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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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HENRY C. MADDON
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DR. H. C. MANN
came to
Delaware from Butler County in 1846. In 1849, he was his
family joined the "forty-niners" for California, where he
died. His wife, soon after his death, returned to Ohio.
Dr. Mann possessed a fine education and great intelligence.
He wrote the sketch, for Howe's Historical Collection, of
Ohio, which has been of great benefit to historians.
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Silas J. Mann
Mrs. Julia S. Mann |
SILAS J. MANN
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NATHAN MARBLE Source:
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HON. FRANCIS M.
MARRIOTT was born in Eden Township, Licking
County, Ohio, Sept. 5, 1847. He is the son of Thomas
Homewood Marriott and Druzilla (McClelland) Marriott, who
were the parents of nine children. Thomas Homewood Marriott
was born in Utica, Licking County, Ohio, in the year 1814, being the
son of Homewood and Mary (Ridgeley) Marriott who came from
the State of Maryland to Ohio in the year 1811. Joshua
Marriott, the great-grandfather of the subject of this sketch,
came from France and settled in Maryland in the year 1740. His
wife Rachel Ann Homewood, was of English birth.
Thomas Homewood Marriott was a successful farmer
of Licking County and was a man of great prominence and local
distinction in the community in which he lived. He was an
uncompromising Democrat in his political views and he early
instilled in the minds of his children his political principles so
that his sons, including the subject of this sketch, have never
departed from their allegiance to the faith of their father.
F. M. Marriott
received his early education in the public schools of Licking
County, Daniel Paul being one of his early teachers. In
the year 1864 Thomas H. Marriott came to Delaware County with
his family and settled in Harlem Township on the farm now owned by
his son. The subject of this sketch, Francis M. Marriott,
soon thereafter began a higher education by attending school at
Central College, Franklin County, Ohio. He afterward attended
the Ohio Wesleyan University, teaching at times during the winter
terms to enable him to defray the expenses of his education.
Mr. Marriott became prominent as a teacher in Delaware and
Union Counties, having taught the high school at Sunbury during the
year 1870. In the spring of the year 1871 he began the study
of law in the office of Hon. Charles H. McElroy, who
afterwards became judge of the Common Pleas Court. After three
months of study, Mr. Marriott, in order to help defray
expenses, taught another term of school at Sunbury, Ohio, and again
in the autumn of 1871 resumed the study of his chosen profession
with the law firm of Reid & Powell of Delaware, Ohio, who at
that time comprised one of the leading law firms of central Ohio.
Mr. Marriott was admitted to the Bar on Mar. 19, 1874.
The same year he was nominated by the Democratic Party for
prosecuting attorney of Delaware County and he was elected by a
majority of four hundred and eighty-nine, the nominal Republican
majority of the county at that time being about seven hundred.
Mr. Marriott's experience in the office had brought to him a
clientele, which made it inexpedient for him to serve a second term
and he therefore refused a second nomination, and began a successful
practice which he continued until the year 1870, when he was
nominated by his party for State Senator in the Sixteenth Senatorial
District composed of Delaware and Licking Counties. He was
duly elected in October of that year and faithfully and efficiently
served his party and district during the Sixty-fourth General
Assembly. He became a leader of that body and his counsel was
always sought, especially on all parliamentary questions. He
was chosen by the Democratic members of the Senate as one of the
committee to visit the National Democratic Committee at Washington,
D. C., for the purpose of inviting that body to hold the national
convention in this State and he with his co-laborers, so prevailed
upon that committee that the National Democratic Convention was held
in Cincinnati, Ohio, in the year 1880. To this convention,
Mr. Marriott was unanimously chosen as a delegate from the Ninth
Congressional District, Delaware County at that time being a part of
the Ninth District.
Mr. Marriott was again chosen as a
delegate to the National Democratic Convention from the Eighth
Congressional District which met in Chicago, in the year 1896 and
which nominated as its candidate for president, the Hon. William
Jennings Bryan, and for whose nomination Mr. Marriott was
very enthusiastic. In the year 1884, Mr. Marriott was
appointed by Governor Hoadley as one of the three managers of
the intermediate penitentiary, which position he held for many
years, having been re-appointed by Governor James E. Campbell,
Governor William McKinley, Governor Asa S. Bushnell and
Governor George K. Nash.
Mr. Marriott's greatest achievements were in the
practice of his profession. He has been for many years one of
the acknowledged leaders of the Delaware County Bar, and there have
been but few hotly contested cases in which he was not employed,
either by the plaintiff or defendant. He is an able advocate
and his success to the court and jury is largely due to his ability
in that direction. Fraternally Mr. Marriott is
prominently identified with the Masonic order, having taken all the
degrees of both the York and Scottish rites. He has served as
master of Hiram Lodge No. 18, F. & A. M., also as high priest of
Chapter No. 54, Royal Arch Masons, at Delaware, Ohio.
