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Publ. Chicago : The Lewis Publishing Company
1902
Henry Wagner
Sarah A. Wagner |
HENRY
WAGNER.
Henry Wagner has well earned
the proud American title of a self-made man
- the only title which this land
confers upon her citizens. He has
gained a position among the prosperous
citizens of his community entirely through
his own efforts, his success being due to
untiring labor, strong purpose and
unflagging perseverance. His life
history proves what can be accomplished
through such means in a land where effort
and ability are not hampered by caste or
class. He now resides in Middlebury
township, where he owns a good farm of one
hundred and thirty acres, upon which he is
quietly passing the evening of life, having
now attained the age of four score years.
Mr. Wagner was born in Lancaster county,
Pennsylvania, Jan. 11, 1822, and is a son of
George and Mary (Beam) Wagner, both
of whom were natives of Germany and crossed
the Atlantic in the same vessel. The
former was sold, according to the custom of
the times, in order to meet the expenses of
the passage, which he thus worked out.
He was afterward married and located in
Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and for some
time conducted a hotel on the Susquehanna
river. About 1824 he came with his
family to Knox county and located in
Middlebury township, settling in the midst
of the forest on a heavily timbered tract of
land of fifty acres adjoining the present
farm of our subject. There he built a
log cabin and throughout his remaining days
devoted his energies to the cultivation and
improvement of his farm. He was one of
the honored pioneer settlers of Knox county
and aided in laying broad and deep, the
foundation for its later developments.
Both he and his wife were about
seventy-eight years of age when they died.
They held membership in the Lutheran church
and in order to attend its services would
ride seven or eight miles on the same horse
to the little log meeting house in Richland
county. Of their twelve children eight
sons and a daughter reached mature years,
but only two are now living, Henry
and Lewis, the latter of California.
Henry Wagner, the ninth member of the
family, was , about two years old when
brought by his parents to Knox county and
amid the wild scenes of frontier life he was
reared, his childhood's home being near the
farm upon which he now resides. He
became familiar with the branches of
learning taught in the primitive schools,
which were conducted in a log building, with
the puncheon floor, slab seats and writing
desks formed by placing a board upon wooden
pins driven into the wall. The room
was lighted by one window and the
schoolmaster believed in the adage "spare
the rod and spoil the child." As soon
as old enough to handle the plow he began
work in the fields and assisted in the
cultivation of the home farm until
twenty-one years of age, when he started out
in life on his own account. With his
brothers, George and Isaac, he
cleared a piece of land known as the
Smidley farm, and thereon raised
tobacco.
His home was presided over by a lady who bore the
maiden name of Sarah Ann Jeffreys,
whom he married Mar. 6, 1846. She was
born in Wayne township Dec. 22, 1825, a
daughter of Parson and Sarah (Dickinson)
Jeffries, who came from New Jersey to
this state in the days of early development
in Knox county. Mrs. Wagner
is their sixth child and was reared in
Middlebury township from the age of ten
years. After their marriage our
subject and his wife lived upon the
Smidley farm for about three
years and then removed to her father's farm,
which was their place of abode for seven
years, after which they came to the old
homestead, upon which Mr. Wagner's
father had settled in pioneer times.
In 1875 they removed to their present farm,
he having erected his house the previous
year, and the following year he built his
large barn. In 1876 he and his wife
enjoyed a very pleasant vacation, attending
the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia,
as they did also the World's Fair in
Chicago. They became the parents of
six children, three sons and three
daughters: Susan M., now deceased;
George P., a prominent farmer of
Middlebury township; Sarah E., the
wife of Robert Martin, owning
the old Wagner homestead; William,
a successful agriculturist of Middlebury
township; John L., also a farmer; and
Mary E., deceased.
Mr. Wagner is the owner of a model farm
of one hundred and thirty acres in
Middlebury township, and in addition to
this, he owns other property, being a
partner with his sons, William and
John L., in a one hundred and
ninety-acre farm. He has aided all: of
his children in getting a start in life and
the living ones now reside upon farms
adjoining his own. At the time of the
war of the Rebellion he was drafted for
service, but on account of his invalid
mother and brother, who needed his care, he
remained at home, paying a substitute four
hundred and fifty dollars to go in his
place. This was Thomas
Runyan, and the term of enlistment
covered three months, but on the expiration
of that period Mr. Runyan
remained in the service for three years
longer and had the sight of both eyes
destroyed by a gunshot. Mr.
