Troy Township (part 12 of 12)

He was never a place seeker. The offices he filled so well were forced upon him. and accepted seemingly against his will. He filled many offices of trust both before and after he came to Delaware - prosecuting attorney, representative and Senator in the State Legislature, lie was a member of the Constitutional Convention of '73 and for main' years in the later part of his life he was count) judge. The writer was a law student of Mr. Powell, and lor several years occupied Ins office and knew him well. On two different occasions he could have been elected to Congress if he had given his consent to run. In [840 he could have been elected, and again in [846, but be would not consent to give up his lucrative professional practice for a seat in Congress. lie thought the claims upon him of his young family were superior to the claims of his country, and at that time men seemed to be more honest than they do now, and no honest man then sought a seat in Confor the purpose of making a fortune.

between the years of 1840 and 1847. and among his associates in the Legislature were Seabury Ford, of Granger, afterwards governor; William L. Perkins, of Lake; Kelly, -1 Geauga; Alfred Kelly, of Franklin ; General Eckly, of Carrol; General Schouck and Governor Anderson, of Montgomery; Colonel Chambers and General Godard, of Muskingum; Judge I'.. 1;. Wade, of Washtabula; lion. B. Stanton, of Logan, General Louis H. Godman, of Marion; Colonel John Cheny. of Fairfield; Judge B. S. Cowen, of Bellemont; General Samson Mason and General Charles Anthony, of Clark - some of whom had already and others subsequently acquired a national reputation in the councils of the Nation. In point of ability. Air. Powell stood in the front rank, by the common consent of all.

He gave the profession in which he was so useful and an ornament, two books which are highly prized by the bench and bar, viz. : 1'owell's "Analysis of American Law" and a work on "Appellate Jurisdiction." The latter is a book much needed by both bench and bar. It is a work not previously embodied in the form of a separate treatise ; the author, therefore, was in a great measure obliged to analyze the subject for himself and gather his materials in a path not previously pursued. It presents an important subject, holding an intimate relation to every thing connected with the trial of litigated cases - thus involving every interest in the law, and important principles in practice. It is a work every practicing lawyer should have in his library, and every student should read.

Mr. Powell's "Analysis of American Law" is a work of one volume, containing 724 pages, and has received the highest commendation of the ablest jurists of the country, among whom the writer begs leave to mention the late Thomas Ewing, who was recognized at the time of his death as the ablest lawyer in America and perhaps in the world. The writer has been recently shown an autograph letter from Mr. Ewing to Mr. Powell in which he says. "I have given your ' Analysis ^\ American Law' such examination as time would permit, and am greatly satisfied with it. It is indeed a worthy contribution to our noble profession. During my professional career I have felt esprit de corps strongly, and 1 would at any time rather have been the acknowled head of the bar than President of the United States. Your work encourages high aspiration-, resting on intellectual culture, and elevated morality, i thank you for it."

To the beginner in the study of the law. it is a nio-t invaluable work, and cannot fail to occupy a most important place, in the course of preparation, for the practice of the law. Even- student of Blackstone is constantly perplexed with doubts as to how much of it is applicable to our institutions, and is recognized as law. by our courts. Hence the necessity of some work that would bear the same relation to the laws of this country, that Blackstone's Commentaries do, to the laws of England, has long been felt. This want has been practically supplied by the lectures of Chancellor Kent of New York, Judge Tucker of Virginia, and Judge Walker of Ohio. The work of Chancellor Kent is too elaborate and profound a discussion of the principles of the common law. and international law. as well as the jurisprudence of the United States to be adapted to beginners in the study of law. Of all American works, the Analysis best answers the demand.

The author, in arranging this Analysis, followed the arrangement of Mr. Justice Blackstone, who followed the Analysis of Lord Hale, in his preface to Role's Abridgment. But it must lie admitted that it C an improvement over the Commentaries of Blackstone.

The Commentaries are divided into four bonks: Rights of Persons, Rights of Things. Private Wrongs and Public Wrongs. This Analysis divides the whole body of the law into these four well known divisions: Public, Private, Civil and Criminal Law. which may well be considered, to be the division of law according to its natural order. The reasons for adopting this mode ami division of the subject will be apparent to the reader by reference to the commencement of the First Book of this Analysis, and he will then see

It can be safely affirmed as a book [or student, and beginner, and for our schools and colleges, it is the best that has been given to the legal profession by any American author.

The Hon. T. C. Jones, who was judv the District and Common Pleas Courts for io years, said he "had found it the most convenient book for reference, for the proper statement of any elemental'}- principle, or established rule of law, and in this respect of great utility to the intelligent citizen as well as to the law student and practitioner.

It is said the artful French diplomat Talleyrand used language to conceal his thoughts - such is not the language used by Air. Powell in his books. He expresses his thoughts so clearly, they are readily understood by the intelligent student; nor is his composition freighted, like some old authors, with Norman, French and Latin quotations, and thereby, to be pedantic, made unintelligible to the average American student.

In early life his thoughtful mind was disciplined, and his diction formed by reading the best elementary authors, on the English common law. He was a life-long student in history, literature and belles-lettres; and he loved the black letter literature of the law. He wrote and spoke the language of a cultured lawyer, and it is the simplicity of his style that makes his books so entertaining to the readers.

