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NOTE. - All the histories of families and persons in this part of the work have been obtained directly from the families or individuals interested or from persons possessing the necessary Information is no case whatever has second-hand information been accepted. Being thus written, the families or persons themselves are responsible for all fact and dates contained to them.

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ACKERMAN, HENRY, barber; be was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, in the town of Neidermodau, Germany, July 11, 1845, and came to this country in 1865 ; he learned his trade in the Fatherland, and, after coming to this country, he worked for a short time in Crestline, Ohio ; he removed to Mansfield in 1866 and commenced business in this city, at which he has continued to dale. He was married in Mansfield, July 12, 1867, to Christian Hartman : they have six children-four sons and two daughters.

ANDERSON, J. C., Surgeon ; he was born in Butler Co., Ohio ; removed to Richland Co. in 1850; he wee educated at Ganges and Cleveland ; commenced the study of medicine at Ganges in 1863 ; graduated at the Cleveland Homeopathic Hospital College in 1872; received a commission as Surgeon of the 12th O. V. I. (1878); he is now engaged in the practice of medicine in Mansfield. He was married to Anna M. Wherry, of Shelby; they have one child, 3 years old-Reed Wherry.

AUNGST, JOHN E., farmer; P. O. Mansfield; he was born in Jefferson Township Sept. 3, 1854; he came to Mansfield in 1863, where he has since resided. He was married in this city, in 1876, to Miss Lillie Bell; one daughter, Allie, by this marriage, resides with her parents in this city.

AUGUSTINE, CHARLES, leather merchant; he was born at Sugar Creek Falls, Ohio, Oct. 27, 183 l , and came to Mansfield in 1850, where he was employed for a time as clerk in the dry-goods house of Arnos Townsend, now Member of Congress from the Cleveland District. May 25, 1858. he was married to Mrs Louisa Kilter, daughter of the late Joseph Ritter to whom have been born six children. In the year 1865, Mr. Augustine joined the Masonic Order, since which time he his been an active Mason and has held a number of subordinate offices. He is a member of the leather firm of Ritter & Sons, in which business he is now engaged, and is considered one of the representative business men of Mansfield.

BAKER, GEORGE, stonemason, and grocery and provision merchant: he was born in Prussia June 9, 1816; learned the trade of stonemason; came to Mansfield Aug. 29, 1848. Married in the old country, Feb. 10, 1842, to Mary Nips, with whom he has raised six children-Peter, born in Germany Sept. 18, 1842; Lizzie, born in Germany Feb. 6, 1847; Rena, born in Mansfield Aug. 2, 1849 ; George, born in Mansfield Feb. 8, 1856; William, July 3, 1858; Emma Louisa, March 12, 1861. Mr. Baker has resided in Mansfield thirty-two years, and is one of the representative German citizens; has been a member of the German Secret Relief Society since Nov. 16, 1850.

BARTLEY, MORDECAI, deceased, thirteenth Governor elected by the people of Ohio, was born in Fayette Co., Penn., Dec. 18,1783. In 1804, he married Miss Welles, and five years afterward removed to Jefferson Co., Ohio, where, upon the bank of that river, near the mouth of Cross Creek, he purchased a farm and engaged in the business of agriculture. Here his peaceful labors were interrupted by the declaration of the war of 1812, when, in a few weeks, be enlisted a company of volunteers, who elected him their Captain, and took the field under Gen. Harrison. At the close of the war, he removed to the almost unbroken wilderness of Richland Co., when Mansfield was the principal settlement; west of that place he secured a sufficiently large space to satisfy him, and there, with his ax, he opened a clearing in the forest, and erected his home. Upon this farm, he worked diligently and successfully several years, and then, removing to Mansfield with the savings of his long years of farm labor, he entered into mercantile business. He early developed a character that won the confidence of those that knew him beat, for, is 1817, he was elected to the State Senate, and appointed by the State Legislature to the then important position of Register of the Land Office. This gave him charge of the Virginia military district school lands. In 1823; he was elected to Congress, and served Pour terms, when he declined re-election. In Congress, he was the first to propose the conversion of the land grants of Ohio into a permanent. food for the support of the common school, and secured an appropriation for the harbors of Cleveland, Sandusky City, Huron and Vermillion. In 1844, having retired from Congress, and engaged in mercantile and agricultural business, he was elected Governor of Ohio on the Whig ticket. Both parties have testified to the ability of his administration. In 1846, the war with Mexico was strongly opposed by the anti-slavery people of Ohio, they regarding its proclamation in the interest of slavery extension, and, in response to the call for troops, they were not in favor of Ohio filling her quota,

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but Gov Bartley mentioned chat Ohio, in common with every other State, was constitutionally bound to reaped the requisitions of the National Government. He therefore adopted the proper measures, and the necessary number of volunteers were enlisted, and transferred to the authorities under his personal supervision. The messages he wrote during his administration were papers of ability, end plainly made apparent. his thorough knowledge of the rather complex system of United State Government. He declined a second nomination, though strongly urged to accept, and, returning to his home, at Mansfield, he passed the evening of his life in the retirement of his family, dividing his attention between the practice of his profession as a lawyer, and in the management of his farm near that city. He died Oct. 10, 1870.

BAUGHMAN, ELIZABETH., MRS., daughter of James and Hannah Cunningham, was born near Black Hand, Licking Co., Ohio, March 8, 1805 her mother dying when she was only 6 months old. she was raised by her grandfather, Michael Statler, a farmer near Black hand. After her father's second marriage, be removed to this Richland county, where he figured prominently in the early history of this section of Ohio. In 1819, the subject of this sketch joined her father's family in this county, they residing at that time in the Clear Fork Valley, below Newville, near what is now known as St. John's Church. The change from Ler grandfather Statler's-a wealthy farmer in a more civilized county to the hardships and privations of pioneer life here was not a pleasant transition, and was made only because of her father's request. Her grandfather, she says, was one of the kindest and best of men, but she, then is her 16th year, with a deep sense of filial duty, left a home of wealth, comfort and ease, for a cabin in the rude wilderness, where property and life were alike insecure from the savages and wild beasts of the forest. The journey from Black Hand to St. John's was made in a sled, in the month of January, 1819, is two days, stopping over night near Mount Vernon. Sept. 27, 1825, she was married to Jacob Baughman, who had succeeded to his father's farm, now known as the Dome farm, near Walnut Hall School-house, in Monroe Township, this county. Soon afterward, her husband sold the Dome farm and bought eighty acres of land, situated between the Lowrey (now Welty), and the Stoul farms, where he erected a cabin and they commenced housekeeping. He afterward sold and bought a number of farms, living at different intervals, in Monroe, Worthington and Jefferson Townships, but returned to Monroe, where be died, March 20, 1855, aged 63 years; he was buried at Perrysville. Mrs. Baughman then removed to Bellville, where she resided until 1869, when she removed to Mansfield, where she has since resided. She is the mother of five children-Mary C. (wife of Abraham Lash), Hannah L. (wife of David Herring) deceased; Margaret C., deceased (wife of Freeman Carlile). Abraham J. Baughman and Sade E. Baughman ; the two latter, remaining single, have always lived with their mother. Mrs. Baughman possesses an organization of wonderful tenacity, and is of that wiry physical constitution, well-knit and close-fibered, that accompanies a character of great ambition, high spirit end wonderful endurance. While mild and persuasive, yet she always possessed that degree of positive energy that would not give up or back down, no matter what obstacles were in her way. She worked hard suffered much, and accomplished much. But she has seen the shadows of life's adversities succeeded by the sunshine of prosperity, and has lived to realize the full fruition of the glorious promise, "Your children shall rise up and call you blessed."

She is of a hopeful disposition and her great strength has consisted in being able to look at the bright side of things. Her mirthfulness gives her power of sarcasm and considerable pungency of speech. She is no fox in character, but frank and outspoken, and would never toady to say one. Although not schooled in physiognomy, she could always read faces almost unerringly. She has the mental temperament of the Intellectual organization. Is causal, systematic and industrious, and, believing that application will accomplish almost anything, she never had patience with the idle and fickle. Without trying, she always made friends wherever she want, and the tones of her voice would skins win her way anywhere. She united with the Disciple Church in June, 1838, of which organization she has ever since been a worthy and consistent member. Her sympathies are warm, and in sickness she is tender and attentive. In the home circle, as a mother, her children say she is without a peer. Mrs. Baughman is five feet and one inch in height, weighs 105 pounds, erect in poise and symmetrical in build.

March 8, 1880, upon the occasion of her attaining her 75th year, a pioneer birthday party was given her at the family residence, No. 100 South Main st., Mansfield, which was the first pioneer social party ever held in Richland Co.; about fifty guests were present, one of whom, Mrs. Solomon Gladden, was a contemporaneous pioneer with Mrs Baughman and was present at her wedding fifty-five years ago ; the exercises commenced at 6 o'clock, with music; the ballad, "We Meet Today;" composed and set to music by Prof. Pontius, was sung by Miss Kate Eichelberger, Prof. Pontius at the organ ; after which a pioneer sketch, written by a pioneer's daughter, Mrs. Dr. Patterson, daughter of Solomon Gladden (who performed the marriage ceremony for Mr. and Mrs. Baughman), was read by Mrs. Richard, wife of Prof. J. Fraise Richard, of the Normal College, on account of the unavoidable absence of Mrs. Patterson ; music was furnished by Prof. Will H. Pontius, Miss Kate Eichelberger and Mrs. W. L. Gaston ; other fine selections were rendered by the trio; later in the evening, Miss Mary Cox sang end played. Gen. Brinkerhoff being the patron saint of the pioneers of Richland Co., was first called upon for an address "appropriate to the occasion." He responded in a neat little speech complimentary to the pioneers and "their times," as follows:

"The occasion which has called us together this evening, is one of more than usual interest ; birthday celebrations are always pleasant occasions, and we are happy to meet and greet our friends at their recurrence, but yet some birthdays are more interesting than others, sad this is one of them. The lady in whose honor we meet to-night, and whom we ere glad to find upon her 76th birthday cheerful and happy,

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not in the winter of life, but in the golden autumn time, is one of the living witnesses of the childhood of our city. Seventy-five years, when we look forward, seems a long time, but looking backward it is not so long, and I have no doubt the incidents recalled by Mrs. Patterson, when Elizabeth Cunningham was a girl, seem to Mrs. Baughman but recent memories. In fact, with us all, it is our early recollections that test the longest. In our sleep we do not locate our dreams amid recent surroundings; but we go back to the homes of our childhood. Mrs. Baughman's father, Capt. James Cunningham, was among the first settlers of Mansfield, and, in the year 1809, when Mansfield first had a habitation and a name, he lived in its first cabin on the Sturges corner. Mrs. Baughman at that time was with her grandfather in Licking Co., but ten years later she removed to Richland Co. where she has since been a resident. Since then Mansfield has become a populous city, and a massive block of brick and stone occupies the site of the little log cabin on Sturges' corner; and instead of the drum of the pheasant and the hoot of the owl in the leafy wood lands, we have for music the whistle of the locomotive and the clangor of machinery in the huge and smoky factories. We have churches and schools, busy mills, and all the pride, pomp and panoply of wealth and position and fame; and yet, I doubt very much if we have the wisdom, or patriotism, or sincerity, or happy uses of those among whom Mrs. Baughman passed the early years of life. Thirty years ago, when I came to Mansfield, very many of the early pioneers were still living, and they seemed to me men of larger mold and broader sympathies than those of this later generation. It was this fact that led me to seek to preserve some record of their lives, and very soon commenced to gather some of their history, and, after twenty-five years of waiting, a man who has a genius for writing history has come to complete the work, and we hope very soon to put into print an enduring record of the giants of those early days, who founded the civilization; of Richland Co. Mr. Graham is with us to-night and I doubt not he will bear out my estimate of the worth of our early pioneers. Mrs. Baughman's father was one of them, and Mrs. Patterson's father was another. I do not remember to have met Capt. Cunningham, but I knew Solomon Gladden very well, and he was a typical pioneer, massive in body and massive in mind. Reuben Evarts, who is here to-night and whom present to you a sample of the early pioneers; knew all of these men in their prime, and I hope be will tell us something about them. However, years have come and years have gone, and the great globe swung in its mighty orbit around the sun, these mighty men of valor passed out into the infinite, and of those who knew them and were among them, of them about the only one who remains in Mansfield now is Mrs. Baughman, whose birthday we celebrate to-night. She is happy in having lived to see the result of their labors, and we are happy in seeking to contribute to the enjoyment of this hour."

After supper, the presents on the occasion were formally presented by Hon. M. May in a brief, but appropriated speech. Among the numerous presents we mention specially a beautiful China tea-set from, Elder G. M. Kemp, Gen. R. Brinkerhoff; Hon. M. May, $. E. Jenner, H. W. Albach, Capt. A. C. Cummins and J. Fraise Richard ; Elder Kemp, Mrs Baughman's Pastor, followed, responding to Mr. May, accepting the presents in her behalf, in s speech brief, appropriate and touching in its pathos ; Reuben Evarts, a real and well preserved representative pioneer, being called on, made some pleasing allusions to pioneer life and character, and presented an appropriate preamble and resolutions, which were adopted.

