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WILLIAM SHARP.
Fortunate is the man who has back of him an ancestry
honorable and distinguished, and happy is he if his lines of
life are cast in harmony therewith. The Sharp family has
through almost an entire century been closely associated
with the history of Fairfield county, its members taking a
very prominent and active part in political and business
affairs, their efforts being of marked value in advancing
general progress. Through four generations the family has
been represented in the Ohio legislature, the paternal
grandfather of our subject, Joseph Sharp,
serving as a member of the first general assembly of this
state. He was born. in Pennsylvania and in 1802 emigrated to
this state, casting in his lot with its pioneer settlers who
were laying broad and deep the foundation for the present
prosperity and progress of the community. He died on a farm
one mile north of St. Clairsville.
Joseph Sharp,
Jr., the father of our subject, was born in the Keystone
state, June 4, 1800, and was only two years old when brought
by his parents to Ohio, where amid the wild scenes of the
frontier he was reared, pursuing his education in the
old-time log school house. The family first settled in
Belmont county, where they lived for about twenty-one years.
They then removed to Muskingum county and the father of our
subject purchased a farm of one hundred and sixty acres in
the midst of the dense forest. He continued to make it his
place of abode through the succeeding seventeen years, going
then to Taylorsville, where he built a dam across the
Muskingum river. There he remained until coming to Fairfield
county in 1839. Here he purchased the farm upon which
William Sharp is now living. He made his way to
this county in order to build the dam which is now known as
Sharp's dam, and being pleased with the district he
decided to remove his family to this place. In connection
with the home farm he purchased the mill land, consisting of
three hundred and twenty acres. In 1822 Joseph
Sharp had been married to Miss Anna Lee,
a native of Belmont county, Ohio, and they became the
parents of eleven children, namely: Robert L., James and
Joseph, who have all passed away; William, the
subject of this sketch; Mary, who married Daniel
Stuckey, of Sugar Grove; Agnes, who has also
passed away; George, living about two miles east of
Rushville; John, who resides near Pleasantville; and
three children who died in infancy. Mr. Sharp
exercised his right of franchise in support of the men and
measures of the Democrat party and upon that ticket was
elected to the state legislature in 1843, proving to be an
active working member of the body. He was also justice of
the peace,. school director and trustee, filling the latter
position for a number of years. He and his wife were members
of the United Presbyterian church and he belonged to the
Masonic lodge in Zanesville. He possessed great energy,
determination and activity, and it was his constant desire
to progress. In speech he was frank, in manner genial and
cordial, and all who knew him were counted among his
friends.
William Sharp was born in Muskingum
county, Ohio, November 17, 1831, and obtained his mental
discipline in the schools of Berne township and in
Lancaster, where he remained until about seventeen years of
age. He then gave his entire attention to farm. work upon
the old family homestead and after his marriage he purchased
a farm about one mile from the old place, becoming owner of
a tract of ninety-eight acres, which his well directed
labors transformed into rich and arable fields, returning to
him excellent harvests.
The lady who presides over his home was in her
maidenhood Miss Ellen J. Cutler, a native of
Athens county, Ohio. The wedding was solemnized in 1859 and
eight children have been born unto them: Charles C, a
resident of West Virginia; Joseph, who resides on a
farm adjoining his father's place; Thomas, who is at home
with his father; Jennie, who resides in Nelsonviller
Ohio; Frederick, also at home; William, who
makes his home in California; John, a resident of
Oregon; and Annie, who married R. J. Conrad,
of Lancaster. In his political views Mr. Sharp
endorses the Democracy and has served as township treasurer,
while for a number of years' he has been township trustee.
During one half of his life he has been connected with the
school board, and the cause of education finds in him a warm
friend who does all in his power for its advancement.
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ANDREW W. SHAW.
The landed possessions of Andrew W. Shaw
aggregate three hundred and sixty-one acres. At one
time he owned in addition to this a valuable tract of five
hundred acres and all was acquired through his own labors.
