Licking Township (part 28 of 42)

Charles Aaron Pence, an only child, spent the first seven years of his life on the farm w'liere his birth occurred. At the end of that time his grandmother Pence died and his parents removed a quarter of a mile south, where they are now' living. Upon that place Charles A. Pence continued to make his home until May, 1902, when he came to Hebron. He had for some years before, however, been identified w'ith commercial interests in the county. In 1891 he began business as a dealer in hay and grain and for over seventeen years extensively and successfully carried on operations alone. On the expiration of that period he admitted C. A. Swri slier to a partnership under the firm style of Pence & Swisher and in 1908 they handled over twro thousand carloads of hay and grain, buying all over the county and from other dealers. Their shipments in the past year wrere valued at over two hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars. They conduct the most extensive business of the kind in this portion of the state and make a specialty of dealing in hay. They also conduct a branch business at Millersport, Ohio, where they have an elevator and w arerooms. They have an elevator, warerooms and two large hay barns in Hebron, furnishing a capacity for the storage of twro hundred carloads of hav, while their elevator has a capacity of about ten thousand bushels of grain. Mr. Pence began baling hay seventeen years ago and has devoted his time and attention to his hay and grain business since. While the extent and importance of their trade relations in this connection place them in a foremost position in the ranks of the leading and successful business men of the county, Mr. Pence is also know'll in other associations. He is particularly prominent as a representative of financial interests, having been the founder and organizer of the Hebron Bank* Company in 1903, since which time he has acted as its president. His business interests have enjoyed gradual growth and development until they have reached mammoth proportions, constituting a source of large profit.

Op the 24th of May, 1891, Mr. Pence was married to Miss Anna Warden, a native of this township and a daughter of Charles and Lillian (Granger) Warden, both of whom reside in Granville township. The former is a son of Hiram Warden, of Newark. Mr. and Mrs, Pence have a daughter, Ruth R. The parents are members of the Licking Baptist church and Mr. Pence is well known in Masonic circles, belonging to Hebron Lodge, No. 116, A. F. & A. M., to the Chapter, Council and Commandery at Newark and to Scioto Consistory at Columbus, in which he has attained the thirty-second degree of the Mystic Shrine. He votes with the democracy and for the past three years has been president of the village council of Hebron. He is interested in all that pertains to the general welfare and opposed to everything that indicates a maladministration of public affairs. His life has been indeed a busy and useful one and his various interests have brought him into important relations with the public. Moreover he deserves great credit for what he has accomplished, for when he started out in life on his own account his cash capital consisted of but twenty dollars. He bought a hay press for two hundred and fifty dollars, going in debt for all of it. It was the first full circle horse press in this part of the county. In those days he would receive from two to three dollars per ton for baling hay. When he bought he had to buy where he could get credit until he got a start. Though the beginning was difficult, he was careful in his business, made judicious investments and therefore suffered no losses. As time passed prosperity attended him and he now ranks among the most prominent business men of this part of the state. In all that he does he is found reliable and upright and through his close conformity to a high standard of commercial ethics enjoys the fullest confidence and respect of his fellowmen. Moreover he is a genial, cordial, courteous gentleman and these qualities have rendered him popular. It is safe to say that no man in the community has more warm and stalwart friends than has Charles A. Pence, now an honored representative of one of the prominent pioneer families of the county.

Rees R. Jones

Rees R. Jones, through the faithful performance of each day's duty and the improvement of opportunity, has made steady progress in the business world, and has gained that measure of success which always follows honorable effort intelligently applied. His entire life has been passed in Licking county, and that his record has ever been a commendable one is indicated by the fact that many of his stanchest friends are those who have known him from his boyhood to the present time. His birth occurred in Mary Ann township on the 15th of July, 1856. His father, John B. Jones, came from the little country of Wales, which has furnished to America a fearless, sturdy band of citizens who have been charac- tenzed by reliability in business affairs and loyalty in citizenship. Landing in the United States in June, 1844, he came by canal boat to Newark, and for three years lived in the city, after which he took up his abode upon a tract of land in Mary Ann township and began farming. At the time of the Civil war he espoused the cause of his adopted country, joining the Seventy-sixth Ohio Infantry. He was captured while on active duty and, while still at the front, became ill with typhoid fever and died in the service, when but forty-two years of age. Ere leaving his native land he had married Rachel Davis, also a native of Wales, and unto them were born six children, of whom the eldest and youngest are now deceased.

Rees R. Jones pursued his education in the country schools, but his opportunities in that direction were somewhat limited, owing to the fact of his father's early death, which made it necessary that he and his brothers aid in carrying on the home farm. His youth was a period of earnest and unremitting toil, as he carried on the task of plowing, planting and harvesting and the innumerable duties which constitute the life of the agriculturist. He continued to engage in farm work until twenty-two years of age, when he came to Newark and began clerking in a clothing store. That he was diligent and reliable is indicated in the fact that he remained in the service of D. Ambach for seven years. In the meantime he carefully saved his earnings, and when he felt that his experience and capital justified his embarkation in business on his own account he established a grocery store, which he conducted for two years. On the expiration of that period he became engaged in the clothing business with John H. Moore, but after eighteen months withdrew from that line to accept the appointment of superintendent of the county infirmary. He filled the position for four years and again came to Newark, where he engaged in the coal business. About that time he was elected infirmary director and acted in that capacity for three years. He then turned his attention to real estate and fire insurance, in which lines he still continues, writing a large amount of insurance annually, while at the same time he negotiates many important realty transfers. He also derives a substantial income from a good farm of one hundred and seven acres which he owns in Union township. In October, 1887, Mr. Jones was married to Miss K. E. Turney, a native of Franklin county, and they have one daughter now living, Rachel Louise, but lost three children in infancy. Mr. Jones holds membership relations with the Modern Woodmen, the Eagles and the Maccabees. He has always given his political support to the democratic party and has served as city treasurer and also as alderman-at-large. His official duties have ever been discharged with promptness and fidelity, and in all of life's relations he has commanded the respect of his fellowmen by reason of the fact that he has held to high standards in business and has been most loyal to the ties of friendship and citizenship.

Frederick Tyler

Frederick Tyler, whose high principles, strict integrity and business ability made him one of the foremost citizens of Monroe township, Licking county, was born in Gloucestershire, England, March 19, 1850, a son of Wickham N. and Louisa (Haves) Tyler. The mother died in England and the father afterward came to the new world. The son acquired his education in the parish schools of his native country and in 1870 joined his father who two years before had arrived in the United States. The family home was established in Granville, Ohio, where they remained for a short time and then removed to Johnstown. Wickham X. Tyler was a harness maker by trade and for many years engaged continuously in business in Johnstown.

His son, Frederick Tyler, learned the trade with his father and was engaged in the business in Johnstown for a quarter of a century, establishing a reputation for superior goods and absolutely fair dealing. As a tribute to the honesty of the people of the locality he stated that although doing a very large credit business he practically never lost a dollar by bad accounts. This statement at the same time indicates something of the careful business methods of Mr. Tyler and the fact that his own fair dealing brought a return in kind from his patrons. He figured prominently for twenty-five years in the commercial circles of Johnstown and then retired from merchandising to engage in farming and stock-raising. He also conducted a dairy for about twenty years and at the time of his death was the owner of an excellent and well equipped farm in Monroe township.

On the 29th of April, 1873, Mr. Tyler was united in marriage to Miss Jane Peck, a daughter of Israel H. and Violet (Smith) Peck. They were among the pioneer families of the county, the Pecks coming to Licking county from Xova Scotia in 1815, at which time they purchased land near Johnstown which still remains in possession of their direct descendants. Mr. and Mrs. Tyler became the parents of seven children: Clara M., now the wife of Clyde Moore Ross, cashier of the Citizens Bank; Fannie, the wife of Forest B. Lillie, of Guthrie, Oklahoma; Bessie, the wife of Dr. L. L. Cramer; Blanche, who is the wife of William Harding; Fred H.; John; and Joseph. The sons are still at home on the farm.