Although Mr. Powell for more than 50 years had been engaged in collecting the material and facts for "The History of the \ncient Britons and their Descendants," it was only written during the years 1875, and 'jj; and that arrangement for its publication was not made until 1880. The sight of the author at that time had become so impaired he was unable to examine proof sheets 1 >r make ci irrections of errors, and the publishers, in the printing and publication of the history, refused to take upon themselves any responsibility; the process of publication was slow, and the author could only make rections of errors in the proof sheet by hearing it read by kind friends who volunteered tu do so. The writer mentions this fact to show under what disadvantageous circumstances the history was published. But it was fortunate for him that defective vision was his only infirmity, for at that time his memory was good and his mind had lost hut little of its maximum strength.

All people both barbarous and civilized in proportion to their intelligence entertain a sentiment of reverence for their ancestors, and this sentiment of veneration for the memory of his ancestors, the Ancient Britons, was a striking feature in the character of our author. Mr. Powell was a thorough Welshman, and as a descendant of the Ancient Britons, was pr< ud of his race. If. he had not been a believer in the brotherh 1 of man, he would

Hume and other historians commenced their history with the Roman Invasion under Julius Caesar about 50 years before the Christian Era. Mr. Powell in his history goes back oi the Roman period, more than five hundred years through a long and bewildered track" of time. The author, as he said himself, produced this history under peculiar circumstances, for he left his native land, and came to America So years before its publication, and during that long life he lived on the border of a new country, and among a border people, who were always generous and kind to him: and still he never lost his love for his native land, nor his regard for the history of his .ancestors. During that time in the midst of circumstances adverse to the studv of history, and literature, and engaged in the profession of the law. with a vim to an active practice, and its studj a- a sci< ncc. he did m it neglect 1- 1 di what leisure tune he could to the study of 1ns- : and especially that of his native land and pei 'pie.

conflicts in the battles of life, he resolved to put into the form of history, the ideas and knowledge he had collected on the subject, in his former hours of leisure and amusement.

This history contains information not to be found in any other one book. The author assumes for reasons which he makes clear, that the human family bad a common origin, and that the Creator placed their cradle in some delightful place in the border of that great and fertile valley in Western Asia, watered by those rivers, so well known in connection with whatever is most venerable in antiquity - the Tigris and the Euphrates; and we may add, that aside from the authority of Moses in the Ancient Book of Genesis, the world has what is called the secular and profane history, to ci infirm this belief.

While the Bible is to be relied upon as a sound revelation as to things spiritual and religious - as to our knowledge of the true and living God, our duty to Him and ourselves, and to each other, it was not intended to teach tis science, geology or chronology, and other things that are strictly secular matters, but even in these matters it is as much to be relied upon as ancient and profane history. We learn from Moses and his writings, that the inhabitants of the Earth after the flood have descended from Xoah and his three sons and their families.

From the cradle of the human family in the Tigro-Euphrates Valley in Western Asia. Mr. Powell in his history traces the line known in history as the Cimri round the north coast of the Euxine Sea. into Western Europe, and across the British Channel into the Island of Creat Britain. This history in its accuracy and research shows vast erudition. The curious student, anxious for information concerning the Celtic race, can have his curiosity gratified by the perusal of the instructive pages of this "History of the Ancient Britons, and their Descendants."

In 1830. about the time of his removal to Delaware, Mr. Powell was married to Miss Elizabeth Gordon, a most estimable lady who like himself had literary tastes and accom- plishments. lie survived his wife only a few years. By this marriage five children survive their parents, two daughters and three suns. The oldest daughter is the wife of Dr. Stambaugh, of California. The youngest daughter. Mi>s Ilellena Powell, is the proprietress and occupant oi the old Powell Homestead in I (elaware.

Of the three sons, ( ieneral Eugene Powell was the oldest. lie raised for the Fourth Regiment, (J. V. I., a company which was one of the very first in the war of the Great Rebellion, and rose to the rank and title of brigadier-general at the close of the war. Another son is Dr. Llewellen Powell and resides in Delaware. The youngest son is Hon. T. P. Powell, a leading lawyer and practitioner in Columbus, Ohio.

Another daughter, Miss Annie, married T. H. Ricketts, Esq., law partner of his brotherin-law, Hon. T. E. Powell, of Columbus, Ohio, hut died soon after her marriage. The youngest daughter of this family was Alary, a mosl beautiful and promising Miss, who died when about 12 years of age.

< >u the 1 2th day of December. A. D., 1882, in the 80th year of his age, this venerated sage ami patriot, without an enemy in the world, seemingly without pain, passed to his final rest, greatly lamented by all who knew him.

)HX BERLETT, who resides 0,1 his valuable farm of Go acres, is one of the representative men of Delaware Township and belongs to an old pioneer family of this county. Mr. Berlett was born in Scioto Township, Delaware 1 ounty, Ohio, October 8, 1851, and is a son of Peter and Mary Ann | Rupp) Berlett.

Peter Berlett was born in 1816, in Canton Blamonz, Prance, and he accompanied his parents to America in [833. For some years he was handicapped by reason of not understanding the English language, hut this disadvantage he overcame while assisting his father in getting settled in the new country, necessarily meeting many people and learning in the course of business transactions. IK- had learned the wagon-making trade in his own land, hut mainly followed fanning after coming to Ohio. Peter Berlett, grandfather of John Berlett, settled first in Stark County, but five years later came' to Delaware County. He was a blacksmith hut engaged in farming after coming to America. He was successful in his undertakings, being a type of thrifty French settler, one whose characteristics were inherited by his descendants, all of whom proved to he men of character and of good citizenship. The venerable grandfather lived to within five years of the century mark, dying in 1877. Peter Berlett, the father of our subject, became possessed of a tract of 200 acres of timber land after coming to Delaware Count)-, and alter clearing it. raised cattle and sheep quite extensively.

