Jerome Township (part 4 of 19)

In a paper read before the Pioneer Association in 1894, Hylas Sabine, (if Maiysville, said in substance: "It is fifty years since I saw something of a circulating library that had been for a long time used at Milford Center. It was a surprise then, and is to me now, as I was delighted with the solid (jualitx- of the books. Of the few remaining at that time I noticed the Federalist, the Letters of John Ouinn, The Spectator, Goldsmith and other works of that ilk. The organized library dated before the organization of L'nion county. It was led in the work by the old Connecticut Colony that settled the southern portion of this county. Andrew Keys, now in his nineties, is the only man now living who can give any account of this ancient Union county library. I well recall the early library of James A. Curiy, Esq., to which I was kindly invited by that gentleman. I accepted and for hours he sat before me explaining this book and that. He was well versed with the contents of every volume he possessed. His thorough knowledge of the books and his great knowledge in the histor\- of the country was surprising to me. I do not know where to go today to meet with such a devotee of good books. His books were free to the use of his neighbors. He heartily invited me to take such of the books as interested me most."

The school board took up the matter of library interests many years ago, and have worked in conjunction with other citizens of the place. Finally correspondence was begun with Andrew Carnegie, the greatest library founder in all the world, which in time resulted in his donating the sum of ten tliousand dollars toward the library interests of Marysville. The date of this donation was January, 1909, the same being made with the public school board of this city. The building was placed on the northeast comer of the West school grounds, and the cornerstone was laid with ceremonies, lulv 3, 1909. When the dedication took place a liberal donation was furnished in the person of that grand character, Hon. R. L. Woodburn, who gave his own large law library, and cash to tlie amonnt of seven hundred and fifty dollars to be expended in the purchase of histories, especially those pertaining to the great wars of this country. This section is by itself and is named "The Robert L. W'oodburn Memorial Library." The present number uf volumes in the library is about five thousand. The present num- ])er of i)eriodicals and papers is twenty-three. The present officers of the library boards are as follows: James McCami)bell, president; L. B. Demorest, vice-president; H. J. Nichol, treasurer; Christine Houston, secretar\- ; other niemljers are Elizabeth M. W'ood, (George C. Whitne\- and Harriet G. Scott. The librarian is Lillian Robb.

The City Hall

In the month of August, 1864, the city purchased property at the southeast corner of Alain and South streets, on which to erect a city building. In 1877 it was voted to erect a city hall. The buildings i:)n the site were torn away and work was commenced in the fall of 1877, and finished in the spring of 1878. Its contract price was $12,495. -^ Seth Thomas clock of the eight-flay tj-pe was purchased and suspended in the high tower su.rmounting the l)uilding. It cost almost a thousand dollars and the weight of its bell was a half ton. The city building was supplied with a steam heatingplant and its walls fineh- frescoed. The hall was opened tci the public. October J I. 1878, when the drama "Two Orphans" was presented by home talent. Tlie total cost of the building and fi.xtures was about $13,200. At the da\- it was built it was designed for council chamber, fire department, jail, public librar_\- and ma_\-or"s office. In 1908 the structure showed signs of weakness, and finally it was c<:indemned by the authorities as unsafe, and closetl as a public hall. Experts looked it o\er, and errors in construction were corrected and man}- impnnen-ients were made on the propertx', niaking it safe and creditable to the city.

The first light and water plant was situated on South Plum street, near the Big Four railroad tracks. It was comn-ienced in March, 1888. It is a private company operating under a franchise of the city. It first lighted the business streets with five arc lamps in No\-ember. 1888. The electric light and water works merged and a cc)mpanv was formed b\- Jolm E. Zwerner, Walter C. Eullington, George M. McPeck and Jerome E. Davis.

The people voted on a water plant proposition and it carried. There were then seven miles of mains put in on various streets and seventy-five street hydrants. The company was incorporated January i, 1890. Januar)' 8, 1891, the electric light plant was removed from Plum street to its present location north of the city proper and Mill creek was dammed for reservoir purposes in case of emergency. A 320-horse-power engine was procured and there were soon in operation about seven thousand lights in the city and power was being furnished to numerous factories and offices. There are now over nine miles of water mains and eighty-eight hvdrants. Water is fimiisbed from a one hundred and forty-seven foot well. It is excellent water, and is the same as was formerly known as tlie "magnetic spring water." The capacity of the works is one million, five hundred thousand gallons daily. In the autumn of 1903 an ice plant was added; this has a daily capacity of ten tons of pure distilled water ice. This plant commenced to produce ice in the spring of 1904.

Eighty-se\'en years ago, or in 1828, Independence Dav was first observed at Marysville by the little settlement of patriotic citizens. How it was observed is best told In' reference to an article on the subject, published in the Alarysville Tribune July 10, 1878, which reads as follows:

"The first Fourth of July e\'er celebrated in Marysville was in 1828. The surrounding country was at that time a wilderness indeed, and jMarys- \ille was an insignificant point with apparently no future other than an obscure village. There were only seven families residing in it, viz : Silas G. -Strong, XewtDU Hicks, George Snodgrass, Stephen McLain, George Winters, Daniel iXIiller and a widow Kiger - making, with their families, a population (if aljout twenty. It was customary in all Fourth of July celebratiiins in almost every part of the country to get up a big dinner, and all who could raise enough money to pay considered it a patriotic duty to partake. I^ncle George Snodgrass and Aunt Hannah, who were married the February before, got up the dinner for the pioneer celebration. The place where it was served was in the woods on the next lot west of that on which Judge Woijds' residence later stood, and on the spot where his grape arbor was jilantetl. Silas G. Strong owned the lot on which Mr. Woods" residence was subsef|uentl\' located. He bad a log house erected on it in which Uncle George and .\unt Hannah kept hotel. This was the first hotel ever opened in the village and Air. Strong and wife boarded with them. .About seven- ty-five persons sat down to tlie table, each paying seventy-five cents for the repast. A Mr. Hubbel had a sliort time previous carted a few goods from Spring-field to this point, and the groceries needed for the occasion were i)urchased of him. The dishes to set the table were obtained in Milford Center, there nut being enough in thi^ \illage and surrounding countrx- to furnish the table. The cherries, currants and vegetables were jjurchased of Anson Howard, who resided south of Woodstock, on the farm later owned by his son Pearl Howard. The speakers for the occasion were James Biggs and John H. James, the latter still li\ing and a resident of Urbana, Ohio. Toasts were given (but were not drank in 'old rye,' as was not infrequentlv the case in that day ) and responses were made at the table - a custom that has almost entirely died out. In the intcr\als lietween the reading of the toasts, a cannon was fired, or in lieu of a cmnon, a few rifles answered, and the patriotic crowd would add to the ferx'or b\- heart}' hurrahs. .V few are still li\ing who were guests at that h^iurth of Jul}' tlinner."

July Fourth, 1898, was a red-letter day for Union countv and Alarvs- \-ille. It was celebrated in all that could lie thought interesting and \'alual)le t(.) its citizens. One hundred years before that date the county was first settled by white men. The ])resi(lent of the day was Hon. V. T. Arthur, and the orator for the occasion was one of the county's honored sons - Hon. Charles W. Fairbanks, later \ice-president and Cnited .States senator from Indiana. The sujierli music was in charge of the pioneer musician. Prof O. H. Evans and the celebrated Marysville Choral Club. Other features of the day included a timely speech by Samuel A. Hudson on "L'uion County Statistics"; an address "Our Soldiers" b}- Col. W". L. Curr\' ; an 'address on "Our County's Growth" by Robert McCrory. Xo such .-ittendavice lias e\'er lieen seen at ]\Iarysville : ])eople came from all (jver the countv ami from distant counties and some from other states.

Old Home Week

This hai)])y thought took root in the nnnds of the citizens of Marysxille in J 003. when the first gathering of people who had li\ed here but long sii removed to distatit parts of the country took place. Twenty thciusand ])eo l)le were ])resent on this occasion. The chief speaker was e.x-\'ice-Presi dent Charles \\'. Fairljanks. Page after page in the local press for week: before this gathering was fiUed with brief notices of acceptance on the part oi hundreds of men and women residing in all parts of this country all telling of the pleasure they anticipated in returning to their old home in L'nion countv, Ohio. The citizens of Marysville treated their honored guests in a roval and trul>- hospitable manner.

State Reformatory For Women

An act was passed in the Ohio Legislature in 191 1 creating a reformatory for women to be located at Marysville. Construction commenced the following year. The buildings are finished, and have cost the state $290,- 000. The present Ixiildings only represent a part of a series of the same kind to be added later.

In connection with the receiving and correctional building are a number of special service departments which are of sufficient capacity to accommodate the demand for a much larger number of inmates than can be housed in the buildings now erected, which only provides for one hundred persons. It is expected that sufficient proxisions will be made to accommodate at least five hundred women. The extra capacity will be provided by cottages accommodating about thirty-five each. These will be arranged so as to give ])lentv of space about each building. When completed the institution will ha\e the appearance of a small village. The institution is located about two and a half miles southwest of the city of Marysville.

In 1886-87 there was a natural gas excitement at Marysville. A company was engaged to sink a deep well, which resulted in striking a strong mineral water, of saline and magnesia elements. It flowed twelve thousand barrels daily, and was utilized for bath house purposes for a number of vears. j\Iany cures were effected by drinking and bathing in the waters. .-M)out that time another big gusher of a well was struck at Richwood, the water being also mineral and curative and used for that purjwse, too.

"The last log cabin in Marys\-ille will be torn down this week (Jmie, 1888). It stands on the corner of Si.xth and Oak streets and belongs to Mrs. John Fogarty. It was bui't in the very earliest days of Marysville village and has withstood the storms of more than half a century. It is the last pioneer hut to give way and we feel like taking off our hat to its dejjarting ghost." - John H. Sliearer in Tribune.

After a successful ser\-ice of many years, the S. N. McCloud Magnetic Springs and Bottling Works burned at the supposed hand of an incendiary in October, 1899. The loss was four thousand dollars.

A Keeley Institute was operated in this city for nianv x'ears and cured hundreds of the awful drink habit. It was moved to Columbus in 1896 and two years later went into the hands of a receiver.

