A. L. BANKER, Probate Judge, Mount Gilead, Morrow county, Ohio, was born in Peru township, this county, October 29, 1860, and, although comparatively a young man, has attained prominence.
     Judge Banker is of German descent, and traces his ancestry back to the early settlers of New York State.  His father, William Banker, a native of New York and a carpenter by trade, came to Morrow county, Ohio, in 1850, and located in Peru township, on a farm.  Subsequently he went West, and died in Kansas.  He married in Ohio, Miss Elizabeth James, a native of Virginia, who came with her parents to Peru township, this county, when she was eight years of age, and they had two children, a daughter and a son, the elder, Dora, being deceased.  Mrs. Banker is still living, and makes her home with her son.  She is of English descent.
     A. L. Banker received his early education in the district schools of Lincoln township, and then for one term was a student at Cardington.  When he was sixteen he began teaching, securing a position in Oxford township, Delaware county, where he taught two terms, following that with four terms in Lincoln township, this county.  Afterward he taught at Westfield, Eden and other district schools.  In the meantime he kept up his studies, took a high-school course at Cardington, and a classical course in the Ohio Wesleyan University, graduating in the latter institution in 1886.  In the spring of 1886 he was elected Superintendent of the Cardington schools, which position he filled most acceptably until 1891.  For four years he was also County Examiner.  In 1891 he engaged in the clothing and furniture business at Cardington, which he sold after conducting the same for a year and four months.  About this time he became a candidate for the office of Probate Judge, was nominated and duly elected, and is now serving in this position.  He has always been a Republican.
     In 1889 Judge Banker married Miss Clara Kreis, a native of Cardington, daughter of Hon. George Kreis, and they have had two children, ––Helen E. and Ruth V.  The former died at the age of three years.
     Socially the Judge is identified with the Masonic order, having taken the Royal Arch degrees.  Thus in social, political and educational circles he is well known, and is justly entitled to the high esteem in which he is held.
Memorial Record of the Counties of Delaware, Union & Morrow, Ohio; Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1895, pp. 370-371
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HON. JOHN W. BARRY, Prosecuting Attorney, Mount Gilead, Morrow county, Ohio, was born in Cardington township, this county, December 17, 1852.
     His father, Yalvesten P. Barry, was born near Utica, Licking county, Ohio, March 12, 1832, and, when six years of age, went with his parents to Westfield township, Morrow county, this State.  His father, Captain Elisha Barry, was born in Anne Arundel county, Maryland, September 4, 1787; at the age of twenty-five married Rachel Lucas, who was born January 3, 1798; and about 1830 they emigrated to Ohio.  She died at Shawtown, Morrow county, this State, June 10, 1835, and he passed away at the same place, June 7, 1874.  He won the title of Captain in the war of 1812.  For sixty years he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and for thirty years of that time was a Class Leader.  Few of the early settlers of his county were better known or more highly respected than he.  His son, Yalvesten P., received his education in the primitive log schoolhouse at Shawtown.  He was married at the age of eighteen, in Cardington township, this county, to Hannah E. Benedict, and there settled on a farm, where he resided until 1859.  That year they removed to Westfield township, and in 1880 returned to Cardington township, where they still reside.  Mrs. Barry is a daughter of Eli and Elizabeth (Shaw) Benedict, early settlers of Cardington township, where she was born in 1832.  Her people are of English descent, while the Barrys are of Irish origin.  Y. P. Barry, being a son of a veteran of the war of 1812, and the grandson of a Revolutionary soldier, was not slow to show his patriotism when the civil war came on.  In October, 1861, he enlisted in Company K, Sixty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Captain J. H. Van Deman, and went to the front.  He participated in numerous engagements, and in his last battle, that of Chancellorsville, he was struck in the arm by a piece of shell, and was permanently disabled, a few months later being discharged.  His brother, Joshua S., a member of the One Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was wounded at the battle of Chickamauga, and died while having his arm amputated.
