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	ALFRED F. TAYLOR.   One of the prominent and influential farmers and stock-growers of Champaign county is the gentleman whose name introduces this paragraph, and it is fitting that we incorporate a brief review of his career, which has been one of marked success and honor.      Mr. Taylor is a native of Cambridgeshire, England, where he was born on the 8th of November, 1850, being the son of George Taylor who was likewise born in Cambridgeshire, whence he emigrated to Aerica in the year 1851, and he located on a farm in Wayne county, Ohio, where he maintained his home for about fifteen years, having sent to England for his family in 1854.  From Wayne county he removed to Ontario county, New York, where he lived for a number of years, but he now resides with his son William in Hillsdale county, Michigan, having attained the venerable age of eighty-three years.  His wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Heigho died in 1898.  They became the parents of eight children, namely:  Edward, Henry, William, Alfred F., George, Arthur, Charles and Anna May.  all are living except the daughter, who became the wife of William Burnett and died Nov. 13, 1900.      Alfred F. Taylor was about four years of age when he came with his mother to America, and was reared on the paternal farmstead in Wayne county, his educational advantages being such as were afforded by the public schools of the locality.  He assisted his father in the operation of the farm until he had attained the age of twenty-one years, when he gave inception to his independent business career by engaging in the contract for getting out one thousand tons of plaster rock in Phelps township, Ontario county, New York, the contract being for the amount of seven hundred and fifty dollars.  He thereafter continued to make his home in Ontario county until the spring of 1874, when he located in Summit county, Ohio, where he was associated with his brother William in farming, thus continuing for a period of three years.  During the neat three years he was employed by O. S. Burt, of Granger, Ohio, in the buying of produce, and he then passed a similar period in connection with a grocery business in the city of Cleveland.  After his marriage he was engaged as a traveling salesman until 1887, when he came to Champaign county and located on a farm one mile north of Woodstock, and there continued to reside about three years, when he came to this county, where he now owns one hundred and seventy acres in Mad River township, which is one of the best places in this section of the county.  He has devoted special attention to the raising of high grade live stock, and is known as one of the leading stock-growers of this section of the state.  Mr. Taylor is enterprising, progressive and energetic, and has attained a high degree of success through his well directed efforts, while his course has been such as to retain to him the confidence and esteem of all with whom he has come in contact.  In politics he is a stalwart Republican, and fraternally is identified with Magrew Lodge, No. 433, Knights of Pythias, at Westville.  He is a member of the school board of his district and takes marked, interest in all that concerns the progress and material prosperity of the community.      In the year 1876 Mr. Taylor was united in marriage to Miss Rachel Spensley, who was born in Medina county, Ohio, and they have one son Edward T., who is associated with his father in the management of the farm. Source:  A Centennial Biographical History of Champaign Co., Ohio - Illustrated - New York and Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Company - 1902 - Page 74
	CHARLES O. TAYLOR.    From the foregoing memoir it will be discerned that the subject of this review is a representative of one of the stanch old pioneer families of Champaign county, - in fact, of two, since his maternal ancestors were likewise numbered among the early settlers of this favored section of the Buckeye commonwealth.  As the only living child of his honored parents he remains to perpetuate the name, and his own life has been one of usefulness and definite accomplishment and has been guided and guarded by that intrinsic integrity of purpose which ever invokes objective confidence and respect.  He is one of the representative business men of the city of Urbana and is one of the county's progressive and public-spirited citizens.      Charles Oliver Taylor, the only living child of Oliver and Catherine (Caraway) Taylor, is a native of Champaign county, having been born on the parental farmstead in Concord township, on the 12th of August, 1852.  He was reared under the sturdy and invigorating discipline of the farm and received his preliminary educational training in the public schools of the county, subsequently supplementing the same by a course of study in a business college in the city of Cincinnati.  He began his independent career in that vocation to which he had been reared, engaging in farming and stock-raising in his native county.  Later he became the owner of the Arrowsmith mills, three and one-half miles northwest of Urbana, and operated the same successfully for a number of years, while from 1879 to 1881 he did a notable and profitable business in the importing of high-grade draft horses from Scotland and in the breeding of this line of stock, having in the connection raised and owned the well known “Khedive,” a horse of celebrity and one of the finest of its type ever bred in this country.  For several years Mr. Taylor was engaged in the lumber business and the operation of a sawmill in Urbana, having removed from his farm to this city in 1891, and his was the distinction of having been the first manager of the Market Square Theatre, in Urbana, of which he thus had control for a period of three years, presenting a select line of attractions and proving a most discriminating amusement caterer, giving to the citizens of Urbana and the county the benefit of a very superior class of entertainments.  For the past four years he has conducted a very successful retail hardware business in Urbana, having a finely equipped establishment and securing a representative support.  He became the owner of the same in September, 1898, and through his correct business methods and unmistakable reliability has built up a most gratifying and satisfactory trade, the enterprise being one of the most important of the sort in the county.  Mr. Taylor served for eight years as a member of the National Guard of Ohio. and during seven years of this interval was incumbent of the office of lieutenant of his company, while he was in active service with his regiment during the riots in the city of Cincinnati, in 1883-4.  In politics Mr. Taylor gives a stanch allegiance to the Republican party, but he has never had political ambition in a personal way and has never desired the honors or emoluments of public office.  Fraternally he is identified with the Knights of Pythias, holding membership in Launcelott Lodge, No. 107, of Urbana.      On the 29th of March, 1876, Mr. Taylor was united in marriage to Miss Emma E. Downs, who was born in Champaign county, Ohio, the daughter of William and Cathrine Downs, and of this union three children have been born, namely: William, Vance and Goldie.  William, who was born on the 26th of May, 1878, graduated in the high school of Urbana with the class of 1898.  He afterward received a three years' course in electrical engineering in the Ohio State University, of Columbus, and he is now employed by the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, of Manchester, England.  The second son, Vance, was born on the 10th of October, 1880, and he is also a graduate of the Urbana high school.  During the past year he has been assisting his father, and in the fall it is his intention to enter the Ohio State University. Source:  A Centennial Biographical History of Champaign Co., Ohio - Illustrated - New York and Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Company - 1902 - Page 132