Wagner cast his first presidential vote
for Henry Clay and in 1860
supported Lincoln, since which time
he has always voted for the presidential
nominee of the Republican party. He
has served as township trustee for more
terms than any other man in the township—a
fact which tells the story of faithful and
efficient service. Such is the history
of one whose eighty years have been a period
of usefulness and honor, and who in the
evening of life receives the veneration and
respect which should ever be accorded to an
honorable old age.
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
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WILLIAM W. WALKEY Source: The Biographical Record of
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MICHAEL WANDER Source: The Biographical Record of
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GEORGE WASHINGTON Source: The Biographical Record of
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FRANK WATKINS Source: The Biographical Record of
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A. G. WATSON Source: The Biographical Record of
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HENRY WATTERSON Source: The Biographical Record of
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JOHN WAUGH Source: The Biographical Record of
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ADAM C. WEIDER Source: The Biographical Record of
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GEORGE A. WELKER Source: The Biographical Record of
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MATHEW WELSH Source: The Biographical Record of
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HARMON WHITE Source: The Biographical Record of
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JOHN T. WHITWORTH Source: The Biographical Record of
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L. L. WILLIAMS,
M. D.
For ten years Dr. L. L. Williams has
been numbered among the medical
practitioners of Mount Vernon. He is a
native of Licking county, Ohio, his birth
having there occurred in 1858. His
father, John W. Williams, was born in
Fairfield county, Ohio, and at an early day
removed to Licking county, where he died
many years ago. His wife bore the
maiden name of Sarah J. Scott, and
was a daughter of James Scott, who
removed from Pennsylvania, where his
daughter was born, to Milton township, Knox
county, Ohio.
Under the parental roof the Doctor spent the days of
his childhood and youth and in the public
schools acquired his education. When
the time came for him to make choice of a
vocation which he wished to follow as a life
work he determined to give his time and
energies to the practice of the healing art
and to the alleviation of human suffering.
As a preparation for the profession he
entered the Jefferson Medical College, of
Philadelphia, and on the completion of his
course was graduated with the class of 1882.
He then established an office and practiced
in Reedtown, Seneca county, until 1891, when
he removed to Mount Vernon to succeed been
an active practitioner. He was not
long in demonstrating his ability and a
liberal patronage was therefore accorded
him.
The Doctor was united in marriage to Miss Emma
Crumley, of Mount Vernon, a daughter of
Samuel Crumley, of Coshocton county.
The hospitality of the best homes of this
city is extended to them and the circle of
their friends is constantly widening as
their acquaintances increased. Dr.
Williams is a member of the board of
education of Mount Vernon, to which position
he was appointed in 1899 for a three years'
term. The schools find in him a warm
friend and he also co-operates heartily in
any movement which he believes will be for
the general good along any line of progress.
He is well known in Masonic circles, is
connected with the commandery of Mount
Vernon and belongs to the mystic shrine in
Columbus. He is justly regarded as one
of the skillful physicians of his locality.
His knowledge and ability in medical and
surgical science and all matters pertaining
to the health of the body, his intelligence
in other lines of study and his manly
character alike entitle him to esteem, and
he is regarded with the highest respect in
this and other communities.
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
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DAVID WILLITS Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
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JAMES
P. WILSON. So long has
Mr. Wilson resided in Knox county
that he is numbered among its early settlers
and from the age of twenty years he has made
his own way in the world, so that whatever
success he has achieved is the just reward
of his labors. He now lives on section
24, Pike township, where he owns and
operates a good tract of land.
Mr. Wilson was born in this township May
30, 1839. His grandfather, Aaron
Wilson, became one of the pioneer
settlers of this county, as did Lewis
Wilson, the father of our subject,
who took up his abode here when a young man.
He married Hannah Cochran, a
native of the county and a representative of
one of its early families. When she
was a maiden of ten summers she attended a
school taught by the gentleman whom she was
afterward to marry. James P. is
their second living child and was reared in
Pike township, where he also acquired his
education, pursuing his studies in a log
school house with a clapboard roof. He
remained at home until twenty years of age
and then started out upon an independent
business career. At the time of his
marriage he located upon a rented farm and
later purchased fifty acres of land, upon
which he lived for a year, removing thence
to his present home on section 24. He
has carried on agricultural pursuits
throughout his entire life and thereby
acquired a comfortable competence.