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J. COLEMAN MARRIOTT
was born in Licking County, Ohio, Sept. 4, 1877. His parents'
names were Greenburg O. and Amy (Willey) Marriott. He
received his early education in the public schools of his native
county and completed a course at Hiram College, Portage County,
Ohio, from which institution he received his degree in the year
1903. He taught for some time both before and since his
graduation, having had charge of the high school at Bellepoint last
year. He studied law with Messrs. Marriott, Freshwater
and Wickham, and was admitted to the Bar in December, 1906.
He opened an office during the last year in Newark, Licking County,
Ohio, and began the practice of his chosen profession with
flattering prospects for future success. He is at this time a
prominent candidate for prosecuting attorney of Licking County.
Mr. Marriott, though not having practiced in this county, has
been so long identified with it while teaching here and having been
admitted to the Bar as a student from this county, we are glad to
recognize him as one of our number.
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WILLIAM H. MARRIOTT,
a retired farmer and stock raiser of Delaware Township, Delaware
County, Ohio, and an honored veteran of the great Civil War, in
which he took an active part, was born in Knox County, Ohio, Mar.
23, 1842, and is a son of Henry T. and Rebecca (Penn) Marriott.
William Marriott, the grandfather of William H.,
was a native of Maryland and a captain during the War of 1812, in
which he was wounded. He came to Ohio at an early day and
settled near Utica, Licking County. Mr. Marriott
married Edith Waters, also a native of Maryland, and
of their children Henry T. was the eldest. Henry T.
Marriott came to Utica, Ohio, as a young man, and spent all of
his life as a farmer and stock raiser, dying in 1875, aged
sixty-nine years. He was a leading member of the Methodist
Church, and was a man well known for his many sterling qualities.
He married Rebecca Penn who was a daughter of Joseph Penn
of Maryland, and she died in 1881, aged 75 years. After the
death of Joseph Penn Marriott at the seige of Vicksburg,
there was not a death in the family for 42 years. Mr. and
Mrs. Marriott were the parents of 12 children, ten of whom grew
to maturity; Thomas who is deceased; Ann, deceased,
who married Isaac Yeomans; Joshua who resides at Richwood;
Albert, who is deceased; Caroline who is the wife of
Joel Graham of Richwood; Joseph B., who was a member of
Company B, Thirty-second Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in the
Civil War; William H.; Henry W., who is deceased;
Franklin W. who lives at Columbus; and Orville who is a
resident of Richwood.
William H. Marriott was taken to Richwood by his
parents when he was three years old, and there he grew to manhood on
the home farm. In 1861 he enlisted in Company B, Thirty-second
Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was sent to Beverly, West
Virginia, where he fought in the mountains until the surrender of
Harper's Ferry, when the entire army at that point was captured.
After being exchanged he was sent with his regiment to Memphis, and
assigned to John A. Logan's Division, and thereafter saw very
active service, participating in the battles of Green Bar, Oct. 3,
1861; Camp Allegheny, West Virginia, Dec. 13, 1861; McDowell,
Virginia, May 8, 1862; Cross Keys, Virginia, June 6, 1862; Port
Republic, June 9, 1862; Harper's Ferry, Sept. 12-15, 1862; Raymond,
Mississippi, May 12, 1863; Port Gilson, Mississippi, May 1, 1863;
Jackson, Mississippi, May 14, 1863; Champion Hills, May 16, 1863;
Siege of Vicksburg, May 18 to July 4, 1863; Baker's Creek,
Mississippi, Feb. 4, 1864; Clinton, Mississippi, Feb. 5, 1864; Kenesaw
Mountain, June 9-30, 1864; Nickajack Creek, Georgia, July 6-10,
1864; Peach Tree Creek, July 20, 1864; Atlanta, July 21-22, 1864;
and Siege of Atlanta July 28, to September 4, 1864. Mr. Marriott
was continually with his regiment, engaging in every battle,
skirmish and march in which it took part, and he was never in need
of hospital service. Always a brave and cheerful, faithful and
hard-fighting soldier, he earned the respect of officers and
comrades alike and made for himself a war record second to none, in
being present in every engagement. He was mustered out of the
service at Lottisville, Kentucky, in September, 1864.
After the war Mr. Marriott went to Champaign,
Illinois, arriving there a day or two after President Lincoln's
death, and remained there for 20 months, engaging in farming.
In 1867 he returned to Utica, Licking County, Ohio, and for five
years was a clerk in a store, after which he went to Richwood, and
there engaged in business with L. H. Hastings, under the firm
name of Hastings & Marriott. In 1873 Mr. Hastings
retired, and Mr. Marriott continued the business with his
brothers, under the firm name of Marriott Brothers until
1886, at which time he removed to a farm three and one-half miles
north of Richwood, and engaged in general farming and stock raising.
In 1893 he moved to Delaware in order to give his sons better
educational advantages.
Mr. Marriott was married Jan. 1, 1873, to
Melissa Farrington, who is the daughter of Peter H.
