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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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DR. N. S. SAMPSELL came
to Delaware in the sixties. He was a root and herb doctor.
His office and home was where the Carnegie Library now stands.
He had a large practice throughout the county for many years.
He died in Delaware several years ago.
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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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DR. MIRANDA SCHEBLE
was in Ashley many years, and enjoyed a large practice. She
graduated from the Cleveland Homeopathic Hospital in 1883. She
died in 1901, at about sixty-eight years of age.
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GEORGE HENRY SEESE Source:
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THOMAS MERCER SEEDS,
for many years a prominent business man of Ashley, Delaware County,
Ohio, is now living in retirement. He has resided here almost
continuously since he was 19 years of age and is widely known among
the people of this vicinity. He was born in Chester County,
Pennsylvania, Nov. 8, 1835, and is a son of Job and Mary (Mercer)
Seeds.
Job Seeds was born and reared in Chester County,
Pennsylvania, and during his younger days taught in the public
schools. HE then followed surveying for some years, and then
engaged in farming. He was first located on Brandywine Creek,
where the famous battle of that name was fought during the
Revolution, but moved from there to Columbiana County, Ohio, where
he lived until his death. He married Mary Mercer, a
native of Chester County, and they became parents of the following
children: Edward, deceased; Thomas Mercer; Paschal who
now lives in California; Hannah, deceased; Margaret,
wife of William Brown, deceased, resides in Columbiana
County, Ohio; and Mary, deceased.
Thomas M. Seeds was reared in his native county
and there learned the trade of shoemaker. He was 19 years old
when, in 1854, he came west alone, and began working at his trade in
the establishment of Aaron Morehouse, near Ashley.
After one year he moved to Stantontown and continued his trade for a
like period, then returned to Ashley. In 1862 he formed a
partnership with M. B. Shoemaker, and under the name and
style of Seeds & Shoemaker conducted a general store,
including hardware and groceries, until 1879. In the meantime
he also engaged extensively in buying and shipping grain. Then
in partnership with his son, under the firm name of T. M. Seeds &
Son, he conducted a general hardware store, including a stock of
farming utensils, general hardware and builders' supplies. In
connection with thsi enterprise they operated the only lumber yard
in the village. Finally Mr. Seeds and his son dissolved
partnership, when he took the hardware and his son the lumber
business, and he continued in the hardware line until 1896, since
which time he has lived in retirement. About 1873, he erected
a modern brick residence on a tract of four and a half acres he
owns, adjoining the village, and resided there until 1904, when he
moved to his present location. On July 26, 1856, Mr. Seeds
was married (first) to Adelia Shoemaker, who was born and
reared in Delaware County, and was a daughter of Daniel Shoemaker.
She died Oct. 19, 1903, having given birth to nine children, the
record being as follows: Rosa married Robert Sherman
of Dayton, Tennessee, and have the following offspring: Blanche,
wife of John Reidy, has three children: Dawn, wife of
Ray Sperry, has three children, Lillian and Edwin
Sperry, and a daughter, Julia McGough by a first
marriage: Walter, Bessie and Belle. Edward Seeds,
second child of Mr. Seeds, married Lillian Baumbarger
and has one son, Cyloneous. Weston, residing at
Columbus, married Kitty Gilbert and they have one son,
Gerald. Etta married Melvin McConbrey of Algier,
Ohio, and they have a son, Ray. Myrtie married Frakn
Wigton, and they have a son, Harry Seeds Wigton.
Mr. Seeds was married (second) November 23, 1904,
to Mrs. Elizabeth (Laughrey) Waugh, who was born in Knox
County, Ohio, Sept. 9, 1840, and is a daughter of Samuel and
Julia Ann (Harris) Laughrey She first married Samuel
Waugh, by whom she has four children living: William E.,
who resides in California; Samuel Charles, who
lives in California: Elizabeth Viola, of Leonardsburg, Ohio;
and Nancy Rosella, who is the wife of Wilber Wandell
of California. Religiously, both Mr. and Mrs. Seeds
have been Spiritualists for many years. Mr. Seeds
served for years as township and village treasurer and is a Democrat
in politics.
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SAMUEL P. SHUR,
president of the Deposit Banking Company, at Delaware, has filled this
responsible position for the past 30 years. Mr. Shur
was born in Knox County, Ohio. December 18, 1826, and is one
of a family of 11 children. His parents were Jacob and
Margaret (Porter) Shur. The Shur family, which is
one of the prominent and wealthy ones of Delaware, was also one of
substance and importance in Knox County, where Jacob Shur
carried on agricultural pursuits until his death.
Samuel P. Shur obtained his education in the
district schools, and after leaving his father's farm, in 1842, he
engaged as a clerk in a dry goods store in Chesterville, where he
remained for eight years. He then started in business for
himself at Cardington, Ohio, and was there about two and a half
years, after which he opened a dry goods store at Caledonia, Marion
county. Six months later he sold out and went to Marseilles,
where he was engaged for eight years in the same business. He
then came to Delaware and conducted a similar business here until
1901, since which time he was devoted his whole attention to
banking. The Deposit Banking Company was organized in 1868,
and in 1890 was incorporated as a State Bank. It is a
depositary of county, city and township funds. Its policy has
always been conservative, and in this way the safety of the funds
entrusted to it has been guarded. The officers of the bank
are: Samuel P. Shur, president; C. Riddle,
vice-president; and R. M. Avery, cashier. Its Board of
Directors is made up of the following substantial citizens:
R. G. Lybrand, W. R. Carpenter, E. J. Healy, George W.
Jones, C. Riddle, S. P. Shur, and R. M. Avery.