      Y. P. Barry and his wife have five children, three sons and two daughters, viz.: Eli E., a farmer of Martin county. Indiana; John W., whose name heads this article; Lorinda J., wife of Elliott Breniger, of Westfield township; Charles B., a farmer of Cardington township; and Rachel E., wife of James Gillett, of Paulding county, Ohio.
     John W. Barry was reared on his father’s farm, receiving his education in the district school by attending three months each year.  After his marriage, which occurred in 1873, he was engaged in farming for six years.  Then he moved to Cardington and began the study of law in the office of Robert F. Bartlett, and after pursuing the study of law, as well as other branches of learning, for three years, he formed a partnership with Mr. Bartlett, with whom he was associated until 1891.  In the meantime, in 1881, he was elected Justice of the Peace and served six years, and in 1884 he was Mayor of Cardington.  In 1891 he was nominated by acclamation by the Republicans for the office of Prosecuting Attorney, and was elected.  The following spring he moved to Mount Gilead, where he has since resided, and in 1894, he again received the nomination for the same office, receiving it by acclamation, as before, and was on November 6 successfully re-elected.
     Mr. Barry was married October 2, 1873, to Miss Minnie Ocker, a native of Cardington township, this county, and a daughter of Thomas and Ann (Silver) Ocker.
     Fraternally he is identified with the I. O. O. F. at Cardington and the K. of P. at Mount Gilead.
     Mr. Barry has attained an enviable position at the bar.  Three years ago he formed a law partnership with Judge Andrews, under the firm name of Andrews & Barry, which still exists, and they are doing a leading business in their chosen profession.  Mr. Barry has also been quite successful in a financial way and is possessed of considerable real estate.  In all his professional, business and local relations Mr. Barry enjoys the respect and confidence of those who come in contact with him.  His home life is pure and kindly, and across his threshold we find a typical American home.
Memorial Record of the Counties of Delaware, Union & Morrow, Ohio; Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1895, pp. 282-284
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Y. P. BARRY, a farmer of Cardington township, was born in Licking county, Ohio, March 12, 1832.  His father, Elisha Barry, was born in Maryland, in 1789, was there married, and some time in the twenties located in Licking county, and soon after settled in Delaware, now Westfield township, Morrow county, where he died at the age of eighty-seven years.  He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he served as Class-leader for over sixty years.  In political matters he was first a Whig and later a Republican.  His father, Jacob Barry, was of Irish descent, and was a Revolutionary soldier.  The mother of our subject, née Rachel Lucas, was born in Maryland, in 1798, and her death occurred at the age of thirty-two years.  Mr. Barry was again married, to Sarah Allen.  By his first marriage he was the father of eleven children, namely: Eliza, deceased, Maria, widow of Philip Gattshall, of Cardington township; Martha, who resides on the old homestead in Westfield township; John L.; Mary Ann, wife of Jonathan Shaw; Mordicai, of Elkhart county, Indiana; Sarah, deceased; J. Walters, of Cardington; Joshua, who died from the effects of a wound received in the battle of Chickamauga.  All of the children grew to years of maturity but one, Rachel, who died at the age of five years.
     Y. P. Barry, the subject of this sketch, remained in Licking county until five years of age, was then a resident of Delaware, now Morrow, county until his marriage, spent a short time in the woods in Cardington township, and then built a log house and located in the woods of Westfield township, remaining there twenty-one years.  In 1861 Mr. Barry enlisted for service in the late war, entering Company K, Sixty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry.  He was soon promoted to Sergeant, and took part in the battles of Port Republic, Culpeper, Antietam and Chancellorsville.  At the last engagement he was wounded in the left arm by the explosion of a shell, on account of which he was honorably discharged, in 1863.  He returned to his family in Westfield township, but in 1880 sold his property there and came to his present farm of 127 acres.