Biographical Louis Curry

The Curry family lia\e been identified with the histors- of Union county, Ohio, since 1811, and consequently have been connected with its history from the beginning. Louis Curr}-. whose histor\- is here presentetl, is a great-grandson of the first meni].)er of the family to locate in this county and his whole life has been de\-oted to agricultural pursuits.

Louis Curry, the son of John and Tabitha (Gill) Curry, was b(.)rn in Jerome township. Xo\ember 16, 1847. His father was born in this same township in 1817 and his mother was born in Darby township. They were married in 1845 'i''"^' 'o them were born ele\en children, nine of whom are still Hving: Allen T., born May 18. i84(>, and now li\ing in tlie West; Louis, with whom this narratixe deals; T. H,. born Septeml)er 25. 1849; Frank, born September 3, 1852; 01i\e, born August 11, 1854, the wife of L Delmore McCampbell, who died in i88'3; Jesse, born No\'ember to, 1857; Stevenson, born Jul}- 24, i860; Phoebe, born C)ctober k), 1862, the wife of Clarke Rickard, of Jerome township; Samantha, born January 7, 1865. the wife of J. A. Cruikshank, who died in 1908; J. E., born January 22, 1868: J. ]\I . born 'Slay 21. 1871. and now a farmer of Jerome tijwnship.

John Curry was the son of James A. and Phoebe (W'inget) Currv and James A. Curry \vas born in Harrisonburg, Rockingham county, \'irginia, March 30, 1787. In 1798 James Curry came with his parents from A'irginia to Ross county, Ohio, where he lived until 181 1. On March 18, 1817, James Curry was married to Phoebe \\"inget. who was born in Washington county, Penns}-l\'ania, in 1799. James A. Curry dietl in this county March I, 1874, and his widow Ihed until 1891. Ten children were born to James Curry and wife in this count\- : J(.ihn. tlie father of Louis with whom this narratixe deals; Harriett, the wife of William Beard; Xanc}-, the wife of Samuel Robinson; Maria, the wife of John Woodburn ; James, who died at the age of ten; Samantha, the wife of Charles Wilcutt ; William, deceased; Phoebe, the wife of William Williams, of Jerome township; David, who died in California in 1914; and James A.. Jr.. who died in a hospital at Crab Orchard, Kentnckv. dnring- the Civil War. He was the best mathematician e\-er reared in this county.

Louis Curry was educated in the public schools of Jerome township and after leaving school began to teach in I'nion count\'. Vov seventeen years he taught every winter in Jerome township, making a record which has never been ecjualed in this county for continuous service in one township. Since leaving the school room he has devoted his time to general farming and stock raising. He and his two brothers, J. E. and J. M. Curry, own over five hundred acres of land and they conduct their farm business under the firm name of C. L. Curr}- & Com])any, and o])erate one of tlie largest and best inipnn-ed farms in the county.

Mr. Curry was ne\er married. Foliticallw he has ahva}s been identified with the Democratic party, but has never had any desire to be a candidate for a public office. He is a man of genial disposition and his long service in the school room as a teacher has given him a wonderful insight into human nature. He takes an active part in all public spirited measures and is always found on the right side of e\'er}- (juestion which comes before the people.

All honor is due the gallant \eterans of the Civil War who are still li\'ing toda\-. The\- are fast answering the last roll call and within a few years they will all ha\ e passctl away, leaving nothing but the memory of their heroic lives spent for the love of their country. When the news of the fall of Fort Sumter was flashed across the country the hearts of the Xorth were fired ])y jjatriotism which augured well for the nation. Xo Xorthern state had a more patriotic go\-ern(jr than Ohio and no other state furnished better or braver men. In cN'ery engagement in which the troops from Ohio participated they were ne\er found lacking in that fine enthusiasm which is conducive to \ictor\'. Whether u])ou the battlefield or in the camp, whether in the ])rison pens of the South, they were always found faithful and loyal to the country which supported them. A gallant \eteran of the Civil War now living in Marysville, Ohio, is John ^^'esley Southard, who has been living a retired life for several years after a successful career as a farmer and merchant.

John Wesley Southard, the son of Sylvester Fowler and Rel)ecca ( Tilton) Southard, was born in Licking county, Ohio, April 17, iX'45. His father v as a native nt Licking CDunty, Ohio, and tor many years taught school, later entering the ministry "t the Methodist Episcopal church. He traveled a circuit on horseback and jjreached uver a wide extent of territory. His health failing, he went to farming and continued at this occupation until his death, November 12, i8f)2, at the age of forty-eight. His wife, Rebecca Tilton, was born in New Jerse}-, as were her parents. The Tiltons came from New Jersey to Licking count}-, Ohio, and there Rebecca Tilton married Sylvester F. Southard and lived the remainder of her days, her death occurring at an ad\-anced age. Rebecca Tilton had two brothers and a sister, William, Nehemiah and Sarah. .\nn. Nine children were born to Syhester F. Southard and wiffe, Mrs. Mary Stamants, Mrs. pjnily LangstafT. I'Tancis H., John Wesley, Martha Jane, Leonidas H,. Mrs. Priscilla Callie Reams and Mrs. Elizabeth Seran. Ail of these children are still lix'ing with the exception of Martha Jane and Elizabeth.

The paternal grandparents of lohn W. Southard were Francis H. and Elizabeth (Hoyt) Southard, natives (jf New Jersey, and pioneer settlers of Ohio, where the\- died, b'rancis H. Southard was a soldier in the War of 1 81 2. His father, William Southard, came from New Jersey U) Licking county, Ohio, and lived to be more than one hundred vears of age. Francis H. Southard and wife reared a family of eight children, Sylvester F.. Le\-i, James, Leonidas H., Airs. Mary .\nn Denman, Mrs. Emily Wear. Mrs. Caroline Cochran and Mrs. Priscilla Bruner.

John Wesley Southard li\'ed in Licking county. Ohio, where he was born, until he was six years of age and then came with his parents to I'nion county, Ohio. He grew to manhood on a farm and received such etlucation as was afforded by the district schools of that time. At the age of se\enteen he enlisted for service in the Ci\il War as a member of Comjianv .\, (^ne Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio \'olunteer Infantry. He ser\ed onlv one year of his enlistment, due to the fact that his health failed, and was honorably discharged on account of total disability. He was in the battle at Perr}-sville, Kentucky, October 8, 1862.

After leaving the army, Mr. Southard returned to Lfnion count\- and bought a farm of eighty-two acres in .Mien township, to which he later added eighty-three acres, so that he had a farm of one hundred and sixt\'-tive acres, which he impro\'ed and brought to a high state of c-ultivation. He li\ed on thi> farm until 1895, although during much of this time he operated a general

Store in Somerville. Ohio, in connection with his farming. He started this store in 1876. From 1886 to 1901 Mr. Southard was superintendent of the county infirmary. He is now living a retired Hfe in Alarv'sville, but still keeps a close superxision over his farm.

Mr. Southard was married October 25, 1865, to Elizabeth J- Penhorwood, a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Lyle) Penhorwood, and to this union four sons have been born, Edward F., Syhester F., Burleigh J. and Milton A. Edward F. married Annabel Schoetinger and has three children, Frances, Catherine and Margaret. The history of Edward F. Southard is presented elsewhere in this volume. Syhxster married Ora Church and has two daughters, Ruth C. and Elizabeth. Burleigh married Minnie Turner and has five children, Lawrence. Alary, ]\Iartha, Charles and Dorothy. Milton A. married Eftie Taylor and has four children li\ing, Mildred, Alonzo, John W^esley and Anna.

Mrs. Southard was born in Locke, Knox county. Ohio, November 6, 1844. Her parents were natives of England, pioneers in Knox county, Ohio, and early settlers in Union county. Her father died in 1888, at the age of about seventy-five years, and her mother passed away in 1893, at the age of ninety-two. Seven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Penhorwood, John H., Elizabeth J., Mary S., William, Rebecca, Ella and Ida.

The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Southard were John and Jennie (Caldwell) Penhorwood, natives of England. They came to America, located in Knox county, Ohio, and died near Gambier. in that countv, at an advanced age. They reared several children, John, William, Mary, Francis, Grace, James, Rebecca and Thomas. The maternal grandparents of Mrs. Southard were John and Susan Lyle, natives of England, and early settlers in Knox county, Ohio. They are buried at Rich Hill. John Lyle and wife had four children, John, William, Elizabeth and Ann. the last named dying in England.

John W. .Siiutharcl and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Southard has been a loyal member of this denomination since he was fourteen years of age and has been a member of the official board of the church for more than half a century. Politically, he is a loyal Republican, but has never held any official position other than that of superintendent of the county infirmar\-. He ]:)elongs to the Ransom Reed Post, No. 113, Grand Army of the Republic, and has served as post commander for two terms.

Charles Carroll Armstrong

One of the largest manufacturing establishments of Marysville, Ohio, is the Standard Stamping Com])any, of which Charles Carroll Armstrong is treasurer and general manager. Mr. Armstrong has been engaged in business in Marysville for the past thirteen years and during that time has made an excellent reputation as a business man. He has that rare foresight and good judgment which characterizes the successful business man, and while devoting himself primaril}- to his own interests, has also taken a prominent part in the life of his community.

Charles C. Armstrong, the sijn of Francis and Amanda S. (Harker) Armstrong, was born in Cctlumbus, Ohio, June 21, 1874. He is one of four children, the others lieing Martha B.. of London, Ohio, and Richard D. and Frank H., both of Marysville.

Francis Armstrong was reared in IMiami county, Ohio, and was a hardware merchant in C(jlumbus for about fifteen years. He then returned to Miami county anil si)ent the rest of his days on the farm, his death occuring there in 1SS4, at the age of fifty-two years. His wife died in [904. b'rancis Armstrt)ng and his wife were both loyal members of the Presbyterian church. He was in the hundred-day ser\-ice during the Ci\'il War, ser\'ing as a pri\-ate.

The paternal grandparents of Charles C. Armstrong were Richard and Electa ( Rumsey ) Armstrong, nati\es of Penns\"lvania, and earl\- settlers in Miami count}-, Ohio, where tlie_\- li\-ed the remainder oi their days. Ten children were born to Air. -\rmstrong's grandparents: Elliott B., Albert, William Howard, Francis, Truman B., Exelina, Fidelia, Xancv Maria, Henrv Clay and Richard Alartin. The maternal grandparents of Mr. .\rmstrong were John AL and Elizabeth (Boileau) Harker.