He started out on a business career with no capital save a
strong heart and willing hands, but his determination
enabled him to overcome difficulties and obstacles while
indefatigable energy proved the means of bringing to him a
creditable success which he is now enjoying and which is
evidenced by his splendidly developed farm. Mr.
Shaw was born in Rush Creek township, Fairfield county,
on the farm which is yet his home, his natal day being Mar.
26, 1832. His paternal grandfather, John Shaw,
was a native of Pennsylvania, and came with his family to
Ohio, but died soon after his arrival in this county.
JOHN SHAW, the father of our subject, was born in
the Keystone state, but at an early period in the
development of this portion of the state of Ohio took up his
abode within its borders, accompanying his parents and the
family. He had acquired his early education in the
schools of his native state and here he received ample
training at farm work. The family located upon a tract
of land adjoining the farm upon which our subject now
resides. It comprised one hundred and sixty acres, the
greater part of which is still covered with the native
growth of timber. At a later date John Shaw,
the father of our subject, became the owner of the farm upon
which Andrew is now living, first purchasing a
quarter-section and afterward adding to it a tract of sixty
acres. He was united in marriage to Miss Rachel
Stewart, a native of Fairfield county, and they became
the parents of ten children, of whom only two are yet
living, John W. and Andrew W., the former a
resident of Ohio, his home being near Rushville. In
his political views the father was a Democrat, believing
firmly in the principles of the party, but never seeking
office as a reward for his loyalty to the organization.
He held membership in the Presbyterian church and was
interested in every movement calculated to prove of general
good. In his business affairs he prospered as the
years passed by, and in addition to general farming he made
a specialty of the cultivation of tobacco, which he shipped
on quite an extensive scale.
Andrew W. Shaw obtained his
education at home and though his advantages in youth were so
extremely meager he added to his knowledge as the years
passed by, and in the school of experience he has learned
many valuable lessons that have made him a successful
business man, reliable and practical in all of his work.
In early youth he assisted in the labor of the fields upon
the home farm and was thus engaged up to the time of his
marriage, when, in order to have a home of his own he
purchased eighty-three acres of land, beginning agricultural
pursuits on his own account. He built there a
comfortable residence, but after two years sold the
property. His father desired him to return to the hold
homestead and take charge of the farm. This Mr.
Shaw did, and became the manager of an excellent tract
of land of two hundred and fifty-six acres. Later he
purchased one hundred and sixty-one acres of land in
Fairfield county, the rich and well developed fields
returning to him a golden harvest. At one time he, in
partnership with his brother, J. W., also owned land
to the extent of six hundred acres in Indiana, on the Wabash
river, retaining it in their possession for thirteen years,
when they sold out. Our subject's place is a very
desirable one, being classed among the best farms of Rush
Creek township, and the owner is known as a progressive,
wide-awake and practical agriculturist, who has made farming
a science.
Mr. Shaw was united in marriage to Miss
Elmira Walten, a native of Pennsylvania, and a daughter
of Thomas and Catherine Walten, who were also born in
the Keystone state. In the family were ten children,
but only one now living is Mrs. Shaw. By her
marriage she has become the mother of seven children, but
four of the number have passed away. Those who still
survive are: Ida M., at home; J. C. and
George E., who are also under the parental' roof.
Since age gave to Mr. Shaw the right of
franchise he has supported the men and measures of the
Democracy, and while he has never sought or desired office
he has nevertheless kept well informed on the issues of the
day, being able to support his position by intelligent
argument. The cause of education has found in him a
warm friend, and for twenty-four years he has served as a
school director, doing everything in his power to promote in
this way the intellectual standard of the community.
He is a member of the Presbyterian Church, with which his
children are also identified. His residence in the
county covers seventy years - the psalmist's span of life -
and although his career has been one of unfaltering industry
Mr. Shaw is still actively concerned in business
affairs and deserves great credit for what he has
accomplished, having been the architect and builder of his
own fortunes.