John Berlett remained at home until his marriage, when he moved to his present farm, 011 which he had previously built his comfortable residence. He continued to improve his property, and in 1903 he built his present substantial barn, a commodious building with dimensions of 50 by 40 feet, with 22-foot posts.' He rotates his crops, having 50 acres under cultivation, raising corn, oats, wheat and hay. He feeds his stock all he grows except his wheat. He keeps 10 head of cows, selling his milk to a local creamery, has about seven head of horses and 25 head of Chester White hogs.

Mr. Berlett married Annie Eliza McFarland, who is a daughter of William (1. Mc- Farland, of Scioto Township, and they have had three children, of whom the two survivors are: Augusta May. who married Walter Freece, residing at Delaware ; and Harry Thurston. Mr. and Mrs. Berlett are members of the L'nited Brethren Church, of which he has been a trustee. In politics. Mr. Berlett lias identified himself with the Republican party, and < m numerous occasions he has been elected to Township office. For three terms he served as township assessor, during tin's time working faithfully for the good of the community.

INFIELD SCOTT MARKS, representative citizen and general farmer residing on his excellent farm of ioo acres, which is situated three-fourths of a mile east of Powell, was born on the Olentangy River, in Liberty Township, Delaware County, Ohio, one mile east of Powell, December 4, 1839. His parents were Sheldon and Ann (Knight) Marks.

The paternal grandfather, Edward Marks, lived and died in Hartford County. Connecticut, and from there Sheldon Marks and all his children, except Winfield Scott, came to Delaware County prior to 1839. Sheldon Marks was horn June 4, [792, in Connecticut, and died at Powell, Ohio, in [878. He married Ann Knight, who was horn in Pennsylvania. January 6, 1800. and died in [879. Her parents were very early settlers oi Delaware County and they lived in the lower house, near the river, on the Powell road. Eight children were horn to Sheldon Marks and wife, namely: Lorenda, who died one year after her marriage with Sylvester Andrews, residing at Bellfontaine ; William Edward married Phebe Dedrick ami they resided at Columbus, where he died; Sylvester died in childhood; Erastus Bryant, residing at Lowland, near Cincinnati, married Lucy Dedrick; Miles Cordon died in California; Milow married Mary Barber and died in Illinois. Thaddeus Stevens married Marcella Stanberry and died at Columbus; and Winfield S.. of Liberty Township.

Winfield Scott Marks went to school in Libert) Township in his boyhood, taking advantage of the rather meager educational opportunities afforded the youth of his day. He earl) became acquainted with work on the farm and has made agriculture his main occupation through hie. When he was young a large part of his present well-cultivated property was yel covered with forest trees, and the present highway on which so much traffic passes his door, was then hut a path through the woods. For the past jo years, Mr. and Mrs. Marks have lived on the present farm and prior to that they lived on the old Marks nestead.

In [859, by marriage, Mr. Marks became connected with two of the oldest and most prominent families of Liberty Township. His bride was Josephine Case, who is a daughter ni Augustus Lumis and Cynthia (Tuller) Case, and a granddaughter of Augustus and Lucinda (Curtis) Case, natives of Pocahontas Count), West Virginia, who first settled on the Scmto River in Concord Township, Delaware County. The children of the grandparents were : Augustus, who was small when the family came to Ohio; William Hunter; Rufus Timothy; Lewis Enos ; and Ann. who married Joseph Wells. The father of Mrs. Marks was born in 1816 and died in 1834. after moving to Delaware, aged 38 years. He married Cynthia Tuller. who was born and died at Powell. They had five children : James Oscar, Ahhie Josephine. Philander Cicero. Dora and Lumis Augustus. James Oscar Case served as a member of the Xinety-sixth Regiment. Ohio Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War. He was married (first) to Martha Tone and 1 secondly 1 to Olive Vance. Philander Cicero married Emma Collier and they reside at Powell. Dora married Charles Carlson, a prominent farmer of Liberty Township. Lumis Augustus is a conductor on the Hocking Valley Railroad. He married Marietta Case and they reside at Columbus.

The children horn to Mr. and Mrs. Marks were: Milo Sheldon. William Oscar, Clara Edna, Edward Cicero, Lilliebelle, Alvin Halstead. Harry Raymond and Mary Ann. Milo Sheldon was employed on the railroad, where be was killed, leaving a widow and two children. William and Carl. William < '-car died March 24, 1866. Clara Edna married John Hall, residing at Arlington Heights, Cincinnati, and they have one daughter, Stella. Edward Cicero married Josephine Case, a daughter of Levi Case, and they reside at Hyattsville. They have three children- Luis, Sheldon and Ellsworth. Edward C Marks served in the army in the Philippine Islands for eighteen months. He enlisted for three years as a member of Company B, Seventeenth Regiment, < Ihio Volunteer Infantry and at Port Thomas was transferred to the Twenty-third Regiment,

Albert Huntley Axd Representative Citizen'S

< >hio V< lunteer Infantry. He saw service in Luzon and at lolo. Lillibelle married Harry Wilcox and died at Powell, in [890. Their only child is also deceased. Alvin Halstead married Charlotta Thomas, a daughter ot Charles Thomas, and they reside at Winnipeg. Manitoba. Harry Raymond married Myrtle Black, a daughter of William Black, and they reside on the home farm. Mary was born October jo. 1883. and died April 14. 1886.

