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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
HISTORY OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, OHIO
Its People, Industries and Institutions
Judge Evan P. Middleton
Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, Second Sub-Division of Second
Judicial District of Ohio.
Supervising Editor
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With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families
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Vols. I & II
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Illustrated
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B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana
1917
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ALBERT M. BERRY.
A prominent farmer and substantial citizen of Champaign county,
who has been a life-long resident of the county, is Albert M.
Berry, living on his farm, one and one-half miles southwest of
Westville, on rural route No. 9, along the Urbana and Troy road.
He was born on a farm in Concord township, one and one-half
miles north of Millerstown, Oct. 12, 1860, and is a son of
Achory and Angeline (Kite) Berry, both of whom were also
natives of Champaign county.
Achory Berry was born in Johnson township, on a
farm near Millerstown, his parents being among the early
settlers of this part of the county, coming here from Virginia.
Angeline Kite was born in Mad River township, her
parents being also among the pioneers of the county, coming from
Pennsylvania in an early day. After his marriage,
Achory Berry and his wife settled on a farm in Mad
River township, known as the Kite farm, where they
lived for a few years, after which they purchased a farm in
Concord, where they lived until their son, Albert M., was
fifteen years old, at which time the elder Berry
purchased the farm where the subject of this sketch is now
living, and here they lived until the death of Mrs.
Berry in 1894. Two years before his death, Achory
Berry retired to Tremont, Clark county, Ohio, where his
death occurred in the spring of 1903. They were the
parents of live children, of whom three are now living:
George, who died at the age of five years; Monroe,
living in California; Albert M., of this sketch;
Minnie, who died June 7, 1917, was the wife of Charles
Straub, of Springfield, Ohio; Nannie, who was the
wife of Frank Wiant, is deceased. Achory
Berry and wife were earnest and devoted members of the
Baptist church, and always took an active and interested part in
the affairs of the Myrtle Tree church, in which Mr.
Berry served as deacon for many years. He was a
Democrat in politics, and firm in his belief in the principles
of that party, although not an office seeker. He was an
industrious and successful farmer, having started out in life
with nothing, and accumulating one hundred and fifty acres of
fine farming land by his own efforts.
Albert M. Berry lived on the farm in Concord
township with his parents until he reached the age of fifteen
years, receiving his elementary education in the public schools
of that township. He accompanied his parents when they
moved to the farm in Mad River township, where he grew to
manhood. After his marriage he located first on the home
farm where he lived until 1901, when he moved to a farm in Clark
county, which he owned. In 1903 he returned to the home
farm in Mad River township, where he has since lived. Here
he is engaged in general farming and stock raising, and is very
successful in his chosen calling.
On Sept. 13, 1884, Albert M. Berry was married
to Victoria Pence, the daughter of Amos
and Clarinda (Browning) Pence, and to
this union two sons have been born: Willard A., born July
10, 1886, was killed by accident in 1911, leaving a widow,
Ella May Muller and one child, Mary C.;
Floyd J., farmer, born July 27, 1894, married Janette
McMorran, and they have one daughter, Mamie Victoria.
The family are all faithful members of the Myrtle Tree Baptist
church, in the affairs of which they take an active and
interested part. Mrs. Berry's father was a
native of this county, his parents having come here from
Virginia in an early day. Her mother was a daughter of
William Browning, who was also a Virginian by birth,
who came from that state to Ohio with the early pioneers,
settling in Delaware county, where Mrs. Berry's mother
grew to womanhood. She came as a young woman to Champaign
county, where she met and married Amos Pence.
Source: History of Champaign County, Ohio, Vol. II -
publ. 1917 - Page 436 |
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LOU B. BERRY.
Lott B. Berry, treasurer of Champaign county and for
years actively engaged in the insurance business at Urbana, was
born in that city and has lived there all his life. He was
born on Oct. 25, 1866, son of Thomas H. and Luxima (Hughes)
Berry, representatives of two of the most prominent and
influential families in this part of Ohio.