Charles C. Armstrong nioNcd from Columluis with his parents when he was a child and was reared in 'l"ro\', Miami countv, Ohio. .Vfter lea\'ing school he clerked for a short time in Troy, and then started to learn the trade of metal spinning in Columbus, Ohio, and followed this trade for twelve years. He then organized the Standard Stamping Company in Columbus and operated it there for al)out two years. In 1902 he remo\ed his plant to Marysville and changed the name from the Admiral Lamp Company to the Standard Stamping Company. The company was originallv incorporated with a capital stock of se\en thousand dollars, which was increased successively to thirty thousand, fifty thousand and seventy thousand, its pres- ent capitalization. Tiie company manufactures hardware specialties of various kinds and covers the entire United States and Canada in the sale of their goods. Seventy people are now employed in the manufacture of the products of the company. Its present officers are H. W. Morey, president; Waldo T. Guy, \'ice-president : D. ti. Scott, secretary, and C. C. Armstrong, treasurer and general manager.

Air. Armstrong was married in October, 1899, to Mary Lee Cady, the daughter of Norman W. and Anna (Mott) Cady, and to this union two children ha\e been born, Catherine Alice and Charles Carroll.

Mrs. Armstrong was Ixjrn in Miami county, Ohio, and her parents were both natives of this state, and are now living in Troy, Ohio. Eight children were born to Air. and Airs. Cad}-, Zella, Nettie, Alary, Harriet, Alice. Elfie and two who died in childhood. The paternal grandparents of Airs. Armstrong were Parley R. and Sophronia (Grandy) Cad\'. Her grandfather, on her father's side, died at the ad\-anced age of ninety- four. The maternal grandparents of Airs. .Xrmstrong were Josiah and AIar\- .Ann ( Scobey) Alott.

Air. Armstrong and his wife are members of the Congregational church and are interested in all church and Sunday school work. Air. .Armstrong is now superintendent of the Sunday school in his church. He is a member of the Vree and Accepted Alasons, and in politics gives his earnest allegiance to the Republican party.

Charles Stansberry Chapman was born in RayuKind, Cnion county. Ohio, November 15. 1846, and this county has been his home nearly all the time from that date. While he is not yet in the class of the oldest inhabitants he has lived in the county a sufficient number of years to have seen a wonderful growth and development in the county during the past half century. The improved farms antl impro\etl methods of farming, the modern im- ]jro\'ements in farmers' homes and lUanner of living, the modern conveniences for transportation and communication, the automobile, telephone, electric light and electric power, and inniunerable other things ha\-e all come within the menior)- of persons of less niunber of years than has been li\ed b\- Mr. Chapman.

Connecticut. They had three cliildren : Cliarles S. : P'rank, who died in infancy; and Minnie Alary, deceasetl, who was tlie wife of .\ngustns Reicliert. The father of our subject was reared in I'"ranklin county, Ohio. He came to Union county in 1845, 'i"'' '" I'^^H mo\-ed to Jerome township and engaged in farming for several years. In 1870 lie came to Alarysx'ille and engaged in the agricultural implement business in which he continued until 1873, when he disposed of thi.s business and went into the lumber and planing mill business. He continued in this business for se\'eral years, when he retired. He and his wife dietl here at an ad\anced age. They were members of the Episcopal church at W'orthington and later identified themsehes with the Congregational church at Alarysville.

The paternal grandfather of Charles S. Chapman was Roswell Riggs Chapman and his wife was Phoelje (Stansberry) C7hapman. Thev were nati\'es of Connecticut and pioneers of bVanklin county. Ohio. He died at Natchez, Mississippi, w-hen a comparativel)- young man- his wife died in Marysville well adx'anced in \ears. The\' had quite a large famih- of children, the most of whom li\'ed to the age of maturity-. The grandfather was a soldier in the War of 1812, and jjarticipated in some of tlie important battles of that war. In one of these engagements he was taken prisoner bv General Hull. The maternal grandparents were nati\es of Connecticut and he died at his home in that .state. The widow and children came west to Ohio and found a home in Springfield. She died in L-ogan county, Ohio, at an advanced age. The children of this family were X'ancy, Evelyn, Mrs. Caroline Coles. Elizabeth Channel and b'rank. The grandfather, Isaac Marsh, held the rank of general in the War of 1812 and rendered conspicuous ser\'ice as a soldier in the cause i)f his countrv.

Charles S. Chapman spent his younger \-ears on his father's farm near Worthington and was accustomed to all the ordinary work that falls to lot of the farmer bov. His elementary education was received in the schools at Worthington and he then became a stuflent at Kenyon College. .After lea\'- ing college he taught school in Union county for one year. He then assisted his father in farming and lived at home until he was grown to manhood. In 1870 he came to Marys'.ille ruid was eni])lo_\-ed for about three months bv O. 'SI. Scott in the agricultural implement business. lie then bought Mr. Scott's interests and continued the business for himself for three vears. On April I, 1874, he organized the Peoples' Bank with a capital stock of t\\entv thousand dollars. This ]5ro\ed to be a successful enterprise and has become one of the established financial institutions of the countw .\t the organ- ization of this bank, Mr. Chapman was made cashier and served in that capacity for man\- rears. For the past three years he has been president of the bank.

On December i, 1870, Mr. Chapman was married to Anna Theresa Kinkade. a daugiiter of James and Hannah (Cassil) Kinkade. There are three sons in the family, Frank Thomas, Max and Albert K. Frank Thomas is a music teacher and is at the head of the Conser\atory of Music in Pacific University, at Forest Gro\e, Oregon. He graduated from the Chicago College of r^Iusic and studied abroad in London, and after his marriage to Pauline Miller, also a singer of note, they spent a year in Berlin. He has written a book on harnion}- and is one of the prominent educators in music of the Pacific coast. His children are also musically inclined, especially Harmon. He and his wife have three children, Harmon, Anna Katherine and Miller. Max is a farmer and stock raiser and lives two miles west of Marysville on the "Maxwellton Stock Farm." He is one of the most prominent Rambouillet sheep breeders in the United States. "Bernice"' was a fine specimen of the Rambouillet Ijreed of sheep and ne\'er equaled nor defeated at the prominent state fairs. She was the champion prize ewe of the breed at the l'an-.\merican Exposition. "Lady C" was another wonderful ewe raised by the Chapman family. She was the champion ewe of the Rambouillets at the Seattle Exposition and sold for three hundred dollars before the awarding of the prizes. He raised a young ram, "b'ashion," which made an excellent animal and sold for five hundred dollars. He married Effa Seeley and they ha\'e two sons, Charles Seeley and Donald Seeley, both of whom are now in the ]\Iarys\ille high school. Albert Kinkade lives at home and is at present a member of the graduate school of Princeton LIniversity, where he is to receive his Doctor of Philosophy degree. He secured his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees at Ohio State University. He has had conferred on him the honors Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Psi. His greatgrandfather, Re\-. Benjamin Chapman, graduated from Princeton in 1754.

Mrs. Chapman was born in Marysville September 26, 1847, attended the public schools of that place and graduated from the Springfield Seminary for girls. For historv of her family ( Kinkade), see the .sketch of J. H. Kinkade elsewhere in this \olume.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Chapman are members of the Presbvterian church and Mr. Chapman is a ruling elder in this church. Mr. and Mrs. Chapman are charter members of the Marysville Musical Club, which is twenty-mne years old. Mrs. Chapman is also a member of the Parliament

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Club, which is t\venty-fi\e 3'ears old, the Art History Club and numerous church societies. Fraternally, Air. Chapman is a member of the Palestine Lodge No. 158, Free and .Accepted Masons. Politically, he is a Republican. He is interested in everything for the uplift of the community. Air. and Mrs. Chapman reside in their fine brick home which was built in 1887.

E.Aiory Fultox Sawyer

For the past thirty years lunory Fulton Sawyer has been acti\ely identified with the business interests of j\Iarys\-ille, Ohio, and during practically all of this period he has been the secretary of the Citizens Home Savings Bank. This company was organizetl in 18S9 with an authorized capital stock of half a million dollars, which has since been increased tn two million dollars. Mr. Sawyer was the chief organizer of the bank and the only original officer or director who has been connected with it since its organization in 1889. He is essentially a self-made man and the success which has attended his efforts in banking circles speaks highlv for his ability as a financier. While he has been primarily devoted to his own jirixate interests he has not neglected to take his full share (.)f the burdens of community life, and consequently is highly regarded as a public-spirited citizen in Alarys\ille and throughout Union county. To his labors and energy is largely due the impr(j\'ed condition and pa\'ing of AIarys\-ille's streets, he being the first to take the initiative in that line.

Emory Fulton Sawyer, the son (if Amos and Laura (Harbaugh) Sawyer, was born in Piqua, Miami county, Ohin, June _m. 1855, His father was born in Davton, Ohi(i, and his mother in Fredericktown, AIar\-land, and to them were born fi\-c children: .Vmcis li.. of Columlnis, Ohio; b^morv F"., of AIar_\'s\ille ; Charles M., of Columbus; Jessie R., the wife of Samuel fv. Hamill. (jf Terre Haute, Indiana, and Laura, the wife <if George Atkinson, of New York city.

Amos Sawyer was reared in Dayton, Ohio, and mo\ed to Aliami county, Ohio, some time in the forties and located at Piqua, where he became interested in the manufacture of linseed dil, and sulise(|uently in the wlmlesale anil retail grocerv business, following this dual line of activit\' until his death in 1885 at the age of sixt}'-two. His widow still sur\i\'es him and is now making her home in Columbus. She is now past eighty-one \ears <if age. .\mos Sawver and his wife were both members of the Methodist church. He took

The ])aternal i^randi^irents of Emory F. Sawyer were Uriah and Sarah Sawyer. nati\es of Massachusetts and early settlers in Dayton. Ohio, where he followed the trade of a grocer. Uriah Sawyer and his wife died in Piqua at an ad\anced age. after having reared a family of five children. John, Ruth, Sarah. Julia and Amos, the father of Emory F. Sawyer.

