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BIOGRAPHIES
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20th Century History of
Delaware County, Ohio
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representative citizens
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Chicago, Ill. :: Biographical Pub. Co., by James R. Lytle
1908
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ANDREW J. BAGLEY, a
leading citizen of Orange Township and one of her self-made and
substantial men, engages in farming and stock-raising on his property
situated here, which consists of 218 acres of very valuable land.
Mr. Bagley was born April 25, 1838, in Muskingum County,
Ohio, and is a son of Samuel and Sarah (Lenhart) Bagley.
The pioneer of the Bagley family in Ohio, was the
grandfather, Reuben Bagley, who started from Loudoun
County, Virginia, in n two-horse wagon, with his wife, five sons and
three daughters, the names of his children being: John,
Benjamin, Samuel, Hiram and Christopher, and
Sarah, Betsey and Polly. Reuben Bagley
settled in Muskingum County. At this time the son Samuel was a
boy of 16 years and he grew to manhood on the pioneer farm and was
subsequently married in Muskingum County to Sarah Lenhart.
She was born in 1805 and died in June, 1861. Her parents were John
and Eliza (Morgan) Lenhart. Samuel Bagley was
married (second) in 1862, to Lovitha Mathews, both
deceased. In 1851 the parents of Andrew J. Bagley removed from
Muskingum to Vinton County, Ohio, where they lived until death, the
mother at the age of 56 years and the father aged 77years. For 55
years he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and was
conscientious in his support of all its uplifting agencies. For many
years he was a subscriber to a religious journal and on the day of his
death, walked a distance of a mile and a half in order to get it from
the post office. He was suddenly stricken, and with apparently no
suffering passed out of life, leaving behind him the record of a good
man. His 11 children were born to his first union and two of these
died in Infancy. James William, the oldest
survivor, resides at Logan, Hocking County, Ohio. Andrew J., of
Orange Township, is the second in order of birth. Spencer
resides at Rock Island, Illinois. John L. resides at Logan,
in Flocking County. Samuel H. and Christopher both
reside in Worth County, Missouri. Eliza Amanda died in
Athens County, Ohio. Arie Jane and Martha
reside at Columbus.
Andrew J. Bagley attended the district schools
of Vinton County and spent his boyhood on the home farm, after which
he worked for a time through the neighborhood. When the Civil War was
precipitated, Mr. Bagley's thoughts turned toward a
military life, one strange enough to a country-bred youth, and his
mind was soon made up. On July 14, 1861, he enlisted in Company C,
Thirty-ninth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, a company that was
recruited in the neighborhood of Nelsonville. For a few days the
regiment was detained at Cincinnati and at camp at Springfield and
then was sent on to St. Louis, where it embarked for Island No. 10,
down the Mississippi River. The military annals of the time tell how
New Madrid was captured, with 1,600 Confederates evacuating Island No.
10. The regiment went on down the mighty river to Fort Pillow, and
from there to Hamburg Landing. There the Thirty-ninth Regiment formed
a part of the left wing of the army that participated in the battle of
Shiloh which followed, and then continued to pursue the enemy to
Farmington, where the latter made a slight stand, and then fell back
to Corinth. Four regiments, including the Thirty-ninth, with a
battery, were then detailed to guard the M. & C. Railroad. From there
nearly the entire brigade went to Memphis. Tennessee.
At Memphis, in the winter of 1863-64, Mr.
Bagley re-enlisted as a veteran, marched with his regiment from
that city to Chattanooga. There General Sherman consolidated his
forces for the Atlanta campaign, and Mr. Bagley was with
the part of the army that pursued General Joseph
Johnson, participating in that series of great battles reaching
from Ringgold Station to Resaca, Dallas, Big Shanty and Kenesaw
Mountain, followed by Marietta, Bethel Church and Chattahoochee River.
He was also in the engagement at Decatur and in the battle of Peach
Tree Creek. His regiment marched then to Jonesboro and to Lovejoy
Station and after following General Hood and fighting in the battle at
Franklin, returned to Atlanta. As a member, successively, of the 17th.
14th, 15th and 20th Army Corps, he saw extreme military hardship. he
took part in the march to the sea and assisted in the taking of
Atlanta and of the opening up of communication from there to Beaufort,
South Carolina. His regiment reached that point by steamer,
disembarked there and went on to Columbia. South Carolina, and from
there to Goldsboro. North Carolina, and later to Raleigh, and at that
city Mr. Bagley witnessed the meeting of those two great
commanders, Generals Grant and Sherman. The fight at Raleigh, North
Carolina, was the last one in which Mr. Bagley took part, he was
promoted several times and during the last year's service he was with
a four-gun battery. He was present at the Grand Review at Washington
City. He is one of the 250,000 men out of the 300.000 first
enlistments, who veteranized. He was finally mustered out. after four
years of faithful service, at Detroit, Michigan, and reached his home
in June, 1865. He is a valued member of Price Post, Grand Army of the
Republic, at Westerville, and prizes those occasions when he can talk
over those old days of danger and hardship, but yet of great
enthusiasm and patriotism, with comrades some of whom stood at his
side when both faced almost certain death on many a southern
battlefield.
Mr. Bagley has devoted himself to agricultural pursuits
ever since the close of his army life, and he has been a resident of
Delaware County for the past 30 years. His first purchase of land was
of 90 acres, which he subsequently traded for his present farm, paying
a difference of $6,500 in cash. This property Mr. Bagley
acquired through his own persistent industry, he being entirely a
self-made man. His farm is so situated that it is well adapted to both
the growing of grains and the developing of fine stock. He has made
many substantial improvements and his surroundings indicate thrift and
good management.
In the fall of 1865, Mr. Bagley was
married (first) to Hannah Allen, who was a daughter of
David Allen, of Athens County, Ohio, and three children
were born to this union, namely: William Sherman, who
resides at Portland, Oregon; Sarah Agnes, who married
William Jacox, and they reside in Orange Township
and have two children, Harold and Wilbur; Samuel
Fenton, who married Kate Sapp. They have four
children— Glenn, Paul. Merrill and Edgar.