Farrington, of Tomkins County, New York. Five children
were born to this union, of whom two grew to maturity; Francis
Irvin, chief draftsman of the Mexican Central Railway at Aguas
Calientes, Mexico, who was born Nov. 18, 1877; and Carroll P.,
of Tryon, North Carolina, who was born Apr. 13, 1882.
In politics Mr. Marriott is a Jeffersonian
Democrat, and he has always taken a great interest in political
principles, but not in being a candidate for office. He is a
member of the Union Veteran Legion of Delaware, and with his wife
attends the Williams Street Methodist Episcopal Church.
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I. T. McCARTY, M. D., a
practicing physician located at Cheshire, where he has built up a
lucrative practice and identified himself with the town's various
interests, was born in1868, near the county seat of Washington
County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of A. J. and Matilda (Wilson)
McCarty.
The father of Dr. McCarty was
born in Pennsylvania. For many years he followed farming and
worked at blacksmithing, in Washington County, where he was a
well-known and respected citizen. In his political life he was
a Democrat. He died in 1904, aged 76 years. He married
Matilda Wilson, who was also born in Pennsylvania, and she
died, in 1897, in Delaware County, Ohio, aged 63 years. They
had the following children: John, a resident of Washington
County, Pennsylvania; Dora C., residing with her brother at
Cheshire; Simon C., who resides in Kansas city; Mrs.
Martha Gleason, residing in Kingston Township, Delaware County;
Mrs. Belle Harrison, residing at Marion, Ohio; and Dr. I.
T. of Cheshire.
Dr. McCarty came to Delaware County in 1880, and
after completing his literary education he began the study of
medicine and was graduated with his degree from the Western Reserve
College, in 1897. He entered upon practice at Olive Green, in
Kingston Township, Delaware County, where he remained three years
and then came to Cheshire. Here he ahs a wide circle of both
personal and professional friends.
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DR. J. T. McCARTY was
raised in Olive Green, Ohio, where he began the practice in 1897;
but only remained there a short time - three years - when, in 1900,
he moved to his present location in Constantia, Ohio. He
graduated at the Western Reserve Medical College in 1897.
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WESLEY G. McCURDY
was born on the old home place in Oxford Township, Delaware County,
Ohio, July 7, 1869, and is a son of John and Amanda (Kohler)
McCurdy.
John McCurdy was born in York County, Pennsylvania,
and lived there until 1849 or 1850, when he came west with his wife
and three children. He located on swamp land about three miles
south of Ashley, and erected a cabin on the highest part of his
farm. It was in the cabin Wesley G. McCurdy was born.
In the early days, before tiling was made use of, a pan was utilized
to scoop up water for washing purposes, and many makeshifts were
necessary to make house-keeping possible in the wilderness.
Mr. McCurdy set about placing his farm in tillable condition,
made clearings and built a barn. These primitive buildings
lasted some years, and were then replaced by modern structures.
He lived on the home place the remainder of his life, dying at the
age of about 84 years. He was united in marriage with
Amanda Kohler, sister of Charles Kohler of Ashley.
This union resulted in the following issue: Maria (White),
who lives in Kingston township; Daniel, who lives southeast
of Kilbourne; Charles, who is engaged in the horse business
in Marion, Ohio; John J., who lives near Westfield, Morrow
County; Joseph A., who lives in Ashley; Elizabeth, who
died at the age of 29 years; William James, and Edward,
who live on the old home farm; and Wesley G. Mr.
McCurdy was a Republican in politics and served some years as
township trustee, also in other local offices. Mrs. Curdy
still resides at the old family home at the advanced age of 86
years.
Wesley G. McCurdy was reared on the home farm in
Oxford Township, and attended the public schools of that vicinity.
Upon coming to Ashley he clerked in a grocery for J. C.
Eckals for one year, then formed a partnership with J. T.
Olds and conducted a hardware store with much success for a
period of 12 years. Dissolving partnership in January, 1904,
Mr. McCurdy for three years dealt in high class horses
extensively, buying and shipping to points where they could be sold
to advantage. An excellent judge and experienced handler of
horses, he followed this business until the market value of
roadsters became such as to preclude further profitable operations
along that line.
On Apr. 1, 1896, Mr. McCurdy was joined in
marriage with Miss Grace Sumner Westbrook, who was born in
Ashley and is a daughter of Dr. E. A. Westbrook Four
children bless their union, namely: Lois Amanda, born July
27, 1897; Lawton W., born Sept. 9, 1898; Lloyd E.,
born April 23, 1901; and Rose Cunnard, born Mar. 2, 1905.
Mr. McCurdy is a Republican in politics and has served on the
School Board and in the village council. A member of the
Masonic Lodge, he has served two years as its treasurer.
Religiously, he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Mr. McCurdy is a popular man, following up-to-date business
methods, and the success attending his efforts is well merited.