The maternal grandparents of Mr. Sawyer were Washington and Louisa Harbaugh, natives of Maryland of German ancestry. The Harbaugh family came overland from Marylaiid to Piqua, Ohio, and became pioneer settlers in that place. Mr. Harbaugh was a dry goods merchant and followed this line of activitv until his death at an advanced age. Mr. Harbaugh and wife reared a family of four children, Laura, Julia, Washington and John.

Emory F. Sawyer was reared in Piqua, Ohio, and graduated from the high school of Piqua in the spring of 1874. He immediately began to work for his father in the grocery store and followed this business for several years. He moved to Marysville in 1885 and for the first two years after coming here was bookkeeper for O. M. Scott & Brother. He then became interested in the fire insurance lousiness, which he still continues. In 1889 he organized the Citizens Home and Saxings Bank and has been secretary of this company since its organization. This bank is one of the soundest financial institutions of its kind in the state, and has done a large and everincreasing business since its organization uKire than a quarter of a century ago.

Mr. Sawyer was married January 15, 1878, to Sarah E. Morgan, the daughter of Thomas and Emily (Williams) Morgan. To this union have been born four children, Fulton M., \Valter A., Elwood E. and Xina E. I'ultDu M. married Edith Ereese and is a prosperous farmer in Leesburg township. Walter A. is state agent for the I-'ireman's Fund P'ire Insurance Company and makes his home in Marysville. Walter married Cornelia Sellers and has one daughter, Cornelia, and one son, Emery Fulton, Jr. Elwood E. is now a student of the Ohio State University at Columbus, while Xina is a student in Ohio \Vesleyan University at Delaware.

Mrs, Sa\v\er was born in Mechanicsburg. Ohio, her father being a nati\e oi London, England, and her mother of Maryland. Both of her jiarents are now deceased. .\ large family of children were liorn to Mr. and Mrs. Morgan, Mary F., John T., Edward D.. William .\., Mina J., Magnus C, Walter M., Sarah U. Xina, Lenna and I'jnily W.

Mr. and Mrs. Sawyer are earnest members of the Methddist I-'piscopal church of Marys\ille and deeply mncerned with its \arious acti\ities. Fraternally, Mr. Sawyer is a member of the Free and ,\ccepted Mas(]ns, the Royal antl Select Masters, Raper C'ommandery, and the Aladdin Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He also holds his membership in the Kni.i^hts of Pythias and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Marysxille. .\lr. Sawyer has taken an acti\e interest in the welfare of the Kepiil)lican part\' and serx'ed as a member of the council of Mar)'s\ille for se\cn Ncars. lie was also on the school board for a lunnber of \-ears. He is a director in the ]\Iar_\-s\-ille Cabinet Manufacturing;- L'oni|)an\-.

Tohx L. Sellers

Each man who stri\-es to fulfill his part in connection with human life and human acti\ities is deserxing of recognition, whatever ma\- be his field of endea\-or, and it is the function of works of this nature to gi\-e an authentic outline of the career and individual character of persons represented in these pages. These personal sketches are in the nature of pen portraits of tho.se represented, and the effort has Ijeen to throw a well-focused light on John L. Sellers and t(.) bring into proper perspecti\e the salient [joints of the individual traits of character that ha\e marked his life. It is the character of the individual that establishes the character of the comnuuiitw and there is no one, however humble his sphere in the communit\\ who ddes not in some measure contribute a part to the character of citizenship. A bistor)- of a count}- or state without a personal history of representati\-e citizens composing that count}- or state would be inconiplete. This may not aj^pear as an important omission to the present-da}- reader, but a histor}- w-(jrth\- of the name is not written and published solely for the interest of the present-dav readers.

The foregoing obser\-ations are not to be understood as an explanatic-)n or an apology for the introduction of John L. Sellers, who is the subject of this brief re\'iew. He needs no apolog}- nor introduction to the readers r)f this \'oItmie, much less is there need of ex])lanation or apolog\- for classii-ig him among the representati\-e citizens of his town and count}-. He not on]\- has an honorable record as a citizen, but l^ears a record of honor and distinction as a soldier in the Spanish- American War. He can also take [jride in a patriotic ancestry, his father ha\-ing ser\-ed as a soldier in the Cixil

John L. SeUers was born in Marysville, Ohio, Xovember 11, 1858, a son of George L. and Ehza (Snodgrass) Sellers. The father was a native of Maryland and the mother of Ohio. Their two children were John L. and Efifie, the wife of Charles Smalley, of Washington, D. C. In his early life George L. Sellers was a farmer in Maryland, where he grew to manhood. In the meantime he learned the tanner's trade and was engaged in that line of business for some time while living in Maryland. When he was twentyone years of age he came to Marysxille and engaged in the tanning industry for a number of years in partnership with Josiah Morelock. It was about the year 1871 when he disposed of b.is interest in the tannery and engaged in the retail grocer)' business, in partnership with the late Mr. Cartmell. This partnership continued for several years, when Mr. Sellers bought his partner's interest and took his son, John L... i)ur subject, into the business, under the firm name of G. L. Sellers & Son. While engaged in business under this firm name the senior Sellers assisted in the organization of the Union Banking Company at Marysville and became the cashier of this institution. Later he became president of the bank and continued in this position for several years. He retired in the fall of 1913 and died February 13, 1914.

In 1861 George L. Sellers followed the example of thousands of other patriotic young men of Ohio and enlisted in the service of his country which was threatened with disruption l)y the rebellion of Southern states. He enlisted in Company E, Eighty-sixth Ohio \'olunteer Infantry, a regiment that bore a conspicuous part in the several battles in which it was engaged. Mr. Sellers followed the fortunes of his regiment through the war as a faithful soldier and was promoted to the position of first lieutenant of his company. At the close of the war he returned home and took up the duties of a citizen in civil life. He was an acti\-e and influential menilier of Ransom Reed Post, No. 113, Grand Army of the Republic. His wife died in 190S, aged se\'enty years, bor man\- years tliev were faithful and consistent members of the Presbyterian church and actively interested in church affairs. Politically, Mr. Sellers was an advocate of the principles of the Democratic party.

The paternal grandfather of John L. Sellers was John Sellers, and his wife was Elizabeth (Weaver) Sellers, both nati\'es of Pennsylvania. They died in their Maryland home well advanced in years. They had a large family, John H., George L., Xoah, Catherine (wife of Richard Osier), Lizzie and Ellen (wife of Henry Grove). The grandfather, John Sellers, served in tlie War of i8ij, as a commissioned officer. The maternal grandtatiier was Thomas Snodgrass, one of the old settlers in Marysville, where lie and his wife lived to celebrate their golden wedding and where thev both died at an advanced age. Their children were .Margaret Rebecca, Eliza, -Mary, Sarah, Josephine and liugene.

John L. Sellers was reared in Marysville and recei\ed his elementary edncation in the pnblic schools, snpplemented 1)\- a conrse in a business college at (.develand, ( )hio. lie then found cniploynient in his father's grocerv store and after a time became a partner with him in the business. When his father went in the banking business he continued to manage the grocerv for sex-eral years. He sold his interest in the grocer\- and for se\eral \ears was engaged in the wholesale cigar business. In iN()S the .S])anish-.\nierican War came on and Mr. Sellers, being an officer in the National Guard, was called into the United States ser\ice. He ser\eil as major in the Fourth Ohio A'olunteer Infantry, going with his regiment to Porto Rico, where it reiuained in the serxice until the close of the war. He then returned to Alarysxille and embarked again in the grocery business, in which business he is still engaged. In the meanwhile be has been engaged in other lines. Fur four \-ears he was tra\eling salesman for a whcjlesale grocerv house in Columbus, and for another four years was sales agent for the John Wildi E\'aporated ]Milk Compan}-, with headijuarters at Columbus. The past vear he has remained with his grocer\- l)usiness in Marvsxille.

Mr. Sellers was united in marriage with Dorothy E. Cole, daughter of Judge P. B. Cole and Dorotli}- (Witter) Cole, Octolier g, 1883. T.i this union seven children have been born, Edward, Cornelia, Ceorge, Paul, William, Elizaljeth and Frederick. Edward is superintendent of the gas and electric company at Frankfort, Kentucky. He married Marie Carmean. Cornelia married W;dter ,\. Sawyer, (jf Mar}-s\ille, state agent of the Fireman's I^'und Insurance Company, ami has one daughter, Cornelia, antl one son, Emory. George is manager of the Kry])tok Lens Company, of Chicago. Paul and William are students in the Uni\'ersity of Minnesota, at Minneapolis. The other children are at home.

Mrs. Sellers was born in Mar\'s\ille, Oiiio. and her parents. were also natives of Ohio. Her mother is still living at the reiuarkable age of ninetyfour vears, and still more remarkable is the fact that her memorv is verv clear concerning things that occurred in the distant past. The father of Mrs. Sellers died several years ago, at an ad\'anced age. The children of this family were Ulysses, James P>., Cornelia, Edward, Jessie and Dorothy.

The paternal grand father of Mrs. Sellers laid out the town of Marysville and was one of the first sheriffs of Union county. Cornelia C, a sister of Airs. Sellers, was the wife of former Vice-President Charles \\'. Fairbanks, of Indianapolis.

Mr. and JNIrs. Sellers are members of the Presjjyterian church. He is vice-president of the financial board and has served in that position for se\'eral years. He is a teacher in the Sunday school and an active worker in all departments of the church. In fraternal afTairs. Mr. Sellers is a member of Palestine Lodge, No. 158, hree and Accepted Masons, and of Marysville Lodge, No. 100. Knights of Pythias. Politically, his affiliations are with the Democratic party. He served one term as a member of the city council and one term as a member of the school board. This is the extent of his service for the public in official capacitv, Init his ser\ice as a private citizen in ever\- endeax'or for the promotidu of the best interests of the cit}' and communitv has been unceasing.

Judge John M. Brodrick

The historv of John M. Ijrodrick, the present judge of the common [-leas court of L'nion c(nint\-. Ohio, has Iieen closely interwoven with the histcir\ (if his countv' for more than half a century. Throughout the years of his life bis career has been marked by untiring activity and has been crowned with a degree of success which speaks well for his ability. Years of conscientinus work as a lawyer have lirought with them not only increase of practice and reputation, lint also that growth in legal knowledge and wide and accurate judgment which constitutes marked excellence m the profession. He achieved a splendid record at the bar at an age when most men are merelv starting out on their life ^vork, and from the beginning he has been intensely methodical and unswervingly persistent in search of the true light and the essentials of the sources of legal conception and thought. As a judge he posses.ses all 'jf those (jualities of legal erudition, wise discrimination and absolute integritv which mark the successful man of the bench, and it is altogether fitting that the history of his county contain a resume of his life.

