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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DAVID T. PERKINS, who has been prominently identified with the development of Ostrander, was born Oct. 25, 1840, in Dover Township, Union County, Ohio, on Little Mill Creek, and is a son of Schuyler and Rebecca (Rittenhouse) Perkins.      Schuyler Perkins was born in Albemarle County, Virginia, a son of Samuel Perkins and he remained in his native State until after marriage and the birth of one child, when he moved to Ross County, Ohio.  He remained there two years, when, having found land to suit him better in Dover township, Union County, he brought his family to this section, where he secured 137 acres for $1.37 an acre.  In order to make his payments he was obliged to sell his "dandy-wagon," to chop down trees and to exercise every known principle of strict economy.  He gradually cleared his land and put in a first crop, but the work was wearisome and often discouraging as he had neither farm implements nor machinery.  He built on his land the log cabin in which his son David T. was born and continued to live in it until he erected a substantial frame house.  At the time of his death he was the owner of several hundred acres of excellent land which he had acquired through farming and stock raising.  He married a daughter of Henry and Martha (Turner) Rittenhouse, and they had 12 children born to them, of whom the following reached maturity:  William H., residing in Dover Township; Samuel Pierce, who died aged eighteen years; Martha Jane, who is the widow of Perry J. Sherman residing in Dover Township; James H., residing at Hutchinson, Kansas; David T.; Francis Elizabeth, deceased, who was the wife of William Abrams, of Iowa; Daniel Morgan, residing in Oklahoma; and Adoniram Judson, residing at Ostrander.  Schuyler Perkins was a faithful member of the Baptist Church and in early days frequently rode six miles on horseback in order to attend religious exercises.      David T. Perkins obtained his education in a log school-house near his home, three months in the winter being all that was afforded him, as from boyhood he was kept busy on the home farm, on which he continued to live until he was 21 years old.  He then visited Indiana and remained one winter in Fulton County, during which time he was first married, after which he returned to Dover Township and engaged in farming for a few yeas.  After his wife's death he went back to Indiana and lived for two eyars with his father-in-law, and then returned once more to Dover Township, where he purchased a farm of 100 acres, which he operated until 1907.  He now owns 165 acres of land which he uses for grazing in summer, also owns 54 acres in and adjoining Ostrander.      Mr. Perkins was one of the organizers of the Ostrander Banking Company.  In 1891 he bought 66 acres of land from Dr. John Fields, which he platted and made into town lots.  He erected his own fine two-story brick residence on the southwest corner of North and Fourth Streets.  All of the attractive and substantial houses which stand on Fourth Street and on the south side of North Street, west of Mr. Perkins' residence, are built on the land which he has improved since 1891.  Probably more than any other individual, Mr. Perkins has developed and improved Ostrander.       Mr. Perkins was married (first) in Fulton County, Indiana, Mar. 31, 1862, to Lydia A. Hudkins, a daughter of Daniel and Sarah Hudkins, residents of Kewanna, Indiana.  They had three children:  Marion P., born Mar. 3, 1864, residing at Muscatine, Iowa; Sarah Rebecca, who died in infancy; and Olive Candace, who was born Sept. 6, 1866, and died aged 26 years.  Mrs. Perkins died Apr. 12, 1871.  She was a consistent member of the Baptist Church.  Mr. "Perkins was married (second) Sept. 18, 1873, to Melissa G. Rittenhouse, who was born Mar. 23, 1851, and died Feb. 18, 1905.  She was a daughter of Thomas Rittenhouse and a granddaughter of Samuel Rittenhouse and a grandniece of Henry Rittenhouse, who was a Revolutionary soldier.  To his second marriage Mr. Perkins has born the following children: Floron D., born July 4, 1874, who is a member of the faculty of a Baptist College at Williamsburg, Kentucky; Norman B., born June 17, 1877, residing at Williamsburg; Cora Belle, born June 13, 1878, who married Frank Shover, of Ostrander; James E., born July 18, 1880, residing at Westburn, Tennessee; Maude M., born Apr. 18, 1883, who married Prof. Harvard Valance, residing at Columbus; and Ervin C., born May 2, 1893, residing at Williamsburg, Kentucky.      In political preference, Mr. Perkins is a Democrat but he is not active in politics.  On several occasions he has accepted office, but has never sought it and has served as trustee of both Dover and of Scioto Townships.  He is a member of Palestine Lodge, F. & A. M., at Marysville, Union County, Ohio.  He is a member of Springdale Baptist Church. Source:  20th century history of Delaware County, Ohio and representative citizens - Chicago, Ill. :: Biographical Pub. Co., 1908 by James R. Lytle ~ Page 687