The Huntley family is of English extraction and it was founded in America by Mr. Huntley's great-grandfather, who settled in New Hampshire about the same time that William I'enn came to Pennsylvania. Lemuel Huntley, grandfather of Albert Huntley, was born in Coos County, New Hampshire, where he engaged in farming. He and wife died at the home of their son. William, in 1854, aged respectively eighty-eight and eighty-six years.

William Huntlev was born in Coos County, New Hampshire, in 1799. where he grew to manhood. He then went to Vermont, and after his marriage came to Ohio, settling at Tallmadge Center. Summit County. From there he came to Delaware County, in (836, and settled on what is now known as the David Bevans farm. He was one of the earliest settlers and he had to clear his forty acres of land, where he built a log house in which he lived for many years. During the War of 181 2 he served in the militia. The last twenty years of his life were spent with his son, Albert, and his death took place in 1878.

He married Abigail Marden and they had six children, namely: Lavina, now deceased, who married Lyman Tuttle, of Delaware: Anna. also deceased', who married, first, Frank Cole. and second, Joseph Davis; William, who is deceased: Mary Ann. also deceased, who married Valentine Wilson; Albert, subject of this sketch: and Oscar, who is no longer living-.

Albert Huntley was educated in the schools of Delaware Township. He then learned the trade ol carriage-smith, developing an unsuspected talent for all kinds of blacksmithwork. This has led to his invention of a number of valuable agricultural implements, some of which he has patented. He invented a single wheat drill, the utility of which has been very generally recognized and large sales of which have been made all over the country. He is the inventor also of a corn busker which can he operated either by hand or by mechanical power; and of the Perfection fence post, which is made of cement, that composition which bids fair to take the place of building materials of all kinds, in the near future. Mr. Huntley long since recognized its great possibilities. He followed blacksmith work for eleven years before he purchased the home farm. In 1887 he bought a farm of 130 acres in Scioto Township, situated on the State Road, subsequently adding to it until it contained 165 acres. This he sold in 1904, with the exception of forty acres. He formerly carried on general farming, making a specialty of hay. of which he marketed fifty tons in an average, and also raised livestock.

Mr. Huntley has always been a loyal citizen. During the Civil War he served 100 days as a member of Company 1). 145th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under General Alger, who commanded the troops oc cupying Forts Whipple, Woodbury, Tillinghast and Albany. After the crisis was 0 the 145th Regiment was sent back to Camp Chase. Ohio, where it was honorably discharged. Mr. Huntley is a member of Tanner Post, I .rand Army .if the Republic.

Ella, both of whom are now deceased. Charles Huntley died in December. [907, and is survived by his widow, whose maiden name was Alice Houtz. Mr. Huntley and wife belongto the Presbyterian Church at Ostrander. In his political views the former is a Democrat but he has never been an active politician. He has always been recognized as a citizen of reliability and one on whom dependence could be placed in any public emergency.

EN. EUGENE POWELL, whose death occurred March 17, 1907, at Columbus, Ohio, of which city he was a resident during the latter years of bis life, was a native of Delaware. Ohio, and a resident there until his removal to Columbus in [888. He is well remembered by the people of Delaware County as a man of sterling quilities and unimpeachable integrity, oik- who was devoted to those things held most sacred in life - family, religion and country. He was not of that type given to the acquirement of riches, to the exclusion of the development of the liner qualities of manhood, although he was successful in a business way. He was charitably inclined, and was ever ready to give assistance to the families to those patriots who gave their lives in defense of the Union, or to those who emerged from that terrible struggle in impaired health, unfit to cope 111 the business world with those more fortunate. He bore an honorable record for services, as private and officer, during the Civil War. and in after years was frequently called

Genera] Powell was born in the family home on what is now the campus of ( >hj0 \\ eslevan University, November id. [835, and was a son of Thomas W'atkin and Elizabeth (Gordon) Powell, concerning whom an extended account appears on another page of this work-. The Powell family traces its lineasre back to the Ancient Britons, in the Saxon invasion of Great Britain, in the Fifth Century of the Christian Era. It became established in South Wales, where Thomas W. Powell was born in November, 1797. He was four years of age when brought to America by his parents, who located at Utica, Xew York, where he was reared and educated. As above mentioned an account is elsewhere given of his subsequent career at Canton and Perrysburg, Ohio, and at Delaware, the scene of bis greatest activity, and of his fame as lawyer and author.