John M. Brodrick, the son of Isaac and Sarah T. ( Hoff) Brodrick. was born on Mav 19, 1854, in .Mien town.shijx L'nion county, Ohio. There he remained through his bovhood days, attending tlie country schools and taking atUantage ut every pussihle educational opportunity. Early in life he decided that he wanted tu tcillDw the legal profession and began studying to that end.

Judge Elrodrick was admitted to the bar in 1875, and since November, 1876, has been in the actixe ])ractice of his profession in Marvsville and vicinity. He was admitted to the practice of his profession in the United States courts in 1886. His hrst oflicial position was that of city clerk of Marvsville, while he has also serxed as a member of the council of Marysville. While still a young man he was elected prosecuting attorney of Union count\" and filled this ofiice with satisfaction to the people and credit to himself. He has ser\ed his countx- six rears as probate judge, making a record in this oftice for careful antl conscientious service in the discharge of his official duties. Later he was nominated li}- the Repul)licans of Union county, and also ser\'ed as an independent candidate, for judge of the common jjleas court of the third subdivision of the tenth judicial district of Ohio. He was first elected in 1906 and such was his excellent ser\ice on the bench that he was re-elected bv an increased majorit\- in 1912. His judicial record is marked with fairness, as well as great learning in the law, and he enjoys the confidence of the people of his comity and the members of the bar who come in contact with him.

Judge Brodrick was married on .\pril 13, 1878, to Xarcissa \l. Benton, of Delaw^are countx', Ohi<j, and to this union ha\-e been born three children: W. F., who has ser\'ed as cit}- clerk and secretary of the board of agriculture for several years: Feme, the wife of H. H. Stephens, of Columbus, Ohio, and .\dda, who is still single and living with her parents.

Fraternally, Judge Brodrick is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons and has attained to all the degrees in the Scottish Rite, including the thirty-second. He is also past eminent commander of the Knights Templar. He also holds his membership in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pvthias. He is past grand master of the state of Ohio in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and past grand representative to the sovereign grand lodge of that order. He and his family are all consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal church and Judge Brodrick is now president of the board of trustees of his denomination. He is genial and considerate of the feelings of others, and he has as large a circle of friends as anv man in the county. His whole life has been spent in this countv, and it can be truly said that he is one of Union county's most representatixe citizens. (36)

Tohn H. Kinkade

Tlie whole career of three score years of John li. Kinkade, the present city attorney of Marysville, Ohio, has been spent in Marysville. The Kinkade family are of Scotch lineage and located in America after a few years' residence in the northern part of Ireland. The first member of the family to come to America was James Kinkade, who located at Red Stone, Pennsylvania, upon his arrival in this country.

John H. Kinkade, the son of James and Hannah (Cassil) Kinkade, was born in Marysville, Ohio, June 29, 1853. His parents, who were natives of \'irginia and Ohio, respectively, reared a family of four children: Anna, the wife of Charles S. Chapman, of Marysville: John H., the city attorney of Marysville: James F., of New York city: and Drusilla, the wife of W. K. Liggett, of Columbus, Ohio.

James Kinkade was reared in Delaware county. Ohio, and came to jMarysville when a young man and engaged in the dry goods business and general merchandise business in this city from 1843 to 1877. He was an influential man in the history of Union county and served as clerk of the court at one time, as well as town clerk of Marysville. He was a charter memljer of the Odd Fellows lodge, whicli was organized at ]\Iarys\-ille early in its history.

The paternal grandparents of John H. Kinkade were John and Isabel (Adams) Kinkade, natives of Virginia and of Scotch-Irish descent. John Kinkade was in the War of 1812 and fought under General Andrew Jackson. John Kinkade, who died in Virginia of typhoid fever when a comparatively young man, had three children, James, John T. and Isabel.

The founder of the Cassil family in .\merica was Alexander Cassil, who came from the northern part of Ireland and located in eastern Pennsvlvania and lived there until the close of the Revolutionary ^^'ar. He then mo\'ed to Washington county, Pennsyhania, where he passed the remainder of his life. The maternal grandparents of John H. Kinkade were John and Drusilla (Gladden) Cassil. natiA'es of Ohio and early settlers in Union county, where they located in 1837, after their marriage. In 1839 John Cassil and his wife moved to Marysville, where he became one of the most prominent men in the city. He was prominent in the Civil War and was the founder and editor of the Marys\ille Tribune. He served as judge of the court and held the office of mayor of Marys\ille for two or three terms. Mr. Cassil was the last president of the S])ringfield, Delaware & Mt. \'ernon

Railroad Compan\-. In aclclitimi to his other interests he was a large land holder in the county and was extensively engaged in farming. He was a charter member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows lodges in Marys\ille and always took a great deal of interest in their welfare. Both John Cassil and his wife died in Marysville. his wife being eighty-four years of age at the time of her death. .A large family of children were born to John Cassil and wife, Gustavus A., Joseph G., Alexander, Hannah. Mary, Gray, Samuel, Mary J., Reuben, Edward, James I\I., Martha K., David J. and Drusilla.

John H. Kinkade has spent all of his life in Marysville. After com- [ileting the course in the Alarysville scImhIs, he graduated from \\'ooster Universit}' and then began the study of law in the office of James W. Robinson. He was admitted to the bar in 1873 and has been practicing his ])rofession in I\larys\-ille since that year. He has been a Democrat most of his life, but for the past six or se\en years has been indepentlent in his politics. He has ser\-ed as mayor of Marysville for three terms and was special examiner of the United States pension bureau at one time, with headquarters in Mar\s\ille He has ser\'ed as a member of the board of education for one term and has ]3een city attorney off and on for thirty-odd years. During all of this time he has been engaged in the practice r)f law and has met with pronounced success in all the cases which he has handled.

Mr. Kinkade was married June 16, 1880, to Clara A. Aloxley, the daughter (^f Dr. Nathaniel K. and Sophia ( McConnell ) Moxley. To this union fi\e children have been born, James X., Walter M., Alice, Robert C. and Marie. James N. died at the age of six months and Marie passed away at the age of two years. Walter graduated from the Alarysville high school and later from the State Unix'ersitv and is now on the staff of the Portland Oregoiiiaii. Alice is a graduate from the ]\Iarys\ille high scho(jl, (ilenilale College and the State Cni\ersit\' at Columbus. She then entered the Grant Hospital at Columbus and graduated from the course i)ro\-ided in that institution for nurses and later took a post-graduate course. For the past two years she has been in Calif(jrnia. Robert C, the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Kinkade, graduated froiu the Marysville high school and then took work in the Ohio State l'ni\ersit\'. He is now clerking in Fos .\ngeles, California. Robert C. married Fdith Reemsnyder and has one daughter, Natalie.

Mr. and Mrs. Kinkade have always taken a prominent part in the work of the Presbyterian church at Mar\'s\'ille. Mr. Kinkade is now an elder in the church. PVaternally, he is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons and is past master of his lodge. Fie also holds his membership in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and is a charter member of the Knights of Pythias lodge of Marysville. While in college he was a member of the Greek letter fraternity, Phi Kappa Psi.

Mrs. Kinkade was born in Ironton, Ohio. Her father came from \''ermont. lieing born near Timbridgc. Dr. Moxley studied medicine under Dr. Oliver Wendell Flolmes and graduated from Dartmouth College. Doctor Alo.xley's wife was born in Ohio, at Wheelersburg, and after her marriage li\-ed at Ironton. Doctor Aloxle}- died in 1895, at the age of seventy-seven, and his wife passed away in 1906, at the age of seventy-six. Six children were born to Doctor Moxley and wife, four of whom are now living, Alice. Clara A., Nathaniel King, Jr., and Lucy M. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Kinkade were Re\'. John and .\senath (Flint) Moxley, natives of England, and later settlers in Vermont, where they lived to a good old age. Rev. Moxley's wife passed away at the age of ninety-two. The maternal grandparents of Mrs. Kinkade were John and Lucy ( Lawson ) McConnell. A sister of Mrs. McConnell, Iley Lawson Mill, died in California in Fel^ruary, 1913, at the age of one hundred and four, and was a real Daughter of the American Revolution. She was given a gold spoon in honor of the fact that her father was a soldier in the Revolution. Mr. and Mrs. John McConnell, the maternal grandparents of Mrs. Kinkade, reared a family of several children, Robert, .Sophia, Benjamin, Virginia. Thomas and two sons who died after reaching maturity.

The present recorder of Union county, Ohio, is Milton Wilbur LaDow, who has been administering the duties of this important office since the fall of 191 1. He has been a resident of Lhiion county since 1881 and actively interested in everything pertaining to its welfare since that time. That he is a citizen of high character and sterling integrity is shown by the fact that he held the ofifice of assessor of Claibourne township for no less than seventeen years, which speaks well for his efficient service. In the office of countv recorder he is painstaking in the discharge of his duties and is giving eminent satisfaction to all the citizens of the county, irrespecti\e of their political affiliations.

born in Wyandot county, Ohio, October 9, 1862. His parents, Itoth of whom were also natives of Ohio, reared a family of twelve children, nine of whom lived to maturity: Xelimma. deceased, who was the wife of Wesley jMc- Conahay: Rilla, who died unmarried; Libby, the wife of W. H. Spore, of Toledo. Ohio; Jefferson; Frank, deceased; Catherine, the wife of J. S. Styer, of Marion, Ohio; Nettie, deceased, who was the wife of John McXeal ; Milton W., of Marysville, and James.

Seley LaDow was a farmer and was reared in Richland county, Ohio. Later he moved to Wyandot county and came from that county to Union county about 1881, and located at Somerville. on a farm in York township. There he bought fifty acres of land and farmed for several years, after which he mo\ed to Claibourne and operated a stationary saw mill until his death, at the age of seventy-one. His widow died in 1910, at the age of eighty-two. She was a member of the Christian Advent church.

