Troy Township (part 5 of 12)

On September 18, 1862. Dr. Shaffer was married to Eliza Jane Puterbaugh, of Xenia, who died in .March. 1873. She left five children - Sallie M., Franklin Newton, who died at the age of thirty-live years. Walter St. Clair, Augusta Vernon, and John Samuel. Dr. Shaffer was married (secondly) October 8, 1N74, to Margaret Ellen Barns, who died May 23, [882. She left one child. Ella, who died at the age of three months. Dr. Shaffer was married, for the third time, July 3, [884, to Kate M. Boggs, of Zanesville. Of this union there have been two children - Ralph Boggs, who died at the age of eight months, and Elida .Marguerite, who is a member of the class of '09, < ). W. U. Miss Boggs had consecrated herself to foreign missionary work, and in [880 had sailed for India, being the first representative of the Women's Missionary Society to that country. On account of the intense heat of that land she broke down in health and was forced to return. Since then she has been verv active in the tield ot home missions.

OHN RATHBONE STANBERY, a progressive farmer of Liberty Township, who owns land amounting to 453 acres, was born in the city of Zanesville, Muskingum County. Ohio, June ig. [836, and is a son of Charles and Mary ( Smith ) Stanbery.

Jonas Stanbery. the grandfather of John R., was born in New York and he accompanied Stephen I!. Munn, to Ohio, both coming as land speculators. They located land in Muskingum, Fairfield, Licking, Delaware. Franklin, Pickaway, Madison and other counties of Ohio east of the Scioto River. Jonas Stanbery held more than a hundred thousand acres in his own right. In the disposal of this property he was both just and generous, accepting almost any kind of commodity from the settlers in payment lor land. It was a source of satisfaction to him that no pressure had ever caused him to sue for a debt.

Jonas Stanbery married Ann Lucy Seaman and they both lived into advanced age. his death occurring at Zanesville, in 1838. at the ag-e of seventy-two years. The following children were born t<> Jonas and Ann Lucy Stanbery: Augustus. George, Henry. Edward, Charles and Howard. Henry Stanbery was the eldest of the family and he became a lawyer and subsequently filled some of the highest positions of State and Nation. From being attorney-general of Ohio, he was chosen by President Andrew Johnson as a member of his cabinet and filled the high office of attorney-general of the United States until such time as he resigned in order to take up the defense of the President in the impeachment proceedings. After General Stanbery's efforts had been crowned with success, he was re-appointed to the office be had so ably tilled previously, but the Senate never confirmed this second appointment. He later engaged in the practice of law in Campbell Count}-, Kentucky, but the greater part of his time was taken up in practice in the Federal Courts. He died in New York city. He was married ( first ) to a daughter of General Beecher, of Lancaster, Ohio. His second marriage was to Cecelia Bond, who was a daughter of William Key Bond, who was a member of Congress from Ohio and was a resident of Chillicothe. Of the other children of Jonas Stanbery, Edward was a physician and he practiced at Newark, Ohio, where he died. Charles Stanbery was the father of John R. Stanbery. Howard Stanbery spent the whole period of his life at Zanesville. George Stanbery died while he was at school, at Athens, Ohio. Augustus was the only member of the family to die in childhood.

bone Stanbery, was born in 1809, in the city of New York, and in 1814 he accompanied his parents to Ohio. They established the family home at Zanesville, and young Charles was afforded excellent educational advantages both in that city and at Athens, Ohio. He became a member of the Bar and had the prospect of much professional success, when the death of his father called him to take charge of the large estate and the management of this required the greater part of his subsequent attention. Soon after his marriage he moved to Delaware County, from there to Lancaster and later to Columbus, where he lived for a number of years. His large interests, however, in Delaware County, finally required him to give them his personal attention and in [856 he returned and settled in Liberty Township, on the Scioto River. In the same year he erected here a fine mansion and in this beautiful home both he and wife lived until death.

Charles Stanbery was married at Zanesville to Mary Smith, who was a daughter of Hon. Theophilus Smith, judge of the Supreme Court of Illinois. She died in March. 1883, at the age of seventy-two years. She was survived by her husband until 1802, when he was in his eighty-htird year. They had four children : Clara S.. John R.. Charles and Edward. The only daughter of the family, Clara S., is the widow of Col. George W. Neff, and resides in Liberty Township, Delaware County, Ohio. Colonel Neff died in 1882. He was a native of Ohio and be served as second lieutenant in the Second Regiment, Kentucky Volunteer Infantry. He was captured in West Virginia and was confined for thirteen months in prison, during three of which he was under sentence of death. After his release from the Charleston jail, he was commissioned colonel of the Eighty-eighth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Two daughters. Laura and May, and three sons, Ambrose, George and Bond, survive him. Ambrose Neff married Jennie Abert, whose father was an officer in the Regular Army. They live at Elmwood. George Neff married Margaret Wallace and thev reside in New York city, where he is a large contractor and mechanical engineer. Bond resides also in New York, where he is in business as a hydraulic engineer. Charles Stanbery resides on the old Stanbery farm on which his father settled in 1856. He was educated in the district schools, at Cincinnati and at Zanesville. He acrries on general farming on 150 acres. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias at Powell. Mr. Stanbery is unmarried. Edward Stanbery married Emma Newell and they are residents of Chicago. Illinois. and have four children. Frank, Edward, Emma and Helen. Mr. Stanbery represents the Royal Insurance Company of London, England.

John R. Stanbery attended the Columbus High School and the Capital University, it Columbus, Ohio. He accompanied his parents to Liberty Township, when they came here in 1856, and he has lived here ever since, with the exception of five years, during which he was an employe of the Cincinnati & Zanesville Railroad and lived at Zanesville. Agricultural pursuits have afforded him more content than' either a mechanical, commercial or professional career, although he is well equipped for either. His large estate is under a fine state of cultivation and he has it stocked with superior breeds of cattle and other livestock. He is undoubtedly one of the county's best and most successful farmers.

John R. Stanbery was married at Zanesville, Ohio, to Annie Martin, who was a daughter of Alfred Martin. Mrs. Stanbery died in 1901. Her death removed from both family and social circles a lady of beautiful presence and lovable personality. She is survived by two daughters. Adaline and Mary. The former is the wife of Edward S. Mendenhall, of Delaware. Ohio, and the latter is the wife of Miles T. Watts, of Cincinnati. Mr. and Mrs. Mendenhall have one daughter. Annie. Mrs. Watts is a lady of literary talent and is an acceptable contributor to various publications of the day. including McClure's magazine. She belongs to a pleasant lite circle at Cincinnati, where her work is much appreciated.

ocratic party, the family Eor several generations having been connected with that organization. He is interested in public and local affairs tn the extent of faithful citizenship, but he has never been willing to accept office.

K (MAS A. FRYMAN, one of Thompson Township's representative citizens, owning a valuable farm of seventy-three and one-half acres, has resided here ever since 1850, with the exception of three years which he dedicated to the service of his country. Mr. Fryman was bom in Monroe County, Ohio. January 21, 1N44. and is a son of George and Margaret (Porterfield) Fryman, and a grandson of George and Mary Fryman, who lived and died in Pennsylvania.

George Fryman moved from Monroe to Belmont County. Ohio, and from there to Delaware County, which he reached March I, [850. lie was welcomed by his brother. John Fryman, who had come to Delaware County in 1833, from Pennsylvania, subsequently being followed b) his brothers and two sisters, Mary A. and Margaret. Mary A. was the wife of Louis II. Vincent, and Margaret was the wife of Robert Craig. All are now deceased. One brother. Samuel. mined from Delaware County lo Oregon, Holl County, Missouri, prior to the Civil War. and two of his sons id in the Confederate army, and one son and a son-in-law were soldiers in the Union army.

In 1857. George Fryman, father of Thomas A., purchased twent) acres of land in the \vi ods, in Thompson Township, which he later cleared and improved, and he resided on the place until the close of his life, September 30, [899, wlu-n aged eighty-eight years, five months and nineteen days, lie married Marel I '1 irterfield, who was 1" irn [une 9, 181 3, who died in August, [902, aged eighty-eighl S, two months and ten days. She was burn in America but was ,,f [rjsn parentage. Three Porterfield brothers came from Ireland and -ettlcil in Belmonl Countv, Ohio, one of these, Alexander Porterfield, being her father. There were nine children born to George Fryman and wife, three of whom died in infancy and four of whom survive. The record is as follows : Mary Jane married Salathail Rose and died in June, 1873. Susanna is the widow of Dexter Durfey and resides at Marion, Ohio. Christiana, who was born December 27, 1841, died November 2$, 1843. Thomas A. was the fourth born in this family. John, who was born December 15. 1846. died November 24. 1847. Margaret Elizabeth, who was born September 13, 1848, married John Agin after the close of the Civil War. and died September 27. 1868. Sarah C. married David Williams and they live in Thompson Township. Martha E. is the widow of John Williams and resides in Thompson Township, just west of her brother, Thomas A. Hannah, the youngest, was born October 26. 1857, died January 7, 1863.

Thomas A. Fryman attended the district schools near his home. He was but seventeen years of age when he enlisted for service in the Civil War, entering Company F, Ninetysixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, at Camp Delaware, on August 4, [862. On the first of the next month the regiment was sent to Louisville, Kentucky, and from there to Memphis, Tennessee, and then on to Vicksburg, where it was stationed until the surrender of that city. From Vicksburg the regiment was sent in pursuit of General Johnson, first to Jackson and from there to New Orleans, and then to Matagorda Bay. then back to Vicksburg. Mr. Fryman participated in the Red River campaign and assisted in the capture of Fort Morgan, Spanish Fort, Fort Gaines and Mobile. After the battle of Mobile the young soldier was mustered out and returned to Cam]) Chase. Ohio, July 29, 1865. going from there to his home. Although he was prostrated by a sun stroke, at Jackson. Mississippi, he returned comparatively tinharmed notwithstanding his post of duty had frequently been one of the greatest danger, and his record shows that he never evaded any service.

pursuits of agriculture and has given much attention tn raising hogs, each year having a large number to put on the market. He has added to the original farm and has improved the land by thorough cultivation and has erected new buildings and remodeled the old ones. A part of his residence was the old home of his uncle John and, although constructed or logs, was considered a very fine house when it was built, the best one in the whole township. In 1903 he erected his present substantial barn.