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JOHN SHAW - See
ANDREW SHAW |
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JOSEPH SHERBURNE
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CHARLES ROBERT
SHERMAN
The name of Charles Robert Sherman
figures conspicuously in the early history of Fairfield
county and also in the history of the state. He, of whom we
write, was prominent in civil and military circles and won
distinction as a most eminent member of the early Ohio bar.
His was a strong and upright manhood; the sterling qualities
of his nature were inherited by his two sons, John
and William Sherman, whose names adorn the
pages of American history; the one attaining to the highest
eminence as a statesman, the other winning military
distinction.
Charles Robert Sherman was born in
Norwalk, Connecticut, on the 17th of September, 1788.
He was the eldest son of Judge Taylor
Sherman and Elizabeth Stoddard. Taylor
Sherman, son of Judge Daniel Sherman,
was born in 1758 arid was married in 1787 to Elizabeth
Stoddard. They moved to Norwalk, Connecticut, where
he spent his life, dying May 15, 1815. Elizabeth
Stoddard was born at Woodbury, Connecticut, June 17,
1767. After the death of her husband she came to Ohio with
her children, living first with Charles R.
Sherman in Lancaster. Here her first daughter,
Elizabeth, married the future Judge Parker,
who studied law with Charles R. Sherman, and she went
with them to live in Mansfield, Ohio. She was a
granddaughter of Rev. Anthony Stoddard
of Connecticut. She died in Mansfield, Ohio, August 1, 1848.
Charles R. Sherman received a good
education, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1810.
May 8, 1810, he was married to Mary Hoyt, of
Norwalk, Connecticut, a playmate from childhood. She was the
daughter of Isaac Hoyt, a prominent citizen of
Norwalk, a man in comfortable circumstances. She was
educated at the Poughkeepsie, New York. Female Seminary.
In 1810, some months after he was married, he came to
Ohio to look up a location. He visited Lancaster and decided
to make his home there, and in December of that year or in
the winter of 1811 he returned to Connecticut, where, he
remained until the summer of 1811, when he, in company with
his wife and young child, Charles T. Sherman returned
to Lancaster. The trip was made en horseback, and the babe
was carried the entire distance resting on a pillow. The
trip showed the pluck and spirit of this New-England couple.
Charles R. Sherman immediately became one of the
leading spirits of his new home, and we find him within one
year the major of the First Regiment of Ohio Militia. He was
the brilliant young orator who addressed the militia, called
together by the governor for the purpose of obtaining
volunteers for the war against Great Britain. This
event took place April 16, 1812. His speech was reported by
Sanderson's Independent Press and may be found in
John Sherman's Autobiography. The result of this
meeting was the raising of a company by George
Sanderson, which was soon to be surrendered by
General Hull at Detroit.
November 9, 1813, he was appointed by President
Madison, collector of internal revenue for the Third
District of Ohio, which position he held for many years. In
July, 1817, without previous notice, the government refused
to take any money from collectors, except paper of the Bank
of the United States. This order found large sums in the
hands of his deputies in currency that soon became
worthless. To add to this calamity, some of his deputies
failed; and failure on his part could not be averted.
Sherman went down, and his bondsmen, Judge
Samuel Carpenter and Judge Daniel
Van Metre, went with him. It is well known
that Mr. Sherman subsequently made good their
losses and squared his accounts with the government... In
1823 he was elected one of the judges of the supreme court
of Ohio by the legislature. His associates were Judges
Pease, Hitchcock and Burnett, men of
great ability and wide experience. It is sufficient evidence
of his ability as a lawyer to know that the Ohio legislature
thought him worthy to be the associate of such eminent
jurists. He died at Lebanon, Ohio, June 24, 1829, in his
forty-first year, in the prime of life and in the midst of
usefulness. It is safe to say that at the time of his death
he was the ablest lawyer and most popular citizen of
Lancaster, second to no man.