The paternal grandparents of Milton W. LaDow were Jesse LaDow and wife, early settlers in Richland county, Ohio, where he died at the age of seventy-five, and his wife at the age of fifty. Se\'en children were horn to Jesse LaDow and wife, Harr\', Seley, Amos, Emma, Amza, Lovina and James. The maternal grandparents of Milton LaDow \vere William Cummins and wife. They died in Richland countv, Ohio, where thev reared their famil}' of five children, Xanc\', Mary, Morgan, and two others, who died in childhood.

r^Iilton W. LaDow was reared in Wyandot count}', on his father's farm. He attended the district schools and made such progress that he decided to enter the teaching profession. He secured a license to teach in the schools of his county and for three years followed this occupation with excellent success. He then engaged in the general merchandise business in Claibourne township for three years, and after the death of his father t<iok charge of the saw mill which his father had operated for several years. He managed the saw mill successfully for about ten }-ears, and in the meantime ser\ed as ])<istmaster at Claibou.rne for fi\-e years. He then <iperated a barber slio]) in Mari<]n for one \'ear, afterwards returning to Richwood, where he was engaged in barbering for three years. In igio he was elected recorder of Union countv and moved to Marys\ille to take charge of the ofiice in September, 191 1.

Air. LaDow was married on March i, 1886. to A'innie M. McCamcv, the daughter of Leroy and Martha ( .\rnistrong) McCamey, and to this union five children have been born, Wilbur Carl, Leroy Albert, Rubv Dell,

Maxwell and Lottie. W'illnir Carl is a traveling salesman, with headquarters at Lima. Ohio. LeRoy Albert, a barber of Marysville, married Helen Robinson and has two children, John and Seley. Ruby Dell is the wife of Clarence Howison and lives in Columbus. Ohio. The other two children, Maxwell and Lottie, are living with their parents in Marysville.

Airs. LaDow was born in Licking county, Ohio, as were her parents. Her father died many years ago and her mother is still living. Six children were born to 'Sir. and ]^Irs. AlcCamey. \'innie ]\L. Charles. Bert, Sidney, Otto and X\-e.

Politicalh, ]\Ir. LaDow has been a life-long Republican and has always taken an active interest in the welfare of his party. As has been before stated, he served for seventeen years as assessor of Claibourne township and in this positioii made a record for faithful and efficient service. The record which he made in this position undoubtedly led to his nomination by his party for the office of county recorder. He is giving this office the same conscientious and painstaking attention which he gave to the offi.ce of township assessor. Fraternally, he is a member of the Marysville Lodge, Xo. 1 1 30. Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

Johx C. Hartshorx

The register of Union county officials shows a splendid body of public servants, all of whom are doing faithful and conscientious work in the interests of the citizens and taxpayers of the county. John C. Hartshorn, the clerk of the courts of the county, has been a life-long resident of Union countv and was a public school teacher here for more than a quarter of a centurv. He is a man of good education and has exhibited marked ability in the office which he is now holding.

Tobn C. Hartshorn, the son of John and Sarah ( Hammond) Hartshorn, was born at Ravmond, Ohio. June 16, 1865. His parents, who were natives of Xew Hampshire and Ohio, respecti\-ely, reared a family of five children in this countv: John C, of Marysville; Kitty, the wife of Chester Evans, of York township; Bessie, the wife of C. S. Wilson, of Raymond; 7.ura, the wife of M. P{. Titus, of Raymond; and one who died in infancy.

John Hartshorn. Sr., was reared in X'ew Hampshire and learned the carpenter's trade as a young man. He came to Union county about 1850 and located near Broad wav before he reached his maioritv. In that neigh- borhood he followed his trade as a carpenter for many years and is now making- his home in Raymond. His wife died in 1900. He was a soldier in the Civil War and was second lientenant in Company F. Thirty-first Regiment, Ohio \'olnnteer Infantry.

The paternal grandparents of John C. Hartshorn were John Hartshorn and wife, natives and life-long residents of Xew Hampshire. The maternal grandparents of John C. Hartshorn were Ezekiel and Theresa (Darrow) Hammond, natives of Rhode Island and Ohio, respectively. Ezekiel Hammond was an early settler in Champaign county, Ohio, and came to Union count^- early in its history, where he died at an achanced age. There were three children born to Ezekiel Hammond and wife, Mary, Sarah and a son, who died in childhood.

John C. Hartshorn was reared in L'nion county, in the village of Raymond, and attended the public schools of that place. Later he was a student in the Ohio Normal Universit}- at .\da, Ohio, where he completed his education. He liegan to teach in the public schools of this county early in his life and for twenty-fi\e years was a prominent factor in the educational life of the countv. Among other positions which he held, he was teacher in the high school at Pharisburg for five years and superintendent of the township schools. For three \'ears he held the same position in the schools at Xew Dover.

Air. Hartshorn was married on Xo\ember 2S: 1889, to Minnie Crowder. the daughter of William and Margaret (Rea) Crowder. To this union four children have been born, Ursel, Dana L., IMarie I\Iary and Ruth D. Ursel is the wife of J. O. Manley, of Washington township, and the other chiklren are still single and living witli their parents.

Mrs. Hartshorn was born in Union county and her parents were also natives of this state. Her father died in 1893 and her mother passed awav in 1888. Mr. Crowder and wife were the parents of six children, Rina, Debbie, Minnie, Cora, Mary and Louis. \\'illiam Crowder had lieen i)reviouslv married to Lucinda Herd, and to his first union there were four children born, Warren, Pearl, Charles and Phoebe.

Air. Hartshorn is a member of the Congregational church and his wife holds her membership in the Christian church. Fraternally, he is a member of the Knights of Pythias and was a charter member of Ra\niond Lodge, Xo. 657. He has been a life-long Democrat and ser\e(.l as clerk of the township and justice of the peace before becoming clerk of the county court. In 1910 he was elected clerk of the courts, re-elected in 1912 and is giving uni- \ersal satisfaction in the discharge of the duties connected with this office.

Leonidas Piper

The career of Leonidas Piper extends over a period of nearly eighty years, all of which has been spent within the limits of Union county, Ohio. Throughout the years his life has been one of untiring activity and it has been crowned with a degree of professional success attained by comparatively few aspiring to eminence in their chosen calling. He has filled various official positions and has administered the duties connected with them in an able and conscientious manner. He was a soldier in the Civil War and although at the front but a short time, yet was never found derelict in his duty. By a straightforward and honorable course, Mr. Piper has built up a large and lucrative legal patronage, although he has now practically retired from the active practice of his profession. He achieved a splendid record at the bar at an early age and has served as probate judge of his county. His long career in this countv has been filled with good deeds and no citizen is more deserving of inclusion among the representative men of his county.

Leonidas Piper, one of the oldest lawyers of Union county, Ohio, was born on Buck Run, in Union township. Union county, Ohio, November 22. 1836. His parents, William Cochran and Hannah, (Flanagan) Piper, natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio, respectively, reared a family of seven children in this county: Leonidas, of Marysville; Isabel, the wife of A. R. Showalter, of Columbus, Ohio: William Lawrence, deceased: Mrs. Margaret Robinson, deceased; Rose Alva; Eli Gabriel, deceased, and one who died in infancy.

William Piper came to Ohio with his parents when he was six years of age and arrived in this county at the opening of the War of 181 2. He was a carpenter by trade and later engaged in farming, ha\ing a farm of fifty acres in Union township. William Piper died in 1876 at the age of seventy, his wife surviving him a few years, passing away at the age of seventv-seven. Both were members of the Presbyterian church at Mil ford, near which village the wife of William Piper was born. For nearly thirtyfive vears he was trustee of Union township, a fact which speaks well for his standing among his neighbors and fellow citizens.

The paternal grandparents of Leonidas Piper were John Piper and wife. lohn Piper came with a brcither from Ireland and stopped first in Washington countv, Pennsylvania. His lirother went to Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and John Piper died on the road between Chillicothe and Circleville, Ohio, while on the road to Union county. Some time later the widow of lohn Piper married John Porter, and by her second marriage she had two children, .Maria and Susan, l)()th ni whom died without lea\ ini;^ children. l!y her first marriage to John Piper there were horn five children, William C, I'^leanor, .Mar\-, Jane and Rose Anna. The maternal .grandparents of Leonidas Piper were Richard Ciabriel and wife, antl to this union f(_)ur children were horn, John, Josiah. Hannah and Ruth. 15y his secontl marriage Richard Gabriel had three children, James, Alar\- .\nn and Dr. Eli (lahriel. The first member of the dabriel faniih- came to ( )hio al:)out 1812.

Leonidas Pii)er was reared on his father's farm in T'nion township anil here he has always made his home. The count\' was practically an unbroken wilderness when he was horn and during his boyhood days he often heard the howl of the wolf at the door during the winter time. He attended the old-fashioned subscription schools in his earlier boyhood days and later was a student in the old academy at Marys\ille. After completing the best schools of his count) he went to Otterbein I'nix'ersit}- for two and one-half years rmd then entered ( )hio W'esleyan Tnixersity at Delaware, and graduated from there in the full classical course with the degree of Bachelor of .\rts in 1865. Later he recei\ed the degree of Master of Arts from the latter uniyersity. He worked all of his way through college, earning most of his money for exjienses b\' teaching school, .\mong other places he taught at Mt. Washington for one year and at Ostrander for the same length of time. Desiring to engage in the practice of law Mr. Piper entered the law office of Colonel ]Maec(.)ena Cicero Lawrence, in Marysyille. and read law with this excellent jurist. He was admitted to the bar at a session of the district court held at Delaware, Ohio, June 14, iSdj. and lias been practicing his ])rofession in Marys\ille continuously since that \ear. He ser\ed as prosecuting attorney of the county for two terms and held the office of probate judge for the same length of time. He was also school examiner of L'nion county for about fifteen years and during his term of office was largely instrumental in putting the schools of l'nion county upon a sound basis.

