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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
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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HORACE GABRIEL
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LUTHER GABRIEL
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DR. FREDERIC L. GAGE was
born in Concord, Ross County, Ohio, in 1847. He first attended
the Academy of South Salem, Ross County, and was a classmate of
Hon. J. B. Foraker. He graduated at Marietta College, Ohio
in 1871. He attended Starling Medical College, and graduated
from the Long Island College Hospital in Medicine in 1876. He
began the practice of medicine in Mt. Sterling in 1876, and came to
Berkshire, Delaware County, Ohio, in 1877, and moved to Delaware in
1900. He was a coroner of the county from 1900 to 1904, and
was elected health officer Jan. 1, 1907. His eldest son, Carl,
graduated from the "O. W. U." and is soon to leave for China as a
missionary.
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IRVIN N. GARDNER,
whose fine dairy farm is situated in Liberty Township, has been a
life-long resident of the portion of Delaware County lying within
one mile of Powell. He was born three fourths of a mile south
of that village, Feb. 9, 1850, and is a son of
Jonathan and Delia
(Brenton) Gardner.
JOSEPH GARDNER, the paternal
grandfather, was one of the earliest settlers in Delaware County and
his was the first burial that took place in the Powell cemetery.
The grandmother was Nancy Pond, a widow, who had formerly
lived in Knox County. JONATHAN GARDNER,
father of Irvin N., was born in Vermont and accompanied his
parents to Delaware County, Ohio. He married Delia Benton,
who was born on the banks of Alum Creek, near Westerville, and they
settled on a farm south of Powell. They had the following
children: Nettie, now aged about sixty-six years,
married Rev. J. G. Evans, of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
and they reside near Kankakee, Illinois; Lyman aged
sixty-three years, married Lillie Hall, a daughter of
Gordon Hall, and he is now engaged in a banking business at
Worthington; Bryon A., residing east of Powell, married
Florence Lowery, a daughter of John Lowery; Isabel is
survived by her husband, Edward Neds, residing Franklin
County, Ohio, and one son Robert Franklin Neds; and
Franklin and Henry, both of whom died young.
Jonathan Gardner is deceased, but his venerable widow still
survives. She is indeed a remarkable lady, being in full
possession of all her faculties although she celebrated her
ninetieth birthday on April 24, 1908. More than this, she
appeared on this happy occasion in a becoming costume made by her
own hands, the dainty stitching on it putting machine work to shame.
Her hands have ever been useful ones and for years were busy doing
helpful things for others. Since there is no longer any need
for her practical use of them, she has gratified her love for
beautiful objects by doing fine bead and other fancy work and so
accurately and exquisitely that her display took first prize at a
late fair held at Kankakee, where she has been a resident for the
past twelve years.
Irvin N. Gardner attended the district schools
in his boyhood but as his eldest brother entered the army to serve
in the Civil War, he was obliged to take up the work on the farm
while young. Following his marriage he engaged in general
farming for twenty-five years and during this time also did
stock-buying to a large extent. In 1884 he came to his present
place, where he has 132 acres, and for the past two years he has
followed dairying, milking thirty cows and ships from fifty to sixty
gallons of milk per day to Columbus. He has greatly improved
his farm since settling on it, as he found nothing here but an
excellent well. He built first what is now the rear of his
handsome residence, which he later completed, subsequently adding
fine barns and commodious sheds. He also cleared a large part
of the farm. He remembers that in his boyhood, an old log
house stood on the place.
In 1872, Mr. Gardner married Mary Burss,
who died in 1879. She was the only child of Amter Burss,
of Liberty Township. Mr. Gardner was married (second)
in 1881, to Martha Washington Tone, who is a daughter of
Lafayette Tone. Mr. and Mrs. Gardner have had four
children, namely: Lora, who is the wife of J. P.
Drumhiller, residing in Liberty Township; Lillie and
Guy, both deceased; and Jay T., who manages the home farm
for his father. He married Amelia Pounds, who is a
daughter of William Pounds, and they have one son, Lesley.
Mr. Gardner is a member of Powell Lodge, Odd
Fellows, No. 465; of Powell Lodge, Knights of Pythias, No. 684; and
of the Improved Order of Red Men, Tribe No. 112, at Hyattsville.
Formerly he was identified actively with the Republican party, but
in recent years has been independent in his views. He is a
trustee of Liberty Township0, having served frequently in this
office, and his official acts have been very satisfactory to his
fellow citizens.
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JONATHAN GARDNER - See Irvin N. Gardner
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JOSEPH GARDNER
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Mr. & Mrs.