BAUGHMAN FAMILY, THE. The ancestor of the Baughman family came from Germany, and boated in Pennsylvania. The only knowledge the writer has of his family is of two sons-George and Abraham; and one daughter, married W Joseph Charles. George emigrated to Ohio in 1805, and settled in Mifflin Township, Franklin Co., where he spent the remainder of his life ; he died at a ripe old age, and is buried at Gahanna; be was the father of the late Hon. Jesse Baughman, the founder of Gahanna, and one of the originators of the Franklin County Pioneer Association. Abraham was born on the Atlantic Ocean when his parents were en route for America. He married Mary Catherine Deeds, and removed from Cumberland to Washington Co., Penn., and afterward to Richland Co., Ohio, settling in Monroe Township is 1811; they had five sons and three daughters-Adam, John, Abraham, Jacob and George, sad Catherine, Elisabeth and Lovace ; Catherine married a Mr. Black, of Tuscarawas Co. ; Elizabeth married a Mr. Stewart, and removed to Tennessee, and Lovace married Mr. Gayman, of Pittsburgh ; Adam married a Miss Huffman, and removed to Plain Township, Franklin Co., Ohio, and he and his wife are both interred on the Baughman farm there, where they lived and where they died; John married Elizabeth Wyandt, and settled in Wayne Co., Ohio, and the township in which he lived was named for him; Abraham married Susan Wyandt, and settled in Monroe Township, Richland Co., Ohio, where he died is 1848 ; his children were Margaret, wife of John Wolfe; David, married to Rebecca Wolfs; John, married to Catherine Castator; Aaron, married to Catherine Schrack; Peter, married to Elise Wyandt; George, married to Minerva Merrell; Elisabeth, wife of Simon McDanel; William, married to Rachel Slater; Abraham, married to Eliza Wrigton ; Susanna; Simon, married to Susan Mercer. Jacob Baughman married Elizabeth Cunningham; his life was principally passed in Monroe Township, Richland Co., where be died March 20, 1855, aged 63 years. They had five children-Mary C., married to Abraham Lash; ; Hannah L., married to David Herring; Margaret A., married to Freeman Carlile; Abraham J. and Sarah E.; the two latter remain single and live with their mother; they are printers, and publish the Mansfield Call; they have also published the Cleveland Temple Visitor, Mansfield (Ohio) Liberal, Canal Fulton Herald and Medina Democrat. George Baughman never married, and died is 1850.

BERNO, PETER, merchant, Mansfield, Ohio ; he was born in Rhein Pfaltz, a province of the Kingdom of Bavaria, Germany, and came to this country, with his parents, June 10, 1851, and to Mansfield, Ohio, June 18, 1851 ; his father's name was Jacob

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Berno, and his mother's Fredricka Profit. His grandfather, on his father's aide, was a soldier in the French army during the French Revolution, and, during the invasion of Germany by the French, was taken prisoner. He subsequently remained and became a citizen of that country. The name was originally spelled "Bernoux." The subject of this sketch was married to Christianna Bohm, whose parents were of German origin, and residents of Mansfield since 1850.

BIGELOW, PERKINS, druggist ; he was born in Marlboro, N. H., Nov. 11, 1814: here we find him a farmer boy, alternately attending school during the winter months, and working on his father's farm during the remainder of the year, until 18 years of age. The school being situated in a remote part of the district, young Bigelow was compelled to traverse several miles daily, in that bleak, winter climate, in order to gain that knowledge which has been so useful to him in his after life. Directly after leaving school, he was employed in dry goods, as clerk, for five years previous to his removal to Ohio ; arriving at Newark, be continued as a salesman in dry goods for three years, where, joining a colony for Texas in 1841, he accompanied them as far as Arkansas, then up the White River until near the boundary of the Cherokee Nation, undergoing the hardships incident to such a trip at that time. While there, be assisted in building the first log cabins of the colony, but soon after was compelled, by reason of sickness, to return to Newark, Ohio, where he entered a drug store, reading medicine at the same time; then to Mansfield, in the year 1847, on the same block in which he has continued in that business up to the present time, ranking now as the oldest living merchant in continuous business in Mansfield. During Dr. Bigelow's long and useful life in Mansfield, he had been prominently connected with all enterprises undertaken in the improvement of the city and the welfare of the inhabitants, and has frequently been called by them to positions of honor and trust. Elected as Mayor of the city in 1852, he was re-elected in 1853. For twenty years, he has been a useful member of the Cemetery Association, the plane and improvements of which have been, in a great measure, due to his judgment and skill. For fifteen years, he held the position of Worshipful Master of the Mansfield Masonic Lodge, and at present is a member of the Richland Mutual Insurance Co. Perking Bigelow was married in Zanesville, Ohio, in 1846, to Miss Anna Maria Palmer; they have two children-one son and one daughter.

BIRD, SHARPLESS E., long connected with the St. James Hotel, in Mansfield, was born on the 20th of December, 1844; his father and mother, William and Jane (Sharpless) Bird are residents of this city. S. E. Bird was married July 4, 1869, in Mansfield, to Lizzie Vonhof, a daughter of Louis Vonhof, proprietor of the St. James building ; to them have been born four children, three of whom are dead and one living. Mr. Bird, though a young man, has aided in years past in giving Mansfield a high position by his skill in conducting one of the best hotels in the State; he is now engaged in the mercantile business.

BLACK, JOSEPH H., dealer in staple dry goods corner of Fourth and Main streets ; was born in 1833 at Ballgreen County, Donegal, Ireland; emigrated in 1851 to McConnelsville, Morgan Co., Ohio ; engaged as salesman "with Thomas W. Simpson, in dry goods came to Mansfield in August, 1859 ; entered in partnership with Moses Black, under the firm name of M. & J. H. Black, dry goods; continued in partnership for sixteen years; dissolved in 1875, then resumed business in his own name; continues to do the largest exclusive dry-goods trade in the city. He is a very hard and earnest worker in the mercantile business; by his long experience and close application, is thoroughly posted on all matters connected with the dry-goods business, as he has been almost raised in a dry-goods store ; he is a solid, practical, business man, and an excellent financier. Was married in 1866 to Miss Alice G. Graham, daughter of Francis Graham, of Ashland, Ohio; their children are Mary, Augusta F , Joseph H., Jr., and William G. Black. Residence on Mulberry street, No. 45.

BLOSER, S. P., retired ; he was born in Cumberland Co., Penn., in 1824; he came to Ohio in 1850. He was married in 1852 to Elizabeth Snyder, who was born in Lockport, N. Y.; they have one daughter-Minnie, who is married to Henry Uhlich.

BOLLMAN, JERRY S. Recorder; was born in Lebanon Co., Penn., Jan. 20, 1834, and removed pith his parents to Richland Co., where they settled in Franklin Township in 1849. Mr. Bollman came to Mansfield and began the trade of cabinet-making in 1852 with Capt. Reinaker, and served his full apprenticeship of three years, when he entered the store of John H. Wigle, where be remained for some time : then into Remy & Co.'s dry-goods store, Scattergood & Penrose, Robinson & Vance, C. L. Avery's and Black's. In the year 1877, Mr. Bollman was elected Recorder of Richland Co., on the Democratic ticket, and took possession of the office on the 7th of January, 1878, and now fills that position with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of both political parties; the abstract office, in connection with the one which he fills, is a model of convenience, and reflects great credit on him, to whom it personally belongs. Mr. Bollman was married to Miss Lydia A. Dill in Mansfield July 7, 1858; they have four children, all living-Burton T., now a telegraph operator in Mansfield; Curtis J., a druggist; Milton F., and Roy T. Mr. Bollman is at present a resident of the Third Ward, Mansfield, and enjoys the confidence of the entire community.

BOSSLER, HENRY, woodworkman in the Mansfield Machine Works; he was born in Madison Township, Richland Co., Jan. 14, 1839. Married. Sept. 27, 1863, Josephine Mcllvain, who was born in Mansfield May 22, 1843; they have one son-William T., born March 17, 1865. Mr. Bossler has been engaged with the Mansfield Machine Works over two years, and has won the entire confidence of his employers through his industry and frugality, and is recognized as one of our substantial and active citizens.

BRINKERHOFF, HON. JACOB, was born in the town of Niles, Cayuga Co., N. Y , Aug. 31, 1810. His father, Henry I. Brinkerhoff, was a native of Pennsylvania, having been born near the town of Gettysburg; his grandfather, however, was from Hackensack, N. J., and belonged to the old Dutch family of

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New York, the progenitor of which came from Drentland, in Holland, in the year 1638. His mother, nee Rachel Bevier, was of Huguenot descent, and came from Ulster Co , N. Y. After a thorough English education, obtained at the public schools and at the academy at Prattsburgh, Steuben Co., N. Y., be entered the law office of Messrs. Howell & Brother, in Bath, Steuben Co., in 1834. Here he regularly prosecuted his studies two years, and in the spring of 1836, removed to Mansfield, Ohio, where, in May, 1837, he was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the State, and immediately entered upon the practice of Era profession. He soon acquired reputation as a lawyer of more than average ability, and in the course of a year or two was elected Prosecuting Attorney for Richland County, the duties of which he performed successfully for four years; at the expiration of his office, in the fall of 1843, be was elected to Congress, on the Democratic ticket; while serving as a member of this body, he became affiliated with the Free-Soil party, and drew up the famous resolution introduced by David Wilmot, of Pennsylvania, and since known as the Wilmot Proviso ; the original draft of this resolution, in his own handwriting, is still in his possession. Several copies of this resolution were made and distributed among the Free Soil members of Congress, with the understanding that whoever among them should catch the Speaker's eye and get the floor should introduce it ; Wilmot was the fortunate man, and thereby his name was attached to the resolution, and it has gone into history as the "Wilmot Proviso," instead of the Brinkerhoff Proviso, as it should have been. At the close of his Congressional career, he resumed the practice of law, at Mansfield, in which he successfully labored until he was elevated to the Supreme Bench, his first term commencing Jan. 9, 1856; in this highly honorable position, be was retained for three successive terms, covering a period of fifteen years, and it is but justice to mention that a fourth term was offered him, but he declined a renomination. The Ohio State Reports contain many of his opinions, delivered during his term upon the Supreme Bench, and they are everywhere very highly regarded by the profession. He was married, Oct. 4, 1837, to Caroline Campbell, of Lodi, Seneca Co., N. Y., who died at that place while on a visit., Nov. 18, 1839. His present wife was Marion Titus, of Detroit, Mich., by whom he has four children now living, two sons and two daughters, viz. : Malvina, George, Roelof and Gertrude. The Judge has retired from his profession, and still resides at Mansfield, but in feeble health.

BRINKERHOFF, GEN. ROELIFF, was born in Owasco, Cayuga Co., N. Y. June 28, 1828. The Brinkerhoffs of America are all descended from Joris Dericksen Brinckerhoff, who came from Drentland, Holland, in 1638, with his wife Susannah, and settled in Brooklyn, N. Y., then New Netherlands. The members of the family are now numerous, and for the most part are settled upon Long Island, and in the valley of the Hudson, but still a few families of the name can be found in almost every Western State. The Western Brinkerhoffs are mostly descendants of Hendrick, son of Joris, who settled in New Jersey, and who dropped the letter c from his name. Gen. Brinkerhoff is of the seventh generation in America; his father, George R., was born near Gettysburg, Penn., but his grandfather, Roeliff, came from Hackensack, N. J.; his ancestors on his mother's side (the Bouviers), and on his grandmother's (the Demarests), were French Huguenots, fleeing from religious persecution who found safety and a home among the tolerant Dutchmen of the New Netherlands. Roeliff, the subject of this sketch, at the age of 18 was a school teacher in his native town ; at 18, he was in charge of a school near Hendersonville, Tenn.; at 19, he was a tutor in the family of Andrew Jackson, Jr., at the Hermitage, and remained there until 1850, when he came North and entered as a law student in the office of his kinsman, the Hon. Jacob Brinkerhoff at Mansfield, Ohio; in 1852, he was admitted to the bar, and entered the practice, and remained in the profession until the war of the rebellion ; during that time, June, 1855 to 1859, he was one of the editors and proprietors of the Mansfield Herald. In September, 1861, he entered the military service as First Lieutenant and Regimental Quartermaster of the 64th O. V. I.; in November of the same year, be was promoted to the position of Captain and Assistant Quartermaster, and during the winter was on duty at Bardstown, Ky ; after the capture of Nashville, be was placed in charge of transportation, land and river, is that city; after the battle of Pittsburg Landing, be was ordered to the front, and placed in charge of the field transportation of the Army of the Ohio ; after the capture of Corinth, be went home on sick furlough, and was thence ordered to Maine as Chief Quartermaster in that State ; subsequently, he was transferred to Pittsburgh, Penn., in charge of transportation and army stores, and thence to Washington City as Post Quartermaster, and remained on that duty until June, 1865, when he was made a Colonel and Inspector of the Quartermaster's Department ; he was then retained on duty at the War Office, with Secretary Stanton, until November, when he was ordered to Cincinnati as Chief Quartermaster of that Department; in September, 1866, its was breveted a Brigadier General of Volunteers; he was also tendered a commission in the regular army, but declined ; on the 1st of October, at his own request, he was mustered out of service, having completed five years of continuous service in the army, Gen. Brinkerhoff is the author of the book entitled "The Volunteer Quartermaster;' which is still the standard guide for the officers and employee of the Quartermaster's Department. After his retirement from the army, be returned to the practice of his profession, at Mansfield. In 1873, upon the organization of the Mansfield Savings Bank, he became its executive officer as cashier, and has since retained that position ; he is also a member of the Board of State Charities, and President of the National Conference of Charities. Gen. Brinkerhoff, Feb. 8, 1852, married Mary Lake Bentley, of Mansfield, daughter of Baldwin Bentley, and grand-daughter of Gen. Robert Bentley, by whom he has a family of four children, two sons and two daughters-Robert Bentley, Addis Horton, Mary and Roeliff, all now living at Mansfield.