Mr. Fryman married Evaline Durfey, who is a daughter of James and Jane ( Nafus ) Durfey. and a granddaughter of Ebenezer and Malinda Durfey. James Durfey was a tailor by trade, residing in Union Count}', where Mrs. Fryman was born. Mr. and Mrs. Fryman have had six children, namely : Ettie Elnora, Sarah C, George J., Cora. William Oscar and Thomas Ray. Ettie Elnora was horn in 1867 and married Archibald Black. They reside one-half mile distant from Magnetic Springs, in Union County. They have had seven children : Clyde, Claude, Clifford, Clinton, Mary Evaline, Thomas Call, Clayton and Zola, the latter being deceased. Sarah C. was born in September. 1870. married John Gabriel and they lived in Radnor Township near Prospect. They have three daughters and two sons: Florence, Carl. Grace, Frances and Lester. George J. was born September 6, 1873, married Bertha Williams of Wyandot County and they live in Union County. They have one child, Dorance. Cora was born September 30, 1876, married Nelson C. Fryman and they reside in Thompson Township and have two sons and one daughter : Ernest, Max and Mildred. William Oscar was born September 30, 1879, married Lydia Smart of Union County and they have one child. Leah Evaline. Thomas Ray was horn in June. 1 88 1. He married Clara Rider ami they have one daughter, Clara Louise.

In politics, Mr. Fryman is a Democrat. For fifteen years he has served as a justice of the peace and for thirty years has been a useful member of the township Board of Education. He has always taken an active interest in advancing his community and is identified with the various movements which have made this one of the most intelligent and progressive sections of Delaware County.

OL. JAMES M. CRAWFORD, an honored resident of Delaware, has been identified with the interests of Delaware County, in public office and private business, all his life. He was born in Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio, June 11, 1834, and is a son of Colonel James W. and Nancy (Stephen) Crawford. The name of Crawford is a familiar one in Ohio history, and has been particularly conspicuous in public and military life. Colonel William Crawford, who was burned at the stake by hostile Indians, on Sandusky Plain, was a kinsman of the present representative of the name. This same Col. William Crawford served in Braddock's army, and was Colonel of the Fifth Virginia Regiment that served under General Washington during the war of the Revolution. James W. Crawford, father of James M., was an officer in the War of 1812. Two brothers served in the war with Mexico, and two brothers and five nephews assisted, with Colonel James M. Crawford, in suppressing the Rebellion of 1861-5. Of these, two were killed in battle and two were mortally wounded, while another died at the close of the war from disease contracted in the service. Still another member - one of the younger generation - kept up the family prestige by serving in the Spanish-American War. as a member of President Roosevelt's Rough Riders.

James M. Crawford was reared and educated in Delaware, where he learned the trade of painter, which he followed until 1858. On the 1st of February. 1859, he joined with a party of nine other men. at Gabon, Ohio, who crossed the plains to the Rocky Mountain-. where he engaged in mining with various results. Returning to Delaware in December, 1859, he there resumed his trade, which he followed until the opening of the Civil war. Then.

not content with offering his own services to aid in preserving a united country he exerted himself to secure the enlistment of his friends, and with such good success that with one day's effort he raised a company, which was organized April 16, 1861, of which he was made captain. This company was immediately offered to the governor of Ohio, and through Captain Crawford's energetic efforts, it became the first accepted military organization of the State for the Civil War service. The company, together with another Delaware County company, was assigned to the Fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. These Delaware companies were lettered respectively C ami I. and the record shows that the officers of Company C were the only ones commissioned as early as April 16, [861.

Early in May, 1861, this regiment was enlisted for the three month' service, and before it was disbanded - in fact in June, [86] - it reenlisted for three years. After serving with Company C until November 14. [862, Captain Crawford reluctantly resigned his commission on account of severe and repeated hemorrhages of the lungs, and returned to Delaware. As soon as his health permitted, he entered actively into the recruiting service and so continued until he was appointed colonel of the Ohio National Guard, and was assigned to the duty of instructing and disciplining the troops assembled at Columbus, in response to the Governor's call, for the defense of the State against Morgan's raiders. In this position Colonel Crawford won signal honors and was complimented by the Governor as well as by the department commander. This did not close his military career, for he subsequently enlisted for the service of 100 days, in the One Hundred and Forty-fifth Regiment, O. N. G., and commanded a detachment from the regiment for garrison duty at Forts Tillinghast and Craig, winch protected the chain of fortifications south of Washington, D. C. On his return from this service he was honored by electi n as colonel of the Twenty-first Regi ment, ( ). \. G.

for a number of years. In the spring of 1866 he was appointed United States revenue assessor in Delaware County, and served in that office for five years. He then engaged in a real estate and insurance business, in which he remained interested until 1884. In the year last mentioned he and his wife were elected superintendent and matron respectively of the Girls' Industrial Home, and they continued, With slight intermissions, m those positions until 1892. The records for those years show how admirably the institution was conducted, and how thoroughly qualified were both Colonel Crawford and his efficient wife for the discharge of the duties they had assumed.

On his return to Delaware from the Girls' Industrial Home, he was offered a lucrative position in Chicago, Ills. Mr. J. K. Newcomer at that time was making a strenuous effort to organize a local company for the purpose of building an electric railway within the city limits. Thinking the project might prove to be a benefit to the city, Colonel Crawford was induced to join in the enterprise. He therefore declined the Chicago proposition, and at once joined the promoters with his usual zeal, to help in carrying out their plans. A company was soon organized and incorporated under the laws of Ohio. When the company advertised for bids for the construction of the road, he anticipating the advantages that might accrue from the stimulus given to home labor, determined to put in a bid. His bid. being much lower than that of any other contractor, was accepted and the contract given to him. The work was immediately commenced and was satisfactorily completed within the limits of the contract.

Prior to the extension of the line into the grounds at Greenwood Lake. Colonel Crawford endeavored to secure a lease on the premises for the purpose of developing more fully the natural beauty of this pleasant resort. Not being able to secure sufficiently satisfactory terms, according to the value of the property, upon which to base a lease, he abandoned further effort along this line and turned his attention toward the development of the greatest natural asset within the limits of the city.

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To this end he purchased and moved into the pleasant home place afterward known as Five Oaks, on We^t Central Avenue, this being in the fall of i Si)-- The property purchased lies in close proximity t'> the well known Indian, or Little's Springs, whose healthful waters have inspired hint to a continued effort to gel hi- neighbors interested with him in the development of these beautiful grounds, whose resources seem to he beyond all present calculation. At tin- writing there is an organization known as the Mineral Springs and Sanitarium Company, of which he is president, with a capitalization of $150,000, ami with bright prospects of realizing their plans and seeing their efforts for the construction of the necessary buildings crowned with success.

Colonel Crawford entered the political arena in 1855. and has been an active worker in the ranks of the Democracy ever since, hut side-stepped in i860 and [864 to vote for that greater Democrat, Abraham Lincoln, holding that he violated no tenet of his party in so doing. He has been many times called to the chairmanship of the County Committee, and served as a member of the State Central Committee in 1884, when he stood Spartan-like against the machinations of the schemers in the committee to thwart the will of the people by placing another candidate in the field from Ohio against Judge Allan G. Thurman. the people's choice for the Presidency. He went t" Chicago with Judge Thurman and was selected by him as the custodian of his headquarters during the struggle in the National convention. During- the Colonel's long service he has been frequently chosen as a delegate to Democratic State conventions. He was a delegate to the National convention at Cincinnati in 1868. and an alternate at the National convention at Chicago in 1890. While Colonel Crawford has displayed much activity in business and political affairs, his home life has been to him the sphere in which he realized the greatest degree of happiness, and in which he found the deepest sentiment- of his nature capable of their fullest expansion. He mar ried in 1864, Sarah M. Henry, a refined and accomplished lady, who was a native of Shell i\

County, Ohio. When he and hi- good wife moved to their suburban home, they felt that they had found a real haven beneath the tre and among the birds - a situation in which ethical culture becomes a pleasure and the frequent touch of Nature leads to a closer touch with the Creator. This quiet retreat became a refuge to all who sought its hospitality and appreciated the privilege of a free pull at the latch string, that ever hung on the outside of the door. Many of the recipients of the fostering care bestowed upon them in earlier years, returned, bearing mementos of their appreciation of the kindness and consideration extended to them in the days of their youth. To the Colonel and his wife these visits were like bread cast upon the waters, that returns after many days.

This retreat was their happy home until August 15, 1903. when the deepest shadows that ever fall upon any household, encompassed theirs. It was then that the good wife anil co-worker in public and private life, who was the light and the joy of their home for nearly forty years passed to her reward. Her death brought grief to all who had had the privilege of knowing her, kind and affectionate remembrance being shown by main' wards of the State upon whom she had lavished so much sympathizing care.

Colonel Crawford remained at the old homestead until June, 1907, when he sold his place and located on North Franklin Street, where he now resides.

