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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
The History of Clark County, Ohio:
containing a
history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., general and local
statistics, portraits of early settlers
and prominent men, history
of the Northwest Territory, history of Ohio, map of Clark County,
Constitution
of the United States, miscellaneous matters, etc., etc.
Publ.
Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co.,
1881
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Springfield Twp. -
GEORGE
W. DALIE, Springfield; has for a number of years been
a member of the department of justice. He was born in
Brunswick, Me., April 18, 1814; his father was a ship
carpenter, and resided in Boston and vicinity during
George's youth. The subject of this sketch learned the
carpenter's trade, and continued to work at his trade until
about 1848, when his health would no longer permit it. He
came to Ohio in 1831, and made Cincinnati his home, but
worked at different points several years, during which he
spent a short time in New Orleans. In 1838, he located in
Clermont County, and there married his first wife, Miss
Abigail Fowler; she bore him three children, two of
whom, a son and a daughter, are living; his wife having
died, and he broken down in. health, Mr. Dalie came
to Springfield in 1848, and, after recruiting his health,
engaged in merchandising; subsequently kept a hotel a short
time, then became interested in a sash, door and blind
factory here. In 1862, he was elected Constable, and has
served so acceptably as to be re-elected at each subsequent
election period, and still continues in the acceptable
discharge of the Constabulary duties. His present wife was a
Miss Elizabeth Croft; their marriage was celebrated
in Centerville, Ind., in 1855; she was a native of England,
and has borne him one child, a daughter—Mrs. John P.
Allen. Mr. Dalie is one of the old
reliables of Springfield, and respected as a useful citizen.
SOURCE: The History of
Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1881
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Pleasant Twp.
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GEORGE C. DAVIDSON, farmer; P. O.
Catawba. He is a son of Lemuel Davidson, a
native of this county; was born Nov. 23, 1843, in this
township; was raised and educated as a farmer, and has
always been engaged in that way. He was married, Oct.
24, 1865, to Miss Elizabeth J. Jones; they had six
children - John M., Lawrence E., Minnie, Myrtie, Lou,
Nettie and Elmer. He owns a good farm in
the eastern part of the township, containing 75 acres under
good cultivation, with good improvements upon it.
SOURCE: The History of
Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1881
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Springfield Twp. -
CHARLES
A. DAVIS, decorative painter and dealer in artists'
supplies, Springfield. He is a son of Frederick and
Elizabeth (Thomas) Davis, and was born in Cheltenham,
England, near the old city of Gloucester, Jan. 1, 1826. At
the age of 15, he began the trade of house and decorative
painting with his father, at which he worked until 1850,
when he embarked for America; on his arrival on this
continent, he pushed "Westward, arriving in Cincinnati,
Ohio, the same year, where he immediately began to ply his
trade, carrying on quite extensively; in 1867, he removed to
Springfield, this county, and located at his present place
of business, No. 142 West Main street, where he still
continues trade, and, in connection, keeps a full line of
artists' supplies. He was married, Sept 7, 1850 (just before
taking passage for the New World), to Mary A. Taylor,
daughter of William and Elizabeth (Jones) Taylor; of
their six children, but four are now living—three boys and
one girl; Thomas A. is at present a student in
the Cincinnati Art School. Mrs. Davis was born
May 16, 1823, in Clifford, Herefordshire, England, near
Clifford Castle. Mr. Davis, at the age of 18,
was initiated into the Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows; the
law in England was that the son of an Odd Fellow could join
the lodge at the age of 18; after locating in Cincinnati, he
was instructed in the mysteries of the Independent Order,
and is a Past Grand of Springfield Lodge, No. 33, I. O. O.
F.; he is also a Master Mason of Clark Lodge, No. 101. He is
one of the Vestrymen of Christ's Church, Episcopal, of this
city, having held said position for the past ten years; he
was one of the Building Committee of said church.
SOURCE: The History of
Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1881
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Mad River Twp. -
JACOB G. DAVIS, farmer; P. O. Osborn.
Mr. Davis is the son of Samuel and Anna Davis,
who were pioneers of what is now Clark Co., Ohio, coming
from New Jersey in the year 1803, and settling in what is
now the west part of Mad River Township. The
implements of farming in those days were very rude, the plow
having a wooden mold-board, and the harrow a fork of a tree
with wooden teeth, and plenty of wild animals, such as deer,
bears, wolves, wild-cats and porcupines were to be found;
also Indians were quite numerous. The subject of this
sketch was born in Mad River Township, Clark Co., July 11,
1818,and was rocked in a sugar trough for the want of a
better cradle. He received a limited education in an
old log schoolhouse, which was so common in those days.
