was employed in the practice of the same for about one year ; he also, in order to pay his schooling, taught school in Morrow County and in Columbus ; after graduating from the Ohio Wesleyan University, he joined the North Ohio Conference of the M. E. Church, and commenced the ministry by first preaching at Eden, Delaware Co., where he remained for two years ; thence to Gallon three years, Olive Green one year, Martinsburg two years, Utica and Mt. Vernon one year each, Tiffin three years, Sandusky two years, Sandusky District four years, Elyria three years, Mansfield one year, and Mansfield District, where he has been Presiding Elder since ; he moved to Delaware in 1878; Rev. Mr. Lyon has filled the office of Treasurer of the Ohio Wesleyan University college fund of the Conference for two years. He was married, in 1854, to Miss Olive Weatherby, of .Morrow Co., Ohio; they have four children - three daughters and one son.

B. F. LOOFBOURROW, merchant, Delaware; was born in Clark Co., Ohio, Dec. 18, 1820, and is the son of Benjamin W. Loof hourrow, a farmer, who died when the son was an infant; he was then sent to his grandfather, Geo. Fryback, where he remained until about 13 years old ; then his grandfather died, and he was placed in the hands of a guardian, with whom he remained engaged in farmina; until he was 18 years of age ; in 1839, he came to Delaware Co., and located in Eden, Brown Township, where he was engaged for a year as clerk in a dry-goods store ; he then went upon a farm, where he continued until 1852 ; during his residence in Brown Township he filled the offices of Township Clerk and Justice of. the Peace ; in 1852, he moved to Delaware, where he was engaged in clerking in an auditor's office three years. In 1854, he was elected to the office of Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware Co., and during this term of office he made a host of friends ; he was re-elected to the same office for the five succeeding terms, being clerk for the county eighteen years. In 1872, Mr. Loofbourrow became a partner in the Delaware Manufacturing Co., and was appointed its Secretary and Treasurer, filling this position until the close of this establishment ; in 1879, he entered his present business - Pearson & Loofbourrow, queensware and crockery, located on the east side of Sandusky street, and is the leading house in this line of goods in Delaware. Mr. Loofbourrow was formerly a Whig, and was a hard worker in its ranks, fie was married in 1841, to Miss M. E. Longwell, of Delaware Co., daughter of Ralph S. Longwell, one of the pioneer settlers of Delaware Co., and has two children living by his first wife ; his wife died

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DAVID LEWIS (deceased). One by one the old settlers of Delaware Co. are passing away ; among the highly honored men of the county may be mentioned Mr. Lewis, who was born in South Wales Aug. 29, 1817. He was married in that country at 19 years of age to Miss Anna Thomas, and came to America with his wife and one child, and located in Newark, Ohio, where he remained some ten years ; he then moved to Delaware Co., and settled on a farm about one and a half miles northwest of Delaware ; he worked at his trade of bricklaying in Delaware for a number of years ; by hard work and economy he managed to save enough money to purchase a farm, where he engaged in farming for a number of years before his death. He was a member of the Welsh Church from the time the present church was built, for a number of years being a Deacon of this church. After the death of his first wife, he married Miss Margaret Griffiths ; five children are living. Mr. Lewis ac cumulated a good farm of some 240 acres. He departed this life Sept. 29, 1877, a Christian man and a kind father and husband, and respected by his fellow-men. Geo. W. Lewis,, who was born in Delaware Co. is conducting the farm.

CAPT. A. LYBRAND, Je., attorney at law, Delaware, was born in Pickaway Co., Ohio, May 23, 1840 ; came to Delaware in 1857. At the breaking-out of the late civil war, he recruited one of three companies raised in Delaware ; upon the completion of his company, finding that the quota of Ohio was filled, he disbanded his command and enlisted as a private in Co. I, 4th 0. "V. T. ; from this regiment he was transferred' to Co. E, 73d 0. V. I, and made First Lieutenant ; Mr. Lybrand remained in service with the 73d for three and one-half years, the last two years of which he was Captain of his company, and had participated in the battles of Rich Mountain, Second Bull Run, Cedar Mountain, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, and other minor engagements ; while in the East, Capt. Lybrand served a portion of his time as Aid de Camp, under Gen. Steinwehr, and came West with Gen. Joe Hooker, and took part in the battle of Lookout Mountain, known as Hooker's fight above the clouds ; he also participated in other battles around Chattanooga, Tenn., and those of Atlanta, Ga., receiving two slight wounds, one at the battle of Peach Tree Creek, and the other at Dallas, Ga.; in 1865, at the close- of the war, he was mustered out, at Washington City, when he returned to Ohio, and engaged in the mercantile business, at La Fayette, where he remained until 1868 ; he then returned to Delaware, where he entered the stove and tinware business. In 1869, he was elected Mayor of Delaware, which office he held for eighteen months, when he resigned and went to Texas, with the intention of locating and engaging in the practice of law, having been admitted to that profession in 1871 ; in 1872, he returned to Delaware, where he has since remained. Capt. Lybrand is a stockown* in the Delaware Chair Company, one of the leading manufactories of Ohio ; in 1877, he returned to the practice of law, under the firm name of Poppleton & Lybrand. He is a Republican and was a candidate for Representative before the Republican Convention, in 1879.