On April 24. 1884. Mr. Bagley was married (second) to
Sarah Frances lrwin, who was born in Berlin
Township, Delaware County, Ohio, and is a daughter of James and
Elizabeth (Cashner) lrwin. They have three children: Leroy,
Leona and Lodemia. Leona married Arthur Freeman,
a native of Delaware County, and they reside on the home place. They
have three children, Frances Lucile, Willis and
an infant. For 21 years Mr. Bagley has been a justice of
the peace of Orange Township.
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THE BANK OF ASHLEY
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JUDGE GIDEON G. BANKER
was born in Cardington, Morrow County, Ohio, on the twenty-fifth day
of December, 1850. He is the eldest son of Captain Benjamin
A. Banker and Elizabeth (Worline) Banker. The parents,
soon after the birth of their son, came to Delaware County and
located on a farm where the subject of this sketch spent his boyhood
days and received his early education in the public schools.
When Mr. Banker was sixteen years of age, his
parents moved to the city of Delaware, and he attended the city
schools and prepared himself for a collegiate education. He
then entered the Ohio Wesleyan University and took a classical
course, being graduated in the month of June, 1873. Mr.
Banker immediately entered the office of Messrs. Reid and
Powell, attorneys at law, where he read for two years, when he
was admitted to the Bar in the year 1875.
He was soon after elected solicitor of the city of
Delaware, which position he held for three successive terms.
Mr. Banker continued the practice in Delaware County until
about the year 1888, when he was employed as a traveling agent for a
collecting association, in which agency he continued for five years,
during which time he resided in Delaware, Ohio. In the year
1893, Mr. Baker removed to Findlay, Ohio, where he opened an
office and began the practice of his chosen profession. In
1902 he received the nomination for the office of probate judge by
the Democratic Party of Hancock County and was duly elected at the
November election of that year. He assumed the duties of his
office on the ninth day of February, 1903. He was re-nominated
by the same party in the year 1905, to succeed himself, and was
again elected and he is now the present incumbent. His second
term will expire February 8, 1909.
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DR. BARBOUR came to
Delaware in 1840 from Richland County. After several years he
located at East Liberty, Ohio, and enjoyed a limited practice.
He died a few years ago.
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JAMES M. BARNES came
to Delaware from Newark, Ohio, about the year 1839, having just been
admitted to the Bar. He soon became a law partner of the
Hon. Charles Sweetser, which partnership continued until the
year 1850, when he went to California by the Overland Route with a
company of good seekers. He returned in about two years,
having obtained some success in the gathering of gold. He again
began the practice of law and he did not fancy the profession as
well as he did the making of money and he turned his attention to
the manufacture of linseed oil, in which he was successful. He
built a large linseed oil plant on the corner of Winter and Depot
Streets, just opposite Big Four depot, and he erected a large
warehouse near the depot on the railroad lands and was in business
there for many years. He was later elected mayor of the city
of Delaware. Owning to failing health he quit business in
Delaware and removed to the State of California where he died a
number of years ago.
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DR. LEWIS BARNES
came to Delaware about 1856, having traded his practice in Columbus
with Dr. D. M. Kensell, of Delaware. Dr. Barnes
belonged to the Homeopathic School. He was here in Delaware
for many years. He died at an advanced age at his son's in
Norwalk, Ohio.
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GEO. W. BARRY is the
last acquisition to the Delaware County Bar. He came to
Delaware in June, 1907, as a practicing lawyer from Morgan County,
Ohio, and while he has bought property and moved to Delaware with
his family, he still retains his office and business in
McConnellsville, the county seat of Morgan County, where he is in
active practice. He has not procured an office in this city as
yet, but he expects to become an active member of this Bar and make
Delaware his permanent home. Mr. Barry has been
in the practice for about twenty-fi\e years, and has been one of the
leading lawyers at the McConnellsvile Bar, and will be a
worthy acquisition to the Delaware County Bar.
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Residence of
Clay W. Barton
Berkshire Twp. |
CLAY W. BARTON a
prominent citizen, large landowner and successful farmer of
Berkshire Township, was born at Columbus, Ohio, Mar. 4, 1861, and is
a son of William and Sarah (Inks) Barton.
The parents of Mr. Barton were natives of
Niagara County, New York. They were married at Columbus, Ohio,
in 1850. The father, William Barton, was a
prosperous real estate dealer at Columbus for a number of years and
continued to reside there until his death, which took place Apr. 7,
1Q05. his wife's death having occurred in the preceding month.
They had four children, namely: Mary, who died aged sixteen
years; Helen, who married John Braddock,
residing at Newark, Ohio; Clay W.; and Nellie, who
died aged seventeen years. Clay W. Barton was educated
in the schools of Columbus and prior to going the real estate
business with his father, was a clerk for two years in the office of
the C. H. B. & T. Railroad. Under his father's supervision,
Mr. Barton developed into a successful business man, and
continued his residence at Columbus until 1886. He then bought
150 acres of farming land adjoining Sunbury on the south, where he
has since carried on general agriculture. In April, 1906, he
purchased a second farm of 116 acres in Geneva Township, which he
rents. He is identified with many of the leading business
concerns of this community. He owns considerable stock and is
a director in the Sunbury Farmers' Bank and has other interests. He
also owns valuable city realty at Columbus and is interested in the
Smith Chemical Company, manufacturers of fertilizers in that city.
In 1888 Mr. Barton was married to
Anna Moore, who was born at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and
who died at Sunbury, Ohio, Apr. 1, 1895. She left one child,
Ethel, born in February, 1890, who died Oct. 7, 1902.
Mr. Barton was married, secondly. May 13, [907,
to Mrs. Ella (Mains) Ford, widow of the late Benton
Ford and daughter of John Mains. Mrs.
Ford had three daughters — Catherine, Estella
and Ruth, all attending school. In politics, Mr.
Barton is a Republican, and since 1897 he has been a trustee
of Berkshire Township. He is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church and has served on its Board of Trustees.
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GEORGE W. BAXTER,
formerly a well-known citizen of Radnor Township, where he owned a
valuable farm of almost 150 acres, died at his home, Aug. 12, 1899,
and is survived by his widow and four children. Mr. Baxter
was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, June 16, 1836, and was a
son of John D. and Elizabeth Baxter, natives of Germany.