Seth Gardner |
SETH GARDNER, a
prosperous agriculturist and representative citizen of Troy
Township, who has resided on his excellent farm of 71 acres, since
the fall of 1906, was born in Berkshire Township, Delaware County,
Ohio, Jan. 23, 1851, and is a son of Reuben C. and Lydia (Rolloson)
Gardner.
Reuben C. Gardner was born in New Jersey, but 61
years of his life were passed in Delaware County, Ohio, and for 50
years he was a prominent farmer of Berlin Township. His death
took place in February, 1905. He married Lydia Rolloson,
who was born in Delaware County and who is also deceased. Of
their children, the following survive: Phebe I., who married
William B. Shaw, of Berlin Township; John M., residing
at Van Wert, Ohio; Harriet, who married Nathaniel Perhamas,
of Van Wert, Ohio; Seth, residing in Troy Township; Eunice,
who married Charles U. Hall, of Berlin Township; Ciers,
residing at Van Wert; Lemuel J., residing in Berlin Township;
and Martin J., residing in Nebraska.
When Seth Gardner was about four years old, his
parents moved from Berkshire to Berlin Township, and he resided
there until he reached manhood, in the meanwhile securing a common
school education. He then started out for himself, for in all
essentials he is a self-made man. After learning the
carpenter's trade he engaged in work in Delaware, and for twenty
years was occupied there as a carpenter and contractor, remaining in
that city until he retired to his farm in 1906. His land is
well located and is capable of a high state of cultivation.
On Apr. 13, 1869, Mr. Gardner was married to
Susanna B. Davisson who was born near New Madrid, Missouri, and
is a daughter of Luke and Anna (Black) Davisson, both natives
of Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Gardner have had five children,
Adaline, who married Arthur Dennis. Mr. and Mrs.
Dennis have one daughter, Lena. Mr. and Mrs. Gardner
are members of the Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church, at Delaware.
Politically, the former is a Republican. Fraternally he
belongs to the Knights of Pythias and to the Improved order of Red
Men, having passed all the chairs in both lodges.
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JOHN GAYNOR
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JOHN FRANCES GAYNOR
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DR. M. GERHARD
was
born, raised and educated in Easton, Pennsylvania. He came to
Wooster, Ohio, and was a bank clerk. While thus engaged he
read medicine and attended lectures in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
at Jefferson Medical College. After completing his studies he
came to Delaware County and located on the Scioto River near his old
friend, John Detweiler, but soon moved into Delaware to
practice. He was a thorough student and scholar, and a careful
practitioner. He married a granddaughter of old Dr.
Lamb. He died in 1868, leaving a wife and two children,
who are now living in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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DR. JOHN H. GERHARDT
was born in Madison County, Ohio, in 1858, and attended school at
West Jefferson, Ohio. He red medicine with Dr. Charles
Snyder at West Jefferson in 1878. He graduated from the
Columbus Medical College in 1882. He was assistant physician
to the Ohio penitentiary from 1884 to 1886; and surgeon of the Ohio
National Guards for eight years. He was married to Miss
Emma Ayers, of Columbus, in 1887. He began the practice at
Sunbury, Ohio, in 1887, and is now in active work. He is a
member of the Baptist Church, also the F. & A. M.; the Delaware
County and State Medical Societies.
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JUDGE JOHN S. GILL
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ALLEN GILLETT, general
farmer and representative citizen of Marlborough Township, where he
owns an excellent farm of 175 acres, which is well adapted to the
growing of all the grains of this climate, is a native of
Marlborough Township, Delaware County, Ohio, where he was born Feb.
6, 1857. He is a son of Harvey and Elizabeth (Baker) Gillet.
The late Harvey Gillet was one of
Marlborough's most prominent and esteemed citizens. He was
born in Ohio, while his parents were making the journey from
Connecticut. His father, Joseph Gillet, was a pioneer
settler in Marlborough Township, locating in this section before the
native forest had been cleared off. Henry Gillet was
reared in the log cabin home and a few educational advantages he had
in boyhood, were obtained in the district schools. His whole
active life was passed in this township, which he served in many
offices of responsibility, being a trustee and member of the School
Board. He was also a liberal supporter of the church and was
ever willing to further plans made for the public welfare. He
was identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church at Norton and
served as the superintendent of its Sunday school for a long period.
His kindness and charity were known far and wide and there are many
today who still can recall his helpfulness when they needed
assistance. He was a member of the lodge of Odd Fellows at
Westfield, Ohio. He married Elizabeth Baker, who was born in
Ohio and who died Apr. 9, 1895.