He assisted his father on the farm until 1837, when he went
to Shelby Co., Ohio, and there learned the milling business
with his brother Daniel. He purchased one-half
interest in the mill, which was known as the Davis Bros'
Mills, where he remained for five years; then selling his
interest to his brother, returned to Clark Co., renting the
old home farm for eight years. AT the expiration of
his lease, he purchased the farm, containing 104½
acres of Mad River bottom land, in a high state of
cultivation. Mr. Davis married Miss Amy
Lippincott, of Franklin Township, Licking Co., Ohio, and
their family consists of six children, viz., Clarinda G.,
born Nov. 11, 1840; Mary R., born June 3, 1843;
Anna F., born May 18, 1845; Elthia, born Mar. 31,
1847; William T., born Mar. 7, 1853; George S.,
born June 3, 1865, died Feb. 25, 1866.
SOURCE: The History of Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago:
W. H. Beers & Co., 1881 - Page 1040 |
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Mad River Twp. -
WILLIAM
T. DAVIS, teacher; Osborn. Wm. T. is the
son of Jacob G. and Amy Davis, of Mad River Township,
Clark Co., and was born March 7, 1853. He received his
education in the common schools of the county, with the
exception of one year at the Normal school, at Lebanon,
after which he engaged in teaching. He holds the
highest grade certificate issued in the county, and commands
the highest wages. He has taught five winters in one
district, and is engaged for the sixth. He married
Miss Mary Purdy, and accomplished young lady of
Indianapolis, Aug. 19, 1874. She has taught school six
years, and is also a music teacher. They have one
child, Olive, born March 31, 1878.
SOURCE: The History of
Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1881 - Page 1041 |
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Springfield Twp. -
E. G.
DIAL, attorney, Springfield; is a native of Clermont
Co., Ohio. His parents emigrated from the State of Maryland
and settled in Clermont County in the year 1805, and
continued to reside there during their lives. He was
educated at Miami University, and graduated at that
institution in 1843; was teacher and member of the Faculty
of the Ohio Wesleyan University, and, after one year,
resigned, and came to Springfield, Ohio, in 1845, and taught
in the high school several years, and was afterward
President of the Springfield Female College four years;
studied law in the meantime, and was admitted to the bar;
had an interest in and was editor of a new paper published
in Urbana, but continued to reside in Springfield; was
chosen Elector on the Presidential Electoral ticket of this
State in 1852; was a Democrat in politics up to 1860, when
he united heartily with the Union Republican party, and is
still conscientiously devoted to the principles of that
party. In 1869, he was elected Probate Judge of Clark
County, and in 1872 was re-elected without opposition, but
declined a candidacy for a third term; in 1879, he was
elected a member of the State Legislature, which position he
holds at this time; being appointed Chairman of the
Committee on Schools and School Lands in the House of State
Representatives, he gave himself to a careful study of the
school legislation of Ohio, and, on the first day of the
adjourned session, introduced a bill to abolish the
sub-district system and to establish the township system,
the schools of each township to be managed by a Board of
Education elected by the people thereof; also a bill
providing for county superintendence. This proposed
legislation met with universal approbation by the leading
educators and educated men of the State, and generally by
the press, but, encountering decided opposition among the
smaller politicians and press, the bills failed to pass.
Judge Dial has been thoroughly identified with the
educational interests of the city during his entire
residence here, and for many years was a member of the Board
of Education; he is a quiet, unassuming gentleman, but a
popular and highly esteemed citizen.
SOURCE: The History of Clark County, Ohio : Publ.
Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1881 - Page 817 |
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German Twp. -
JOHN S. DEAR, farmer; P. O.