After the parents of Mr. Baxter emigrated to America, they
settled in Pennsylvania, where they resided until their son, George
W., was nineteen years of age, when they moved to Kansas.
Later, George W. Baxter came to Ohio, settling in Marion
County, where he lived for some years, and prior to his marriage he
followed the carpenter's trade. After marrying he settled down
to farming in the northern part of Radnor Township, Delaware County.
He was careful and industrious and prospered, carrying on extensive
farming and stock-raising and remaining thus occupied until near the
end of his useful life.
On Oct. 3, 1872, Mr. Baxter was married to
Alsina A. Coleman, who was born Nov. 17, 1843, in Marion County,
Ohio, and who is a daughter of Henry and Sarah (Schultz) Coleman.
Her parents were natives of York County, Pennsylvania, and when she
was nine years old they removed from Marion to Delaware County,
settling in Oxford Township, where she was reared and was married.
Her mother died in her eighty-fifth year and her father in his
eighty-eighth year. Their family consisted of seven children,
namely: Alsina A.; Absalom B., residing in Morrow county;
Theresa M., who married Edward Houseworth, residing in
Oxford Township; James E., residing in Morrow County;
Lucinda J., who married Samuel Strine, residing in Oxford
Township; Sarah A., who married John Waddel, and resides
in Oxford Township; and Eva A., who married Clyde Smith, and
resides in Trumbull County, Ohio.
The late George W. Baxter was a man of sterling
character, a good and worthy citizen in every relation in life.
When his country was in danger of disruption he responded. early in
1862, to the call for troops, and for three years risked life and
health in the Federal army, as a member of Company H., Sixty-third
Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He took part in the
famous march to the sea under Sherman; and at various times faced the
enemy on the battlefield. He was fortunate enough to escape
injury, and was honorably discharged and returned safely to his home.
In politics he was a Democrat. for many years he was a worthy member
of and liberal contributor to the Lutheran Church. He was widely
known and bore the reputation of being a man of honest purpose and
exemplary life.
Mr. and Mrs. Baxter had four children, namely:
Arthur A., a farmer residing in Troy Township; Walter M.,
residing in Radnor Township on the home farm; Henry C.,
also residing in Radnor Township; and Corda M., residing at
home with her mother. Mrs. Baxter manages the home farm
since the death of her husband and is ably assisted by her son, who
takes all the care from her shoulders. She is a highly esteemed
lady and is a valued member of the Lutheran Church at Prospect.
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HIRAM BEAN - See
SAMUEL B. MYERS
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HARRY H. BEECHER was
horn at Johnstown, Licking County, Ohio, on the fourth day of July,
A. D., 1857. He is the eldest son of William A. and Oral
Beecher. His parents came to Delaware County in the year
1875. and ar e both living, having celebrated their Golden Wedding
anniversary. The subject of this sketch received his education in
the public schools of Delaware County.
He began the study of law with Godman &
Glover, attorneys, completed his course with the firm of
Jones & Lytle. and was admitted to the Bar by the Supreme
Court of Ohio on the fourth day of June, 1881. He opened an
office in Delaware in the spring of the year 1882, and entered upon
the practice of his profession. He was elected solicitor for
the city of Delaware at the April election of the year 1888, and was
re-elected to succeed himself in the year 1890, and again in the
year 1892. He was chosen clerk of the County Board of
Elections when it was first organized after the adoption of the
Australian ballot system in Ohio, which position he held
continuously until the autumn of the year 1905. He was elected
justice of the peace for Delaware Township at the April election,
for the year 1903, which office he resigned in the autumn of 1905 to
accept the nomination for
mayor of the city of Delaware. He was elected mayor at the
November election and served as mayor one term, 1906 and 1907,
having retired in January, 1908.
Mr. Beecher is a member of both the
fraternal orders of the I. O. O. F., and the K. of P., and has
passed through the chairs of both lodges.
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STANLEY BELL
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GRIFFITH G. BENEDICT,
proprietor of the Benedict Evaporating Company, manufacturers
of evaporated sweet corn and fancy evaporated apples, and one of the
leading business men of Delaware Township, was born in Peru
Township, in what is now Morrow County, Ohio, Oct. 3, 1845, and is a
son of Aaron L. and Phebe (Wing) Benedict.
The progenitor of this old and honored family was
Thomas Benedict, who was born in 1617 in Nottingham, England,
where he married Mary Bridgum and came to America in 1638.
Their son, John, was born during the 1640s, and his son
Joseph, had a son Aaron, who was born Dec. 6, 1740, in
Connecticut, and married Elizabeth Knowles, who was born Feb.
20, 1741, and died Aug. 15, 1821. Aaron Benedict, son
of Aaron and Elizabeth (Knowles) Benedict, was born Nov. 25,
1769, in New Milford, Connecticut, and in the fall of 1795 emigrated
to New York State with his wife, Esther Lancaster, who was
born Apr. 24, 1776, and died Sept. 25, 1825. They came to Ohio
in 1812, and here the remainder of their lives were spent.
Mr. Benedict was an elder in the Society of Friends.
Aaron L. Benedict, father of Griffith G.,
was born in Peru Township, Clinton County, New York, the third child
and only son of Aaron and Esther (Lancaster) Benedict.
He was eight years of age when the family came to Ohio, and the
larger part of his education was acquired in an old log schoolhouse.
He grew up on the home farm, which he helped to clear and cultivate.
Here his death occurred June 25, 1867. He was a preacher in
the Friends Church. He married Phebe Wing, who was born
July 22, 1808, and died Aug. 20, 1884, and was a daughter of
Abner Wing, originally of Dutchess County, New York. Of
their children, seven grew to maturity: Amelia, who married
Jonathan Stanley, both now being deceased; Livius A.,
of Peru Township; Charity T., who is deceased; Lydia,
deceased, who married Joseph Johnson, Edward A., a
resident of Salem, Columbiana County; Griffith G.; and
Agnes S., who resides on the old place.