Mr. Shur married Emily T. Truesdale, a
daughter of Stephen Truesdale. He and his wife are the
parents of two children - Ida May, who is the wife of
Edward Welch, of Delaware; and Henry Clyde, who is in the
hotel business in Brookston, Minnesota. Politically, Mr.
Shur
is a Republican. Since 1847 he has been a member of the Masonic
Order.
Source:
20th century history of Delaware County, Ohio and
representative citizens - Chicago, Ill. :: Biographical Pub.
Co., 1908 by James R. Lytle - Page 827 |
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GEORGE
ALBERT SHUSTER, a highly esteemed resident of Delaware
Township, who is engaged in general farming on his tract of 50 acres,
was born on his present farm in Delaware County, Ohio, May 31, 1849,
and is a son of George and Catherine (Morgan) Shuster.
GEORGE SHUSTER
was born January 22, 1809 in Pennsylvania, and died in Delaware
County, Ohio, aged 82 years. He was nine years old when he was
brought to Morgan County, Ohio, by his father, John Shuster.
His educational opportunities were decidedly limited, and he went
barefooted winter and summer until he worked for the money with which
to buy him self his first pair of shoes. For nine years Mr.
Shuster worked on the National turnpike, and then came to
Delaware Township, where he worked on the Mull turnpike until he
purchased the farm now owned by his son George Albert,
then a tract of 115 acres, of which he later sold 15 acres to his
father-in-law. On locating on this property, Mr. Shuster
found it heavily timbered, the only clearing that had been done being
that cut by the coon hunters. He was married to Catherine
Morgan, who was the daughter of Jacob Morgan, of
Hamilton County, and they had ten children, five of whom grew to
maturity: John, who resides at Pana, Christian County,
Illinois; Mary, deceased, who was the wife of Henry
Swartz, of Delaware Township; George Albert, and
Clara of Delaware Township. The mother of these children
died in 1901, aged 82 years.
GEORGE ALBERT SHUSTER was reared on
the home farm. When but 14 years of age he decided to become a
soldier in the Civil War and being large for his years convinced the
recruiting officer that he was eighteen. He was mustered into
the Union Army February 4, 1864, and went first with his regiment to
Munfordsville, Kentucky. Later he was at Bowling Green, Charleston,
Knoxville, Strawberry Plains and Lowden, Tennessee, and received his
honorable discharge, August 29, 1865, despite his youth, having served
his country faithfully for 19 months and 24 days. Since returning from
the war, Mr. Shuster has engaged in cultivating his 50
acres, hay being the principal crop of the farm, and he also keeps
nine head of horses and colts. Mr. Shuster is a
Democrat in politics, but has never cared to hold office, preferring
to give his entire attention to his farming interests. He is
acknowledged to be one of Delaware Township's good, practical farmers,
and his standing as a citizen in his community is deservedly high.
Mr. Shuster was married to Alvira
Stickney, who is the daughter of Hugh Stickney of
Union County, Ohio, and 11 children were born to this union:
George, who died from disease contracted during the Cuban War;
Emma, who is the widow of Michael McCarthy, of
Delaware; Margaret, deceased, who was the wife of Sherman
Moore; Edward, who lives at home; Catherine, who
is the widow of George Horne; Frank, who lives in
Delaware; Samuel, of Berlin Township; Elizabeth, who is
the wife of Howell Thomas, of Columbus; Hugh, of
Berlin Township; and Esther and Susan, twins.
Source:
20th century history of Delaware County, Ohio and
representative citizens - Chicago, Ill. :: Biographical Pub.
Co., 1908 by James R. Lytle - Page 703 |
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HORACE A. SILVERWOOD,
whose fine farm of 87 acres is situated in Troy Township, is a
well-known agriculturist of this section and is a survivor of the
Great Civil War. He was born Oct. 13, 1845, in Wayne County,
Michigan and is a son of James F. and Elizabeth (McPherson) Silverwood.
Both parents of Mr. Silverwood were born in
Pennsylvania, but the ancestry on the paternal side was English and on
the maternal Scotch. John McPherson, who maternal
grandfather of Mr. Silverwood, was a soldier in the War of
1812, and from the same family came the brave and beloved General
McPherson, who fell in front of Atlanta. In 1859, James F.
Silverwood moved from Wayne County, Michigan, to Delaware County,
Ohio, settling in Troy Township, where he resided until his death at
the age of 75 years. His widow, who survived him, attained the
advanced age of ninety-three.
Sine he was about 12 years of age, Horace A.