BRINLEY, SAMUEL G. (deceased) ; was born in Mifflin Township Sept. 10, 1831 ; his father, John Brinley, is a resident of La Grange Co., Ind. Samuel G. was the first child. When 16 years of age, he commenced clerking in a dry-goods store in Petersburg,

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where he lived four years ; soon after, he removed to this city, and was engaged in the dry-goods store of James Weldon, where he remained ten years. For several years during the war, he held the position of Deputy Provost Marshal and United States Marshal, and was a clerk in the Treasurer's office of this county under T. J. Robinson. He was married, Oct. 30, 1853, in Mansfield, to Miss Elzina S. Grubaugh ; they are the parents of seven children. Charles Oscar was born Aug. 7, 1854 ; John Allen was born Aug. 1, 1857 ; Joseph Franklin was born March 27, 1860 ; Harry S. was born July 16, 1864; Elzina S. was born Dec. 15, 1866, and died April 15, 1868 ; Aden wan born June 25, 1870, and Lee was born Feb. 19, 1872. Mr. Brinley died in this city Dec. 26, 1876 ; be was, for a number of years before his death, a successful contractor and builder, and had the confidence and esteem of the community. He was a member of the I. O. O. F. for a number of years, and of the Methodist Church for twenty-five years. Mrs Elzina Brinley was born near Loudenville, Ashland Co., Nov. 19, 1833 ; she is now a resident of West Bloom street.

BRISTOR, T. G., dentist; he was born in Washington, Washington Co., Penn., in 1837 ; he came to Steubenville, Ohio, in 1844, where he studied dentistry ; he came to Mansfield in 1858, and engaged in the practice of dentistry. In 1865, he went to St. Louis, Mo., and practiced dentistry until 1872, when he returned to Mansfield ; he has been engaged here since. He is the oldest dentist in the city. He has branch offices at Shelby, Shiloh, Bellville and Hayesville, which places be visits once each month-Mondays and Tuesdays.

BRISTOR, JAMES R., dentist, Mansfield ; he was born in Washington, Washington Co., Penn., Jan. 28, 1834, and emigrated to Steubenville, Ohio, April 1, 1845, with his father and mother ; in 1857, he connected himself with the dental profession and moved to Mansfield, in 1860, and located. He was married, Jan. 6, 1873, to Hannah M. Duncan, widow of Alex. Critchfield, Of Millersburg, Ohio ; she was born at Bloomfield, Coshocton Co., Ohio, Feb. 26, 1840, and moved with her father and mother to Millersburg, Ohio, in the fall of 1852, and to Mansfield in January, 1873; they have three children-John Henry, born April 25, 1874 ; Harriet Louisa, Sept. 14, 1875 ; Laura Virginia, April 20, 1878. In 1876, Mr. Bristor was elected from the Fourth Ward as one of the city Councilmen, and, in 1879, he was chosen to preside as President of Council of the city of Mansfield. James R. Bristor was born of Henry M. Bristor and Minerva Ruple Bristor, his wife, both of whom were born in Washington Co., Penn. Henry M. Bristor was born of Thomas Bristor and Elizabeth Dubany Bristor, his wife, both of whom were born near the James River, in Eastern Virginia; their parents lived within hearing distance of the cannon at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, Va. Minerva Ruple Bristor was born to James Ruple and Dina G. Ruple, in Washington Co., Penn. Hannah Duncan Bristor was born of John Duncan and Nancy Casey Duncan ; her father emigrate from Washington, Penn., to Ohio, and her mother from Harper's Ferry, W. Va.

BRONSON, S. A., D. D., Pastor Protestant Episcopal Church; Dr. Bronson is a lineal descendant of Abraham Bronson, one of the two Bronsons who, in 1673, petitioned the court for the privilege of settling on a plantation in what is now the town of Waterbury, Conn.; Dr. Bronson's father, Bela Bronson, emigrated from Connecticut to Ohio and settled in what is now Columbia, Lorain Co., in 1807 ; the Doctor was then in his infancy, and was carried in his mother's arms across the Cuyahoga, with the first team that crossed in the tide of Western emigration; be was taken to church by his mother and was baptized in Waterbury, his native place; the first minister of the Gospel he remembers to have seen was when he was about 9 years old ; his mother and the church service, read by laymen, were his only teachers ; at the age of 16, he traveled on horseback about seventy miles in the fruitless search for a Latin dictionary ; he afterward attended school at Kenyon College, where be graduated in 1833 ; two years after, he was ordained to the ministry; from 1845 to 1850, he was President of Kenyon College; in 1867, be was Professor of Ecclesiastical history in the same institution ; in 1872, he came to Mansfield to accept the pastorate of the church here ; be had, however, filled the pulpit a year and a half before coming.

BURNS, BARNABAS, attorney at law. The parents of Mr. Burns, Andrew and Sarah (Caldwell) Burns, were Irish Catholics, and emigrated to America about the year 1800 ; they had a family of five children, three sons and two daughters. Mr. B., the youngest of five children, was born in Fayette Co., Penn., June 29, 1817 ; he emigrated with his parents to Milton Township, Ashland Co., settling there June 20, 1820; Mr. Burns remained on a farm until he was of age; he received a common-school education, and also spent a short time in the Ashland and Mansfield schools. He came to Mansfield April 9, 1838, where he has resided ever since. He was Deputy Clerk of the Courts, from 1839 to 1846, ; he studied law in the offices of Hon. Thomas W. Bartley and Hon. Samuel J. Kirkwood, and was admitted to practice in the summer of 1848, and has practiced law in Mansfield from that date to the present time. In the fall of 1849, Mr. Burns was elected to the Ohio State Senate, and re-elected in the fall of 1849 ; he was Presidential Elector for the State at large, on the Democratic ticket, in 1852 ; be served as Colonel of the 86th O. V. I. in the war of the rebellion, doing excellent service there; after his return, he again began the practice of his profession. In 1873, he was elected a member of the Constitutional Convention, and the same year was nominated on the Democratic ticket as Lieutenant Governor; out of a vote of nearly 600,000, be was defeated by only about five hundred votes; in 1876, Col. Burns was one of the Ohio Commissioners at the Centennial Exposition, filling that office, like all others, in a manner satisfactory to all the interests concerned therein; Col. B. has served several terms as one of the Trustees of the Ohio Soldiers' Orphans' Home; he is now, although 63 years old, actively engaged in the practice of his profession, being one of the oldest members of the Mansfield bar now in practice; he has always been an active and consistent Democrat. Col. Burns was married, Sept, 18, 1841, to Miss Urath Gore ; Mr, and Mrs. B. became the parents of seven children, two of whom died in infancy; three sons and two daughters yet survive-

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Mary (wife of Dr. Geo. Mitchell), John Caldwell, Kate, Jerrie H. and Barna G.

BUSHNELL, WILLIAM, physician. The family from which Dr. Bushnell descends dates back, in America, to early in the sixteenth century. Sometime in that period, Francis Bushnell came from England to America, and located in Guilford, Hartford Co., Conn.; be died in 1646, as the records show, his death being the first authentic date in possession of the family. He left five sons-Francis, William, John, Richard and Isaac. The second son, William, married and settled in Connecticut, and, at his death, left four children, the second of whom, Ephraim, also lived in Connecticut, and raised a family of seven children. His third child, James, was born March 12, 1716, and, about the year 1736, married a Miss Dudley. He was a seafaring man, and, soon after his marriage, went to sea on one of his voyages, and was never afterward heard from. It is supposed his vessel was lost at sea. After his departure to sea, his only son, Alexander, was born ; June 2, 1737. Feb. 12, 1761, he married Chloe Waite, a member of the Waite family of Lyme, Conn. (Chief Justice Waits, of Ohio, is a descendant of the same family). Miss Waits was born June 20, 1738. She lived to be 94 years old, dying Oct. 28, 1832. She became the mother of eleven children. The sixth child, Sterling G., the father of Dr. Buahnell, was born in Hartford Co., Conn., in 1781. The exact date is not known, as the record has been lost. Mr. Bushnell came to Trumbull Co., Ohio, in 1805, and to Vermillion Township, Ashland Co., May 20, 1820. His family then consisted of eleven children-Betsey, Lury, William, Collins, Sedelia, Jotham, Huldah, Rosella, Horner, Olive and Thomas. Of these, six are now living-Betsey, William, Sedelia, Huldah, Rosella and Thomas. Mr. Bushnell lived in this township until August, 1847, when his death occurred. He was 76 years of age. His wife lived several years after her husband's death, dying in the old homestead; she lives with her son Thomas, who is there yet. Mr. Bushnell was a man of scholarly attainments, and great force of character. He was a surveyor, and surveyed parts of the Reserve in the counties of Ashtabula, Medina and Lorain ; while living in Trumbull Co., be surveyed a good deal of its territory there. William B. remained at home in Vermillion Township, teaching school about one year, assisted in opening the farm, and studying medicine; he then went to Trumbull Co. to study medicine; in 1825, he went to the old Ohio Medical College, at Cincinnati, where he remained about one year at the medical school ; at the end of the time, he went to New Orleans, and settled at Point Coupee, where he practiced medicine one year; while there, he taught in an academy seven months: from there he returned to this county, and located in Mansfield; this was in July, 1828. The Doctor has since lived here, engaged in the practice of medicine. When Dr. Bushnell was s boy, he took a small part in the war of 1812. He was quite ambitious of military life then, as were all boys of the day, and enjoyed at least one adventure. After Hull's surrender, when in his 12th year, the 1st Regiment of the 3d Brigade, and the 4th Division of the Ohio Militia, on its way to the frontier, halted and took dinner at the residence of his father, who was Adjutant of that regiment. William, believing he was old enough to go with the troops, pleaded his cause so earnestly to accompany the regiment, that he was allowed to do so, and marched with it to the vicinity of Cleveland, where the troops were encamped. A battle being imminent with the Indians, his father told him he most go back home. He obeyed very reluctantly, as he desired to take a hand in the fighting. He retraced his steps alone through the dense wilderness, guided only by the trail left by the regiment.

April 5, 1836, Dr. Bushnell married Mary, only daughter of Gen Robert Bentley, a man of much ability, who resided in this county. Of their children only one is living-Martin B., a resident of Mansfield. During his long and successful career as a physician, Dr. Bushnell has also devoted himself to public business, and held several places of responsibility. Many of the internal improvements in the northern portion of the State were either projected by him, or owe their existence to his energy end influence. He was one of the Directors of the Atlantic & Great Western Railway, not only during its construction, but for some years after its completion. In 1849, Dr. Bushnell was elected a member of the Ohio House of Representatives, and subsequently re-elected, and served several terms in that legislative body. After the establishment of the Cleveland Medical College, he was connected with it as a Censor for about fifteen years. He is a member of the American Medical Association, and also of the Ohio Medical Association ; and, as a physician and surgeon, be ranks with the most eminent in the State. Possessed of a remarkably vigorous constitution, he has been enabled to perform an unusual amount of work. In the early days of his practice, with almost impassable roads to travel long distances, it required the constant exercise of those virtues. He is possessed of an exceedingly dignified and pleasant appearance, and commands the respect of the community where he has lived so long, and with satisfaction to his constituents, whom he has represented. In June, 1878, he wee appointed by Gov. Bishop the Delegate of Ohio to the International Congress on prison reform, called by and under the auspices of Sweden, to take place in Stockholm on the 29th of June. The Doctor took passage on the Inman steamer City of Chester, to attend to the duties of his delegation, and at the some time enjoy a European tour. Since his return, be has been quietly living in the city, enjoying the fruits of a long and busy life.

CAIRNS, ROBERT, was born on the McFall corner, in Mansfield, Feb. 3, 1815; at the age of 3 years, his parents removed to the opposite corner, now occupied by M. L. Miller; be has always resided in the city and county. He was married, in 1835, to Elisabeth Gordon, by Rev. James Johnson, the first minister of the U. P. Church in Mansfield. Mr. and Mrs. Cairns are the parents of nine children-four boys and five girls all living. Mr. C. comes of a family remarkable for longevity, size and activity; they were all prominent actors in the history of this county. His father, Joseph Cairns came to this county from Muskingum County directly after Hull's surrender; he acted as a Captain in a regiment in the early part of the war of 1812, Mr. C. is of Irish parentage, rugged; hardy and active, and bide fair to live many years to relate the incidents

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of pioneer times; no one has a better and more accurate memory than he, and no one enjoys telling of old times more than Robert Cairns.

CAKE, HIRAM, employs of A. & G. W. R. R.; he was born in Canton, Stark Co., Ohio, Aug. 23, 1823 ; he came to Richland Co. May 2, 1840, and immediately engaged as a clerk in the dry goods house of the late ; William McNulty, which was then situated on the northwest corner of plain and Fourth streets : he remained with him until 1846, when he enlisted in the United States Army and joined the company from this county as private, under Capt. William McLaughlin, in the war with Mexico; after the expiration of his term of service, he returned to Mansfield and soon after engaged in the employ of Isaac Smith, a dry-goods merchant of ; Monroeville, Ohio; after several months' residence there, he went to New York City, where he was employed in the wholesale dry-goods house of Marsh & Trear, with whom he remained four years, when he returned to Mansfield and again engaged in the employ of William McNulty for one year taking charge of the business during McNulty's absence in California. He then was employed by W. L. Strong in the same business for some time, when be went to California, in 1852; after an absence of fourteen months, he came back to Mansfield and was employed by the Penn. R. R. Co., as book-keeper, for several years, since which time he has been constantly engaged in the railroad business, in different capacities, until the present time. At the age of 21, he joined the Masonic Order and became a member of the Mansfield Lodge, No. 35, in which he is yet a member; during his long membership in this order, he was repeatedly elected as its Secretary, and has been, and now is (1880), Secretary of Mansfield Chapter of Royal Arch Masons and the Mansfield Council of Royal and Select Masters; he now holds the position of Recorder of the Mansfield Commandery, No. 21, Knights Ternplar. He was married in Mansfield, in June, 1850, to Miss Maria L. McCullough, oldest daughter of Judge David McCullough; they were the parents of eight children, six of whom are living. Mrs. Maria Cake died in this city in 1869.