Colonel Crawford has been financially interested in a number of important enterprises in this section. His connection with the Delaware Electric Railroad and its construction, and with the Mineral Springs and Sanitarium Company, has been already noticed. He is also a director in the Citizens Savings Bank. He belongs to Hiram Lodge, No. 18. F. & A. M.. to the Chapter and Council at Delaware. and to the Commandery at Marion. He has been a member of the local Grand Army post from it- organization. For half a century he ha- keen a member of William Street Metho di-t Episcopal Church, and also teaches a large class in the Sunday school. He has served as justice of the peace for two terms, commencing in 1877 and closing in 1883; and was a member of the city School Board six years, 1894 to 1900. A man of tried integrity and public spirit, with a readiness to sacrifice himself for the interests of others, yet of- good business ability, social in his nature, with a cheerful disposition and kind and genial manners, sucb is Colonel Crawford as his neighbors see him. The weight of years has made little impression on him, nor ever will in any essential respect, for he is pre-eminently one of those who may wear out but will never rust out.

ELYLY CASS CLICK, one of Concord Township's leading men. owning 300 acres of valuable land. was born in Concord Township, Delaware County. Ohio. December 9, 1851. 011 a farm within one-half mile from where he now resides, lli-- parents were Lyman T. and Ellen Matilda (Dunlap) Glick. Lyman T. Glick came to Delaware County from Licking County. Ohio, about [840, and purchased a farm near Plain City, but later sold that land and bought fifty-eight and onethird acres in Concord Township. He engaged in agricultural pursuits through life and also acted as agent for various concerns. He died at the age of fifty-seven years. About 1N47 he married Ellen Matilda Dunlap and there were six children born to them, namely: Lafayette and Esther, both of whom died young; Julian Andrew, who lived to the age of -'_' years: Melvm ( !ass ; Leroy Addison, residing in Liberty Township, married (first) [da May Thurston and (second) Mary Thompson; and Elisha Murry, who is engaged in farming in Franklin County, married Emma Hard.

Concord Township, where, since lie finished going to school, he has carried on agricultural activities. He has lived on his present farm for the past 26 years. Prior to that he rented land for a number of years. When he contracted to purchase his first farm of 41 and three fourths acres, he paid $252.50 to seal the bargain, and went into debt for $800. This does not seem such a large amount to him now, but many years of hard work and provident saving followed before Mr. (dick and his estimable wife felt themselves entirely free of incumbrance and ready to enjoy the fruits of their persevering labor. When Mr. Glick came here he found the land much run down ami requiring a large amount of fertilizing and careful managing to make it productive. He immediately began to build up the land and also to make necessary improvements and in the course of a few years built the present substantial farm buildings. The little log cabin in which Mr. and Mrs. (dick went to housekeeping, after the}- came to this [dace, still stands. Mr. Glick has made a specialty of raising horses, mules and ponies. He keeps an average of 35 head and has two registered Percheron stallions. His farm is noted over a large territory for the fine mules anil Shetland ponies raised here. A recent sale of mules for $475, and an offer of $450, for a second pair, indicate the valuable animals he keeps. He aims to sell from five to six head of horses annually. His livestock are well cared for, comfortable shelter being provided, with an abundance of clear water.

In 1 87 1, Mr. Click married Susan Ann Edwards, who is a daughter of James ami Margaret Edwards. Her parents are deceased and she was born near Rochester, in the State of New York. Her parents moved to Franklin County, Ohio, about 1857 and purchased a farm, and sold it in about two years later and purchased another in Delaware County, Ohio, where she was reared. She has two sisters: Margaret, who is the wife of J. P. Seeley. residing in Seward County, Nebraska ; and Carrie Emmeline, who married Nelson Emmerson, residing at Seattle, Washington.

Mr. and Mrs. (dick have had four children, namely: James Terrell, who died in 1906, aged 33 years; Addie, who married R. B. Maddox, resides in Liberty Township, and they have two daughters. Marjorie and Laura : Carrie Bell, who resides at Brooklyn, New

York; and Turney Edward. The latter is a young man of 20 years residing at home. In National politics, Mr. Glick votes the Democratic ticket, but is independent in local affairs. He belongs to Protection Lodge. No. 219, I. O. O. F., at Jerome.

HARLES CARLSON, one of Liberty jy/g] Township's excellent citizens and representative farmers, was born November J3, 184J. in Sweden, where his father, Charles Carlson, lived and died.

In 1869. when 27 years of age, Mr. Carlson came to America and after a pause in New York, proceeded to Burlington, Iowa, remaining in that State for five years, variously engaged. Prior to reaching Delaware County, September 10. 1875. 'ie had worked at Toledo. Ohio, and for a short time he engaged in railroad work in Delaware County, but finally w 1 irked at farming on the place on which he has resided ever since.

On September 26, 1876, Mr. Carlson was married to Dora Case. The grandparents of Mrs. Carlson were Lumis and Lucinda Case and Roswell and Nancy Tuller. Both families came to Ohio from Connecticut and the maternal grandparents died on the present farm, their burial being at Powell. The paternal grandparents settled at Beechtown,

< (hio, and the grandfather died at Marietta, and both he and wife were interred in Grove Cemetery, Delaware. August Case, father of Mrs. Carlson, was born in 1816, and died of cholera at Delaware. Ohio, in 1854. He had the contract to carry the mail prior to the building of the railroad to Delaware. He married Cynthia Tuller. who was born at 1'oweli.

< »hio, in [819, and died in 1880. aged 61 years. They had three -"lis and two daughters, namely: Oscar, born April 6, 1S40. residing at Powell ; Josephine, horn February 13. 1842, married Winfield S. Marks, residing in Liberty Township; Cicero, born June 13. 1N44. is engaged in farming in Liberty Township: Mr-. Carlson, horn February [8, 1851 ; and Lumis,

Mr. and Mrs. Carlson have had five children, as follows: Cicero, born July i 1. [877, is a conductor on the Hocking Valley Railroad, married Gertrude Johnston and they reside at Columbus; Fred, born March 1, 1879, is in the employ of the Wells-Fargo Express Company, at Chicago; Worthy, born April 9, 1 88 1. is an employe of the Hocking Valley Railroad; Victor, born February 18, J884, is also with the Hocking Valley system ; and Guy, born June 16, 1888, who died September 28, 1888.

Mrs. Carlson has resided on the present home farm, containing 147 acres, since she was eight years old, and Mr. Carlson has resided here since 1875. In 1882 the comfortable residence was built and many improvements have since bee'n made. Mr. Carlson is a member of Powell Lodge, No. 4, Odd Fellows, and of Powell Lodge of Knights of Pythias. I lis eldest son, Cicero, is a Mason. In politics, Mr. Carlson votes independently, doing his own thinking and supporting the candidates who, in his judgment, will best carry out the law-. -The family is one which stands very high in general esteem in Liberty Township.

D. KING who is serving in his fourth year as auditor of the city of Delaware, ranks with the leading- and representative citizens of this locality. He was born at Springfield. Ohio, where he lived until 22 years of age, clerking in a drug store after completing his educate n.

For three years after leaving Spring .Mr. King was connected with the drug h< ot ( )rr. Brown & Price, at Columbus, and then came to Delaware, where he embarked in a drug business for himself. This was si: quently developed into the drug firm of Miller & King, which continued for one year, and for three years afterward. Mr. King was engage 1 in a cigar business. Me disposed of his cigar interests to accept his present office, in which he has proved so efficient and reliable that it is doubtful it the city has ever had a more popular official. In addition to performing the duties of city auditor, he is also clerk of the Council, has served as clerk of the Board of Public Service, is clerk of the Board of Public Safety and of the Board of Library Trustees, and secretary of the Sinking Bund and Tax O immission.

On September 22, 1892, Mr. King was married to Emma C. Eagle, who is a daughter of the late Frank Eagle, of Spring-field. He and his wife have had five children, namely : Helen Marie, Carl Francis, Robert Edward, Frank D., Jr., and Paul Anthony. The fourth child, Frank D., Jr.. died September 9, 1907, at the age of three years ami two months. Mr. King is a member of St. Mary's Church.

Mr. King is very prominent in fraternal circles and has frequently been honored with official positions in various organizations. He belongs to the B. P. O. Elks, No. 76, and for three years was secretary of the local bod); to F. O. Eagles. No. 376, and for four years

- its secretary, and one year worthy president, and is a life member of this organization, lie belongs also to Council No. 1056, Knights of Columbus; Pasl Commander Camp. No. 50, Suns of Veterans; Court No. 1883, Foresters; Branch No. 79. Catholic Knights of Ohio; and Tent. No. 246, Maccabees. He is

RUCE CHARLES, an enterprising citizen of Thompson Township, who is doing a prosperous grist- and sawmill business, and also runs a ciderpress, was born in Harrison Township, Licking County, Ohio, August 17. 1X54, son of Simon and Amanda (Channel) Charles. I IN paternal grandfather was one of the first settlers in Licking County, there being but live others there when he arrived. Aboul the time there arrived in Harrison Towu- . Solomon Channel, the maternal grandfather 1 m' Mr. Cbai^

Simon Charles, father of Bruce, was born in the State of New Jersey, and came to Ohio with his parents. In 1859 he purchased the mill now owned by the subject of this sketch. It had been built in 1834 by Roswell Fields, from whom it passed into the possession of his sun. Samuel Fields, who sold it to Mr. Charles, and it is still known as the Simon Charles Mill. The millwright was Henry- Waits, who became of unbalanced mind and one of whose peculiarities it was to imagine that all the mills he had built were his own personal property. He used frequently to visit Mr. Charles, always carrying with his his boot-jack, and also a pole with a hook on' the end for pulling people out of the water. The sash, saw upright, and gearing that are still in the mill were put in by Henry Waits 74 years ago. The framework, hewed sills and braces, and the siding of black walnut, is all his work, also the machinery, except two

Simon built the residence in which his son Bruce now lives, the entire building, including 24 doors, being all of black walnut. He was well qualified for such an undertaking, as he was a cabinet-maker bv trade and also a maker of caskets for burial purposes. He manufactured the casket in which Waits was buried. In the prosperous days of the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal he spent 11 years at Warren, Ohio, engaged in building canal boats. He was a member of the Grange and in politics a Democrat. His death took place about 30 years ago. By his wife Amanda, daughter of Solomon Channel, he had 11 children, nine of whom were born in Licking County. Two were born in this (Thompson) Township, namely : Stephen Charles, who died about fifteen years ago and who was a partner of the subject of this sketch, and Almeda, who married O. D. Browning, and died March 13. [908. Of the others, Caroline was accidentally burned to death at the age of 17 years; Griffith died from diphtheria in [867; Bruce is a millet of Thompson Township and the direct subject .if this article; Frank died from diphtheria at the same time as Griffith - [867; James, the

The mother of the above mentioned children died in March. [867, and Simon Charles subsequently married for his second wife Mrs. Armentrout of Licking County. Of this union there is one child, William Simon Charles, who is a printer residing in Spokane, Washington.

