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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
A Standard History of Springfield and Clark County,
Ohio
An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention
to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial,
Educational, Civic and Social Development
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Prepared Under the Editorial Supervision of
Dr. Benjamin F. Prince
President Clark County Historical Society
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Assisted by a Board of Advisory Editors
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Volumes 2
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Published by
The American Historical Society
Chicago and New York
1922
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GEORGE C. AGLE
has been one of the hardest working citizens of Clark
County. He toiled during his youth and early manhood to earn
his own living and help support the family. For many years
he was a farm renter, and gradually progressed to a point
where he was able to acquire land of his own, and he is now
dwelling in comfortable prosperity, owner of a fine farm on
rural route No. 1 out of South Vienna, in Harmony Township.
Mr. Agle was born in Bethel Township of Clark
County, May 12, 1858, son of Philip and Elizabeth (Kriegbaum)
Agle. His father was born in Germany in 1832, and was
brought to this country in 1835 by his parents, who located
near Springfield. Philip Agle was put on his
own resources when a boy, worked in brick yards, and
subsequently established a brick plant of his own at
Donnelsville in Clark County, and lived there until he was
accidentally killed in 1867, at the age of thirty-five. His
wife was a native of Germany, came to the United States at
the age of nineteen, was married in Springfield and then
moved to Donnelsville. The parents were Lutherans, and the
father was a republican in politics. Of their seven children
two are living: George C. and Philip, the
latter a farmer five miles south of Springfield. George
C. Agle was born at Donnelsville, and acquired only a
common school education. While in school he worked on
holidays and during the summer season, later worked in a
brick yard for his board and clothes and for two years was
employed in a tile factory. He also did farm work for
monthly wages, and later rented and farmed a place three
years. He operated a farm of ninety-six acres on the shares,
living there with his mother and sister for two years.
January 21, 1886, Mr. Agle married Flora
Seifert, who was born in Greene County, Ohio, in October
1861. After his marriage Mr. Agle rented a 170 acre
place for two years, then a farm of two hundred and two
acres in Madison Township for four years, and subsequently
took another place of two hundred and fifty-two acres in
Harmony Township. He was located there fourteen years and
still later moved to a farm of 306 acres, where he also
lived fourteen years. During this time he purchased his
present farm. Since then he has lived on his own place of
two hundred and fifty-eight acres. Mr. Agle
has been very systematic in his farm management, and much of
his prosperity has been gained by the growing of hogs. He
was at one time a breeder of Poland Chinas, and his present
stock is largely Durocs. While on the farm of two hundred
and fifty-two acres his good wife died, in May, 1905. She
was the mother of nine children: Glenna E., Blanche E.,
Edwin C, Ralph N., George J., Clara M., Nettie M.,
Mary B. and Fannie M. All are living except
Mary B. The children are all graduates of the Harmony
Township High School, and four of the daughters became
successful teachers. The family are members of the Lutheran
Church but attend the Christian Church, and Mr.
Agle is a member of the Board of Trustees of the
Plattsburg Church. He is affiliated with the Knights of
Pythias and Elks Lodge of Springfield, is a republican, and
has taken an active part in public affairs, serving two
terms as township trustee, has been a member and farmer
treasurer of the Clark County Agricultural Association, and
for twenty-six years was a member of the Board of Education.
SOURCE: A Standard History of Springfield and Clark
County, Ohio by Benjamin F. Prince, 1922 - Page 175 -
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J.
FRED ANDERSON. For over ninety years the
Anderson family has been identified with the substantial
interests of agriculture and farm husbandry in this section
of Ohio, and while J. Fred Anderson was born on a
farm, he chose the legal profession for a career. His father
died when he was seven years old. His work since becoming a
member of the Springfield bar has proved him one of the
keenest minds and ablest members of the local profession.
His grandfather, David Anderson, was a native of
Scotland, and as a young man came to the United States about
1827. He soon afterward located near Selma in Clark County.
He married Juliana Stewart, whose people were among
the first and also among the best settlers of that locality.
David Anderson was a skilled cabinet maker, and he worked at
that occupation in connection with farming. He was a devout
Presbyterian of the old school, very strict in his ideas of
religious duty, was upright in his daily conduct, and his
community held him in high esteem. He was a radical
anti-slavery man and his home became a station on the
underground railroad and there he assisted many fugitive
slaves toward freedom. One of his sons, Oliver Hazard
Perry Stewart Anderson, served as a soldier in the Union
Army during the Civil war. David Anderson and
his wife had thirteen children, several dying in infancy.
Not one of these children is still living in Clark County.