H. J. McCULLOUGH, lumber dealer, Delaware ; his father, David F. McCullough, was born in 1811, in Franklin Co., Penn., and came to Ohio in 1819, settUng near Marietta ; about 1821, he came to this county ; his wife was Eunice Case, who was a daughter of Watson Case, of Connecticut ; she is now living with her son, the subject of this sketch; he was born March 14, 1837, in Delaware, and received a liberal education. In 1862, he enlisted in Co. E, 84th 0. V. I., serving 100 days ; in 1863, he became his father's successor in the lumber business, in which trade he has been eminently successful, having accumulated a liberal competency, and lives in a fine residence built by him at a cost of $10,000 ; Mr. Mc- Cullough is a man of sterling qualities, which has endeared him to the community of which he has been a member so long ; he has been called upon to fill a position as Director in two different building associations, and is now the Director of an insurance company, also the Treasurer of the Delaware Mutual Fire Insurance Company.

J. W. McCULLOUGH, grain merchant, Delaware ; was born in Scioto Township, Delaware Co., Ohio, Nov. 13, 1839, and is the son of John Mc- Cullough, who was born in Pennsylvania, and came to Delaware Co., about 1818 ; married Margaret Flanigan, of Pennsylvania, and died in Scioto Township, September, 1877, at 69 years of age, a respected and highly honored citizen ; our subject's great-grandfather, Joseph McCullough, was ta,ken prisoner by the Indians, with whom he remained some eight years, traveling about with them in different parts of the country, and it is believed he was in what was now Delaware Co. Mr. Mc- CuUough remained on the farm until the breaking out of the late civil war, when he enlisted Aug. 10, 1861, as private in Co. D, 20th 0. V. I. (Capt. C. H.McElroy) ; was commissioned Second Lieutenant Aug. 9, 1862, and assigned to enlisting men for the service ; at the expiration of one year, he was mustered out of the service ; during a part of the last year, he had been assigned to the 121st 0. V. I., where the men enlisted by him had been placed ; on the formation of the Ohio National Guard, he was appointed Commissary Sergeant of the 22d 0. N. G. (Col. Harris commanding); May 2, 1864, the regiment being ordered into service for 100 days was re-organized as the 145th 0. V. I., he receiving the appointment of Sergeant Major : on the expiration of 100 days' service, he was elected by the members of the regiment Lieutenant Colonel, which commission he held till the final muster-out of the regiment ; he became a resident of Iowa some two years, where was engaged in the stock business ; returning to Delaware Co., he engaged in farming for three years, when he came to Delaware and entered the commission business, in which he continued for three years, when he entered into the grain and milling business, which he carried on until 1880. JOSEPH McCANN, M. D., Delaware, was born in Muskingum Co., Ohio, June 28, 1824, and is the son of Maxwell McC^ann, who moved to Ohio and located in Muskingum Co. about 1812 ; our subject was born on the farm and engaged in farming from J;he time he was able to handle the plow, and in the winter months attended district school ; he remained on the farm until about 21 years old ; the two last winters engaged in teaching school ; then he commenced the study of medicine in Irville, in the office of Drs. Bealmer & Ball, where he remained about three years; in 1849, Dr. McCann went to Nashport and engaged in the practice of medicine until 1853 ; he then entered the Starling Medical College, of Columbus, Ohio, and graduated from that institution in 1854 ; after graduation, he went to Irville and engaged in the practice of medicine until 1869, when he came to Delaware, and has been engaged in the practice of his profession ever since. Dr. McCann was married in 1850, to Miss Margaret K. Waters, of Somerset, Ohio, the daughter of Dr. R. A. Waters ; they have four children, two sons and two daughters.