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JUDGE CHARLES H. McELROY was born at Gambier, Ohio, Mar. 19, 1830. His parents,
Rev. James McElroy and Maria (Burrows)
McElroy, were natives of Ireland. They were married in
Ireland in 1828 and came directly to Kenyon College, where he taught
for some time. He was a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin.
He removed to Delaware, Ohio, in the year 1832 and was rector of St.
Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church. He removed to Staunton,
Virginia, in the year 1840 at which place the subject of this sketch
received his early education. Judge McElroy attended the
Law School of the University of Virginia during the sessions of
1850-1851 and 1851-1852. He was admitted to the Bar by the Court
of Appeals of the State of Virginia at Lewisburg in the summer of the
year 1852. He immediately came to Delaware where his parents had
removed. He engaged in civil engineering for a few years but
returned to Delaware and was admitted to the Bar of Ohio in the year
1855, when he began the practice. In the year 1857 and 1858 and
again in 1878 Judge McElroy was elected mayor of Delaware by
the citizens without regard to party and with but little opposition.
In August, 1861, Judge McElroy enlisted as a
private in Company D, Twentieth Regiment, O. V. I. He soon
became captain of the company and in August, 1862, by reason of his
meritorious conduct and at the request of the governor of Ohio and on
order of the War Department, he was transferred to the Ninety-sixth
Regiment O. V. I. and was appointed major of the regiment. He
remained with the command in the campaign down the Mississippi and up
the Yazoo Rivers and Chickasaw Bayou, but his failing health
admonished him that unless he quit the service, he would not be able
to reach his home alive, and soon after the surrender of Vicksburg,
therefore, he resigned his command and came home and after a partial
recovery he again began the practice of his profession. He was
elected judge of the Court of Common Please in the autumn of 1881 and
again in the autumn of 1886, in the first Subdivision of the Sixth
Judicial District, comprising the counties of Delaware, Knox and
Licking, and served from February, 1882, to February, 1892, and his
opinions as a judge were always recognized by members of the Bar as
able. He was a close student of the principles of the law and
his early reading had made him a recognized authority on what is known
as the common law. After he retired from the bench he again took
up the practice, which he continued up to the time of his death, which
occured Mar. 1, 1904. He was solicitor for the Fidelity Building
Association and Loan Company up to the time of his death. He was
associated at various times during his long continued practice with
Hon. Early F. Poppleton, Hon. Henry S. Culver and
Hon. George W. Carpenter, the styles of his several partnership
being Poppleton & McElroy, McElroy & Culver,
and Carpenter & McElroy
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DR. M. A. McGONIGAL
was born near Ashley in 1873. He graduated from the Ashley
High School in 1890, and from the Ohio Medical University at
Columbus, Ohio, in 1906. Returning to Ashley he began the
practice the same year.
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RODNEY D. McGONIGAL,
one of the best-known residents of Oxford Township, extensively
engaged in general farming and stock-raising, making specialties of
French draft horses, Shorthorn cattle and American Merino and
Delaine sheep, has been a life-long resident here, having been born
on his present farm Feb. 24, 1848. He is a son of Robert
Jones and Almira (Foust) McGonigle, and a grandson of Joseph
McGonigle.
Joseph McGonigle came to America from Ireland when
a young man and located in Virginia. He served through the War
of 1812, and subsequently while in the Indian War, passed through
the part of Ohio which was later to become his home. Upon
settling in Ohio he first located in Ross County, but a few years
later, in 1825, he came to Oxford Township, in Delaware County,
where he purchased 200 acres of unimproved land. He first
built a log house of the pioneer type, and set about clearing the
place. Some years later he erected a more substantial house
and lived in it the remainder of his days. He was a man of
fair education for those days and for a time taught school.
While a resident of Virginia, he was joined in marriage with
Elizabeth Jones, who was born in that State and came of one of
the first families of Virginia.
Robert J. McGonigle was born in Virginia, Jan.
6, 1817, and was very young when his parents came to Ohio.
Here he grew to maturity, living with his people until after his
marriage when he built a house on the same farm where his son
Rodney D. now lives. He followed farming throughout his
entire life, dying on the home place, Apr. 8, 1892. His wife,
Almira Foust, was born in Oxford Township, Dec. 28, 1819, and
they were parents of the following children: Chauncey H.,
deceased, lived in this township: Mary died in young
womanhood; Elizabeth died aged about six years; Sidney
died aged three years; Rodney D.; and Joseph A.,
living in Olympia, Washington. Robert J. McGonigle was
a justice of the peace for some years.
Rodney D. McGonigle was reared on the home place
and received his educational training in the public schools.
He has followed agricultural pursuits entirely and has made a
specialty of stockraising. In 1904 he began growing American
Merino sheep, purchasing from some of the best-known breeders in the
United States. He has met with success and is establishing
quite a reputation, having taken prizes at the State fairs in Ohio,
Virginia, Illinois, Michigan and New York. He has made many
sales at big prices and has shipped to Texas, New Mexico and Idaho,
as well as to States nearer home. He is a stockholder and
director in the Farmers Savings Bank at Ashley. Mr.