Jan. 20, 1861, Mr. Wilson was united in
marriage to Miss Ruth Reed, also a
native of Pike township, born Sept. 24,
1836, on the farm which is now her home. She
is a daughter of John and Nancy
(Phillips) Reed, pioneer settlers of
Knox county. They were natives of
Maryland but were married in Knox county, to
which place the mother had also come from
Maryland when a widow with four sons and
three daughters, all now deceased.
When John Reed settled on this
farm, it was then a wilderness, but he
succeeded in placing about one hundred acres
under cultivation. Here this worthy
couple spent the remainder of their lives,
the father dying Mar. 18, 1873, aged seventy
years, and the mother on Mar. 26, 1885, aged
eighty-two years. Mrs.
Wilson is the fourth of their five
children, all of whom were reared on this
farm, and all are still living.
Unto our subject and his wife was born one daughter,
Elda Ann, who became the wife of
Dr. Edward Leonard and died leaving
an infant son, Eldon, who was born
Apr. 8, 1885, and who has always made his
home with his grandparents. They have
a very pleasant home in the midst of one
hundred and twenty-one acres of land, which
was formerly the Reed homestead,
and there Mr. Wilson's time is
passed in general farming. He gives
the political support to the Democracy,
though prohibitionist in principle, for he
is a man of strong temperance principles and
sometimes votes with the party which
advocates the abolition of the liquor
traffic. He is a consistent and active
member of the Methodist church, in which he
has served as steward and has taken a very
active part in church work. Socially
he is an Odd Fellow, belonging to Barthalon
Lodge, No. 692, at Amity, in which he has
passed the clairs and is a past noble
grand.
Source: The
Biographical Record of Knox County, Ohio -
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EPHRAIM
M. WINELAND. With the building interests of Knox
county, Ephraim M. Wineland was long and actively
associated and in many of the substantial buildings of the
community are seen evidences of his thrift and handwork.
He has also to some extent followed farming, but now he is
living a retired life, enjoying the rest which should come to
one as the shadows of life's evening lengthens.
Mr. Wineland was born in Bedford county, now
Blair county, Pennsylvania, July 27, 1827. His father,
Jacob Wineland, was born, reared and married in that
locality and about 1842 came to Knox county, locating in Pike
township, where he died when about forty years of age. He
married Elizabeth Mock, a native of Bedford county,
Pennsylvania, who died in Knox county. they were the
parents of four daughters and two sons that grew to mature years
and they also lost two children in early life. In taking
up the personal history of Ephraim M. Wineland we present
to our readers the life record of one who is widely and
favorably known in this county, for he was only about six months
old when brought by his parents to Ohio, where he has since
lived. When a boy he pursued his education in a log school
house in Pike township and there mastered the common English
branches of learning. He remained at home until he had
attained his majority and assisted in the work of the fields,
early becoming familiar with all departments of farm labor.
On starting out in life for himself he served an apprenticeship
to the carpenter's trade, his term of indenture covering three
years, during which time he was engaged in building barns and
houses. For two years after the expiration of his term of
apprenticeship he remained with his employer as a journeyman,
and then began contracting and building on his own account.
He was then twenty-one years of age, and he followed that
pursuit for a quarter of a century, during which time he erected
many barns and residences in Pike and other townships. In
1848 he took his first contract - for the erection of a house
for David Long. It was a frame structure and is
still standing in the northwestern part of Pike township, being
occupied by Daniel Keller. He then took and
executed a contract for the building of a house for George
Wolford, of Brown township. He has erected more houses
and barns than any other contractor in Knox county and is
numbered among the pioneer carpenters here. He built two
school houses, one in Berlin and the other in Pike township and
during the most of the time he employed men to assist him in his
work. To a limited extent he yet follows his chosen
vocation but is now largely living retired. He also
engaged in farming in connection with carpentering and owns the
land upon which he now resides. He has always remained in
this county, with the exception of the time he has spent in
travel. He has visited many of the western states, going
as far as the Black Hills, in South Dakota, and for a short time
he worked at his trade on Omaha, Nebraska, and in other places
in the west.
