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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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CLARENCE
E. LAYBOURNE has been a representative farmer in
Greene and Harmony townships for the past twenty years. His
home is in the Plattsburg community, and he is a native of
Clark County and member of one of its old and substantial
families. He was born on a farm in Green Township of this
county October 17, 1880, son of William and Anna (Madden)
Laybourne. His father was born in the same locality on
May 26, 1843, and grew up on the farm and acquired a public
school education. The mother was born July 9, 1852, and at
the age of seventeen qualified as a teacher and at the age
of nineteen was granted a life certificate. She and her
husband were married in 1876, and they then located on a
farm in Greene Township, where the father continued his
industrious career until his death in 1906. He was a
republican and an active member of the Baptist Church, with
which his widow is also affiliated. Of their five children
four are living: Lawrence, Clarence,
Stanley, Alice and Willie, who died aged
six years. Clarence E. Laybourne grew up on a farm,
attended the local schools and was at home with his parents
until he was twenty-one. Since then he has been farming for
himself, and his management of his farm and his private
interests have gained him the confidence of his fellow
citizens to the extent of conferring upon him offices of
trust and responsibility. He has been township trustee of
Greene Township, is a republican, is a member of Fielding
Lodge No. 192, F. and A. M., is a thirty-second degree
Scottish Rite Mason, and a member of Antioch Temple of the
Shrine at Dayton. He is a Baptist, while Mrs.
Laybourne is a member of the Christian Church. October
29, 1903, he married Virginia Troxell,
daughter of William and Dora (Shryack)
Troxell, and a member of one of the best known
families in this section of Clark County. Mr. and
Mrs. Laybourne have three children: Troxell,
now in the third year of high school; Elizabeth, a
first year high school girl; and Esther, attending
the grade school.
SOURCE: A Standard History of Springfield and Clark
County, Ohio; Vol. 2; Benjamin F. Prince, 1922 - Page 218 -
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LEWIS
J. LAYBOURN has contributed his quota to the
advancement of constructive farm enterprise in Clark County,
and is now one of the venerable native sons still residing
in the county, his homestead farm being situated in
Springfield Township, eight miles southeast of the City of
Springfield. Mr. Laybourn was born in this
county on the 15th of September, 1846, and is a son of
James and Mary (Skillings) Laybourn.
Christopher Laybourn, great-grandfather of the
subject of this review, came from England to the United
States and became one of the pioneer settlers in Clark
County, where he established his home in 1820. He founded
and successfully conducted the first nursery in this county,
where he remained until his death, when in his ninety-eighth
year. His son Joel became one of the substantial
farmers of his generation in Clark County and was the owner
of a good farm in Greene Township. It was on this farm that
James, son of Joel and father of Lewis J.,
was born, and he likewise did effective service as one of
the progressive representatives of farm industry in the
county, where both he and his wife passed the closing years
of their lives on the old homestead now occupied by their
son Lewis J., the second of their four children.
William H., eldest of the children, is deceased, as is
also Jerusha, who was the wife of Dr. W. P. Madden;
Sarah became the wife of Thomas Nave,
and they still reside in this county. Lewis J. Laybourn
gained his early education in the pioneer schools of
Springfield Township, and his entire active career has been
one of close alliance with farm enterprise. For twelve years
he farmed in Greene Township, where he owned a place of 240
acres, and he then removed to his present farm, one of the
best improved in Springfield Township, with a commodious
modern house situated in a fine grove of native trees and
constituting one of the most attractive rural homes in this
county. Mr. Laybourn has held rank as one of
the most extensive and successful farmers of his native
county, is a man of fine personality, a loyal and
progressive citizen, and commands the high regard of all who
know him. As a young man Mr. Laybourn married
Miss Jennie Bird, who likewise was born
and reared in this county and who was a daughter of
Herbert Bird. Mrs. Laybourn's death
occurred in 1886, and she is survived by one daughter,
Mary B., who became the wife of Myron Beckman,
now deceased, and who with her second husband resides with
her father on the old home farm.
SOURCE: A Standard History of Springfield and Clark
County, Ohio by Benjamin F. Prince, 1922 - Page 378 -
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GEORGE M. LEFFEL.
The career of George M. Leffel, now one of the highly
respected retired citizens of Springfield, has been one of
diversified activity, in which he has engaged in a number of
pursuits and enterprises, all of which have been successful
under his management. His versatility in business may
be seen when it is stated that during his life he has
conducted a grocery, sold nursery stock, manufactured
tricycles, operated a farm and conducted a hotel, in
addition to carrying on various other investments. At
the same time he has found the opportunity to devote his
talents to the support of Springfield’s interests.
Mr. Leffel was born Sept. 2, 1843, in Bethel
Township, Clark County, Ohio, and is a son of James and
Lucy Jane (Patterson) Leffel, the former a native of
Virginia and the latter of German Township, Clark County.