CANTWELL, WILLIAM (deceased), was born in August, 1786, in Brooke Co., Va. He married Ann Williams, and afterward removed to Jefferson Co., Ohio, where they remained until 1820, when they removed to Richland Co. and settled on a farm two miles from Mansfield, on the Spring Mill road, where they resided almost continuously up to the time of the death of the wife of Mr. Cantwell, which occurred in January, 1850; he survived his companion, with whom he had lived over fifty years, but died in 1857. William and Anne Cantwell will be remembered by the pioneers, who still survive, very favorably and kindly, and Mrs. Cantwell will be remembered as one of extraordinary intellectual acquirements for one in the period of pioneer life in which she lived; they raised a family of Twelve children, eleven of whom grew up to be men and women. Thomas, the oldest, located on a farm hear Olivesburg, in Richland Co., about 1820, and remained there till his death in 1868; William was accidentally killed by the fall of a tree; Martha married Jacob George; Margaret married David Jacques; Rachel married William Williams; Elizabeth married John Cary; Jane married John Scott; Col. James married Sarah S. Ferguson ; Nancy married Samuel H. Davis ; John F. married Matilda Casebeer, and J. Y. married Mrs. J. C. Curtis ; they were all at one time residents, of Richland Co. Only three of the family survive- Margaret Jacques, Jane Scott and J. Y. Cantwell. James Cantwell was born in December, 1810, and hence was 10 years old when be came with his father to Richland Co.; in 1845, he responded to the call of the Government and volunteered in the military service for one year during the Mexican war; he was elected and served as First Lieutenant of the company of which McLaughlin was Captain: after the war, he represented Richland Co. two terms in the Ohio Legislature, and the district of which Richland forms a part, one term in the Ohio Senate. In 1859, he removed to Kenton, Hardin Co., and at the breaking-out of the rebellion, he raised a company the second day after Fort Sunder was fired upon, and went to Columbus, April 16, 1861, when his company was assigned to the 4th O. V. I., and he was elected Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment, Louis Andrews being Colonel. In October following, he was tendered a commission as Colonel of the 82d O. V. I., which he accepted, and recruited and organized in less time than any other three-years regiment was organized. In January, 1862, the regiment was ordered to West Virginia, and from the first was one of the most active regiments in the field it took part with Schenck and Milroy at the battle of Bull Pasture Mountain in May, 1862; then marched with Fremont and Seigel across the Shenandoah Mountains and took part in the memorable campaign of Jackson and Banks in Shenandoah Valley; was at the battle of Cross Keys; then marched over the Blue Ridge and joined the Army of the Potomac; was at the battle of Cedar Mountain it was one of four regiments connected with Milroy's brigade, the advance guard of Pope's army in its march toward the enemy, and the rear guard on its retreat, and hence for ten successive days prior to the second battle of Bull Run the regiment was continually under fire; it was engaged actively and in the foremost of the second Bull Run battle on the 30th of August, 1862, and while gallantly leading his regiment on a charge, Col. Cantwell was instantly killed, the ball passing in just below the left eye and out at the buck part of the head. Thus fell one of the bravest of men, beloved by all the soldiers, and leaving many friends behind him; but he died as a true soldier would choose to die, upon the field of battle and his widow and family, who reside still in Kenton, Ohio, appreciate the sentiment inscribed by an officer upon the board that marked his temporary grave upon the battle-field

"How sleep the brave who sink to rest

By all their country's wishes blest."

His family and friends revere his memory as a true and faithful husband and father noble man and soldier, and a firm friend J. T. Cantwell was born in December, 1824, within two miles of Mansfield ; he grew up to manhood in this locality; read medicine with J. W. Chandler, in Mansfield; graduated in the spring of 1847, and practiced medicine in his native town successfully until the breaking-out of the rebellion, and entered the service of the Medical

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Department on the 15th of April, 1861; was first connected with the 4th O. V. I., but was afterward appointed Surgeon of the 82 O. V. I., Col. Cantwell's regiment, and was in active duty in the field till December, 1863, filling the position of Brigade, Division and Corps Surgeon, as official orders will show ; he participated in more than twenty battles, in all of which he occupied the position of Operating Surgeon in January, 1864, he was commissioned by President Lincoln Surgeon of the U. S. Volunteers, and assigned to duty by the Surgeon General as Inspector of Hospitals, with Washington as headquarters; in this capacity, he visited all the principal cities, inspecting hospitals, discharging, etc.; returning to duty, be was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps, where he remained till April, 1865, when he was assigned to duty at Columbus, Ohio, as Superintendent of Hospitals, where be remained till the Government property was disposed of and the hospitals closed in October following, when he was mustered out of service, but, by recommendation of the Surgeon General of the U. S. Army, for meritorious services, he was breveted Lieutenant Colonel, and he now holds a commission, signed by Andrew Johnson and Edwin M. Stanton, conferring upon him that rank. After the war, he went to Alabama and engaged in the planting interests as well as his profession, but has now returned to his native city, where he expects to spend the greater portion of his time during the balance of his life.

CAREY, F. C., proprietor of soap factory ; was born in Ashland Co. (formerly Richland), Perry Township; came to Mansfield recently, and purchased the soap factory, which was established in 1868 and has been one of the leading enterprises of this city; the company have the capacity to manufacture 40,000 pounds per month; they manufacture the following varieties of soap: laundry, toilet, castile, barbers', tar, and also the celebrated coldwater soap ; they are introducing and extending the sale of their soap in a number of States. They exchange soap for grease, also pay the highest market price for tallow.

CARPENTER, GEORGE F., attorney; was born Aug. 8, 1820, in Worthington Township. Was married, July 2, 1852, to Jennette L. Raid, of Mansfield; their children are Reid, Frank, John, Nettie, Dan and Lizzie. Mr. Carpenter came to Mansfield in the fall of 1842, studied law with James Purdy ; was admitted to the bar in February, 1845, in New Lisbon, Ohio; entered is partnership with James Purdy; continued till 1847, then formed a partnership with Gen. William McLaughlin; continued till 1852, then resumed the practice of law alone for several years, after which he formed a partnership with Col. Isaac Gass. Was in the army from April 6, 1863, till Nov. 12, 1865; appointed Paymaster of the Army of the Cumberland ; returned to Mansfield and resumed the practice of law ; in 1874, entered in partnership with H. P. Davis, which continues up to the present time; office in the Carpenter Block, corner of Third and Main streets.

CARPENTER. W. B., tanner; he was born Sept. 15, 1825, in Worthington Township; he served as an apprentice at the tanner's trade fur three years in Newville, with T. F. Simmons; at the expiration of this time, be went to Buffalo, N. Y., and completed his trade ; he then returned to Newville and superintended the tannery for his father; he afterward formed a partnership with G. F. Carpenter, and remained six years ; in 1852, he dissolved partnership, but he continued the business, making twenty-seven year's continuous work in a tannery. He was married, Sept. 15, 1846, to Emeline Grove, who was born in 1828, in Montgomery Co., Penn.; they had the following family-Alfred George (married to Alice Boyd), snd resides in Cleveland, engaged in the practice of law; Clara L. (married to Joseph Charlton) ; Electa (married to T. Y. Smiley), and resides in Ashland ; Alice E. (married to Albert Seiler) ; Eugene is attending the Ohio University at Delaware; Ada E., Otto W. and Jennie are still at home with their parents; one daughter-Lucy, is dead. Mr. Carpenter has been a member of the M. E. Church since 16 years of age. Donn A. Carpenter, brother of W. B., was born in 1830 ; he was in the Mexican war ; he was elected State Senator from Jones Co., Iowa, is 1863, and also in the late war; he died in January, 1864. Mr. Carpenter can trace back his ancestry to 1688; they landed at Boston Mass., in early American days, and from there spread over the United States; Mr. C.'s father came to Ohio in 1818.

CARROTHERS, SAMUEL (deceased), was born in Washington Co., Penn., in 1780 and was the only son of George and Jane Workman Carrothers, who were old residents of that county, and came to this country before the Revolutionary war. He was married in Washington Co., in the year 1802, to Miss Mary Dye, who was born in 1781 ; they removed to this county in 1815, and were the parents of five children - Susan Lake Carrothers was born in the year 1807, and is now a resident of Linn Co., Iowa; Elizabeth Grant was born Jan. 24, 1809, and is a resident of this city; Jane Workman Hoffman was born in 1811, is a resident of Olney, Ill. ; Rebecca D. McCollough was born in 1818, and is now living in Olney, Ill.; George W. was born in January, 1815 ; Mary Carrothers Ridgeway was born in 1817 ; Samuel Leet Carrothers, the youngest son, was born in 1819 ; he lives in the city, and is a builder and contractor; Elizabeth Carrothers was married in Mansfield, to Edwin Grant, is 1834; he was born in Fairfield, Conn., in 1797, and came to Richland Co. in 1819 ; for many years he carried on a tannery, near the corner of First and Main streets, is this city, in which he was quite successful; he died in 1845, in Mount Carmel, Ill.; after his death Mrs. Grant returned to this city, where, she has since remained ; they were the parents of one child, Esther Ann, the wife of Robert Ray Smith, the well-known painter of this city. They were married March 9, 1858, and are the parents of four children.

CARTER, MERCHANT, County Treasurer; was born in Springfield Township, Richland Co., Oct. 15, 1882. Married Nov. 22, 1859, to E. U. Gass. Was elected County Treasurer in 1877, re-elected in 1879.

CHANDLER, J. M. (deceased), was born in Jeromeville, now in Ashland Co., Ohio, Oct. 15, 1815, and there received a good common-school education; afterward studied medicine, and passed through the regular course; at the early age of 21 years, Mr. Chandler graduated with honor at the Ohio Medical College at

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Cincinnati ; in the year 1842, he removed to Mansfield and commenced practice, which he continued until the time of his death, which occurred Jan. 18, 1863 ; the Doctor was buried at Mansfield on the 20th of January, 1863 ; during his residence in Mansfield, he was engaged in s large practice, and was reputed by his brothers in the profession as one of the best-read physicians and counselors, in this part of the State ; for a number of years, be was in partnership with the late Dr. O. F. Mitchell, and their business extended throughout the adjoining counties. Dr: J. M. Chandler was married, Aug. 12, 1845, to Miss S. A. Mount, who died Aug. 10, 1847 ; Frank, a son by this marriage, died May 4, 1855 ; on Dec. 30, 1852, the Doctor was married to Miss R. E. Mount, who still survives ; three children, two girls end one boy, by this marriage, now live in Mansfield-Charles M., at present is telegraph operator in the Western Union office in Mansfield.

CHARLTON, JOSEPH Y., tanner; wee born Jan. 21, 1841. He was married March 16, 1865, to Clara L. Carpenter ; she was born July 8, 1847 ; they have four children-Mattie B. was born in February, 1866; Grove, May 17,1868; Alfred Doyle, Jan. 1, 1870; Lettie Nell, Feb. 14, 1874. After marriage, located in Wayne Co , engaged in farming; thence to Lucas; from there to Newville, engaged in tannery; in 1879, he went to Mansfield ; since then has been engaged as foreman in the Carpenter tannery. Enlisted in the army during the late rebellion in the 32d O. V. I.; served his time of enlistment; was wounded twice during battles.

CLABERG, ISAAC N., attorney; he wee born Oct. 6, 1847, in Butler Township; son of Jacob Claberg; he attended the Savannah Academy and also the Smithville Academy, and graduated at the Law Department of the Indiana State University; afterward reed law with Manual May, and was admitted to the bar at Bucyrus, Ohio, in March, 1878 ; now engaged in the practice of law in Mansfield.

CLAPP, EMILIUS, wine merchant; Emeliua Clapp is the descendant, in the seventh generation, of Roger Clapp, who came to this country from England in 1630, settling in Dorchester, Mass.; here he married Miss Joanna Ford, daughter of Thomas Ford, of Dorchester, England, who, with her parents, came over in the ship with himself. Roger Clapp was appointed by the General Court, in August, 1665, Captain of the Castle (the principal fortress in the province), which position he held for twenty years, and was universally respected and honored ; he also held various other offices, both civil and military; in 1686, he removed to Boston, where he died in 1691, in the 82d year of his age; his wife died in 1695, in her 78th year; by this union there were fourteen children, one of whom, Preserved, was born Nov. 23, 1643, who married Sarah Newberry, of Windsor, and settled in Northampton ; he was Captain of the Town, a representative in the General Court, end Ruling Elder in the church, and died from the effects of a gunshot wound received from an Indian ; be had seven children, one of whom, Roger, was the father of Maj. Jonathan, one of the first settlers in Easthampton ; he had three sons end eight daughters ; the youngest son, Benjamin, was born in 1738, and was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and died in 1815 ; his wife died in 1847, at the advanced age of 97 years ; there were born to them fifteen children. The eighth was Solomon, the father of Emelius Clapp, who was born in Easthampton, Sept. 2, 1782, and died Nov. 25, 1827 ; he married Miss Paulina Avery, of Wallingford, Conn.; there were ten children by this marriage, of whom Emelius is the first son, born Dec, 5, 1808 ; he received his education at the public schools and Amherst Academy; after his father's death, he remained at home until the spring of 1832, then removed to Ohio, where he lived until the following fall when be returned to Massachusetts, where he married Lydia Hutchinson April 15, 1838 ; the same year, be again came to Ohio, and settled in Chester, Geauga Co., where be remained until 1836, when he removed to Mentor, Lake Co., and there lived one year; then commenced the manufacture of candy at Painesville, which business he followed in connection with the manufacture of silk ; specimens of his handiwork are now in possession of the family and show him to have been an expert workman; he resided in Painesville until the spring of 1844, then to Elyria, where he continued the manufacture of candy until September, 1850, when be came to Mansfield ; during his residence in this city, be was constantly engaged, in partnership with his son-in-law and alone, in the manufacture of candy, and the grocery trade, for many years. Nov. 20, 1865, the firm of E. Clapp & Co. sold their stock to Remy, Hedges & Co.; since 1855, he has been extensively engaged in the manufacture of wine from grapes grown at his vine yard on Kelly's Island. Emelius and Lydia Hutchinson Clapp are the parents of four children, one son and three daughters ; James Birney died in Elyria, aged 5 years; Francis H. died in infancy ; two daughters are now living-Ellen Marietta (wife of Mr. G. C. Wise), of this city, and Mary Paulina (wife of Joseph H. McKee), of Grand Rapids, Mich. Mrs. Lydia Clapp died in Mansfield Feb. 20, 1870; his present wife was Miss Carrie Beardsley, of Garrettsville. Portage Co., whom he married May 30, 1872.

