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Source:
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Biographical Record of Knox County, Ohio
To Which is Added an Elaborate Compendium of National Biography
Illustrated
Publ. Chicago : The Lewis Publishing Company
1902
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CHARLES C. IAMS.
The Mount Vernon Republican, of Mount
Vernon, Knox county, Ohio, was established
in 1840. It was continued as a weekly
until in 1885, when it became a semi-weekly,
attaining a large circulation. C.
F. & W. F. Baldwin, both now deceased,
were then the proprietors, Col. C. F.
Baldwin being the editor. A few
years later the paper was purchased by the
Republican Publishing Company, and in
September, 1897, the publication of a daily
edition was begun. The next year the
word "News" was added to the original name,
the publication of the company now being
known as Mount Vernon Daily Republican-News.
The paper enjoys a wide circulation and is
classed in the "Blue Book" as among the best
in Ohio. The company does a large job
printing business. A linotype machine
was installed Aug. 25, 1900. Ben
Ames is president of the company;
Charles C. Iams, vice-president, editor
and manager; and L. A. Culbertson,
secretary and treasurer.
Charles C. Iams was born Oct. 23, 1860, at
Tomah, Monroe county, Wisconsin, and came to
Ohio with his parents, the late Rev.
Francis M. and Mary M. Iams, in the
early seventies. Nov. 11, 1875, the
family located at Mount Vernon, Knox county,
where Charles C. has since made his
home. In December, 1875, he was
apprenticed to learn the printer's trade in
the office of Park's Floral Magazine, and
about fifteen months later became a "devil"
in the office of the Mount Vernon
Republican, then a weekly paper published by
Wilkinson & Knabenshue.
He passed successively through the stages of
pressman, job printer and foreman, and in
1887 became city editor, under the chief
editorship of the late Col. Charles F.
Baldwin, whom he succeeded as editor in
the fall of 1894. In January, 1900,
the Republican Publishing Company,
publishers of the Mount Vernon Daily
Republican-News and the Knox County
Semi-Weekly Republican-News, was organized
as follows: Ben Ames, president;
Charles C. lams, vice-president, editor
and manager; L. A. Culbertson,
secretary and treasurer. These are the
officers at the present time.
Nov. 25, 1880, Mr. lams married Miss
Katharine M. Hill, daughter of J. M.
and Elizabeth Hill. One daughter,
Edythe, was born to them. Mr.
Iams has been a life-long and ardent
Republican worker, but has held no public
office except trustee of the city water
works, to which he was elected in the spring
of 1899. He is an Odd Fellow, Knight
of Pythias and Mason, having passed the
chairs in subordinate lodges of these
orders, as well as in the chapter, council
and commandery, Knights Templar. He is
also a member of the Royal Arcanum and the
Mystic Shrine.
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 259 |
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THOMAS A. INKS
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 70 |
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CHARLES C. JACKSON
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 261 |
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ISAAC L. JACKSON
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 182 |
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SYLVADORE JACKSON
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 215 |
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JOHN JEPPESEN
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 199 |
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MRS.
BELLE C. JOHNSON was born on the farm adjoining the one
on which she now resides, and is a daughter of George W. and
Margaret (Morton) Davis. She was one of four children,
three of whom still survive. Her sister Emma became
the wife of Earl Squires, of Granville, Knox county, and
her brother, John, is a resident of Mount Vernon,
Illinois. The father, George W. Davis, who was born
on the farm in Clinton township on which Mr. John S. Abbott
now resides, Jan. 9, 1821, was a son of Alexander and
Isabelle (Beam) Davis. The Davis family is of
German descent, and George Davis, the father of
Alexander, came to this state from Culpepper Court House,
Virginia, about the year 1800 and settled on the land now owned
by M. M. Kelly, which place at the time of the former's
death descended to his son Alexander. Alexander Davis
was a soldier in the war of 1812, receiving for services
rendered land warrants, which he afterward located in Iowa,
taking up military lands in that state.