Bruce Charles was five years old when he ace mipanied his parents to Thompson Township, and he has ever since resided here. Me distinctly remembers helping to drive the cows from the old home when the family made the journey here in wagons. He was early initiated into the milling" business, and for mam- years was a useful assistant to his father. On the latter's death he came into possession of the mill property, which he has since ci mducted and greatly improved, having installed modern machinery, including a 25-horsepower -team engine and a 14-horsepower gasoline engine. He owns in all about 90 acres of land, including the mill property which covers 1 1 acres. In addition to the original milling plant he has installed a powerful hydraulic cider-press. These enterprises are all in flourishing condition, due to Mr. Charles's capable business management. In politics he is a Democrat and he belongs to the Modern Woodmen, having first joined the order at Warrensburg but being now a member of the Camp at Prospect.

Mr. Charles was married. December 9, [881, to Miss Mary Love, a daughter of Leonard Love. Mrs. Charles's father died when she was four years old. Her mother was in maidenhood a Mis- McVeigh. The household of Mr. and Mrs. Charles has heen enlarged by the birth of four children and one daughter, namely: Blanche, who married six years ago William Hansome, of Magnetic Springs, a conductor on the Magnetic Spring Electric Road, and has a daughter - Lucille: Carl, residing at home; Earl, residing at home, who is assisting his father in the mill: and Melvin, who i< attending school.

Few women in the community were more highly esteemed. She was a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which she joined in Fulton Creek Chapel, subsequently becoming a member of Thompson Chapel. In the winter of 1907-08 she spent four months in Tryon, North Carolina, with the view of benefitting her health, which had become impaired, and when she started on her journey 40 or more of her friends and neighbors accompanied her to the train to bid her farewell. While in Tryon. her active, helpful disposition prompted her to organize the Aid Society, the first of its kind organized in that place. She always took an active part in church and missionary work, and for two years was superintendent of the Sunday school. Her loss was deeply felt, not only by her husband and children, but also throughout the community ac large, the members of which realized that ." true Christian woman and a kind and hospitable neighbor had passed from among them. Her memory will long he kept green in the hearts of her many friends.

ILLIAM W. WILLIAMS, who was for many years one of the best known citizens and most prominent agriculturalists of Troy Township, was born in this township August 2 j. 1835. son of William B. and Margaret (Davis) Williams. His parents were natives of Wales. William B. Williams coming from that country when a boy with his mother and step-father. They settled in Troy Township, Delaware County, Ohio, where he spent the industrial period of his life engaged in agriculture.

William W. Williams was reared to manli 1 in Troy Township and secured his education in the public schools. He then engaged in fanning and soon became well and favorably known as an agriculturist and breeder oi horses. In 1870, in company with Stephen Thomas, he made a trip to France, being interested in a company organized for the purchase of French drait horses, of which they brought hack four head. In r888 he returned to

France in his own interest, bringing back three head. Through his efforts the quality of draft horses in this section was largely improved. So- successful was he along these lines that at his death he left an ample estate, including a farm in Radnor Township and one in Troy Township, on the latter of which in a pleasantly situated brick dwelling, Mr. Williams's widow and her son, William L., now reside. Mr. Williams was always an industrious and energetic farmer. Although, as already indicated, he accumulated in time a large amount of property, he aimed less to increase the quantity than to improve the quality of that which he had. His farm in Troy Township has been described as "undoubtedly the bestequipped farm in that part of the county, in point of farm buildings, tiling, and fruit culture." He was a faithful member of the Baptist Church, which Mrs. Williams also attends. On January 6, 1871, he was elected deacon of the church and served faithfully as such until his death, which occurred February 17. 1907. A kind husband and father and an obliging neighbor, he was honored and esteemed by his fellow citizens, who knew him also as a man of much public spirit and many sterling characteristics. In politics he was a Republican, and be took much interest in the educational progress of the township.

< )n June 8. [865, Mr. Williams was married to Eliza R. Lewis, who was born October 24. [836, in Licking ( bounty, ( >hio, and w ho 1 - a daughter of John and Sarah (Hughe-) Lewis, natives of Wales and early settlers in Licking Count). Ohio. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Williams was blessed by the birth of two children - Lizzie A., who is the wile of John Pugh, residing in Radnor Township; and William L., residing with his mother in To >\ L i\\ nship.

Medicine, in Ohio, since he received his degree in i860. He assisted to organize the Ohio State Eclectic Society and was its first vice-president, and served also as the president of that important medical body. Dr. Conklin belongs to an old pioneer family of the State. He was born in Morrow County. Ohio. November 21, 1 832, and is a son of Jacob and Orra (Payne) Conklin.

The parents of Dr. Conklin were of new England birth, his father coming from Vermont and his mother from Connecticut. Jacob Conklin was a soldier in the War of 18 12. and alter its close, in 1814, he settled first in Delaware County, Ohio, and later moved to that section which became Morrow County. where be died in 1875.

Dr. Conklin was reared in Morrow County and enjoyed educational advantages at Mt. Hesper Seminary, following which he taught school for some years, in this way providing for his own prefessional education. He was graduated from the Eclectic Medical Institute at Cincinnati, in i860, and practiced subsequently at Waldo and at South Woodbury, in 1875 coming to Delaware County. Lor many years Dr. Conklin was one of the leading medical practitioners in this section and few men are better known. Public affairs and local good government have claimed his attention, in the light of good citizenship, and he has long been identified with the Republican party, with strong views in favor of temperance.

On November 12, r86i, Dr. Conklin was married to Maria Hull, who was born in Marion County, Ohio, and is a daughter it Nathaniel and Nancy (Wyatt) Hull, both i whom died in Marion County. Dr. and Mrs. Conklin have two children: Prof. Edwin G., Ph. D., a member of the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, filling the chair of Biology; and Eva C, who married Charles Page, residing at Columbus, Ohio.

Dr. and Mrs. Conklin are members of the V-bury Methodist Episcopal Church, at Delaware, lie is identified with several leading fraternities and has hern an ( )dd Fellow since 1856 and a Mason for about 37 years.

William James Lytle

AMES ROBERT LYTLE, A. M., attorney and counsellor at law, of Delaware, Ohio, is a man of prominence in his profession and is widely known throughout this section of the State. He was born in Clear Creek Township, Fairfield County, Ohio, April 9, [841, and is a son of James and Catherine (Freymyer) Lytle.

James Lytle, the father, was horn in Lancaster Count}-, Pennsylvania, and there received an educational training in the public schools. He was a remarkably fine penman, and became known as a broad and liberalminded man. In 1837, he came west to Ohio, and engaged in farming in Wayne Count}' for 1 me year, then removed to Clear Creek Township in Fairfield County, where he purchased a farm. He followed general farming. His wife died in 1855. aged forty-two years, and he followed her to the grave in 1866. She also was horn in Lancaster Count}-, Pennsylvania, and was a daughter of Jacob Freymyer. Four children were the issue of their union, as follows: Catherine A., deceased, who first married Dr. C. C. Bryson, ami later John T. Evans, who at that time was clerk of the court in Delaware County; John, who died at the age of twenty-one years: James Robert, whose name heads this sketch; and William F., who enlisted in Co. 1. Ninetieth Regiment, O. V. I., and was captured by guerrillas on Strawberry Plains, just after the battle of Chickamauga, and was never heard from afterwards. Mr. Lytle was of the Episcopal faith, and his wife of the Lutheran. He was originally a Whig in politics, and later joined the Know-Nothbut became a Republican upon the organization of that party. A strong Abolitionist, he was connected with the Underground Railroad during the war.

James Robert Lytle was reared in Fairfield County and received a rudimentary edu- 11 in the common schools. He entered Ohio Wesleyan University, but after attending that institution one year, was obliged to return home and take charge of the farm, his lu-other having enlisted in the service of the

Union Army. He continued at home until the spring of 1804. when he enlisted in Co. 1, One Hundred and Fifty-ninth Regiment, O. V. I., and went with his regiment to Baltimore, where for one hundred days they guarded railroads about that city. Immediately after his return home from the war, he re-entered Ohio Wesleyan University, from which he was graduated in June, 1868. During his vacations he had read law under the direction of Jones & Hippie of Delaware, and in June, 1869, he was admitted to the bar, just one year from the date of his graduation. He went to Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, and engaged in practice one year, then returned to Delaware and formed a partnership with his former preceptor, Gen. John S. Jones, under the name and style of Jones & Lytle. This association of legal talent continued for a period of twenty-five years, during which time the firm was identified with much of the important litigation in the courts of Delaware County. Since April 1, 1895, Mr. Lytle has practiced alone and has maintained the prestige established in earlier years. He has been especially active in practice before the Bureau of Pensions, having procured the grant of more than fifteen hundred pensions. He also procured bounty for many of the veterans or their families, and his familiarity with the bounty records of Delaware County resulted in the exposure of the bounty frauds and the saving to Delaware County of more than $20,- 000. Among the important cases with which Mr. Lytle has been identified, was the prosecution through the United States Circuit Court of two suits for the heirs of Leonard Case, a multi-millionaire of Cleveland, in which he was opposed by many lawyers, among the number being some of the most distinguished practitioners before the bar in Ohio. The number of defendants in one of these cases was 648, and the land involved was valued at many millions, including- the sites of Case Library and the City Hall in Cleveland, about one mile of lake front, some 4,000 lots in all. and 1,900 acres of land adjoining Cleveland. Mr. Lytle is attorney for the Fidelity

Mr. Lytle cast his first presidential ballot for Abraham Lincoln in 1864, and has ever since been an active participant in political affairs. He was identified with the Republican party until 1894, and during that time served two years as chairman of the Republican County Central Committee. He has since that date been a supporter of the Democratic party, and has served two years as chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee. In 1894, he was Democratic nominee for Probate judge and was honored with a large vote, being defeated by 339 votes, while the head of the ticket was defeated by McKinley, the Republican candidate for governor, by 969 votes.