About 1848 Mr. Wineland was united in marriage
to Miss Harriet Hedges, and of this union seven children
have been born, namely: Jane, the wife of Robert
Shira; Amanda, who married Amsey Horn; Hiram,
who is living in Nodaway county, Missouri; Jefferson, who
was killed when about sixteen years of age; and three who died i
childhood.
In his political views Mr. Wineland has been a
life long Democrat, and has done all in his power to promote the
growth and insure the success of his party. He was at one
time township treasurer, serving for seven years, and has also
been elected justice of the peace but refused to qualify.
He has been road supervisor and has ever been found a faithful
public officer, prompt and reliable in the discharge of his
duties. He holds membership in the Methodist church and
has ever been a honorable career. For almost seventy-five
years he has lived in Knox county, has witnessed, therefore, the
greater part of its development as it has merged from the
wilderness and takes a just pride in what has been
accomplished here.
Source: The
Biographical Record of Knox County, Ohio -
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ALBERT I. WOLFE Source: The Biographical Record of
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CARY E. WOLFE Source: The Biographical Record of
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ELI A. WOLFE Source: The Biographical Record of
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FREDERICK C. WOLFE Source: The Biographical Record of
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ANDREW J. WORKMAN
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BARNETT B. WORKMAN
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ELISHA
WORKMAN.
Many are the representative farmers of Knox
county who have spent their entire lives in
this portion of the state, a fact which
indicates unmistakably the excellence of the
country and the advantages offered to its
citizens. Among this number is Mr.
Workman, who was born in Brown township,
Dec. 17, 1849, being the fourth son and
sixth child of the Rev. John J. and
Lucretia (DeWitt)) Workman. His
childhood and youth were passed upon the
home farm, and the district schools of the
neighborhood afforded him this his
educational privileges. Through the
summer months he worked in the fields and
thus became familiar with farm labor in all
of its departments. He remained with
his parents until his marriage, which
important event in his life was celebrated
June 12, 1878, the lady of his choice being
Mary C. Pryor, a native of Brown
township, and a daughter of Hammond and
Elizabeth (Lydic) Pryor, who came from
Belmont county, Ohio, to Knox county, the
ancestry, however, being Irish. Mrs.
Workman is the eldest daughter in her
parents' family, and the second among nine
children, all of whom were born in this
county. She was reared in Brown
township and educated in the district
schools. After their marriage our
subject and his wife began their domestic
life on the old homestead where they still
reside, and their union has been blessed
with three children: Charlie H., who
died at the age of one year and five days;
Ada G. and Ora D., both at
home.
Mr. Workman has always carried on general
farming and in the home place he owns and
operates one hundred and forty six acres of
rich land. He also raises fine stock,
including hogs, sheep, cattle and horses,
and has a large number of fine chickens,
which enabled him to sell sixteen hundred
dozen eggs in the year 1900. His
business is managed with excellent skill and
ability, and its various departments returns
to him a good income. In addition to
his other interests he is agent for the
Eureka Fertilizer Company, of Sandusky,
Ohio. He carries on his work in accord
with progressive spirit and methods of the
twentieth century, and his labors are
bringing to him a creditable prosperity.
He has been a life-long Democrat in national
affairs, but at local elections votes for
the candidate regardless of party
affiliations. With the German Baptist
church he holds membership, taking an active
part in its work, and his life has ever been
in consistent harmony with his professions.
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
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JAMES WORKMAN
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
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REV. JOSEPH T. WORKMAN.
Rev. Joseph T. Workman is a minister
of the German Baptist church and is also
identified with the farming interest of Knox
county. He is numbered among its
native sons, for his birth occurred in Brown
township, on the 15th of October, 1847.
His father was also a minister of the
gospel. He was the Rev. John J.
Workman and well known in connection
with Christian activity in Knox county.
His wife bore the maiden name of Lucretia
DeWitt. They maintained their home
in Brown township, and under the parental
roof the subject of this review was reared.
He attended the district schools for some
time and afterward spent four and one-half
months as a student in a select school.