His wife came with her parents from New Jersey to the
Buckeye state, and their marriage was celebrated in Knox county.
Their original homestead now constitutes the farms now owned by
John S. Abbott, M. M. Kelly, Ransom Shinabury and
C. C. Abbott, but later they sold their holdings here and
went to Warren county, Ohio, where Mr. Davis purchased
large tracts of land in teh Little Miami bottoms, near Morrow
and there his death occurred. George W. Davis, the
father of our subject, spent the days of his boyhood and youth
in Knox county, and after reaching mature years he was given the
old home farm, where he spent his entire life with the exception
of three years when he made his home near the town in order that
his children might enjoy the advantages of the city schools.
At his death he owned one hundred and eight acres of land at
Hunt's Station, which was afterward sold to E. Hamilton.
Eighty acres south of Mount Vernon was sold to Dr. Pumphrey,
while his home farm of ninety-two acres is still in possession
of his wife, Margaret Davis.
His life's labors were ended in death in 1865, when
he had reached the age of forty-four years. He was a
Republican in his political views, and, although never an
aspirant for political honors, he took an active interest in the
issues and questions of the day, and was at all times a
pubic-spirited and wide-awake citizen. Although not a
member of any religious denomination, he attended the services
of the Presbyterian church, and did whatever he could to spread
the cause of Christianity among his fellow men. His wife,
who was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, was a daughter
of Joseph and Margaret (Welsh) Morton, who came to the
Buckeye state in 1835, locating in Clinton township, Knox
county. The Morton family is of Irish extraction.
Mrs. Belle C. Johnson, whose name introduces
this review, was reared to mature years in the county of her
nativity, and was educated in the Mount Vernon High School.
In 1879 was was united in marriage to Isaac Johnson, and
he, too, was a native of Clinton township, born on the 20th of
December, 1818, a son of Nathaniel and Isabelle (Adams)
Johnson. He received his elementary education in the
public schools of Knox county and Mount Vernon, after which he
became a student in the Dennison University. After his
marriage, which occurred in his sixtieth year, he located on the
farm on which his widow now resides. He was very
successful in his farming and stock raising interests, and at
the time of his death his landed property in this county and
western states comprised thirteen hundred acres. He gave
his political support to the Democracy, but was never a
politician in any sense of the word, preferring to give his time
to his business affairs. Socially he was a member of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He closed his eyes in
death at his old home in Clinton township on the 21st of
October, 1893. The entire community mourned his loss, for
he was a man of incalculable worth to his locality. His
career was that of an honorable, interprising and progressive
business man, whose well-rounded character also enabled him to
take an active interest in educational, social and moral
affairs. In all life's relations he commanded the respect
and confidence of those with whom he came in contact, and the
memory of his upright life is an inspiration to the many friends
who knew him well and were familiar with his virtues.
Three children blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs.
Johnson, namely: Alice, who is a graduate of
Harcourt Place Seminary, and attended school at the Granville
Female College, is at home; Isaac Sterling is attending
school at the Pennsylvania Military College, of Chester,
Pennsylvania; and Harold C. is attending the Doane
Academy, of Granville. Mrs. Johnsonand her daughter
are members of the Presbyterian church.
Source: The Biographical Record
of Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 171 |
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FRED W. JONES.
Fred W. Jones, a prominent railroad
contractor and builder of Mount Vernon, is a
native son of this city. After
attending the public schools here he
matriculated in the academy at Denmark,
Iowa, where he received excellent
educational advantages. In 1867 he
became identified with railroad work, first
as a brakeman, and later served as a baggage
master, conductor and express agent.
In 1869 he came to Mount Vernon, entering
the office of the Cleveland, Akron &
Columbus Railroad with his father,
Goshorn A. Jones, who was manager of the
road, and our subject was thus engaged until
1871, when he took his first contract in
railroad building. He was employed to
build an extension of the road from near
Millersburg to Black Creek, a distance of
ten miles, and in the following year he was
put in charge of the main survey department
of the road, having charge of the road bed,
bridges and construction on the northern
division of the Cleveland, Akron & Columbus
Railroad. After remaining with that
company for a time he became identified with
the Cleveland, Mount Vernon & Columbus road,
now a part of the former system.