PLATT H. PERRY, residing on his farm of 175 acres in Thompson Township, all of which he has under cultivation, was born in Leesburg Township, Union County, Ohio, October 20, 1869, and is a son of Albert T. and Laura A. (Irving) Perry.      HENRY PERRY, the paternal grandfather of Platt H., was born in Wales and accompanied his parents to Radnor Township, Delaware County, when the country was still covered with forests and wolves and other wild animals were almost the only other live things in the wilderness.  When he grew to manhood he married Martha Lavender, who was probably born in Thompson Township, and they had a family of several children.  He subsequently removed to Thompson Township and later to Bokes Creek Township, in Logan County, where he lived during the last 25 years of his life, his death taking place in July, 1889, at the age of 63 years.      ALBERT T. PERRY was born in Union County, Ohio, Aug. 18, 1846, and died Aug. 25, 1906.  Until within a year before his death he resided in Leesburg Township, Union County, but the last year of his life was passed at Marion.  He left an estate aggregating nearly 400 acres of land.  During the Civil War he saw service as a member of Company G, One Hundred and Seventy-fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.  He married a daughter of William Irving, of Thompson Township, who settled in Delaware County at Delaware County at an early day, and she is still living.  The three surviving children are:  Platt H.; Roland P., residing at Marion; and William, who manages the home place in Union County.  The late Albert T. Perry was a man of fine character and enjoyed the confidence and esteem of his fellow citizens.  Politically he was a Republican.      PLATT H. PERRY attended the country schools through boyhood and remained on the homestead farm until his marriage, shortly after which he moved to Logan County, where engaged in farming for two years.  In the spring of 1893 he came to Thompson Township, settling on his farm, where he has since been engaged in growing wheat, corn, oats and hay and in raising horses, cattle, sheep and hogs.  He is considered one of the successful agriculturists of this section.      On March 16, 1889, Mr. Perry was married to Mary Della Hupp, who is a daughter of Henry Hupp, residing in Claybourn Township, Union County, and they have two children:  Jennie E. and Ora V.  Both Mr. and Mrs. Perry are social by nature and he is a member of Magnetic Springs Lodge No. 380, Knights of Pythias, of which he is past chancellor and has been a representative to the Grand Lodge, while she is a member of the Pythian Sisters and holds the office of past most excellent chief. Source No. 1:  20th century history of Delaware County, Ohio and representative citizens - Chicago, Ill. :: Biographical Pub. Co., 1908 by James R. Lytle

DR. CHARLES H. PICKETT made his advent to this favorite resort in 1831, after a short stay in Worthington.  He died here in 1855.  He was educated in New York City and came of a very influential family.  His father and brothers conducted a female seminary in the city, and the father was the author of several school books.  None questioned it himself.  His son, Alexander, read medicine with him and soon after died suddenly. Source:  20th century history of Delaware County, Ohio and representative citizens - Chicago, Ill. :: Biographical Pub. Co., 1908 by James R. Lytle ~ Page 347

HON. EARLY FRANKLYN POPPLETON, in whose death, which occurred May 6, 1899.  Delaware lost one of the most distinguished men who ever claimed that city as home, was a man of exceptional ability as a lawyer and statesman.  He had a very extensive practice during the 38 years of his professional career in that city, and was called upon to represent the people in the Ohio State Senate, and later in the halls of Congress.      Mr. Poppleton was born at Belleville, Richland County, Ohio, Sept. 29, 1834, and was a son of Samuel and Julia A. (Smith) Poppleton.  He came of a prominent New England family of English extraction, the history of which is traceable back to Sir William Poppleton, who fought at Marston Moor.  The is also a town near York, named Poppleton.  Samuel Poppleton, great grandfather of our subject, came from the North of England to America some time during the colonial days.  He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and was standard bearer with Ethan Allen at the taking of Ticonderoga.  He was in the battles of Crown Point and Quebec, and at the surrender of Cornwallis.  Eight times he went out as a minute man and participated in eight of the battles of the war.  He was buried at Belleville, Ohio.  Daniel Poppleton, grandfather of our subject, came from Vermont to Richland County, Ohio, where he was among the early settlers.  He was a farmer by occupation.  He and three brothers were soldiers in the Continental Army during the Revolution.      Samuel Poppleton, father of Hon E. F. Poppleton, was born in Vermont, Jul. 7, 1793, and made the most of a farm boy's educational opportunities.  In his younger days he united with the Methodist Church, in which he was subsequently ordained a minister.  He enlisted for service during the War of 1812, and at its close moved to New York state.  There he was united in marriage with Parthenia Stinbeck, who died early in life.  He later came to Ohio, locating in Richland County, where his father had settled; he served as local preacher in the M. E. Church and also traveled about considerably.  In 1839 or 1840, he embarked in the mercantile business with his son-in-law, F. W. Strong, at Mansfield, Ohio, and for many years was identified with the business interests of that city.  Then, in order to give his children superior educational advantages, he removed to Delaware, Ohio, where his death occurred on Sept. 23, 1864.  His second marriage was with Miss Julia Smith, Feb. 3, 1828, she being a native of Canada, where she was born Feb. 1, 1808, of New York parents.  Six children were born of their union: Emery, who for a period of 25 years was secretary of the Cleveland & Mahoning Railroad; Cora, wife of Judge Lake, of the Supreme Court of Nebraska; Zaida (Linnell), who died at Elyria; Parthenia, deceased wife of Judge Stevenson Burke, of Cleveland; H. H. Poppleton, a prominent lawyer of Cleveland, and for years general attorney for the Big Four Railroad System; and Early Franklyn.      Early Franklyn Poppleton received a preliminary educational training in the schools of Belleville and Mansfield, Ohio, supplemented by a course of Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware.  He read law under the preceptorship of Judge Burke, of Elyria, and was admitted to the bar there, in Sept. 1858.  In 1861, he came to Delaware and opened an office for practice, and for many years thereafter was identified, either as attorney for the plaintiff or defense, with most of the important litigation tried in the courts of Delaware County.  Possessed of a keen, perceptive mind, a logical reasoner and eloquent speaker, he was quick to discern a salient point in an opponent's case and in forcible language drive home a telling blow.  He was accredited with having the greatest native ability of any lawyer who ever practiced at the bar of this county.  His brilliancy in professional work brought public recognition and he was frequently called upon to serve in official capacity.  He was for six years a member of the City Council of Delaware, most of that time as president of that body.  In 1870 he was elected to the Ohio State Senate, and in 1874 to the United States Congress, his work in both bodies evidencing the highest order of statesmanship.  He was highly esteemed as a man of true worth, and his rugged honesty and genial nature made him popular with all classes.      Mr. Poppleton, in early life, was married to Miss Adaline Chase, of Detroit, who died in 1868, Mr. Frank Chase Poppleton, of Prospect, being their eldest son.  He was married the second time to Mary R. Miller, of Delaware.  They have two sons - William Miller and Early Samuel. Source:  20th century history of Delaware County, Ohio and representative citizens - Chicago, Ill. :: Biographical Pub. Co., 1908 by James R. Lytle - Page 870