The first case of Charles R. Sherman as attorney
at the Lancaster bar, that is recorded, is Fanny
Mills against Jacob Boos, the overseer of the
poor, for the restoration of her child Peggy, who had
been taken from her on the plea that she could not support
her. She was an unmarried woman, the child a mulatto. The
petition in this case is dated December 18, 1810. At the
January term, 1812, he was prosecuting attorney. But his
name is not again mentioned in that connection and the
presumption is that R. F. Slaughter was sick or
absent and that he performed the duty of prosecutor that
term by direction of the court.
Judge Sherman is described as a gentle
genial man with a brilliant mind and sound judgment, and
both as judge and man of stainless integrity. He had the
esteem and confidence of his associates upon the bench. and
made friends in every court room and was the idol of the
young lawyers of Ohio.
For many years he was a very prominent and enthusiastic
member of the Masonic fraternity and roaster of the lodge in
Lancaster. Judge Sherman was a hospitable man
and his home was the center of a refined society. He
entertained many distinguished guests. Governor De
Witt Clinton and the Duke of Saxe Weimier were
entertained by him in the year 1825.
He was a trustee of the Ohio University at Athens, and
a member of the committee that examined Thomas
Ewing in grammar, rhetoric, languages, geography,
natural and moral philosophy, logic, astronomy and
mathematics. The committee expressed much gratification at
his proficiency, and May 3, 1815, recommended him for the
degree of Bachelor of Arts and Sciences. The death of
Judge Sherman left his widow with the care and
training of eleven children, none of whom had reached their
majority and with limited means for their support. The
friend's of Judge Sherman came to her relief
and assisted in caring for the children. In the year 1844
she removed to Mansfield, Ohio, where John Sherman and the
two youngest daughters made up the family. The young people
soon married, but she continued to keep house up to the time
of her death, September 23, 1852. Her remains were brought
to Lancaster and interred beside those of her husband in
Elmwood Cemetery. The history of the eleven Orphan children
of Judge Sherman is a very remarkable one. The daughters
were all happily married to men who attained prominence in
the communities in which they live. The sons were all
successful men in business or in professions.
Elizabeth married William J. Reese;
Amelia, Robert McComb, of Mansfield;
Julia, John G. Willock, of Lancaster;
Susan, Thomas W. Bartley, of Mansfield,
who became governor of Ohio and judge of the supreme court;
and Farrie married C. W. Moulton, of
Cincinnati. There are those still living in Lancaster who
witnessed the sorrow and distress of the mother and her
small children on that awful day when the news came that
Judge Sherman was dying in a distant town, but
kind friends and time, with its healing power, soothed their
sorrows and dried their tears. The good mother lived to see
her children well established in the world and her two
favorite boys just entering upon careers as wonderful and as
honorable as any of the century.
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JOHN J. SILBAUGH,
who is engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery in
Lancaster, is numbered among Ohio's native sons, his birth
having occurred in the city of Ironton, Lawrence county, in
January, 1860. His father, William Stilbaugh,
was a native of Germany, while his mother, who bore the
maiden name of Mary Everleigh, was born in Virginia.
They were among the early settlers of Lawrence county, and
the father was a weaver by trade.
In the place of his nativity, Dr. Silbaugh spent
the days of his boyhood and youth, and mastered the branches
of learning taught in the graded and high schools there.
When it came time to make choice of a calling which he
wished to make his life work he determined to enter the
medical profession and pursued his early studies under the
direction of Drs. Maurice and Wilson, both prominent
physicians of Ironton. His more advanced reading was
pursued in Bellevue Hospital in New York city, where he was
graduated with the class of 1886. He then returned to
Ohio and entered upon the practice of his chosen vocation
and at once located in the town of Royalton, Fairfield
county, where he remained for ten years, when seeking a
broader field of labor he removed to Lancaster, and has
since been known as a capable, discriminating and earnest
member of the medical fraternity. He is very accurate
in diagnosing disease and anticipating the outcome of
complications. He has now a large and lucrative
practice among the best class of people here and his labors
are bringing to him a desirable financial return.