	OLIVER TAYLOR.    To indulge in fulsome encomium of a life which was eminently one of subjective modesty would be palpably incongruous, even though the record of good accomplished, of kindly deeds performed and of high relative precedence attained in connection with the practical activities of life might seem to justify the utterance of glowing eulogy.  He, to whom this memoir is dedicated was a man who stood “four square to every wind that blows,” who was possessed of marked business acumen and was vitally instinct with the deeper human sympathies, and yet who, during his long and useful life, signally avoided everything that smacked of display or notoriety, and in this spirit would the biographer wish to have his utterances construed.  His was a sincere and earnest life and one that brought additional honor to a name that has been honored in connection with the annals of Champaign county from the early pioneer epoch, while the families represented in his agnatic and cognatic lines have been identified with American history from the colonial period of the nation.  Thus is intensified the consistency of here entering memoir of the honored citizens of Champaign county whose name appears above and who here passed his entire life.      Oliver Taylor was a native son of Champaign county, having been born near Springhill, Harrison township, on the 7th of December, 1818.  The ancestry traces back to the Old Dominion, where was cradled so much of our national history, and the lineage is of Scottish extraction, the original American ancestors having located in Virginia in the early colonial epoch.  In that patrician old commonwealth was born John V. Taylor, the father of the subject of this memoir, and in 1804 he emigrated from his native state to Ohio and took up his residence in the primitive wilds of Champaign county, where the work of progress and development had as yet scarcely been inaugurated.  Soon after his arrival in the Buckeye state he was united in marriage to Miss Jane Vance, a sister of Joseph Vance, one of the early governors of Ohio and for several terms a member of congress from this state.  John V. and Jane (Vance) Taylor became the parents of eight children, of whom Oliver was the sixth in order of birth and the youngest son.  The father rendered valiant service as a soldier in the war of 1812, being a member of the company commanded by his brother-in-law, Captain Joseph Vance, who afterward became governor of the state, as has already been noted.  Mr. Taylor developed a fine farm estate in this county and was here extensively engaged in agricultural pursuits and in the raising of and dealing in live stock, in which line he attained a more than local reputation, driving his cattle through to the eastern markets, across the Alleghany mountains.  He was a man who commanded the highest confidence and esteem of the people of the county and was known as one of its distinctively representative citizens.  He served about fifteen years in the office of county commissioner and was an elder of the Presbyterian church, of which his wife likewise was a devoted member.  He died on the 28th of January, 1858, at the age of seventy-three years, and his wife was summoned into eternal rest more than a decade later, passing away on the 29th of January, 1869, at the venerable age of eighty-one years.       Oliver Taylor, the immediate subject of this memoir, was reared on the old homestead farm, amid the scenes of the pioneer epoch, and early began to contribute his quota to the work of reclaiming and other wise improving the paternal acres, while his educational advantages were such as were afforded in the typical log school house of the locality and period, the same being equipped with slab benches, puncheon floor, yawning fireplace, etc., as were all of these primitive “backwoods colleges,” from which have gone forth some of the most eminent men of our nation, as history amply records.  Mr. Taylor continued to be identified with the cultivation of the homestead farm and the carrying on of the live stock business until the time of his marriage, which was solemnized in the year 1848, when he was united to Miss Catherine Caraway, who was born in Champaign county, on the 9th of November, 1819, being the daughter of John Caraway.  The latter was a native of Greenbrier county, Virginia (now West Virginia), whence he removed to Champaign county, Ohio, about the year 1802, settling in Urbana township as one of its early pioneers, and 'here his wife died in the year 1823.  About two years later he removed to Concord township, where he developed an excellent farm and where he continued to reside until his death, which occurred in 1860.  Oliver and Catherine (Caraway) Taylor became the parents of three children, namely: John C., who died in infancy; Duncan V., who also passed away in infancy; and Charles Oliver, of whom specific mention is made in appending paragraphs.  Both Mr. and Mrs. Taylor were signally consistent and devoted members of the Presbyterian church, and no residents of the county were held in higher estimation in the community which was their home throughout the entire course of their unpretentious, worthy and signally useful lives.  Mr. Taylor at tained a high degree of success in temporal affairs, becoming the owner of a fine estate in Concord township and being extensively engaged in the raising of and dealing in live stock in connection with his general agricultural operations.  He was one of the organizers and incorporators of the Citizens’ National Bank, of Urbana, having been for many years a member of its directorate, while for several years he was incumbent of the chief executive office of the institution, being its president and guiding its affairs with signal discretion.  He was a capable and conservative business man and had a maturity of judgment which rendered his advice and counsel of inestimable value.  He was entirely devoid of ostentation, was of a kindly and generous nature and held the respect and regard of all who knew him, and his acquaintanceship in the county was exceptionally wide.  His political support was given to the Republican party, and, keeping well informed on the questions and issues of the hour, he ever maintained a lively interest in public affairs and was to be found enlisted in the support of all worthy measures projected for the general good.  Mr. Taylor died on the 5th of January, 1885, in the fulness of years and well earned honors, and thus passed to his reward one of the sterling pioneer citizens and native sons of Champaign county.  His devoted and cherished wife passed away on the 7th of November, 1871, having been a woman of gentle and gracious character, retaining the affection of a wide circle of friends in the community where she had practically passed her entire life. Source:  A Centennial Biographical History of Champaign Co., Ohio - Illustrated - New York and Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Company - 1902 - Page 129