Silverwood has lived in Troy Township. He attended the
public schools and the High School at Delaware, and, for six months,
the Ohio Wesleyan University. On May 10, 1864, he enlisted in
answer to the call for 100 day men, entering Company C, One Hundred
and Forty-fifth Regiment, O. V. I., which was attached to the Army of
the Potomac, and until his honorable discharge, in the following
September, he was stationed mainly at Arlington Heights, Washington,
D. C.
Mr. Silverwood married Mary E. Spaulding,
who is a daughter of Ellis Spaulding, of Berkshire Township,
Delaware County, and they have two children - Olney James and
Jay Gordon. The former is a graduate of the Ohio Wesleyan
University class of 1900, and is now principal of the High School at
Newton, Kansas. The second son resides at home, assisting his
father. He is a student in the Delaware High School, class of
1908.
In politics, Mr. Silverwood is a stanch
Republican. He has served three years as township assessor and
in 1890, was census enumerator of Troy Township. He is a leading
member and liberal supporter of Troy Chapel Methodist Episcopal
Church, a steward and a trustee in the same. Mr. Silverwood is
largely a self-made man, having made his own way in the world after
being equipped with a good education.
Source:
20th century history of Delaware County, Ohio and
representative citizens - Chicago, Ill. :: Biographical Pub.
Co., 1908 by James R. Lytle - Page 742 |
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DR. W. M. T. SIMMS bought out Dr. Cochran, of Lewis Centre, in
1902. In 1900 he removed to Columbus, Ohio, and from there to
Groveport, Ohio, where he is now practicing. He is a graduate
of the Columbus Medical College.
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DR. L. B. SIMPSON
graduated from the Ohio Medical University, Columbus, Ohio, in 1890.
He began practicing in Richland County, and after a short time moved
to Marion, then to Radnor, Ohio.
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DR. DANIEL SKEELS was
another root and herb doctor. He came to Sunbury in an early
day. He, like others of his school, had a large practice.
He died in 1824.
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DR. GEORGE SLACK was born
in 1841, and raised in Brown Township, Delaware County, Ohio.
His foundation for an education was laid in the old district common
schools. He was a graduate of the "O. W. U." in the early
history of the college. He practiced the homeopathic system.
He began practicing in Huron County, and after several years he
located in Delaware, and later went to Lakeside, Ohio. While
visiting here in 1897, he died from typhoid fever. His family
have their home at Lakeside, Ohio. He married Miss Hattie
Williams, of Cardington, Ohio.
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WELLINGTON SLACK,
president of the Farmers' Savings Bank Company of Ashley, was born on
the old home farm which he now owns, Sept. 22, 1854. He is a son
of Seth and Sarah (Dodd) Slack, and a grandson of Ralph and
Margaret (Riley) Slack.
Ralph Slack, the grandfather, was born in
Pennsylvania, Feb. 17, 1777, and about 1895 mowed west to Franklin
County, Ohio. Some time after he located in Berkshire Township,
Delaware County, and about 1815 came to Oxford Township, and obtained
from the State a tract of land which now forms the southeast part of
the village of Ashley. This he later sold off in small parcels.
He lived here until his death in 1855. He married Margaret
Riley, who was born in Virginia in 1783, and was brought to Ohio
by her parents in 1800. She died in Ashley, Sep. 1, 1846.
Seth Slack, father of Wellington, was born ion
the old home place in Oxford Township, June 6, 1819, and died Dec. 25,
1880. He lived on his father's farm until 1854, when he moved to
the farm which the subject of this sketch now owns, and in 1868
erected the first brick house built in this vicinity. He was a
prosperous and successful man. He married Sarah Dodd, who
was born in Milton, Delaware, Aug. 7, 1822, and is a daughter of
Thomas and Eunice (Lane) Dodd. She now makes her home with
her son, Wellington. She is the mother of the following
children: Albert L., of Greencamp, Marion County;
Thomas C., who lives in Rusylvania, Logan County, Ohio;
Margaret (Hyatt), who died in 1900 in Iowa; Charles O., who
lives south of Ashley; Mancy, wife of Monroe Marsh, who
lives in North Oklahoma; Wellington, subject of this article;
Elizabeth, who married T. W. Lee, of Oxford Township;
and Eunice, who died in 1887 unmarried. Seth Slack
was a Republican in politics and served as township trustee for some
years.
Wellington Slack was reared on the home place
and in his youth attended the schools of that vicinity. He has
farmed the property ever sine old enough, and still does at the
present time, although he has lived in Ashley since 1892. He was
one of the organizers and incorporators of the Farmers' Savings Bank
Company, and has served as director since its inception in Feb., 1905,
and as president sine Jan. 1, 1907. He is one of Ashley's most
successful business men and public spirited citizens.
Feb. 7, 1900, Mr. Slack was united in marriage
with Mary Lanius, who was born in Greencamp, Marion County,
Ohio, and is a daughter of Henry and Mary Lanius.
Politically, Mr. Slack is a Republican, and fraternally a
charter member of the K. P. Lodge at Ashley.
Source:
20th century history of Delaware County, Ohio and
representative citizens - Chicago, Ill. :: Biographical Pub.
Co., 1908 by James R. Lytle - Page 739 |
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FRANKLIN ELLIOTT
SMITH, a representative citizen of Orange Township,
where he is engaged in operating a farm of 175 acres, giving the
main part of his attention to dairying, was born in Delaware County,
Ohio, Dec. 3, 1861, and is a son of Horace F. and Maria (Elliott)
Smith.