His grandfather, Jacob Leffel, came from Pennsylvania
to Clark County at an early day, and settled as a pioneer in
Bethel Township at a time when the country was still the
abiding place of numerous Indians, and bear, panthers and
other wild animals roamed the forests. Joseph
Patterson, the maternal grandfather, was born in
England and was an early settler of German Township, where
he became a large landholder. He was killed
while driving cattle, when his horse fell while endeavoring
to jump over a large log. Jacob Leffel and his
wife were the parents of seven sons and seven daughters.
After
their marriage James and Lucy Jane (Patterson) Leffel
settled on a farm in Bethel Township, where Mrs. Leffel
died in 1868, at the age of forty-four years.
Mr. Leffel then moved to Springfield, where he died in
1901, when eighty-seven years of age. They were the
parents of three children: Joseph O., who died when
sixty-seven years of age; Mary Ellen, who died as
Mrs. Joseph W. Stafford, also aged sixty-seven years;
and George M.
George M. Leffel was educated in the public
schools and at Wittenburg College and spent his time on the
home farm until 1870, in which year he moved to Springfield
and established himself in business as the proprietor of a
grocery at the corner of High and Fountain streets.
After three years he disposed of this establishment and went
on the road selling all kinds of nursery stock, owning his
own establishment, with headquarters at Springfield.
In 1880 he entered the manufacturing business, making all
kinds of tricycles, and became president and superintendent
of the Tricycle Manufacturing Company, with an establishment
in the western part of Springfield. He built up this
business to such an extent that 165 men were employed in his
plant, and then sold out in 1885 and engaged in the business
of raising Barred Rock chickens. In that enterprise he
became the largest raiser of that breed of poultry in the
world, erected large buildings on Liberty Street, and
continued in the business for fifteen years. Mr.
Leffel also conducted a farm at the edge of Springfield.
During the years 1901 to 1911 he operated a hotel at
Wellington, Kansas, and through a clever bit of salesmanship
realized a profit of $3,500 on this investment. Since 1911
Mr. Leffel has contented himself with the care
of his properties, he having twenty-four tenants in his
various houses at Springfield. He was one of the first
stockholders in the Citizens Bank and also holds stock in
the Lagonda Bank. His fine modern home is located at
829 South Limestone Street. Mr. Leffel
is a democrat in politics, but takes only a good citizen’s
interest in public affairs. He also has several civic
and fraternal connections.
On Feb. 16, 1888, Mr. Leffel married Miss
Lula Osborn Houck, who was born at Springfield, a
daughter of Edward and Mary Houck, the former a
native of Virginia and the latter of Springfield, of English
parentage. Mrs. Leffel died Aug. 17,
1921, leaving one son, James Osborn. James
Osborn Leffel was born Mar 8, 1896, and
graduated from Culver Military Academy, standing sixth in
his class and attaining the rank of lieutenant. During
the World war he was stationed for three months at Fort
Benjamin Harrison and at Atlanta, Georgia, and was honorably
discharged with the rank of second lieutenant, which rank he
still retains. He has since been engaged in the
undertaking business at Springfield. He married
Miss Clara Sherman and they have one
daughter, Laurabelle Ann, born Apr. 12, 1920.
SOURCE: A Standard History of Springfield and Clark County,
Ohio; Vol. 2; Benjamin F. Prince, 1922 - Page 129 |
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EDGAR H. LONG, M. D. A
competent and well-trained physician and surgeon, Doctor
Long has found his work and congenial environment at
South Vienna.
He was born in Warren County, Ohio, Sept. 22, 1897, son
of Benjamin and Rosa (Cadwalder) Long. His
parents are also natives of Warren County, where his father
was born May 4, 1874, and his mother Oct. 22, 1875.
They were reared and educated there, and
after their marriage located on a farm, where they are still
residing. His father is now retired from the heavier
duties of the farm. He is a republican in politics.
Only son of his parents, Dr. Edgar H. Long spent
his youth on the farm, graduated from high school in 1915,
and had further training at Cincinnati, where he
subsequently entered the Eclectic Medical College and was
graduated M. D. in 1920. Doctor Long was
house physician at the Deaconess Hospital of Cincinnati for
eight months, and received a diploma from that institution.
From July, 1920, to July, 1921, he served as an interne in
the City Hospital at Springfield and left there to take up
private practice, associated with Dr. E. H. Smith of
South Vienna. Doctor Long is a member of
the Eclectic and State Medical societies. He is a
republican and is affiliated with the Junior Order United
American Mechanics.
SOURCE: A Standard History of Springfield and Clark County,
Ohio; Vol. 2; Benjamin F. Prince, 1922 - Page 214 |
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