SIDNEY MOORB, Cashier of the Delaware Co. Bank, Delaware; was born in Delaware, Ohio, Dec. 16, 1822 ; his parents were Sidney and Phoebe (Mann) Moore ; his father was a native of Vermont, and made his home in Delaware at an early day ; his trade was that of a brick and stone mason, which occupation he followed for a number of years. He was married in Delaware, to Miss Phoebe Mann, who is now living in Delaware and is one of the oldest residents of the city. Sidney Moore received his education at the public school of Delaware, attending the school taught by Mr. Murray, which was at that time the leading school in this vicinity ; for a few years he was a clerk in the court house, and afterward, through the influence of Judge Hosea Williams, obtained a clerks ship in the Delaware County Bank, in 1845 ; be-, fore occupying this position he was sent to Columbus, where he learned the banking business, when he returned to Delaware and entered the bank as book-keeper ; in 1855, he became Cashier, which position he has filled ever since, with the exception of some three years when he was in the banking business at Indianapolis.

FRANCIS W. MORRISON, M. D., Delaware; was born near Mansfield, Ohio, July 13, 1831, and is the son of James and Ruth (Billings) Morrison; he entered college at Delaware in the spring of 1853, and graduated in June, 1856 ; being without means, he earned what he could by manual labor and teaching school, both to to carry him through college and while in pursuit of his medical education. He graduated at the medical schools of Cincinnati in the spring of 1860, when he commenced the practice of his profession with his former preceptor. Dr. A. Blymyer. In the spring of 1861, he enlisted as a private in Co. I of the 4th 0. V. I., in the threemonths service; he again, July 7, 1861, enlisted for three years in the llth 0. V. I. as Hospital Steward, and continued with that command in Western Virginia until August, 1862, when he was commissioned Assistant Surgeon of the 4th 0. V. I., and was ordered East to join his new command, with which he was ever present on active service ; in November, 1863, the Doctor was commissioned Surgeon of the regiment, in which capacity he served until the regiment was mustered out of service in June, 1864. He then married Miss Elizabeth Willey, of Troy Township, Delaware Co., June 29, 1864, and, on the 10th of July following, entered the contract service as Surgeon at Camp Dennison, Ohio, where he continued until Sept. 20, when he was commissioned Surgeon of the 174th 0. V. I., and in this , position he faithfully served until January, 1865, when he was detailed as Brigade Surgeon on the staff of Gen. Minor T. Thomas, where he continued until ordered home to be mustered out with his regiment in July, 18,65, at the close of the war. Since then he has continued to reside in Delaware, excepting four years of residence in Richland Co., his native place. Dr. Morrison is a member of the Delaware County Medical Association ; has been twice annually chosen its Secretary ; he is independent and self-reliant, and, like many others, made his own fortune unaided, and is thus in a position to comprehend the many obstacles and inconveniences which beset the pathway of the youth who would obtain an education and a competency in life.

REV. FREDERICK MERRICK was born in Wilbraham, Mass., Jan. 29, 1810, and is the son of Noah Merrick, of Massachusetts, a farmer ; Frederick remained with his parents on the farm until he was 15 years of age, when he accepted a position as a clerk in a store in Springfield, Mass., and, at 19 years of age, became a partner in the bu^ness, at which he continued until he was about 21 years old, when he coinmenced his preparation for college, first attending an academy at Wilbraham, then entered the Wesleyan University of Middletown and graduated from this institution in 1836 ; the same year he was elected President of the Armenia Seminary of Dutchess Co., N. Y., and was one year a member of the Geological Survey of same State. In 1838, Mr. Merrick was made Professor of Natural Science of the Ohio University at Athens, where he remained until 1842, when he was Pastor of the Methodist Church at Marietta, Ohio ; in 1843 and 1845, he was acting as agent for the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware ; in the latter year, he was elected Professor of Natural Sciences in that institution, then Professor of Biblical Theology and Literature ; in 1860, he was elected President of the institution and filled this office until 1873, when he resigned on account of ill health ; since that time. Prof Merrick has performed the duties in the university of Lecturer on Natural and Revealed Religion ; in about 1846 to 1853, he delivered lectures in (Sie Starling Medical Colleges of Columbus, Ohio. On the organization of the Girls' Industrial Home, the Professor was made Piesident of the Board of Trustees, which position he filled for eight years ; he is now