Bowlusville. Born on the farm where he now resides
Aug. 4, 1844; is a son of John and Rebecca Dear,
whose history appears in full in the sketch of
Henry Boosinger,
in this work. Mr. Dear remained with his father
till 18 years of age, when, on Aug. 13, 1862, he answered to
the call of his country during the war of the rebellion, and
enlisted in Co. I, 44th O. V. I., and served through the war
in this regiment and in the 8th O. V. C.; was in many
hard-fought battles, but escaped without a wound and
returned safely home. Was married Sept. 16, 1867, to
Elizabeth, daughter of John and Eva (Maggart)
Sides; he a native of Pennsylvania, and she a native of
Ohio. Issue, four children - Warder, Ottwa, and
Grace and Mabel (twins). Mr. Dear,
after his marriage, still remained upon the home farm, till
the fall of 1868; thence to Wabash Co., Ind., where he
resided till the spring of 1872; thence returned to the old
home farm, where he has since resided. This farm
consists of 46 acres of good land, mostly in cultivation,
with good buildings and improvements. John and Eva
Sides were parents of nine children, four now survive -
Mary Ann, Elizabeth, John Henry and Ellen.
SOURCE: The History of Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago:
W. H. Beers & Co., 1881 - Page 1000 |
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Harmony Twp. -
JOSEPH E. DEITRICK, farmer and
stock-raiser; P. O. Springfield, Ohio, lock box 923; was born Nov. 15, 1842, in
Montgomery Co., Ohio. The father of
the subject of this sketch (Joseph D.)
was for a number of years, a leading distiller of Montgomery Co.,
Ohio.
Joseph E. came to Clark Co.,
Ohio, in 1871, and located in
Harmony Township. May 17, 1880,
he was united in marriage to Miss
Caroline Baird, a daughter of the late
Peter C. Baird, one of the early
pioneers of the county, having been born in the State of Pennsylvania in the
year 1792 (Sept. 16). His father, William Baird, having emigrated to
Clark Co. and settled in what is now
Harmony
Township in the year 1808. The
Baird family is one of the prominent and wealthy families of the county.
Joseph E. Deitrick and the family are
owners of some 223 acres of find land in
Harmony Township.
Mr. D. is engaged in stock-raising. They are very pleasantly situated,
surrounded with the comforts of life, as the result of their economy and
industry.
SOURCE: The History of
Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1881
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Springfield Twp. -
JOHN
DICK, landscape gardener, and Superintendent of Fern
Cliff Cemetery, Springfield. John Dick, son of David C.
and Jessie (Charles) Dick, was born Jan. 14, 1834, in
Ayrshire, Scotland, near the birthplace of Robert Burns; he
first attended school in the Kirkcudbright Academy, and
received his professional education, that of landscape
gardener, in the Royal Botanical Garden of Edinburgh,
Scotland, under the tutorship of Prof. Balfour,
Professor of Botany. and Prof. James McNab
as Curator. Mr. Dick emigrated to America in
1854, and settled on Long Island, where he remained nine
months, following his profession; from there he went to
Philadelphia, Penn., and stayed two years, and from there to
Cincinnati. In 1863, he was elected to his present position,
being the first Superintendent of said cemetery; therefore,
the beautiful appearance and convenient arrangement of the
grounds are due to the artistic skill and good management of
Mr. Dick. He was married, in July, 1863, to
Catherine Fitzsimmons; of their four children, but two are
now living, viz., James and Jessie; the eldest and youngest,
Charles and Mary Ellen, have gone to .the spirit land, and,
Oct. 17,1879, their mother went to meet them in that
beautiful home where sin and sorrow never enter. Mr.
Dick is a member in good standing of Springfield
Lodge, No. 33, also a patriarch of Mad River Encampment, No.
16, I. O. O. F.
SOURCE: The History of
Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1881
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German Twp. -
JACOB DINGLEDINE, farmer; P.
O. Tremont City; born in Virginia July 13, 1810; is
a son of Philip and Mary (Barrington) Dingledine,
natives of Virginia. They became residents of
Ohio, locating in Champaign Co., in 1844, where they
resided till their death. His wife died in
October, 1860; his death occurred Aug. 9, 1872.
They were parents of twelve children - five now
survive - Margaret, Jacob, Elizabeth, Mary
and Sallie. Our subject remained with
his father till 22 years of age; in the fall of 1832
he came to Ohio, and located in Clark Co.; thence in
Champaign Co., where he resided about twenty-seven
years; thence back to Clark Co., where he has since
resided, and upon his present farm, where he now
lives, he has resided about three years. He
was married Sept. 29, 1836, to Elizabeth,
daughter of Samuel and Mary Baker, natives of
Virginia, but who came among the early settlers of
Clark Co. By this union they had seven
children, three now survive - Samuel, John Emery
and Rachel Ann. His wife died Jan. 18,
1858. His second wife, Sallie, daughter
of Martin and Elizabeth Baker, natives
of Virginia, he married Apr. 12, 1859. Mr.