In 1886 the Doctor was united in marriage to Miss
Margaret Welch, of Ironton, and unto them were born a
son and daughter, Carl and Mary. The mother
died in 1892 and four years later the Doctor was again
married, his second union being with Gertrude Williams,
of Royalton, a daughter of Fletcher Williams.
They also have two children: Ray and Hughes.
Their hospital home is a favorite resort with many friends,
and the Doctor is also a valued representative of the
Masonic fraternity. He belongs to the blue lodge,
chapter and commandery, and is also identified with the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks. In the line of his
profession he is connected with the Ohio State Medical
Society and the American Medical Association. His
strict regard for professional ethics, his broad
humanitarian principles, his unfailing courtesy and genial
manner, all combine to make him a successful and prosperous
physician whose high reputation is well merited.
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REV. W. L. SLUTZ
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LOUIS J. SNYDER.
Few men are more prominent or more widely known in the
enterprising city of Lancaster than Louis J. Snyder.
He has been an important factor in business circles and his
popularity is well deserved, as in him are embraced the
characteristics of an unbending integrity, unabating energy
and industry that never flags. He is public spirited
and thoroughly interested in what ever tends to promote the
welfare of the city and his own labors have been a potent
element in promoting the material development of the city,
where he is now carrying on a wholesale business as a dealer
in lime, cement, hair and coal, handling the last named
product in very large quantities.
Mr. Snyder was born in this city, Dec. 23, 1857.
His father, Henry Snyder, was born in Germany and
when in his sixteenth year crossed the Atlantic to America,
settling in Lancaster, Ohio, where he engaged in general
merchandising for many years, being thus connected with
commercial interests of the city until within a short time
of his death, which occurred on the 8th of January, 1891.
His wife, who in her maidenhood was Catherine Hengst,
was also a native of Germany and was a maiden of twelve
summers when she crossed the briny deep to the new world in
company with her father, John Hengst. who
became an early settler of Lancaster. Mrs.
Snyder survived her husband for two years, passing away
on the 8th of August, 1893. In the family were nine
children who reached mature years and seven are still
living. In order of birth they were Catherine,
Henry, William, John, Elizabeth, George W., Charles F.,
Louis J. and Sarah.
In the city where he still makes his home Louis J.
Snyder was reared and educated and on leaving school he
entered upon his business career in the capacity of clerk,
being employed by various parties. He first embarked
upon an independent venture as a retail grocery merchant and
as his financial resources increased he began dealing in
coal. Finally his business was merged into a wholesale
venture and he became a jobber, selling his products in
carloads along the line of the railroad. For some
years he received his supply of coal by canal and now all
business is conducted through the medium of the railroads.
His trade has constantly increased and has now assumed
extensive proportions, so that his large sales annually
return to him a very gratifying income.
Mr. Snyder is also largely interested in real
estate and handled much property during the years of 1896-7.
He was engaged in the sale of lots and city property and
owns considerable valuable realty within the corporate
limits of Lancaster and also some outside the city.
For seven years he was a director of the Citizens' Loan &
Building Association. His present place of business is
on West Main street and he is regarded as one of the
successful, progressive business men of Lancaster.
For fourteen years Mrs. Snyder was the secretary
and superintendent of the Lancaster city water works, during
which time many of the principal improvements in the system
were made. The new reservoir was secured and the new
water mains were extended from six to fourteen miles.
The system was perfected under his direction, new grades
were established, new boilers and new machinery were secured
and the plant thus became one of the most complete in this
portion of the state. Of its water works Lancaster has
every reason to be proud. Politically Mr.
Snyder is a Democrat and takes great interest in
securing the election of his friends and the success of his
party. He is a member of the board of equalization,
but has not sought many favors at the hands of his party.
As a citizen he is alert and enterprising and co-operates
heartily in all movements for the general good. In
business affairs he is energetic, prompt and notably
reliable. Tire less energy, keen perception and
honesty of purpose, joined to every-day common sense, these
are his chief characteristics.