Griffith G. Benedict was educated in the
district schools as well as a private school, and remained at home
until the death of his father. In 1876 he came to his present
farm of 17 acres, where he embarked in trucking, in which he has
continued to a certain extent to the present time, making a
specialty of bush fruits and strawberries. He also keeps a
small dairy, selling his milk to a creamery. Mr. Benedict
started the first fruit and corn evaporating business in the county,
in a small way, with a home-made dryer, but by 1888 his business had
increased to such an extent as to warrant the erection of a large
building, which he fitted with the most modern machinery. He
now evaporates from 25,000 to 50,000 pounds of sweet corn and as
high as 2,000 bushels of apples during the short season, which lasts
not more than two months, and his business is still the only one of
its kind in Delaware County. Some years ago Mr. Benedict
purchased an additional 33 acres, and also rents property. The
home that stood on the original 17 acre tract has been changed into
a modern residence, and large, substantial buildings have been
erected, making his property one of the most desirable in this
section of the township.
On July 23, 1874, Mr. Benedict was married to
Ellen Willits, who is the daughter of Joel Willits, of
Cardington Township, Morrow County, Ohio, and two children have been
born to this union: Ethel and Francis W.
Mr. Benedict is an active Prohibitionist. In
religion Mr. and Mrs. Benedict are members of the Friends
Church.
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DR. A. E. BENNETT, who
was born near Maxtown, in Genoa Township, and graduated from an
Eclectic College in Cincinnati, Ohio, located in Lewis Centre for a
time; but now is on a farm near his old home.
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BENJ. T. BENTON - see J. R. BENTON
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BURT P. BENTON was
born Oct. 11, 1872, in Scioto Township, Delaware County, Ohio.
His parents' names were Thomas B. Benton and Emma L. (Crawford)
Benton. T. B. Benton was for many years a member of the
Bar of Union County. When the subject of this sketch was but
four years old, his parents moved to Marysville, Ohio, where they
resided for ten years, and during that time Mr. Benton
attended the public schools and received his early education.
When he was fourteen years old his parents returned to the farm of
Scioto Township. Young Benton attended the public
schools of that township, and at the age of eighteen and prepared
himself for teaching. He taught for several years during the
winter term and attended the Ohio Northern University at Ada, Ohio,
where he graduated.
He took charge of the Warrensburg schools at the
organization of the special school district and he established the
high school of Warrensburg, which he taught for six years.
He was nominated by the Republican party for clerk of
courts and was elected to that office at the November election of
the year 1899, and assumed the duties of his office in August, 1900.
He was re-nominated to succeed himself in 1902, and he was
re-elected to the office without opposition. During the time
he was serving in the capacity of clerk of courts he completed the
law course at Ohio State University, where he graduated with the
class in June, 1905. He was admitted to the Bar by the Supreme
Court of Ohio, at Columbus, on the twenty-seventh day of June, 1905.
On the completion of his second term as clerk of courts, Mr.
Benton formed a partnership for the general practice of law with
Harry W. Jewell, of Delaware, Ohio, under the firm name of
Jewell and Benton, and the firm is now engaged in a
successful and lucrative practice. Mr. Benton served
the honorable Ralph D. Cole, representative in Congress from
the Eighth District, in the capacity of private secretary, during
his first term in Congress, but declined the appointment for the
second term, feeling that his duties to his profession required all
his time and energies.
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EDW. W. BENTON - see J. R. BENTON
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J. R.
BENTON, proprietor of the Benton Brothers Tile factory and
owner of a saw-mill, is one of hte leading business men of Scioto
Township, and he is a representative of two of the oldest and most
substantial pioneer families of this section. Mr. Benton
was born in Scioto Township, Delaware County, Ohio, Nov. 5, 1855,
and is a son of Benjamin Thomas and Mary K. (Newhouse) Benton.
Benjamin Township Benton was born at Phillipsburg,
Pennsylvania, Nov. 22, 1824, and was nine years old when he
accompanied his parents to Mt. Vernon, Knox County, Ohio.
There his father, Edward William Benton, remained until 1829,
when he came to Scioto Township, Delaware County, purchasing the
farm on which the subject of this sketch was born.
The Benton family originated in England, and was
transplanted to America by four brothers, of whom Thomas H.,
the youngest, became a distinguished American statesman and the
father of the brilliant woman who became the wife of Gen. John C.
Fremont. One of these brothers, Edward, was the
great-grandfather of J. R. Benton. He had three sons,
one of whom went to California and was lost sight of; another is
called to memory by the city of Benton Harbor, Michigan,
which he founded; and the third was Edward William, the
grandfather of J. R. Benton.
EDWARD WILLIAM BENTON was born Apr.
4, 1782, in Maryland, where he subsequently owned a plantation.
This he abandoned on account of slave laws, of which he did not
approve. He moved to Pennsylvania and from that State to Knox
County, and subsequently to Delaware County, Ohio. In 1806 he
was married, first, to H. Duvall, secondly, in 1820, to
Matilda Phillips. His children were: Benjamin Thomas,
Eli, Katherine, Anna, Erasmus and Nancy.
BENJAMIN THOMAS BENTON resided until his death, which
occurred Aug. 26, 1906, on the farm in Scioto Township, purchased by
his father. He assisted in clearing this property, which, in
the memory of his son, was still partly covered with native timber,
and resided in the log house his father had constructed. In
his early political life he was a Whig and later embraced the
Republican party principles, becoming a man of influence in his
community in public affairs. He was a Free Mason, belonging to
the fraternity at Delaware. He was married Aug. 13, 1846, to
Mary K. Newhouse, who was born Jan. 9, 1901. She was a
daughter of William and Annie (Richey) Newhouse, both members
of the leading pioneer families. William Newhouse was
born in Pickaway County, Ohio, Mar. 11, 1800, and came with his
parents, Anthony and Nancy (Coons) Newhouse, to Delaware
County, in May, 1814. On Jan. 6, 1823, he married Annie
Richey, who was a daughter of William Richey. After
their marriage they settled near Bellpoint but later removed to
Union County, whence they returned still later to Delaware County,
settling on the farm in Scioto Townshp which is now owned by John
R. Newhouse. They had eleven children, namely: Mary K.,
David Emery, William Lafayette, Isaiah, Belinda, John R., Catherine,
NAncy Jane, Adam, Joseph, and James H. William
Newhouse died Dec. 6, 1842.