He then returned home and for some time
followed the profession of teaching in the
winter months, while in the summer season he
assisted in the further development and
cultivation of the home farm. After
his marriage he located upon a farm, where
he yet resides, and has since conducted
agricultural pursuits, his thorough
understanding of the business, combined with
knowledge and perseverance, making his
labors of excellent financial benefit.
He began his ministerial work in 1891, and
as pastor of the German Baptist church at
Danville he is exercising an excellent
influence over the moral development and
religious welfare of his community.
On the 5th of November, 1873, Rev. Workman was
united in marriage to Miss Lucinda Grubb,
who. is the tenth in a family of twelve
children born unto Daniel H. and
Elizabeth (Brumbaugh) Grubb, who were
early settlers of Pike township. There
Mrs. Workman was born, reared and
educated. By her marriage she has
become the mother of three children, Cora
A., Elizabeth and Walter D., all at
home. The family reside upon the farm
of one hundred and eleven acres in Brown
township and Mr. and Mrs. Workman
enjoy the hospitality of the best homes of
the neighborhood. He votes with the
Democracy and is interested in the welfare
of the party whose principle he endorses.
Every movement which he believes to be of
benefit to the community receives his
endorsement and his work and influence are
of no restricted order. He is most
earnest and zealous in behalf of the church,
and by example as well as by precept is
extending the power of the denomination
which he represents.
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
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MARK WORKMAN.
Mark Workman, deceased, was a native
son of the Buckeye state. For many
years he made his home on the farm which his
widow still owns, and was successfully
engaged in agricultural pursuits, being an
industrious, enterprising and energetic man,
of good business and executive ability.
His birth occurred in brown township, Knox
county, on the 19th of April, 1852, and he
was early inured to the labors of field and
meadow, while the educational advantages
which he received in his youth were those
afforded by the common schools of his
locality. After putting aside his text
books as a scholar he again entered the
school room as an instructor, and for a
considerable period instructed the young
along lines of mental advancement. On
the 27th of December, 1876, he was united in
marriage to Miss Angeline Hays, and
their union was brightened and blessed by
the presence of one daughter, Estella,
who became the wife of V. L. Horn, a
prominent and successful agriculturist of
Pleasant township, Knox county.
Soon after their marriage the young couple removed to
the farm in Pleasant township which Mrs.
Workman still owns, and here our subject
was extensively engaged in agricultural
pursuits until his life's labors were ended
in death, passing away on the 11th of April,
1885, in teh faith of the Brethren or German
Baptist church, of which he was a worthy and
acceptable member, ever doing his full share
to promote the cause of Christianity.
His life was one of resolute spirit and
untiring labor enabled him to advance
steadily step by step until he occupied an
enviable position on the plane of
affluence.
Mrs. Workman resided upon the farm in
Pleasant township until 1889, when she
removed to Gambier and erected the beautiful
residence which she now occupies, but she
still retains possession of the homestead
farm, which consists of two hundred and
ninety-seven acres of rich and fertile land.
She still holds faith in the same religious
society, and her life has been one in which
many acts of kindness have gained for her
the esteem and friendship of all who know
her.
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
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URIAH
C. WORKMAN.
This prominent citizen of Buckeye City,
Union township, Knox county, Ohio, is a
reputable and successful undertaker and
furniture dealer, and has served his
townsmen ably as mayor and in other official
capacities. He was born in Howard township,
Knox county, Nov. 18, 1851, a son of
James Workman, who was born in Union
township, Knox county, Ohio, Mar. 26, 1828,
and married there.
Joseph Workman, father of James and
grandfather of Urial Workman, was
born in Maryland and came to Knox county
about 1813 and located in Union township,
where he owned a tract of land which
embraced the present site of Buckeye City.
He died in 1852, and is buried in the
Workman cemetery, which is on
sections 6 and 7, Union township. He
was of German descent, and his first
American ancestor was one of three brothers
who came early from Germany to Maryland.
Four settlers of the name came to Union
township about 1813, two brothers named
Stephen and Joseph and two brothers of
another family named David and
Abraham. Joseph and
Stephen remained in Union township,
David went to Howard township, Knox
county, and Abraham settled finally
in Coshocton county, Ohio. James
Workman, son of Joseph Workman,
married Mary A. Rolston, a native of
Harrison township, Knox county, Ohio, whose
parents came from Virginia. She died
in 1874. Rev. James Workman is
living in Brown township, Knox county.