July 28, 1808, James 1\. Lytle was united in marriage with Miss Cornelia Ann Chase, whii was born in Porter Township, Delaware County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Rev. Ira and Jane (Wilcox) Chase, a record of whom appears on another page of this work. Her paternal grandparents came from England and were of noble birth, and Mrs. Lytle has in her possession the Chase coat of arms. She is descended from Aquilla Chase and one of the lines to the noted Chase-Townly estate in England. Her father was a cousin of Salmon P. Chase, one of Ohio's greatest governors, and also an uncle of Governor Chase of Indiana. Mrs. Chase was a native of Rhode Island and was a near relative of the two brothers. General and Bishop Rosecrans, who were former residents of Delaware County. She also was related to Livingstone, the noted explorer. Mrs. Lytle attended Wesleyan University and afterward studied art under a private tutor, being a great lover of nature and fond of landscape paintings, she has quite a collection of her own work. She continued her art work for several years after her marriage. She has always been very much interested in the poor of the city and was for a long time conference treasurer of the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Ohio Conference of the Methodist Kpiscopal Church. Quiet and retiring in her tastes, she has been found mostly in that sphere of comparative seclusion which is bounded by the domestic relations in life, her greatest interests centering in home and family. Mr. and Mrs. Lytle have reared a family of three children, one son and two daughters, whose honorable and useful lives evidence the careful training of a devoted mother. The children are as follows : William James, graduated from the public schools of Delaware in 1886, from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1890, and then took up the study of law. He served as assistant postmaster in the city of Delaware for nearly three years, discharging eyery duty to the satisfaction of his many friends. During this time he continued the studies of his chosen profession and had almost completed his legal course, when he was taken ill. and went to the far west hoping to regain his health, but all in vain. After leaving California, he went to Arizona where he died in November, 1898, in the prime of life. Mr. Lytle was a young man of superior ability, of fine character, and noble ambitii >n. He was a member of the I. O. O. F., Knights of Pythias, and the Order of Elks. Baroness Viola Lytle von Uchtritz was the second child born to our subject and his wife; and Countess Nelly Lytle Eulenburg was the youngest of the family. Mr. and Mrs. Lytle are active members of St. Paul's M. E. Church, of which he is steward and was treasurer for many years. Fraternallv, he is a member of Hiram L dge, Xo. 18., F. & A. M.: Delaware Chapter No. 54, R. A. M. ; Delaware Council, No. 84. R. & S. M.; and George B. Torreuce Post. ( i. A. R.

Lliam F. Crickard. M. D.

physician and surgeon at Delaware, has been a resident of this city for the past 30 years, hut was born in Muskingum County, Ohio, lie is a son of James and Eliza Ann (Southard) Crickard.

the Federal army as wagon-master of the Eighty-second Regiment, O. V. I., and served in the conflict lor four years. He was promoted tu the rank of second and later to that df first lieutenant, subsequently was commissioned a captain and still later brevet major. For two years he faced all the chances of hattie. When the Twentieth Army Corps was organized it was sent to Tennessee, anil the regiment with which Major Crickard was connected participated in all the battles' from Chickamauga to Atlanta, was at Jonesboro and with Sherman in his march to the sea. At Savannah he was placed in charge of 1.000 men. commissioned to take them to Xew York. After this service was performed, he rejoined his regiment. Major Crickard had a record of being in 36 general engagements, and he did not escape injury. He received a serious wound in the elbow of his right arm - the bullet which caused it never being extracted, and another wound in the temple, where he was struck by an exploding shell. His subsequent life was spent on his farm. Six of his seven children still survive, as follows: James, residing at Vernon. Jennings County, Indiana; John and Dr. William F., both residing at Delaware; Malissa; Lydia. who is principal of the North Delaware Union School ; and Cora Belle, who married Charles Copeland. and with her husband is a teacher in the Saiftlwich Islands.

Dr. Crickard obtained his literary education in the schools of Delaware, and took his first course of medical lectures at Cleveland and his second at Cincinnati. Subsequently he took special courses in Philadelphia and Xew York, being under the direct instruction of Dr. Hearn, the first assistant of Dr. Gross, the eminent specialist, at Philadelphia. In .Yew York he went before the arm}' Examining Hoard and after satisfactorily standing all tests, he returned to Delaware and has been engaged in the practice of his profession in this city ever since. He has always been a close student and in 1874-75 he took a special course with the celebrated Dr. Smith, of Cleveland, in diseases of the eye. ear, nose and throat. Dr. Crickard is a member of the Delaware County Medical Society and of the Ohio State Medical Society, and keeps well posted on all the advances made in his science.

In 1 88 1 Dr. Crickard was married to Margaret Edwards, then of Delaware Count}, but a native of Racine, Wisconsin. They have a pleasant home in Delaware and Dr. Crickard has well-appointed offices at No. 59 North Union Street. He is a member of the William Street Methodist Episcopal Church. Fraternally, he is connected with the Kinghts of Pythias and the Eaeles.

I". HOWALD, the owner of an excellent farm of 103 acres in Marlborough Township, Delaware County, Ohio, where he has been prominently identified with public matters, was born November 10. 1849. m Licking- County. < > and is a son of Andrew and Fannie (Lantz) Howald.

The parents of Mr. Howald. who were natives of Canton Berne, Switzerland, came to America in 1848. and settled at once in Licking County, Ohio, from whence they removed in 1850 to the woods of Marlborough Township, Delaware County, and here the remainder of their lives was spent, the father dying in 1868 and the mother some time later. J. F. How-aid secured his education in the district schools of Marlborough Township, whence he had been brought as an infant, and here he has engaged in agricultural pursuits all of his life, being now the owner of 103 acres of fine property, in a good state of cultivation. Mr. Howald is one of Delaware County's progressive citizens, and is a leader in any movement calculated to be of benefit to his community. For nine years he served as trustee of Marlborough Township, which he also represented at county conventions he! Delaware, and he has been much interested in educational matters in his section of the county. He is a consistent member of the Reformed Church at Prospect, Ohio.

Weiser, of Delaware. Ohio, and to this union there were born three children, namely: William A., who is the popular proprietor of the well known "Candy Kitchen" restaurant at Delaware; Nettie Irene, who is the wife of Frank Detwiler of Marion, Ohio: and Maud I-... wife of J. O. Wilcox, who is a partner of his father in the implement business at Ashley, Ohio.

XDREW J. BAGLEY, a leading citizen of Orange Township and one of her self-made and substantial men, engages in farming and stock-raising on his property situated here, which cn-ists of 218 acres of very valuable land. Mr. Bagley was born April 23, 1838, in Muskingum County, Ohio, and is a son of Samuel and Sarah (Lenhart) Bagley.

The pioneer of the Bagley family in Ohio, was the grandfather, Reuben Baglev, who started from Loudoun County. Virginia, in i two-horse wagon, with his wife, five sons and three daughters, the names of his children being John, Benjamin. Samuel. Hiram and Christopher, and Sarah, Betsey and P. ill v. Reuben Bagley settled in Muskingum Count v. At this time the son Samuel was a boy of 10 year- and he grew to manhood on the pioneer 1 and was subsequently married in Museum County to Sarah Lenhart. She was born in 1805 and died in June. [861. Her parents were John and Eliza ( Morgan) Lenhart. Samuel Bagley was married (second) in [862, lo l.ovitha Mathews, both deceased. In 1851 the parents of Andrew J. Bagley reed from Muskingum to Vinton Count v. 1 ! where they lived until death, the mothe\ at the age of 56 years and the father aged y~ For 55 years he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and was conscienni hi- support of all its uplifting agencies. I 1 1 many years he was a subscriber to a religious journal and on the day of his death, I a distance of a mile and a halt in er to get it from the pi 1st office, ile was lenly stricken, and with apparently no suffering passed out of life, leaving behind him the record of a good man. His 1 1 children were born to his first union and two of these died in infancy. James William, the oldest survivor, resides at Logan, Hocking County. Ohio. Andrew J., of Orange Township, is the second in order of birth. Spencer resides at Rock Island, Illinois. John L. resides at Logan, in Hocking County. Samuel H. and Christopher both reside in Worth Count)', Missouri. Eliza Amanda died in Athens Countw Ohio. Arie Jane and Martha reside at Columbus.