	SIMEON TAYLOR.     When it is stated that Mr. Taylor, who was formerly incumbent of the important office of auditor of Champaign county, is of the third generation of his family in the county it becomes evident at once that he is a representative of one of the early pioneer families of this section, and such has been the prominence of the name and such the honor attaching thereto in connection with the annals of the county that it becomes specially consistent that a review of Mr. Taylor's genealogy and personal career be given place in this volume.  He is one of the representative men of the county, where he is not only successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits, but where he also has other interests which have important bearing on the industrial and business activities of the locality, maintaining his residence in the town of Westville, where he has an attractive home.      Simeon Taylor was born in Mad River township, this county, on the 7th of June, 1838, being the son of Benjamin S. Taylor, who was born in Tennessee, whence he came to Champaign county with his parents when he was a boy, the family locating in Mad River township, where he was reared to maturity and where he devoted the residue of his life to agricultural pursuits.  He became one of the prominent men of the county, where he was honored for his sterling character and his useful life.  In politics he was a Democrat, and in his later years was a stanch advocate of the cause of temperance.  He died when but forty-nine years of age.  His father, John Taylor, was born in Virginia, whence he removed to Tennessee and finally to Champaign county, where he was numbered among the first settlers in Mad River township.  He located on Nettle creek, where he entered government land, and at this time the Indians were far more in evidence in the locality than were the white settlers.  He developed a farm and on the same passed the remainder of his life.  He was of Scotch-Irish descent and was a man of industrious habits, strong mind and inflexible integrity.      The maiden name of our subject's mother was Sarah Miller, a native of Loudoun county, Virginia, where she was reared and whence she accompanied her parents on their removal to Champaign county, Ohio, being a young woman at the time.  Her father, Valentine Miller, settled in Mad River township about the year 1816, and here he devoted the remainder of his life to farming, his lineage showing Dutch, Irish and Welsh strains, with the Dutch predominating.  The mother of our subject lived to attain the age of four score years.  Her three children were as follows: Sarah Anna, who is the wife of Washington Loudenback, of this township; Darius, who died at the age of about sixty-three years; and Simeon, the subject of this sketch.      Simeon Taylor grew up on the old homestead farm where he was born, and his early educational discipline was received in the district school, after which he continued his studies in the graded schools of Urbana and thereafter entered the Bryant & Stratton Business College in Cleveland, where he took a commercial course.  He devoted his attention to teaching school for about a decade, his entire pedagogic labors having been performed in his native township, and that he was successful and popular in this line is clearly shown by the fact that for eight years he was retained as teacher in one district.  He finally gave up teaching and located on the old farmstead, where he once more turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, said homestead having been located in sections 16 and 17.  He still retains the homestead, but leases the place, not having given his personal attention to its operation since the year 1889.      In politics Mr. Taylor has been one of the stanch advocates of the principles and policies of the Democratic party, and he has ever taken an active interest in public affairs of a local nature, lending his aid and influence in support of all measures for the general good of the community.  He served as township trustee and as justice of the peace in Mad River township, and in 1889 was elected to the office of county auditor, being the only Democrat ever elected to this office in Champaign county, where the normal Republican majority is about one thousand.  He gave an able and discriminating administration of the affairs of the office and thus gained the unqualified endorsement of the people, with out reference to partisan affiliations.  Mr. Taylor has long been a prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he has served as steward and superintendent of the Sunday-school, ever manifesting a lively concern in all departments of the church work, as does also his wife, who has been a devoted member of the organization for many years.  Fraternally he is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.  Mr. Taylor's finely improved farm comprises one hundred and eighty acres and is one of the valuable places of the county.  He has been for twenty years a member of the directorate of the Citizens’ National Bank, of Urbana, and is now vice-president of this solid institution.  He is also a director of the Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company, whose headquarters are in Mechanicsburg, and is president of the Peoples Savings & Loan Company, of Urbana.  Thus it may be seen that he is distinctively one of the representative citizens of his native county, and here his course has ever been such as to command to him the unqualified confidence and esteem of all classes.      On the 1st of October, 1863, Mr. Taylor was united in marriage to Miss Susan Ward, who was born in Mad River township, being the daughter of Noah and Lydia (Smith) Ward, who were numbered among the pioneers of the county.  Of the five children of Mr. and Mrs. Taylor we incorporate brief record, as follows: Alonzo, who was graduated in the Eclectic Medical College of Cincinnati and who was successfully engaged in the practice of his profession in Delaware county, Ohio, died at the age of thirty-four years; Laura is the wife of Gerald Colbert, a successful farmer of Mad River township; David E., who likewise is a prominent farmer of this township, and married Mary Sowers; Bertha R. is the wife of Dr. R. Lee Grimes, who is engaged in the practice of medicine in Westville; and Floy remains at the parental home. Source:  A Centennial Biographical History of Champaign Co., Ohio - Illustrated - New York and Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Company - 1902 - Page 507
Jonathan Thatcher, MD & wife	JONATHAN THATCHER, M. D.    Both as an educator and as a medical practitioner has Dr. Jonathan Thatcher won distinction, and he enjoys an extensive and remunerative practice.  He is progressive in all his methods, constantly reading and studying, and keeps in close touch with the spirit of the times.  His paternal grandfather, Jonathan Thatcher, was what is known as a German Quaker, and his wife was also a member of that faith.  Samuel Thatcher, the father of our subject, was a native of the Old Dominion, and was there reared in Berkeley county.  When about twenty-one years of age he came to Greene county, Ohio, and in Greene, Champaign and Miami counties followed the teacher's profession, during a part of which time he taught in the old stone school house located on the farm of James Reid, where the latter's son, Whitelaw, was enrolled among his pupils and where he and our subject were schoolmates.  Throughout his active business career Mr. Thatcher's name was inseparably interwoven with the history of the educational interests of the Buckeye state.  His broad intelligence, scholary attainments and full appreciation of the value of knowledge as a preparation for life's responsibilities made him an able educator, and he stood in the front rank of his profession.  He was a valued member of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he long served as a steward and class-leader, and until the Douglas campaign gave his political support to the Democracy, after which he upheld the principles of the Republican party.  His life's labors were ended in death when he reached the fifty-ninth milestone on the journey of life.      As a companion on the journey of life Mr. Thatcher chose Miss Emily Beach, a native daughter of the Buckeye state, her birth having probably occurred in Ross county.  Her father, who was a sailor by profession, was lost at sea, and her mother was killed by lightning.  Seven children were born unto the union of Mr. and Mrs. Thatcher, five sons and two daughters, namely: Martena, deceased; Jonathan, of this review; Matilda, deceased; George W., who laid down his life on the altar of his country; Samuel B., who is employed as overseer of a landed estate of about eighteen hundred acres in Iosco county, Michigan, and who also served as engineer of public roads in the northern peninsula of that state; John S., a farmer of Charlevoix county, Michigan, and his twin brother died in infancy.      Jonathan Thatcher, of this review, was born in Piqua, Miami county, Ohio, Nov. 6, 1840, and in his youth removed with the family to Greene county, this state, where he received his mental training under his father’s able direction.  