The family to which Mr. Smith belongs was
established in Orange Township, Delaware County, by his grandfather,
Benjamin Smith, who came here at an early day from Syracuse,
New York. He was a carpenter by trade but he purchased the
present farm in order to provide independence for his family,
settling in the green woods and courageously, with his faithful
wife, taking up the burden of pioneer hardship. Horace F.
Smith accompanied his father to Delaware County, where he still
lives. To his marriage with Maria Elliott, two sons
were born: Franklin Elliott and Lewis M.
The latter was born July 9, 1864, and is a farmer in Orange
Township. He married Minnie Slain and they have three
children. The father married (second) Mrs. Elizabeth Skeels,
widow of Henry Skeels. During the Civil War he served
in the Ninety-sixth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
Franklin Elliott Smith was reared on the home
farm on which he still resides and he has been engaged in
agricultural pursuits all his life. He has found dairying a
profitable branch of the business and keeps from 17 to 25 head of
cows. HE raises enough produce to feed all his stock.
In 1885, Mr. Smith married Anna Withrow,
who is a daughter of Henry and Nancy (Thornburg) Withrow.
She has born and reared in Orange Township, her parents having come
here from Morrow County, and her mother still survives. Mr.
and Mrs. Smith have had three children: Lila, who
is deceased; Josie, who married Frank Holt, residing
Columbus, have one daughter, Florence; and Minnie,
residing at home. In 1886, Mr. Smith came to the
present farm to make his permanent home and here he has continuously
lived for the past 21 years. The house, with the exception of
a dining-room, which has since been added, is the same as when his
grandfather built it.
In politics, Mr. Smith is a Democrat and is
serving his third term on that ticket as township trustee.
although the township is normally two to one Republican, Mr.
Smiths popularity was shown at the last election for trustee by
his receiving two votes to one of his opponent. In 1905, he
served as a delegate to the State convention that nominated Governor
Pattison and he has been a delegate to every county convention,
with one exception, since 1896. He is a member of the
beneficiary order of hte Maccabees and carries a one thousand-dollar
policy in that organization.
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. GEORGE M. SMITH.
The next hear after Dr. Burr left Delaware, Dr. George M.
Smith, a newcomer, formed a partnership with Dr. Hills,
which continued as long as he was in Delaware. He went to
Mississippi and married a rich lady. A few years after his
marriage, he came north on a visit and died of cholera. Dr.
Smith was a thorough anatomist. He was born in New
Hampshire. He was compelled to leave his native State for
exhuming a body for the purpose of study. After several years
in Delaware, his abode was discovered by the authorities in the
East. He then went South. He introduced quinine into the
county in 1826, and was the first to use it in the treatment of
chills and fever.
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. HELEN K. SMITH was
one of the leading homeopathic physicians in Delaware for eleven
years. Miss Helen Kaulbach was born in Baldensburg, New
York, in 1865. She attended school at Waverley, New York.
After completing her studies she married Mr. Smith
After his death she commenced the study of medicine in 1890.
She graduated in 1892 from the Cleveland Homeopathic College.
She commenced practicing medicine in 1893 in Delaware, Ohio.
She belonged to the State Homeopathic Society. She remained in
this city until her marriage to Mr. W. D. Halsey, in 1904.
She is now living in Trumansburg, New York, and no longer looks
after the sick. She was the first lady physician in the county
for about fifteen years. She became a favorite, and had a
large practice while in this city.
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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HON. HENRY R. SMITH,
at one time prominent as a legislator and still well remembered for
his activity in securing the passage of a number of important
measures, and his sturdy opposition to iniquitous bills introduced
in the legislative body, was for many years active in the ministry.
Owing to ill health he was obliged to seek an outdoor life and as a
result took to agricultural pursuits, and has a farm of 180 acres,
near Leonardsburg.
Rev. Smith was born at Sarahsville, Noble
County, Ohio, Apr. 29, 1846, and is a son of John W. and Sarah (McGarry)
Smith. John W. Smith was born in the North of Ireland, and
upon coming to the United States located in Sarahsville, Ohio.
He was a member of the United Presbyterian Church, but as there was
no church of that denomination in the vicinity, he attended the
Wesleyan Methodist Church. He was a very active anti-slavery
man, and the ministers who came to preach abolition were welcomed at
his home, although they were threatened, egged and subjected to
other indignities. He had two cousins, George H. and
John, both of whom were Presbyterian ministers in Washington, D.
C., and a brother, Matthew, who was a United Presbyterian
minister in Iowa.
He married Sarah McGarry, who was born in Noble
County, Ohio, and was a daughter of John McGarry, who came
from the North of Ireland. She had a brother Samuel, who was
the first probate judge of Noble County. A cousin of Dr.
Smith, David Morrison, was a later incumbant of that office.
John W. and Sarah Smith were parents of the following
children: Henry R.; Jane Elizabeth, deceased, who was
the wife of L. W. Thompson; John W., who died in 1907,
at Sarahsville, Ohio; Matthew L., who lives on the old home
place at Sarahville; and Hugh, who also lives at Sarahsville.