In 1875 the headquarters of that road was removed to
Mount Vernon from Akron, where it had been
located since 1869, and Mr. Jones was
put in charge of the entire road, which
position he continued to fill until 1882,
and in that year his father was made
receiver of the road. Since retiring
from that position our subject has been
engaged in railroad contracting and in this
undertaking he has indeed met with a very
high degree of success. He is a
wide-awake, progressive, active and
energetic business man, and his name is
closely associated with advancement along
the line of his chosen occupation.
Mr. Jones was married, in Holmes county,
Ohio, to Miss Mira Wholf,
a daughter of David Wholf, of
Pennsylvania, and they have five children,
namely: Carrie, the wife of O.
Patterson, of Denison, Iowa; G. A.,
a prominent railroad builder and contractor
of Mount Vernon; Mary B., at home;
Fred R., who is engaged in business with
his brother, G. A. Jones, business
being carried on under the name of Jones
Brothers; and Frank B., who is
attending school. The family enjoy the
hospitality of the best homes of the city,
and their own pleasant residence is the
center of a cultured society circle.
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 176 |
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GOSHORN A. JONES.
General Goshorn Alexander Jones has
passed the eighty-ninth milestone on the
journey of life, yet is still actively
concerned with business interests, managing
his extensive realty holdings. His has
been an active, industrious, useful and
honorable career, and through more than
two-thirds of a century he has resided in
Mount Vernon, identified with the business
affairs of the city and with all movements
for the general welfare. He was born
in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, in 1812.
His paternal grandfather was born in the
little rock-ribbed country of Wales, and,
deciding to try his fortune in America,
became the founder of this branch of the
Jones family. His son,
Jacob Jones, the father of our
subject, was also a native of Franklin
county, Pennsylvania, whence he removed to
Washington county, that state, his death
occurring near Pittsburg. He married
Elizabeth Goshorn, also a
native of Franklin county.
In the state of his nativity General Jones
pursued his education in the primitive
schools of the times. It was in 1834
that he determined to leave Pennsylvania and
seek his fortune in a district further west.
Accordingly he made his way to Knox county,
Ohio, and for sixteen years was connected
with the mercantile interests of Mount
Vernon, meeting with good success in that
undertaking. In 1850, however, he
turned his attention to contracting, and has
since been engaged in that business.
He has contributed in large measure to the
upbuilding and improvement of the city as
the years have passed by and now owns a
large amount of property here, which he
still manages, although he is now
eighty-nine years of age. Such a
history of continued usefulness should put
to shame many a man of much younger years,
who, grown weary of the struggle and trials
of business life, would relegate to others
the burdens that he should bear.
In this city General Jones was united in
marriage to Miss Sarah
Raymond, a daughter of the Rev.
Nathan Raymond, a Methodist Episcopal
minister who resided in this city for a
number of years, coming to the west from New
York. Mr. and Mrs. Jones have
two children, Fred, who takes
railroad contracts and makes his home in
Mount Vernon, and Ida, the wife of
James Israel.
The General has been quite prominent in public affairs
aside from his business relations. In
1840 he joined the Ohio militia as a member
of the cavalry, was elected brigade general
of the district and served with that rank
for nine years, on the expiration of which
period he withdrew from military service.
For two terms he served as United States
marshal under President Zachary Taylor,
and for many years he was a member of the
city council of Mount Vernon. He was
born during the first administration of
President Madison and has
therefore lived during the rule of
twenty-three of the twenty-six presidents of
the United States. He has witnessed
the wonderful development of the country
from a period long remote to that seen by
many men who are now prominent in business
and at all times he has kept in touch with
the universal progress. His life has
been one of beneficial activity and in the
evening of his pilgrimage he receives the
honor and respect which should ever be
accorded to one of advanced years.
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 212 |
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