Eugene Powell was reared in Delaware, attended the public school and Ohio Wesleyan University. Upon leaving school he went to Conneaut, Pennsylvania, with an uncle. David Powell, a well known manufacturer. He erected the first water works plant in Cincinnati, Ohio, and after an absence of two years returned to Delaware. Ohio. He soon after enlisted as a private in the same company with Colonel Crawford, 4th Reg. O. V. 1.. for service during the Civil War. He was elected captain, and later was transferred to the 66th Reg. 0. V. I., of which be was made major; he was advanced to lieutenant-colonel, acting o lonel, in which capacity he served until near the close of the war, then became colonel of the 193d Reg. 0. A". 1. After the battle of Antietam, in which he was wounded in the face and neck, he was brevet brigadier-general. He was in many of the important engagements of the war. among them: Rich Mountain, Romney, Winchester. Ft. Republic. Cedar Mountain, Winchester, Antietam. Chancellorsville, Dumfries. Gettysburg, Lookout Mountain. Dug Gap, Resaca, Xew Hope Church. Peach Tree Creek, Atlanta. Savannah. Me was in the campaign through the Caroli ami then came north to Washington. I). C., where he was mustered out. He was offered the commission of major in the regular army of the United States, but declined in order to return to peaceful pursuits. His longest serice was with the 66th Regiment, in which he enjoyed the greatest popularity among officers and men. Owing to temporary physical disability he was about to resign his commission at one time, but General Thomas would not have it so, and with the comment that "Powell was too -.»k1 an officer to lose," sent him to the military hospital at Lookout Mountain. He was peculiarly well lined for military service, of commanding presence, being of good physique and handsome features, and a natural born leader of men. When a boy he had organized a military company in Delaware, and a brilliant army career was before him had he wished to enter the regular army at the close of the war. He was modest and unassuming, and was scrupulously neat in his persona] appearance, it being noticed that when his regiment came in irom a long march. tired and eager for rest, he was never too weary to first make himself tidy.

Upon his return from the front, or soon after, he was appointed by President Johnson as internal revenue collector, an office he filled for several years. lie was a Democrat in politics, but always reserved the right to vote as he pleased, regardless of party affiliations. He was elected to the Ohio Stale Legislature in 1 87 1 and [873, serving his constituents in a most capable manner. He helped organize the Delaware Fence Company, which he managed, and was secretary of the Board of .Managers of the Ohio Penitential}'. He later served as National Bank Examiner for several years. He was a member of the committee which disburses State funds to families of indegent soldiers, under appointment of Governor Nash, and was appointed by the same governor to the committee that built Memorial 1 [all, at Columbus.

General Powell was joined in marriage with Miss Louise Falconer, a daughter of Cyrus Falconer, M. D.. of Hamilton, Ohio, one of the best known physicians of Southern Three children blessed this union: Mary Louise, wife of Captain Alexander T. Ovenshine, Seventh Regiment, U~. S. A., staed at Fort Leavenworth. Kansas; Elizabeth, whose death occurred just six wei prior to that of her father, was wife of Captain Hjalmar Erickson, Seventh Regiment, C. S. A., stationed at Fort Brady, Michigan; and Frederick Falconer is a member 1 f the 1 of [909, Ohio State University. Mr-. Powell is a member of the Broad Street Presbyterian Church, which her husband also attended and supported liberally. She was a member of the Ladies' Christian Union of Delaware, serving as ward visitor; and was one of the original hoard of trustees of the Children's Home, of which she served a- secretary several years, also as president. She continued active in this work until her removal from Delaware, which was looked upon as an irreparable loss to the city. A woman of culture and refinement, of true Christian character, active in the work of alleviating the sufferings of humanity, she had won her way into the hearts of the people who much regretted her departure. General Powell was fir many years an active member of Wells Post. ( i. A. R., of Columbus; and of the Loyal Legion.

ERRY VV. WILLEY, M. D., a rising young physician, now in Columbus, Ohio, is a native of Delaware Count)', horn in Troy Township, January 20, [873. His parents were John and Keziah (Carter) YYilley, and he is a grandson of Samuel Willey, who was an early settler in Troy Township. This pioneer of the family in this section, did not remain here to finish his days, but in the late titties went west, first to Iowa and thence to Missouri, where he died.

John Willey. father of Dr. Willey. was lorn in Tro) Township, May "23, 1837, and was engaged all his life in agriculture. In iqoo he removed to < (range Township, where he engaged in farming. During the Civil War he was a member of Company C, One Hundred and Forty-fifth Regiment. O. X. G., and served in defence of Washington, being charged with his company. Pie was a member of the [.0.0. F. Lodge at Westfield, Morrow County, and held in it the rank of Past Grand. In politics he was a Republican and at different times served on the township hoard, being a member of it at the time of his death, which i ccurred June 13, 1007. His wife. Heziah, was a daughter of Hugh Carter, who was one of the first settlers in Trow Township. Seven of their children attained maturity, namely: Dora, wife of Joel Inskeep, of Troy Township; Allie, wife of Charles Weiser, of Troy Township; James Willey, of Morrow County; Hosea, who is a resident of Manlius, Illinois: Nancy, wife of Thomas Singery. of Lancaster, Ohio; Perry W., whose name appears at the head of this article; Josephine. wife of Ernest Rousch, of Columbus, Ohio. The mother of the above mentioned family resides with her son, the subject of this sketch. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, as was also her husband.

Perry W. Willey was graduated from the Delaware High School in the class of '((4. He then entered the Starling Medical College at Columbus, from which he was graduated in 1897. He began the practice of his profession' at Lewis Center and there continued it successfully for a number of years. In 1004 he was elected coroner, and was subsequently re-elected to that office after serving one year of his second term on account of his removal to Columbus, January 15, [908. This move he resolved on in order to obtain a wider field for the exercise of his talents. Here he has a fine office with a thoroughly up-to-date equipment, and it is a safe prophecy, in consideration of his record up to the present time, that he will make his mark in his new field of endeavor. I lis practice is general and he is carefnl to keep in touch with the pro-res- made in each branch of his profession. Dr. Willey i- a member of the State and County Medical Societies, of the American Medical Association, and also of the Mississippi Valley Medical Association, lie is a frequent contributor of medical papers which he is called on to read before one or another of said societies. He is a member of Hiram Lodge. No. iS, F. & \. M. ; Lewis Center. No. 636, K. of 1'.. <»f which ho is Past Chancellor, being now representative to the Grand Lodge, in which capacity he has served several times before; also of the Pythian Sisters, and of the Fraternal < )rder of Eagles, Acne No. 297, Columbus. The Doctor belongs to Lewis Center

M. E. Church, to which his father formerly belonged. In politics lie is a Republican, but has served in no public office save that of coroner, as already mentioned. The location of his present office is at Xo. 1385 Summit Street. Columbus.