Thomas H. Berry also was born at Urbana and
lived there all his life, with the exception of three years
spent at Chicago and at Danville, Illinois. He was born on
Jan. 5, 1820, son of Judge E. C. Berry, one of the most
prominent and influential men of his generation in this county
and further and fitting mention of whom is made in the
historical section of this work. Thomas H. Berry
took a prominent part in the political, social and religious
life of his home town and county. He was an active
Republican and he and his wife were earnest members of the
Presbyterian church. On May 1, 1846: Thomas H. Berry
married Luxima Hughes, who was born on June 28,
1826, daughter of the Rev. James R. Hughes, of Oxford,
Ohio, who was the first Presbyterian minister in Champaign
county and the first principal of Miami University. To
that union seven children were born, Mary Lamme,
Thomas C., James H., Charles J., William
K., Harry M., and Lou B. Thomas H.
Derry died on Nov. 9, 1879.
Lou B. Berry received his schooling in the
schools of Urbana and upon completing his studies engaged in the
insurance business at Urbana as a clerk in the office of C.
W. Marshall, who at that time was the state agent for the
Home Insurance Company of New York. In 1891 Mr.
Berry was appointed local agent for that company and has
since been thus engaged, also representing several other tire
and life insurance Companies, long having been recognized as one
of the leading insurance men in this part of the state.
Mr. Berry is an ardent Republican and from the days
of his boyhood has taken an active part in local political
affairs. In the campaign
of 1916 he was made the nominee of his party for the
office of treasurer of Champaign county and was elected in the
fall of that year by a large majority and is now serving as
treasurer of this county one of the most popular officials in
the court house. Mr. Berry is also a member of the
local school board and has long given his close attention to the
affairs of the schools, helpful in many ways in extending the
cause of education in his home town.
On Feb. 23, 1893, Lou B. Berry was united in
marriage to Carrie Hubbell, daughter of John H. and
Mary Hubbell, and to this union two children have been born
Philip (deceased) and Richard. Mr. and
Mrs. Berry are members of the Presbyterian church and take a
proper interest in church work, as well as in the general social
activities of the city and are helpful in promoting all worthy
causes. Mr. Berry is a Mason and a member of the
Junior Order of United American Mechanics and in the affairs of
these two organizations takes a warm interest.
Source: History of Champaign County, Ohio, Vol. II -
publ. 1917 - Page 88 |
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CARL
BODEY. One of the
native-born sons of Champaign county and a life-long resident of
the farm where he is now living three and one-half miles north
of St. Paris, Ohio, in Johnson township, is Carl Bodey,
who was born on this farm where he now resides on Aug. 21, 1873,
the son of Henry and Elizabeth (Vincent) Bodey.
Henry Bodey was also born on the same
farm, the son of Adam Bodey, a native of Virginia,
who came to these parts in an early day, making the original
Bodey settlement in Johnson township. Adam
Bodey is a descendant of a Bodey who came to the
United States as a Hessian soldier during the Revolutionary War.
Adam Bodey married Mary Brubaker,
a native of Champaign county, Ohio, of German descent, the
daughter of Samuel and Barbara Brubaker,
the former of whom was born Apr. 27, 1784, and the latter on
Oct. 8, 1786. The Johnson family first
cleared and developed the farm which Carl Bodey
now owns, and here Mary Brubaker was born and
reared, and settled after her marriage to Adam Bodey.
They were the parents of nine children, all of whom are now
deceased : Hannah, Daniel, Rebecca,
Samuel, Henry, Mary, Isaac, Barbara
and Ellen. After his marriage to Elizabeth
Vincent, Henry Bodey settled on the old
home place, having purchased the rights of the other heirs.
They were the parents of six children: Etta, the wife of
Charles Pence, residents of Redmond, Washington;
Lottie, deceased; Carl, the immediate subject of this
sketch; Emmet A., formerly a farmer of Johnson township,
this county; Annie, of Seattle, Washington, and Mary,
deceased. The mother of these children died when young,
but her husband remained single, and lived on the homestead farm
with his children until his death on May 8, 1906. He was a
quiet, unassuming man, attending strictly to his own affairs,
and well liked and highly esteemed among those who knew him well
and intimately.
Carl Bodey grew up on the home farm where
he was born, receiving his education in the district schools of
the township. Early in his life he decided to follow the
vocation of his forefathers, and he has one hundred acres of the
old home place. It is safe to say that there is no farmer
in the county who has made more of a success than Mr.