Allen V. Gillet was reared on his father's farm
in Marlborough Township and he obtained his education in the common
schools. He has resided on his present farm since 1904,
although his whole life, with the exception of a short period passed
in Waldo Township, has been spent in Marlborough Township.
Like his father and also his brother, Harlos O. Gillet who is
a large farmer and stock-raiser at Norton Station, Allen V.
Gillet is a stanch Republican, having supported the candidates
of that party since coming to manhood.
On Feb. 6, 1882, Mr. Gillet was married to
Eva B. Smith, who is a daughter of the late Calvin Smith,
of Oxford Township, and they have two children: Fay and
Cloice A. For the past 20 years, Mr. Gillet has
been a member of Lenape Lodge, No. 29, Knights of Pythias, at
Delaware.
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MOSES GINN
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MELVIN CASS GLICK, one of
Concord Township's leading men, owning 300 acres of valuable land, was
born in Concord Township, Delaware County. Ohio. December 9, 1851, on
a farm within one-half mile from where he now resides. His parents
were Lyman T. and Ellen Matilda (Dunlap)
Glick.
LYMAN T. GLICK
came to Delaware County from
Licking County, Ohio, about 1840. and purchased a farm near Plain
City, but later sold that land and bought fifty-eight and one-third
acres in Concord Township. He engaged in agricultural pursuits through
life and also acted as agent for various concerns. He died at the age
of fifty-seven years. About 1847 he married Ellen Matilda
Dunlap and there were six children born to them, namely:
Lafayette and Esther, both of whom died young; Julian
Andrew, who lived to the age of 22 years; Melvin Cass;
Leroy Addison, residing in Liberty Township, married
(first) Ida May Thurston and (second) Mary
Thompson; and Elisha Murry, who is engaged in
farming in Franklin County, married Emma Hard.
Melvin Cass Glick grew to
manhood in Concord Township, where, since he finished going to school,
he has carried on agricultural activities. He has lived on his present
farm for the past 26 years. Prior to that he rented land for a number
of years. When he contracted to purchase his first farm of 41 and
three fourths acres, he paid $252.50 to seal the bargain, and went
into debt for $800. This does not seem such a large amount to him now,
but many years of hard work and provident saving followed before Mr.
Glick and his estimable wife felt themselves entirely free of
incumbrance and ready to enjoy the fruits of their persevering labor.
When Mr. Glick came here he found the land much run down
and requiring a large amount of fertilizing and careful managing to
make it productive. He immediately began to build up the land and also
to make necessary improvements and in the course of a few years built
the present substantial farm buildings. The little log cabin in which
Mr. and Mrs. Glick went to housekeeping, after they came to
this place, still stands. Mr. Glick has made a specialty
of raising horses, mules and ponies. He keeps an average of 35 head
and has two registered Percheron stallions. His farm is noted over a
large territory for the fine mules and Shetland ponies raised here. A
recent sale of mules for $475. and an offer of $450, for a second
pair, indicate the valuable animals he keeps. He aims to sell from
five to six head of horses annually. His livestock are well cared for,
comfortable' shelter being provided, with an abundance of clear water.
In 1871, Mr. Glick married Susan
Ann Edwards, who is a daughter of James and
Margaret Edwards. Her parents are deceased and she was
born near Rochester, in the State of New York. Her parents moved to
Franklin County, Ohio, about 1857 and purchased a farm, and sold it in
about two years later and purchased another in Delaware County, Ohio,
where she was reared. She has two sisters: Margaret, who is the
wife of J. P. Seeley, residing in Seward County, Nebraska; and
Carrie Emmeline, who married Nelson Emmerson,
residing at Seattle, Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. Glick have had four children,
namely: James Terrell, who died in 1906, aged 33 years;
Addie. who married R. B. Maddox, resides in Liberty
Township, and they have two daughters, Marjorie and Laura
; Carrie Bell, who resides at Brooklyn, New York; and
Turney Edward. The latter is a young man of 20 years
residing at home. In National politics, Mr. Glick votes
the Democratic ticket, but is independent in local affairs. He belongs
to Protection Lodge, No. 219, I. O. O. F., at Jerome.
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HON. JOHN J. GLOVER
was born in Belmont County, Ohio, Mar. 12, 1835. His father's
name was Samuel Glover and his mother's maiden name was
Eliza Thompson McKesson. He was educated in the public
schools in the county of his birth and at Allegheny College, from
which he received the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts.