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JOHN B. SPANGLER
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PHILEMON B. STANBERY.
The true measure of individual success is determined by
what one has accomplished, and, as taken in
contradistinction to the old adage that a prophet is not
without honor save in his own country, there is particular
interest attaching to the career of the subject of this
review, since he is a native son of the place where he has
passed his active life, and so directed his ability and
efforts as to gain recognition as one of the representative
citizens of Lancaster. He is actively connected with a
profession which has important bearing upon the progress and
stable prosperity of any section or community and one which
has long been considered as conserving the public welfare by
furthering the ends of justice and maintaining individual
rights. For many years he served on the probate bench and no
more capable officer has ever occupied that position.
An inherited tendency and environment have both
undoubtedly had much to do in shaping the career of Judge
Philemon Beecher Stanbery. His maternal
grandfather was Philemon Beecher, a native of
Virginia Connecticut, who became an eminent member
of the bar of Lancaster, of which Thomas Ewing
was so long the acknowledged leader. His daughter married
Henry Stanbery, who was the second member of that
bar in point of ability and distinction. Among the five
children born of Henry and Frances E. (Beecher)
Stanbery was the subject of this review, and in his
christening was perpetuated the full name of his maternal
grandfather. His parents had become residents of Lancaster,
where his father was practicing law, and it was here that
the Judge was born on the 5th of May, 1832. At the usual age
he entered the public schools and later he spent four years
as a student in the Kinsley Military Academy, situated on
the Hudson river, one mile below West Point, where he
remained between the ages of thirteen and seventeen years.
Like his father he manifested special fondness for books and
a desire to acquire a broad classical education. He mastered
his studies with ease and rapidity and when seventeen years
of age matriculated in Kenyon College at Gambier, Ohio,
where he remained two years, that institution being one of
the most reputable for higher education in the west,
numbering among its students men who afterward attained
marked distinction in various walks of life. The Judge,
however, completed his college course in the Ohio University
in Athens, where he was graduated with high honors with the
class of 1853.
At that time he entered upon his business career as a
member of a corps of civil engineers engaged in surveying
the line and establishing the grade of the Ohio Central and
of the Little Miami Railroads. Upon the completion of this
work in 1856 he made his way westward to Fort Des Moines,
which afterward became the capital of Iowa, and at that
place he was admitted to the bar and entered upon the
practice of law, for during his college course and
subsequent thereto he had quietly and persistently pursued a
course of reading and study of the law under the direction
of his father, so that. he was well qualified to become an
active member of the profession. When two years had passed
he removed to Leavenworth, Kansas, where he remained until
1860, but he had a stronger attachment for the state of his
nativity than he did for the west and after four years spent
beyond the Mississippi he returned to Ohio and took up his
abode in Pomeroy, where he entered into a law partnership
with Captain S. A. Burnap, which continued for
several years.
At the opening of the Rebellion Mr. Stanbery
became a patriotic advocate of the Union cause and
manifested his loyalty to the national government by joining
Company E of the Fourth Regiment of West Virginia Infantry,
of which he was made a. first lieutenant in July, 1861.
Immediately afterward he was appointed adjutant of the
regiment and in 1862 was selected by General H. B. Ewing
as chief of staff, in which capacity he served until his
return to his, regiment in 1863. At the siege of
Vicksburg in that year he was severely wounded and in
consequence of his disability occasioned by his injuries he
was granted an honorable discharge from the service on the
10th of September, 1863.