MA J. C. H. Mcelroy, Mayor of Delaware, was born in Gambier, Knox Co., Ohio, March 19, 1830 ; the son of James and Maria (Burrows) McElroy, both parents natives of Ireland ; emigrating to America in about 1828, they came to Ohio and located in Gambier, where James McElroy became a Professor of Gambier College; in 1832, he, with his family, moved to Delaware, Ohio, and took charge as Pastor of the Episcopal Church for over twenty years; he is now a resident of San Francisco, Cal.; Maj. McElroy was but a mere child when his parents moved to Delaware, where they remained until 1840, then moved to Staunton, Va., where they were residents until 1851 ; the Major received his principal education in the University of Virginia, of which he was a student in 1849-51 ; in the latter year he was admitted to the practice of law at Lewisburg, Va., and returned to Delaware : from 1851 to 1855, he was engaged in civil engineering ; in the latter year he began the practice of his profession. At the" breaking-out of the war, in 1861 , he enlisted as a private in Co. D, 20th 0. V. I., but was made Captain on the organization of the Company; in 1862, he was comitiissioned Major of the 96th 0. V. I., with which regiment he served until July, 1863, when he was mustered out on account of sickness ; Maj. McElroy participated in the battles of Fort Donelson, where the first substantial success of the war was achieved ; of Pittsburg Landing, the siege and surrender of Vicksburg, and others of minor importance, and witnessed the surrender of the three rebel armies, one each at Fort Donelson,Vioksburg and Arkansas Post; in 1863, Maj. McElroy returned to Delaware, and entered upon the practice of law; in 1879, the law firm of McElroy & Culver was formed, the junior member being Prosecuting Attorney for the county ; the firm stand well up in their profession, and enjoy a lucrative practice ; he was Mayor of Delaware in 1858-59, and was reelected to the same position in 1878, which office he holds at this writing. He is a Republican. Was married in 1858 to Miss Caroline Murray, of Delaware Co., Ohio.

FRANK MOYER, wagon and carriage manufacturer, Delaware, was born in Marion Co., Ohio, in 1851 ; in 1869, he came to Delaware and commenced to learn his trade in the shops, to whicl/he has succeeded as proprietor, then owned by David

Stimmel, who founded the business in 1854 ; in 1873, Mr. Moyer entered into partnership with William Hedrick, and formed the firm of Moyer & Hedrick, manufacturers of carriages, buggies, etc.; they continued together about two years, when Mr. Moyer became sole owner; from this period began a revolution in the enterprise, and the success of Mr. Moyer has been demonstrated ; the works are .located at No. 33 South Main street, next to the Delaware Run ; as manufacturer of carriages, buggies, farm and spring wagons, Mr. Moyer ranks with the foremost in Delaware Co. ; he employs expert workmen, and the character of .the work he turns out, together with his past success in the business, is a guarantee of satisfaction to his patrons.

A. MITCHELL, Delaware, was born in Payette Co., W. Va., April 7, 1829 ; his parents belonged to Miles Manser, a prosperous and extensive owner of slaves ; after the breakingout of the war of the rebellion, there was stationed on the plantation of Mr. Manser, a body of Union troops ; connected with the command was Gen. E. B. Hays, who made his headquarters in Mr. JVIanser's house, and who took Mr. Mitchell as his servant ; through the G-eneral's advice he came to Ohio and worked for S. Birchard, where he remained about five years, when he went to Albany, Ohio ; after a period of about six months, he came to Delaware, where he has been a respected colored citizen ; his first start was as a laborer in a brickyard for Mr. A. Welch ; he then became janitor of the Ohio Wesleyan Female College, which he held for a number of years ; he is now holding the same position in connection with the Episcopal Church and the Opera House. Mr. Mitchell was married in West Virginia, in 1858, to Sarah Ann Bradley, of Christian Co., Ky. ; they have seven children.

REV. LORENZO DOW McCABE, Professor of Philosophy in Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware ; was born in Marietta, Ohio, Jan. 7, 1817, and is the son of Robert and Mary (McCracken) McCabe. His father was a native of Pennsylvania, and his mother of Virginia ; they were married in Pennsylvania and came to Ohio, locating ' at Marietta, where they resided until their death, which took place in 1823, both dying in the same year. Prof McCabe, the subject of this sketch, commenced life as a clerk at the age of 9 years ; this occupation he followed until attaining his majority ; he then (in 1838) entered the Ohio University, at Athens, and graduated there in 1843 under Dr. Wm. H. McGuffey ; he immediately joined the Worthington Circuit, and in 1844 was elected Professor of Mathematics of the Ohio University ; in 1845, he was elected to a chair in the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, and in 1860 was elected Professor of Philosophy in the the same institution ; he has been Vice President of the Wesleyan University since 1860, and, during this period, has served five years as President of the institution ; the degree of D. D. was conferred on him in 1855 by Allegheny College, at Meadville, Penn., and that of LL. D. was conferred in 1877 by Syracuse University; he is the author of several valuable works, among which may be noticed " The Foreknowledge of God," an interesting book of over 400 pages ; also a volume entitled " Philosophy of Holiness." He was first married to Miss Martha Sewall, in 1845, in Washington, D. C, who was a niece of Dr. Sewall; she died in 1850 ; he married his present wife, Miss C. Clarke, in 1857, at Williamsport, Penn.; the result of this marriage is three children.