Andrew J. Bagley attended the district schools of Vinton County and spent his boyhood on the home farm, after which he worked for a time through the neighborhood. When the Civil War was precipitated, Mr. Bagley's thoughts turned toward a military life, one strange enough to a country-bred youth, and his mind was. soon made up. On July 14. 1861, he enlisted in Company C. Thirty-ninth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, a company that was recruited in the neighborhood of Nelsonville. For a few days the regiment was detained at Cincinnati and at camp at Springfield and then was sent on to St. Louis, where it embarked for Island No. 10, down the Mississippi River. The military annals of the time tell how Xew Madrid was captured, with 1,600 Confederates evacuating Island No. 10. The regiment went on down the mighty river to Fort Pillow, and from there to Hamburg Landing. There the Thirty-ninth Regiment formed a part of the left wing of the army that participated in the battle of Shiloh which followed, and then continued to pursue the enemy to Farmington, where the latter made a slight stand, and then fell back to Corinth. Four regiments, including the Thirty-ninth, with a battery, were then detailed to guard the M. & C. Railroad. From there nearly the entire brigade went to Memphis. Tennessee.

At Memphis, in the winter of [863-64, Air. Bagley re-enlisted as a veteran, marched with his regiment from that city to Chattanooga. There General Sherman consolidated, his forces for the Atlanta campaign, and Mr.

Bagley was with the part of the army that pursued General Joseph Johnson, participating in that series of great battles reaching from Ringgold Station to Resaea. Dallas, Big Shanty and Kenesaw Mountain, followed by Marietta. Bethel Church and Chattahoochee River. He was also in the engagement at Decatur and in the battle of Peach Tree Creek. I lis regiment marched then to Jonesboro and to Lovejoy Station and after following" General Hood and lighting in the battle at Franklin, returned to Atlanta. As a member, successively, of the 17th. 14th. 15th and 20th Army Corps, he saw extreme military hardship. He took part in the march to the sea and assisted in the taking of Atlanta and of the opening up of communication from there to Beaufort, South Carolina. His regiment reached that il by steamer, disembarked there and went on to Columbia, South Carolina, and from there to Goldsboro, North Carolina, and later to Raleigh, and at that city Mr. Bagley witnessed the meeting of those two great commanders, Generals Grant and Sherman. The fight at Raleigh. North Carolina, was the last one in which Mr. Bagley took part. He was promoted several times and during the last year's service he was with a four-gun battery. He was present at the Grand Review at Washington City. He is one of the 250,000 men out of the 300,000 first enlistments, who veteranized. He was finally mustered out. after four years of faithful service, at Detroit. Michigan, and reached his home in June. [865. He is a valued member of Price Post, Grand Army of the Republic, at Westerville. and prizes those anger and hardship, but yet of great enthusiasm and patriotism, with comrades some of whom stood at his side when both faced almost certain death on many a southern battle-field.

Mr. Bagley has devoted himself to agricultural pursuits ever since the close of his army life, and he has been a resident of Delaware Count}- for the past 30 years. His first purchase of land was of <)0'_. acres, which he sequently traded for his present farm, paying a difference of $6,500 in cash. This property .Mr. Bagley acquired through hi-- own persistent industry, he being entirely a self-madman. His farm is so situated that it is well adapted to both the growing of grains and the developing of line stock. He has made many substantial improvements and his surroundings indicate thrift and good management.

In the fall of 1865, Mr. Bagley was married (first) to Hannah Allen, who was a daughter of David Allen, of Athens County, Ohio, and three children were born to this union, namely : William Sherman, who resides at Portland, Oregon; Sarah Agnes, who married William Jacox. and they reside in Orange Township and have two children, Harold and Wilbur; Samuel Fenton, who married Kate Sapp. They have four children - Glenn, Paul. Merrill and Edgar. On April 24. 1SX4. Air. Bagley was married (second) to Sarah Frances Irwin, who was born in Berlin Township, Delaware County. Ohio, and is a daughter of James and Elizabeth (Cashner) Irwin. They have three children: Leroy, Leona and Lodemia. Leona married Arthur Freeman, a native of Delaware County, and they reside on the home place. They have three children. Frances Lucile. Willis and in infant. For 21 years Mr. Bagley has been a justice of the peace of Orange Township.

IT'S KING COXE, a leading citi/e.i of Thompson Township, was horn on the old mill property on which he resides, Jul}- 9, 1 846, and is a son of John W. and Mary (Williams) Cone.

Cephas Cone, the grandfather, was of New England origin. His parents at one time resided in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, from which region they came, at an earl}- day, to Delaware County. Ohio. They were among the earliest settlers in Kingston Township. Cephas (one married Almira Munson, a daughter of William Munson and a descendant ot a Captain Munson. who came from England t< 1 America in [1 137.

John W. Cone, father of Titus King Cine, was born in Delaware County, Ohio, January 6, i (Soy. He learned the trade of a woolen mill worker and after following- the same in various sections, in 1831, he located at Delaware ami shortly afterward rented a woolen mill which he operated for several years. In 1838 he purchased the farm which is now the property of Titus King Cone, and here he built a woolen and a saw -mill. The land was heavily timbered when he came to it and in clearing and cultivating his farm ami in actively pushing his mill and other interests, his time was fully occupied into advanced age. He died November 24, 1891. In politics he was , Democrat and on account of his sterling character he was frequently chosen for offices of trust and responsibility in the township, by his fellow citizens. He married Mary Williams, who was born in Cardiganshire, South Wales, in 1814, and died in Ohio in [885. Of the 13 children of this marriage eight sons and four daughters grew to maturity.

Titus King Cone attended the district schools through boyhood and the Radnor High School, and spent a short time at the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, in the spring of 1867. After he returned home he continued working on the farm during the summers and in the woolen mill during the winters until the mill was burned in 1874. after which he gave bis attention exclusively to farming. After his marriage he resided on a farm in Thompson Township located one mile west of his present property. His father was a large land owner, having 600 acres in Delaware and [60 acres in Wyandot County, and when he died, in the division of the estate the present farm came to Titus King, on which he settled in [902. He has here 1 10 acres, on which he carries on mixed farming, raising considerable grain and some excellent stock. Mr. (one and his brother, F. I'., are the only representatives of this old pioneer family ot the township now residing within its borders.

was born in Switzerland and his wife in Pennsylvania. The maternal grandfather of Mrs. (one was Benjamin Ely, who, at one time, kept a grocery store at Delaware, where he died. Mr. and Mrs. Detwiller lived on a farm one-half mile from that of Air. Cone.

In politics, Mr. Cone, like his father, has been a supporter of the Democratic party since he reached manhood, but has never taken any very active part in local campaigns. His main interests are centered in his home and farm.

The paternal grandfather was Benjamin A. Hawes. who was born in Fairfield County. Connecticut, and when he came to Ohio, settled first at Euclid, near Cleveland, where he married Mary Walton. She was a daughter of Davis Walton. Benjamin A. Hawes born January 24. 1799. and his wife was born August 21, 1804. He died in 1885 at the age of 86 years and was survived four years by his wife, who died aged 85 years. They had the following children: Minerva, who married T. T. Wilcox, had her home in Orange Township and died at Edison. Ohio; Fannie, who resided in Orange Township, married John Hall and died young; Orlando O. ; Luva, who married James Slane, died in Orange Township; Elizabeth, who married John Keller; and Mary, who married Philander Searles. All are dead except Elizabeth, who is a widow.

In 1826 Benjamin A. Hawes settled in Orange Township, Delaware County, later moved to Liberty Township for a short time and then returned to Orange Township. By trade he was a carpenter and be assisted to put up some of the first buildings at Cleveland. He worked on the frame jail which took the place of the old log calaboose at Cleveland, it to,, having long since given way to the march

Orlando Hawes, father of Clinton O., was born in Liberty Township, Delaware County, Ohio. June 9. 1S31. and died in [862, aged 31 years. He married Lucy Searles, who was born in 1840, and died in 1892, aged 52 years. Her father, Lewis Searles. came to Lewis Center from Galena, where he engaged in a mercantile business until his death. A family of five children was born to Orlando O. Hawes and wife, namely: Alice. .Minerva and Willard, all died young; Lucy Luella, who was reared at Akron, married Michael Birmingham, and died at Akron, in September. 1894; and Clinton O. Mrs. Hawes remained a witlow for some years and then married Dempster Gifford and became the mother of four more children: Horace, Lelland. Minnie and Edward. Minnie is deceased.

Clinton O. Hawes remained in Orange Township until he' was 25 years of age. attending school at Lewis Center and keeping busy at various employments. He worked on farms in Orange and Liberty Townships to some extent and then learned telegraphy, which he followed for seven years. He was both operator and agent at Radnor and later at Powell, working as night operator at the latter point until lie turned his attention to farming and dairying, when he gave up work at the "keys." He owns a tidy little farm of 27 acres adjoining Powell and its convenient location near the town, assists in making his dairy industry a profitable one.

On March 7. [887, Mr. Hawes was married to Emma L. Bennett, who is a daughter or E. A. and Mary (Clements) Bennett, of Orange Township. Mrs. Hawes was born in Champaign County, Ohio, but her father was born in Orange Township, Delaware County, where both he and wife reside, in comfortable circumstances, his age being 70 and that of his wife 66 years.

EUBEN G. DICKERSON, who is a leading citizen of Orange Town-hip. where he has his valuable and wellimproved farm of 99^ acres under a fine state of cultivation, was born 1843, m Orange Township, Delaware Ohio, and is a son of Lewis and

The Dickerson family is of English extraction and it was founded in Xew Jersey by Lewis Dickerson. the great-grandfather of Reuben G. His son. also Lewis, became the grandfather, and the third Lewis was the fathei of Reuben G. Dickerson. Lewis Dickerson (3) was born in Tompkins Count}-. New York, November 6, 1810, and in 1832 he came to Sandusky, Ohio, and from there, in 1833, to Orange Township. Delaware County. With the exception of one year later spent in Xew York, and two years of residence at (aldington, Lewis Dickerson lived continuously to his death on the present home farm to which he came in 1856. He died December 15, 1883.