OBINSON BROS. Sherwin S. Robinson, furniture dealer and funeral director of Ostrander, Ohio, was born in this county on what is known as "Three Oaks Farm." three miles north of Ostrander. on July 19, 1868. He is the eldest son of Rubens W. and Hattie Watson Robinson, and a grandson of John Robinson, the artist and sculptor, who came to this country from London. England, in [832, and settled in this county in 1833.

The subject of this sketch spent his hoyhood days on the farm and received his education in the Ostrander public schools. On November 20. 1896, he was united in marriage to Alary E. Bell, a daughter of William and Margurette Smart Bell. She was born at Macomb, Illinois, June 28, 1869. Mr. and Airs. Robinson have two daughters, Elizabeth L. ami Winifried. They are members of the Presbyterian Church. Politically, Air. Robinson is a Prohibitionist, public-spirited and enterprising; fraternally, he is a member of ( >strander K. of P. Lodge, Xo. 348, and of the Woodmen of the World. Delaware Camp.

(In January 1. [897, Sherwin S. Robin- now the senior partner of Robinson Bros., succeeded J. H. Afillisou by purchasing his furniture and undertaking establishment. In the autumn of 1901. Harry W. Robinson, who was in Alaska at that time, purchased a half interest in the business and thus gave the public the firm of Robinson Bros., who conduct one of the leading furniture and undertaking establishments of the country. This store has the record of furnishing as many homes annually as any other furnishing house in this and adjoining counties. The firm has had the satisfaction of furnishing a good many homes outside of this State.

Axd Representative Citizen'S

'i Brothers, Furniture dealers and funeral directors, is the son of Rubens VV. and Hattie Watson Robinson, whose biographical sketch appeared in the History of Delaware County, published in [880, who at that time, were living Mil the home (arm known as "Three ( >aks Farm," three and one-half miles north of Ostrander. This farm is now owned by Mr. Rol insi n's mother, who resides in Ostrander, his father having died on the 30th of April, [897.

1 he firm familiarly known as Robinson Bros, is located on the corner of Second and North Streets. Ostrander, in a large two-story frame building, which they purchased in September. 1901. and remodelled to suit their purposes. It is divided into three apartments. The first floor, which is 30x75 feet, is given up to furniture and is filled with everything pertaining to a first-class home furnishing establishment; the second floor, 30x50 feet, is the carpet, rug and drapery department. A large stock of wall paper is also carried. Adjoining these rooms on the first floor, is their undertaking parlor, which is modernly finished and where the}- carry a complete line of undertaking supplies, a line of caskets which is seldom found outside of the city undertaking parlors, covering a wide range, from the ordinary caskets to the most beautiful hand-carved solid mahogany and quartered oak state caskets. This firm especially prides itself in its funeral furnishings, having every modern convenience pertaining to this line of work. which classes them among the leading undertakers of the county. Both members of the firm are State licensed embalmers and directors.

Harry \Y. Robinson was born on the farm in this county. April [9, [872; he is the third chilil of a family of three children - Sherwin S., Bessie A. and Harry VV. Bessie died November 30. 1900. Harry VV. Robinson received his education 'in the public scl Is. and al the age of 20 graduated from the X. P. A. 11. and Business College at Delaware. Alter this he spent some three years in the telegraph and express office on the Big Four Railway. While at home on a vacation from

London, Ohio, Madison County, in the summer of 1896, he met Miss Gertrude Latham, of Delaware, a young lady of nearly 10 summers, win, was also visiting at the home of his nts, and. as Mr. Robinson explains it, "Dan Cupid was there, too."

In the fall of [896 Harry resigned his position and engaged with Prof. Lewis L. Le- May in connection with the N. P. A. Ii. & Business College at Delaware. Ohio. The following year, on account of his father's continued poor health, he returned home, where he remained until after his father's death.

Late in the fall of 1897. when the first reports of the discovery of gold in Alaska were made known. Harry Robinson organized a party of six to start for the Northern Gold Fields, the following February, 1808. The party was composed of J. J. Cone, F. J. Leeds. J. F. Haas. Fred Travis and Julius Herdegi n. Harry Robinson and Mr. Cone left Ostrander on the afternoon of February 15th for Chicago, where the}' met the balance of their party at the Tremont Hotel, and here they more full}- made their arrangements, taking into their part}' two old gentlemen from Mt. Pleasant. Michigan - E. W. Ellis and S. D. Eldred. who afterward proved of much value to the part}- when it came to boat building.

The party of eight left Chicago 1 n the 17th for St. Paul', via the C. M. & St. P. Ry.. arriving at 7 :3c A. M., the 18th. and leaving at 1:30 P. M.. for Seattle, Washington, via the Great Northern Railway. After over three days' continuous travel across the plains, through and over the Rocky and Cascade Mountains, they arrived in Seattle at 4 P. M. on the 2 1 st. having at times traveled hundreds of miles through a seemingly uninhabited country except for an occasional rancher's cabin, a tribe of Pawnees, or cattle to break the majestic solitude.