     October 17, 1850, Mr. Barry was united in marriage with Hannah E. Benedict, born in Cardington township, Morrow county, December 15, 1832, a daughter of Eli and Elizabeth (Shaw) Benedict.  The father was a native of New York, as was also his father, Reuben Benedict, and the latter became one of the early settlers of Marion county, Ohio.  The mother was a sister of Jonathan Shaw.  Our subject and wife have had five children, viz.: Eli, married, and resides in Indiana; John W., Prosecuting Attorney of Morrow county; Jane, wife of Elliot Brenizer, of Westfield township; Charles B., who resides on the farm with his father; and Elizabeth, wife of James Gillett, of Paulding county, Ohio.  Charles B. was born October 29, 1856.  He was married September 23, 1880, to Francilla Emery, a daughter of A. G. Emery, of Lincoln township.  They have had five children, ––Lila, Ralph (who was killed by a shed falling upon him), Vida, Walter, and Frank.  Mr. and Mrs. Barry have also reared two orphan children, Mary C. Clark and Jennie Pharis.  In political matters Mr. Barry affiliates with the Republican party, and for three years served as Infirmary Director of Morrow county.  Socially he is a member of James St. John Post, G. A. R.
Memorial Record of the Counties of Delaware, Union & Morrow, Ohio; Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1895, pp. 496-497
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HENRY BARTLETT. ––The name which the subject of this sketch bears is one that has been identified with the history of this section of the Buckeye State since the early pioneer days, and is one which has gained and granted honor as one generation followed another.  He was born in Westfield township, Morrow county, Ohio, August 8, 1838, being the son of Lester Bartlett, a native of the State of New York, where he grew to maturity and there married, coming to Delaware county (now Morrow county) within the year following his marriage, and entering claim to land in Westfield township, and residing there until his death.  He was one of the prominent men of the county, and at one time owned 500 acres of land within its borders.  He served for many years as Justice of the Peace, and as County Commissioner for several terms.  He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and was conspicuously identified with the Masonic order at Cardington.  He was for many years engaged in manufacturing fanning mills, and the output found a ready demand in all sections of the county, bringing to him a most extended personal acquaintanceship.  He lived to attain a venerable age, passing away in his seventy-ninth year.
     The mother of our subject was born in the State of New York, her maiden name having been Belinda Schofield.  She died at the age of forty-two years, and subsequently the father of our subject consummated a second marriage, being united to Nancy Wicks.  Of the first marriage nine children were born, namely: Hannah, who is the wife of Myron Smith, of Indiana; Loren, who is now a resident of Wyandot county, Ohio; Lorinda, wife of J. S. Peck, of Cardington; Emeline, wife of David Sherwood, of Westfield township; Henry, subject of this sketch; Louisa, wife of Henry Benson, of Colorado; Lorenzo, a resident of Westfield township; Lester, who also resides in this township; and Loretta, wife of Paul Meredith, of Colorado.  Two children were born of the second marriage: William, who is a resident of Logansport, Indiana; and Alice, wife of Lemuel Peck, of Cardington, this county.
     Our subject was reared in this township, and received his rudimentary education in the log school-houses, which were the only scholastic institutions in the vicinity at that time.  He remained at the paternal home until the time of his marriage, this important event in his career being celebrated October 9, 1859, when he joined hand and heart with Miss Caroline May, who was born in Westfield township, September 3, 1840, the daughter of Edwin May, who was a native of New York, and who was one of the early settlers in this township.  His father, Asa May, was born in the Empire State, being of English lineage, his father having been born on British soil.  The maiden name of Mrs. Bartlett’s mother was Electa Aldrich, and she was born in Westfield township, her parents having come hither from the State of New York.  Mrs. Bartlett was the third of nine children, and she was reared and educated in this township.