Dingledine has held most of the important
offices of his township, having been assessor one
term, Township Trustee eight or ten years and
Township Treasurer for three years. Has been a
prominent member of the Reformed Church for
twenty-five or thirty years. He has a fine
farm of 103 acres, mostly in cultivation, with good
improvements, constituting a very pleasant home and
farmer's residence.
SOURCE: The History of Clark County, Ohio : Publ.
Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1881 - Page 1000 |
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Springfield Twp. -
ROBERT
R. DORY, gardener, Springfield. He was born Nov. 20,
1838, in a log cabin which stood near his present beautiful
residence, and is the son of James and Elizabeth M (Cosway)
Dory; they were natives of England, where James
learned the culture of vegetables, serving seven years as an
apprentice. He emigrated to America in 1834, coming direct
to. Springfield. In 1836, he began raising vegetables for
market, but his sales were quite small in comparison with
the market now; the people then depended more on their own
gardens than the market. Robert, was taught gardening
from his youth up, and at present engages quite largely in
the production of vegetables, which he sells both at retail
and wholesale. He was married, Feb. 15, 1878, to Mary E.,
daughter of Robert and Mary E. Cole; they have but
one child—Mary E., who lightens their home and makes
glad the hearts of father and mother. Robert's mother
died July 15, 1870, and his father July 14, 1880. Of
James and Elizabeth's four children, three—Robert
R., Mrs. Jacob Gram and Mrs. George McClure—still
reside in Clark County, and Charles C.
in Kansas.
SOURCE: The History of
Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1881
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Springfield Twp. -
WILLIAM
C. DOWNEY, of P. P. Mast & Co., manufacturers,
Springfield; is a native of Virginia, born in 1835; came to
Ohio when a young man, and became a resident of Springfield
in 1855; he connected himself with the firm of Thomas
& Mast in 1862, having charge of the outside trade,
doing the entire traveling business until the growth
required additional help, and he now has general supervision
of this department in the South and Southwest trade. Mr.
Downey began
business for himself as a clothing merchant; subsequently
Mr. Downey began business for himself as a clothing
merchant; subsequently became a traveling salesman, in which
capacity he developed those peculiar qualities and acquired
the varied business knowledge which enters into the make-up
of a successful business man, and thus laid the foundation
for the successful career which he has thus far had in
connection with Thomas & Mast, and also as a member
of the firm of P. P. Mast & Co., organized in 1871.
SOURCE: The History of
Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1881
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Springfield Twp. -
JAMES
DRISCOL, carriage manufacturer, Springfield. The
Driscols are a representative Western family; the
converse of the old adage, "Jack of all trades and
good at none," is aptly illustrated by this family, who have
through life adhered to one line of business and made a
success of it; they have been for over forty years
identified with the carriage and wagon trade, doing, up to
the present time, the leading business in that line.
Elias Driscol was born in 1814, and James
the subject of this sketch, Jan. 9, 1817, in Greene County.
In his early infancy, his parents moved to within a few
miles of Springfield. Two score years ago, he commenced
business as a wagon-maker, and, five years afterward,-formed
a co-partnership with a Mr. Beal, under the
firm name of Driscol & Beal, so
continuing for two years, the firm then changing to E. &
J. Driscol, this co-partnership of the two brothers
continuing for twenty-two years; ten years ago, E. & J.
Driscol sold out their business, Elias
retiring and James going "West to. Kansas to embark
in the stock-raising business; after eighteen months' trial,
however, he concluded he could do best at the old place and
business, and, returning to Springfield, bought out his
successors, Whitehead & Cushman, and
again opened the Driscol concern, taking in as
partners his three sons, George, John and
Charles, who are respectively body-maker, painter and
boss trimmer; these sons, with Mrs. Miller,
the book-keeper of the house, are children of Mr.
Driscol's union with Miss Abergast, a
native of this county, whom he married in 1842, Feb. 20.