Mr. Piper Was married .\])ril Jt), iSdi), to Martha Coe, the daughter of Moses and Mar}' ( Cladden ) Coe, and to this union four children were born, Kate, William Coe, Ralph ]M. and Ruth. Kate is a grathiate of the Marys- N'ille high school and is now a teacher of drawing in the same school. William C. graduated from the high school at Marysxille and later spent some time in hdorida. He then went to Massachusetts, where he worked in a shoe store for three years. \A'hile in that state he enlisted in the Si)anish- .\merican \A'ar and died while in the serxice. He was in tlie battle of Santiago, Init shorth- after that battle was stricken with illness which exentually pro\ed fatal at Santiago. Ralph M. is a traveling salesman for the Standard Stamping Compan}-, of Marysville. He is also a graduate of the Marysville high school. The youngest daughter, Ruth, died at the age of ten. The mother of these children died in 1882. She was born in this county on Big Darby creek, her parents being natives of Pennsylvania and early settlers in Union county. Six children were born to Mr. and Airs. Coe, Philip, Moses, Joseph. Hannah. Mary, and one who died in childhood,

Mr. Piper was married a second time on June 24, 1886, to Rachel Conard, of Hillsboro, Highland county. Ohio, and to this union one son. Earl C, has been born. He is an electrician. The second wife of Mr. Piper is a daughter of Enos Conard and wife.

Judge Piper and his wife are lo^-al members of the Presbyterian church and Mr. Piper has been an elder in his denomination for the past forty years. He is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons at Marys\ille and is one of the oldest members of the lodge. He served as a musician in the Fortieth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, during the Ci\'il War, but the band of the regiment was in the ser\ice only a sb.ort time, and consequently his service was \'erv limited.

Rev. Detlef Philip Ebert

The subject of this sketch is a native of Germany. ha\'ing first seen the light of da\- in Dannenberg. Hannover, German}-. His ancestors were also of German nativity. He is the son of .Vrnold and Augusta Mejer Ebert, natives of Hannover, German}, who lived and died in that country. They had ten children, eight of whom li\ed to the age of maturity, namel}- : Arnold, of Xew Vork city: Alatilda, widow of Rev. Henry Gruetter, now of Xew York cit}' ; Theodore, deceased; Marie, a teacher in Xew York: Adolf, of Pittsburg; h'erdinand, of Manistee, Michigan; Magdalene, deceased; Detlef Philii), the subject of this sketch: and two children who died in infancy

Tlie father of our subject was educated in the schools of his native land and in earl}- manhood took up the stud}^ oi medicine. He was sufficiently educated in this profession to engage in the practice but, in deference to the wishes of his mother, he l>egan to stud}- for the ministr}- and abandoned his purpose to make the practice of medicine his life vocation. He entered the Tuebingen I'niversitv, at Tuebingen, and graduated from that institution, completing his theological ccurse. He was licensed to preach and devoted his life work to that calling. He died at Handorf, German}-, in 1874, aged fiftv-four \-ears ; his wife siir\-i\ed him ten x'ears, dying at the age of fifty-eight, in i88-|.

The paternal grandfather of nur subject was Arnold I'Tiert. wlm was life-elect mayt.)r of Xortheim, Hanni)\er. (iermanx'. He and his wife li\ed to a good old age. They had a large familw which grew to years of maturit}' and usefulness. m(_ist of them retaining their citizenship in iheir native land. The n.iaterna! grandfather was Judge Mejer, holding court at Zellerfeld, Harz, from early years until his deatli. He and his wife spent their life in the vicinity of the place where they were born, and were among the most respected citizens of the communit\-. They both li\ed to an advanced age. Their family consisted oi Otto, Augusta, Eugenie, .\melia, Xatalie, Olinde and Soi)hia.

Rev. Eljert was horn March 23, 1865, and received most of his education in the schools (if his native land. ,Vt the age r)f sixteen he left the old home in the Fatherland and came to America, where he purposed to complete his education and prepare for his life work. He located in Columbus, Ohio, where he found such ad\'antages as he desired for carrying out his purpose. After some preliminary study he entered the Capital L'nix-ersity at Columbus and completed the course, graduating from that institution in 1883. He then entered the theological seminary, in which he took a complete course of study, graduating in 1886. He was licensed to preach at once anil his first appointment \\'as at St. John's Lutheran church. Indiana, Pennsyl\-ania, where he labored faithfully f(jr three }-ears. In addition to his work in this charge, he devoted part of his time in serving the church at T\rone, I'ennsvhania. .Vt the exj^iration (tf his third }ear with the Indiana church, he joined the .St. John's church at Houtzdale, with the T_\Tone church, wliich constituted one parish. In i8yo he was called to a larger field at Xew Washington, Ohio, where there was a large and influential congregation and a greater opportunity for the employment of his talents. He acceptcfl this call and was pastor (if the Xew; Washington church for a ]ieriod of sixteen \-ears. Tn August, 1906, he accepted a call to become pastor of the Trinit\- Lutheran church, at Marysville. Ohio, and here he has labored since that time, this being his third charge in the ministrv of nearh- thirt\' vears.

On May 9, 1889, lie was married to Catherine .Seeger. a daughter of Christian and Margaret 1 heurer Seeger. To this union three children were born. Paul. Walter and Emma. Paul married Irene [ost and li\es in \'ic- toria, Texas. Walter is a student of theology in Capital University, Columbus. Ohio, and will coni])lete his course in 1915. Emma is a graduate of Marvsville high school and is at home with her parents.

A retired farmer of Union county, who is now making his home in Alarysville after a long and successful career on the farm, is John K. Boerger, a native of CJermany and a resident of this county since 1858. It is needless to say that he has been a successful farmer, for every German who has settled in L'nion county has been successful. Mr. Boerger richly deserves the rest which he is now enjoying, since he has been one of the active farmers of his township for many years.

John K. Boerger, the son of William and Elizabeth B. Boerger, was born in Bavaria, Germany, May 3, 1841. In 1843 his parents came to America and located in Columbus, Ohio, and ti\'e years later they moved to Darby township, in L'nion countw Ohio, where they lived until 1861. In that year they moved to Union township, where Elizabeth Boerger died, September 11, 1870.

John K. Boerger is the youngest of five children born to his parents, and when fifteen years of age began to learn the trade of a bricklayer with George A. Fox, of Marysxille. Fie followed this trade for three years and then began farming and has made this his life work. He has a fine farm in Paris township, ujjon which he li\etl until .Ma_\-. 1912, when he moved to Marysville, where he has a beautiful home.

John K. Boerger was married October 18, 1866, to Maggie Maegerlein, a native of German}', wdio came to this country with her parents, Leonard and Eve Maegerlein, when a child. To this union were born se\en children, six of whom are still living: John h\, a German Lutheran minister, of Racine, Wisconsin: John Leonard, of Madison county, Ohio; William J., a farmer of Madison county: Marw the wife of George Rausch, of Darby township: Lena, the wife of George Rausch, of Mill Creek township: George Emanuel, a farmer of Union township; and Charles C. who died in infancy.

The mother of these children died .August 20, 1882, and on November S, 1S83, Mr. Boerger married Matilda Pfeif¥er, a daughter of John and Christiana (Jenner) PfeifTer, natives of Germany, who came to the United States about 1838 and settled in Columbus, Ohio. Mrs. Boerger was born and reared in Columl)us. The father of the second wife of Mr. Boerger died December i_', iSgi, and his widow died January i8. kjii. To the second marriage of John lioerger have been born five children, all of whom are living: Alfred K.. a Lutheran minister at Jellowav, Ohio: Ernest J., a Lutheran minister at Scofiekl. Wisconsin; Paul derhardt, a farmer in Union township: Carl A., a farmer in L'nion township: and Walter P., a bookkeeper at Columbus. Ohio.

Mr. Boerger and all of his family are loyal memliers of the Lutheran church and three of his stms are ministers of this denomination. Mr. Boerger is a Democrat in politics. Init has never cared to take part in political matters, although he ser\-ed on the school board se\'eral years. He is an honest, industrious citizen and has always stood for e\ery movement which he thought would be of benefit to his community. He is a director in the Farmers & Merchants' Bank of Milford Center. He has reared a large family of children to lives of usefulness and honor and has seen them take their places as useful members of societv. Tn doing this he and his wife have done their full tluty and it is eminently fitting that the history of this interesting family be incorporated in the annals of L'nion countv.

Joseph W. Perkixs

The career of Joseph W. Perkins is that of a man who has depended largely u]Jon his own personal efforts to attain success. !\Ir. Perkins is entitled to a place among the successful, self-made men of the comnninitv. and this success has been attained not because of fortunate en\-ironments or luckv chance, but because of an indomitable will and tireless energv. Practical industry, wisel}- and \igorously ai^plied, never fails in some measure of success, e\'en though the en\irouments and conditions of earlv life mav seem to be unpropitious.

Joseph W. Perkins was b(jrn in L'nion county, \'ork township, near West Mansfield, Januar\- 28, 1853. He is a son of George W. and Marjorie (Wiley) Perkins, who were natives of Ohio and early settlers in L'nion county. The family consisted of eight children, namelv : Sarah .\., deceased, who was the wife of RnWrn Daniels: William, i.if .\llen countv. Indiana: Jo.seph W., the subject of this sketch: Whitley, of Michigan: Amanda, wife of William Garroll, of .Mien county, Indiana: Rachel J.. Matilda and Garilda, the latter three being deceased. The father was alwavs a farmer ami was among those who contril)uted a share of the hard labor required in the early development of lands in Union county. He continued to live and labor here until about 1862, when he removed to Allen county, Indiana, where he died in i8'()8, about seventy-one years of age. His widow- survived him for a few years and jjassed away at the age of seventy years. They were members of the Christian church.

The paternal grandfather of our subject was John Perkins and his wife was Phoebe (Cook) Perkins, natives of Pennsylvania and early settlers of York township. Uni(in county. Ohii). .Vfter living several years on a farm in this township they remo\ed to Allen county, Indiana, about 1862. Both died there well along in years. Their children were William, ]\Iargaret Ann, Elizabeth, Michael, George and Melissa. The maternal grandfather was David Wiley and his wife was Elizabeth ( Stanlev ) Wiley, early settlers of Richland county, Ohio. They lived in this county to a good old age, following the occupation of farmers. The children of this famih- were Joseph, Richard, Marjorie, Mary Elizabeth, Drusilla and Cynthia.