     After his marriage our subject engaged in the potash business, continuing this line of enterprise for two years, after which he directed his attention to fanning, locating on what is known as the Knapp farm, in this township, a property which he purchased.  He remained on the place for ten years, after which he effected the purchase of the Meredith farm, where he still retains his residence, the place comprising 200 acres.  Mr. Bartlett also owns a large interest in the old homestead.  His present fine residence was erected in 1880, at a cost of $3,000, and is one of the most attractive rural homes in the county.  The farm is under most careful and effective cultivation and is well improved in every quarter, the greater portion of this work having been accomplished by the present proprietor, who is recognized as one of the most alert and progressive farmers of the section.  In politics Mr. Bartlett does not bind himself to the supporting of any party, preferring to maintain an independent position, and to be free to vote for men and measures.
     Our subject and his wife became the parents of four children, namely: Clara, who is at home; Charles, who married Alberta Lewis and who has one son, Floyd; Cora, wife of Truman McHirk, is the mother of two children, Henry B. and Baby; May is the wild [sic] of William Schaff and has two children, Edna and Baby.
Memorial Record of the Counties of Delaware, Union & Morrow, Ohio; Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1895, pp. 254-255

  ROBERT FRANKLIN BARTLETT, to whose ancestral and personal history we now direct attention, is one of the representative lawyers of Morrow county and retains a residence at Cardington.  His father, Abner Matthews Bartlett, vas born April 16, 1816, in Kingston township, Delaware county, Ohio, and was a school-boy with Gen. W. S. Rosecrans, John Hall and other natives of that township.  He was a son of Abner and Obedience (Mix) Bartlett, the former of whom was born in Catskill, Greene county, New York, November 16, 1787, and the latter at Farmington, Hartford county, Connecticut, April 24, 1785.  They were the parents of ten children, namely: Timothy Mix, born January 27, 1810, is a resident of mount Vernon, Ohio: Sarah Ann, born August 10, 1811, died in Morrow comity, Ohio, April 27. 1872; John De Mott, born September 18, 1813, died at Fredericktown, Knox county, Ohio.  Abner Matthews was the father of our subject; Polly Maria, born June 14, 1818, is the wife of John Barler, of Gilead township, this county; Wealthy, who was the wife of the late David B. Blue, died in this county; Joel Root died, in December, 1863, in McDonough county, Illinois; Mary Jane, widow of David M. Fredricks, lives at Lima, Ohio; Abel Weed is a resident of Eden, Delaware county, this State; and Loruhamah, deceased, was the wife of Alvin Kasson.
     Abner Bartlett vas a son of John and Loruhamah (Matthews) Bartlett.  The genealogy of the Bartlett family is traced back to Adam Barttelot, a follower of William the Conqueror, and of Norman extraction.  A descendent of Adam B., Sir Walter B. Barttelot, now lives on the original estate which was granted to Adam Barttelot by William the Conqueror, in 1066, for military services at the battle of Hastings, said estate being located at Stopham, in Sussex, England.  The name has undergone many changes, being now spelled “Bartlett” by all the family, both in England and America, except by Sir Walter B., afore mentioned, who retains the original orthography.
     Emigrations of the Bartletts from England to America have occurred at various times, and the following brief record touches upon this emigration: Robert Bartlett carne in 1623 and settled at Plymouth, Massachusetts; another Robert Bartlett reached America in 1632 and settled in Hartford, Connecticut; John Bartlett, 1634, located at Newbury, Massachusetts; Thomas Bartlett, 1634, located at Waterloo, same State; Richard Bartlett, 1635, located at Newbury, Massachusetts; George Bartlett, 1641, Guilford, Connecticut; Henry Bartlett, 1680, Marlborough, Massachusetts; George Bartlett, 1733, Boston, Massachusetts; Roger Bartlett, 1749, Boston; F. R. Bartlett, 1803, New York; John Sherren Bartlett, 1815, Boston; Louis Bartlett, 1880, Cleveland, Ohio.  Besides these there were some others, who settled in the vicinity of Salem and Marblehead, Massachusetts, prior to 1640, the dates of their arrival in the New World being not clearly ascertained.  One of the signers of the Declaration of Independence was Josiah Bartlett, who was born in 1720, and who died May 19, 1795.  In the pavements of an old stone church on the ancestral estates, in Sussex, England, the Bartletts may find their genealogical record for many generations.