Benjamin Thomas Benton and wife had six
children, five of whom grew to maturity, namely: William
Edward, who was born Apr. 19, 1847, who is engaged in the
practice of medicine in Wyandot County, Ohio; Thomas Byron,
born Nov. 29, 1851, who died in November, 1895; J. R., whose
name begins this sketch; and Narcissa M. G., born May 14,
1858, married Hon. Brodrick, judge of the Court of Common
Pleas at Marysville, Ohio, and Charles B., who resides on the
home farm. Mr. Benton was a very active member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, serving as a trustee, steward and class
leader. He was a liberal contributor toward the building of
the W. C. T. U. hall. When the sturdy manhood of the country
was called on to rally to the defense of Washington, in 1864, Mr.
Benton became a member of the One Hundred and Forty-fifth
Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served as long as his
services were needed. He subsequently united with Tanner Post
Grand Army of the Republic, of which he was past commander.
After reaching the age of sixteen years, with the exception of two
years spent in Iowa and the time covering his army experience,
Mr. Benton always lived in Scioto Township. In 1856 he
purchased his farm from his father and contentedly passed his life
raising grain and livestock.
J. R. Benton, the direct subject of this
article, was reared in Scioto Township and was educated at the
Delaware Union schools. After leaving school he learned the
carpenter's trade. In the fall of 1884 he entered into the
tile business on the home farm, and since 1895, has been also in the
sawmill business. In the year above mentioned he moved to his
present place, where he has facilities for shipping his entire
product over the Big Four Railroad. Since 1906 he has done a
large amount of building. His factory turns out 25,000 rods of
tile a year and his tile business is a prosperous industry.
For twenty years Mr. Benton has been also a large producer of
honey.
Mr. Benton married Eva L. Brodrick, who
is a daughter of Isaac and Sarah P. (Hoff) Brodrick,
who reside near Lewisburg, Union County, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs.
Benton have had four children, the three survivors being:
Wyville E., who married Florence James, of New Dover, O.,
residing at Columbus; Dwight Omar, who is a builder and
contractor; and Mary K., who married Lorenzo Dow Poling,
of Springfield, Ohio. Mr. Benton and family are members
of the Presbyterian Church.
Fraternally, Mr. Benton is past grand of
Edinburg Lodge of Odd Fellows and has served as deputy of the Grand
Lodge. Both he and wife are members of Prosperity Lodge of
Rebeccas, of which Mr. Benton is a past noble grand, having
been also a representative to the superior bodies. She belongs
also to the Pythian Sisters, No. 261, of Ostrander. In
politics, Mr. Benton is a republican.
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JOHN BERLETT, who
resides on his valuable farm of 60 acres, is one of the
representative men of Delaware Township and belongs to an old
pioneer family of this county. Mr. Berlett was born in
Scioto Township, Delaware County, Ohio, Oct. 8, 1851, and is a son
of Peter and Mary Ann (Rupp) Berlett.
Peter Berlett was born in 1816, in Canton
Blamonz, France, and he accompanied his parents to America in 1833.
For some years he was handicapped by reason of not understanding the
English language, but this disadvantage he overcame while assisting
his father in getting settled in the new country, necessarily
meeting many people and learning in the course of business
transactions He had learned the wagon-making trade in his own
land, but mainly followed farming after coming to Ohio.
Peter Berlett, grandfather of John Berlett, settled first
in Stark County, but five years later came to Delaware County.
He was a blacksmith but engaged in farming after coming to America.
He was successful in his undertakings, being a type of thrifty
French settler, one whose characteristics were inherited by his
descendants, all of whom proved to be men of character and of good
citizenship. The venerable grandfather lived to within five
years of the century mark, dying in 1877. Peter Berlett,
the father of our subject, became possessed of a tract of 200 acres
of timber land after coming to Delaware county, and after clearing
it, raised cattle and sheep quite extensively.
John Berlett remained at home until his
marriage, when he moved to his present farm, on which he had
previously built his comfortable residence. He continued to
improve his property, and in 1903 he built his present substantial
barn, a commodious building with dimensions of 50 by 40 feet, with
22-foot posts. He rotates his crops, having 50 acres under
cultivation, raising corn, oats, wheat and hay. He feeds his
stock all he grows except his wheat. He keeps 10 head of cows,
selling his milk to a local creamery, has about seven head of horses
and 25 head of Chester White hogs.
Mr. Berlett married Annie Eliza McFarland,
who is a daughter of William G. McFarland, of Scioto
Township, and they have had three children, of whom the two
survivors are: Augusta May, who married Walter
Freece residing at Delaware; and Harry Thurston. Mr.
and Mrs. Berlett are members of the United Brethren Church, of
which he has been a trustee. In politics, Mr. Berlett
has identified himself with the Republican party, and on numerous
occasions he has been elected to Township office. For three
terms he served as township assessor, during this time working
faithfully for the good of the community.
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DR. HENRY BEESE
was born in Licking County, Ohio, in 1823. He, in those early
days, read medicine one year, took one term of lectures, and began
practicing. He located at East Liberty, in the eastern part of
the county in 1847. In 1854 he graduated from the Western
Reserve Medical College, Cleveland, Ohio. After he had been in
East Liberty two years, he married a daughter of Elder John
Vansickle, one of the wealthy men of Kingston Township. In
1863 he moved to Delaware, Ohio. The same year he
enlisted in the Forty-fifth Regiment O. V. I., as surgeon; but from
ill health was obliged to resign in six months. In 1864 he
again enlisted as assistant surgeon in the One Hundred and
Forty-fifth Regiment, O. V. I. After the close of the war he
continued practicing. He retired a year or two before his
death in 1901. He was a quiet, unassuming man, a true
Christian, and a member of the Presbyterian Church. He left a
daughter, Mrs. Crum, living near Delaware. His aged
wife is still living on West Winter Street.
