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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
20th Century History of
Delaware County, Ohio
and
representative citizens
Publ:
Chicago, Ill. :: Biographical Pub. Co., by James R. Lytle
1908
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HENRY JAMES EATON
was the son of James and Elizabeth (Caulkins)
Eaton. He was born Oct. 28, 1828, in Berlin Township,
Delaware Co., Ohio. James Eaton was for many years
surveyor of Delaware County and the early records of the county are
replete with his doings. He was very careful and particular
about his surveys and marking his corners, and his son, the subject of
this sketch, must have inherited much of his father's carefulness and
particularity. The family lived on a farm near Cheshire, in
Berlin Township, at the date of the son's birth. Henry J.
Eaton received his early education in the public schools of his
native township. The family removed to Delaware in the year 1844
and Henry J. soon entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, from
which he graduated in the year 1849. He studied law with
Thomas W. Powell and was admitted to the Bar in the year 1853.
He began the practice in the city of Delaware and soon formed a
partnership with Colonel William P. Reid, for the practice of
law, which continued until the year 1866, when Mr. Eaton, owing
to failing health, was obliged to withdraw from the practice.
His health having improved, he again opened an office in the Reid and
Powell Block, where he continued his practice for many years. A
few years before his death he gave up his office, yet he continued his
practice up to a short time before his death. His clients went
to his home and met and consulted him there. Mr. Eaton
never aspired to become a trial lawyer and he seldom argued a case to
a jury, yet he was one of the most careful and technical lawyers at
the Delaware County Bar. He prepared his cases with the greatest
care and his opponent before the court never knew when he was to meet
some technical question which might put him out of the case.
Mr. Eaton never aspired to hold office; in fact,
he never held an elective office during the long period he practiced
law. Up to the summer of the year 1903, his many clients
continued to see him at his home, and he continued to see and meet
them in this quiet, easy way. He died September, A. D., 1903.
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. FRANK E. ECKELBERY
was born on Alum Creek, six miles east of Delaware. After
graduating in medicine, he located at Bellepoint, Ohio, in 1877, the
haven for the beginner. He soon entered upon a large practice.
Broken in health, after a few years of hard wdork, he died from a
complication of diseases, and was buried near his old home.
Source:
20th century history of Delaware
County, Ohio and representative citizens -
Chicago, Ill. :: Biographical Pub. Co., 1908 by James R. Lytle -
Page 371 |
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DR. J. EDWARDS is of
Welsh parentage. He took advantage of every opportunity, and
graduated from Starling Medical College, very young. He began
the practice at his old home, Delhi, or Radnor, and is now attending
to the afflicted.
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. NORTON EKELBERY
was born near Delaware in 1864. He attended the common
schools, and also for a short time, the "O. W. U." He
graduated at the Miami Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1886,
after reading medicine with his brother, Dr. Frank Ekelbery,
who was located for several years at Bellpoint, Ohio. Dr.
Norton Ekelbery is now practicing at Galena, where he first
located.
Source:
20th century history of Delaware
County, Ohio and representative citizens -
Chicago, Ill. :: Biographical Pub. Co., 1908 by James R. Lytle -
Page 367 |
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COLLINS
P. ELSBREE - See GEORGE P. ELSBREE |
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GEORGE F. ELSBREE,
who is numbered with the leading citizens of Orange Township, has
resided for the past 41 year on his present farm of 137 acres.
He was born Sept. 9, 1834, in Orange Township, Delaware County,
Ohio, and is a son of Collins P. and Matilda (Norton) Elsbree.
Collins P. Elsbree was born in 1800, in Dutchess
County. New York, and in 1811 he accompanied his step-father,
Jeremiah McCumber, to Orange Township, Delaware County,
returned to his native place in 1816. and came back to Ohio in
1822. He had two half-brothers and two half-sisters, namely:
Alva. Nahum, Phebe and Nancy.
Alva McCumber lived to the age of 91 year- and Nahum
McCumber to be 93. In 1827. Collins P. Elsbree
was married to Matilda Norton, who was a daughter of
Captain Joab Norton. an officer in the
State militia. He came from Hartford, Connecticut, to Ohio,
and landed at Worthington, in 1806 and settled in Orange Township,
Delaware County, in 1807. A rude log cabin in the forest was
the first family home. Captain Norton died at
Delaware. He erected block houses all along the Sandusky
turnpike and when he built at what is now the town of Norton, the
settlement was named in his honor. He became the owner of a
number of large farms and also of property at Delaware. The
land on which the Ohio Wesleyan University stands was once owned by
him, and he also owned the corner of Sandusky and William streets,
on which the present Interurban station of the C. D. & M. road is
located. He owned a tannery which was situated on the property
where the college now stands. He was one of the civilization
builders of his time. The children of Joab Norton
were the following: Desdemona, who married Jacob
Coldflesh, lived and died in Liberty Township, Delaware County;
Edward; Matilda, who was the mother of George F.