Henry R. Smith was reared at Sarahsville and
attended the public schools and taught in the schools of the county
for several years. In 1868 he entered Ohio Wesleyan University
at Delaware and attended nearly three years, after which he was a
student at Oberlin College for two years, and while there had a
call, in 1873, to fill a vacancy in the pulpit, his charge including
Wesleyan Methodist churches in Bennington Township, Morrow County,
and Oxford and Orange Townships, Delaware County. After two
years he accepted a call to the Sarahsville Weslyan Methodist
Church, and during his long pastorate there exerted a powerful
influence for good in the community. His advanced stand on
public questions to which he gave fearless expression resulted in
his nomination in 1879, on the Republican ticket, and subsequent
election, to the State Legislature, although he had not solicited
the office. In 1881 he was returned to the Legislature for a
second term. He was one of the pioneers in the movement to
regulate saloons and during his second term introduced and secured
the passage of a bill requiring them to close on Sunday. The
liquor organizations brought all their powerful influences to bear
in an attempt to defeat the measure, and resort was had to anonymous
letters threatening Mr. Smith with death. One letter
signed "Messenger of Freedom" contained a picture of crossed dangers
and an hour-glass with the sand nearly run out. Journals
published in interest of the liquor traffic villified, abused and
ridiculed him and the community he represented, but without avail.
He was called Saint Smith, Crank, Sunday Bill Smith,,
etc. The stronger the opposition, the harder he fought, and so
forceful was he in championing the cause of law and order, that his
speeches were more widely published and commented upon by the press
of the State than those of any other member of that body.
A bill had been introduced for the taxation of churches
and it looked as though it would pass until Rev. Smith
without any preparation, in the final hour of debate, took the floor
and extemporaneously delivered a masterful speech showing the
influence of the church for good, and the questionable aim of those
fostering the hill.
Among the press comments on his ability and demeanor as
a legislator, we quote the following in appreciation of his efforts:
"Hon. H. R. Smith of the Legislature from Noble County, is
recognized as one of the most industrious and clear-headed members
of the Hose. In his seat every day during the session, he
votes intelligently on every measure that comes up, and his votes
are always cast in the interest of economy and honest laws.
His speeches on local option and against the bill taxing property
have received more general publication and comment throughout the
State than any speeches made in the Legislature."
The following letter, accompanying a gift of two
volumes of Harper's Cyclopedia of United States History, is self
explanatory: "Hon. Henry Smith.
My Dear Sir:
You have had a laborious task as member of Committee on
Enrollment and Revision, and I desire to acknowledge the service you
have rendered the House and also myself my the presentation to you
of the accompanying volumes,
Very Respectfully,
O. J. HODGE,
Speaker."
In 1884, Rev. Smith returned to pastoral work at
Morton's Corners and continued until 1889, when ill health compelled
him to leave the ministry. He then moved to Leonardsburg,
where he has since followed farming with beneficial results.
Always a Prohibitionist in principle, he was in 1895 the nominee of
that party for secretary of State. In 1907 he was elected
justice of the peace of Brown Township. Mr. Smith was
delegate to the General Conference of his denomination for a number
of terms. He has been a member of the Book Committee of his
church for 12 years.
Henry R. Smith was united in marriage to
Celia L. Potter, Oct. 16, 1879, at Leonardsburg, Ohio, Rev.
George Richey performing the ceremony. Mrs. Smith
was born in Peru Township, Morrow County, Ohio, and is a daughter of
Israel and Phoebe (Whipple) Potter. After completing a
course of instruction in the public schools she attended Sharp's
Business College at Delaware, receiving a diploma. She then
engaged in artistic studies in the Ohio Wesleyan University,
developing a talent she has possessed from childhood. Although
she has, a different times, given lessons in painting, her
accomplishment has mainly been used for the pleasure it gives her
and others. With an eye for symmetry and beauty, she can paint
scenes from natures rapidly and without studious effort, and has
reproduced numerous views in the vicinity, with which she has been
familiar all her life, one being of the old Potter homestead.
These, together with paintings of flowers, reproductions of other
paintings, her crayon portraits and pencil sketches, ornament her
home and those of her friends and make a beautiful collection.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith have three
children as follows: Henry Richey, who graduated from
Delaware High School, completed the classical course in Ohio
Wesleyan University in 1907, and after pursuing post graduate work
in the oratorical and commercial courses he accepted the
principalship of Gibsonburg, Ohio, High School. Walter Reed,
who is farming the home place, and Esther, who is attending
school.
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representative citizens - Chicago, Ill. :: Biographical Pub.
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DR. ROBERT BLEE SMITH
graduated from the High School, Delaware. He graduated from
Starling College, 1901. After registering, he moved to
Columbus, where he is now making the treatment of the eye a
specialty.
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HON. THOMAS R. SMITH,
Delaware County's leading citizens, who represented the county
in the seventy-third and seventy-fourth sessions of the Ohio General
Assembly, and is prominently identified with large public and
private interests of this section, resides of his well-cultivated
farm of 225 acres, which is favorably located on the Sunbury
Turnpike Road, in Berlin Township. He was born on this farm,
in 1838, and is a son of Rodney and Delilah (Reynolds) Smith.