In his political views Mr. Tyler was a stalwart republican and took a lively interest in the questions of local and national government. He was a member of the town council and of the board of education for a number of years. He was a charter member of White Cross Lodge, No. 308, K. P., and was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. The death of Mr. Tvler occurred January 10, 1909. One of the local papers, in speaking of his demise, said : " Sadness again spread over our city and community when it was learned that Frederick Tyler, one of our most highly respected and noble citizens, had died. Mr. Tyler was possessed with a strong memory, was well read in American and English literature, and his noble traits of character and ability caused even the most skilled* in business life to court his counsel and advice. His, indeed, has been a useful life, his force of character and prudent counsel have guarded many against the dangers that line the path of life. All through life he was a man of fixed principles and of the strictest integrity, a man whose word was never doubted or honor questioned, - true to himself, true to his loved ones and true to his God. Beautiful as the slow drooping mellow autumn of a rich glorious summer, nature has fulfilled her work and he is followed to the grave with a blessing, beloved by all. His toils are ended, the warfare finished, his battle won, his crown of glory gained. Sweet is the eternal rest to the way-worn and weary. He was a most companionable man and his deep knowledge of current events always made him a welcome visitor. As a citizen lie was ever deeply interested in all that would tend to the welfare of our community and was always found on the right side. He was honest, honorable and conscientious in all his dealings with his fellowmen. As a husband and father he was affectionate and kind, finding his greatest pleasure in his home with 'wife and bairns/ His love of the beautiful in nature was a passion and the green fields, the bright sunshine, the blue sky, the floating clouds, the wayside flower, the waving fields of grain, the sweet song of the birds spoke a language to him that but few comprehend. v

Charles W. Van Tassel], who is well known throughout Newark township as a substantial farmer and valuable citizen, was born, July 30, 1861, in Richland township, Fairfield county, Ohio, where he resided until the year 1888, when he located in Licking county and hired out as a farm hand and since that time, through persevering efforts and careful management, has succeeded in amassing sufficient means with which to purchase the farm he now owns and cultivates. His parents, Andrew and Mary (Layman) Van Tassel], were natives of this state and in the year 1890 came to this county, where he followed shoemaking in connection with farming and where both departed this life, after rearing three sons and six daughters, Charles W. being the oldest child.

During his boyhood days Charles W. Van Tassel 1 worked on his father's farm during the summer months and in the winter season attended the district schools, thus acquiring his education. He remained under the parental roof until he was twenty-seven years of age, at which time he settled in this county, where he secured employment on a farm and for a period of four years worked for wages. After his marriage in the year 1893 he rented a farm of his mother-inlaw, Mrs. John T. Evans, on which he remained actively engaged in the pursuit of agriculture, also paying some attention to stock-raising until five years ago. He then purchased his present farm, containing sixty-two acres, located on Mount Vernon road, two miles north of the courthouse, the property being highly improved and equipped with a comfortable residence, together with a capacious barn, outbuildings and all the machinery requisite to successfully carry on his work. Mr. Van Tassell raises a great deal of hay, together with various grain crops, and gives some attention to stock-breeding and has some fine specimens of hogs and cattle.

Jlis wife, Margaret E. (Evans) Van Tassell, who was born in this township in 1863, was a daughter of John T. and Ann (Williams) Evans, natives of South Wales. Mr. Evans was born in Cardiganshire, December 22, 1817, and was one of nine children. In company with his parents, John and Sarah Evans, he came to Licking county in the year 1833, settling in Sharon Valley, where he departed this life on September 3, 1882. He followed farming all his life and owned one hundred and sixty-eight acres in Licking county and two hundred acres in Fairfield county, all of which he kept under cultivation. He made a specialtv of breeding shorthorn cattle in connection with producing a general line of crops. He was a blacksmith by trade and followed that occupation during his younger life, giving it up, however, to devote his time to agriculture. Mr. Evans was a republican in politics, and belonged to the Welsh Calvanistic Methodist church, in which he was an active worker, especially along temperance lines. John T. Evans married Ann Williams, who was born February 12, 1823, and came here in August, 1832, with her parents, William and Sarah Williams. Mr. and Mrs. Evans reared the following children: William, Sarah L. and Thomas, all of whom are deceased; Anna J., who wedded Rev. D. A. Evans, of Wayland, Ohio; Elenor, deceased, who was the wife of M. R. Jones; Morgan H., of Delphos, Iowa; William A., deceased; Jemima E., who wedded Glenn Wallace, of Utica, Ohio; Mary H. and Alice, deceased; and Margaret E.

Mr. and Mrs. Van Tassell are the parents of : Oscar K., Frances Gladys and Mary Ann. In politics Mr. Van Tassell has always been affiliated with the democratic party, the principles of which he has thoroughly studied and considers in every respect adequate to subserve the highest interests of the country and effect its financial prosperity and permanent peace. Consequently he is ever ready to do all he can to assist the candidates of the party in securing the offices they seek. He has served the township in a number of useful offices and is now a member of the school board. Among the social organizations with which he is connected is the Tribe of Ben Hur. He is a member of the Plymouth Congregational church of Newark, in which he is an active worker, and is a man of excellent traits of character, endeavoring always to live an exemplary life.

LicKing county draws her citizenship from all parts of the country. Among the worthy residents that New England has furnished, Dr. C. A. Hatch is numbered. He was born in Milford, New Hampshire, his natal day being July 7, 1852. His father, Charles G. Hatch, was a native of Massachusetts, and when a young man removed to New Hampshire. He married Elizabeth Blanchard, whose father was of French birth, and left France for the United States during the Huguenot troubles. He possessed considerable wealth, and sailed from his native land in his own vessel. Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Hatch began their domestic life in Milford, New Hampshire, where he conducted business as a dealer in carriages until the time of his death, which occurred August 12, 1901, when he was seventysix years of age. His wife still survives.

Spending his boyhood days under the parental roof, Dr. Hatch was a pupil of the public schools, and there continued his education until he was graduated from the high school of Milford. He. afterward matriculated in Dartmouth College, where he pursued a classical course that was completed by his graduation in 1875. He afterward attended medical lectures in the Dartmouth Medical College and also pursued a course of lectures in the Missouri Medical College of St. Louis, being graduated therefrom in March, 1877.

Immediately afterward Dr. Hatch came to Newark, believing that this city would prove a profitable field for professional labor. Here he has since remained in continuous practice within one hundred feet of his present location. He bought land here and erected the building in which he now has his office. His attention is given to the general practice of medicine and surgery, and his broad knowledge and wide experience well qualify him for the responsible and arduous duties which fall to the lot of the physician. He belongs to the Licking County Medical Society, the State Medical Society and the American Medical Association, and aside from his practice he has been a director and president of the Home Building Association.

On the 18th of June, 1878, was celebrated the marriage of l)r. Hatch and Miss Annie Grace Barrows, a native of Newark, and a daughter of Dr. Albert Barrows, who was born in Vermont, and for over forty years practiced medicine in this city, where he died in 1903. Dr. and Mrs. Hatch have had two sons. The older, Clark B., is now a physician of Newark, specializing in the treatment of diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. He was graduated from Doane Academy, of Granville, Denison University and the Ohio Medical University, and has pursued a special course of study in New Yrork and Philadelphia. He spent one year in the Protestant Hospital, and in his practice has attained excellent success, particularly in the line of his specialty. November 17, 1908, Dr. Clark B. Hatch was married to Goldneita Moe Green, of Johnstown, Ohio, a member of one of the representative families of Licking county, her grandfather, George Green, being one of the founders of Johnstown. The younger son, Albert B., died when but five years of age.

Dr. Hatch is a prominent Mason, belonging to the lodge, chapter, council and commandery. He is also a member of the Knights of Pythias fraternity. At one time he belonged to the city council, but the demands of his profession leave him little time for active paiticipation in public affairs. He is, however, interested in every plan of improvement for the benefit of the city, and these never seek his aid in vain. He is loyal in friendship, straightforward in business relations and at all times and under all circumstances is loval to truth, justice and right.

M. W. Swisher

The life record of M. W. Swisher is the history of one who has wisely used his opportunities and has gradually worked his way upward in the business world until he is now numbered among the substantial agriculturists of Mary Ann township. His birth occurred in Hardy county, West Virginia, September 30, 1830, his parents being Henry and Sarah (Huffman) Swisher, who were also natives of that county, in which they spent their entire lives.

The subject of this review was reared in Hardy county and his educational opportunities were limited to those offered by the common schools. When seventeen years of age he began working at the carpenter's trade, serving a two-years' apprenticeship without practically any remuneration. He followed his trade in his native county until 1856, when he went to Missouri in company with his wife, having been married in October of that year to Miss Melinda V. Miller. After a period of three years spent in Missouri, during which time he followed both farming and carpentering, he made his way to Muskingum county, Ohio, arriving there in the year 1860, with his wife and baby and five dollars in money. At the end of eighteen months he came to Licking county, in 1862, settling on a farm two miles from Newark, and worked at his trade at that place for eight years, walking to the city each morning and walking home again in the evening. As the years have gone by, however, his financial condition has changed decidedly as the result of his own efforts, and as his sons have attained manhood he has been able to give to each of them a farm. His first purchase of land comprised thirty-five acres on Lover's Lane, Newark township. He made this purchase when he came to the county. The place lies just outside the city limits of Newark and for eighteen years he there made his home, after which he bought twenty-five acres adjoining. He also bought ninety-six acres in Licking township and in 1880 he removed to Franklin township, where he had purchased one hundred and twelve acres. In 1895, however, he took up his abode in Licking township, on a place of one hundred acres, which he had purchased there and it remained his home for seven years. He next bought ninetytwo and a half acres in Mary Ann township and removed to his present location. His farm here is a well developed property, indicating in its neat and thrifty appearance careful supervision and practical, progressive methods. He has labored earnestly and persistently to achieve the success which he now enjoys and in all his business career his integrity has stood as an unquestioned fact.