On October 9, 1836, Lewis Dickerson was married to Cynthia Noble, who died October 20, 1898. She was born near Powell, in Liberty Township, Delaware County. Ohio. June 20. 1822, and was a daughter of James and Salomy (Graves) Noble. The Graves family came to Licking County from Connecticut among the pioneer settlers. There were two sons born to Lewis Dickerson and wife: James H. and Reuben G. Both sons proved themselves brave men and loyal soldiers. James H. Dickerson enlisted in the Federal army from the State of Xew York, in [861, becoming a member of Company 1), Seventyfifth Regiment. New York Volunteer Infantry, lie accompanied his comrades to Santa Rosa Island, Florida, where he remained for a time at the navy yard and was then sent to Louisiana and after the capture of Xew Orleans, by

Admiral Farragut, he was under the command of General Benjamin Butler until ( ieneral Banks assumed command. Later he took part in the Red River campaign and was ai Alexandria. Pleasant Hill and the siege of Port Hudson. After the fall of this stronghold his corps joined Franklin's Corps of the Army of the Potomac, and they fought the battle of Cedar Creek, where he also served under General Sheridan. When he finally received his honorable discharge, he had alread) served fifty-eight days over his term of enlistment. Although he escaped serious injury, he had had two horses shot from under him. After the close of his military service he went to New York, where he was married to Laura Fuller, after which he returned to Delaware- County and took up his residence at Lewis Center, where he died May 4. [903.

Reuben < '-. Dickerson obtained his education in the district schools. He remained on his father's farm until 18 years of age. when he offered his patriotic services in defense of his country. On August 2, 1861. he enlisted at Delaware, Ohio, in Company A, Second Battery, United States Infantry, under Cap tain Eystier, and was mustered in at Camp Thomas, then went to Lebanon, Kentucky, and from there, on February 14. 1862, the First and Second Battalions started on a march to Mill Springs, where they engaged in battle. after which they returned to Bawlstown, where Mr. Dickerson was left in a hospital. where he remained for six weeks. He rejoined Ins regiment April 12. [862, at Pitts burg Landing, then went on to the approacning battle of Corinth, and after the siege and evacuation of that city, and his regiment was detailed to guard the line of the M. & C. Railroad, he was discharged, on account of physical disability, August [3, [862. Mr. Dickerson gave himself a few months in which to recuperate, and then re-enlisted, on fune 20. 1863, entering ( ompanv M. first Regiment. Heavy Artillery. lie was stationed at Fort Whittlesley, opposite Cincinnati, until February, [864, when the battery was sent to Nicholasville, Kentucky, marched from there to Point Burnside near Somerset, and then crossed the mountains to Knoxville, Tennessee, conveying the baggage on the hacks of pack mules. Air. Dickerson. with his comrades, did guard and garrison duty along the line of the East Tennessee & Virginia Railroad, until November, 1864, when they entered the northeastern part of Tennessee in order to cut off General Lee's retreat through Tennessee Gap. The First Artillery took part in numerous skirmishes with General Joseph Wheeler. On July 25, 1865, Mr. Dickerson was a second time honorably discharged from his country's military bonds, at Knoxville, Tennessee, when the regiment was mustered out.

Mr. Dickerson returned to Ohio and for one year followed farming on the homestead and continued to be variously engaged until 1872. when he began railroad work on what was then the C, C, C. & 1. line, but is now the Big Four Railroad. He worked seven years as foreman and fireman on a construction train and for 12 years he was employed by the line as an engineer. He continued railroading until Jul\-. [890, when he settled down to farming. He has greatly improved his property since settling on it. erecting a handsome residence and adding to the appearance and convenience of the other buildings. He carries 011 a general agricultural line. For about six years he has been engaged quite extensively also in contracting and has built a number of the excellent turnpike roads in this section.

On December 9, 1868, Mr. Dickerson was married to Amelia W. Lewis, who is a member of a very prominent family of Delaware County. Her father, the late William T. Lewis, was horn in Xew Jersev. in February, 1811, and died at Lewis Center. Delaware County, in 187(1. He married Sarah Fowler, who was horn also in Xew Jersev. January 3, 1822. and died in Ohio, April 20, [900 They came to Delaware County in [843 settled on farming land which later became the site of the village of Lewis Center, which was named in honor of William T. Lewis, lie was the first postmaster and the leading man id affairs in the town for many years, and donated a number of the puhlic buildings to the place, including the public school and the

Methodist Episcopal Church and parsonage. In 1849 he went to California, hy the overland route, and returned by way of the Isthmus of Panama, remaining in the far West until 1851 and while there was engaged in mining. The children of William T. Lewis ami wife were: Eliza J., who married George Henderson, of Springfield; Mary P., who married Alexander S. Hempstead, residing in Columbus; Amelia; Sarah E., who married Lewis Carter, residing at Columbus; Augusta X., who married E. I. Prentice of Mississippi, died in Paulding County. Ohio; Anna C, who married Dr. R. C. Alexander, residing at Springfield; Katherine X., who died unmarried; and Josie R.. who married W. H. Taft, residing at Columbus.

Mr. and Mrs. Dickerson have had four children, two sons and two daughters, namely : Lewis H., who died aged one year and ten months; Charles, who died aged eleven years and ten months; Sarah Elizabeth, who married A. L. Grove, anil they have three children, Ruby, Okey and Robert ; and Ruby Catherine, who married Edwin Joslin. They have three children. Ruth. Charles and Richard.

In politics, Mr. Dickerson is a Republican and he has served as justice of the peace, as 1 member of the School Board and in othei offices and is his party's candidate in the coming campaign for the office of count v commissioner. Fraternally, he is an Odd Fellow and a Mason, a member of Hiram Lodge, Chapter and Council at Delaware. Formerly he was a member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. He is a valued comrade of George 1'. Torrance Post. Grand Army oi the Republic, at Delaware.

R. ALBERT ERXEST WESTBROOK, who has been engaged in medical practice in Ashley for a period of forty-two years, is also the proprietor of a drug store at this place. He was horn December 17. 1841 1. in the hotel conducted by his parents at Woodbury, which at that time was quite a town in Peru Township, then in Delaware Count v. but now in Morrow County. He is a son of Solomon Westbrook, and a grandson of |bhn Westbrook, who settled in Cananda"igua County, Xew York. The Westbrook family originally came from Germany, two brothers, John and Leonard, coming to this country at an early date.

Solomon Westbrook, the Doctor's father, was born in 1798 in Canandaigua Count}-, Xew York, and in 1816 moved to Johnstown, Licking County, Ohio. He married Mrs. Mathena Crawford, nee Edmunds, it being the second marriage for both. He had one son by his first marriage, and she had six children hy her first marriage to William Crawford. She was a daughter of Samuel Edmunds, who also came from Canandaigua County, Xew York to Johnstown, Ohio. Of the children of their several unions, but one aside from Dr. Westbrook is living - the latter's full sister. Jane, who is the widow of Robert Gardner, and lives one mile north of South Woodbury.

Solomon Westbrook followed farming until after his marriage, at Johnstown, and then conducted a hotel until 1836. He then went on horseback to New Orleans, where he practiced medicine for one year, after which he returned to his old home, and then shortly afterward journeyed in the same manner to Canada and hack. In 1849 lle went to Missouri, and from St. Joseph crossed the plains to San Francisco with a company from Delaware, Ohio. He drove three yoke of oxen and walked evenstep of the way. .Many were the hardships endured by the party, and their condition upon their arrival in San Francisco was pitiable. Mr. Westbrook had nothing to eat Inn one cracker per day for twenty-six days and one of tlic party, Dr. Mann of Delaware, died oi scurvy after his arrival. Mr. Westbrook remained two years in the West, working in the gold mines, and upon his return to Ohio had $500. in gold, being no richer and no poorer than when he left home.

that day located little more than a mile south of tlie village. He attended Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware one year, in 1857, and afterward read medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. I. H. Pennock, preparatory to entering Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, from which institution he was graduate'1 with the degree of M. D. on February 22. 1863. In August of that year he entered the 106th Regiment, Ohio Vol. Inf., as assistant surgeon, and served until the war closed. He was on detached duty at Gallitan, Tennessee, where he had charge of the Post 1 [ospital; and was medical director on the staff of Brig.-Gen. E. A. Payne. He had charge of Fts. Negley, Huston and Morton, at Nashville, and was on duty also at Stevenson, Alabama. For a time he served as surgeon in the 68th Regiment, X. Y. Vol. Inf., at Bridgeport, Alabama. He was mustered out June 29, [865, at Nashville. The Doctor has preserved ever) order received while in the service and has the bridle, saddle and spurs which he used. At present he is the only physician living in Delaware County who served as such in the army.

' >n .August 10, [865, Dr. Westbrook came to Ashley and engaged in the practice of medicine, in which he has since continued - a period of forty-two years. For the past twenty-five years he has also conducted the only drug store in Ashley. He is a prominent citizen and a successful man. He is a member of the American Medical Association; the Ohio State Medical Society, and the Delaware County Medical Society, having served one term as president and also as vice president of the latter.

Wesley McCurdy, a clothing merchant of Ashley, and has children - Lois, Amanda, Lawton \\ '., Lloyd, and Rose Cunard. Dr. Westbrook was married a second time, in 1886, to Rose M. Cunard, a daughter of Captain L. M. Cunard of Mt. Gilead, Ohio.

- Dr. Westbrook is a Republican in politics and has held numerous local offices. He was instrumental in establishing a graded school here, but it was only after a determined fight on his part and that of a few other enterprising and public spirited men who stood with lum. He was elected on the first Board of Education and served nine years, and was three times a member of the Town Council. Fraternally, Dr. Westbrook is a member of Ashley Lodge, No. 404, F. & A. M., and was formerly a member of the Chapter at Delaware.