He studied law with the law firm of Carroll & Glover and was admitted
to the Bar at Zanesville, Ohio, in the year 1860. He immediately
started to the great West in pursuit of a location and landed in the
gold fields of Colorado. Having imbibed the spirit of mining
which was so prevalent in that locality at the time, he engaged in
gold mining with some success but not having been accustomed to the
severities of a miner's life, he soon returned to his father's home in
Belmont County, Ohio, where he remained until the spring of 1861.
He had just opened an office for the practice of his profession in St.
Clairsville, Ohio, when the first all for volunteers in the Union army
was made. He joined the first company of volunteers from St.
Clairesville and entered the service of his country, where he remained
during that, and his re-enlistment for over three and a half years.
He enlisted as a private, was promoted to second lieutenant and to
captain, and was in all the battles in which his command engaged.
He came to Delaware in the year 1868 and opened an
office and began the practice of his profession. He was elected
prosecuting attorney of Delaware County in the autumn of 1876 and
served for one term. He was appointed clerk in the office of the
first comptroller of the treasury, Jan. 5, 1882, and immediately went
to Washington, D. C., and entered upon the duties of his office, at a
salary of twelve hundred dollars per year. In the year 1894 he
was transferred to the Department of Justice, with an increased
salary, and in the year 9100 he was promoted to the office of chief of
the division of accounts, at a salary of twenty-five hundred dollars
per year, which position he at present holds with a corps of
twenty-five clerks to assist him.
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Aaron S. Goodrich
Mrs. Sarah H. Goodrich |
ALLISON EBENEZER GOODRICH
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MILO D. GRAHAM, who for
many years was engaged in general farming in Delaware Township, was
one of the best known men of his community, and in his death, which
occurred in 1902, Delaware County lost one of its representative
citizens. Mr. Graham was born in 1836, one mile north of
Delaware, in Delaware County, Ohio, and was a son of John and
Margaret (Gast) Graham.
JOHN GRAHAM was born in
New Hampshire, and was taken to Pennsylvania by his father, who there
abandoned him, bringing the other children, with their mother, to
Ohio, and settling north of Delaware. John Graham was
reared by a farmer in Pennsylvania, and learned the tailor's trade.
He also succeeded in securing what was considered a good education in
those days, being regarded as a good scholar. He married in
Pennsylvania and on subsequently coming to Delaware, Ohio, he had
dealings with his father for several years before either knew that
they were related. His death took place in the fall of 1878,
when he had attained the advanced age of ninety years, three months,
and several days.
Milo Graham located on his father's farm in
1876, the property subsequently coming to him by inheritance. He
engaged in general farming, and kept several head of cattle, a number
of Chester White Hogs and about 100 chickens, and was very successful
in his operations. Sine his death his widow and sons have been
cultivating this fine fifty-nine acre property, devoting five or six
acres to garden trucking. Mr. Graham was a Democrat in
politics and a Presbyterian in religious belief, while his widow is a
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Stratford.
Milo Graham was married on August 30, 1877, to
Alvest Kroniger, and they had eleven children, nine of whom
grew to maturity, namely: Jennie, who married Guy
Stickney of Delaware; Arthur, also of Delaware;
Katherine, who married Abraham Baker, of Delaware;
George, who operates the home farm; Martha, the wife of
Charles Nugent, of Columbus; Ella, wife of Chas. Thomas,
of Delaware, James Calvin, Daniel and Lydia Maybell, all
residing at home.
JOHN KRONINGER,
father of Mrs. Graham, was born in Pennsylvania in 1812, and
there learned the trade of blacksmith. On attaining his
majority, he came to Delaware Township, and engaged in blacksmithing
north of the city of Delaware. He subsequently removed to
Stratford, where he continued that occupation. His latter years
were spent in farming on the east side of the river, near Stratford,
where his death occurred September 24, 1894. By his first
marriage Mr. Kroninger had two sons, Peter and Hosea,
and not long after his first wife's death he was married secondly
to Elizabeth Swartz, by whom he had seven children, the
following six of whom grew to maturity: James, a resident
of Shelby County, Ohio; George, who resides at Shepard;
Alvesta, born May 5, 1853; Jacob; Daniel, who lives in
Shelby County, Illinois; and Katherine, the wife of Charles
Grojane, of Delaware, Ohio. Mr. Kroninger contracted
a third marriage with Mrs. Hannah Stickney, widow of Hugh
Stickney of union County. The family were members of the
Lutheran Church.
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DR. KLAPP AND DR. HENRY GREGG
located in Liberty Township in 1845. In 1863 they both left
the county. Dr. Klapp moved to the West, and
Gregg moved to Indiana.
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