Sarah Elizabeth, the wife of J. C. Anderson, of Newark. His first wife died in 1875 and he married his present wife in 1876. Her name was Susan Wilkin, and this union was blessed with two children : John W., a resident of Mary Ann township; and Ida M., the wife of F. H. Wilkin, a resident of Franklin township. In 1872 Mr. Swisher changed his political allegiance which up to that time had been given to the republican party. Since then he has been a prohibitionist, for he is a stanch advocate of the temperance cause and believes it to be one of the paramount issues before the people today. He holds membership in the Methodist Episcopal church and his life in all its relations has been honorable and upright, gaining for him the respect of his fellowmen. In his business he has made substantial progress. He is of a conservative nature, utilizing his opportunities to good advantage and whenever he has made changes in his place of residence he has always built up a good property, adding to the farm that he occupies the modern improvements and accessories known at the present day.

William N. Fulton

Macaulay has said that the history of a country is best told in the lives of its people, and certainly the record of William N. Fulton forms an important chapter in the annals of Newark, for he has promoted and controlled various business interests which have contributed to the substantial upbuilding of the city. A man of great natural ability, his success from the beginning of his residence here has been uniform and rapid and his advancement is attributable to the fact that he has noted and improved opportunities that others have passed by heedlessly, being quick to appreciate that wrhich is worth while and equally quick in discarding that which is non-essential.

Mr. Fulton is a native of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, born anuary 23, 1841. His father, Robert Fulton, was a native of the same locality, and the family is of Irish lineage, Abraham Fulton, the great-grandfather of our subject, coming from the north of Ireland to the new world early in the eighteenth century. He was accompanied by his wife, Maragaret Guthrie Fulton, and settled in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, where some of their descendants still live. The father came to Licking county in 1843 arid took up his abode in Burlington township near Homer. He followed the occupation of farming and was prominent and influential in community affairs. For many years he filled the office of justice of the peace and his decisions, strictly fair and impartial, "won him golden opinions form all soits of people." He voted with the democracy and his ideas concerning: political interests carried weight in the local councils of his party. He married Keziah Xewlon, also a native of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, in which state their wedding was celebrated and their wedding journey consisted of their removal to Licking county. Robert Fulton died at the age of fifty- three years, while his wife survived to the ripe old age of eighty-one years. They had two sons, the brother of our subject being Henry IT. Fulton, who joined the Twentietli Ohio Infantry and valiantly served until near the end of the war, when he was killed at Goldsboro, North Carolina.

William N. Fulton, reared on the home farm, early became familiar with the duties and labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist. The country schools afforded him his educational privileges and in early manhood he purchased a farm near Homer, paying for it with his own labor. Later, however, he abandoned the plow and turned his attention to merchandising in Homer, becoming the proprietor of a dry goods store and also establishing a lumber yard there. He prospered in his commercial undertakings and thinking to find a broader field of labor in Newark, he removed to this city in 1873 and began purchasing suburban real estate, directing his energies toward speculative building. He improved much property, erecting at that time thirty houses and in addition to his building operations he engaged in the lumber business. Whatever he has undertaken he has carried forward to successful completion, for he has learned to make good use of his opportunities and has ever based his advancement upon the safe substantial qualities of unfaltering energy and unabating perseverance.

His fellow townsmen recognizing in him a citizen of worth called him to public office, entrusting to him the care of the public funds, when in 1877 they elected him county treasurer. He served for two terms of two years each, which is the law limit, and retired from office, as he had entered it, with the confidence and good will of all.

Mr. Fulton then resumed the pursuits of private life and in 1882, with others, organized the Peoples' National Bank, of which Hon. Gibson A. Atherton was elected president, with Mr. Fulton as vice president. On the death of Mr. Atherton Mr. Fulton succeeded to the presidency and continued as the chief executive officer of that institution for fifteen years, his sound business judgment and discriminating sagacity being strong elements in the success of the bank. During the same period Mr. Fulton was president and Mr. Atherton vice president of the Advocate Printing Company for six or seven years. Mr. Fulton was then reelected to the position of county treasurer and once more served for two terms, making eight \\ rrs in all. No other incumbent in the office has served for four terms and the fact that Mr. Fulton was called to the office by popular suffrage four terms was unmistakable evidence of the confidence reposed in him and the ability with which he discharged his duties. In 1902 he organized the Licking County Bank, of which he was elected president, continuing in the position to this writing. While rendering his county efficient public service and conducting important financial interests, Mr. Fulton has at the same time been extensively and successfully engaged in the lumber business as exporter of walnut logs, and has likewise been president of the Pan-American Coal Company. He is a man of resourceful business ability, looking beyond the exigencies of the moment to the possibilities and opportunities of the future and accomplishing what he undertakes by reason of a strong, determined nature and the employment of modern, progressive business methods. Moreover he has ever believed that honesty is the best policy and has shaped his course in accordance with this old and time-tried maxim, his business reputation being unassailable.

In 1866 Mr. Fulton was married to Miss Belle Selby, a native of Homer, Ohio, and a daughter of Milton Selby, who was also born in Licking county, while her grandfather, the Rev. Caleb Selby, was a pioneer Methodist minister of this county. Mr. and Mrs. Fulton have become the parents of eight children: Harry S., now of New York; Maud, who married Dan Bushnell, but both are now deceased; Jane H., now the wife of Henry Buell; Josephine, who married James K. Hamill, of Newark; Anne, the wife of John Holloway, of Kentucky; Florence A., the wife of James R. Fitzgibbon; Robert G., a civil engineer of Sandusky, Ohio; and Grace.

Mr. Fulton is an active and helpful member of the Second Presbyterian church and has served as one of its trustees for over thirty-five years. He is a high-minded gentleman, imbued with the courage of his convictions, holding steadfastly to what he believes to be right, and his name is an honored one in financial and commercial circles.

Roe Emerson

Step by step through successive stages of progress Roe Emerson has worked his way upward, and though he started out in life empty-handed, he is today numbered among the prosperous merchants of Newark, controlling a large and profitable business, which is the visible evidence of a life of well directed thrift and energy. A native of this county, he was bom in Liberty township July 5, 1851. His paternal grandfather, Stephen Emerson, was the founder of the family in this county, coming from Concord, New Hampshire, in 1817. Here he turned his attention to farming and devoted his remaining days to the tilling of the soil. His son, George Emerson, was the first white child born in Liberty township. Another son, James Monroe Emerson, the father of our subject, was bom in St. Albans township, Licking county, April, 1817, soon after the arrival of the family in Ohio. Although reared upon the home farm he learned the carpenter's trade ^ 1 for many years carried on business as a contractor, builder and undertaker.

He spent liis entire life in Liberty township, living and dying within a short distance of the old family homestead, while his brother, George, spent his entire life upon the old home farm on which he was born and on which his parents had taken up their abode only a few months after their arrival in Licking county. Another member of the family, Jasper Emerson, who was the senior of George Monroe Emerson, removed to Iowa in the '50s and there died. His son, Stephen Emerson, a native of Licking county, was the father of the famous author, Willis George Emerson, who has produced a number of popular volumes, including " Smoky God," "Builders," "Buell Hampton" and others.

The father of Roe Emerson died at the age of sixty-five years while sitting at the table at the wedding of his son Mark. The mother, who bore the maiden name of Charity Elizabeth Platt, was a native of Toms River, New Jersey, and came to Licking county with her parents during her early girlhood. She died in 1891.

Roe Emerson was a pupil of the country school and the Johnstown high school through the days of his boyhood and youth, incidentally learning telegraphy, and afterward went to Missouri where he engaged in teaching school, following the profession for three years. He afterward went to Alexandria, where he was employed in the general store of Owen & Beaumont for seven years. At the expiration of that time he came to Newark and secured a position in the Amback Clothing Company's store, where he remained for three years. He afterward spent a year and a half in the employ of Charles Washburn, also a clothier, and then he engaged in business on his own account, purchasing Mr. Washburn's stock in 1887 and started in business on the east side. He afterward removed to the south side and thence came to his present location on the west side. Here he is conducting a good business, enjoying a constantly increasing trade as the result of his fair and honorable dealing, his reasonable prices and his earnest effort to please his patrons.

In May, 1894, Mr. Emerson was married to Miss Emma Kochendorfer, a daughter of F. Kochendorfer, editor of The German Express of Newark, and one of the prominent and representative citizens of the county. Mr. Emerson is a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks, and is in full sympathy with the beneficent spirit upon which these organizations are based. He gives stalwart support to the republican party, but is not an office seeker. A progressive and patriotic citizen, he is loyal to every movement for the general welfare and his influence is always found on the side of advancement and improvement. The same quality is manifest in his business and at the same time he conforms to a high standard of commercial ethics.