The party spent seven days in Seattle, with a view to purchasing their outfits, as every man going into the Klondike was obliged to take with him an outfit of clothing and provisions that would last one year. The clothing, outside of common wearing apparel, consisted of moccasins for the feet, made by the

Indians, usually from moose hides, which are made large enough to slip on over from one to six pairs of sucks, as the weather sometimes requires it; snow shoes, ice creepers, snow glasses, several pair- of German socks. and a Parka, which fits like a gown, covering the body from the top of the head to the feet, and is very warm. The provisions were as condensed as it is possible to make them, in the way of beef extracts, milk, cream, sacharine tablets, for sweetening, etc.; dried 01 evaporated fruits and vegetables of all kinds put up in heavy canvas sacks and canvascovered boxes, as nearly water-proof as it was possible to prepare them. In order to save paying the heavy duty on all goods taken from the United States into the British territory. the party decided to go to Vancouver, British Columbia, and purchase their outfits. Leaving Seattle on the 27th for Vancouver, via the S. & I. Railway, the)' arrived at their destination at 4:30. At Surnas, on the Dominion line, the Canadian custom officers boarded the train, ami examined all baggage and collected duties.

After staying in Vancouver 11 days purchasing their outfits, the party sailed for Skagway, Alaska, on the ocean steamer Centennial. a large English vessel, built in 1862. There were three women and 362 men aboard, destined to Fort Wrangle, Skagway and Juneau. While crossing Queen Charlotte's Sound, they were in a severe hail and wind storm, lasting for eight hours; every passenger was sick including several of the ship's crew. Upon the upper deck were 85 dogs, which the rocking of the vessel seemed to effect very much in the same way as it did the first-class passengers. In narrating the story, Mr. Robinson said they all made noises similar and offered a liberal di in tlie fish.

; at Wrangle, which is a pom and an Indian Camp of the Siwash Tribes. Near the wharf are a number of "totem poles," the Indians' God, that they worship. Some oi the p were newly carved with gruesome heads and images, while others were decayed and mosscovered, which have evidently been standing through man_\- summer suns and wintry blizzards. Some have panels let in, encasing the ashes of the dead chiefs. Large game abounds; there were 15 fresh-killed deer hanging in fnnit and on the sides of one Indian's cabin.

The party arrived at Skagway. March 15th, and after a delay of three days, they got their papers through the Custom House, which was in the United States territory. Upon looking over the trail leading from Skagway through the Porcupine Canyon to the summit of the Rocky Mountains, which was over and through the White Pass, it was found impossible to draw a sled with a team, as the part)- had anticipated doing. The warm Chinook winds and warm sunshine had melted the snow and exposed the many rocks and bowlders that only a few days before had been covered with snow, in such a way that only a pack train, or man on foot could travel, with any degree of safety. So facing these conditions there was but one thing to do; employ a man with a pack train and pay him the price of five and one-half cents per pound to "pack" the outfits to the summit or boundary line between Alaska and the Dominion of Canada - a distance of 22 miles, which all the way was very dangerous, being through deep canons, and over and between great rocks and holes in the ice. There were 36 mules and burros in the pack train, each carrying from two to three hundred pounds on their back', one mule following another. Usually the man in charge of the mules would ride at the head of the pack, the head mule, with a bell .around his neck', and the rest following as closely as they could walk, single file. There were hundreds of mules being thus used on the trail; horses were of little use for packing in this way, as a misstep usually meant a broken leg.

Reaching the Summit on March 21st with their outfits, they found plenty of snow and the trail in good condition for sledding. Here dogs were put into use for hauling the outfits, usually from two to seven dogs in a team, driven tandem fashion and drawing from 400 to Sou pounds. Oftentimes one could look ahead for a mile and see that single file of moving feet onward pushing to the promised land; first a dog team pulling until their tongues were hanging from their mouths; next a man witli a rope passing around his body and either end attached to a sled, loaded with bacon and beans, pulling until their eyes were bulging fnnii their sockets; then another man with his partner, a good faithful dog. the truest and staunchest friend a man ever had in the north country - pulling their burden together, each knowing it contained their rations, and each willing that the other should have his share - some men cursing and some in good humor. Such were the daily scenes for several weeks. CO '1111- the entire trail from the Summit of the Rocky Mountains to the head waters of Lake Bennett, which is a tine body of water, as it lies in one beautiful long stretch between the mountains. There are on its shores magnificent pine forests, which extend away up into tlie clouds and in its clear mirror scores of snowy peaks are reflected.

