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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Allen County, Ohio
And Representative Citizens
Edited and Compiled by
Charles C. Miller, Ph. D.
Assisted by
Dr. Samuel A. Baxter
Lima, Ohio
Published by Richmond & Arnold
George Richmond; G. R. Arnold
Chicago, Ill
1906
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HENRY VAN GUTEN
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ. by Richmond &
Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 587 |
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W. B. VAN NOTE, M. D.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ. by Richmond &
Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 624 |
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JEAN VETTER
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ. by Richmond &
Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 457 |
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G. S. VICARY,
proprietor of the Star Iron Works, of Lima, where he is also
identified with many other important business interests, and is
deservedly counted among the city’s leading and most influential
men, was born in Devonshire, England, in 1844.
Mr. Vicary was but a lad of 16 years when he
left home; but he had learned the machinist trade in his
father’s shops and, being of an ambitious and energetic spirit,
decided to cut loose from old ties and make his own way in the
world. He went to British Columbia to put his plans into
operation, and soon found employment in a sawmill on Puget
Sound, where he remained engaged in machine work for some years.
Later he had charge of a big mill at Fort Madison, where he
remained for two years, going from there to the Oregon Iron
Works at Portland, Oregon. After one year there he entered the
Marysville foundry in California, where he worked by the side of
Prescott, who later became a national character. After
some two years there, Mr. Vicary accepted the position of
gang foreman in the shops of the Central Pacific Railroad, which
he held about four years. Mr. Vicary had all this
experience while still a very young man, displaying even then
the stability of character which has made him one of the leading
men of Lima while still in the prime of life.
As master machanic he then went to Nevada for
the Nevada Central Narrow Gauge Railroad for two years, going
then to Virginia City, where he assisted in setting up some of
the largest machinery in the Comstock lode, some of the greatest
pieces of machinery that were ever put up in the mines at
Virginia City. He helped to put in the machinery in the
Justice mine, a 1,200-horsepower engine, with all the modern
improvements including the Cataract valve motion and condensing
machinery. Subsequently he went to Bodie, Mono County,
California, where he had charge of the great machine shops for
two years, and then came to Ottawa, Putnam County, Ohio.
His introduction to Lima was quite accidental. While on a
visit to his first wife’s people in Putnam County, he came to
Lima to see the place, and was persuaded to accept a position in
the shops of the C., H. & D. Railway. Later he became
assistant foreman of the Solar Refinery. Mr. Vicary
has traveled extensively, having been in every State and
Territory west of the Rocky Mountains. He is known from Sitka,
Alaska to Salt Lake City. Those who have had the good
fortune to meet Mr. Vicary have found him a courteous and
pleasant gentleman. He has resided in Lima for the past 23
years.
In 1894 Mr. Vicary bought the Star Iron Works at
Lima, which under his ownership have become one of the city’s
most important industries, being the largest repair works in
this section of the State. machinist, he thoroughly
comprehends every detail of the most intricate pieces of
machinery, and his supervision covers every branch of the work
done. When he took charge of these works, he had about
absorbed his capital, but through his thorough knowledge and
business capacity he has become a leading factor in business
life here, has won honorable prominence in financial circles and
enjoys also the esteem and approbation of his fellow-citizens.
He is one of the stockholders in The First National Bank and
also of The Lima Trust Company. Mr. Vicary
was married in 1865 to Melvina Harden, in California.
She was a daughter of Walker Harden of Putnam
County. Her death occurred in 1878. In 1882 he was
married to Anna Belle Melhorn, who is a daughter of
John Melhorn, one of Lima’s oldest pioneers, who still
survives, aged 87 years.
Politically Mr. Vicary is a Republican. He
is a Mason of the 32nd degree, a Knight Templar and a Shriner.
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ. by Richmond &
Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 465 |
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H. F. VORTKAMP
Source: History of Allen County, Ohio, Publ. by Richmond &
Arnold, Chicago, IL - 1906 - Page 849 |
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