Simeon Ignatius Tatham

Simeon Ignatius Tatham, who conducts a lucrative dairy business and at the same time engages in farming in Harrison township, this county, is a native of Muskingum county, Ohio, where his birth occurred February 13, 1866. His parents, Benjamin Franklin and Angeline (Kelly) Tatham, are natives of this state and now reside in Granville township, this county. The father came to this county when his son Simeon Ignatius was a little over one year of age and settled in Liberty township on a farm consisting of one hundred and eighty acres. There he pursued general agriculture until a few years ago when he retired from active life. In his family were eight children, namely: Charles E., who wedded Mary Falley, and resides in Union township; Simeon Ignatius; Harvey C., who wedded Hattie Fowl, of Harrison township; Myrtle, widow of Harry Spellman, who is now residing with her parents; Congress J., a telegraph operator at Mineral Siding, who is united in marriage to Mabel Brooks; Abbey, who became the wife of Ollie W. Brown, of Johnstown; and Raymond and Dalton, who reside with their parents.

Simeon I. Tatham acquired his preliminary education in the district schools and subsequently took a normal course in an educational institution at Hanover and later repaired to Springfield, Ohio, where he completed a commercial course. He remained under the parental roof until he was twenty-one years of age, at which period of his life he became clerk in Conrad's Grocery Store, at Newark, Ohio, where he worked for six months and then went into the same business for himself in the eastern portion of that city. After conducting the business for two years he disposed of his interests and entered the employ of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad as a clerk, officiating in that capacity for about one year and a half. At the termination of this time he sold a residence which he owned, situated at the corner of Cedar and Eastern avenues, and with the proceeds purchased a farm of eighty acres on Lowden street. There he resided for three years, engaging in general farming, and upon selling the place, he came to Outville, where he rented his present farm, which consists of two hundred and forty acres. On this farm he remained for about seven years, at the expiration of which period he bought the J. R. Channel farm of seventy acres, on which he erected a four thousand dollar residence - the finest in Harrison township. After two years he sold this and purchased one hundred and twenty-one and a half acres in Union township and in 1905 his present place, which originally contained two hundred and forty acres, seventy acres of which he later disposed of to Dr. Tetherman. On this tract of land Mr. Tatham has been devoting his attention principally to the dairy business and stock feeding. He makes a specialty of breeding and feeding Holsteins and at present has about seventy head of cattle. He has remodeled his home and the other buildings on his place are substantial and modern. Everything about the premises is indicative of thrift and progress and speaks highly for the enterprise and aggressiveness of the owner.

On April 18, 1888, Mr. Tatham wedded Dollie M. Romine, a native of Hanover township and a daughter of John William and Caroline Elizabeth (Reed) Romine. Her parents, natives of Virginia, lived in this county all their married life, he having been the owner of eight hundred acres of valuable land on which he carried on general farming. They had eight children, namely : Minor, who was united in marriage with Sarah Holmes, of this county, who died leaving her husband and one child, Ollie, wife of Emmet Hover ; Charles, deceased ; Fillmore, who is united in marriage to Miss Ella Baughman, of Muskingum count}', Ohio; Alice Florence, deceased, wife of Francis Marion Hayes, of this county; Laura J., who is the wife of V. K. Herendein of this county and has three children, Florence, Benton and Goldie; Leonard S., whose wife, Miss Alma McDonald before her marriage, passed away, leaving her husband and two children, Delbert and Minnie;

Oliver, who wedded Emma Netliers, and resides in this county; and Dollie M., whose birth occurred February 7, 1869. To Mr. and Mrs. Tatham have been born three children : Roe Emerson, who was born December 3, 1889, and passed away September 15 of the same year; Francis Marion, whose birth occurred April 27,' 1890, and who departed this life March 4, 1892 : and Earl Millard, born June 10, 1893, a student at the high school in Kirkersville.

Mr. Tatham has always voted the democratic ticket, because he believes his party platform embodies those policies which will advance the nation's interests and develop its natural resources, both to the financial welfare of the individual and of the nation at large. Locally he has served the township for seven years in the office of trustee and in 1908 was elected county commissioner by a large majority. He belongs to Lodge No. 704, K. of P., meeting in Alexandria, of which he has been a member for thirteen years ; Lodge No. 586, I. 0. O. F., meeting at Kirkersville, in which he has passed through the various chairs; and Blue Lodge, No. 404, A. F. & A. M., meeting at Fataskala. He is affiliated with the Baptist church at Kirkersville, of which he is a liberal supporter and, being a man whose life in every respect is upright, he enjoys the respect and confidence of his fellow citizens.

Newark has many able physicians, men whose ability classes them with the prominent representatives of the profession in Ohio, for they have not only kept up with the general progress of the profession but through original work and investigation have contributed to the sum of valuable knowledge concerning disease and the best methods to check its ravages. Dr. Oliver Prescott Sook holds a position of prestige with the able members of the medical fraternity here. He was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, October 6, 1843, and is descended in the paternal line from German ancestry, his grandfather, Henry Martin Sook, with his brother Peter and his parents, left Germany for the Uni toil States, but while en route both the father and mother sickened and died. The two brothers were provided for by the captain, as was the custom in those early days, Henry being apprenticed to a saddler in Baltimore, Maryland, while Peter went to Allegheny county, Pennsylvania. The family name was originally spelled Zook, but Henry M. Zook changed the spelling of his surname to Book. Many of Peter Zook's descendants art* now residents of Perry county, Ohio.

Henry M. Book, grandfather of Dr. Book, came to Ohio in pioneer times and figured prominently in the industrial development of the section of the state in which he located. His early service in the employ of the saddler to whom he was apprenticed on reaching America had brought him an expert knowledge of the business, and he became widely known as a most competent manufacturer of saddles and horse collars. Ultimately, however, he gave up that business and turned his attention to the study of homeopathy, becoming a practitioner of that school. He was a pioneer in that field of professional labor when Hahnemann gave to the world the first knowledge of homeopathic principles, and he was also among the first to endorse the teachings of Swedenborg and to espouse the princi- pies of the republican party. A man of advanced thought and liberal ideas, he stood for progress and improvement, and thus quick to take up new ideas which he believed were valuable factors in the world's advancement.

His son, Dr. Henry L. Sook, was born in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, and was a young lad at the time of the removal of the family to Ohio. He, too, became a homeopathic physician and spent the last years of his life in practice in Cuyahoga county. He was everywhere spoken of as a good man, his upright life as well as his professional skill gaining him the warm regard and confidence of those who knew him. He wedded Mary Powell, who was a native of Jefferson county, Ohio, and of Welsh descent.

Dr. Oliver P. Sook pursued his education in Steubenville, Ohio, and took up the study of medicine when seventeen years of age, but in 1864, when twenty years of age, he joined the army in defense of the Union cause. After being mustered out at the close of the war he turned his attention to various bnsiness pursuits wherewith he occupied his times and energies for five years. He then resumed preparation for the medical profession and was graduated from the Cleveland Medical College, a homeopathic school, in 1871. The previous year, however, he commenced practice in Newark, where he has since remained, and his ability has made him the peer of the prominent representatives of the profession in this part of the state. He holds membership with the Franklin County Homeopathic Medical Society and has been a close and discriminating student of the science of medicine, so that his labors have been practical forces in the professional work of Newark.

In 1864 Dr. Sook was married to Miss Lois A. Abbott, a native of Cohoes, New York. They have four children: Joseph Rollin, who is a graduate of the Cleveland Medical College, and has also studied in New York and Chicago, being now a successful specialist in the treatment of diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat, at Newark; Gertrude R., at home; Mary, the wife of William D. Sauters, of Cleveland; and Helen Olive, now Mrs. Dean, of Cleveland.

Dr. Sook, like his father and grandfather, has endorsed the principles of the Swedenborgian church. He belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and gives his political support to the republican party, but has neither time nor inclination for public office, preferring to concentrate his energies upon his professional duties. lie holds to a high standard of professional ethics and in the daily round of his calls his cheerful, hopeful words constitute an element in successful practice as well as does his scientific skill in administering various remedies.

The name of Thomas McKean Thompson is associated with the very beginnings of Licking county's history, and since that time representatives of the name have been active, progressive and loyal citizens of this part of the state, contributing in substantial measure to its growth and progress. Mr. Thompson was born November 30, 1769, in the state of Delaware. This was five years before the opening of the Revolutionary war, and throughout his life he retained vivid recollections of the discussions of the important events of those days. He was a son of John and Dorothea (McKean) Thompson, who were married in Philadelphia in October, 1758. In their family were six children: Robert, Elizabeth, Ann Dorothea, John, Thomas McKean and William. The subject of this review was the next to the youngest.

He acquired his education throughout the period of strife and subsequently studied law' at Wilmington, whence he went to Philadelphia, where he engaged in practice. Becoming a prominent factor in shaping the destinies of the new commonwealth, he was elected secretary of state of Pennsylvania, and removed to Reading, then the capital. His uncle, Governor Thomas McKean, who was one of the signers of the Declaration, went to live with him in that city. Following his retirement from office he removed w'estw'ard to Steubenville, Ohio, where he resided for a number of years, and then came to Granville, where he lived for a long period, although his last days w'ere spent in Marysville, Ohio, where he died September 15, 1855. He had first visited this county about 1800, and had located a tract of five thousand acres in the southwestern part of McKean township, which was so named in his honor. In 181 G he removed to this tract wdth his family and about 1830 sold the property to Cornelius Devinney. Subsequently he located on a farm twro miles north of Granville, on Burg road, where his grandchildren nowr reside.