Later he became a student in the high school of Cedarville, Greene county, in which he was graduated in 1857, and immediately afterward began pedagogic work, his first school having been at Westville, Ohio, in which he taught during the winter of 1857-8.  When the tocsin of war sounded and men from all parts of the country took up arms in defense of the cause Mr. Thatcher nobly put aside all personal considerations and in 1861 enlisted in Company K, Fifty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, but after one year spent as a defender of the stars and stripes was discharged on account of disability.  The Thatcher family were well represented in that struggle, nine of its members having enlisted, and but one of the number was killed.  Three of our subject’s brothers served their country from 1861 until the close of the conflict in 1865.      After the close of the war Dr. Thatcher came to Champaign county, where he again took up the profession of teaching, and at the same time resumed the study of medicine, which he had begun prior to leaving for the army, following the dual occupation until 1863.  In that year he entered the Physicians and Physio-Medical College of Cincinnati, graduating in that institution in 1864, and for the following six months followed the practice of his chosen profession in Donnelsville, Clark county, Ohio, while for the succeeding thirteen years he was a medical practitioner at Miami City.  Since that time he has been a member of the profession in Champaign county, where he now enjoys an extensive and lucrative practice.  During the twenty-six years which mark the period of his residence in the county he has been numbered among the talented members of the profession, and during that time has done much to elevate the standard of medical excellence therein.  He was formerly a member of the West End Medical Society and of the Miami County Medical Society.  In his fraternal relations he is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Saint Paris and of the encampment at Christiansburg.  For thirty-five years he has been a local minister in the Methodist Episcopal church, and is now serving as a steward and trustee therein, the cause of Christianity ever finding in him a firm friend and zealous worker.      On the 20th of August, 1863, Dr. Thatcher was united in marriage to Sarah Jane Hall, who was born in Champaign county, May 9, 1840, a daughter of John and Sarah (Clark) Hall.  The father was a native of Virginia, but before reaching his twenty-first year came to this county, and here his death occurred at the age of eighty years.  His wife came to the county in her girlhood.  The former was of Welsh and the latter of German descent.  Of their twelve children Mrs. Thatcher is the only daughter now living, but she has one brother, Captain Flemmon Hall, a retired farmer near Murfreesboro, Tennessee.  During the Civil war he served for two years as a member of the Ninety-ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was captain of his company.  Another brother, John W. Hall, served as defender of the starry banner from 1861 until 1864, and he was then called upon to sacrifice his life in his country's cause.  Four children have graced the union of our subject and wife, namely: Alva C., who follows agricultural pursuits, and he was united in marriage to Cora Kiser, the only daughter of D. Kiser, of Concord township, Champaign county; Mary Pearl, the wife of William W. Offenbacher, a merchant of Westville, Ohio; Bessie G., the wife of F. R. Pound, a stockholder in and foreman of the “Famous Overall” factory at Urbana; and Lloyd, who is engaged in the drug business and is still at home with his parents.  The Doctor has one of the most beautiful homes in Champaign county, it being a large brick residence located two and a half miles east of Saint Paris, on the Urbana and Saint Paris pike road.  It is modern in all its appointments, and has telephone connections with the surrounding towns.  Public-spirited and progressive in all his ideas.  Dr. Thatcher lends his influence to all measures which he believes useful to the majority and is at all times an earnest and patriotic citizen. Source:  A Centennial Biographical History of Champaign Co., Ohio - Illustrated - New York and Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Company - 1902 - Page 96
	JOHN H. THOMAS.     One of the best known and most generally loved citizens of Champaign county was John H. Thomas, whose life was almost entirely passed in this section.  Though he has passed to his reward, the influence of his conscientious, just career, his kindly, generous heart and sympathetic manner abides.  He was born in Rockbridge county, Virginia, Aug. 6, 1823, but when a lad of six or seven years came with his parents to Ohio, the family locating four miles east of Addison, in Jackson township.  He was a son of John and Barbara ( Harnest) Thomas, also natives of the Old Dominion, where they were married, and on the land on which they located after coming to the Buckeye state they spent the remainder of their lives.  Both were earnest Christian people, the father a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and the mother of the Baptist church.      John H. Thomas, of this review, received but a common-school education, and until his twentieth year remained at home and assisted his father in the farm work.  At that time he removed to Christiansburg, where he learned the tanner's trade, carrying on that occupation for a number of years in connection with stock dealing.  He was also successfully engaged in the manufacture of tile for a long period, and in these various occupations his well directed efforts were abundantly rewarded.  Early recognizing the fact that industry is the key which unlocks the portals of success, he found the reward of earnest labor and his prosperity was well merited.  He was also recognized as a progressive, public-spirited citizen, true to every duty devolving upon him, and his political support was given to the Republican party, but he was never a seeker after public preferment.      Mr. Thomas was twice married, first in 1847, to Elizabeth Grafton, and she bore him two children, - Virginia, now Mrs. Ruffner, of Illinois. and William, deceased.  The wife and mother was called to her final rest in 1851, and two years later the father was again married, Miss Minerva J. Ross becoming his wife.  Her father, Levi Ross, was born in Rockbridge county, Virginia, in 1792, was a soldier of the war of 1812, stationed at Harper's Ferry, and was there married to Miss Mary Ruffner. In 1827 they came to Champaign county, Ohio, locating on the present site of Addison, and there they spent the remainder of their lives.  In early life the father was a mechanic, but after his marriage gave his attention to agricultural pursuits.  Unto Mr. and Mrs. Ross were born nine children, as follows: Martha A., Minerva J., Mary C., Marion A., Melvina Marine R., Morgan L., Margaret E. and Maria L.  In 1861 the son Marion A. enlisted for service in the Civil war, becoming a member of Company A, Second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as a private from Antioch College.  On one occasion he was made a member of a squad of twenty-three, known as the celebrated Mitchell raiders, who, under Captain Andrews, were detailed to capture a train at Big Shanty, Georgia.  The detachment, however, was taken by the enemy, and late in the following April was confined in the Chattanooga prison for a time, after which they were taken to Atlanta, and there, with six others, he was executed on the 21st of June.  He was a young man of exceptional promise, brave as a lion and a true and noble soldier.  The last words which he sent to his people were: “I did it for my country, and regret it not.”  Levi Ross was a charter member of Mount Olivet Lodge, F. & A. M., of which he was the first master.  His death occurred in 1865, and his wife passed away in 1863.      