Upon his return home Judge Stanbery
resumed the practice of law and his clientage gradually
increased in volume and importance with the growth of the
town. In public affairs he also took an active part and was
elected mayor of Pomeroy, discharging both the
administrative and judicial duties appertaining to the
office with such popular approval as to command re-election
again and again, and when at length his mayoralty service
was ended he retired from office as he had entered it—with
the confidence and good will of the entire public. In 1870
he was elected probate judge of Meigs county, and twice
afterward was he chosen to that office, holding the position
for nine successive years. A contemporary biographer, in
speaking of this period of his life, has stated: All the
rights and interests of widows and orphans, heirs and
legatees were carefully protected. His official duty was
performed in accordance with the law and his own sense of
justice, without favor or prejudice. His intellectual
integrity and moral honesty n& less than the obligation
imposed by his oath of office impelled not simply a
financial accounting but also painstaking investigation to
ascertain the right and the equity of every claim, whether
of heir or creditor. Through it all he maintained the
judicial acumen, the unswerving impartiality and the
discriminating sense of justice which belong to the legal
mind; the sensitiveness to criticism and the delicate
appreciation of honor which are among the noteworthy
characteristics of the noble and high-spirited man. In
public office and in private life he has proved his fitness
to be designated as the upright judge, the honest man.
On the 20th of November, 1867, Judge Stanbery
was united in marriage to Miss Margaret M. Hart. Five
children were born of this union, Cecilia, Henry,
Philemon B., Hart and Louisa.
All of them are living except the eldest daughter,
Cecilia, who died at the age of twenty-three. She was a
most charming young woman in all the graces of person and
the attributes of mind. Her vivacity, sweetness of temper,
and the loveliness of character lent a distinct
attractiveness to the delightful home, and her early death
brought to the hearts of doting parents the deepest grief.
In remembrance of her inspiring virtues, and as a fitting
memorial, Judge Stanbery erected at Pomeroy a
handsome rectory in connection with Grace Episcopal church,
one of the most artistically beautiful church edifices in
southern Ohio in architecture and adornment.
The Judge is an honored and active member of the Grand
Army of the Republic, belonging to Gamaliel
Bartlett Post, of Pomeroy. He takes great interest in
perpetuating the comradeship and the memory of the great
achievements of the Civil war. In all his business affairs
Judge Stanbery has been known as a man of
sterling worth. and unswerving integrity. He possesses
excellent executive force and keen sagacity and these
elements have enabled him to make judicious investments
which have proven a source of desirable profit and income.
He has never engaged in speculation,. but along legitimate
business lines has won a handsome competence. He has ever
occupied a prominent position in the foremost rank of the
legal practitioners of Lancaster. His life has been one of
untiring activity and has been crowned with a high degree of
success, yet he is not less esteemed as a citizen than as a
lawyer, and his kindly impulses and charming cordiality of
manner have rendered him exceedingly popular among all
classes. The favorable judgment which the world passed upon
him in his early years has never been set aside nor in any
degree modified. It has, on the contrary, been emphasized by
his careful conduct of important litigation, his candor and
fairness in the presentation of cases, his zeal and
earnestness as an advocate, and the generous commendation he
has received from his contemporaries, who unite in bearing
testimony as to his high character and superior mind.
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J. M. STEWARD
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P. T. STOVER
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DR. FRANK P. STRAYER
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W. H. STRODE.
William H. Strode is a native son of Fairfield
county, a valued citizen and representative agriculturist,
and at the time of the Civil war was a loyal defender of the
Union cause. His birth occurred in Hocking township,
on the 17th of March, 1840, his parents being George H.
and Rebecca (Arnold) Strode. The father was born
Jan. 19, 1799, in Berkeley county, West Virginia, and with
his father, Edward Strode, who was born Nov. 3, 1764,
came to Fairfield county. Ohio, in 1804. The latter
was a son of Jeremiah Strode, who was a native of Virginia,
where he was born July 4, 1732. After arriving at
years of maturity George H. Strode married Rebecca
Arnold a daughter of Daniel Arnold, the
wedding being celebrated Sept. 6, 1829. The following
year the young couple removed to Lancaster and Mr.
Strode entered the tanyard of his father-in-law, there
learning the tanning trade. After two years'
apprenticeship he removed to his father's farm in Hocking
township and carried on the tanning business in connection
with the cultivation of the fields. His life was an
active and useful one. He abandoned the tanning
business about 1855, after which he devoted his entire
attention to agricultural pursuits. He had three
hundred acres of land which he improved, thus becoming the
owner of one of the most valuable farms in Hocking township.