McGonigle is one of hte foremost men of the township,
enterprising and public-spirited, and is held in highest esteem by
his fellow citizens.
Sept. 4, 1870, he was joined in marriage with Miss
Ella G. Cline, who was born in Marlborough Township, Delaware
County, and is a daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Downing) Cline,
pioneers of that vicinity. Seven children were born to them:
Maude, born Dec. 24, 1871, is the wife of Charles H. Bell
and has two children, Walter and Rodney; Murray B., a
physician, born Sept. 12, 1873, married Persis Scheble and
has two children, Ruth and Mary; Mary, born Aug. 22,
1875, married Orrie Jeffrey and they have two children,
Lorain and Ellen; Myra, born Apr. 11, 1878,
married Dallas Coleman and they have one son, Day;
Robert Mart, born Dec. 25, 1880; Tod Cline born June 16,
1882; and Walden, born June 3, 1884, died Oct. 11, 1884.
Mr. McGonigle is a Democrat in politics and has served six
years as township trustee. He is a member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. He belongs to the Masonic Lodge at Ashley,
and to the Patrons of Husbandry.
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WILLIAM W. McKENZIE,
president of the McKenzie Lumber Company, at Delaware, has been a
resident of this city since 1897. He was born in Scotland in
1870, and was 14 years of age when he came to America. Mr.
McKenzie completed his education at Tiffin, Ohio, and was then
engaged for about 10 years in getting out timber for the manufacture
of section rods, being located at Bloomville during this time.
Later he went to West Mansfield, where he carried on a lumber
business for four years, and then came to Delaware, where the lumber
firm of McKenzie & Thompson was established.
Subsequently, Mr. McKenzie bought Mr. Thompson's
interest and established the McKenzie Lumber Company, of
which he is president. The company does business on East
Winter Street, and they operate a planing and a saw-mill together
with a rod factory, doing both a retail and wholesale business.
Mr. McKenzie is also president of the Chaseland Building
Company and is a large owner of valuable real estate in this
section.
In June, 1900, Mr. McKenzie was married to
Rachel B. Colber, and they have three children- Marguerite,
Frances Marie and Mary Olive. The family belong to
the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. McKenzie's
fraternal connections include membership in the Odd Fellows and the
Masons. In the latter organization he belongs to the Blue
Lodge, Chapter and Council, at Delaware, the Commandery at Marion,
and the Shrine at Columbus.
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Lyman F. McMaster
Benjamin F. McMaster |
BENJAMIN F. and LYMAN P. McMASTER
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DR. MERCER
was one of Lewis Centre's oldest physicians, locating there in about
1850. He died there in about 1880.
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DR. F. E. MICHENER was
born at Attica, Seneca County, Ohio, in 1856. He is a direct
descendant of Count John T. Michener, who came to America with
William Penn in 1682. The doctor was educated at
Valparaiso, Indiana. He graduated in medicine at the Ohio
Medical University at Columbus, Ohio. After practicing several
years at Toledo, he moved to Barberton, Ohio, in 1901, and came to
Delaware in 1905. He is a member of the Delaware County
Medical Society, and the Ohio State Medical Society. He has
retired from the practice and is taking the good of life.
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MILLER
BROTHERS, undertakers and embalmers, at Delaware, have one of
the best equipped establishments, in their line, in this State and
they enjoy the confidence of the public to a large degree. The
firm of Miller Brothers is made up of O. F. and H. H.
Miller, and is located at No. 20 East William Street.
O. F. Miller was born in Harrison County, Ohio,
but was taken, in childhood, to Coshocton County, where he
attended the public schools and later the Ohio Normal University at
Ada. He is a member of the Masons, the Odd Fellows and the
Knights of Pythias. He attends to the main business of the
firm. He is a graduate of the Champion College of Embalming
and was licensed by the Ohio State Board of Embalming. In
addition to his services, two other graduate embalmers are employed.
O. F. Miller is a member of the William Street Methodist
Church.
H. H. Miller, the second member of the firm, is
an evangelist and has been in the field for the past five years and
will soon receive his theological degree from the Ohio Wesleyan
University.
The Miller Brothers established themselves first
at Chesterville, Morrow County, where they remained for some years.
They then removed to Ashley, Delaware County, remaining there for
three years and then coming to Delaware. As funeral directors
they are widely known and during the past year their services were
engaged 139 times, an unusual record for any one firm.
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ALBERT C. MILLER,
one of the leading lumbermen of Delaware County, who operates a
large saw-mill on West Lincoln Street, Delaware, was born in this
city in 1872, and is a son of Nathan and Mary (Fry)
Miller. The father of Mr. Miller was born
in 1835, and until he retired from active industrial life, was
engaged in fanning. He married Mary Fry and they
had three sons, namely: Raymond N., residing at home; F.