Bodey in his chosen work, for he is modern and up-to-date in
his methods of agriculture. He specializes in the growing
of wheat, and grew enough of this cereal on his farm to pay for
it. He is said to have the banner wheat farm in Champaign
county, having had one crop which averaged forty-two and
one-half bushels to the acre, his farm never yielding less than
twenty-eight to thirtybushels to the acre. Moreover, he
raises some stock-grade cattle, and he has an excellent
bank-barn, forty-eight by seventy, which he erected in 1910.
On Mar. 23, 1893, Carl Bodey was married
to Minnie Ammon, and to this union four children
were born: Blanche, born November, 1895, now living in
Urbana; Ruth, born October, 1897; Ilo, born Apr.
14, 1899, and Paul, born Apr. 23, 1901, died Jan.
25, 1903. The mother of these children died on Dec. 31, 1903,
and on Mar. 29, 1910, Mr. Bodey was united in
marriage to Eva Maude Buroker, the daughter
of Ephraim and Teresa (Ammon) Buroker. To
this union one son has been born, Carl Jr., who is now a
student in school. Mrs. Bodey's mother is
the widow of Harley B. Counts, whom she married Feb. 22,
1894. After their marriage they lived on a farm in Miami
county, Ohio, but later moved to a farm in Adams township, this
county, where Mr. Count's death occurred, Apr. 13,
1905. One son was born to this union, Forest, born
Aug. 29, 1895. He is a graduate of Rosewood high school,
and is now attending Wittenberg College at Springfield, Ohio. Mrs.
Bodey was reared in the faith of the United Brethren
church, while Mr. Bodey retains his membership in
the Baptist church. He is a Democrat in politics, taking a
proper interest in all local political affairs, and all
movements having for their object the betterment of his township
and community, have his warm support.
Source: History of Champaign County, Ohio, Vol. II -
publ. 1917 - Page 774 |
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E.
L. BODEY. E. L. Bodey,
attorney-at-law at Urbana, a member of the law firm of
Deaton, Bodey & Bodey, former mayor of the city of Urbana
and one of the best-known lawyers in this part of the state, is
a native son of Champaign county and has lived in this comity
all his life. He was born on a farm in Adams township, Jan. 28,
1867, .son of the Rev. Christian and Naomi (Sheppard) Bodey,
useful and influential residents of that community, the former
of whom also was born in this county and the latter in Coshocton
county, both now deceased.
The Rev. Christian Bodey, who for the last
twenty years of his active life was widely known
throughout western Ohio as a minister of the United brethren
church, was born on the old Bodey farm in Johnson
township, two and one-half miles north of Millerstown, a son of
Harrison and Nancy (Long) Bodey, the former of whom had
come to this county from Virginia with his father, Christian
Bodey, in 1815, the family settling on land acquired from
the government by the pioneer. Christian Bodey,
in what later came to be organized as Johnson township.
The pioneer Christian Bodey was a Virginian and a
son of Frederich Bodey, who was one of the
considerable company of soldiers that the government of
George III secured from the Duke of Hesse to help the
British troops in their attempt to suppress the rebellion in the
American colonies and who had been quite content when finally
compelled to lay down his reluctant arms to put in his lot with
the colonists and to become a citizen of the great new land on
this side of the water. Frederich Bodey
settled in the beautiful Shenandoah valley in Virginia, married
and established his home there and there spent the rest of his
life, happily engaged in the peaceful pursuit of agriculture,
and one of his sons, Christian Bodey, grew up
there and when seeking a home of his own came out into this then
new country and settled in this county. Indians still were
numerous hereabout in those days, but, undaunted, he entered
upon the reclamation of the tract he had secured from the
government and in due time had a well-improved and profitably
cultivated farm there. On that farm Harrison
Bodey remained all his life, a substantial farmer and there
his son Christian was reared, afterward locating on a
farm of his own in Adams township and continuing farming during
his active life in addition to his services to the community as
a minister of the gospel. In the later years of his life the
Rev. Christian Bodey retired from the farm and
moved to St. Paris, where his last days were spent. He and his
wife were the parents of four children, three sons and one
daughter, the latter of whom, Nellie, is deceased, the
subject of this sketch having two brothers, Perry and
Samuel Bodey.