The eldest was John Stewart Anderson, who was
born on the home farm near Selma, October 12, 1836. He
became a farmer, and was regarded as one of the most
successful stock men in this part of the state. He was one
of the first to import full blooded Percheron horses. He
served a hundred days’ enlistment in the Civil war, was a
republican in politics, and was devoted to his home and
family. His farm was in Greene County, just over the line
from Clark County, and he died there February 22, 1888. He
married, January 23, 1861, Elizabeth Tindall, who
survives him. Of their seven children four are living:
Mrs. Robert E. Corry, residing at Yellow Springs, Ohio,
mother of six children; Mrs. Harvey S. Collins,
living near Xenia, Ohio, has four children; Miss Cora A.,
a teacher in the Springfield High School; and J. Fred.
J. Fred Anderson was born at the homestead near
Clifton in Greene County, February 14, 1881. He attended
local schools there, later Cedarville College in Greene
County, from which institution he was graduated in 1901 with
the degree of Ph. B., and in 1907 received from the Law
Department of the Ohio State University the degree of LL.B.
He was admitted to the bar June 18, 1907, at once began
practice in Springfield, and in October, 1907, formed a
partnership with his old schoolmate and roommate at Ohio
State University, E. F. McKee, and the firm of
Anderson & McKee, maintaining offices in the Bushnell
Building, represents not only a congenial personal
association, but a combination of legal abilities and
experience that gives it special prestige in the local bar.
Mr. Anderson is a Presbyterian, a republican, is a
member and former secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, and
is a Knight Templar Mason.
On September 20, 1911, he married Christle Reichard,
daughter of Dr. George W. Reichard, of Springfield.
Mrs. Anderson died October 17, 1912, leaving a daughter,
Elizabeth Reichard Anderson. Mr. Anderson
married, August 19, 1922, Leona Braun, daughter of
the late Leo Braun, well known as a jeweler in
Springfield for sixty years.
SOURCE: A Standard History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio; Vol. 2;
Benjamin F. Prince, 1922 - Page 400 - Transcribed by Sharon Wick |
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HARRY
R. ANDERSON, whose well improved and ably managed
farm of 104 acres is situated in Moorefield Township, on
Rural Route No. 10 from the City of Springfield, has won
distinctive prestige as one of the progressive
agriculturists and stock-growers of his township and county,
and in his farm enterprise he is giving special attention to
the breeding of registered Poland-China swine and Jersey
cattle.
Mr. Anderson was born in Springfield Township on
the 6th of May, 1877, and is a son of Joseph B. and
Serena (Dunseth) Anderson, the former of whom was born
in the State of Pennsylvania, in 1828, and the latter of
whom was born in the beautiful Walnut Hill District of the
City of Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1848. Joseph B. Anderson
was an infant at the time his parents came to Ohio and
numbered themselves among the pioneer settlers in Clark
County, where he was reared on a farm in Moorefield
Township. He eventually became the owner of an excellent
farm near Villa, this township, and in the course of his
long and useful life he contributed much to the industrial
and civic advancement of Clark County. He remained on his
home farm until his death, and his widow still resides in
Clark County. Mr. Anderson was a man of high
ideals and sterling character, was a strong supporter of the
cause of the prohibition party, and was an active member of
the Presbyterian Church, as is also his widow. Of their
children the firstborn, Forrest J., is deceased;
Charles B. resides at Springfield, and Harry R.
is the subject of this review.
The activities of the home farm early enlisted a share
of the helpful service of Harry R. Anderson, and
after profiting by the advantages of the district schools of
his native township he continued his studies in Wittenberg
Academy until his graduation in the same. He has to his
credit a record of successful service as a teacher in the
rural schools of his native county, but his chief vocation
has been that of farm enterprise, in which he has won
substantial success. He is one of the leaders in the civic
and industrial affairs of his community, served seven years
as justice of the peace, and was for a number of years a
member of the School Board of his district. His political
allegiance is given to the republican party, he is
affiliated with Anthony Lodge No. 245, A. F. and A. M., at
Springfield, and he and his wife are active members of the
Presbyterian Church in that city.
On the 18th of March, 1903, was recorded the marriage
of Mr. Anderson and Miss Florence E. Sanfer,
and the children of this union are three daughters: Maude
S., Mildred and Miriam. The two youngest
daughters remain at the parental home, and Maude S.,
the oldest, is the wife of Benson E. Baker.
SOURCE: A Standard History of Springfield and Clark
County, Ohio; Vol. 2; Benjamin F. Prince, 1922 - Page 379 -
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