ICERO T. CARSON was born on the farm 011 which he now resides, in Concord Township. Delaware County, Ohio, February 23, 1837. He is a son of William and Eliza (Thompson) Carson, and a grandson of Samuel and Abigail (Black) Carson.

The Carsons came to Delaware County among the pioneers and Samuel Carson acquired a large body of land in Ohio, amounting to about 1.200 acres. He was a soldier in the War of 181 2. He died December 2^, 1834. in his sixty-second year. He married Abigail Black, who died March 22. 1838. in her fifty-sixth year. William Carson, the father of Cicero T.. was born in March. 1S02, before the family left Pennsylvania, and he died in Delaware County, Ohio, May 9. 1873, in his seventy-second year. I te was the eldest born of a family of five sons and two daughters, the others being: Mar)-, who remained unmarried; Samuel, who went to California in 1849, was killed in Oregon, b) the Indians; John B., who married Jane Carson, of Chillicothe, moved to McLean County. Illinois, where he died; James, who married [sabella Johnson, moved to the vicinity of Topeka, Kansas.

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where he died; Joseph M.. who married Anna Mary [senberg, died in Delaware Count) : and Nancy Jane, who never married. All members of the above family have passed out oi life.

vhen his father settled on the east hank he Scioto River, opposite to the present State institution, the Girls Industrial School. When William Carson married he brought his bride to the house in which they thereafter and where their children were all hum. They were six in number, two of whom died in infancy. Cicero T. was the second born in the family and the others who survived were: Joan Vbigail, Mary E. and William W. Juan Abigail was married (first) to Thomas 1'.. Johnson and accompanied him to the South, where he died prior to the Civil War. She returned to Delaware county and was married (second) to John II. Shearer, who was then the editor of the Marysville Tribune, to which his son. John Shearer succeeded. Mary E. Carson was married (first) to Edward Goddard, of Lexington, McLean County, Illinois, and (second) to Dr. James Southard, of Marysville, and is the widow of the latter. She resides on Oak Street. Columbus, Ohio. William W. Carson married Rel ecca Chenoweth, and he is survived by hi.-, widow and one son and three daughters. The niducts the Hocking grocery store at Delaware.

Cicero T. Larson attended school at Delaware. Ohio, until he was 14 years of age, and when 17. he went to Memphis. Tennessee, and subsequently took a business course at the Male High School, in Germantown, Shelby County. Tennessee. He remained in that State for two years and then returned to the North and became bookkeeper in the Marysville Bank. After a business experience 0 years he spent one year in the imi of casting his vote in favor of the admission of Kansas as a State of the Union, and voted for Abraham Lincoln, which was his first vote, and then returned to Ohio and took up his residence on the farm where he now lives. After his return he entered the Federal Army, enlisting in Company K. One Hundred and Forty-fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with the rank of sergeant. This regiment was stationed at Fort Tillinghast and witnessed the first work done on Arlington Heights, in preparing the beautiful grounds for a sacred resting-place for the Nation's slain. He remained in the service until the close of the war and was honorably discharged at Camp Chase, at Columbus.

On December 24, 1S74, Mr. Larson was married to Carrie Yeend, who died March _\ kjoo. She was a most estimable lady, one whose many personal attributes endeared her to all who knew her. She was horn at Cheltenham. England, and was a daughter of John R. and Mary (Swain) Yeend. When she w as seven years of age, her parents came to America and settled in Geauga County. Ohio, where she was reared and educated. She was appointed the first matron of the Girls' Industrial Home, and she continued in that position for five years. Having no children of their own. Mr. and Mrs. Carson adopted an orphan babe. Minnie C. when she was but three days old, whom they reared to happy womanhood. She subsequently married Elijan Howard and they have one daughter. Carrie Lillian.

Mr. Carson has heen engaged in agricultural pursuits ever since his marriage. Shortly after that event he purchased a farm of almost 300 acres, in Delaware County, on which he resided for over 20 years, hut sold thai property in 1903, and then moved hack to the old homestead, where he still continues to farm, in association with his son-in-law, Elijah I low ard.

The Springview Methodist Episcopal Church, in Concord Township, was named by Mr. and Mr-. Carson, it being chosea on actil of its proximity to the White Sulphur

Springs. During the years following its founding Mrs. Carson was a very active member and she and Mr. Carson started the Sunday school which was the real beginning of the church which was later erected. Mr. Larson remains one of the church trustees. Both he and his wife were interested in the Liberty Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, and assisted its early efforts very materially. Mr. Carson takes no active part in political campaigns.

0~OWARD CLIFTON CRANE, M. I)., who has heen continuously engaged in the practice of medicine at Eden, for the past 14 years, was horn in Porter Township, Delaware Count}', Ohio, September 29, 1864. He is a son of Elbert and Ellen (Her) Crane.

The paternal grandparents of Dr. Crane, Amza and Ardilla 1 Hopkins) Crane, came to Ohio and settled in Morrow County, in 1834. They had four sons and six daughters, namely: Alson, Zebulon, Elbert, Washington, Mary Ann, Sarah. Alba Cincla, Sarah (2), Elizabeth and Jane. The maternal grandparents of Dr. Crane were Captain William and Jane G. (Grej I Her. They came to Delaware County about [833, and so wild was all this territory that they had to cut a path through the foresl in order to reach their land in Porter Township. Captain I lei- operated a canal boal between Cleveland and Portsmouth, in [834. There were two daughters in the Her family. Ellen B. and Elizabeth. The latter was married ( first 1 to Samuel Marshall. who died at Mansfield, Ohio, and (second) to Christopher Chase, of Marion.

Elbert Crane, father of Dr. Crane, was horn in New York, his parents at that time being residents of Putnam County, and he accompanied them to Morrow County, Ohio, where they died, lie still resides in Porter Township. Delaware ( bunty, his age hem- 77 years. lie married Ellen Her, who was born in Delaware County, and died January 22, 1908. They had the following children: Alwyn M., who has heen engaged in the practice of medicine at Marion for _»o years, and is a graduate of the Columbus Medical College, married (first) Mary Crouch, and (second) Susan Johnson; Florence May, who is deceased; Thurston, who manages the home farm in Porter Township ; Howard C. : William I . whose home is at Minneapolis, Minnesota, is a traveling salesman, and married lone Oliver; Jennie C, who was educated at the Ohio S. U. at Columbus and the O. W. U. at Delaware, is a successful teacher in the public schools of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; and Nellie M., who was also educated as was her sister, is engaged in teaching at Troy, Ohio.

Dr. Crane was primarily educated in the public schools and completed his medical training at Starling Medical College, and was graduated in the class of 1894. After a short residence with his brother at Marion, Dr. Crane selected Eden as a promising field for himself professionally, and here he has remained to the present day. He has built up a large ami satisfactory practice, to which he gives his entire attention. He is a member of the Delaware Count)- Medical Society and of the Ohio State Medical Society. Fraternally he is a Knight of Pythias, and is connected with Williams Lodge, No. 53d. In political sentiment he is a Democrat.

In [903 Dr. Crane was married to Margaret Ross, who is a daughter of Melancthon J. and Ada (Matthews) Ross. She was born in Virginia. Her father was born at Saratoga, New York, and her mother at Eden. Ohio. They reside in Delaware County.

HON. WILLIAM E. HA \S. mayor ot Delaware. Ohio, was born December 17. 1874. at Bucyrus, Craw 1 ounty, Ohio, and is a son of J. L. and Mary ( Frank ) I laas. The parents of Mayor Haas were born and reared on farms in Crawford County. Ohio. In 1X7(1 l'HA came to Delaware, and J. E. Haas has been employed in the blacksmith department of the shops belonging to the Big Four Railroad, in this city, for the past 31 years. His family consists of four sons and three daughters, namely: Anna, who married Frank \ ining, who is a member of the police force at Delaware; William E. ; Charles 0-, who is in business at Delaware; Matilda, who married Edward Schweitzer, at Delaware; Vincent, residing at Moxahala, Ohio, where he is serving as secretary of the Chapman Coal .Mining Company; Joseph, who died aged four months; and Frances, who is the possessor of rare musical talents, which have been well cultivated.

During his boyhood, William E. Haas attended the parochial schools at Delaware, and when it became a family law that he should become self-supporting, he went to work in -i chair factory and continued his studies at night, in the public schools. Very much as many other ambitious youths, he tried one position after another in the endeavor to make the most of his time and opportunities, going from the chair factory to a grocery store and from there to a cigar factor)-, and later reaching the firm of Downheimer & Grasser, with which he learned the trade of cigar-making. On January 1, 1898, he entered into partnership with J. P. Grasser. in the manufacture oi cigars, under the firm style of Grasser & 1 laas. Mr. Haas attends to all the outside work of the firm and writes all the advertising matter, which, on account of the extent of the business, is very heavy. Employment is given to from eight to 14 expert cigar-makers, and the firm has several exclusive brands which have proved to be favorites with the public.

On June jo. [896, Mr. Haas was married to Catherine Hoch, who is a daughter of Jo seph Hoch. who resides at Lancaster. Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Haas have two children. Alary Catherine and Anna Josephine, both of whom attend school. The family belong to the Catholic Church.

For the past two years. Mayor Haas has been the only Democratic member of the Delaware City Council. He has been a leading and influential member of his party for some - and his nomination to the highest civic office, September 27. [907, was a token of harmony in the Democratic ranks. He was elected \o- vember 6, 1907. receiving a majority of [2 electoral votes. Personally, .Mr. Haas is very popular in Delaware, where he has been for so long a sterling and public-spirited citizen, and hence the satisfaction on his election was wide spread. He is a member of the Commercial (luh. in the deliberations of which he takes an active and interested part, and he belongs to the fraternal orders of the Knights of Columbus, the Eagles, and the United Commercial Travelers.