E. L. Bodey grew up on the home farm in Adams
township and supplemented the schooling received in the district
school in the neighborhood of his home by a course in the high
school at Urbana, after which, in 1886, he began teaching school
at the old Comer school in Concord township and for fourteen
years was engaged in teaching in this county, the last seven
years of which service was spent in the school at Westville.
In the meantime Mr. Bodey had been pursuing the study of
law in the office of C. E. Buroker, at St. Paris, and in June,
1900, was admitted to the bar. On Jan. 2, 1901, he opened
an office for the practice of his profession at Urbana and was
there engaged in practie alone until in December, 1913, when he
formed a partnership with S. S. Deaton, under the firm
name of Deaton & Bodey, which mutually agreeable
arrangement continues, with the addition, however, recently, of
another member of the firm in the person of Mr. Bodey's
son, Lowell C. Bodey, who was admitted to the firm on
July 1, 1916. Mr. Bodey is a Democrat and has ever
taken an active interest in the political affairs of the county.
During his residence in Westville he served for some time as
justice of the peace in and for Mad River township and in 1907
was elected mayor of Urbana, serving in that important executive
office for two years, or until January, 1910. Fraternally,
he is affiliated with the Masons and has risen to the Royal Arch
degree in that ancient order; he also belongs to the Knights of
Pythias.
On Feb. 14, 1888, E. L. Bodey was united in
marriage to Rachel M. Grove, who was born in Adams
township, this county, daughter of David and Elizabeth Grove,
and to this union two children have been born, Lowell C.
and Ruth, who died 1899, aged two years. Lowell
C. Bodey was born in 1891 and, following his graduation from
the Urbana high school, entered Wittenberg College at
Springfield, from which institution he received his bachelor
degree in 1913. Thus equipped by preliminary study, he
entered the Cincinnati Law School and was graduated from that
institution in June, 1916, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws.
In the following month he was admitted to partnership with his
father and Mr. Deaton. Of the two hundred and
seventy-two applicants for admission to the bar in the state of
Ohio in 1916 Lowell C. Bodey rated second in the
examination and was but four-tenths of one per cent, behind the
first man.
Source: History of Champaign County, Ohio, Vol. II -
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EMMET A. BODEY.
Among the younger farmers of Johnson township, this county, who
have proved themselves progressive and scientific in their
methods, in Emmet A. Bodey, who was born on the farm
where he now lives, one and one-half miles west of Millerstown,
on Apr. 14, 1875. He is a son of Henry and Elizabeth
(Vincent) Bodey, both of whom were natives of Ohio, the
father having been born in this county, and the mother in Logan
county.
The Bodey family were among the early pioneer
settlers of this part of Ohio, Adam Bodey, the father of
Henry Bodey, coming to Ohio at an early date from
Virginia. The family are of German decent. Henry
Bodey and wife were the parents of six children, of whom
four are now living: Henrietta, the wife of
Charles Pence, residing in Washington; Lottie,
deceased; Anna V., of Redmond, Washington; Mary,
deceased; Carl, a resident of Johnson township, and
Emmet A., the subject of this sketch.
Emmet A. Bodey was born and reared on the farm
just north of where he is living, which was a part of the old
Bodey home place. He received his education in the
rural schools of his home township, and at the age of sixteen,
went to Oregon, where he was employed at farm labor for three
years. At the end of that time he returned to Champaign
county, remaining on the home place eighteen months, at the end
of which time he again went West, his destination being Seattle,
Washington. He secured employment in the lumber woods and
was thus engaged for three years, during which time he acquired
twenty acres of land in that state. Upon the death of his
father he returned to Champaign county to take charge of the
home farm, and has since lived there, carrying on general
farming and stock raising.
Emmet A. Bodey has been twice married, his first
wife having been Rosa Smith. To that union six
children were born, only two of whom are now living, Mary and
Dale, both of whom are living at home with their father.
After the death of the mother of these children Mr. Bodey
married Ada Kautz, the daughter of Charles Kautz
and wife, both of whom were natives of Ohio. Mr. Kautz
and wife were the parents of three children, two of whom are now
living, Harry, of Urbana, Ohio, and Ada, the wife
of Mr. Bodey. Mr. Bodey is an independent
voter. He is an up-to-date, progressive farmer, and ranks
high in the esteem of his neighbors and friends.