The grandparents of Mr. Smith were William and Lucinda
(Witter) Smith, natives of Massachusetts, who came to Ohio and
settled in 1816 on the farm now owned by him.
RODNEY SMITH
was about fifteen
years of age when his parents settled here, and he assisted to clear
the farm, which then contained 320 acres. He erected the
present residence, it taking the place of the log cabin built by the
grandparents. For a number of years Rodney Smith kept a
country tavern, and his son remembers seeing the road in front of
the house filled with wagons and teams, and sometimes the guests
would be so numerous that the women would frequently be obliged to
sleep on the floors of the inn, while the men would take up their
night quarters in the wagons. Rodney Smith lived to be
81 years of age, dying in 1882. is wife, Delilah, died
in 1866, at the age of 57. They were parents of 11 children -
ten sons and one daughter.
Thomas R. Smith was the fifth of the above
family in order of birth, and he remained under the parental
roof-tree until he was 17 years of age, being absent only during one
term of school, which he spent at Berkshire. By teaching
school during the winter seasons he obtained the means to attend the
Ohio Wesleyan University, where he was graduated in 1863. From
there he went to Memphis, Tennessee, where he taught school for one
year, and then to Cleveland, Ohio, where he taught one year in the
Military Institute. He subsequently returned to Delaware,
where he read law under Hon. James R. Hubbell and was
admitted to the Bar in 1866. After two years of law practice
at Delaware, he removed to Marion County, where he operated a cattle
ranch for fifteen years. While residing in that county he
served one term as county school examiner, but accepted no other
public office.
When Mr. Smith's father died, he bought the
homestead and took possession and has continued to reside in Berlin
Township ever since. In addition to carrying on agricultural
operations on a large scale, he is extensively engaged in raising
fine Delaine Merino sheep, keeping a flock of 400 head. From
early manhood he has taken an active interest in politics and has
always been influential in the Republican party. For many
years he served as justice of the peace and during his presence at
Columbus, as a member of the seventy-third and seventy-fourth
General Assembly, he took part in the memorable contest which gave
the late Senator Hanna his seat in the United States Senate.
From its date of organization, Mr. Smith has been identified
with the Patrons of Husbandry, for many years served as master of
the subordinate lodge, for ten years was secretary of the State
Organization, and for four years was master of the same body.
In 1867, Mr. Smith was married to Carmelia
Gooding, of Marion County, Ohio, who died in 1880, aged forty
years. In 1881 Mr. Smith was married (second) to
Lucy A. Gooding, a cousin of his former wife. Not having
any children of his own, Mr. Smith reared two girls and
adopted a boy, the latter, Clifton Smith being now a resident
of Arizona. Of the two girls who found a home and protection
with Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Anna Bluhm died aged 22 years.
Mary Bluhm married and now resides near Madison, Maine.
At certain times in the proper season Mr. Smith's
friends and neighbors may find him busily engaged with his lawn
mower, an implement he greatly values. He takes a
landscape gardener's delight in his beautifully kept lawn and has
been heard to say that in his opinion, a utensil of his kind should
closely follow the purchase of a plow. He was the first one in
the vicinity to make use of a lawn mower and his example has been
followed to a large extent, so that along Sunbury Road beautiful
lawns are the rule, instead, as formerly, the exception. The
public is greatly indebted to men like Mr. Smith, whose care
and love for the beautiful provide almost park-light highways along
which to travel. Mr. Smith takes a good citizen's
interest in the cause of education, and is at present president of
the local School Board.
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DR. J. M. SNODGRASS
came to Delaware from Union County, Ohio, in about 1874. He
and his sons bought the Lybrand Drug Store. After a
short time they sold it, and he engaged in the practice for a few
years. He died in about 1886.
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DR. CHARLES H. SPENCER
graduated from the Chicago Homeopathic Medical College in 1898.
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JOHN RATHBONE STANBERY,
a progressive farmer of Liberty Township, who owns land amounting to
453 acres, was born in the city of Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio,
June 19, 1836, and is a son of Charles and Mary (Smith) Stanbery.
JONAS STANBERY, the grandfather
of John R., was born in New York and he accompanied Stephen B.
Munn. to Ohio, both coming as land speculators. They located land in
Muskingum, Fairfield, Licking, Delaware, Franklin, Pickaway, Madison
and other counties of Ohio east of the Scioto River. Jonas
Stanbery held more than a hundred thousand acres in his own right.
In the disposal of this property he was both just and generous,
accepting almost any kind of commodity from the settlers in payment
for land. It was a source of satisfaction to him that no pressure had
ever caused him to sue for a debt.
Jonas Stanberv married Ann Lucy
Seaman and they both lived into advanced age. his death
occurring at Zanesville in 1838, at the age of seventy-two years. The
following-children were born to Jonas and Ann Lucy
Stanbery: Augustus. George, Henry.
Edward, Charles and Howard. Henry Stanbery
was the eldest of the family and he became a lawyer and subsequently
filled some of the highest positions of State and Nation. From being
attorney-general of Ohio, he was chosen by President
Andrew Johnson as a member of his cabinet and filled the
high office of attorney-general of the United States until such time
as he resigned in order to take up the defense of the President in the
impeachment proceedings. After General Stanbery's
efforts had been crowned with success, he was re-appointed to the
office he had so ably filled previously, but the Senate never
confirmed this second appointment. He later engaged in the practice of
law in Campbell County. Kentucky, but the greater part of his time was
taken up in practice in the Federal Courts. He died in New York city.