Thomas McKean Thompson was a young man of twrenty-eight years when, on the 15th of August, 1798, he w'edded Alletta Waters Halstead. Their children were: Robert McKean; Elizabeth Halstead; Ann Dorothea, who became the wfife of the Rev. Jacob Little, who for forty years wfas pastor of the Presbyterian church of Granville; John Elbert; Thomas McKean; and William McKennan. Having lost his first wife, Mr. Thompson wras married to Miss Joanna Willett Halstead, a sister of his first wife, and there wrere three children by that union: Alletta Willett, Susan Mary and Harriett Matilda.

William McKennan Thompson, the youngest son of Thomas McKean Thompson, w'as born in Steubenville, Ohio, July 14, 1812, and in 1816 came to Granville with his parents, spending the remainder of his life in this county on the Burg street farm. He died at his home, two miles north of Granville, in 1883, after having devoted his time and attention throughout his entire life to the occupation of farming. He had one hundred acres of land here and also one hundred acres in McKean township, and through his energy and diligence he brought his fields into a state of rich fertility and gathered therefrom gratifying annual harvests. In all his business affairs he was reliable and enterprising, and thus his success was well merited.

It w'as on tlie 18th of October, 1813, that Mr. Thompson married Miss Sarah E. Dilley, who wTas born in Orange county, Virginia, in 1821, and died on the Burg street farm, at the age of sixty-nine years. She wras a daughter of Richard and Mary (Dw'inney) Dilley, also natives of the Old Dominion. The father died in that state and the mother afterward married Deacon Shepardson. In 1832 Miss Sarah E. Dilley came to this county with her grandfather, Cornelius Dwdnney. Of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. William McKennan Thompson there were born seven children. Alice, the eldest, is the widow' of A. I. Kidder, and resides on the old home place on Burg street. Mr. Kidder w'as a native of Massaclmsetts and spent much of his life there as a manufacturer of furniture. His last twTo years, how'ever, were passed in Granville and on the old Thompson homestead on

Burg street. It is to his widow, Mrs. Kidder, that we are indebted for the material concerning her ancestry, constituting one of the important chapters in the history of this county. The other members of the family are: Arthur Dwinney, a farmer of Granville township, on the Columbus road; Mary Elizabeth, living on the home farm on Burg street; Walter Lowrie, who operates the home farm; Dr. James D. Thompson, of Granville; William McKennan, also living in Granville; and Anna Halstead, the wife of William W. Geach.

James E. Thomas

The industrial interests of Newark find a worthy representative in James E. Thomas, who for more than four decades has conducted a foundry business in this city. From a small beginning it has grown to an extensive enterprise, and Mr. Thomas has derived that measure of success which is the well merited reward of his earnest and unremitting labor. A native of Cornwall, England, he was born May 12, 1828, and his parents, John and Eleanor Eva Thomas, were also natives of Cornwall, where both the father and mother spent their entire lives.

The parents were in limited financial circumstances, and because of this condition James E. Thomas had practically no educational advantages in early life. He went to work when but nine years of age, being employed in a foundry, and since that time has continued in the same line of business. His youth was a period of unceasing toil, and he early learned that there is no royal road to wealth, but that success must be gained by persistent, indefatigable effort. Thinking that better opportunities might be obtained in the new world, he came to the United States in 1849 and worked hard and faithfully in several places, always continuing in the foundry business. Sober, industrious, energetic and, moreover, possessed of laudable ambition, he made the most of his opportunities, hoping for the time when he would one day be able to engage in business on his own account.

Mr. Thomas arrived in Newark on the 4th of July, 1855, and became manager for the Newark Machine Company, with which he was connected until the outbreak of the Civil war, when the company passed out of existence, and he went to Pittsburg, where he remained for four years. On the expiration of that period he returned to Newark, and in 1867 established a small foundry. Success came to the new undertaking from the beginning, although the growth of the business has been gradual. As the years have passed he has added to his original plant until he now has an extensive and well equipped foundry, constituting one of the important business concerns of the city. It has been developed along safe, substantial lines and in accordance with modern ideas of trade.

In 1852 Mr. Thomas was married to Miss Emily Lusby, a native of England. They have ten children, all living. Mr. Thomas is prominent in Masonry, having attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite. His political support has long been given to the republican party and for one term he served as a member of the city council, but has never been a politician in the sense of office-seeking. He belongs to the Second Presbyterian church and his life has ever been an honorable, upright one. Nature is kindly to those who do not abuse her laws, and thus Mr. Thomas has reached the age of eighty years, a vigorous, well preserved man, who daily visits his office and superintends his business affairs. He has made many trips back to Cornwall, but while he has sincere love for the land of his birth, he is in far greater degree attached to the home of his adoption, America, believing there is no place like "the land of the free."

Henry C. Case

Henry C. Case, a substantial farmer and representative citizen of Granville, Harrison township, whose ancestors have been tillers of the soil in this county for more than a century, was born here in the home in which he now resides, October 7, 1838, a son of Philo and Mariette (Page) Case, his father, who was born in the state of Massachusetts, having come to Granville, Ohio, with the Granville colony in 1808. He located in Granville township, but spent the greater part of his life in Plarrison township, where he followed agricultural pursuits and departed this life at the advanced age of eighty-three years. His wife, who passed away here in 1890, when eightv-three years old, was a daughter of Nathaniel and Phoebe Page, natives of Vermont, her father having died here at the age of ninet}r-two years and her mother at about the same age. They were the parents of the following children: Mrs. Luray Ann Carter, living with her brother Henry; and Mrs. Clarissa Stine, Frederick, Mrs. Adelia Evans, Emily and Mrs. Julia Snyder, all deceased; and Henry C.

In the district schools of this township Henry C. Case acquired his education and worked on his father's farm until August 12, 1862, when he enlisted in Company D, One Hundred and Thirteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Captain M. M. Munsen. After serving three years he was honorably discharged in July, I860. During his military career he was fortunate in maintaining good health, thereby avoiding the inconvenience of confinement in hospitals, and was with his company in all of the engagements in which it participated, among which were Chickamauga, Peach Tree Creek, Bentonville and siege of Atlanta. He also took part in the Atlanta campaign and was with General Sherman in his march to the sea, and at the close of the -war he took part in the grand review at Washington, D. C. After receiving his discharge he returned to his farm where he has since been engaged in agricultural pursuits. He cultivates one hundred and seventy-five acres, which is located in this township, while his home is at Five Corners and, in addition to general farming, he devotes considerable attention to stock breeding, making a specialty of raising sheep, of which he has as fine specimens as there are in the township.

In 1871 he was united in marriage to Mary Jane Page, his cousin, a native of LTnion township, where her birth occurred September 5, 1842. She is a daughter of Lafayette and Rebecca (Price) Page, who came to this county with their respective parents, the former from Maryland and the latter from Vermont. Both Mr. and Mrs. Page died in this county. Mr. and Mrs. Case are the parents of two sons. Delbert P., born on the home farm August 20, 1873. wedded Mary E. Griffith, daughter of W. W. Griffith. The wife departed this life in August, 1902, leaving a daughter, Ruth M., who, with her father, resides with Mr. Case. Charles L., the second son, born on the home farm September 6, 1883, was united in marriage to Elizabeth Cossal and resides with his wife and one child, Mary, in Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Case gives his allegiance to the republican party and for a period of six years served the township as a trustee, and belongs to Beard post, No. 653, G. A. R.. at Pataskala. He has made wise use of his younger days and now in his seventy-first year enjoys the fruits of his industry and perseverance.

Hon. Daniel Van Yoorhis

The nineteenth century had scarcely entered upon its second decade when Hon. Daniel Van Voorhis became a resident of this part of the state, where he continued to make his home until almost the closing years of the century. He was therefore a witness of the greater part of Ohio's growth and progress. He saw its forests cut down, its streams bridged and its fields cultivated, while in all lines of agricultural, commercial and industrial progress, in intellectual and moral advancement, the work of improvement was carried steadily forward. He was much interested in all that the county accomplished and, more than that, he bore his full share in the work. He was born November 25, 1806, in Carroll township, Washington county, Pennsylvania, and in his early boyhood days accompanied his parents, John and Sarah Van Voorhis, to Muskingum county, Ohio, the family home being established in a log cabin near Nashport, Muskingum county, in April, 1812. John Van Voorhis was a native of Burlington county. New Jersey, born during the period of the Revolutionary war, and when five years of age wras taken by his parents to Washington county, Pennsylvania, their home being located three miles west of Monongahela City. In 1805, having two large crops of wheat, for which there was no home market, he had it ground, and on a flatboat which he built started on the 5th of April for New Orleans with a cargo of flour. He disposed of a part of this while en route, for eight dollars per barrel, and finally reached his destination on the 22d of May, selling both his flour and his boat in the Crescent City, where he celebrated the 4th of July of that year. He then sailed for New York, reaching home on the 28th of August, 1805. On the 12th of December of the same year he wedded Sarah Fry and continued to make his home in Washington county, Pennsylvania, until he started with his family for Muskingum county, Ohio, in 1812. At the time of his death John Van Voorhis was the oldest inhabitant of Licking township and one of the oldest in the county.