Source: History of Champaign County, Ohio, Vol. II -
publ. 1917 - Page 1057 |
Thomas E. Breedlove
and Residence,
Mrs. Breedlove
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THOMAS E. BREEDLOVE.
There is no more up-to-date farmer in Wayne township, Champaign
county, than Thomas E. Breedlove, who was born in Salem
township, this county, Feb. 13, 1862. He is a son of
Henry C. and Mary J. (Stone) Breedlove. The farmer was
born on Mar. 2, 1836, in Ross county, Ohio, and his death
occurred on Mar. 12, 1892. Mary J. Stone was born
in Fairfield county, this state. Henry C. Breedlove
was twelve years old when he was brought to Champaign county by
his uncle, Elijah Breedlove, with whom he lived in Wayne
township until he was twenty-one years old, when he started out
in life for himself. About that time, on Apr. 28, 1859, he
married Mary J. Stone, a daughter of Thomas E. and
Mary Stone, who lived on a farm north of the village of
Cable. Mr. Breedlove followed farming in Salem
township for some time. He lived north of Kennard two
years, then moved to Wayne township, locating south of Cable and
later lived northwest of Mingo, where his death occurred.
His wife died in Piqua, Ohio, at the age of seventy-three wears.
He devoted most of his active life to farming and stock raising.
He was a Republican and served as township trustee. He
belonged to the Methodist Episcopal church at Mingo. His
family consisted of only two children, Effie, who married
Dr. W. N. Unkefer lives in Piqua, this state, and
Thomas E., of this sketch.
Thomas E. Breedlove grew to manhood on the home
farm and attended the district schools, later spending one year
in college at Ada, Ohio. He lived at home until he was
twenty-three years old. On Oct. 22, 1885, he married
Minnie D. Hunt, who was born in Monroe township, Logan
county, this state. She was a daughter of Jacob D. and
Samantha Hunt who lived many years in that county; the
father died there, and the mother now makes her home in West
Liberty, Ohio.
The death of Mrs. Breedlove occurred on
Oct. 12, 1912, leaving one child, Inez Marie, who
is now the wife of Roy Robinson, a farmer, and
they make their home with the subject of this sketch.
After his marriage Mr. Breedlove
continued to live on the old home place, in all for a period of
nearly fifty years. He kept the land well tilled and well
improved, so that it lost none of its original fertility.
He finally bought the Eli Cowgill place,
where he now resides, the farm consisting of forty-six acres.
He has retained his former place, which consists of one hundred
and seventy acres, and has been very successful as a general
farmer and stock raiser. He has also bought stock to feed
for the market, handling large numbers annually, and has been
feeding livestock for years, preparing several different herds
for the market each year.
Politically, Mr. Breedlove is a
Republican. His daughter is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal church, to which his wife also belonged.
Source: History of Champaign County, Ohio, Vol. II -
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HARRY G. BUTCHER, D. D. S.
Dr. Harry G. Butcher, of
Urbana, one of the best-known and most successful dentists in
this part of Ohio, was born in that city and has lived there all
his life, with the exception of the period spent in college and
for a couple of years during the early period of his
professional career, when he had his dental office at
Bellefontaine, in the neighboring county of Logan. He was
born on Jan. 1, 1876, second in order of birth of the three sons
born to Dr. John Calvert and Venturia A. (Pratt)
Butcher, both of whom died in Urbana.
The late Dr. John Calvert Butcher, for man y
years one of Urbana's most useful medical practitioners and most
highly esteemed citizens, also was a native son of Ohio and all
his life was spent in this state. He was born in Belmont
county on Apr. 4, 1846, son of Dr. J. M. and Nancy Jane
(Brock) Butcher, the former of whom later became a
practitioner in Champaign county and here spent his last days,
for many years one of the most honored and influential residents
of the county. Dr. J. M. Butcher was a Virginian,
born on Sept. 23, 1816, and in early life learned the blacksmith
trade, which he followed for some time; finally abandoning the
same to devote his energies and abilities to the practice of
medicine, for which he thoroughly prepared himself. He
became one of the pioneer physicians of Ohio, beginning his
practice in Belmont county and presently moving thence to this
county and opening an office for the practice of his profession
at North Lewisburg, where he was actively engaged in practice
for many years, traveling a wide radius of country in his
professional work and endearing himself to the community by his
unvarying kindness and sterling rectitude of character. He
was one of the first representatives of the Eclectic school of
practice, was a close student and was eminently successful in
his professional work, it has been written of the elder
Doctor Butcher that, "a man of strong convictions and
noble attributes, it was but natural that he should abhor the
odious institution of human slavery, and in the crucial period
culminating in the War of the Rebellion he was known as an
uncompromising and fearless Abolitionist. Because of his
unwavering position and opposition to slavery he met with no
little persecution, but his courage never faltered, though he
was compelled to go armed on many of his professional trips in
order to protect his life. He tendered his services to the
Union when the war finally began, acting as surgeon on an Ohio
regiment and doing all in his power to further the cause in
whose justice he so firmly believed. He was summoned into
eternal rest on Jan. 6, 1891, honored by all who knew him, and
he will long be remembered as a man who was signally true and
faithful in all the relations of life."