Ernest, who is engaged in fanning; and Albert C. Nathan
Miller died Aug. 14, 1907. Mrs. Miller
resides in 1 Jelaware.
Albert C. Miller secured a good common school
education and then turned his attention to fanning for a few years,
after which he became interested in lumbering. It is his
practice to purchase desirable timber tracts and manufacture the
timber into lumber, and in 1904 he established his present mill at
Delaware, he does a large and constantly increasing business.
In 1897, Mr. Miller was married to Anna
Bryson and they have a pleasant home at Delaware. Mr.
Miller is a member of the Odd Fellows.
Source:
20th century history of Delaware County, Ohio and
representative citizens - Chicago, Ill. :: Biographical Pub.
Co., 1908 by James R. Lytle - Page 524 |
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GEORGE W. MILLER, one
of Delaware Township's representative citizens, who is owner of 150
acres of fine farming land, was born June 3, 1871, in Delaware
Township, Delaware Township, Delaware Co., Ohio, and is a son of
John and
Catherine (Siegfried) Miller.
Henry Miller, his paternal grandfather, was a
native of Pennsylvania, whence he came to Ohio in 1836, and settled
on 80 acres of land, most of which was heavily timbered. He
erected the brick house now occupied by George W. Miller,
which is still in a good state of preservation, and here the
remainder of his life was spent.
John Miller, who was born in
Pennsylvania in 1827, came with his parents to Ohio, and his entire
life was spent on the farm, to which he added from time to time, and
at the time of his death, in 1886, it consisted of 270 acres.
He made a specialty of sheep raising, and became one of the
township's leading citizens, serving as as township trustee, to
which office he was elected on the Democratic ticket for many years.
He was a member of the Reformed Church, of which he was elder for
many years, and in the faith of which his wife died in May, 1903, at
the age of 72. Mr. and Mrs. Miller were the
parents of seven children, namely: Frances, who is the
widow of Johnson White, who resided in Delaware Township;
Henry, who lives in Delaware Township; Forest, who lives
in Delaware Township;
Forest, who was a resident of Troy Township, and was killed by
a train, December 7, 1907; Emma, who is now deceased;
Amanda, who married John Price, of Troy Township;
Minnie, who married Emery Sult, of Huntington, Indiana;
and George W.
George W. Miller received a common
school education, and has always made his home on the old original
farm. He owns 150 acres, but cultivates about 75 acres,
raising corn, oats, wheat, hay and potatoes, and sometimes marketing
some of the hay. He has 175 head of sheep and from 15 to 20
cattle, and sells his milk to creameries in his section.
June 10, 1896, Mr. Miller was married to
Millie Darst, who is a daughter of D. P. Darst, and to this
union there have been born three children - Arthur C., Raymond L.
and Wallace H. Mrs. Miller is a Presbyterian
in her religious belief, while her husband is a member of the
Reformed Church. In political matters he is independent,
casting his vote rather for the man than for the party.
Source:
20th century history of Delaware County, Ohio and
representative citizens - Chicago, Ill. :: Biographical Pub.
Co., 1908 by James R. Lytle - Page |
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DR. J. H.
MILLER came to Delaware in 1903 from a town in western
Pennsylvania. He graduated in medicine from the Western
Pennsylvania College in 1887. He is a member of the State and
County Medical Societies.
Source:
20th century history of Delaware County, Ohio and
representative citizens - Chicago, Ill. :: Biographical Pub.
Co., 1908 by James R. Lytle - Page 373 |
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JACOB A. MILLER,
formerly a well-known farmer and highly respected citizen of Delaware
Township, was born in this township in 1830, and spent his entire life
on the home farm of 100 acres, on which he died Oct. 3, 1881.
On Sept. 13, 1864, Mr. Miller was married to
Josephine Eury, who is a daughter of Jesse M. and Mary (Kline)
Eury, and a granddaughter of Samuel and Sarah Eury,
who were farming people of Unionville, Maryland. Jesse M.
Eury was born near Unionville, Frederick County, Maryland, Mar.
25, 1813 and died Dec. 21, 1890. He received a common school
education, and early in life learned the trade of miller, at which he
became an expert, for many years being a flour inspector at Baltimore.
He made his way to Delaware, Ohio, on horseback, and followed milling
here for several years, but finding that it did not agree with his
health, he embarked in agricultural pursuits, settling in 1842 on a
property about three miles south of Delaware. Later he removed
to the Columbus Pike, but subsequently sold his property here and
located on the Liberty Road, where he resided until his death, being
engaged in farming and stock-raising. He was a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, and his political views were those of the
Democratic party. On Mar. 28, 1839, Mr. Eury was married
to Mary Kline, who was a daughter of Michael Kline, of
Berks County, Pennsylvania, and they had one child - Josephine.
Since the death of her husband, Mrs. Miller
has capably managed the home farm of 100 acres, about one-half of
which is under cultivation, and raises large crops of corn, oats,
wheat and hay, also giving some attention to cattle raising.