Daniel Van Voorhis, the eldest son of John and Sarah Van Voorhis, started to school soon after the arrival of the family in the vicinity of Nashport, the little temple of learning being a log building. The seats were made of split logs, the flat sides being shaved with a drawing-knife, while wooden pins were inserted into auger holes and served as legs for the bench. The floor was made of puncheons and in one end of the room was a large fireplace. School was conducted on the subscription plan, each scholar paying two dollars and a half, and there were about twenty-five in attendance. It was under such difficulties that Daniel Van

Voorhis acquired his education, but his training at farm labor was not meager, and he worked upon his fathers farm until about twenty-five years of age. The Ohio canal had then been finished, and lie engaged in boating on the canal during a part of the summer of 1831. He did not find the work congenial, however, and in the fall of that year he concluded to open a general store at Nashport. His father agreed that if he would hew the framing timber, haul the logs, have the necessary lumber sawed and quarry the stone for the cellar wall he would furnish the money necessary for the erection of the building and would lend his son all the money he had, which amounted to about eight hundred dollars. The building was completed on the 14th of the following April, and with two hundred dollars of his own and eight hundred dollars borrowed from his father, Daniel Van Yoorhis started on horseback for Washington county, Pennsylvania. There he borrowed five hundred dollars from an uncle, and with this sum went to Pittsburg, where he purchased a stock of goods, which he shipped to Nashport by water, and in May opened his store. In April, 1838, he admitted Abel Randall to a partnership, and this relation continued until November, 1843, when they sold out to John W. Thompson.

At that date Mr. Van Voorhis resumed farming, purchasing a large tract of land, and successfully carrying on general agricultural pursuits until April, 1877, when he rented his place and retired from active business cares, thus crowning a youth of labor with an age of ease. After his retirement he made his home in Newark until called to his final rest. His business activity and enterprise had been such that he became one of the substantial citizens of the community, while the integrity of his business methods none questioned.

Moreover, Mr. Van Voorhis figured prominently in other public relations. In October, 1859, he was elected to the Ohio legislature from Muskingum county, on the republican ticket, and served during the sessions of 1860 and 1861. He was a strong supporter of the measures proposed in aid of the government and voted for the bill providing two million dollars to be used in putting down the rebellion. In April, 1873, his fellow townsmen again called him to an important public position by making him a member of the convention which was called to frame a new constitution. The constitution adopted by the convention, however, was not ratified by the people. Mr. Van Voorhis at all times stood loyally for what he believed to be right, and neither fear nor favor could swerve him from a course which his judgment sanctioned.

On the 24th of January, 1834, occurred the marriage of Mr. Vail Voorhis and Miss Jane Roberts, a daughter of John and Barbara Roberts, of Falls township. Seven children were born unto them, all of whom reached adult age, while six are still living, John having been accidentally killed at Nashport several years ago. Those who survive are: Mrs. J. G. Stump, of Drenden; Mrs. N. C. Fleming, of Hanover : Mrs. T. M. Taylor and S. F. Van Voorhis, of Newark; Hon. H. C. Van Voorhis : and Fuller Van Voorhis. The wife and mother died April 11, 1871, while Mr. Van Voorhis survived for more than twenty-two years, passing away on the 3d of June, 1893.

A devoted member of the Methodist Episcopal church for many* years, Mr. Van Voorhis attended the Market Street Baptist church in Janesville, and after his removal to Newark he attended the Baptist church. He was a stalwart champion of intellectual and moral progress and gave valued aid to many movements along those lines. His friendship for the American Bible Society, Kenyon College, the Ohio Wesleyan University and the Denison University was frequently evidenced in substantial aid. To this work he devoted over ten thousand dollars. His business life was characterized by unfaltering perseverance and the wise utilization of every opportunity that came to him. Thus as the years passed he acquired substantial property interests that brought him a good income. His integrity was ever above question, and in his life he manifested all the sterling traits of an upright, honorable manhood, so that he left to his family an example well worthy of emulation and a memory that remain as a blessed benediction to all who knew him.

Samuel Kinney

Samuel Kinney, a prominent agriculturist of Newark township, who, through hard and persevering labor, has acquired his present excellent farm, was born in Warren county. New Jersey, November 6, 1842, a son of Jacob and Hester (Andrews) Kinney, both of whom were natives of that state, his father having come to Licking county in 18(55, and followed the pursuit of agriculture in this township until he departed this life, in 1873, his wife surviving him by six years. The family traces its ancestry back to colonial days, and his grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, under George Washington. Samuel Kinney was one of a family of eight children, namely: Sarah and Susan, deceased; Margaret, wife of Captain Stedman, of Union township, this county; Barbara, widow of Benjamin Gould, of Indiana; Louise; Emma, who is united in marriage to Hugh Herrick, of Indiana; Lucy, deceased; and Samuel.

In the district schools Samuel Kinney acquired his education and remained at home until he was seventeen years of age, and then learned the miller's trade, at which he worked for three years, but, his health becoming impaired, he was compelled to give up the occupation, upon which he returned to farming. In 1863 he removed to this county, wdiere' he hired as a farm hand for one year, at the expiration of which lie returned to his native state, where he remained several months, and, in company with his father, came to Licking county, where for a period of fifteen years he worked at agriculture for w~ages. During that period he had laid bv most of his earnings and, being ambitious to pursue life independently, he rented the farm on which he is now located, and by persevering labor wdthin ten years made it a paying proposition and amassed sufficient means to become its owrner. It consists of sixtv-five acres, which by his own exertions he has highly improved with a comfortable dwelling, barns, outbuildings and machinery, until it is at present as fine a farm as exists in the township. Aside from producing hay and general grain crops, he takes considerable interest in stockraising, and owns a number of head of the finest breeds.

In 1865 Mr. Kinney wedded Miss Elizabeth Allison, a native of this county, whose parents are deceased, and to the couple were born one son, William J., of this towmship, and one daughter, Elizabeth, deceased. His wfife departed this life in 1867, and in 1881 Mr. Kinney w'as united in marriage to Miss Rachael Keller, a native of this township, born in 1847, and a daughter of Henry and Anna (Hen ton) Keller, who reared a family of six children. Mr. and Mrs. Kinney are the parents of: Earl D., Anna Pearl, and Clarence R., all of whom are at home. In politics Mr. Kinney gives his allegiance to the democratic party, and for several years has served the township as a useful member of the school board. He is faithful in observing his religious obligations, and he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Kinney is a man whose upright life and straightforward dealing have won him the respect of the citizens of the township, and it has been on the strength of his own resources and careful management that he has placed himself in his present comfortable circumstances.

Burton Cain

Burton Cain, well known in commercial circles at Outville, where he conducts a large hay and grain business, descends from a family which for upwards of a century has been identified with the agricultural interests of this county, his grandfather, William Cain, having come here from Ireland at an early date, locating on the farm on which his grandson, Burton, was born. He passed away there at the advanced age of eighty-two years, after having reared the following children; John, Andrew, Isaac, William, Joseph and two daughters.

Isaac Cain was born August 14, 1823, and spent his entire life on the old homestead, containing one hundred and eighty-six acres in Union township, two miles east of Outville on the Black road, the place being known as "Mount Pleasant" farm. He was well known throughout the township for his industry, through which he became quite prosperous, and was accounted among the county's best agriculturists. His good character gave him an excellent reputation throughout the township for his life was always conducted as nearly as possible in harmony with the teachings of Christianity, as set forth in the Presbyterian church, of which he was a member. He was indeed a desirable and worthy citizen, entertaining the confidence and respect of all who knew him. He was twice married, his first wife, Minerva Parkerson, having passed away in 1855, leaving one child, John, who resides in Outville with Burton. His second wife, Mary Condit, was a native of New Jersey, where her birth occurred September 13, 1824. With her parents, Isaac and Jane (Dobbins) Condit, natives of New Jersey, she came to Licking county when thirteen years of age and after a long and useful life passed away February 28, 1901. She was the mother of the following children: George W., a resident of Columbus, Ohio; Burton; Jennie, the wife of William Yearly; Fannie, who became the wife of Frank Wells, of Harrison township; Mattie, who resides with her husband, Charles Nichols, in Westerville, Ohio; and Joseph B., who passed away in infancy.