Upon reaching this lake, one begins to look fur a favorable and cosy spot, one that will make him feel as though he were at home, for here he must stay until he has whip-sawed enough lumber out of the rough tree to make a boat 'i sufficient size to carry from two t<> five passenger^ and their outfits. Mr. Robinson and his part}- hand-sledded their outfits down Lake Bennett to an island, now known a- "Dead Man's Island," as there were three men who lost their lives near there, by breaking thn ugh the ice. and who were later buried on the island. To the left of this island the party made their camp, six of them in the party - Travis and Herdegan had dropped out, eat many others had done. There, day after day, they converted themselves into miniature saw -mills. To one who has never had any experience in whip-sawing, the work is very laborious. On April toth they finished cutting lumber for boats. .Mr. Eldred and .Mr. Ellis built them - two in number - each large enough for three passengers and their outfits. As the ice had not left the lake yet. the party spent their time in hunting, there being much game. The ice froze to a depth of eight feet.

and when it thaws it becomes honey-combed and is very treacherous to travel over. On April 12th, near Mr. Robinson's camp, three men were seen on the trail and were warned that the ice was unsafe. Not taking heed, they were soon through the ice and struggling for their lives. One of them was rescued by the Robinson party and two of them drowned - Mr. Burns from Kansas and Mr. Richards from Frenchtown, Montana. The bodies were recovered and buried on the island in rude coffins or boxes made fn m lumber which was w hip-sawed.

( )n May 28th the lake seemed clear 1 and on this memorable day hundreds of boaton Lakes Bennett, Linderman and Taggish, were launched with their precious loads. We -ay precious, because after one has packed and pulled, carried and rolled a sack of dried apples or 1, tans over glaciers, mountain t< ps and snow banks for six months lie begins r< feel an attachment for it. and this was what the parties had been waiting nearly six week's for; and now rhe way was opened from Lake Linderman to the Bering Sea. nearly 3,000 miles. and over water as treacherous as a boat ever traveled, as wrecks were scattered at nol infrequent intervals all along the n Lite. Sometimes the boats were broken in equal parts, which meant total destruction to the outfit, and oftentimes death to its occupants, whose final resting place was usually marked by a posl squared on all sides, with the name 1 the unfortunate man written upon one with a lead pencil.

Upon reaching Caribou Crossing, a narrow at the lower end of I a 1 mett, the part}' found an ice-jam in the gorge and blockading the wa\ for several hours. The next morning the channel was cl< all boats to pass. When the ice broke \< se in the .gorge it swamped and wrecked a 1 boat - that of a Jew - who was single-handed, and who lost his entire outfit, which so disenheartened him that he took his own life.

On June 1st the party arrived at Taggish Lost, another police headquarters, the business of whose occupants it was to inspect all boats and contents and confiscate all gi ods that were being smuggled. While in camp at the mouth of White River, on the night of June tst, a part\- of Siwash Indians attacked the prospectors while in their boats five miles up the river, shooting one and killing him instantly, but only inflicting a flesh wound on the other, who made his way to the sin ire and back to the mouth of the river, where the other members of their part\- were in camp, and related his experience. A part}- was formed of a dozen prospectors and two police from Taggish Post to go in search of the Indians, whom they found near the scene of the shooting the evening before. The Indians, six in number, were sitting carond their campfire. The police ere] it upon them covering them with their rifles liefore the Indians discovered them. The entire hand were marched ahead to Taggish Post, where three of them were convicted of the shooting and taken to Dawson City in Jul}'. During the following winter one died from the close confinement and the other two were hanged in March.

They told a rather grewsome story in regard to this execution that ma}' sound rather improbable, hut which was vouched for by responsible parties. It was the first hanging that was ever performed at Dawson City and the hands of < >ne of the Indians were not securely strapped. When the drop was made, he freed his hands and reached above his head, grasped the rope and drew himself up. Whereupon our (if the attendants grasped him around the hod\. and hung on until life was extinct.

(hi June 4th the party arrived at the treacherous and dangerous While Horse Rapids, where mam boats were wrecked and lives lost and men were driven insane. ( m the afternoon of June 3rd three men lost their lives by striking a large rock which lies in the middle of the canon, about 20 rods above the rapids. About ten t"ds below the rapids is another rock}' projection where 35 boats were wrecked in one week's time. Miles ('anon is just above White Horse Rapids, and the river Hows through a narrow avenue between perpendicular granite walls. Through this gorge the boats were driven at a terrific speed

On June 12th. while in camp for the night, Mr. Robinson took a pan and panned his first pieces of gold from a bar at the mouth of Big Salmon River, which specimens he still has.

The party continued on their journey from day to day, with nothing worth}- of special mention, except that not a single day passed that they did not pan gold from the bars along the Kwichpak or Yukon River, hut not in paying- quantities ; it was very light, but could be fi lund on any bar.

On July 9th the part}- arrived at Dawson City, which was a city of tents with a population of more than 10,000. At that time there were very few substantial buildings - a few large warerooms owned by the Alaska Commercial Company and the National Alaska Trading Company, three banks in log buildings; the mining recorder's office being a log cabin, as was also the penitentiary : and three log cabin churches and two hospitals, also built of logs cut from spruce trees. This remarkable city of mushroom growth is located on the bank of the 1- 'ukon River, parti}' bordering on the mouth of the Klondike River in an angle formed by the two streams coming together. Here was the landing for the thousands of prospectors who by grit, pluck and perseverance had reached their destination, but not their fortune, which required a goodly portion of the three above essentials before a man got it. as this was a new world to every one of them, a climate entirely different from what they were used to. The ground was in izen from the grass roots clear through to the other side, except for the three summer months commencing with June, during which time the ground thaws to the depth of about three feet. During these months it is one continuous day. the sun shining continually. On the 2 1st and 22nd days of June one can see the Midnight Sun. its orb not disappearing from one's sight during the 48 hours. As the summer wanes the sun travels southward, each day growing shorter, when in the last days of September it disappears entirely from one's sight. Then the dark season begins and lasts nearly six months. At no time is it brighter