     The mother of our subject, whose maiden name was Sarah Nickols, was born January 7, 1819, in Loudoun county, Virginia, the daughter of Nathan and Sarah (Thomas) Nickols, who were Friends, the former haying been born November 30, 1780, and the latter, who was the daughter of Owen and Martha (Davis) Thomas, having been born June 13, 1782.  They came to Morrow county (then Marion county), Ohio, and settled just to the south of Mt. Gilead.  He entered a tract of 960 acres of land here in 1824.  He returned to Virginia, where he died March 21, 1827.  Before his death he gave his slaves deeds of manumission and they were afterward brought with the family to Belmont county, Ohio, where they settled.  The widow and her family came to what is now Morrow county in 1827 and settled on a quarter section of land, a part of which tract is now included in the county fair ground, the old homestead being located on the hill where the residence of Philip Wieland now stands.  Sarah Nickols died June 23, 1839.  Her children were fourteen in number, namely: John, born October 4, 1802, died in Missouri; Mahala, born July 25, 1804, died in childhood; Ruth, born November 3, 1805, married Alban Coe and died in this county; George, born May 24, 1807, died in Morrow county, in September, 1885; Albert, born June 28, 1808, died in Missouri, having been a soldier in the Mexican war, as was also his brother John; Harriet, born March 30, 1810, married Robert F. Hickman and died in Perry county, Ohio; Massey, born December 13, 1811, died in Morrow county; Margaret, born August 4, 1813, became the wife of Abraham Coe and died in this county; Martha, born April 26, 1815, married Preston Friend and died in Iowa; Ann, born July 13, 1817, married Jacob Painter and died in Morrow county; Sarah, was the mother of our subject; Mordecai, born May 22, 1820, died in Virginia; Mary E., born May 11, 1822, married Joel R. Bartlett and died in McDonough county, Illinois; Nathan, Jr., born May 11, 1826, died in the same county.  All of these children were natives of Loudoun county, Virginia, and twelve of the number grew to maturity.
     The marriage of our subject’s parents was solemnized in Marion (now Morrow) county, November 9, 1837, and they settled at Mt. Gilead where the father was engaged at his trade as a blacksmith and maker of edged tools.  In 1847 he moved out to a farm in Congress (now Gilead) township, in the vicinity of the present county infirmary; in 1868 he removed to North Bloomfield township, where he remained for ten years, after which he returned to Mt. Gilead and took up his abode in the old Hahn homestead, where he lived until his death, August 31, 1885.  His wife had passed away many years previous, ––March 27, 1856.  They were the parents of eight children, namely: Robert F., subject of this review; Wesley Clark, born September 24, 1842, died December 7, of the same year; John Oscar, born January 24, 1844, was a soldier in the late war, participating in the battles of Shiloh and Stone River, and being killed in the battle of Chickamauga, September 19, 1863: he was a member of Company D, Sixty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry and was Corporal of his company: after the battle in which he met his death the Union forces retreated, leaving their dead unburied for days, and his body reposes among the unknown dead in the national cemetery at Chattanooga, Tennessee; Julia E., born December 8, 1845, is the wife of John B. Gatchell, of Marysville, Kansas, a veteran of the late war: they have two children, Fred Burns and Frank Paul; Althea, born June 7, 1848, married George W. Montgomery, who is now deceased, having left one son, George H.: Mrs. Montgomery subsequently married John Bortner and now resides near Mt. Gilead, this county, having one son by her second marriage, namely, Clarence; Sarah M., born October 1, 1850, is the wife of William A. Braden, of Washington township, this county, and they have six children: Ida, Charles, Homer, Ray and Ralph (twins), and Arthur; Albert W. born February 22, 1854, married Anna, daughter of the late Thomas: Graham, of North Bloomfield township. and is a resident of .Marysville, Kansas: they have two children, Bessie and Thomas; Nathan Herbert, born January 22, 1856, married Cora Bartlett, daughter of Dwight Bartlett, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and they have three children, Helen Genevieve, Oscar, and Ernest: he is a graduate of Lebanon College, this State, is a man of scholarly attainments, and is principal of the public schools of Mt. Healthy, Hamilton county.  