By his second marriage Mr. Thomas became the father of two children, - John M., who is connected with the Columbus Buggy Company, and makes his home in Columbus, and Estella, who became Mrs. Means, and is now deceased.  Mr. Thomas was also a charter member of Mount Olivet Lodge, F. & A. M., which he joined more than fifty years ago, and attained to the Royal Arch degree. For many years he was also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, but withdrew his membership from that fraternity.  On the 18th of January, 1866, he was converted to the Christian faith and joined the Missionary Baptist church, and from that time until the close of his earthly career he improved every opportunity to better the spiritual and moral conditions of his fellow men.  His enthusiasm for the cause of his Master never flagged, although at times the way appeared dark and uncertain, and he made the Golden Rule the text of his life, thus becoming a tower of strength in his community.  For some years he served as superintendent of the Sunday-school, and was active in whatever line of work fell to his lot.  He was a good citizen, a loyal neighbor, an affectionate and devoted husband and father and throughout his entire Christian life was unsurpassed in his free distribution of the “good seed" which when springing up grows into everlasting life.  He passed away Jan. 25, 1902, but in the hearts of his friends are enshrined many pleasant memories of him, and his influence for good remains with those who knew him. Source:  A Centennial Biographical History of Champaign Co., Ohio - Illustrated - New York and Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Company - 1902 - Page 492
I. B. Thomas	IVAN B. THOMAS.    The history of agricultural interests in Champaign county would be incomplete without mention of Ivan B. Thomas, a well known farmer of Salem township, whose birth occurred Jan. 30, 1832, at the place of his present residence.  His father was Colonel John Thomasb, a native of Maryland, who was reared and educated in Hagerstown and on emigrating westward when a young man, located in Ross county, Ohio, coming to Champaign county about 1807.  He took up his abode on a farm in Kings Creek and became a leading and influential citizen of the community.  He was Colonel of a militia regiment in the war of 1812, and made his home in this county at the time when all was so wild that it was necessary to have a block house upon his farm in order to secure protection against Indians.  For thirty-three years he served as justice of the peace and his fidelity to duty was most marked as is indicated by his long continuance in the position.  He held membership in the Methodist Protestant church and his home was always open for the reception of ministers of any denomination who came to the neighborhood.  He voted the Whig ticket in early life, supported Clay and Harrison and was always fearless in defense of his honest convictions.  His death occurred when he was seventy-one years of age.  His wife, who bore the maiden name of Mary Johnson, was born in Pennsylvania in 1802 and when two years of age was brought to Ohio, while in 1806 she became a resident of Champaign county.  Her death occurred in her eighty-fifth year.  Her father, Jacob Johnson, removed. from the Keystone state to Ohio in pioneer times and was numbered among the honored and worthy pioneers of Champaign county.  Mr. Thomas, the father of our subject. was twice married, his first union being with Miss Anna Morris of Pickaway county.  They had a large family of whom but two are living: Willian and Josephus, both residents of Wayne township, Champaign county.  Unto the parents of our subject were born five children, of whom Ivan B. Thomas is the eldest and the only survivor.      Upon the home farm, where he is yet living, our subject was reared and his education was pursued in a log school house near by, seated with hewed log seats and supplied with a puncheon- floor.  As soon as old enough to handle a plow he began work in the fields and has since been an active factor in the cultivation of the soil.  In connection with his brother he carries on a grain business, as a member of the firm of Ivan B. Thomas & Brother, their elevator being located in Kennerd.  Mr. Thomas became connected with this line of commercial activity in 1866 and is still engaged therein, being the oldest grain merchant in the county.  His operations in this line, however, have not demanded all of his attention for he has always carried on farming.  He is likewise one of the stockholders in the Citizens National Bank and has been one of its directors from 1878 until the present year, 1902.      In 1876 Mr. Thomas was united in marriage to Lucretia Burnett, a native of Tuscarawas county. Ohio, who was there reared and educated.  Our subject and his wife now have four children: Edward B., Robert P., Mara and Roy J.      For nine years Mr. Thomas filled the office of justice of the peace and the prompt and faithful manner in which he has ever discharged his duties has won him the confidence and commendation of all concerned.  He is a stanch Republican, having voted for that party since he cast his first ballot for Fremont in 1856.  He has also been judge of elections, acting in that capacity throughout the period of the Civil war.  His fellow townsmen have often solicited him to become a candidate for county offices but he has always refused, preferring to devote his time and energies to his business interests in which he has met with very gratifying success.      Under the call of then Governor Tod, of Ohio, for minute men to protect the state at the time that General Kirby Smith was in Kentucky and threatening Cincinnati, our subject went as a private to the defense of that city and when the danger. was over returned.  In 1861, our subject belonged to the state militia, served as captain and retained that position until they were honorably discharged. Source:  A Centennial Biographical History of Champaign Co., Ohio - Illustrated - New York and Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Company - 1902 - Page 81
Marion W. Thomas	MARION W. THOMAS.     As incumbent of the important and responsible office of treasurer of Champaign county, as a representative of one of the honored pioneer families of this favored section of the old Buckeye commonwealth, and as himself an able business man and representative citizen of Urbana, there is prima facie propriety in here according specific mention of Mr. Thomas.  Marion W. Thomas was born in Jackson township, Champaign county, on the 29th of October, 1865, and he has passed the major portion of his life within the confines of his native county.  The family whose reputation for worthy accomplishments he so well sustains had as its first representative in Ohio his grandfather, John Thomas, who was born in the beautiful Shenandoah valley, Virginia, the name having been identified with the annals of the Old Dominion from an early epoch in its history.  John Thomas became one of the first settlers in Jackson township, Champaign county, whither he had come from his old home in Virginia, and here was born his son William, who figures as the honored father of the subject of this sketch and who has been a most faithful and zealous worker in the vineyard of the divine Master, as a clergyman of the Baptist church.  He was born in this county and was reared on the old pioneer homestead, and in his early youth he began preparing himself for the work of the ministry, eventually realizing his desires and being ordained in the Baptist church.  His advocacy of truth and justice has been eloquently urged upon his hearers during the long years of his active ministry and he has accomplished much in the uplifting of his fellow men, being ever animated by a deep human sympathy and imbued with a spirit of gentle tolerance, which has gained him the affection of those to whom he has ministered and over whom he has been placed in pastoral charge, his ministerial duties having in the past been associated with the work of his church throughout the greater portion of the state of Ohio.  Rev. William Thomas is still living, having attained the venerable age of seventy-seven years (1902).  