Joseph W. Perkins began his career on a farm in Union county and was nine years old when he went with his parents to their new home in Indiana. ^Yhen he was thirteen years old he began making his own way in the world and has ilirected his personal energies to that end ever since. On account of this his i)p])i)rtunit}' for obtaining an education was limited, circumstances making it necessary to em]jl(,)v much of his time in such work as he could find U> do. Howe\-er, b\- attendance at the district schools whenever possible and 1)\- reading and a])plying his mind to practical affairs outside of elementary text books, he acquired an education sufficient for the requirements of the business in which he afterwards engaged. The first sensible business in which he embarked, after he came to the years of manhood, was to get married, rent a farm and establish a home. Later he bought a general store at Raymond, Ohio, and engaged in the mercantile business for two years. His inclination and taste. howe\-er, were more in the line of agricultural pursuits and he disposed of his mercantile business and went back to the farm after this two years' experience. He continued farming until 1909 and made a fair success of the l)usiness. In the meantime his wife inherited fifty acres of land and he purchased an additional seventy-six acres. They now have one hundred and twenty-six acres of fine land in Union township. In 1909 he left the farm and moved to Marysville and opened up a furniture and undertaking establishment. Three years later he disposed of the furniture line and de\iited his attention entirelv to the undertaking business, in which he is still engaged.

On February 3, 1S75. l\lr. Perkins was united in marriage with Lorenda E. Burnham, daughter of Daniel and Catherine ( Haniihon) Burnham. The family record of this union is as follows : Catherine I'lurence married Harry Perfect and lives on a farm near Peoria. Ohio; Maliel Jeannette married Edwaril C. P. Harlow and li\es in Marion: Walter P.. married Caroline l)oulan and is engaged in farming on his father's farm in L'nion county. He is a Republican and was at one time township treasurer in Pogan county, w here he had a general store and conducted a hotel in ]\Iiddleburg.

Mrs. Perkins was born in Champaign county, Ohio, February 3, 1853. Her jiarents were natives of (^hio and li\'ed mosth in (,'hampaign comity. Her father died in 1888, aged sixt\-two years: her mother died I'eliruary 12, 1901, aged eightv-se\'en years. Their children were Porenda F., Maria 1)., Elba v., Elnathan PP and PeRoy Elmer. The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Perkins was Elba Burnham and bis wife was Porenda (Burnham) Burnham. Pi this famil}- were the following named children, Paura, Daniel, Charles, Martha and Da\id, \\ho li\ed to be grown. The maternal grandfather of Mrs. Perkins w.as James Hamilton, who married Maria Blue, both nati\es of Ohio. Iheir children were Flizabeth, James, Alexander, Silas and Samuel.

John Rich.Vrd Hfrriott

A voung business man of Arnold, Jerome township, PTnion county, Ohio, is John Richard Herriott, who was liorn in this same township on Januarv 2/, 1890. After marrying, he at once began business for himself as a timber buyer and lumber manufacturer, and the year following became interested in the coal, grain, bay and general warehouse business at Arnold, where he has built up a good trade in these commodities during the past six vears. He is a voung man and at the threshhold of life and the success which has already come to him is a trilnite to his al)ility. energy and inilustry.

John R. PTerriott is the son of John and Pena (Xick) Herriott. His parents, both of whom were born in Cnion county, have reared a family of three children, two of whom are living: ]\Iaud K.. who died in the year 190S. the wife of Prentice l^aniel Sharp: Joe Moss, of Richwood, Ohio, and John Richard, of Arnold. John Herriott is a farmer and lumberman and now operates a saw mill at Arnold, as well as se\-eral saw mills in the southern part of Ohio.

Starting in business for himself he has built up a large trade in this section of the county and is recognized as one of the enterprising young business men of the county. Mr. Herriott was married on Christmas eve, 1907, to Alice Brodks, a daughter of Wilson and Esther fLinscott) Brooks, natives of .Athens county, Ohio. Mrs. Herriott's parents moved to Franklin county, Ohio, and located near Dublin, Ohio, about 1880. Mr. Herriott and his wife have one son, Gerald Prentice, who was Ijorn Xovember 5, 1908. Politically, j\Ir. Herriott is a Republican, but so far has never taken an active part in political matters.

Michael Thomas Cody

A distinctl}" representative citizen of Cnion count}-, Ohio, is Alichael Thomas Cody, who is now district assessor of his county. Born in this county, he has spent his entire life here and so conducted himself and his affairs as to win the unqualified approval of his fellow citizens. The fact that he stands high in the estimation of the people of Union county is shown 1j}' the fact that he was elected as a delegate to the constitutional convention of Ohio in 19 1 2 and took an active part in the deliberations of that body. He is essentiall}- a self-made man, and his farm of one hundred and thirty acres in Dover and Paris townships speaks well for his thrift and industry.

Michael T. Cody, the son of Michael and Anastasia (Powers) Cody, was born in Dover township. Union count)-, Ohio, October 29, 1868. His parents were natives of Ireland, of count}- Tipperary and county Waterford, respectively. Michael Cody, Sr., came to America when he was eighteen years of age and his wife when she was eight years of age. They met and married in Union county and reared a family of twelve children: John, deceased: Edward, of New Dover; Margaret, of Marysville; Michael T., of Marysville: William R., of Franklin county, Kansas; James F., of Dover township; Richard, of Marysville; Mary, the wife of R. T. Laird, of Leesburg township; Catherine, the wife of I'rank Mackan, of Marysville; Anastasia, of Marysville: Emmett, of Terre Haute, Indiana, and Bernard, of Dover township.

Michael Cody, Sr.. lived in Ireland until he was eighteen and consequentlv received all of his education in his native land. He came to America and first located in New York. ne:ir .Vlbany, and later moxed to Brandon, X'ermont, coming to Ohio about 1853 '"^'icl locating in Union county. He bought a farm of thirt}- acres in Do\-er township, to which he later added three hundred and seventy acres in Dover and Paris townships. He farmed his four liundred acres until 1908, when he retired from active farm hfe and mo\ed into Marys\ille, where lie is now ii\ing at the good old age of eighty-two. His wife, who is also li\ing, is now past seventy-two years of age. Both are loyal members of the Catholic church. Mr. Cody held various, township offices during his younger years.

The paternal grandparents of Alichael T. Cody were John and Margaret (Crook) Cody. They were nati\es (if Ireland and came to America about 1850 and located in Lniim count}-, Ohio, where the_\' li\ed to an advanced age. A large family of children were Ijorn to John Cody and wife; Michael, Edward, Thomas, Anna, William, Jtihn, Clara and Richard. The maternal grandparents of Michael T. Cody were John Powers and wife, natives 01 Ireland and early settlers in Union county, where they located about sixtyfive _\ears ago. They died here at an ad\anced age after rearing a large family uf children: Anastasia, James, Michael, ]\Iary, Thomas, Josie and John.

Michael T. Cody \\as reared on his father's farm in Do\-er township. He received a good education in the district schools of his neighborhood and remained at home helping his father on the farm until he was grown. He then began working out by the month and after his marriage began li\ing on a rented farm. He and his good wife were frugal in their habits and were soon able to bu\' sixty-se\en and one-half acres of land in Dover and Paris townships. Later the\' added an equal amount and lived on this farm for several j-ears. Subsec|uently they sold this farm and bought another of one hundred and forty-fi\-e acres in Do\'er and Paris townships, where they li\'ed until lyii. Mr. Cody then sold fifteen acres from his farm and now owns one hundred and thirty acres of well improved land. In December,

^Jr. Cody was married Xo\ember 14, 1893, to Anna Cuddihy, and to this union three children ha\e l)een Ixirn, Martha, Florence and Chester. Mrs. Cody was born in Marysville, Ohio.

Mr. Cody is a stanch Democrat and has been one of the leaders of his party for many years. He was elected a delegate to the fourth constitutional convention of Ohio which framed a new constitution for the state in

1912. In 1913 he was appointed district assessor and is now filling this office with success and to the entire satisfaction of the people of the countv.

He was township clerk and a member of the school board of Dover township for several years. He and his wife are loyal members of the Catholic church and deeply interested in its welfare. Fraternally, Mr. Cody is a member of the Knights of Columbus and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

Asa G. Bates

It is the dictate of our nature, no less than of enlightened society, to honor those whose lives have contributed in any way to the good of their communitv and to their fellow citizens. In this brief biography of Asa G. Bates, who has passed to his reward, may be seen the life of a man who played an important part in the life of Union county during his career. In contemplating the many estimable qualities of the late Mr. Bates, integrity and industrv appear as common characteristics, an integrity which no personal or other consideration could swerve and an industry that knew no rest while anything remained undone. He had the greatest sympathy for his fellowmen and was alwavs ready to aid and encourage those who were trying to aid themselves. When he Ijelieved he was on the right path, nothing could turn him from his dut}-. He commanded the respect of all classes by his exemplarv life and his memory will long be endeared by his friends and accpiaintances.

Asa G. ?]ales was born April 2. 1S36. and died at his beautiful country home in Union township, I'nion county, Ohio, April 8. 1894. He was a son of Archibald L. and Darcas D. (Robinson) Bates. His father was born 'Slav 2, 1794. and his mother on December 15. i8'oi.

Asa G. Bates was reared in Union township and remained at home until his marriage. He then began farming in Union township and followed farming until his death.

Mr. Bates was married September 9. 1858, to Oryntha A. \\'oodworth. who was born August 8, 1836. Mrs. Bates was a daughter of Asahel A. and Hilah I Revnolds) \\'oodwortli, natives of ^lassachusetts and Union county, respectivelv. Mrs, Bates' father tlied in 1886 and her mother passed away in 1898.

is the wife of Dr. W". .\pple.t;"ate, of Washington. D. C, who is chief surgeon of the Southern Railroad. Josepliine M. was Ixirn April 19. 1861, and became the wife of Florizel Smith, an atturney of Columbus, Ohio. Airs. Smith died February jo, iooo. Andrew A. was jjorn May 8, 1865, and married Jmie 10, 1891, to F)ertha Stokes, a daughter of Hiram and Clara (Chapman) Stokes. Andrew dwns a fine farm east of Irwin and is one of the most extensive breeders of high grade sheep in the state, shipping his sheep all o\'er the I'nited .States. The father of the wife of Andrew Bates was born in Union county, while .Mrs. Stokes was a nati\"e of Vermont. }ilrs. .Stokes died in 1875 and Mr. Stokes in 18S7. The youngest cliild of Mr. and ]Mrs. Asa G. Bates was Archie AA'., who was born June 29, 1870, and died at the age of twelve years.