When Mr. and Mrs. Miller first located on this property the
buildings were in very bad condition, but in 1905 Mrs. Miller
remodelled the house, having previously erected new outbuildings which
had been destroyed by fire. Mrs. Miller is a faithful
member of the German Reformed Church.
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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JOHN J. MILLER, a
progressive farmer of Delaware Township, residing on his valuable farm
of 75 acres, was born in Baden, Germany. October 25, 1845, and
is a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Wightman) Miller. The
father of Mr. Miller died in Germany, after which his mother
came to America, where two of her sisters and a brother had already
settled. She located for a few years in Franklin Township and
then moved to Delaware Township.
John J. Miller spent the larger part of his
boyhood with his uncle, Warner Marquette, of Liberty Township,
where he was given school advantages. When the Civil War broke
out he was assisting on the farm. He enlisted in Company E,
Second Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Heavy Artillery, and was stationed in
Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia. He is a member of the Grand
Army of the Republic.
After he returned from the army, Mr. Miller
rented land for several years,, after which he bought about 50 acres
in Delaware Township, which, added to 25 acres inherited by his wife,
makes a compact farm, large enough for easy handling, and here Mr.
Miller has carried on general farming and stock-raising. He
cultivates about 60 acres of his land, raising corn, oats, wheat and
hay, and as he believes in using fertilizer, he has good crops when
many others fail. He keeps seven head of cattle, makes high
grade butter, has 25 head of thoroughbred Duroc hogs and pays
considerable attention to poultry.
Mr. Miller married Mary Elizabeth
Lindner, who is a daughter of Frederick G. Lindner, of
Delaware Township, and they have had nine children, the four who grew
to maturity being: Frank, is married, resides in Delaware;
Harry, also married, resides in Delaware; Harry, also
married, resides in Delaware; Katherine, who married George
W. Owen, of Delaware Township; and Ellsworth, who resides
at home. Mrs. Miller is a member of the Lutheran
Church. Formerly Mr. Miller was identified with the Democratic
party, but he has been a Republican since the second administration of
President Cleveland. He is no seeker for office, but always
takes an active interest in electing those who have records as good
citizens. He is an intelligent, well-informed man and has
adopted modern methods of agriculture, his land showing the results of
his care. He built the present comfortable residence.
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. W. M. MILLER. Virginia
in 1827 sent one of her sons to Delaware to contend for business.
He first located at Worthington, the favorite resort of the new
physician to the new world. After a brief stay, Dr. W. M.
Miller opened an office in Delaware. He was an alumnus of
an eastern college and a well-read physician. He did not
succeed very well, and soon moved to Columbus, and afterward to
Missouri. He was a brother-in-law of President Tyler.
Source:
20th century history of Delaware
County, Ohio and representative citizens -
Chicago, Ill. :: Biographical Pub. Co., 1908 by James R. Lytle ~
Page 347 |
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DR. MILLS was there from
1865 to 1869. He is now at Rich Hill, Knox County, Ohio, in
the practice.
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. F. W. MORRISON came
from Richland County. After graduating from the "O. W. U.," he
read medicine with Dr. A. Blymer. He was a poor boy,
but worked and earned money to carry him through college. He
graduated in medicine, and then located in Richland County, where he
practiced several years. He entered the service of his
country, and served a surgeon faithfully and well. He came to
Delaware about 1870. He accumulated a comfortable fortune
before his death. He died from the effects of a disease
contracted in the service.
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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ANDREW V. MOSES Source:
20th century history of Delaware County, Ohio and
representative citizens - Chicago, Ill. :: Biographical Pub.
Co., 1908 by James R. Lytle - Page 652 |
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DR. E. B. MOSHER was
raised in Morrow County, Ohio, where he read medicine. He
located at Oliver Green, practicing there many years, when he
removed to Sunbury, and was in the practice there for some time.
He then sold out, and moved to Columbus, Ohio, where he is now
practicing.
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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DR.
FRANCIS MARION MURRAY was born in Bluffton, Allen County,
Ohio, in 1855. He entered the local drug store as an
apprentice. He continued his attendance in the public schools
during the winter terms. He remained in the store for four
years. In the autumn of 1872 he went to Key West, Florida, to
become apothecary to the United States Marine Hospital under his
brother, Surgeon Robert D. Murray. He spent the major
part of four years here. The last three winters of these were
spent in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, prosecuting pharmaceutical and
medical studies. He would return to his duties in the south
each spring. He graduated from the Philadelphia College of
Pharmacy in 1876, receiving the degree of Ph. G. In 1877 he
received the degree of M. D. from the Jefferson Medical College,
Philadelphia. He then took a supplementary course in
scientific subjects at the University of Pennsylvania, for which he
received the degree of Ph. D. in 1878. He was acting librarian
to the College of Physicians during the summer. The following
winter he was assistant to the professor of Materia Medica at the
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. In 1879 he located in Lenni,
Delaware County, Pennsylvania, eighteen miles from Philadelphia.