Constituted as this firm is, each of its members being an
experienced workman in his particular line, its success is
not to be wondered at, especially as they have made it their
invariable rule to use nothing but first-class material in
every part of their work. Mr. James Driscol
thinks he has driven more spokes than any man in Ohio. He
has a half-brother, Josiah Driscol, in the
livery business in this city. His first son, George,
was a soldier in the Union army, first going out with the
100-day volunteers, then enlisting in Co. E, 58th O. V. I.
Mr. Driscol
is known in the community as a man of strict and
undeviating integrity and business honor, and his sons are
"chips of the old block." But, with his ready wit and
pleasant humor, the father, with his 63 years, does not
appear greatly the senior of his sons; he says that he came
to Springfield, a little frame Methodist Church was the only
house of worship in the village. He has the faintest
recollection of his mother, and his father died forty-three
years ago.
SOURCE: The History of
Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1881
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Springfield Twp. -
JOHN
E. DRISCOL, farmer; P. O. Springfield. Mr. D. is the
son off Elias and Nancy (Mullholland) Driscol,
and was born in Springfield July 23, 1843; he learned the
trade of carriage and buggy trimming with his father, at
which he worked until his marriage with Emma A. Perrin
Nov. 13, 1867, when he moved to the farm where he now
lives. She is the only child of Joseph I. and Abigail E.
Perrin, and was born Oct. 8, 1847. John and
Emma have six children—Julia O., Eddie, Nannie E.,
Johnie, Elias and Emma. They live in a large
brick house (on Yellow Spring Pike), which was built by her
father in 1851. Her father died Dec. 30, 1866. Mr. D.
is an industrious man, and has an excellent wife.
SOURCE: The History of
Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1881
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Springfield Twp. -
JOHN
H. DRISCOL, carriage manufacturer, Springfield.
Mr. John H Driscol is a native of Springfield, and
everybody in Clark County knows him and all favorably. He
has grown up in the carriage trade—painting being his
branch. In 1873, he married Miss Emma Kennedy, of Dayton,
three years after his ad-, mission to partnership into the
reliable and well-known "Driscol" firm, now one of
the important institutions of this city and county. Mrs.
Driscol is the daughter of the Rev. George H. Kennedy,
and is an esteemed and charming woman. The fact that their
family consists of four boys puts their patriotism beyond
question. Mr. John H. Driscol
is
too well known to require extended
personal notice here, and it need only to be added that he
is a member of the Royal Arcanum, one of the Springfield's
solid young men, and essentially "one of the boys."
SOURCE: The History of
Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1881
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Springfield Twp. -
MRS.
E. B. DRUM, widow, Springfield. Mrs. Drum
(widow of Capt. Simon H. Drum, deceased), was born
in Bellfount, Center Co., Pen., June 27, 1809, and was
married to Capt. Drum Dec. 20, 1832.
SOURCE: The History of
Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1881
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Springfield Twp. -
SIMON
H. DRUM, deceased. Born in Westmoreland Co., Penn.,
in 1807; graduated at West Point, and promoted Brevet 2d
Lieutenant, 4th Artillery, July 1, 1830; 2d Lieutenant, July
1, 1830; Assistant Instructor of Infantry Tactics Military
Academy, from Aug. 30, 1830, to June 18, 1832; 1st
Lieutenant, Aug. 31, 1836, Captain staff, June 29, 1846;
Captain 4th Artillery, Aug. 18, 1846; vacated staff
commission, Aug. 18, 1846; killed Sept. 13, 1847, in the
assault of the city of Mexico (within the Belen Gate), while
directing the fire of a captured nine-pounder that he had
added to the battery of heavy artillery which he commanded
throughout the action with consummate skill, indomitable
energy and most conspicuous gallantry. Capt. Drum
also served in the Seminole war in Florida; his remains rest
in Fern Cliff Cemetery, near Springfield.
"William F. Drum, son of Capt. Simon H.
Drum, 4th Artillery, born in Fort Columbus, New York
Harbor; lived in Springfield, Ohio, from 1845 to 1855;
served as private in 2d O. V. I., July, 1861; appointed 2d
Lieutenant, 2d U. S. I., Aug. 5, 1861; promoted 1st
Lieutenant Oct. 9, 1861, and Captain May 1, 1863; breveted
Major U. S. Army " for gallant service during the campaign
of 1864, before Richmond, Va.," and Lieutenant Colonel U. S.
Army, "for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of
Five Forks, Va." Received leave of absence from the regular
army in 1865, to accept command in the volunteer service.