CLARKE, W. P., merchant. This gentleman entered the store of Arnold Constable, of New York, as clerk, in the spring of 1857; he commenced business for himself in the fall of 1859, having purchased the stock of the late firm of E. & C. Hedges, of Mansfield; he occupied the old stated. 15 Public Square; be now occupies the entire building, and is at present crowded for room to accommodate his increasing business, which is now the moat extensive in the city; he employs five clerks, and wholesales and retails staple and fancy dry goods, carpets, oil-cloths and mattings, together with ribbons laces, hosiery, gloves, and fancy goods of all kinds ; his stock is at all times very large, and one of the moat complete of the kind in Mansfield; Mr. Clarke has, by his affability and courtesy to customers, contributed very much to his business, and is to-day recognized as the leading dry-goods merchant in the city; Mr. Clarke occupies several places of trust end responsibility; be is Director of Mansfield Savings Bank, a Director in the Mansfield Fire Insurance Company, Director and Treasurer of the Mansfield Loan and Building Association.

CLUGSTON, GEORGE A., banker ; he was born Oct. 5, 1842, in Franklin Co., Penn.; came to Ashland Co., Ohio, in 1849 ; he received a liberal education,

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and engaged in teaching, in all three years ; came to Mansfield in March, 1863 ; read law with Henry Hedges; was in Provost Marshal's office fourteen months, also Deputy Clerk in office of Probate Judge; he was admitted to the bar in 1865, by District Court held at Bucyrus, and in United States Court in 1867, at Cleveland ; continued in practice till October, 1873; when he was appointed Cashier of the Farmers' National Bank, and continues to hold that position; held the office of City Clerk of City of Mansfield in 1872-78. He was married, Jan. 1, 1867, to Sarah M. Larimer, who was born in Mansfield, Ohio, where she has always lived.

COOK, JABEZ (deceased). Mr. Cook was a resident of Mansfield and Madison Townships for sixty years, an honest, upright citizen, well informed and possessed of social qualities of a high order; he was born in Washington Co., Penn., July 11, 1792 ; came to Ohio in 1814, and settled in Madison Township in 1815, and on what has since been known as the Cook homestead, on which he remained about forty years. He was married in March, 1815, to Miss Hannah Pierson, of Washington Co., Penn.; nine children were born to them, seven of whom are living; James Harvey and Thomas McCurdy, the one a resident of Mansfield and the other of Sandusky City, are twins and the first children of Jabez Cook ;they were born in September, 1816 ; Alice, the third child, is a resident of Mansfield ; Emily, of Morrow Co., Ohio; Elizabeth, of Iowa City ; Mortimer and Lydia Jane, in Santa Barbara, Cal.; Abbie Ellen and Willis M., are dead. Mr. Cook removed to Mansfield in 1854, where he continued to reside until his death, which occurred Feb. 6, 1875.

COOK, JAMES HERVEY, was born in Madison Township, two and a half miles south of Mansfield, in September, 1816 ; he received his elementary education at what is now known as the Sandy Hill Schoolhouse, and afterward at Granville, Ohio, when he returned home and worked on the farm and taught school several winters; he came to Mansfield in the winter of 1840-41, and taught a school on the corner of Fourth and Mulberry streets in the little red schoolhouse, which the older residents will remember. He was married, March 27, 1842, to Miss Mary Ann Wiler, of this city, with whom he has raised four children; until the year 1849, Mr. Cook was alternately engaged in teaching school, farming and buying produce; in the spring of that year, he took possession of the Wiler House, in which business he was engaged without interruption ten years, and again in 1864 until 1869; he has always been considered one of Mansfield's best citizens, and interested in all public improvements ; he is now connected with the Richland Mutual insurance Company as one of its officers.

COLWELL, SAMUEL B. (deceased). He was born in Southampton Township, Cumberland Co., Penn., June 12, 1810, where he worked at his trade of black-smithing, until his removal west in 1836 ; he came to Richland Co. in May, 1837, and settled in Troy Township, where he took charge of a grist-mill with s brother; he continued at this business for some time before removing to his farm west of Lexington, on which he lived until 1862, when he returned to Lexington and thence removed to Iowa and entered land; returning to Ohio, he bought a farm south of Laxington, which he soon after exchanged for the mill property; for five years previous to his death, he was a resident of Missouri; he died in Mansfield June 23, 1879, respected for his many good qualities of head and heart. Mr. Colwell was married is Troy Township to Miss Mary McIntire, by whom he Lad nine children, six of whom are living, three sons and three daughters ; James is in the employ of the Aultman & Taylor Co., and Samuel in the wholesale house of Joseph Miller.

CRAIG, J. W., M. D., physician. Dr. Craig's father, Samuel Carson Craig, was born in Beaver Co., Penn., in 1788. He was married to Jane Woods, and came to Belmont Co., Ohio, where Dr. Craig was born ; not long after, his parents came to this county, where they resided during the remainder of their lives ; his father dying Feb. 7, 1862; his mother, Sept. 18, 1875. When J. W. Craig was about 9 years of age, he went back to Belmont Co., where he lived with an uncle, a lawyer, and attended school and read Blackstone, his uncle desiring he should prepare for the profession of law ; J. W. did not fancy Blackstone to any great degree, and often read medical works, evincing a desire in that direction ; when near 17 years of age, be went to Harrison, near Cincinnati, where he continued to read medicine, and also taught school two years; he afterward went to this county, and, with Dr. Bricker, read medicine in the office of Dr. John Mack, of Shelby; from there, he went to the Cleveland Medical College, where he graduated in 1851; April 7 of that year, he located in Ontario, where he remained is practice nineteen years; at the end of that time, 1870 he removed to Mansfield, where he still resides. Dr. Craig was married, Jan. 24, 1854, to Eliza McConnell, whose father, Hugh McConnell, was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., July 11, 1802 ; one of his sisters, born July 14, 1800, is now living, is good health, in Mansfield. He was married to Mary J. McCommon May 24, 1827 ; she was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., Aug. 28, 1808; five years after their marriage, they came to Mansfield, and soon after bought a farm in Richland Co., where they now reside ; Dr. and Mrs. Craig are the parents of four children-Wilda, James H., Maggie end May.

COPE, FRANKLIN E., was born in Winchester, Frederick Co., Va., April 4, 1807 ; immigrated to Columbiana Co., Ohio, June 10, 1810, remained there till 1832. He was married, Nov. 12, 1838, to Jane Sweney, she was born 'in Washington Co., Penn., July, 1808; Mr. Cope was engaged in the hatter business in Mansfield for fifteen years, also farming ; be was among the early settlers who bore a part of the heat and burden of the severe trials of a pioneer life.

CRAIGHEAD, JAMES, Mayor of the city of Mansfield ; he was born in 1833, in Carlisle, Cumberland Co., Penn.; came to Mansfield in 1837. Was married in 1859 to Susan White, daughter of Jonathan S. White, of Franklin Township; they have the following children : Septimus, born in 1860, engaged in reading law with Manuel May, in Mansfield, and Clarke, born in 1864 (deceased) ; Mr. Craighead was elected Mayor of Mansfield in the spring of 1879.

CREIGH, DAVID M. (deceased). The man whose name stands at the head of this biography died and was laid to rest in the Mansfield Cemetery, Sept. 28,

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1881, aged 61 years; although years have come and an gone, his name is still familiar to the living, and his memory cherished by those who knew and honored him. He was born in the city of Pittsburgh, Penn., Dec. 5, 1799; be came to Ohio in 1822 with his parents, who settled in the northern part of Madison Township; he remained here for a number of years working on the farm with his father, Samuel H. Creigh. On the 19th day of February, 1845, be was married to Miss Attillia Barr, daughter of Col. Jacob Barr, one of the early settlers of this county, who resided a few miles west of Mansfield, the Rev. D. J. Swinney officiating; in this neighborhood he soon after purchased land, and continued in farm life until his death ; during their residence in Madison Township they raised a family of three children ; the eldest, Jennie, afterward the wife of James R. Pollock, died Nov. 11, 1877, aged 30 years 10 months and 29 days ; one son by this marriage still survives her; a loving daughter, sister and mother, kind and affectionate to all ; her death was universally, regretted ; John T. Creigh was born Jan. 10, 1847 ; be received a good common-school education, and soon after his father's death came to Mansfield, and was employed for some years in the hardware trade, acquiring a thorough knowledge of that business, which has been so useful to him in his present occupation ; he is at presents partner in the widely known and prosperous firm of Patterson & Creigh, carriage manufacturers; be was married in November, 1871, to Miss Emma Williams, of this county, and resides on West Bloom street; Franc Creigh, the youngest and surviving daughter, was born June 9, 1848, and, like her sister and brother, received a good education, residing with her mother, who removed to Mansfield soon after her husband's death; she wan married Sept. 7, 1869, to D. W. Rendig, in Mansfield ; they have three children -Carl, the eldest, was born March 24, 1871 ; Lee Creigh Rendig, born Feb. 9, 1873 ; Kittie Kendig, born Sept. 28, 1876 ; Mrs. Franc E. Kendig resides on West Market with her mother and father's sister, with her little family around her. She and husband are members of the Congregational Church.

CRALL, WILLIAM, was born in Ireland about the year 1794, the enact date not known ; he emigrated with his parents to this country, and settled in Washington Co., Penn.; his father died shortly after coming to the country, and be being at that time but 12 years of age, and the eldest of the family, the support of the family mainly devolved upon him ; he learned the carpenter trade with a Mr. Enos, who afterward removed from Pennsylvania to Richland Co., and settled in Mifflin Township; during the war of 1812, William enlisted in a Pennsylvania regiment, and, with his command, marched to the West, against the Indiana and British ; when the command arrived on its march at Cadiz, Harrison Co., they received the news that peace was declared. and the war was at an end. The command was shortly afterward disbanded, and William with other discharged soldiers came to Mansfield, which at that time was nothing more than a wilderness ; remaining here a short time, he went back to his home in Pennsylvania, and afterward returned here with his old employer, with whom he worked at the carpenter trade. The first house in this city furnished with a shingled roof and "plowed and grooved" floor, was erected by him at the southeast corner of Fourth and East Diamond streets, on the lot now owned by Minor Howe; at this time he was 21 years of age. In 1817, Oct. 12, be was married to Mary Westfall, by whom he had eight children, four of whom died at an early age; John Crall, the eldest, died in 1862; Abram died in California in 1852, and Susan and James are still living ; Mary Westfall was born at Beverly, Randolph Co. Va., Oct. 31, 1797 ; her brother, Harvey Westfall, had come to Richland Co. during the war of 1812, and settled at Mansfield ; at the close of the war, she came to Ohio, and landed at Newark, where she had an aunt living; she made the entire distance on horseback ; after remaining in Newark for a time, she came on to Mansfield to reside with her brother Harvey; after her marriage, her sister Sidney came to Mansfield from Virginia, and lived with her until her marriage with Franklin Carmichael ; Mr. and Mrs. Carmichael settled near Shiloh, in this county, where their children who are living still reside. Harvey Westfall removed from Mansfield to Plymouth, near which place be died about twelve years ago; William Crall, after residing in Mansfield for several years, removed with his family to Plymouth, at which place be, in company with Abraham Trux, erected a flouring-mill, which is still standing; be remained at Plymouth but a few years, when he returned to Mansfield, where be resided until his death, which occurred Sept. 11, 1851 ; his wife survived him until July 21, 1872; previous to going to Plymouth, Mr. Crall kept tavern in the old frame building which stood on the northwest corner of Fourth and Main streets. His parents were Scotch-Irish, and he was raised in the Presbyterian faith ; his wife joined the Presbyterian Church in this city, under the ministration of Rev. James Rowland, and remained a member of that church until the time of her death. She always took a great interest in the political affairs of the country, and for a woman was remarkably well posted in political matters. She was fond of reading political speeches, and when able, often attended political meetings of both parties. The career of all leading political men was narrowly watched by her, and their speeches eagerly read.