In 1880 he was married to Amanda M. Kirby.
After remaining five years in this location, the Doctor removed to
the northern section of the city of Philadelphia. From there
he removed to Delaware, Ohio, in 1892, and continued in the general
practice of medicine. In 1900 he formed a co-partnership with
Mr. J. D. Knowles, and established a third daily and weekly
newspaper, the Delaware Journal. Notwithstanding his
newspaper interests the Doctor has continued in the active work of
his profession, and enjoys good practice. He is a member of
Hiram Lodge, No. 18, F. & A. M., of the Delaware County, Ohio State
and American Medical Societies. Dr. Robert D. Murray
was a recognized expert in yellow fever for the Government Marine
and Public Health Service. Robert D. was killed by
accident at Laredo, Texas, in 1904, thus depriving the Government of
one of its greatest experts. Dr. F. M. Murray was born
at Campbellite, raised a Methodist, and now belongs to the
Presbyterian Church.
Source:
20th century history of Delaware County, Ohio and
representative citizens - Chicago, Ill. :: Biographical Pub.
Co., 1908 by James R. Lytle - Page 369 |
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SAMUEL B. MYERS, who
was elected in 1907, for the third time, a justice of the peace in
Ostrander, was born in Mill Creek Township, Union County, Ohio, Nov.
30, 1850, and is a son of Christian and Hannah (Graham) Myers.
The grandfather of Mr. Myers reared his family in
Pennsylvania, and when his son Christian was small he left
home to fight the Indians and never returned.
Christian Myers was born in 1809,
and he accompanied his mother when she came to Mill Creek Township,
Union County, Ohio, where she subsequently married Asa
Robinson. Christian remained on his step-father's
farm until his marriage, when he bought the farm which his son
Samuel B. still owns but does not operate himself.
Although entirely self-educated. Christian Myers
was a man of much importance in his community and commanded the
respect of his fellow citizens. He was a justice of the peace
for many years was associate judge for some time. His
activities were designed to promote the general welfare and to raise
his community to a higher plane. He was particularly active in
the Christian Church and often occupied its pulpit, his exemplary
life making his appeals listened to with a large measure of
resultant good. He died in March, 1861, his loss being deeply
regretted throughout the community. His wife, Hannah,
who was born in the State of New York, was a daughter of George
Graham, a native of England.
Samuel B. Myers was the youngest of his parent's
family of twelve children and is now the only survivor. He was
reared and educated in his native township and remained on the home
farm until the fall of 1887, when he came to Ostrander, which
thriving town has been his home ever since. He has been
largely interested in lumbering, and at one time owned a saw mill.
He buys standing timber and manufactures lumber, which he ships to
all sections. He was early enlisted into the ranks of the
Democratic party, and has always taken an interest in public
matters. He has served for twelve years as a member of the Town
Council and has been township assessor.
In 1872, Mr. Myers was married to Mary
A. Bean, who was born in Scioto Township, Delaware County, and
is a daughter of Hiram Bean, and a granddaughter of George
Bean, who came to this section with, James Liggett,
and Solomon Carr, in 1817, from Hardy County,
Virginia. These three pioneers together bought 600 acres of
land in Scioto Township, which was later amicably divided.
George Bean had 200 acres, and he carried on farming and
stock-raising, becoming a man of prominence in his locality, and
being foremost in promoting the civilizing agencies of the time.
He married Susie Carr and they had seven children, of
whom Hiram was the third in order of birth.
Hiram Bean was born in Scioto Township
and lived on the home place until 1860, when be moved to the north
of Ostrander and bought an interest in the Lawrence place. He
died in 1864. aged forty-seven years. He married (first) a
daughter of Abel Tanner, who died in 1845, leaving three
children—George H., residing in California, Mrs. Julia
Cowles, and Jesse. He married (secondly) Eleanor
Lawrence, a daughter of Joseph and Nancy (Cochran) Lawrence.
Van Emmon, a resident of California, and Mrs. Myers
are the survivors of their three children.
Mr. and Mrs. Myers have had six children, the
three who survive being the following: May who married
Joseph T. Richey, of Dover Township, Union County, Ohio;
Florence, who married George Lowe, of Leesburg, Union
County; and Dana, residing at home. Mrs.
Myers is a member of the Presbyterian Church.
Mr. Myers' fraternal connections include
membership in Edinburg Lodge, No. 467, Odd Fellows, of which he is
past grand; and Ostrander Lodge, No. 348, Knights of Pythias, of
which he is past chancellor. Mrs. Myers is a
member of the auxiliary order of Rebekahs, in winch she has held
official position.
Source:
20th century history of Delaware County, Ohio and
representative citizens - Chicago, Ill. :: Biographical Pub.
Co., 1908 by James R. Lytle - Page 573 |
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