Marion F. Sandy

MARION F. SANDY, of Groveport, Madison township, was born in that village on the 29th day of September, 1857. His lather, Albert Sandy, was a cooper when that trade was a leading one in all the wheat growing and salt producing regions, especially along the canals and other waterways and in the vicinity of the mills and salt works, and at the
points where hogs were slaughtered, cured and packed for transportation to the markets. In its time, and before present methods came into vogue it was a lucrative trade and furnished opportunities for securing a comfortable living and an eventual competence to thousands of independent proprietors in all parts of the great state of  Ohio.
     His mother was Miss Mary Mansfield before marriage.  There was one son and two daughters born to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sandy, one of the latter being deceased.
     He was educated in the schools of Groveport. After attaining manhood's estate and fitting himself for it, he became a contractor and builder, which he followed successfully, and in which he is still engaged.  He occasionally, executes contracts for the county.
     In all his dealings and transactions with private individuals, and the public he has sought to give fair equivalent for what he receives believing in that principle rather than in the greedy maxim:  "Take care of the first and also of the second."
     Mr. Sandy is unmarried.  He is a Democrat from the strongest and sincerest conviction, and a member of the Order of Odd Fellows, and has been for five years the financial secretary of Gordon Lodge, I. O. O. F.
     The Sandy Family is well known and widely esteemed through the lower part of Franklin county and across the Fairfield border, and the subject of this sketch is no=less highly and generally esteemed by all who know him.
Source:  Franklin County at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century - Compiled and Published by the Historical Publishing Co., Columbus, Ohio - Page 151

Source:  Franklin County at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century - Compiled and Published by the Historical Publishing Co., Columbus, Ohio - Page 445

ROBERT A. SHAW, former Mayor and now a resident of Groveport, was born in the city of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, in 1845.  His father was John Shaw, an extensive woolen manufacturer, who married Miss Charlotte Potter, and to whom were born eight children, four sons and four daughters, of whom five ate living at this time.
     He attended the common schools of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, and without waiting for the completion of his education, enlisted in the One Hundred and Forty-second Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served for five months.  After being mustered cut of the military service he came to Groveport, in this county, and for thirteen years was engaged as traveling salesman.  In 1878 he was elected Mayor of Groveport, and as the most convincing evidence of high esteem by which he is held by his citizens, it is only necessary to say that he has held that office ever since.  No higher testimonial could be paid to the personal and official character of any man.  He is a consistent Republican.
     He was married in 1874 to Miss Hannah Decker, and two sons came to brighten the household, both of whom are living.  One of the sons, R. L. Shaw, has been a clerk in the office of the Adjutant General of Ohio since the inauguration of Governor Nash.
     Mr. Shaw is also an extensive land owner in Madison township, being the proprietor of a farm of 125 acres of splendid and well situated land, on which he breeds the finest speciments of Jersey cattle.
     The people of Groveport and Madison township have only sentiments of the highest esteem and regard for Mr. Shaw because of his many and amiable traits of character.
Source:  Franklin County at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century - Compiled and Published by the Historical Publishing Co., Columbus, Ohio - Page 352

JOHN WILLIAM SHOOK, M.D   Mr. John William Shook was born near Lancaster, Fairfield county, in 1853, son of John A. Shook, both of whom are deceased, the latter dying in 1859, the former in 1868, at the age of 40 years.  There were two others in the family - James P. and Elizabeth B. Shook, both of whom are living.
     The subject of this sketch was educated in the district schools of Fairfield county, Ohio, and to prepare himself for his professional career entered the Columbus Medical College, from which institution he was graduated in the spring of 1885, being one of three of the class entitled to honorable mention.  Dr. Shook is both a skilled physician and most capable surgeon, but the ethics of hte profession prevent us from even mentioning the success that has attended his professional career.  Suffice it to say he commands the confidence and esteem of the entire public and the personal gratitude of scores.
     Dr. Shook was married to Miss Laura F. Hutchinson, a native of Perry county, Ohio, who has borne him four children, viz.:  Kate M., Hazel I., James E. and Helen E., the two latter being twins, James dying at the age of two years.
     Dr. Shook is a member of the Republican party, a very active member and promoter of the Knights of Pythias and an all-around popular citizen.
     Special mention should be made here of John A. Shook, the father of Dr. Shook, who was one of the best known and most estimable of Fairfield county's citizens.  He was a man of enterprise, spirit and progressive character and one of the first white settlers of Butler county, Kansas, where he broke the virgin soil and established a primitive home.  But on account of the decease of his wife the first summer after settlement, a most lovable and highly esteemed lady, he returned to Fairfield county, and there remained up to the time of his own demise, an event that was deeply deplored by the entire community.
Source:  Franklin County at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century - Compiled and Published by the Historical Publishing Co., Columbus, Ohio - Page 352