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DR. ALPHUS BIGELOW
located in Galena in 1821. He was a brother of the noted
evangelist Rev. Russell Bigelow of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. These two brothers were self-educated and self-made
man. They both possessed great energy and strong minds.
The doctor was not a regular graduate, but was an excellent
physician. He died in 1850.
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ABNER J. BIRD - See
OLIVER PERRY BIRD
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OLIVER PERRY BIRD, of the firm of
Bird, Richey & Christian, proprietors of the White Sulphur
Stone Company, of Scioto Township, is one of the enterprising and
successful men of this section. He was born in Leesburg
Township, Union County, Ohio, Aug. 20, 1867, and is a son of
Abner Johnson and Catherine (Newhouse) Bird.
The Birds came to Ohio from
Pennsylvania, where John Bird, the grandfather was born Jan.
10, 1801. When the latter had reached manhood he accompanied
his father, Sylvester Bird, to Knox County, Ohio.
He married Keziah Johnson who was born Nov. 23, 1801, and who
was a daughter of Abner and Mary (Lee) Johnson, the latter of
whom was a member of the distinguished Lee family of
Virginia. To John Bird and wife were born eight
children, Abner Johnson being the second in order of birth.
Abner Johnson Bird was born in Knox County,
Ohio, Mar. 9, 1827, and resided there until shortly before his
marriage, on Jan. 5, 1855, to Catherine Newhouse who was a
daughter of William Newhouse. She died Jan. 5, 1885.
Mr. Bird moved from Delaware County, where Mrs.
Bird was born, to Iowa, and while there one daughter was
born, Mary, who is now the wife of J. W. Jackson.
During the Civil war, Mr. Bird's family lived in
Morrow County, Ohio, he being absent for three years, serving as a
soldier in the Eighty-first Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
After the war the family moved to Union County, where Oliver
Perry was born and in 1868 Mr. Bird moved to
Scioto Township, Delaware County. For a number of years he was
a deacon in the old stone Presbyterian Church of South Radnor.
Oliver Perry Bird was educated in the schools of
Scioto Township and the Delaware Business College. He then
spent a year in Texas, after which he was employed for three years
with the Northern Pacific Railroad at Jamestown, North Dakota.
In 1892, he returned to Delaware County and was engaged in farming
in Concord Township until 1902, when he came into possession of the
old homestead, a well-improved farm of sixty-three acres, where he
carries on general farming and stock raising. In 1904, Mr.
Bird formed a partnership with James Richey,
under the firm name of Bird & Richey, for the business
of operating two stone quarries in Concord Township, and in 1906,
with the admission of Mr. Christian, the firm acquired
eighty acres of quarry land where a large business is done in
crushed stone. The firm gives employment to twenty-five men
and has the contract for filling twenty miles of county turnpikes.
Sept. 23, 1886, Mr. Bird married
Harriet J. Hughs, who is a daughter of Joseph E. Hughs, a
resident of Concord Township, and they have four children, namely:
Catherine, who married John Richey, of
Warrensburg, and has two children— Naomi and Jo K.;
and Marie. Mary Marsena and Lucy Trove.
The family belong to the old stone Presbyterian Church of South
Radnor.
Up to 1896 Mr. Bird was identified with
the Republican party, but has since been an independent voter.
He has been frequently elected to office by his fellow-citizens.
For four years he served as township clerk, in Concord Township, for
three years has been clerk of the School Board of Scioto Township,
has been a delegate to many conventions, and has always taken an
active part and done useful work in public emergencies. In
1900 he compiled a very complete map of Delaware County.
Formerly a member of Hiram Lodge, F. & A. M.. at Delaware he was
demitted to Ostrander, and has never lost his interest in Free
Masonry. He belongs to Bellpoint Lodge, Odd Fellows, of which
he is past grand, and he is a member of the Encampment at Jamestown,
North Dakota.
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JAMES BISHOP
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LEVI BISHOP
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LEVI BISHOP, justice of
the peace and representative citizen of Troy Township, was born in
Delaware County, Ohio, Oct. 22, 1830, and is a son of
JAMES and Sarah (Cole) Bishop. The maternal
grandparents of Mr. Bishop, Joseph and Mary Cole,
came to Troy Township from Virginia, among the early settlers, in
1808, locating in the dense woods that then covered all this
section, the mother of Mr. Bishop being then eight
years of age. The father of Mr. Bishop came also
from Smyth County, Virginia, and settled in Troy Township in 1827.
He was engaged all his life in agricultural pursuits and was a
cabinet-maker. Upon the organization of the Republican party
he became identified with it and continued a supporter of its
policies until his death, in 1884. He at one time served as
clerk of Troy Township.
Levi Bishop grew to manhood on the home
farm, assisting in its development, and in the meanwhile securing a
district school education. He devoted himself to farming and
stockraising. On Dec. 25, 1851, he was married to Lydia
Main, who was a daughter of Lyman and Hannah
Main. She died Mar. 5, 1893, leaving one son, Wesley.
WESLEY BISHOP was born Sept. 22,
1852, and has always resided with his father on the home place of
164 acres, which is known as Pleasant Hill Farm. Since 1880 he
has been engaged in the Merino sheep industry, and is now serving as
secretary and treasurer of the Ohio Merino Sheep Breeders'
Association, having served in this capacity since 1897. This
body was organized in 1882 and Mr. Bishop was one of
the charter members of the association. He owns the largest
flock of pure-bred Merino sheep in Delaware County and has done a
great deal toward raising the quality of the stock in this section.
He married Addie Rosella Jacoby, who was born in Marion
County, Ohio, and who is a daughter of the late Jacob
Jacoby, of Delaware County. Wesley Bishop
and wife have had four children, namely: O. Hartley, now
deceased; Josie L., Archie J. and Violet R.
Mr. Bishop is a Republican. He belongs to the
order of Woodmen of the World.
For a number of years Levi Bishop has
served in the office of justice of the peace and in this capacity is
known and esteemed all through Troy Township. Politically he is a
Republican. During the Civil war he served with the 100-day
men, called out in 1864, as a member of Company C. One Hundred
and Forty-fifth Regiment. Ohio Volunteer Infantry, being stationed
at Arlington Heights, Washington, D. C. Mr. Bishop
is one of the older residents of Troy Township and he and his son
have been identified with a large part of its material development,
both being men of excellent judgement and foresight and of
the best type of citizenship.