DR. LYMAN POTTER, of Kilbourne and Leonardsburg, was one of the oldest and most learned and talented members of the medical fraternity of the county.  He was an active member in his day of the State and County Medical Societies.  At the advanced age of seventy years, he studied and learned shorthand, and became very proficient at it.  He was able to take down a discussion and lecture with great accuracy.  He lived on his farm and had a limited but successful practice.  His strong Christian character gave him the confidence of the entire community.  He died at the advanced age of nearly ninety years. Source:  20th century history of Delaware County, Ohio and representative citizens - Chicago, Ill. :: Biographical Pub. Co., 1908 by James R. Lytle - Page 368

DR. A. J. POUNDS was born in Delaware County, Ohio, in 1858.  From the common schools he went to the Ohio Wesleyan University in 1876.  He graduated from the Columbus Medical College in 1881.  He began the practice at Ostrander, and moved to Delaware in 1906.  He was elected secretary of the Delaware County Medical Society in 1907.  He is a member of the State and County Societies. Source:  20th century history of Delaware County, Ohio and representative citizens - Chicago, Ill. :: Biographical Pub. Co., 1908 by James R. Lytle

GEORGE W. POWERS, cashier of the First National Bank, Delaware, is one of the leading business men of the city, in which he was born, in 1846.  He is a son of BENJAMIN POWERS, who was an early settler in this part of Ohio.  After completing his education, he entered the First National Bank in a clerical position, remaining until 1872, when he went to Dayton, where he was in a grocery business until 1875.  He then returned to Delaware and to the First National Bank, soon afterward becoming assistant cashier, and he served as such until 1884, when he was elected cashier.      In 1876, Mr. Powers was married to Mary E. McKinney, who is a daughter of Robert McKinney, a prominent farmer of Radnor Township, and they have four children:  Robert B., Harry W., Helen M. and Lawrence A.  Robert graduated with the degree of B. S., from the Ohio Wesleyan University, in 1902, since which time he has been assistant cashier of the First National Bank.  He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the Phi Gamma Delta and the Theta Nu Epsilon college societies.  Harry W. Powers, teller in the First National Bank, was educated at the Ohio Wesleyan University School of Business.  Helen M. Powers, like her brothers, was educated at the Ohio Wesleyan University.  Lawrence A. is still a student in the Delaware schools.  The family is identified with the Presbyterian Church.  Mr. Powers and two older sons are well known in banking circles, almost their whole business careers having been identified with banking interests. Source:  20th century history of Delaware County, Ohio and representative citizens - Chicago, Ill. :: Biographical Pub. Co., 1908 by James R. Lytle

DR. ROYAL N. POWERS located in Delaware in 1820.  He was given "a ride on a rail" after being here a short time.  Where he went was never known. Source:  20th century history of Delaware County, Ohio and representative citizens - Chicago, Ill. :: Biographical Pub. Co., 1908 by James R. Lytle - Page 346

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