On the farm on which his father was born and spent his entire life Burton Cain was reared, there familiarizing himself with the various departments of agriculture, and during boyhood acquired his education in the neighboring schools. He remained upon the home place until 1898, when he located in Outville and established himself in the hay and grain business and also in handling live stock, in both enterprises being an extensive buyer and shipper. In connection with his business interests here he still owns a part of the old homestead, the farm consisting of ninety acres, and in partnership with his half-brother John, he keeps the property under cultivation and raises general crops and stock, which he handles in connection with his business in the village. He is an enterprising business man and, his volume of trade steadily increasing, the concern of which he is proprietor is one of the most prominent in the commercial circles of Outville.

In 1891 Mr. Cain wedded Mary Alice Turner, a native of Kirkersville, Harrison township, where her birth occurred August 9, 1859. Her^arents were Harvey and Elizabeth (Jackson) Turner, her father a native of Perry county and her mother of Delaware county. Mr. Turner, by a former marriage with Sarah Deweese, had one child, Elizabeth Embry, who resides in Kirkersville. The children of his second marriage are: Mary Alice; Katie Embry, a resident of Newark, Ohio; William, who lives in Kirkersville; and Retta, who resides in Columbus, Ohio. Mr. Cain gives his allegiance to the democratic party and, being a publicspirited man, he is always ready and willing to assist in promoting all measures designed for the general improvement of the community. He belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Red Men, in behalf of which organizations he takes an active interest, and he is a member of the Presbyterian church. His business relations have always been straightforward and, being a man of excellent judgment and careful management, the commercial wrorth of the enterprise he conducts has added much to the financial standing of the town, in which he is favorably known as a representative and honorable citizen.

David D. Green

It is interesting in this connection to note something of the history of the Rev. David D. Green, whose widow and three children reside at Granville. Rev. David D. Green devoted his life to missionary work in foreign lands and in the west, and his influence was of no restricted order. In fact, his work was a widely felt influence and his memory remains as a blessed benediction to all who knew him. He was bom in Washington county, Pennsylvania, August 12, 1828. His parents were Isaac and Lettie (Miller) Green, and the influence of his early life and training in a Christian household were manifest throughout his entire career, proving again the truth of the saying of the wise man of old: "Train a child in the way that he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it." In his early childhood his parents removed to Chesterville, and after completing his preliminary education he spent a year as a student in the Male Academy, conducted under the auspices of the Presbyterian church. He afterward went to Martinsburg, where he pursued a preparatory course and then entered Jefferson College at Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. In the meantime he had united with the Presbyterian church of Chesterville, Ohio, under the ministry of the Rev. F. A. Shearer, and determining to devote his life to the w'ork of the church he entered the Western Theological Seminary in the fall of 1856, pursuing there a three years* course, which was followed by graduation in the class of 1859. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Richland at Frederickstown, Ohio, and ordained as a foreign missionary by the same Presbytery at Shelbyviilc, Ohio. His first field of labor was at Ningpo, China, whither he was sent in 1859, there remaining until the fall of 18'66. The first news received at China after he reached that country was concerning the attack of Fort Sumter. He was one hundred and sixty-eight days on the voyage, which was made on a sailing vessel without a stop. Just prior to starting for foreign fields Rev. Green was married to Lydia J. Goodrich, a daughter of Stephen and Sarah (Powell) Goodrich, who came from Simsbury, Hartford county, Connecticut, and located on a farm in Greenville township, Licking county, which is the old homestead, and now owned by Moses Goodrich. On reaching China Rev. and Mrs. Green had a very cordial reception at Shanghai and, as stated, went from there to Ningpo, and in the fall of 18G(j to Hangchau. In the former place they lived in a foreign house and in the latter in a native house.

Missionaries are ordinarily in China from one to three years before they begin to do any preaching in the Chinese language. Rev. Green, however, did not wait until he had acquired a sufficient knowledge of the tongue before attempting to do Christian work there. At that time there was considerable foreign shipping at Ningpo and from almost the first Sabbath after his arrival he directed much of his attention to the welfare of the sailors and other foreigners in the settlement. His efforts among this class were not confined to an occassional sermon, for he visited the men in their lodgings, in the hospital and on board their ships. Many individual rescues of fallen people were made by him. Mrs. Green was also most helpful in his work and taught in the boys' school, of which Mr. Green had charge in connection with his preaching. Four of the boys under their care became very able native helpers. While Ningpo and Hangchau were the central points of his labor, Rev. Green did not confine his attention to those places entirely, but traveled from point to point, preaching the gospel and exemplifying in his lift* the influence of the Christian religion.

While living abroad several children were born unto Rev. and Mrs. Green. William, born August 11, 1861, in Ningpo, died in Teagohau in 18G3 and was buried in a cemetery overlooking the China Sea. Sarah Lettv, born January 17, 1864, at Ningpo, is now teaching for the fifth year in Wilson College at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. George McCartec, who was born August 20, 1867, has always been an invalid. Mr. and Mrs. Green remained at Hangchau until May, I860, when they returned to their native land in order to secure more efficient medical treatment for their son George M. They went first to Granville and there on the 31st of August, 1869, a daughter, Laura Caroline, was born. She is now a teacher in the Pennsylvania College for Women at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where she has been located for six years.

In 1870 Rev. Green went as a home missionary to Doniphon, Kansas, where lie labored until the time of his death, having charge of the Doniphon and Wathena churches. lie died in the former town on September 25, 1872, as he and his wife were preparing to return to China. The family afterward came to Granville, where they have since lived. Rev. Green had retained his connection with the Ningpo Presbytery, for he expected to return and again enter the missionary field of China. He was an earnest student and a devoted servant of the ministry, and died in the triumph of the faith for which he sacrificed so much to for him and when his articulation failed in English, his tongue found utterance in the Chinese 'Yong wha/ meaning glory. He not only taught us how to live but how to triumph over death."

Mrs. Green, like her husband, was liberally educated and gave her children good advantages. She was graduated at the Granville Female College and taught there from 1854 until 1859, when she was married. Following the death of her husband she returned with her family to Granville, residing here continuously since. The daughter, Sarah Letty, is a graduate of the Granville Female College and afterward completed the bachelor of science course at Cornell, and is now teaching science. Laura Caroline is also a graduate of Granville Female College and of Wellesley College, where she won the bachelor of arts degree, and she teaches Greek and Latin. The members of the family occupy an enviable position in the social circles where intelligence and character- worth are accepted as passports into good society.

Israel W. Wilson, numbered among the veterans of the Civil war and also classed with the representative agriculturists of Granville township, is well known in this county, for he was born here and is a representative of one of the old pioneer families. His birth occurred near the Cross Key Tavern in Madison township, February 19, 1840, his parents being Stewart and Lovina (Cornell) Wilson. His paternal grandparents were Alexander and Catharine (Wilson) Wilson, natives of Pennsylvania, who in the year 1818 left that state and came to Ohio. Mrs. Wilson rode horseback all the way and carried on the horn of the saddle a sprinkling can filled with honey. A bear and her cub, smelling this honey, followed them for some distance, but at length they succeeded in driving the animals away. The first location of the family was at Kushville near Lancaster, Ohio, where they lived for three years, after which they came to Licking county, traveling through the forests all the way to Madison township. Here they located on a tract of land which Alexander Wilson secured from the Stanbury tract. He was led to make this selection from the fact that he found a deer drinking from a spring there and wished to be near a spring, as he had been in Pennsylvania. Both he and his wife remained upon the homestead, which he there developed, throughout their remaining days and were buried on the farm, but in 1866 their remains were removed to Cedar Hill cemetery. The death of the grandfather occurred in 1838, while the grandmother passed away in 1836.

Stewart Wilson was their only child. He was born in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania in 1809, and was brought by his parents to this county in 1818. He continued to reside upon the old home farm until his death, which occurred when he had reached the advanced age of eighty-six years. His place comprised sixtyfive acres of land, which he carefully cultivated and improved and through his farming operations he provided for his family. He married Lovina Cornell, who was born in Bichland county, Ohio, in 1815, and died on the old homestead farm in 1880. She was a daughter of Gideon and Julia (Lobdel) Cornell, who were natives of Massachusetts and came to Ohio from Granville, that state. They located first near Johnstown in this county and some of the Cornells are still living in that locality. They were connected with Ezra Cornell, the founder of Cornell University, who was a cousin of Gideon Cornell. The maternal grandmother of Mr. Wilson was Julia Lobdel, whose father located on what has since been known as Lobdel Run in St. Albans township in 1805. He located on a quarter section of land, for which he gave forty dollars and his wife's saddle. So wild and unimproved was the district that they had to cut their way through the woods from Zanesville. Indians still lived in the state and everything appeared just as it came from the hand of nature. In the family of Stewart and Lovina (Cornell) Wilson were eight children: Alexander, who served in the One Hundred and Thirty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry and is now deceased; Mrs. Eliza Jane Simpson, who has also passed away; Mrs. Caroline Patterson, of East Newark; Israel W. ; Robert, a twin brother of Kathrine, who served as a member of Company F, Ninety-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and is now deceased; Kathrine, who has also passed away; Leander, living on the old homestead in Madison township; and Mrs. Leanna Montgomery, also deceased. The last two were twins.