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DR. DAVID P. BLISS was
born at Sparta, Morrow County, Ohio, in 1843. He received his
education in the public schools. AT the age of nineteen he
enlisted in the service of his country with the One Hundred and
Twenty-first Regiment O. V. I., and received an honorable discharge
from the service in 1865, at the close of the war. He was an
exemplary soldier, and one of the highest Christian character.
After returning from the army, he entered the office of the
illustrious Dr. J. W. Russell, of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, and
graduated from the Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia, in
1867. After many long years of hard work, he came to Delaware
in 1901 to enjoy a much needed rest. He is a member of Asbury
M. E. Church, and is always ready to do the Master's work.
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DR. A.
BLYMER. There never was a practitioner of medicine so
widely known, or had such an extensive practice in Delaware County
as Dr. Abraham Blymer. He was so long in the county
that his name became a household word, and few knew when he settled
in Delaware. He became the standard of perfection for the true
physician in the minds of the many students who went out of his
office, some to fill high positions in the profession in many parts
of the country. For fifty years he went in and out before the
people, visiting hundreds of homes throughout the county in the
early days of mud and forest roads, and these marked by emblazing
the trees; and no bridges to cross the swollen streams, he went to
administer to be afflicted. Through the midnight darkness with
his old time lantern and saddlebags, through the storms of winter
and shades of the forest in summer, he went on his mission of mercy
to the well-to-do, and to the poor and the needy. The long
years of faithful labor and broken rest made little impression upon
his wonderful German constitution. Up to the very hour of his
final visit, he rivaled in activity many of his younger brethren,
who numbered but months, while he counted years of faithful labor.
Dr. Blymer was born in Shippinsburg,
Pennsylvania, in 1804. His father was a man of education and
followed school teaching. Under the instructions of this
talented man, the son received his education. In 1824 he began
the study of medicine. In 1826, through his wife, he inherited
a large amount of money. Anxious to increase his fortune, he
entered into the mercantile business, which prospered and promised
him great riches. After a few years he ventured again into the
iron industry, which held out flattering promises. This new
venture swept away all of his money and his bright hopes.
Seventeen thousand dollars went to pay debts. He fell back
upon his profession, and after two years he took a course of
lectures in the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. He then attended the Barten Medical Institute in
Philadelphia and received his diploma. Somewhat broken in
spirit he moved to the then western country, locating at Mansfield,
Ohio, where he opened an office and began the practice of his
profession. The ten yeas of professional life at Mansfield,
gave him great prestige. About this time the old Willoughby
Medical College near Cleveland, Ohio, now the Starling College,
conferred upon him the M. D. degree as a token of merit. In 1840 he
was induced by friends to move to Galion, Ohio, but soon discovered
that this was a mistake, and after one year he located at Delaware,
one of the thriving towns in Ohio. In Delaware, his great
energy and acumen soon pushed him to the front place in professional
work, and made him one of the first citizens of the place.
Always gentle, kind and considerate, his advancement went on
uninterruptedly. He held peculiar vies regarding the treatment
of the great scourge called milk sickness, that prevailed in early
times. The patients were taken with vomiting and extreme
nausea. They became prostrated and weak, unable to take or
retain any food. They became reduced day after day, until they
died in great mental anguish, but little real pain. The Doctor
began the use of calomel or the mercurial treatment. This gave
relief and saved the lives of many valuable citizens. His name
was soon carried from neighborhood to neighborhood, until his fame
became so great that he was called for far and near to consult with
his professional brothers. He read, at one time, a highly
instructive paper on Milk Sickness before the County and State
Medical Societies. The discovery of the tyrroccinc by
Vaughn, demonstrated the correct principles underlying the
treatment by this able practitioner, as the antiseptic influence or
mercury killed the exciting cause of this form of sickness.
Dr. Blymer took an active interest in young men; and during the
life educated and started over forty students in the medical
profession, after furnishing them with money and equipments to begin
their work. He was a leader in organizing a county medical
society and notwithstanding his busy life, found time to attend the
State and County Societies, of which he was an honored member.
He was thrice elected vice-president of the State Society; and
several times president and vice-president of the County Society.
He died in 1882.
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DR. O. W. BONNER was born
in Licking County, Ohio, in 1866. He, with his parents moved
to Bloomfield, Morrow County, Ohio, in about 1870. He was
educated at Sparta High and Normal schools. He commenced the
study of medicine in 1888. He attended one year at the Western
Reserve Medical College. He began the practice at Norton,
Delaware County, Ohio, and about ten years ago came to Delaware,
Ohio, where he is now in active work, and engaged in a large
practice. He served as health officer for the city of Delaware
for five years, with great satisfaction to the city. He has
been for several years a member of the local Board of Pension
Examiners. He is a member of the Delaware County, and Ohio
State Medical Societies.
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DR. JOHN F.
BOUGHER, a prosperous young farmer of Liberty Township, has
been located on his present farm of 121 acres, formerly known as the
Charles Alder place, since 1898. He was born
July 8, 1874, and is a son of Benjamin and Clara (Macabee)
Bougher.
Benjamin Bougher
was born in 1849, at Rockbridge, Hocking Co., Ohio. In 1872 he
moved to Pickaway Co., Ohio, settling six miles south of Circleville,
on the Chillicothe turnpike road, and resided there for about
twenty-five years, removing then to Columbus, where he fills the
position of watchman for the McCune Block. His parents were
Henry and Katie Bougher. To Benjamin
Bougher and wife the following children were born:
Louise, who married Dennis Rader,
residing at Circleville; John Frederick, residing in
Liberty Township; Leroy, born June 25, 1878, who is
associated with his brother John F., in farming, and
who married Olive Hardin, of which union there are
two children - Louise and Frank; Clinton,
born in 1882, who died aged three years; Arthur,
residing in California; and Edward, who died August
31, 1906, at the age of 17 years.