Mustered in as Lieutenant Colonel 5th N. Y. V. I., April 1,
1865; and Colonel of the same regiment May 29, 1865.
Mustered out of the volunteer service Aug. 21,1865. During
the war of the rebellion, Capt. Drum
participated in most of the engagements of his department
Since the war, Capt. Drum has served in the
following States and Territories, viz., Kentucky, Georgia,
Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, Idaho, Oregon,
Massachusetts and Washington; his present station is Fort
Colville, Washington Territory.
Simon Henry Drum, son of Capt Simon
Henry Drum, was born in Fort Gratiot,
Michigan, but lived in Springfield, Ohio, from 1846 to 1859.
Since the last date he has resided in Minnesota.
Andrew B. Drum, son of Capt Simon H Drum, was
born at Madison Barracks, New York, but has resided almost
continuously in Springfield, Ohio, since 1846. Served three
months in 16th O. V. I., in 1861, and fifteen months in the
5th O. V. C, from which regiment he was discharged on
account of disease contracted in line of duty. During the
war of the rebellion, he participated in the campaigns of
West Virginia, 1861, and Army of the Tennessee in 1862 and
1863.
Thomas L. Drum, son of
Capt, Simon H. Drum, was born in Fort Maryland,
but resided since 1846 in Springfield, Ohio, until recently.
Served one year in the 60th O. V. I.; three years in the
11th O. V. C. He participated in the battle of Harper's
Ferry, where he was taken prisoner, and in a number of
skirmishes with the Indians on the plains. He now resides in
Minnesota.
Mrs. Agnes Drum Rinehart (widow of Capt.
Levi. M. Rinehart, deceased), was born on Governor's
Island, New York Harbor, Oct. 7, 1835. She was married to
Capt. Rinehart Oct. 7, 1856. Their children are
two daughters, viz., Maria E. and Effie R. The
following is a copy of the tribute of respect by the
officers of the 11th O. V. C, for their late comrade,
Levi Monroe Rinehart, presented Feb. 15,
1865, at Fort Laramie, Idaho Territory:
"God in the manifestation of His all-wise providence
has taken from our little band Capt. Levi M. Rinehart,
and, while we bow in humble submission to His will, we still
sincerely feel that the void thus created in our little
circle will remain long unfilled. His manly form no longer
moves among us; but in the greenest spot of our memory will
long live the remembrance of the honorable uprightness of
his character, and the frank, open generosity of his
society. As a patriot, as a warm loyal Union-loving man, we
knew him brave to a fault His character as an officer and a
soldier is best expressed in his last telegram to his
commanding officer. This telegram was written upon the eve
of his departure upon the expedition which ended in his
death, and concluded thus: 'If you have any other duty for
me to perform, please command me.' And those words, so
characteristic of him, were perhaps the last he ever wrote—a
noble sentence, emanating from a noble, brave and generous
heart."
Signed, George C. Underhill,
Surgeon; Thomas P. Clarke, Captain; and Henry E.
Averill, 1st Lieutenant; Committee 11th O. V. C. "
Capt. Rinehart was killed in a skirmish with some
Cheyenne Indians on the North Platte, near Deer Creek, on
the morning of the 13th of February, 1865, meeting his death
as becomes a brave soldier in the lead of his party."
Signed, William O. Collin, Lieutenant Colonel
Commanding, President; and Capt. Thomas P. Clarke,
Secretary.
Capt. Rinehart
SOURCE: The History of
Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1881
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Mad River Twp. -
SAMUEL
DRUMMOND, deceased. This gentleman came to this
township in 1807. He was born near Cincinnati, in Hamilton
Co., Ohio, in the fall of 1804, and was the son off George
and Rosanna (Thompson) Drummond. His father was a native
of Scotland, and his mother of Ireland. They settled in New
Jersey, close to Pennsylvania, and about 1800 came to Ohio.
In 1807 they came to Clark Co., and settled in Sec. 17, Mad
River Township, where they died. They had seven children,
viz., William James, Mary, Sarah,
John, Samuel (our subject) and Nancy.
They are all now dead but John and Nancy. Two
of them died in infancy. Samuel grew up on the home
farm, attending the early log schoolhouse, and affording
such assistance on the farm as his tender years would admit.