Mrs. Crall's ancestors on her mother's side were Welsh, and on her father's, Low Dutch or Hollanders; her grand-parents assisted in settling up Virginia, and her grandfathers, Pugh and Westfall, both fought in the early Indian wars in Virginia, and her father and uncles in the war of the Revolution ; of the children of William Crall, as we have said, but two are now living; Abraham immigrated to California during the gold fever, and died there in 1852 ; John enlisted in Capt. McLaughlin's company, 3d O. V. I., and served during the term of service of that regiment in the war with Mexico: After his return home, he was married to Susan Snyder, who lived but a year or two after her marriage; she left one child, a daughter, who was married to Anthony I. Piero, and is now living at Plymouth ; although quite a politician, John never sought office, and never held but one official position, that of Constable, which office be held at the time of his death, which occurred in July, 1863. James S. Crall enlisted in the 82d O. V. I. during the war of the

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rebellion, and was appointed a Second Lieutenant to recruit a company for that regiment; upon the organization of the regiment, he was elected Captain of the company; upon the death of Col. Cantwell, at the second battle of Manassas Plains or Bull Run, he was promoted to Major of the regiment, and afterward was trade Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment, which position he held rat the close of the war and the muster-out of the regiment ; the 82d Regiment belonged to the 11th Corps, and took past with that corps in all the battles in which it was engaged while in the Army of' the Potomac ; after the battle of Chickamauga, the 11th and 12th Corps were transferred to the army of Gen. Thomas; the two corps were consolidated end were afterward known as the 20th; with this corps under command of Gen. Hooker, the 82d Regiment took part in all the skirmishes and battles preceding the taking of Atlanta, In the march from Atlanta to Savannah, and from Savannah to Raleigh, North Carolina; the regiment was on the march from Raleigh to Richmond, when Lee surrendered to Grant; a few days thereafter, Johnston surrendered to Sherman, and the war was over. Since his return home, James S. Crall has served as member and President of the City Council, two terms as Justice of the Peace and is at present Deputy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas; his sister, Susan Larimore, is living, and with her children resides with him in this city.

CRAWFORD & ZELLERS, cracker manufacturers, located at the corner of Walnut and Bloom streets, in a brink building 56 x 100. The business was originally started in 1872, by H. H. Colby, who continued it for one year, when the firm that now has it took charge, Sept. 7, 1874; Messrs. Crawford & Zellers were formerly engaged in the manufacture of crackers at Richmond, Ind., and when they purchased the property, they possessed net only ample capital, but a complete knowledge of their business; the first building was a frame, to which Crawford S Zellers added some additions ; soon after the improvements had been made, the frame portion of the structure was destroyed by fire ; nothing daunted, the proprietors at once rebuilt in a much finer style, so that the works they now have is a model institution of its kind, and considered by all to be one of the moat complete in the State; all the machinery used is of the best and most improved make, enabling this house to successfully compete with any other engaged in a similar business; an engine of thirty-horse power is used, and the bakery has a capacity of turning out 500 barrels of crackers every 24 hours; 25 to 30 hands are employed, and a business maintained that will exceed $150,000; the crackers here produced are noted for their first-class quality and the universal satisfaction they give; a goodly trade is not only had by this firm in Ohio, but the name has extended into the States of New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, West Virginia and Indiana. The firm is composed of B. F. Crawford, D. K. and J. G. Zellers; Mr. Crawford has withdrawn his interest from the firm of Zellers & Co., at Richmond, Ind., and now gives his undivided attention to the business which he has and is so satisfactorily conducting, and of which he is principal owner.

DAILY, JOHN B. (deceased), was born in New Lisbon, Colombians Co., Ohio, April, 1827; while yet a poor boy, he, unexpectedly to his relatives, came to Mansfield, sad was at once placed at the desk in the hardware store of A. J. Endly, when he soon showed that aptness for book-keeping which was so serviceable to him to after years; here he was constantly employed for fourteen years, gaining a thorough knowledge of the trade ; in the year 1864, be was appointed Deputy Revenue Assessor, which position he held until the coming in of the new administration; Mr. Daily was s member of the German Lodge, I. O. O. F., which order he joined in the year 1864, and in which be has held a number of offices; Mr. Daily was long and favorably known as one of Mansfield's business men, being engaged largely at one time in real estate and other enterprises. John B. Daily was married July 3, 1865, to Miss Emma C. of New Lisbon ; there have been born to them four children-Laura E., William C., John E. and Emma M.; John B. Daily died Aug. 6, 1876, in Mansfield.

DAY, AMOS (deceased), son of Joseph and Eleanor Day ; was born in Washington Co., Penn., Jan. 12, 1806, and removed to thin county with his father's family in 1815, thus having lived sixty-five years continuously in Richland Co. He was married in November, 1834, to Martha Smith, daughter of Jedediah Smith, of Washington Township, by whom he had eight children, five of whom are still living, being Joseph B. and Harrison W. Day, of Washington Township ; Mrs. W. S. Bradford sad Miss Kate E. Day, of Mansfield ; Mrs. d. F. Bowers, of Bellville. He learned the mason trade when quite a young man, and built or helped to build many of the old structures of Mansfield, among which was the Congregational Church, the old Sturges Block, Tracy's Block, and others, which have since been replaced by more modern and imposing edifices ; also many of those still standing, among them the McFall Block, built nearly half a century ago, the old North American, southeast of the Park, and the Union Church. He moved to his farm is Washington Township in 1835, when he battled with the sturdy monarchs of the forest during the best years of his life, making them give place to fruitful and productive fields and abundant harvests; he removed to Mansfield to spend the declining years of his life, where he died of typhoid fever on the 21st day of April, 1880. He was a man of great force of character, always adhering firmly and strictly to principles of virtue and honesty ; he was a kind father and a good husband, and his memory will be cherished sad revered by those who knew him beat; companionable and sociable with his friends and acquaintances, his cheerful and pleasant greetings will not soon be forgotten by there with whom he mingled for more than half s century. By rigid economy and industrious habits he acquired a competency, which be used carefully and rationally, often expressing a desire to leave his wife and children in comfortable circumstances ether than to enjoy the luxuries of life himself; despising dis play and pretension, sod of a retiring and unassuming disposition, his good deeds were not heralded to the world, but he was ever ready to lend a helping hand to the poor and the distressed. He united with the Congregational Church of Mansfield in 1836, soon after its organization, and, although of late years not an

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active member, he was n firm believer in the Christian religion, a faithful and rigid observer of t he Sabbath Day, and a careful and constant reader of the scriptures; and, possessing a wonderfully retentive memory, its great end grand truths were treasured up in his mind, and often adverted to, to the edification of his family and friends. His mind dwelt much during the later months of his life on the uncertainty of earthly existence: and, upon his dying bed, although cut down by a malignant and ruthless disease, sort although his mind often wandered, yet in his lucid intervals. his conversation showed to those who watched by his bedside that his thoughts were at such times fixed upon Immortal things. In one of those moments while reason for a short space returned to her throne, he seemed much moved, and spoke of going house: and when asked if he meant Heaven, he replied, "Yes," and at another time he requested that a hymn be sung. Its bore his sufferings with patience and resignation; not a worst of complaint or murmuring escaped his lips during the progress of his fell disease. His mother, Eleanor Day, came from her home in Indiana to attend the funeral of the first-born of her twelve children ; she and her twin sister, who is also living, lack only seven years of being a century old : their descendants number 250: their maiden name was Thomas ; they are full sisters of the father of Gen. Thomas. Mrs. Eleanor Day was the mother of twelve children, eleven of whom attained to manhood and womanhood, and nine of them are still living; being Marcus, Clemens and Cyrus Day, of this county; Harrison Day, of DeKalb Co., Ill.; Mrs. Hon. Robert M. Lockhart and Mrs. Louisa Ensley, of De Kalb Co., Ind.; Mrs. Hon. John Young and Mrs. Jacob Henry, of Sauk Co , Wis., and Mrs. Joshua Martin, of Berry Co., Mich.. The old lady is still in the enjoyment of all her faculties unimpaired ; but says that "This world has no charms for her," and she is only waiting to be collect up higher, and receive the reward of a well spent life.

De CAMP, MOSES (deceased); was born in Washington Co., Penn., Oct. 10, 1816, and was of French Protestant descent. The American family from whom he sprung were among the earliest settlers of New Jersey ; some of the descendants afterward settled in Western Pennsylvania. In the fall of 1827, his father moved with his family into Ohio and located in Morrow Co , where, with the little opportunities then afforded, he soon by diligence acquired sufficient knowledge to tench while continuing his studies, and the fall of 1842 found him in charge of what was then known as the Preparatory Department of Delaware University, which embraced almost every branch, except the dead languages ; while there, greater inducements were held out to him to continue his chosen vocation, which he reluctantly declined on account of poor health. He afterward removed to Mt. Vernon, Ohio, where he married Miss Almena H Winters in the fall of 1844, by whom he had four children-Gilbert Winters, Alphonse Lemartine, Herbert Cantwell and Luella Almena; all residents of Mansfield, except the second son, who is a dentist of note, in Paris, France; Dr. M. Decamp commenced the practice of dentistry in this city in the fall of 1851, and continued to practice until a few months before his death, which occurred April 17, 1876; during his residence in Mansfield, he was known as a trustworthy Christian man ; for a number of years President of the American Bible Society, of this county, and of the State Dental Association, in which he held high rank on account of his professional ability ; at the time of his death, he was a member of the State Board of Dental Examiners, and a prominent Mason in the Mansfield Lodge. He was a member of the Congregational Church in Mansfield, and for several years acted as one of its Deacons.

DICKSON, V, M., grocer; was born in Millsborough, Springfield Township, June 22, 1844; while living in that township he worked on a farm until 18 years of age, then removed to Oil City, Penn., where he remained two years: in 1865, he was employed in the firm of Dickson & Byrd, grocers, in Mansfield in 1867, the firm name was changed to J. and V. M. Dickson - Mr. Byrd retiring; this partnership continued until Oct., 21, 1878, when he entered into partnership with Mr. Wm. Adrain, Oct. 31, same year, under the firm name of Dickson & Adrain, now doing business on the corner of Main and Market streets, Mansfield. Mr. D, was married April 10, 1872, to Miss Anna W. Sayles, of New Fork, now residents of West Third street, Mansfield.

DILL, THOMAS T., Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas. Born in Wayne Co., Ohio, May 2, 1842; came to Mansfield in 1853; at the beginning of the war, enlisted in the army under the first call for troops: being for three months in the 16th O. V. I.; served his time in that organization in West Virginia, was mustered out at the expiration of the term, and immediately enlisted again in the 16th O. V. I., as organized for three years, served through Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and all the Southern States; was taken prisoner at Tazewell, Tenn.; served under Gen. Grant in several campaigns, including the siege of Vicksburg; served in the Department of the Gulf, in the States of Louisiana and Texas; was under Gen. Banks on his Red River expedition; participated in a great many battles during his term of service in the 16th O. V. I., was discharged in November, 1864, by reason of expiration of term of enlistment, and immediately re-enlisted in the 1st Regiment, 1st Army Corps, an organization made up of veterans who had seen not less than two years' service; this corps was called "Hancock's Corps," and was commanded by Gen. W. S. Hancock; Mr. Dill was commissioned a First Lieutenant by Gen. Hancock; whilst in this command did service in Virginia, and was in several engagements; when the war closed, he was retained in the service by Gen. Hancock until the 2d day of May, 1866, at which date he was mustered out, making a little more than five years' service in the army ; since his return from the army, he has resided in Mansfield, and was employed as a mechanic for eight years by the Aultman Taylor Co ; was elected Clerk of Court in October, 1876, for three years, served faithfully and was re-elected in October, 1879, for another term.

DOLL, MICHAEL R., harness-maker. The subject of this sketch was born in Green Township, Richland Co., as it originally existed, Oct. 25, 1839 ; came to Mansfield in 1845 with his parents, who soon after removed to an adjoining county, where he was placed in school until of sufficient age to begin his trade of har-

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ness-making, at which he worked until the breaking-out of the civil war when be entered the army, enlisting as an artificer in the 11th O. B., afterward assigned to the Western Department 17th Army Corps ; Mr. Doll served his full term of enlistment, taking an active part and doing his duty as a soldier in the many engagements in which that battery and corps were engaged; among the more noted and terrible battles in which he took part, were the siege of Vicksburg, Island No. 10, Corinth and the battle of Iuka, Miss. During Mr. Doll's career as a soldier, he passed through , many dangers unharmed, when others have fallen-not escaping altogether, as he was slightly wounded at the battle of Vicksburg. and in the great railroad collision at Crestline in April, 1861, severely injured, having a knee joint dislocated and being otherwise bruised ; but it was not until long after the close of the war in January, 1877, that after escaping the bullets of the enemy, and working at his vacation in Mansfield, he received a pistol-shot wound through the gross carelessness of a friend that almost proved fatal, from the effects of which he still suffers, and will carry the marks to his grave. An upright and good citizen, he is now continuing steadily at his trade, enjoying the entire respect of all the citizens.

DOOLITTELL, COLUMBUS S., was born near Frederickstown, Knox Co., Oct. 24, 1819. His mother having died when he was quite a small child, he lived with his grandfather, Thomas Doolittell, during his minority; noon after he was 21 years of age, he taught school one year; in the summer of 1842 be attended the commencement of Kenyon College, when President Hayes graduated ; his speech so influenced Mr. D. that he determined to fulfill a long-cherished hope, and take a thorough classical course; in May, 1843, he entered the preparatory class in Kenyon College, and by persistent application he entered the freshman class of '44, with W. B. Rogers, now Private Secretary to the President. Among his other classmates, who became prominent, were W. G. LeDuc, now Commissioner of Agriculture, and Dr. J. W. Scott, a distinguished Professor in the Cleveland Medical College. His resources being somewhat limited, he supported himself by teaching private classes. By diligent use of his time, and close study, he maintained a high standard of scholarship, and graduated with the highest honors in 1848. In September of that year, he accepted the position of assistant teacher in Mrs. Schenck's Seminary, in Columbus; in the fall of 1849, he was chosen a tutor in Kenyon College, and at the same time became a member of the Theological Seminary ; in 1852, he was ordained Deacon, and took charge of St. Stephen's Church in Canfield. In January, 1853, he was married to Miss P. A. Lindley, of Frederickstown. In 1856, be accepted a call to St. Luke's Church, Granville, and at the same time became associate principal of the Granville Female Seminary; in 1861, in company with Mr. J. Lindley, he moved the school to Mansfield, where he was engaged about ten years. In 1876, Mr. D. became the associate editor of the Ohio Liberal, then an independent paper, but retired from the paper when it became Democratic. In January, 1877, be became the associate editor of the Mansfield Herald, a position he now occupies.