He was married (first) to a daughter of General Beecher,
of Lancaster, Ohio. His second marriage was to Cecelia Bond,
who was a daughter of William Key Bond, who was a
member of Congress from Ohio and was a resident of Chillicothe. Of the
other children of Jonas Stanbery, Edward was a physician
and he practiced at Newark, Ohio, where he died. Charles
Stanbery was the father of John R. Stanbery. Howard
Stanbery spent the whole period of his life at Zanesville.
George Stanbery died while he was at school, at Athens,
Ohio. Augustus was the only member of the family to die in childhood.
Charles Stanbery, father of John
Rathtone Stanbery, was born in 1809, in the city of New
York, and in 1814 he accompanied his parents to Ohio. They established
the family home at Zanesville, and young Charles was afforded
excellent educational advantages both in that city and at Athens,
Ohio. He became a member of the Bar and had the prospect of much
professional success, when the death of his father called him to take
charge of the large estate and the management of this required the
greater part of his subsequent attention. Soon after his marriage he
moved to Delaware County, from there to Lancaster and later to
Columbus, where he lived for a number of years. His large interests,
however, in Delaware County, finally required him to give them his
personal attention and in 1856 he returned and settled in Liberty
Township, on the Scioto River. In the same year he erected here a fine
mansion and in this beautiful home both he and wife lived until death.
Charles Stanbery was married at
Zanesville to Mary Smith, who. was a daughter of Hon.
Theophilus Smith, judge of the Supreme Court of
Illinois. She died in March, 1883, at the age of seventy-two years.
She was survived by her husband until 1892, when he was in his
eighty-third year. They had four children: Clara S., John R.,
Charles and Edward. The only daughter of the family,
Clara S., is the widow of Col. George W. Neff, and resides
in Liberty Township, Delaware County, Ohio. Colonel Neff died
in 1882. He was a native of Ohio and he served as second lieutenant in
the Second Regiment, Kentucky Volunteer Infantry. He was captured in
West Virginia and was confined for thirteen months in prison, during
three of which he was under sentence of death. After his release
from the Charleston jail, he was commissioned colonel of the
Eighty-eighth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Two daughters,
Laura and May, and three sons, Ambrose, George
and Bond, survive him. Ambrose Neff married
Jennie Abert, whose father was an officer in the Regular
Army. They live at Elmwood. George Neff married Margaret Wallace and
they reside in New York city, where he is a large contractor and
mechanical engineer. Bond resides also in New York, where he is in
business as a hydraulic engineer. Charles Stanbery
resides on the old Stanbery farm on which his father settled in
1856. He was educated in the district schools, at Cincinnati and at
Zanesville. He carries on general farming on 150 acres. He is a member
of the Knights of Pythias at Powell. Mr. Stanbery is
unmarried. Edward Stanbery married Emma Newell
and they are residents of Chicago, Illinois, and have four children,
Frank, Edward. Emma and Helen. Mr.
Stanbery represents the Royal Insurance Company of London,
England.
John R. Stanbery attended the Columbus High School and the Capital
University, at Columbus, Ohio. He accompanied his parents to Liberty
Township, when they came here in' 1856, and he has lived here ever
since, with the exception of five years, during which he was an
employe of the Cincinnati & Zanesville Railroad and lived at
Zanesville. Agricultural pursuits have afforded him more content than
either a mechanical, commercial or professional career, although he is
well equipped for either. His large estate is under a fine state of
cultivation and he has it stocked with superior breeds of cattle and
other livestock. He is undoubtedly one of the county's best and most
successful farmers.
John R. Stanbery was married at Zanesville, Ohio, to Annie
Martin, who
was a daughter of Alfred Martin. Mrs. Stanbery died in 1901. Her death
removed from both family and social circles a lady of beautiful
presence and lovable personality. She is survived by two daughters,
Adaline and Mary. The former is the wife of Edward S. Mendenhall,
of Delaware, Ohio, and the latter is the wife of Miles T.
Watts, of Cincinnati. Mr. and Mrs. Mendenhall have one
daughter, Annie. Mrs.
Watts is a lady of literary talent and is an acceptable contributor to
various publications of the day, including McClure's magazine. She
belongs to a pleasant literary circle at Cincinnati, where her work is
much appreciated.
Mr. Stanbery is identified with the Democratic party, the family for
several generations having been connected with that organization. He
is interested in public and local affairs to the extent of faithful
citizenship, but he has never been willing to accept office.
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PHILIP STEYLE Source:
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FRANK ALBERT STICKNEY, M.
D. is not only a leading physician at Kilbourne, but is also
the oldest medical practitioner in this section. He was born
in Union County, Ohio near Marysville, Sept. 8, 1853, and is a son
of Hugh and Hannah (Draper) Stickney.