In carrying forward his work for humanity he found a devoted companion and coadjutor in the wife whom he married in early manhood and whose maiden name was Emily E. Watts and who was born at Mount Pleasant, Virginia, in 1828.  When she was but five years of age she and her two sisters accompanied their widowed mother to Urbana, and here she was reared and educated.      From his worthy father Marion W. Thomas inherited studious and inquiring mental traits, and thus he found but imperfect satisfaction in pursuing his studies in the district schools of his native county.  Nevertheless, from general observation in the midst of practical duties and environment, he learned much that can not be imparted in schools and that is not recorded in text-books, and personal application and well directed reading, study and research have effectively supplemented the rudimentary discipline of the public schools.  Thinking to improve his prospects by removal to the west, Mr. Thomas passed a summer in that section and this interval proved of adequate duration for him to arrive at the conclusion that Ohio was, after all, a desirable field for legitimate enterprise and activity, and upon his return he assumed the management of his father's farm, the place having been for years a source of pride and satisfaction to the latter, and he had devoted much care and attention to improving and beautifying this attractive rural home, while continuing his active ministerial labors.  In 1883 Mr. Thomas made his initial efforts as a shipper of poultry, operating a branch house for Asa Stapleton during the winter season, when his attention was not demanded in connection with the farm.  He continued to be associated with Mr. Stapleton until the death of that gentleman. In 1891-2 he was junior member of the firm of Cline & Thomas, who engaged in the same line of enterprise, with the details of which our subject had become thoroughly familiar and along which he was destined to attain a high degree of success and the reputation of being possessed of excellent executive and administrative abilities and powers.  In the fall of 1892 Mr. Thomas removed with his family to Saint Paris, and after the opening of the season of 1893 he effected a lease of the Stapleton poultry-packing house, and simultaneously formed a partnership with Dr. C. Jones, under the firm title of Thomas & Jones. They were thus associated in the poultry business until April, 1895, when Mr. Thomas purchased his partner's interest and individually continued operations, his business for the ensuing year reaching the notable aggregate in transactions of fifty thousand dollars.  He has ever since continued to be one of the leading poultry shippers of the state and is now carrying on operations upon a very extensive scale.  In 1893 Mr. Thomas was elected to the office of city clerk of Saint Paris and two years later was chosen as his own successor in this office.  In 1899 he entered the primary race for the office of county treasurer and in one of the most warmly contested campaigns in the history of the county was nominated as the Republican candidate for the office by a majority of four hundred and seventy-three, while in the ensuing election his majority was nine hundred and seventy-one.  In 1901 Mr. Thomas was renominated with out opposition and was elected by a majority of seventeen hundred and thirty, - a fact, in itself sufficiently significant to render unnecessary any words of commendation in this connection and showing that his administration of fiscal affairs had been such as to gain popular approval and a flattering endorsement, while in this connection it should be noted that he is the youngest man who has ever held this office in the county.  He has given an unwavering allegiance to the Republican party and has taken an active interest in its local work and cause.  He is esteemed by all who know him, without reference to political affiliations, and is one of the most painstaking and conscientious of the officers of Champaign county.  Fraternally he is identified with the Masonic order, the Knights of Pythias and the Improved Order of Red Men.      On the 3d of December, 1895, Mr. Thomas was united in marriage to Miss Ida L. Boyer, and they are the parents of two children, - Hazel L. and John.  Mrs. Thomas is a lady of gracious presence and innate refinement, presiding with dignity over the home in Urbana, where Mr. Thomas took up his residence upon being elected to his present office. Source:  A Centennial Biographical History of Champaign Co., Ohio - Illustrated - New York and Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Company - 1902 - Page 614
William Thomas Mrs. Huldah Thomas	WILLIAM THOMAS.     The name of William Thomas has been inscribed high on the roll of Champaign county’s honored pioneers, and the part which he has taken in the development of the county well entitles him to prominent mention in this volume.  He is one of Ohio's native sons, his birth having occurred in Salem township, Champaign county, Mar. 21, 1821, and on the paternal side he is descended from a prominent family of Maryland, his grandfather having been born in that state.  His father, Colonel John Thomas, was born in Washington county, that state, near Hancock, and in 1803 came to Pickaway county, Ohio, where he was among the early pioneers.  Three years later, in 1806, he took up his abode in Salem township, Champaign county, where he secured about seven hundred acres of land near Kings Creek, and there his death occurred when he had passed the Psalmist's span of three score years and ten.  He was numbered among the early pioneers and leading citizens of Champaign county.  In an early day he gave his political support to the Whig party and after the organization of the Republican party became an active worker in its ranks, for thirty-five years holding the position of justice of the peace.  He was a brave and loyal soldier in the war of 1812.  The mother of our subject, who bore the maiden name of Mary Morris, was born, reared and educated in Pickaway county, Ohio, and her death occurred in Salem township, Champaign county.  The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas was blessed with twelve children, six of whom grew to mature years, but only two of the number are now living, our subject and his brother Josephus.  William V. died in West Liberty, Logan county. Ohio, when over ninety years of age; Ezekiel died in Fillmore county, Minnesota, when past his eighty-fourth year; Samuel died when forty-five years of age; Nancy Stokes, reached the age of forty-five years; and Susan died at the age of thirty years.  The father of these children was twice married, and for his second wife he chose Polly (Johnson) Blair, who bore him six children, but three of the number died when young and only one is now living, I. B., whose sketch will be found on another page of this volume.      William Thomas, whose name introduces this review, was reared near the head waters of Kings creek, in Salem township, and he received his education in  the log school-house of the neighborhood.  Assisting his father in the work of the home farm until his marriage, he then located on the place on which he now lives in Wayne township, and here has made his home for fifty-two years, during which time he has devoted his time to farming and stockraising with success.  His homestead now contains one hundred and forty acres of rich and fertile land, all of which he has placed under a fine state of cultivation.  As the years passed by prosperity has rewarded his efforts and he is now enabled to live in quiet  retirement, in the enjoyment of the fruits of former toil.  Since attaining to years of maturity he has been active in the ranks of the Republican party, and the first office which he ever held was that of justice of the peace, remaining therein for twenty-one years, while for six years he was a notary public.  During the Civil war he was an incumbent of the office of township trustee, was county commissioner for one term, and during the earlier years was often solicited to settle estates.  He is a charter member of Cable Lodge, No. 395, I. O. O. F., with which he has been identified since 1872, and is very active in the work of the order.      In March, 1841, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Thomas and Miss Huldah Downs.  She is a native of Salem township, Champaign county, and a daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Thomas) Downs, early pioneers of this county.  Mrs. Thomas was called to her final rest in 1893, when she had reached the age of seventy-two years, and their only child died in infancy.  For fifty-two years Mr. and Mrs. Thomas traveled life's journey together, their mutual love and confidence increasing as the years passed by.  For eighty-one years Mr. Thomas has lived and labored among the people of Champaign county, and throughout this long period has been closely connected with the progress and advancement of this section. Source:  A Centennial Biographical History of Champaign Co., Ohio - Illustrated - New York and Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Company - 1902 - Page 488