They had five sons and a daughter, all of
whom grew up, married and had children.
Frank, the youngest, was accidentally
killed. Silas H. and J. C.
live in Berlin township, Knox county.
Alonzo R. lives in Brown township,
Knox county. Alice married
A. Helser and lives in Brown township.
The subject of this sketch, the eldest of his father's
family, was only a year old when his parents
settled in Brown township, where he was
reared and educated in public schools.
His educational proficiency was so
satisfactory that he was early in life
employed to teach two terms of school in
Brown township. He remained under his
father's roof until Sept. 21, 1873; he
married Barbara Workman,
daughter of Stephen and granddaughter
of David Workman, who has been
referred to as a pioneer. Mrs.
Workman was born, reared and educated
in Howard township, Knox county.
After his marriage Mr. Workman located in
Brown township, where he remained three
years, devoting himself to farming. He
removed thence to Pike township, where he
bought a farm, on which he lived three years
or until he came to Buckeye City, then known
as Roseville, and embarked in the hardware
trade, in which he continued successfully
for twenty years. Eventually he bought
out an old established undertaking business,
which he conducted in connection with his
hardware store until two years ago, when he
disposed of his hardware interest and put in
a line of furniture. In 1892 he took
lessons in embalming and holds a diploma as
an expert in that art. His trade is
large and lucrative and as a business man he
enjoys the confidence of the entire
community. During the first
administration of President
Cleveland he filled the office of
postmaster. He was elected mayor of
Buckeye City in 1894 and by re-election has
held the office continuously since. He
has been called to other important local
offices, and has filled them all with
ability, discretion and the strictest
integrity. Politicallly
Politically he is a Democrat. He and
his wife are members of the German Baptist
church, in which his father is a minister
and in which his grand father Workman
was also a minister. His son,
Clifford A. Workman, born July 7, 1882,
assists him in his business and is a young
man of much ability and promise.
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 156 |
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ALBERT WRIGHT.
Albert Wright is a well-known
agriculturist of Knox county, and the
success which he has achieved is the merited
reword of his own labors. He has
worked his way steadily upward, overcoming
all the difficulties and obstacles in his
path by determined purpose. His
resolute spirit has enabled him to advance
steadily, and to-day he is one of the most
substantial citizens of the community, his
labors having brought to him a handsome
competence.
Mr. Wright is a native son of Mount Vernon, his
birth having here occurred on the 9th of
April, 1846. His father, William
Wright, was born in Suffolk county,
England, and came to America, landing in New
York city, but after a few years' residence
in the metropolis he made his way to
Gambier, Ohio, coming to this state with a
four horse team. The following fall
after his arrival here he was married to
Mary Ransom, and they became the parents
of twelve children, seven sons and five
daughters, and eight of the family are now
living. For a time after coming to the
Buckeye state Mr. Wright was employed
by Bishop McIlvaine, after which he
came to Mount Vernon, where he owned the
first house in the city. In 1860 he
leased the college land at Gambler and
removed to that city, and there his death
occurred in 1885, passing away in the faith
of the Baptist church, of which he was a
worthy and acceptable member.
Albert Wright, whose name introduces this
review, was a lad of fourteen years when he
came with his parents to Gambler, and for a
number of years thereafter he was engaged in
agricultural pursuits with his father.
After the latter's death he purchased the
interest of the other heirs in the old
homestead and has ever since carried on
operations at the old home place, which
consists of sixty acres of fertile and well
improved land, and there he is extensively
engaged in fanning and stock-raising.
His capable management, his untiring
industry and his thrift have secured to him
marked success, and he is widely known as a
most enterprising and progressive
agriculturist.
Mr. Wright has been twice married.
First he wedded Miss Elizabeth Thorp,
and they became the parents of two children,
Edgar T. and Willie. For
his second wife our subject chose Ella
South Piper. Mr. Wright has
a very wide acquaintance in this section of
the state, and his honesty in all trade
transactions, his reliability in discharging
his duties of citizenship and his fidelity
to the interests of private life have won
him marked esteem.
Source: The Biographical Record of
Knox County, Ohio -
Publ. 1902 ~ Page 265 |
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