He was married, Feb. 28, 1833, to Ruth Beeth,
a native of Greene Co., by whom he had nine children, viz.,
William T., George T. (deceased), Sarah J.,
Mark, Nile (killed in the rebellion), Emily,
Melissa, Stephen and Caroline
(deceased.) Mrs. D. died in November, 1852, and on
April 19, 1853, Mr. D. married Mrs. Mary Ann
Schrock, widow of Francis Schrock, and
daughter of David and Lydia Miller,
natives of Pennsylvania, who came to Ohio in 1843. Mrs.
D. was born in Franklin Co., Penn., Aug. 15, 1823, and
by her first marriage had five children, viz., Winfield S.
(killed in the rebellion), Harrison, Benjamin
(deceased), Lydia J. and Mary E. By her
marriage with Mr. D., she had Anzonetta
(deceased), Rosella, Miller, Goyne, Adele
and Ulysses. Politically, Mr. D. was a
Republican, and a firm defender of the Union. Three of his
sons, and one of his wife's sons fought for their flag in
the war of the rebellion. He died May 3, 1869, leaving to
his family a pleasant home, and a spotless reputation. Mrs.
D. is a member of the Christian Church, of which
denomination his first wife was a member.
SOURCE: The History of
Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1881
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Springfield Twp. -
WILLIAM
H DUGDALE, attorney, Springfield Mr.
Dugdale is a native of Clark County, and belongs to a
line of early residents of Madison Township. His parents,
Charles and Mary (Howell) Dugdale, were married in
Madison Township, and his mother still resides there, his
father having died a number of years since. The subject of
this sketch was born in 1843, and remained on the farm with
his parents until he entered the army in April, 1861, when
he became a member of the 16th O. V. I., in which he served
to the expiration of his term (three months); after which he
re-enlisted for three years, and became a member of the 44th
O. V. L, which afterward veteranized and was transferred to
cavalry service* becoming the 8th O. V. C, with which he
served for the remainder of his three years, he having been
rejected for the veteran service by the Examining Surgeon,
on account of disabilities received during his former
service. After his return, he farmed on the old homestead
about four years, then went West and spent about four years
in Southwestern Kansas, during which he was elected Probate
Judge of Marion Co., Kan. Subsequently went across the
plains into Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona, returning to
Springfield the spring of 1875. After which he read law in
the office of Spence & Arthur; was admitted to the bar in
the spring of 1877, and has since been engaged in active
practice here. Mr. Dugdale is a Democrat in
politics, and somewhat prominent as a politician; has been
Chairman of the Democratic Central Committee of the county a
number of years, and was a delegate from the Eighth Ohio
District to the National Convention at Cincinnati, which
nominated Gen. Hancock for President. He is
thoroughly identified with his party in local and State
affairs, and enjoys a good legal business. He
married, in 1877, Miss Ellen Carmine, a native of
Illinois, at the time of their marriage a resident of
Dayton. They have one child -
Martha.
SOURCE: The History of
Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1881
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Mad River Twp. -
J. K.
DUNKEL, retired; P. O. Enon; is the son of
John, Sr., and Susan Dunkell, of Lancaster Co., Penn.,
where J. K. was born Dec. 15, 1818. He acquired a
limited education in his early life, and judiciously applied
himself to labor in his father’s behalf until 20 years of
age, at which time he started in life as a farm laborer. In
1849, he married Catharine Shertzer, of his native
county and State. He has since become a resident of Ohio,
and at present is a citizen of the village of Enon, where he
is identified with its interest; also takes an active
interest in the cause of education, and at present is a
member of the School Board of that place, which office he
duly fills. Mr. and Mrs. Dunkel are the
parents of four children, viz., Aaron, Fronna, Henry,
and Lucinda.
SOURCE: The History of
Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co., 1881
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Mad River Twp. -
JOHN
B. DUNKLE, merchant, P. O. Enon. Among the
representative business men of Enon we mention the name of
John B. Dunkel as grocery merchant. He is the
son of John and Elizabeth Dunkel, and was born Nov.
20, 1847; obtained his education in the common schools, and
remained with his father's assistant on the farm until 1870,
when he married Rebecca, daughter of Reuben
Shellabarger, whose biography appears in this history.
After his marriage he followed farming one year, then
located in Enon, where he purchased a large grocery store,
carrying a full line of goods, and through his correct
business habits has established a reasonable patronage and
obtained the public feeling of the citizens of his township,
until he now holds the offices of Treasurer of said
township, which he fills with honor and credit to himself
and party. One child, Clara May, has been given
to this union born Nov. 2, 1873.