DOUGLAS, THOMAS E., Postmaster. He wen born six miles west of Mansfield June 21, 1829; be received a very fair education in the common schools, and in the academies of Haysville and Berea; he studied law in the office of L. B. Matson, and, in July, 1860, was admitted to the bar, and in October formed a partnership with M. W. Worden, with whom he began the practice of his profession ; when the war broke out in the spring of 1861, Mr. Douglas enlisted, April 16, in Maj. McLaughlin's company in the let Regiment, and remained with it during its term of service, participating in the battle of Bull Run, July 21; returning home, he enlisted in the 15th, three-years' service, in which regiment he was commissioned First Lieutenant of Co. G, Sept. 9; that regiment was in the battle of Shiloh, April 7, 1862, after which Lieut. D. was promoted Captain, and, in the battle of Stone River, Dec. 31 ; in this latter engagement, Capt. Douglas was so severely wounded is the right lung, that he was obliged to return home. While here, he was married to Francis H. Rowland, daughter of Rev. James Rowland, May 12, 1863. June 24, he was appointed Captain in the Veteran Reserve Corps, in which capacity he served until he was mustered out while at Baltimore, Aug. 29, 1866 ; he then returned home and resumed the practice of law, following it until he was appointed Postmaster, March 12, 1873 ; he took charge of the office May 12. Mrs. Douglas died Aug. 1, 1879, leaving four children.

DOUGLAS, M. E., Secretary of the Merchants' and Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance Company. He was born in Richland Co., where he has always resided.

DOW, W., contractor and stonemason, Mansfield. He was born near Edinburgh, Scotland, Oct. 6, 1847; he was the first eon of John and Jenett Dow, who were of an old and respectable family in that country; he emigrated to this country in May, 1869, and came to Mansfield in July, 1870 ; directly after his arrival here, he was employed by the contractors of the court house, which was then being built; he was likewise employed in building the stonework of the Congregational Church in this city, and in the spring of 1873 the firm of Hancock & Dow were the contractors and builders of the stonework of the Mansfield Savings Bank ; in 1874, they finished their contract for the same work on the Plymouth and Shelby Schoolhouses ; in 1875, they built the freight house of the C., C. & I. R. R at Columbus, and the passenger stone depot at Barea; among the public and larger buildings for which they were the contractors and mesons, since that date, were the Marysville High School in 1876, and the city hall, in the same place, and the Masonic Hall of Marion in 1877; in 1878, they they did the mason work on the Marion County Jail ; in addition to those already mentioned in this city, was the work on the Jenner, Keith & Scattergood Building and the frontage of the Swigart Building ; the firm is at present the contractors for the same work on the sew county jail, now in process of erection.

DYSERT, D. M., M. D., homaeopathist. He was born in Wayne Co., in 1852, educated is Wayne and Medina Cos.; be graduated at Pulte Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1876; he was engaged in the practice of medicine at Independence, this county, for three years,

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where be had a very extensive practice; his health became impaired is the fall of 1879, and he went to Florida to spend the winter; he returned to this county and located in Mansfield, opened an office at the southwest corner of the part. He is prepared to attend to all calls in his profession promptly.

EARNEST, D. H., dealer in furniture. He was born, July 24, 1844, in Cumberland Co., Penn.; immigrated to Richland Co. in the fall of 1858; engaged , with Cyrus Hersheiser and learned the carpenter trade; worked at that trade eight pears, then engaged with Aultman & Taylor machine-shops for ten years and fur months; Jan. 22, 1879, he formed a partnership with J. K. Johnson in furniture store, which they still continue. He was married, April 7, 1868, to Iva Jane Pocock; she was born in Wayne Co., Oct. 16, 1841 ; they have the following family; Mary Bell (deceased ), Roes Ellen, born Aug. 18, 1871 ; David Milton Georgia, Nov. 17, 1874 ; reside at No. 118 East Market street.

EDGINGTON, JESSE (deceased). He was born in Virginia, and in an early day removed to Jefferson Co. this State, where he resided for several years, when he came to this county and settled in Springfield Township in 1814, where be was one of the largest land-owners during his life. The first Presbyterian Church built in that township, of which he was a member and one of the founders, was erected on his land ; he died in 1821, at an advanced age, leaving five children by his marriage to Miss Margaret Palmer. Thomas, the eldest son, was born in Virginia in 1781, and removed with his parents to Jefferson Co., Ohio, where be lived until 1815, when he came to this county and settled in Springfield Township. He was married in Jefferson Co., Ohio, to Miss Mary Alban in 1802; they were the parents of ten children, of whom Margaret was the oldest; she was born in Jefferson Co., Ohio, Aug. 30, 1803, and died in Colombia City, Ind., Aug. 30, 1872; Thomas Edgington died in Springfield Township is 1856 ; Margaret was married in Springfield Township to William Douglas in 1823 ; they were the parents of four children-William Douglass was born in Washington Co., Penn., in 1798 ; his father, Michael Douglas, was born in County Tyrone, Ireland. He was married in that country to Lydia Pollock in 1795, and emigrated to America in the fall of 1796, and settled in Pennsylvania, where he continued to reside until 1820, when be removed to Ohio. and settled in Springfield Township, Richland Co.; William Douglas died in 1857 in that township.

ELLIOTT, H. C., book-binder. He is prepared to do all kinds of blank-book and magazine binding in the best and latest styles, also re-bind and re-model old books ; all orders by mail promptly attended to parties desiring binding will find it to their advantage to examine his samples ; prices to suit the times, corner Main and Fourth streets.

ERWIN, A. J., physician, surgeon and oculist ; he was born in Concord, Penn.; he was educated at the University of Nashville, where he graduated in medicine in 1864. Immediately afterward, he entered into partnership with the eminent surgeon, Dr. J. W. Daily, of Fort Wayne, Ind., at which place he remained until 1870, when be removed to Mansfield. He wed married, in 1867, to Miss Mary C. Johnson, of Mansfield, who died in 1874. He is a member of the American Medical Association and the American Public Health Association. In 1874, he was elected by the American Medical Association as a delegate to foreign associations, in which capacity he visited Europe, and while there be cook a course in eye diseases in the Royal London Ophthalmic College. In 1878, he was elected to the chair of orthopedic surgery in the Cleveland Medical College, which chair he filled by occasional visits without removing from Mansfield. He is surgeon of the P., Ft. W. & C., M. & C. and the B. & O. R. R.'s. He is now in active practice.

ETTINGER, JACOB, grocery man. The subject. of this sketch is the oldest of eight children burn is Daniel sod Catherine Ettinger, an old York Co. ( Perm.) family, who came to Ohio in 1837 and settled near what was then known as Lower Sandusky-now Fremont. The father located in Scott Township, Sandusky Co., where he remained two years, and then removed to Lexington, this county, where he resided for many years, enjoying the confidence and esteem of the entire community. For many years, he was engaged in teaching school, and was accounted a more than ordinary mathematician. For nine years; he served as Assessor of Trop Township. Communicative and intelligent, he was always a favorite with those who desired any information that he could give. He died in Ogle Co., Ill., and was buried near Lexington, Ohio. Jacob Ettinger was born in York Co., Penn., April 16, 1823 ; in his youth, he received a good common-school education, and, after his parents removed to this county, he taught school for about four years, when, removing to Mansfield, he was appointed a conductor on the old S. M. &. N. R. R., which position he held for seven years, and was accounted a careful and faithful officer. He was married in Mt. Gilead, Ohio, on the 10th of April, 1846; they have had four children, two living and two dead. For fourteen years, Mr. Ettinger has been engaged in mercantile pursuits in Mansfield, and is accounted a shrewd and successful business man.

ETTINGER, BENJAMIN, harness maker; he was born in York Co., Penn., June 7, 1828, and came to Ohio in 1836, and to Richland Co. in 1837, where he received his elementary education, his father being a teacher and mathematician of some note in Troy Township. When 18 years of age, he commenced the trade of harness-making, which occupation he continues to follow in Mansfield, where he is known as a good work man. Mr. Ettinger was married, Sept. 6, 1854, to Miss Elizabeth Brooks, who died Oct. 16, 1860, and again married to Mary Emma Lake, his present wife ; they have ode son.

FARMER, J. S., attorney at law. He was born in Mansfield June 23, 1844, and received his elementary education in Washington Township, John and Susan (Stewart) Farmer, his parents, were old residents of the county and resided in Washington Township many years. In 1864, he began teaching school in this county, and was so engaged for ten winter terms ; during the summer months he worked on a farm, while he continued a course of reading preparatory to the study of law ; in April, 1870, he came to Mansfield and continued his studies under the instruction of Matson & Dirlam, and was admitted to the bar in June, 1872

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Mr. Farmer was married, Oct. 8, 1814, to Barbara A. Harman, by whom he has three children.

FAUS, HENRY, traveling agent. He was born in Columbia Co., Penn.; March 31, 1837 ; came to Ohio in 1852. Was married April 14, 1863, to Lodema C. Zent; she was born Sept. 3, 1841, in Richland Co.; they have the following family : Lorena F., born June 8, 1864 ; Dells B., Oct. 8, 1865; Charlie J., Sept. 8, 1866; Wardie B., Sept. 8, 1867.

FINFROCK, J. H., physician; was born in Columbiana Co., Ohio; came to Richland Co. in 1836; read medicine with Dr. .john Blacker, of Van Wert, Ohio; graduated at Cincinnati in the Medical College. Enlisted during the war; was promoted Captain of Co. F, 6th O. V. I.; served in that position till he was appointed Assistant Surgeon of the 11th O. V. C.; was stationed in Dakota Territory. After his service in the army, he located in Laramie City, Wyoming Territory, where he is engaged in the practice of medicine.

FINFROCK, M. V. B., druggist; eon of Jonathan Finfrock ; was born in 1838 in Madison Township; was married in 1864 to Lydia E. Keller; they have three children-Ira Elmer, Emma May and Grace Maud. Mr. Finfrock was engaged in teaching school for some years; then located in Mansfield in the drug business; has been very successful, and is now leading off in this department; has also been taking a very active part as Councilman for two years; he is now a member and Treasurer of the School Board of the city of Mansfield, and doing all he can to raise the standard of education.

FISHER, JOHN, sewing-machine agent: wee born March 27, 1849, in Cumberland, Md. His father and mother are now and have been old residents of that locality, dating back fifty-three years. Mr. Fisher came to Mansfield Dec. 24, 1879, snd is now engaged in active business. He was married Feb. 10, 1872, in Cumberland, Md., to Anna M. Wolf; they have three children-two boys and one girl. Charles Fisher emigrated from Germany and settled in Cumberland, Md., about the year 1827. John Fisher was the eighth son. About thirteen years previous to his arrival in Mansfield, be was employed on railroads in different positions ; at present a resident of the Fourth Ward.

FLANNERY, B., keeper of boarding-house; he was born in Ireland, in the year 1838, the first son of Mathew and Margaret Flannery ; be emigrated to America in May, 1863, and landed in New York City, where he was employed in a tea and coffee house for three years, when he removed to the oil regions of Pennsylvania, where he remained two years before coming to Mansfield. He was married in this city, Dec. 16, 1868, to Miss Mary Hogan. During his residence here, he has been prominent is local politics, and has bean a delegate to a number of important conventions, and is one of our active citizens. Mr. Flannery comes from a respectable family in the old country, where they held high offices in Church and State:

FORD, JOHN, deceased ; be was born is Harrison Co., Ohio, in 1816. His parents removed to this county when be was quite young, and settled in Clear Creek Township, now in Ashland Co., where he assisted in clearing the land and worked on the farm until his re moval to Washington Township with a brother; he there cleared the land since known as the Hunter farm, and afterward purchased the farm south of Washington Village, where he lived for many years, well known by the citizens of the county and respected for his many good qualities of head and heart. He was married to Miss Harriet Barnes, of Washington Township, Aug. 16, 1838 ; they were the parents of eight children- four eons and four daughters; three sons and one daughter reside is Mansfield ; one son is a farmer in Washington Township ; Mary Ellen Ford, born Aug. 21, 1839, died Feb. 28, 1863; Phebe, born July 23, 1849, died Aug. 11, 1851 ; Ada, born April 27, 1860, died Sept. 26, 1874. Mr. Ford removed to Mansfield in May, 1872, where be was engaged in business with his sons, and resided until his death, which occurred Feb. 25, 1876. Mrs. Harriet Barnes Ford died in Mansfield Oct. 27, 1874.