Having been but a child when his parents located at
North Lewisburg. John C. Butcher received his early
schooling in the schools of that village and supplemented the
same by a course in Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware.
For some time thereafter he was engaged in mercantile business
at North Lewisburg. dealing in dry goods, but presently disposed
of his interests in that line and began devoting his attention
to the study of medicine, to which he had been strongly inclined
from the days of his youth, and under the able preceptorship of
his father was prepared for entrance at the Eclectic Medical
College at Cincinnati, from which institution he was graduated
in 1871. Upon receiving his diploma. Doctor
Butcher joined his father in practice at North Lewisburg
and was thus engaged for two years, at the end of which time, in
1873, he located at Urbana and was thereafter engaged in
practice in that city the rest of his life, his death occurring
there on June 6, 1902. Dr. John C. Butcher was a
skilled physician and surgeon and was honored as one of the
leading medical practitioners of the county. He was for
years prominent in the councils of the school of practice, which
he professed and for one term served as president of the Ohio
State Eclectic Medical Society, to which office he was elected
by a unanimous vote, and he also served for two terms as
vice-president of the National Eclectic Medical Association, in
the deliberations of which body he ever took an active interest.
The doctor was a member of all Masonic bodies, including Knights
Templar, and for many years was regarded as one of the leaders
in Masonic circles in Champaign county. In 1873, the year
in which he took up his residence in Urbana. Dr. John
C. Butcher was united in marriage to Veturia A. Pratt,
who died, Oct. 31, 1913, and to that union three sons were born,
the subject of this sketch having two brothers, Frank E.
Butcher and Cleland P. Butcher.
Harry G. Butcher was reared in Urbana and was
graduated from the high school there in 1894. For four
years thereafter he was engaged as a traveling representative of
the Otway-Cooper Hardware Company of Urbana and
then entered the dental department of the University of
Cincinnati, from which he was graduated in 1900, with the degree
of Doctor of Dental Surgery. Thus admirably qualified for the
practice of the profession to which he has devoted his life,
Doctor Butcher opened an office at Bellefontaine, but
after his father's death, two years later, returned to his home
at Urbana, opened an office there and has ever since been
engaged in practice in that city, long having been recognized as
one of the leading dental surgeons in this part of the state.
Doctor Butcher keeps fully abreast of the
wonderful advances being made in dental surgery and his office
is admirably equipped. The Doctor is the present
vice-president of the Mad River Dental Association, in the
affairs of which body he long has taken an active and
influential interest. Politically, he is a Republican and
has rendered public service as a member of the Urbana board of
public service.
On Sept. 18, 1902, Dr. Harry G. Butcher was
united in marriage to Grace Irene Hale, daughter of
Dr. D. B. and Marietta Hale, of West Liberty, this state,
and to this union three children have been born.
Richard Hale, Harry G., Jr., and Janis Irene.
Doctor and Mrs. Butcher are members of the First
Methodist Episcopal church and the Doctor is a member of the
official board of the same. He is a York Rite Mason, past
master of Harmony Lodge No. 8, Free and Accepted Masons, at
Urbana, a member of Draper Commandery, Knights Templar, at that
place, and a noble of the Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the
Mystic Shrine, affiliated with Antioch Temple at Dayton, and is
also a member of the local lodge of the Knights of Pythias.
His college fraternity is Xi Xi Phi, in the affairs of which he
still retains the warmest interest.
Source: History of Champaign County, Ohio, Vol. II -
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