SOURCE: The History of Clark County, Ohio : Publ.
Chicago: W.H. Beers & Co., 1881 - Page 1041 |
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Springfield Twp. -
ALEXANDER
DUNLAP, A. M., M. D., physician and surgeon,
Springfield; is a native of Ohio ; a son of William and
Mary (Shepherd) Dunlap, both of whom were natives of
Virginia. His father was a farmer and one of the pioneers,
having removed to Kentucky about 1782, and thence to the
Northwest Territory in 1796. His mother's family came from
Shepherdstown, Va., of which place they were the founders,
and also became pioneers of Kentucky, and, subsequently, of
what is now Ohio. The subject of this sketch was born in
Brown Co., Ohio, Jan. 12, 1815; he passed the Freshman and
Sophomore years of his college life at the university at
Athens, and his Junior and Senior years at the Miami
University, and graduated in 1836; he began the study of
medicine under the direction of his brother at Greenfield,
Highland Co., and attended lectures at the old Cincinnati
Medical College, where he graduated in 1839 ; he practiced
with his brother in Greenfield until 1846, then removed to
Ripley, Brown Co., from whence he removed to Springfield in
1856, and has continued here ever since, having established
a merited and extensive reputation and practice. In 1843, he
came in collision with the fraternity by venturing to remove
an ovarian tumor. Although this operation had been
performed, in a few cases, as early as 1809 with some
success by Ephriam McDowell, of Kentucky, it
had been denounced by the profession and characterized as
"unjustifiable butchery," and for more than thirty years had
been abandoned as an element of medical and surgical art
Clay, of England, had performed the operation in 1842, and
Atlee, of Philadelphia, in the summer of 1843. Two months
after Atlee's operating, he not then having any knowledge of
these two cases, and following only the traditional report
of McDowell's case, ventured, at the earnest and
repeated request of the patient, who was apprised of the
risk, to undertake the operation. Surrounded by a few
country physicians, he successfully removed a tumor weighing
forty-five pounds. A few weeks later the patient died, and
the operation was denounced as altogether unwarrantable on
the part of a "country surgeon," while the medical journals
refused to report the casa The woman's death had, however,
not been the direct result of the operation, and, though
frowned upon in many quarters, he persevered in his studies
and practice until brilliant success dispelled the clouds of
prejudice. To-day his reputation as an ovariotomist is
co-extensive with the circulation of medical literature,
while his practice extends throughout the central and
western portions of the United States. Down to the present
time, he has performed 152 operations, 80 per cent of which
were a complete success—a higher estimate than may be
awarded to any other man, either in Europe or America, with
the one exception of Prof. Keith, of
Edinburgh, Scotland. He outlived the denunciation, and, in
1868, received from the Faculty of the State of Ohio the
compliment of an election to the Presidency of the Ohio
Medical Society. He was twice elected one of the Judicial
Council of the American Medical Association, which position
he resigned in 1877 to accept the Vice Presidency. He was
elected a Fellow of the American Gyneocological Society, of
which there can be no more than sixty members, at one time,
in the United States. He was, in 1875, appointed to the
Professorship of " Surgical Diseases in "Women," in the
Starling Medical College of Columbus. In Gross' "System of
Surgery," Vol. IX, he is reported under the heading "Lithotomy,"
as "having successfully removed a stone weighing twenty
ounces," the largest ever removed from a living person. In
the volume of Transactions of the International Medical
Congress of 1876, of which Congress he was a member, he is
quoted on the subject of " Fibroid Tumors of the Uterus." In
the volumes of the Transactions of the American Medical
Association of 1876. he is quoted on the subject of "
Ovariotomy." Among exceptional cases, he has three times
removed the under jaw, once ligated the common carotid
artery, once removed the clavicle, and stands second in the
United States in the number of operations in Ovariotomy
performed by a living surgeon, and is quoted as authority on
this topic by all modern medical works. He married, March
27, 1839, Miss Maria E. Bell, of Highland
County. From this union are two surviving children —Charles
W., now associated with his father in practice; and
Mary E., now Mrs. William H.
Hamilton
SOURCE: The History of Clark County, Ohio : Publ. Chicago:
W. H. Beers & Co., 1881 - Page 821 |
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