FORD, THOMAS H. (deceased). Ex-Gov. Ford was born in Rockingham Co., Va. Aug. 28, 1814. His parents soon after removed to Harrison Co. Ohio, where they lived n few years, removing to Clear Creek Township, Ashland Co., then a part of this county; here Mr. Ford died, leaving a large family, some of whom were grown. Thomas Ford grew to maturity here, getting little if any education in the district schools, obtaining the principal part by the light of a burning stump or the fire-place. Attar reaching his majority, he married a Miss Hall, and for some time was engaged on a farm ; this pursuit, however, did not favor him, and consequently he did not make a success; his wife died here, as well as all her children-the latter while in their infancy. Mr. Ford was again married to Mary Ann Andrews, and not long after gave up farming and came to bisnsfield to engage in the study of law, entering the office of James Purdy, Esq.; while here, is 1851; his second wife died, leaving him three boys - Thomas H. who died in 1873, in the city ; P. P. H., who is yet a resident of Mansfield, and W. A. who, when his mother died, was 18 months old, and who was given by her to Mrs. John Bright (sister of Mr. Ford) to raise; he is now in California. Mr. Ford was married the third time to Harriet M. Pantlind, who became the mother of one child, Ada, who is married and living in Washington City, and with whom her mother now lives. After Mr. Ford completed a law course, be was admitted to practice, and, at different times, was partner of P. P. Hull, Oliver P. Grey, William Longbridge, William Tidball, H. P. Davis, R. C. Smith, - Boales, Judge Dirlam and others. When the Republican party came into existence, he. was one of its most eloquent exponents, and, while engaged in politics, delivered at Philadelphia, a speech that made his name famous ; it was one of those speeches given impromptu, (he never studied a speech) which the occasion calls out, and is rarely repeated ; it gained him the Lieutenant Governor's place under Gov. Chase, and brought him prominently forward in after life; at the expiration of his term of office, he returned to Mansfield to the practice of law, though he was always active in politics. When the war with Mexico broke out, he enlisted, and raised a company which saw one year's service ; its history is given elsewhere ; while in this war, he was wounded ; when the last war broke out, ex-Gov. Ford raised the 32d O. V. I. and was its Colonel ; the

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unfortunate affair at Harper's Ferry cost him his dismissal, though he and his personal friends always insist he was made a "scape goat" for a higher officer's blunders. President Lincoln reinstated him, though he did not again enter the service; he went to Washington City, where he built up a lucrative practice in the law, and where he held for a while, the office of Superintendent of Public Printing ; about the year 1866, he connected himself prominently with the temperance movement in the District, and was considered one of its ablest and must eloquent advocates; he died Feb. 29, 1868, at the age of 54 years ; all the city papers referred to his loss, and all published commendatory notices of his life and death, that were widely copied; the various temperance orders buried him with every show of respect, in one of the city vaults, from which his remains were subsequently removed to the cemetery in Mansfield where they now repose.

FORD, E. C., merchant. He was born in Washington Township, June 8, 1856, where he resided until his removal to Mansfield in the spring of 1872, where he commenced the tinner's trade, which completing, he entered into partnership with his father (the late John Ford), and a brother, under the firm name of Ford & Sons, doing a large business in stoves sad tinware ; since his father's death, which occurred Feb. 25, 1876, the firm name has been Ford Brothers. He was married in Mansfield, June 19, 1878, to Miss Ella J. Hershiser, daughter of Cyrus Hershiser, a well known contractor and builder in this city.

FORD, P. P., merchant. He was born in Mansfield, Nov. 20, 1846 ; his father being the late Col. Thomas H. Ford ; he received his education principally at the Monroe Seminary and at Lexington, Ohio; during the late war, he enlisted in the 32d O. V. I., in which he remained until the close of the war, participating is all the battles in which that regiment engaged ; afterward resided in Washington City for some time, then returned to Richland Co., Ohio, where he has since lived. In Aug. 13, 1868, he was married to Miss Mary C. Stone, of Washington Township, by whom he has had five children---Jessie Ada, Edwin Davis, Charles Thomas (deceased), Mary H. and Emma Virda; in the fall of 1869, Mr. Ford removed to Mansfield, where he now lives and engaged in mercantile business.

FORD, S. N., Secretary of the Mansfield Building and Lumber Company. He was born in Washington Township, Richland Co., Feb. 8, 1847; his elementary education he received principally at the Lexington Seminary, which he attended for several years ; at the age of 18, be commenced business for himself, and in February, 1870, was employed by the Mansfield Building and Lumber Association, and was elected agent of the same in the fall of 1872, which position he held until October, 1876, when he was elected its Secretary. Mr. Ford was married in Lexington, Dec. 28, 1868, to Miss Lizzie Cook, of that place, with whom he has raised two children, one son and one daughter-Hoyt and Ada.

FORD, THOMAS W., merchant. He was born in Washington Township Jan. 12, 1844 ; he is a son of the late Mr. John Ford, who resided in that township over forty years ; in 1862, he enlisted in Co. E, 32d O. V. I., and served until the close of the war, after which he returned to Richland Co., and was engaged in farming and teaching school for seven years previous to his removal to Mansfield. He was married in , September, 1868, to Miss Leah Garber, of Washington Township; they have one son, G. G. Ford, who was born June 27, 1869; after his removal to Mansfield, he was employed in the wholesale house of E. P. Sturges Co. four years, then a partner in the stove and tin store of Ford & Sons, now Ford Brothers; one of the best-conducted houses in that branch of business in Mansfield.

FRANZ, J. B., proprietor St. James Hotel. The subject of this sketch, the well-known landlord of the St. James Hotel is Mansfield, was born in Leesville, Crawford Co., Ohio, June 24, 1841; although comparatively a young man, he has already acquired an enviable reputation in his special line of business, and is classed among our enterprising citizens. He was married is Delaware, Ohio, June 3, 1874, to Miss Nellie Sampsell, daughter of one of the old citizens of that place.

FRENCH, D. H., Rev., D. D., Pastor U. P. Church, Dayton, Ohio: Dr. French, who for over twelve years was Pastor of the United Presbyterian Church in this city, is a eon of Rev. David French, who was Pastor forty-four years of the Associate Congregations of North and South Buffalo, in Washington Co., Penn. Dr. French was born in that county ; he received his collegiate education at the Jefferson College, Cannonsburg, Penn., where he graduated in 1857; he attended the Theological Seminary at Xenia, Ohio, and, six months after graduating there, received nails from three congregations to become their Pastor; he accepted the call from Cannonsburg, Penn., and entered upon the discharge of his duties in March, 1861 ; after a pastorate of five years, he was obliged to resign on account of s threatened attack of lung disease; about s year after his release from this charge, he was called by the congregation in Mansfield, which call he accepted, and for twelve and one-half years labored faithfully among the people here ; late in 1879, he received a call from the U. P. Church, Dayton, Ohio, which he accepted, and early in January, 1880, went to that city, where he now resides; he received the honorary title of Doctor of Divinity from the Muskingum College, in the summer of 1879.

GAILEY, RICHARD, attorney-at-law. Of the two sons of Rev. Richard Gailey, the subject of this sketch is the younger, the elder being Rev. John Gailey, of the United Presbyterian Church. Richard was born May 6, 1845, in Madison, Westmoreland Co., Penn. In 1849, his father removed to this county, and first settled in Monroe Township, and subsequently removed to Lexington ; he received his education chiefly from his father in the seminary of which he was the founder; during the years 1867, 1868 and 1869, he studied law with Judge McJunkin, of Batter, Penn., where he was admitted to the bar in 1869 ; after his admission to the bar be practiced his profession in Mansfield, Ohio, until 1872, when be returned to Pennsylvania and practiced in Parker City and Pittsburgh, until the death of his father, in 1875, when be returned to Lexington, where he practiced until May 1, 1880, when he came to Mansfield end entered into copartnership with H.

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D. Keith; this firm is engaged in a lucrative and constantly increasing business, and commands the confidence of the bar and people. During the war of the rebellion, Mr. Gailey served in the 87th O. V. I. and also in the 86th O. V. I. In 1872, he was married to Miss Sarah E. Nutting, by whom he has two sons-John, aged 6 years, end Richard, aged 2 years.

GASS & HOTT, dealers in books, successors to C. A. Pendleton ; they handle a general line of school, miscellaneous and blank books, and stationery, wall-paper, curtains, curtain fixtures and similar goods, gold pens, archery, croquet-games of all kinds and a line of fine fancy goods, etc.

GASS, BENJAMIN (oldest son of William and Jane Gass); was born in Brook Co., Va., on the 12th of June, A. D. 1794; came with his parents to Fairfield Co., Ohio, in June of 1806; then to Knox Co., Ohio, in the spring of 1806, and to that part of "the new purchase" (so called) which is now Troy Township, Richland Co., Ohio, in the spring of 1812, arriving at their destination on the 23d of April. Benjamin was an extra good hand at hard work, and labored hard in assisting his father to clear up their wilderness farm, living mostly with his parents until he was married, in January of 1827, to Miss Elisabeth McCluer; they raised three sons and two daughters, all of whom are now living, except their youngest son (James G. Gass), who was a soldier through the rebellion, and died a few years after it was suppressed, perhaps in consequence of exposure while in the service; he was in a number of hard battles. Benjamin's wife died in May of 1864, and in the autumn of 1867, he was again married to Miss Sarah M. Creigh, of Mansfield, who still survives him. He taught school a number of winters both before and after his first marriage, also singing schools; was a great lover of "old folks' singing." Was an ardent Anti-slavery man; lectured and debated much on that subject when it was quits unpopular in "old Richland," though he was twice elected, and served as Auditor of the county. He left his farm a year or more before his death, and resided on his wife's property in Mansfield, where be died in February of 1867, aged a little over 32 years and 8 months. He was hurt by a limb of a tree when he was 76 years old, and was unable to work after that; his wife lives on Market street.

GASS, ISAAC, youngest son of William and Rebecca Gass, was born in Troy Township, Richland Co., Ohio, in October, 1819; lived and worked on the farm during his minority and for some years afterward ; taught school frequently ; studied law with Judge Steward ; was licensed as an attorney in 1848. In the spring of 1848, was married to Miss Amelia B. Coates ; they had one son and two daughters; their son, Mr. Florean P. Gass, and daughter (Bertie) still live in Mansfield, their oldest daughter (Mary) having died some years ago. Isaac removed to Mansfield and commenced business as a lawyer immediately after his marriage. In the tall of 1861, he raised a company to help in the suppression of the rebellion, and was elected as their Captain, but about the time of their starting into service he was promoted to the lieutenant colonelcy of their regiment (the 64th) ; they were ordered to the battle of Pittsburg Landing in April of 1862, but only reached it as the rebels commenced the retreat. After a number of months' further exposure, his health failed so that be was under the necessity of resigning. He was afterward elected and served as State Senator, representing Richland and Ashland Cos., and subsequently to that was Mayor of Mansfield, and Justice of the Peace, which last office he held at the time of his death, in October of 1876, when he was about 56 years old.

GATES, DAVID, farmer and dairyman; he was born in Madison Township Sept. 10, 1837, and received his elementary education in Mansfield; afterward commenced farming at the old homestead, where he remained until coming to Mansfield in 1872, when he purchased the omnibus line, in which business he was engaged six years, when be sold his interest in it, and since then has been farming in Madison Township. Mr. Gates was married in Madison Township May 18, 1859, to Miss Margaret M. Bell; they have three children-Cora Irene, May Bell end Peter, all living.

GEDDES, GEORGE WASHINGTON, lawyer and Judge, and at present member of Congress for the Fifteenth District of Ohio. He was born in Mt. Vernon, Knox Co., July 16, 1824 ; he is the son of James and Elizabeth Geddes, and on his father's side of Scotch descent, his paternal grandfather having emigrated from Scotland in the last century; his father removed his family from Knox to Richland Co. when the subject of this sketch was but a child, and there he attended the public schools until he was 15 years old, when he returned to his native town, and entered a store as a clerk; his employer was the well-known old merchant, James Huntsberry, of Mt. Vernon, with whom he remained until he was nearly of age, in the mean time devoting nearly all of his spare time to the study of law; he entered the law office of Hon. Columbus Delano (Secretary of the Interior during the first term of President Grant's Administration), with whom he read law for one year, after which he was admitted to the bar be chose law as a profession for reasons satisfactory to himself, and removed to Mansfield among strangers, where, unaided, he commenced his professional life in November, 1845; his first case decided his future; engaged to try this case in the country before a Justice of the Peace, he accidentally met Hon. James Stewart; that gentleman was so well pleased with the conduct of his first case, that he invited him to permanently settle at Mansfield, and guaranteed him sufficient to defray his necessary expenses; having remained with him under these conditions two years, he was, in 1847, taken into partnership, which continued three years, when, in 1850, Mr. Stewart was elected Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and Mr. Geddes entered into partnership with Hon. Jacob Brinkerhoff; this connection continued five years, and until Mr. Brinkerhoff was elected to the Supreme Bench of the State, when this partnership thereupon ceased; Mr. Geddes then practiced alone until, in 1856, he was elected Judge of Common Pleas, as the unwilling candidate of the Democratic party, in opposition to his old partner, Mr. Stewart, whose term had expired; he served the full term, until 1862; that year, at a district convention of both parties, he was renominated for a second term, and elected without opposition; having

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served a second full term, he was, in 1866, nominated by his own party for a third term but, although running ahead of his own ticket by nearly five hundred votes, he was defeated by a majority of only seventeen votes ; he then returned to the practice of his profession in Mansfield until 1868, when, the Legislature having provided for an election of an additional judge, he was, by a majority of over eight hundred votes, elected to fill that position ; having served out the full term of this, his third election to the Common Pleas Bench, he decided not to be again a candidate; in the mean time, without solicitation on his part, in 1872, he was at the State Convention, nominated for the Supreme Bench, but, with the other candidates on the ticket, defeated. A matter worthy of notice in this connection is, that Judge Geddes was never present in any convention that nominated him (until his nomination for Congress), and never solicited a nomination; after his last term of office, he resumed the active practice of his profession, associated with Col. M. R. Dickey and John W. Jenner, Esq., under the firm name of Geddes, Dickey & Jenner. Judge Geddes has always taken mash interest in educational and benevolent institutions, and a Trustee of the Ohio Wesleyan College at Delaware ; during the war, he was resolutely in favor of the suppression of the rebellion, and closely identified with the party known as War Democrats; a Trustee and Steward of his church, the Methodist Episcopal, he is a liberal promoter of all that tends to elevate and relieve the community in the benefaction for charitable objects. In 1848, he married Miss Nancy Lemon, of Ashland Co., and two living children have been the issue of this union. Judge Geddes was in June, 1878, nominated without solicitation on his part, by one of the moat memorable district conventions ever held in Ohio ; after a struggle of five days between the several candidates before the convention, on the 1,255th ballot, the nomination was conferred upon him by the unanimous vote of