	DAVID TODD.    David Todd was born in Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, in the year 1790, being the son of James and Martha (Wilson) Todd, both of whom were likewise natives of the old Keystone state, with whose history the respective families became identified in the colonial days.  James and Martha Todd passed their entire lives in Pennsylvania, and there were born to them five sons and two daughters, namely: James, John, David, Samuel, Hugh, Mary and Martha.  Samuel Todd came to Ohio in 1840, settling in Union township of Champaign county, where he died a short time afterward.  David Todd, the subject of this memoir, in company with three others, first came to Ohio in 1812, on a prospecting trip, the journey being made on horseback, and at that time visited Urbana, which was a small hamlet in the virgin forests, and upon his return to his native county he married and there engaged in farming until 1846, when he came through with a team and wagon to Warren county, Ohio, in company with his family, his brother John having located in that section of the state in the year 1832.  Our subject and his family remained there a few months and in March, 1847, came to Champaign county and settled on Pretty Prairie, in Urbana township, where he passed the remainder of his useful and honorable life, engaged in agricultural pursuits, in which he was exceptionally successful.  He developed a fine farm, making the best of improvements upon the same, and at the time of his demise it was recognized as one of the most valuable farm properties in this section of the state, giving evidence of the scrupulous care and attention bestowed by its progressive and able owner.  In politics Mr. Todd was originally an old-line Whig, but upon the organization of the Republican party he transferred his allegiance to this organization, which he believed had stronger claims upon popular support, and there after he was an ardent advocate of its principles, though he never sought official preferment or consented to serve in any political position.  His religious faith was that of the Presbyterian church, and his life,  in all its relations, was lived in harmony therewith.  David Todd entered into eternal rest in the year 1868, in the fullness of years and honored for his sterling integrity of character and his kindly nature, which had endeared him to a wide circle of friends.  He married Sarah McCormick, who was born in 1795, in Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Henry and Jane (Mitchell) McCormick, and she passed away  Mar. 23, 1884, having been a consistent and devoted member of the Presbyterian church.  The children of this union were twelve in number, namely:  James Wilson, who died-at the age of twenty-one years; Jane McCormick, deceased; Mary and Eliza, both deceased; Henry McCormick, deceased; David Newton, who died at the age of five years; Thomas Mitchell, to whom individual reference is made in appending paragraphs: John E., of Urbana township; Sarah Martha, deceased; Rebecca Nancy, deceased; and James Samuel, of Arcata, Humboldt county, California.      THOMAS MITCHELL TODD was born in Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, on the 17th of April, 1827, the son of David and Sarah (McCormick) Todd, mentioned above, and he received his early educational discipline in the common schools of his native county, supplementing this by a course of study in a local academy, so that his educational advantages were up to the normal standard of the locality and period.  He was nearly twenty years of age when the family came to Ohio, and here he put his scholastic acquirements to practical test by teaching school during one winter in Warren county and one in Champaign county, being successful in his pedagogic efforts.  He remained at the old homestead farm until his marriage, in 1857, when he settled on another farm in the same township and there continued successfully engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1896, - a period of nearly forty years, within which he had developed one of the fine farm properties of this locality and attaining a high degree of prosperity.  His landed estate comprises two farms, whose aggregate area is three hundred and thirty-seven acres.  In April of the year last mentioned, Mr. Todd removed to the city of Urbana, where he has since lived retired from active pursuits, having an attractive home and enjoying that quiet repose which is the fitting reward for years of active and well directed endeavor.      Mr. Todd has ever been a stalwart supporter of the Republican party, but has never aspired to the honors or emoluments of public office, though his position in the community was such that he was naturally called upon to serve in various minor offices, in which line he gave able and discriminating attention to the duties involved.  For fifteen years he was a member of the board of directors of the county infirmary, sparing no pains to promote the well-being of this institution.  He is a stockholder in the Champaign National Bank, of Urbana, and a member of its directorate.  Both he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church and have for many years been active and influential workers in the same.      On the 12th of March, 1857, Mr. Todd was united in marriage to Miss Mary M. Rawlings, who was born in Urbana township, this county, on Christmas day, 1831, the daughter of James and Susannah I. (McRoberts) Rawlings, the former of whom was one of the pioneers of the county.  Mr. and Mrs. Todd became the parents of seven children, concerning whom we enter brief record, as follows: Susannah Irby is deceased; David Solon is a resident of Columbus, Ohio; James Rawlings is a successful farmer of Urbana township; Alma remains at the parental home; Henry William is deceased; Thomas Rawlings conducts the old homestead farm; and Pearl C., who for nine years has held a responsible position in the Champaign National Bank. Source:  A Centennial Biographical History of Champaign Co., Ohio - Illustrated - New York and Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Company - 1902 - Page 625