Elsbree; and Minerva. She was married (first) to
Samuel Falkner and they resided in Union County, Ohio.
She was married (second) to John Gordon and they moved
to Wisconsin.
Prior to returning to Ohio, Collins P. Elsbree
learned the trade of distiller and when he came to Delaware County he
established the first distillery on the Whetstone River, known now
as the Olentangy River. Later he sold the same to Simon
Thomas. His first purchase of land was 67 acres of
John Goodrich, which he sold to George Gooding.
In 1847 he bought 137 acres at Lewis Center Corners and remained on
the same until his death, in 1880. He was a great fancier of fine
stock. His family consisted of four sons and two daughters,
those who survived infancy being: Gustavus, who died June 29,
1877; Augustus C., who served in the Union army during the
Civil War, in Company H, Ohio National Guard. owns 240 acres
of land in Orange Township, married Elizabeth Case; George
F.; Cicero M., who owns 200 acres of land in Orange
Township, married Adaline Crawford; and Eliza,
who died aged 16 years.
George F. Elsbree attended the local schools
through his boyhood and as he increased in age became of more and
more value to his father in managing the home property. On
Dec. 18, 1866, he was married to Caroline J. Case, who is a
daughter of Rev. Titus and Hannah (Fisher)
Case. Mrs. Case was a daughter of
Isaac Fisher, who came to Ohio from Bergen County, New
Jersey, in 1809. Grandfather Fisher settled on
the edge of Franklin County. The paternal great-grandfather,
George Case, came to Delaware County in 1806 and when
he died he was laid to rest on a quiet part of his own farm.
His son, Titus Case, was born in 1797 and was nine years old
when he accompanied his father, who had been a Revolutionary
soldier, to Ohio, from Simsbury, Connecticut. He became a
preacher and elder in the Christian Church. The children of
Rev. Titus Case and wife were: Fredonia C., who married
Irvin Thurston; Elizabeth A., who married A. C.
Elsbree; Miles S., who married Emily J. Bartholomew;
and Caroline J., who became the wife of George F. Elsbree.
The two survivors are Mrs. Elsbree and Miles S., the latter
of whom resides near Hyattsville.
In 1867, Mr. and Mrs. Elsbree settled on this
pleasant old farm and they hold a deed from the Maynard family
which first owned this property before it came into the possession
of the Elsbrees. In 1895, the old house was destroyed
by fire, but Mr. Elsbree has rebuilt. Here he
has continued to successfully carry on a general line of farming and
is one of the township's substantial men in every particular.
In 1864, when the call came for defenders of the National Capital.
Mr. Elsbree went out as a member of Company H, Ohio
National Guard, and remained at Arlington Heights,near Washington,
as long as the alarm continued.
Source:
20th century history of Delaware
County, Ohio and representative citizens -
Chicago, Ill. :: Biographical Pub. Co., 1908 by James R. Lytle -
Page 701
Note: George F. Elsbree was in Co. H, 145th
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GEORGE F. ELSBREE
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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Count Botho zu Eulenburg |
COUNT BOTHO EULENBURG
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20th century history of Delaware
County, Ohio and representative citizens -
Chicago, Ill. :: Biographical Pub. Co., 1908 by James R. Lytle -
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Countess Nelly (Lytle) zu Eulenburg |
COUNT NELLY LYTLE EULENBURG
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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JESSE M. EURY
Source:
20th century history of Delaware
County, Ohio and representative citizens -
Chicago, Ill. :: Biographical Pub. Co., 1908 by James R. Lytle -
Page 744 |
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THOMAS EVANS
Source:
20th century history of Delaware
County, Ohio and representative citizens -
Chicago, Ill. :: Biographical Pub. Co., 1908 by James R. Lytle -
Page 639 |
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WESLEY Z. EVANS
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20th century history of Delaware
County, Ohio and representative citizens -
Chicago, Ill. :: Biographical Pub. Co., 1908 by James R. Lytle -
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