The father of Dr. Stickney died in Union
County when he was three years old and his mother took her three
children and moved to Delaware Township, Delaware County, where he
attended school until 13 years old. He then went to work in
the paper mill of Andrews & Perry, at Stratford, Ohio, where
he remained for five years, going thence in the employ of the same
company, to Henry, Marshall County, Illinois, for two years.
From Henry he went to Monroe Falls, Summit County, Ohio, where he
worked for the Cleveland Paper Company for two years and a half.
Then returning to Delaware, he entered the office of Dr. E. H.
Hyatt, to pursue medical studies. These studies he
continued for six years in Delaware, after which he entered the
Columbus Medical College at Columbus, where he was graduated in the
spring of 1880. He practiced his profession for a short period
in Delaware, but in 1882 he established himself at Kilbourne, then
called Eden, where he has been continuously engaged ever since.
When he came first to this section his practice necessitated riding
many miles over the country, and in April, 1907, he sustained injury
to his right knee, which resulted in the death of the bones of the
knee joint and in this way he had the misfortune to lose his leg
just above the knee, July 7, 1907. Nevertheless he has taken
care of the largest practice of any physician in this entire
section. He is a member of the Delaware County Medical
Society. In December, 1881, Dr. Stickney was married to
Mary L. Campbell, who was a daughter of Ransome and
Henrietta (Lugenbeel) Campbell, the latter of whom is now
living. Mrs. Stickney died in 1895, having been the
mother of three children, namely: One who died in infancy; Ethel
May, who married Henry Stelzer, resides near Sunbury and
has one child; Edith F., who married Clarence F. Myers,
residing at Ashley. Dr. Stickney was married again,
Nov. 30, 1899, to Olive I. Porter, who is a daughter of
Joseph and Margaret Porter. Dr. and Mrs. Stickney have one
son, Robert Porter, an interesting child of four years.
Dr. and Mrs. Stickney are members of the Presbyterian Church,
of which Mrs. Stickney has been organist for a number of
years.
Dr. Stickney is a member of Hiram Lodge, No. 18,
F. & A. M., at Delaware; Big Walnut Lodge, No. 798, I. O. O. F., at
Olive Green, and Williams Lodge No. 556, Knights of Pythias, at
Kilbourne. He has passed all the chairs in this
organization and represented his lodge at the Grand Lodge at
Springfield, Ohio. Politically, he is a Republican and been
very active in working for his party's success. He was elected
treasurer of Brown Township, Nov. 5, 1907, and for 12 years was a
director for the Special District of Eden on the School Board.
In 1904 he built his handsome residence with a convenient
office attached. He is one of Brown Township's representative
men.
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George Stokes |
GEORGE STOKES, a
leading citizen of Concord Township, residing on his well-imp0roved
farm of 126 acres, was born in Somersetshire, England, Nov. 24,
1829, and is a son of Thomas and Elizabeth (White) Stokes.
The parents of Mr. Stokes were born in Somersetshire and both
died in England. They had two children, George and Mary Ann,
the latter of whom married John Carp. Thomas Stokes
was a malster and brewer by occupation.
George Stokes attended school in his childhood,
near the family home, and when he had grown older, his father sent
him to a school in the city of Bath, where he remained for several
years, having two yearly vacations - in mid summer and at Christmas.
There were great occasions, as time-honored old customs were
observed in the family home. In 1848, George Stokes
was married to Annie Hill, who is a
daughter of George and Elizabeth Hill. She also was
born in Somersetshire, England, and attended school with Mr.
Stokes Prior to their coming to America, in 1851, they had a
daughter, Sarah An, born to them, Jan. 14, 1850, who married
James Maddox, who resided on the farm which Mr. Stokes
now owns, in Concord Township. Mr. and Mrs. Maddox had
two daughters, Mary and Jessie. The latter died
at the age of twenty-two years.
The former married John Rutherford and they reside in Morrow
County, Ohio. They have four children. Mr. and Mrs.
Stokes had a son born in 1858, in Union County, Ohio.
They gave him the name of the grandfather, in England - Thomas
Stokes. He died in 1892, leaving a widow and one daughter,
both of whom are engaged in teaching, the former, in the public
schools of Delaware.
When Mr. "Stokes and family came to America,
they settled in Jerome Township, Union County, Ohio, which continued
to be their home until 1863. In 1858, Mr. Stokes was
engaged to do all the butchering and preparing of meat for Mr.
Wilson, who then had charge of the White Sulphur Springs Hotel,
returned to visit his aged parents in England and remained with them
for four months. In March, 1863, he returned to Ohio, and
bought the farm on which he resides, moving to the Springs in the
same year. At that time this land was in heavy timber and much
effort has since been expended in clearing, cultivating and
improving it. For a season the family lived in an
unpretentious house, but later erected the substantial one now
standing. For twenty-seven years Mr. Stokes was
employed on the property which was acquired by the State of Ohio for
a site for the Girls' Industrial Home, in Delaware County, and
thereby earned a large part of the capital which he has been able to
use to such good advantage in the improvement of his present
property. His whole life has been a busy and useful one.
In national affairs, Mr. Stokes is a zealous
Republican, but in local affairs he is influenced by the special
fitness of candidates, aside from party lines. He is a member
of Lodge No. 225, Knights of Pythias, at Bellpoint.
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