John
F. Bougher was educated in the schools of Pickaway County,
and was reared to be a farmer. He married Victoria
Hardin, who is a daughter of Krider and Alice
(Levering) Hardin, and they have two children - John
H. and Benjamin. Mr. and Mrs.
Bougher are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church at
Stratford. In politics, he is a Democrat. He is numbered
with the substantial men and progressive citizens of Liberty Township.
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EDWARD THOMPSON BRANDEBURY
was born in Delaware, Ohio. He is the son of Rev.
Brandebury, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
The subject of this sketch received his early education in the
public schools of this city. Having graduated from the high
school about the year 1876, he entered the Ohio Wesleyan University
the same year from which institution he graduated in 1880. He
studied law in Delaware and was admitted to the Bar. He
located in Minneapolis, where he practiced for some years, and then
returned to Delaware, Ohio, where he began the practice. He
was soon after elected justice of the peace of this township, which
office he held for several years. He returned to Minneapolis
but a short time since, where he is again engaged in the practice of
his profession.
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TOBIAS BREECE,
florist, residing near Berlin Station, on the Berlin turnpike, was
born in 1841, in Brown Township, Delaware County, Ohio and is a son of
Lewis and Sarah (Smith) Breece.
LEWIS BREECE was born in Pennsylvania and made
his first visit to Ohio in 1825. He subsequently returned to the
East and in 1829 he was married to Sarah Smith, with whom he
returned to Delaware County and settled in what was then a wild region
although it was but two miles east of Delaware. Lewis Breece
cleared up an excellent farm and continued its improvement through his
active years. He died on his land in 1871, aged 65 years.
His parents were Daniel and Abigail (Love) Breece, natives of
Pennsylvania, who came to Delaware County after their son had settled
here and spent their remaining years with him. Lewis Breece
married as above noted. Sarah Smith was a daughter of
Nathan and Rhoda (Love) Smith. They were native of
Pennsylvania, from which State they later moved to New York and from
there to near Pontiac. Michigan, where they subsequently died.
Lewis and Sarah Smith had ten children, as follows:
Amy, Ann, Merva, Delilah, Lorane, Celia, Biancy, Melvin W., Tobias E.,
Bethesby and Olive. Of this large family eight still
survive, the youngest of whom is 60 years of age.
Tobias C. Breece attended school until about 18
years of age and then learned the carpenter trade. At the
outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted in the Federal Army, entering
Company G, One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, and served as a brave and faithful soldier for three years,
during this long period participating in many dangerous battles and a
protracted series of tiresome marches. With great good fortune,
however, he reached home in safety.
In 1865, Mr. Breece was married to Susan C.
Osborn, who is a daughter of Henry and Mary A. (Havens) Osborn,
natives of New Jersey, who came to Delaware County in 1852, locating
at Berlin Station, where Mrs. Osborn died. There Mr.
Osborn passed the remainder of his life, with the exception of the
last two years, which were spent in Delaware. He died March 7,
1898. Mr. and Mrs. Breece have four sons, namely:
Melvin J., who is superintendent of the water-works at
Galion, Ohio; Henry L., residing at Delaware, following the
carpenter trade; Archie O., residing in Texas; and Clayton
A., residing at home.
For some 20 years following his marriage, Mr. Breece
worked at the carpenter trade, after which he settled on his present
place. He has always had a taste for flowers and after coming
here engaged in raising them as a business. He has a beautiful,
well-arranged home and grounds, with equipments for growing and caring
for tender plants. Mr. Breece is a highly respected
citizen. He is a man of temperance and is identified with the
Prohibition party.
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DR. CHARLES B. BREWSTER
was born at Corning, Perry County, Ohio, in 1876. He graduated
from the High School in 1893. After clerking in a bank for a
time, he went to Hiram College. He began reading medicine in 1899,
and graduated from Puolt Homeopathic College at Cincinnati, Ohio, in
1904. He began the practice at his home in 1904, and came to
Delaware in 1906.
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CYRUS C. BROOKS
is
the son of David and Jane (Butler) Brooks. He was
born in Licking County, Ohio, Jan. 29, 1845. He received his
early education in the public schools. He attended the high
school at Sunbury, Delaware Co., Ohio, and the Normal School at
Lebanon, Ohio, where he prepared himself to teach. He taught in
the public schools for a number of years and during the time he was
teaching he read law under the preceptorship of Messrs. Powel
and Reid, attorneys of Delaware, Ohio, and he was admitted to
the Bar by the Supreme Court of Ohio, in the year 1874. He
opened an office in the village of Sunbury, Delaware Co., Ohio, where
he has continued the practice ever since. Mr. Brooks,
living near the Franklin, Knox and Licking County lines, has practiced
in all of these counties as well as in his own county.
He has been elected mayor of the village of Sunbury for
four terms and has held that office for eight years. In the
early part of his practice he was elected to the office of justice of
the peace, which office he held for a great number of years and from
which he derived the title by which he is most generally known of "Esquire
Brooks."
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DR. WILLIAM C. BUCKY was
born in Franklin County, Ohio, in 1860. He attended the "O. W.
U.," Delaware, Ohio, for a while and graduated from the Eclectic
Medical Institute at Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1890. He read
medicine with Dr. S. M. Sherman in Columbus, Ohio, and
settled in Ashley, where he is now practicing. He is a member
of the Ohio Eclectic Medical Institute.
Source:
20th century history of Delaware
County, Ohio and representative citizens -
Chicago, Ill. :: Biographical Pub. Co., 1908 by James R. Lytle
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DR. LEUCIUS BUMSTEAD,
osteopathic, graduated at the American School of Osteopathy,
Kirksville, Missouri, June 14, 1906, and he came to Delaware, Ohio,
in 1906.
Source:
20th century history of Delaware
County, Ohio and representative citizens -
Chicago, Ill. :: Biographical Pub. Co., 1908 by James R. Lytle -
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Mr. & Mrs.
David Bush |
DAVID BUSH -
See
AUSTIN B. WILSON
Source:
20th century history of Delaware
County, Ohio and representative citizens -
Chicago, Ill. :: Biographical Pub. Co., 1908 by James R. Lytle -
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