Both he and his wife were devoted and faithful members of
the Methodist church. His death occurred Feb. 5, 1876,
on the old farm, and his wife passed away in 1896. For
several years before her death she made her home with her
children. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Strode were
born eight children, four sons and four daughters, and of
the number four are yet living. Thomas, who
resides in Hocking township, is a farmer and is also a
director in the Fairfield County Bank. James,
who served in the Seventeenth Ohio Infantry for four years
(hiring the Civil war. was afterward superintendent of the
state house of Columbus, filling that position to the time
of his death, which occurred in 1900. Elizabeth
became the wife of Robert D. Cunningham, a farmer of
Hocking township, and died in 1868, leaving three children:
George S., a lawyer of Lancaster; Henry, a
farmer of Hocking township; and Laura, the wife of
Pascall Shaw, also an agriculturist of Hocking
township. Kate, the fourth member of the
Strode family, is the wife of Peter G. Crumley,
of Hocking township, where he follows farming, and they have
one child, Clarence. William H. is the
fifth in order of birth. Rebecca is the wife of
Daniel Crumley, a farmer of Hocking township
and they have four children: Blanche, Cloise,
Ralph and Glen. Nancy became the
wife of Daniel Halderman, of Lancaster, and
died leaving five children: Ouida, Lotta,
George, Lela and Boyd. George H.,
the youngest member of the family, died in 1870 at the
age of twenty-four years. He was a farmer by
occupation.
William H. Strode, whose name introduces this
record, obtained his early education in the district schools
of his township and in his youth assisted his father upon
the home farm, where he has always remained. At the
time of the Civil war he offered his services to the
government, enlisting in 1862 as a member of Company D,
Ninetieth Ohio Infantry, with which he served for two years
and ten months, being then honorably discharged at
Nashville, Tennessee. He had been promoted in the
meantime to the rank of sergeant. He took part in the
battle of Chickamauga, and in all the engagements of the
Atlanta campaign up to and including the battle of Kenesaw
Mountain, where he was wounded. He, however, remained
in the service until the close of the war, but was confined
in the hospital during the latter part of the time.
Returning to the north he resumed work upon the old
homestead and has since engaged in general farming and stock
raising, owning and operating one hundred and two acres of
the old home farm. He has since remodeled the house
and has made many other modern and substantial improvements
which indicate that the owner is a progressive and
wide-awake man. His fields are carefully tilled and
return to him golden harvests for his labors, and as the
years pass he is continually adding to his capital.
On the 27th of November, 1866, Mr. Strode was
united in marriage to Miss Laura J. Fink, a daughter
of William and Mary Fink, of Pleasant township, both
of whom are now deceased. Her father was a farmer and
at an early day came to Ohio from Virginia, which was the
state of his nativity. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Strode
have been horn four children. Brezetta is the
wife of Edwin Beck, a farmer of Hocking
township, and they have three children: Mabel,
Ruth and Mary. Harvey G. travels for
a Columbus firm. Octavia is the wife of C.
W. McCray, a farmer of Hocking township and they have
three children: Annabel, Leon and Ronald.
Mamie, the youngest of the family, is the wife of
Merrill Hunter, an agriculturist of Pleasant
township. All of the children were born on the old
home place, where Mr. Strode and his wife are
yet living. He is a member of the Grand Army of the
Republic, belonging to Ben Butterfield Post,
No. 77, of Lancaster, and thus maintains pleasant relations
with his old army comrades. In politics he is a
Republican, and is deeply interested in the success of the
party, but never seeks office. All through his life he
has been engaged in agricultural pursuits and his thorough
understanding of the business, supplemented by diligence and
enterprise have made him a capable and successful
agriculturist.
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DANIEL STUCKEY
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DR. F. P. STUKEY
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DR. JOHN J. STUKEY
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Z. T. STURGEON
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