D. W. Todd	DAVID W. TODD.     David W. Todd, best appreciated as a lawyer, politician and soldier, and for many years a resident of Urbana, was born in Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, Dec. 31, 1835, a son of David and Sarah (McCormick) Todd, natives also of Pennsylvania.  The father brought his family to Ohio in 1846, and while prospecting in Champaign. county left them in the care of a brother in Warren county.  Greatly impressed with the advantages to be found in this part of the state he settled the following year in Pretty Prairie, near Urbana, where his death occurred in 1868.      The first impressions of life and work gained by David W. Todd were on his father's farm, where he performed his share of the arduous duties, attending at the same time the district schools.  His higher education was acquired at Miami University, at Oxford, Ohio, from which he graduated in 1860, and he thereafter studied law in the office of Shellabarger & Goode, of Springfield, being admitted to the bar in 1863.  Almost from the beginning of his practice in Urbana a fair measure of success came his way, and in the fall of the same year he was elected county prosecutor, and re-elected in 1865. From 1873 until 1875 he embarked upon a business venture as superintendent of the Urbana Machine Works, but this proving somewhat disastrous, he returned to law, and in October of 1878, was elected probate judge of Champaign county, serving in all four consecutive terms of three years each. This service performed, he again returned to his former professional allegiance, and has since assembled under his erudite and capable banner many important cases in the county and city.      The same energy and devotion to duty apparent in the general life of Mr. Todd found emphatic expression in his Civil war career, during which he won the rank of colonel.  He joined Company F, of the Second Ohio, which was organized at Springfield, Ohio, and went to Columbus, from which they were ordered to Washington, D. C.  At Lancaster they were mustered into the United States service.  His enlistment occurred Apr. 29, 1861, and he was mustered out of the three months' service July 31, 1861, at Columbus, Ohio.  In 1862 he assisted in the organization of Company B, Eighty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, of which he was commissioned second lieutenant June 1, 1862, and later first lieutenant, after which he served as regimental quartermaster from June 16, 1862, until September 25, of the same year.  He was mustered out at Camp Delaware, Ohio, and May 6, 1864, was commissioned lieutenant colonel of the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry.  After participating in the first battle of Bull Run and many minor skirmishes, and in 1864, in the advance on Petersburg and Richmond, Virginia, he was again mustered out, Aug. 31, 1864.  Since the war Mr. Todd has been very active in Grand Army circles, and is a member of the W. A. Brand Post, Number 98. department of Ohio.      In 1863 Mr. Todd married Virginia H. Hamilton, who died in 1868, leaving two children, Lee H., who is a merchant in Urbana; and Robert M., a resident of Columbus, Ohio.  In 1869 Mr. Todd married Ella W. Hovey, and of this union there are two children, Nancy H., the wife of Clarey Glessner; and Frank W., a newspaper reporter of this city.  Mr. and Mrs. Todd are members of the Presbyterian church.  Mr. Todd is one of the foremost progressive elements of Urbana, and his professional standing is an enviable one. Courteous and faithful to clients, attentive to business, measuring professional duty and effort by recognition of obligations and ends attainable, together with available knowledge of legal principles and an aptitude in their application, all combine to bring him a creditable place among the positive forces of the bar. Source:  A Centennial Biographical History of Champaign Co., Ohio - Illustrated - New York and Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Company - 1902 - Page 36
	JOHN E. TODD.     One of the honored pioneer citizens and representative farmers of Champaign county is John Eli Todd, whose residence is on section 7, Urbana township, and who has maintained his home in this county for more than half a century, having been energetic and progressive in his methods and having accumulated a valuable property through his well directed efforts.  It is with pleasure that we incorporate in this volume a brief review of his personal and ancestral history.      Mr. Todd is a native of Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, where he was born on the 29th of December, 1828, being the son of David Todd, born and reared in the same county, being a son of James Todd, who likewise was a native of Pennsylvania and of Scotch-Irish lineage, the family having been established in the old Keystone state in- the early colonial epoch of our national history.  David Todd was married in Pennsylvania, whence he came to Ohio in the year 1846, locating in Warren county, where he remained until the following year, when he came to Champaign county and took up his. abode on the farm now occupied by his son, the subject of this sketch.  In 1859 he removed to another farm in this county, and there maintained his home until his death. in 1867, at the age of seventy-seven years.  He originally gave his support to the Whig party, but identified himself with the Republican party at the time of its organization and remained one of the stanch advocates of its principles.  He was a devoted member of the Presbyterian church, in which he held the office of elder for many years, being a man of inflexible integrity and sterling character.  He married Sarah McCormick, who likewise was born in Dauphin county, Pennsylvania. the date of her nativity having been Nov. 6, 1795, while she died on the 23d of March, 1884, in her eighty-ninth year.  She was a daughter of Henry McCormick, a native of Pennsylvania and of Scotch-Irish descent.  David and Sarah Todd became the parents of seven sons and five daughters, and four sons are living at the present time, namely: Thomas M., John E., David and James S., the last mentioned being a clergyman of the Presbyterian church and being a resident of California.      John Todd was about eighteen years of age when the family came to Champaign county, and he had received his educational training in the public schools of Pennsylvania, having also attended a district school in Warren county, Ohio, during one winter.  He remained at the parental home until his marriage, in 1859, and thereafter continued in agricultural pursuits on the old homestead, of which he eventually became the owner, and here he has ever since made his home, having been successful in his efforts and carrying on diversified farming and stock-raising.  He now has a fine estate of two hundred and fifty acres. and upon the same he has made extensive improvements, so that the place is one of the best in this section-of the county.  In politics Mr. Todd is one of the leading members of the Prohibition party in the county and has been an active worker in its cause, having been a delegate to its local conventions and also to the state convention.  For forty years he has been a member of the school board of his district, his tenure of this office having been longer than of any other man in the county, and at all times his influence has been given to the support of all measures tending to advance the general welfare of the community.  He is well known in the county and is honored as one of its sterling pioneer citizens.      In the year 1859 Mr. Todd was united in marriage to Miss Jane M. Mumper, who was born in Pennsylvania, whence she accompanied her parents on their removal to Champaign county when she was a child.  She was summoned into eternal rest on the 11th of January, 1900, having been the mother of eight children, of whom we enter the following brief record; Scott married Cozette Calvert and is a resident of Cincinnati, being vice-president of the William Resor Company, the oldest stove manufacturing concern in the city; Clarence M. is deceased; Sarah M., unmarried, remains at the paternal home; John H., who is a graduate of the University of Michigan, is a member of the Chicago News Bureau of the New York Herald; Annie M. is deceased; Marion R. married Miss Laura Pence, and is a resident of West Liberty, Logan county, Ohio; Percy C. is a jeweler of Hamilton, this state; and Jennie M. remains at the old home.  Mr. Todd removed from the farm to the city of Urbana in March, 1902. Source:  A Centennial Biographical History of Champaign Co., Ohio - Illustrated - New York and Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Company - 1902 - Page 564
	THOMAS MITCHEL TODD - See DAVID TODD Source:  A Centennial Biographical History of Champaign Co., Ohio - Illustrated - New York and Chicago - The Lewis Publishing Company - 1902 - Page 627