No event of special importance occurred to vary the routine of farm life for Israel W. Wilson until August, 1862, when patriotism constrained him to put aside the work of the farm and give his aid to the government. He donned the blue uniform and became a member of Company F, Ninety-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with his brother Robert. He was in the following engagements: Richmond, Kentucky, August 30, 1862 : Siege of Vicksburg, May 18 to July 4, 1863; raid after Marmaduke and Price through Arkansas and Missouri, fall of 1864; Brice's Cross Roads, Mississippi, June 10, 1864; Tupelo, Mississippi, July 12, 1864; Oxford, Mississippi, July 15, 1864; Nashville, December 15-16, 1864; Siege of Mobile, Alabama, March 27 to April 9, 1865; and other skirmishes. Robert Wilson was captured June 10, 1864, and spent ten months in Andersonville prison, undergoing all the hardships of southern prison life. He was in the Sultana disaster, the greatest of its kind in the history of the world. After the explosion, in which sixteen hundred were killed, Robert Wilson hung on to a line in the ice cold water until rescued.

When the war was over Israel W. Wilson returned to his home and soon afterward married. On the 10th of October, 1865, he wedded Miss Mary E. Spellman, who was born in St. Albans township in 1842 and was a daughter of George and Jane (Lansing) Spellman. The father was born in St. Albans township and the mother in Troy, New York. He was a son of Thomas Spellman and a grandson of Timothy Spellman, who was with the colony from Granville, Massachusetts, that came to Ohio in 1805 and founded the town of Granville, Ohio. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Wilson have been born five children: Robert Lansing, now living in New York city: Ellen S., the wife of Victor Stark, of St. Albans township; Jane L., the wife of Frank Stark, of St. Albans township, a brother of Victor Stark; Carrie L., the wife of Griffith Jones, of Houston, Texas; and Charles M., of New York city.

Following his marriage Israel W. Wilson took up his abode in Granville township, where he has since lived. He cultivated rented land for a number of years and in 1895 came to his present home adjoining the corporation limits of

Granville, where he is now living retired. He has always taken a lively interest in public affairs, cooperating in many movements for the general good and his fellow townsmen recognize in him a public-spirited citizen who manifests toward his home county and the country at large the same spirit of loyalty which characterized him during his three years' defense of the Union. He has always voted with the republican party, but has never held nor desired office. He belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic and all of his life has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, which finds in him a stalwart adherent, doing all in his power to promote its growth and extend its influence.

Joseph Renz

Joseph Renz is numbered among the most deserving and highly respected citizens of Newark. He is of sturdy German stock and descends from a family whose members were among the early settlers of this community. He has been an invaluable man to the city, and has not only served with great credit in many municipal and county offices but has also been always solicitous to promote public improvements, and through his efforts much has been added to the appearance of the city, and as well to its financial standing. Mr. Renz is now engaged in the insurance business and conducts agencies for all of the old line companies, at the same time acting as a notary public. He was born in Newark, November 29, 1859, a son of Lawrence Renz, a native of Germany, who emigrated to the United States in 1845, locating in Newark, where he was a well-known and highly esteemed character among the German pioneers. He passed away in 1898, at the advanced age of seventy-six years. Odelia (Minna) Renz, mother of the subject of this sketch, who was also a native of Germany, passed out of this life in 1906, having attained the age of seventy-five years.

In the common schools of Newark, Joseph Renz completed a course of study and later became a student at St. Vincent's, in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. He returned to Newark and, in 1878, was appointed a clerk in the county recorder's office, in which position he not only served with great credit to himself, but also with advantage to the community. He increased in popularity and influence, and was subsequently appointed to the office of deputy auditor, the duties of which office he performed with exceptional ability for a period of thirteen years. At the termination of that period he was appointed to a position in the county treasurer's office, where he remained for eight years, having in all served the public creditably for upwards of twenty-five years. He then established himself in the real-estate and insurance business, at the same time entering upon the duties of a notary public. These interests he is now conducting and in them is meeting with remarkable success. Mr. Renz has always been alive to the highest interests of the municipality, and, owing to his many years of experience in public affairs, was made a member of the city board of review. He has been serving in this capacity for the past five years. He is a man of excellent judgment and as well of remarkable administrative ability, being recognized as a valuable man and counsellor in all matters pertaining to city government and public improvements.

In March of the year 1890 he was united in marriage to Laura J. McCamev, a native of Licking county, and daughter of John W. McCamey. Mr. Renz is an active democrat. He has always been an ardent devotee of the principles of the party, and is an influential factor throughout the county during political campaigns. He is a director of the German Life Association and as well a representative of the best fire insurance companies in the United States.

William F. Palmer

AVilliam F. Palmer, proprietor of the Shady Nook Farm in Etna township, well deserves mention in this volume bv reason of the fact that he is a substantial agriculturist and reliable citizen and that his ancestors were among the early pioneers of the state, devoting their lives to preparing the way for the high state of progress now experienced throughout its counties. His grandfather, Thomas Palmer, was the fifth among the early settlers of Truro township, Franklin county, and that he led an active and eminently useful life is indicated by the fact that a tablet bearing his name has been placed in the Franklin County Memorial Hall. Over a century ago he went from his native state, Maine, to Truro township, arriving there in the year 1805 and entering six hundred acres of land, much of wrhich he cleared, engaging in agricultural pursuits until his death in the year 1824. He was twice married and, by his first wife had five children, among whom were Thomas, Carpenter and AVilliam. By his second wife, who was Mary Philbrook, he had two children: Joel, father of the subject of this review; and Hiram, deceased.

Joel Palmer was born in Reynoldsburg, Franklin county, July 17, 1822, and there he resided with his parents until he was twenty-six years of age, in the meantime attending the neighboring schools. He then came to this county, locating on a farm situated on the line between Etna and Lima townships and about five miles from his birthplace. Here he spent his remaining days in the pursuit of agriculture, departing this life in Lima township, August 19, 1905, after having lived continuously in one residence for fifty years. His home wras on the township road one mile north of AVagram, and his career was marked by eminent success, inasmuch as he started out in life without either means or influence, but by his perseverance and enterprise finally accumulated a considerable fortune and at his death left a valuable estate. His life was modest and quiet and while he was always willing to assist in movements designed for the betterment of the community he never held public office nor took active part in politics, preferring to live in the retirement and comforts of his home. At his death, which occurred in his eight\T-fourth year, he left nine children, all of whom were married and reared families, twentytwo grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, and he never attended a funeral of his immediate family, the first one of his near relatives to pass on during his life being a daughter-in-law. His wife. Airs. Lucinda Palmer, a native of Franklin county, was born October 22, 1821, a daughter of Jonathan and Sarah (Rees) Ashbrook, her mother having been a daughter of Jacob Rees and her father a son of Eli Ashbrook, the biography of whose family appears elsewhere in this volume. Airs. Palmer still survives and resides here with her children, namely: Corwin F., a resident of Vermont; William F. ; Norman A., who lives in Minnesota; Marion G., on the home place in Lima township; Byron, who departed this life in Ashtabula, Ohio; Myrta A., wife of Frank IMcLade, of Hebron; Clarence Joel and Clara Lucinda, twins, the former residing in Etna township and the latter widow of Charles Chrysler, living in Franklin county; and Ella A., who with her husband, C. S. Frazier, resides in Muskingum county, Ohio.

On the old homestead William F. Palmer was reared, having the usual experiences common to the country lad during his boyhood days, and acquiring his education in the district schools. He was born in Etna township, October 6, 1850. Remaining on his father's farm until he was married, he then took up similar work independently and has since been engaged in general farming and stock-raising. He owns a farm of one hundred and eighty acres, located on the Etna township line, where he resides, his premises being provided with a magnificent residence and substantial outbuildings, and, as executor, he also has charge of his father's estate, including an adjoining farm of two hundred and fifty acres on which there is an elegant brick residence, the farm being also provided with its own barn and outbuildings. General agriculture commands the attention of Mr. Palmer, and he also engages to some extent in raising and feeding stock.

In 1873 Mr. Palmer wedded M iss Sarah Buckland, a native of Union township, born November 25, 1848, and a daughter of Nelson and Eliza (Winters) Buckland, a biographical sketch of whose family appears in another part of this volume. To this union have been bom five children: Cora, who is the wife of Llewellyn Tussing, of Franklin county, and has five children - Frederick, Homer, Laura, Ardella and Russell; Lillian, who is at home with her parents; Lee B., a neighboring farmer, who wedded Traverse Deeds, daughter of John J. Deeds, and has one child, Dorothy May ; Alta E., at home; and Raymond.

Mr. Palmer has always devoted his attention to the duties of his farm, and, his business affairs being numerous, he has not found time to devote to secret societies, he preferring to spend his leisure with his family and in the retirement of the home circle. However, he and his wife attend divine services at the Licking Baptist church of Union township, of which he is a liberal supporter. His reputation for industry and honesty entitles him to be enumerated among the worthy citizens of his native county.