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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
20th CENTURY HISTORY
of
Springfield and Clark County, Ohio
and Representative Citizens
Publ: Biographical Publishing Co.
Geo. Richmond, Pres C. R. Arnold,
Sec'y and Treas.
Chicago, Illinois
1908
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STEPHEN CARY GOODALL
was born on his father's farm in Darke County, Ohio, June 5,
1861. His parents were James and Mary (Long)
Goodall. He is a member of the Knights Templars at
Springfield.
Source:
20th Century History
of
Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens -
Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page
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FRANK S. GOODE - See
Page 530 in CHAPTER XX
Source:
20th Century History
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Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens -
Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page
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HARRY H. R. GRAM - See
Page 534 - CHAPTER XX
Source:
20th Century History
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JACOB GRAM - See
WILLIAM J. GRAM
Source:
20th Century History
of
Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens -
Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page
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WILLIAM J. GRAM, a well
known general farmer and dairyman of Springfield Township,
Clark County, Ohio, residing on a farm of fifty acres,
situated about three miles south of the city, on the Possum
road, was born Nov. 13, 1855, on the old Gram farm
just south of Leffel Lane, and is a son of Jacob and
Isabella (Dory) Gram.
JACOB GRAM was born in
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and was a son of
Cornelius Gram. When about seventeen years old,
Jacob Gram came to Clark County with his father, who
bought a farm of three hundred and twenty acres running a
mile north and south, and a half a mile east and west.
Cornelius operated a distillery for some time.
The family lived first in a log house, but later a brick
house was erected, which has been torn down. Jacob
Gram married Isabella Dory who was born in
Cincinnati, and daughter of James Dory, who was a
native of England, and a gardner by occupation. When a
babe her parent moved to Springfield, where her father ran a
garden on Grand Avenue, that section now being known as the
Dory Addition. Jacob and Isabella Gram
had four children: William J.; Harriet Elizabeth,
who married S. C. Rebert of Springfield; Martha C.,
who married Oliver H. Leffel of Green Township, Clark
County; and Charles J., who is a resident of
Springfield, Ohio. Jacob Gram and wife first
went to housekeeping on the old Gram farm, moving in
1857 to a the farm on which William J. now resides,
which then contained eighty acres. They subsequently
removed to Springfield and built a home on Grand Avenue,
where the mother died in January, 1890. Jacob
then came to live with his son William J. He
died Apr. 3, 1894, while on a visit at the home of his son
Charles, who then resided in Green Township.
William Gram was reared on his present farm and
received his schooling at the Possum school. He has
always followed farming and for twelve years also operated a
dairy, recently having sold his route to his son George.
He usually keeps about fifteen head of cattle.
Mr. Gram was married Oct. 28, 1880, to Mattie
Otstot who was reared in Springfield, Ohio, and is a
daughter of Adam Hunter and Sarah (Parsons) Otstot.
Adam Hunter Otstot, who is now deceased, was born in
March, 1827, in Pennsylvania, and was a carpenter by trade.
His widow and one son, L. Burt Otstot, reside in
Santa Ana, California
Mr. and Mrs. Gram have had eight children, seven
of whom are still living, namely: Robert C.,
resides in Santa Anna, California, where he is employed in a
drug store; Dola, married Walter Minnich of
Springfield Township, and has two children, Ralph,
and Robert; George W., married Emma Deeter of
Pleasant Hill, Ohio and has one child, William; Lewis
Jacob, married Mabel E. Patten and resides in
Springfield; Burt, married Ethel Celeste Woosley,
on Nov. 20, 1907; Isabella, who attends High School
at Springfield; and Marian, who attends the Possom
school of this Township.
Mr. Gram and family are members of the Third
Lutheran Church.
Source:
20th Century History
of
Springfield and Clark County, Ohio and Representative Citizens -
Publ: Biographical Publishing Co. - Chicago, Illinois - 1908 - Page
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