The parents were zealous members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the father had held official positions in the same, being an earnest worker in the cause of religion.  Politically he supported the Democratic party until 1852, when he transferred his allegiance to the Republican party, to which he ever after gave an unqualified affirmation.  He served as Justice of the Peace in North Bloomfield township for a period of six years.  He eventually consummated a second marriage, being united to Eliza Annette Adams, January 4. 1857.  She was a native of Livingston county, New York, and her death occurred in July, 1873.  They were the parents of five children, namely: Charles Wilbur, born October 14, 1857, died February 16, 1865; Fred Willis, born May 15, 1859, married Ella, daughter of Sheridan Cox, of Canaan township, and they reside in Oketo, Kansas, having one daughter, Blanche; Elmer Ellsworth, born October 28, 1861, died October 8, 1865; Annette May, born June 20, 1863, graduated at the Mt. Gilead high school in 1882, and the Normal College at Lebanon, Ohio, in 1883, and in 1887 she graduated at the State Normal School, at Oswego, New York, and since April, 1887, she has been the principal of the Normal Mission School for young women of the Presbyterian Church in the city of Mexico: in her graduation at Oswego she bore away the highest honors of her class: at the present time, September, 1894, she is taking advantage of a year’s vacation granted her, by pursuing a course of special study in Wellesley College, Massachusetts; Alice P., born August 31, 1867, is a teacher in Marshall county, Kansas.
     Abner Matthews Bartlett married for his third wife Emily Helt, widow of J. C. Helt, this union being solemnized October 14, 1874.  By her marriage to Mr. Helt she was the mother of four children, namely: Marilla, wife of Lemuel Wright, resides near Fredericktown, Ohio; Winfield Helt, a clergyman of the Presbyterian Church; Legrand Helt, recently deceased, and Nellie, the wife of Henry R. King, resides at Miles City, Montana.
     Robert Franklin Bartlett, the immediate subject of this review, was born at Mt. Gilead, Morrow county, Ohio, April 8, 1840, receiving his preliminary education in the district schools and thereafter attending the public schools of Mt. Gilead, for two years and then the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, for two years.
     At the close of the college year of 1862 he enlisted, August 2d, as a private in Company D, Ninety-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry.  Upon the organization of his company he was made Second Sergeant, and January 26, 1863, he was promoted to Orderly Sergeant.  He participated in the battles mentioned below: Chickasaw Bayou; Arkansas Post, at which place he was wounded in the head by a shell; the campaign and siege of Vicksburg, having been present at the first attack, December 28, 1862, at Chickasaw Bayou, and for the six intervening months (except seven weeks in March and April when he was sick with typhoid fever at Milliken’s Bend) he was continuously with his regiment and on duty, until the surrender of Vicksburg (July 4, 1863) with its munitions of war and over 30,000 prisoners.  The regiment was present thirty-five days of the siege and was under fire almost constantly, night and day.  At Grand Coteau, Louisiana, he received a gun-shot wound in the left fore-arm and elbow and was taken prisoner.  With other wounded, both Union and Confederate, he was left at a mansion about three miles inside the Confederate lines and located about fifteen miles from La Fayette.  The lady of the house, a Mrs. Rogers, accorded the wounded of both sides a most kindly solicitude and careful attention, doing all in her power for their comfort and relief.  Within the evening of November 4, 1863, the wounded prisoners of both armies were exchanged and our subject was returned to the Union lines and was then removed to St. James’ hospital, New Orleans, where his arm vas amputated, near the shoulder joint, this operation being performed December 3, 1863.  He was discharged from the service January 25, 1864.
     After his discharge Mr. Bartlett returned home and gave his attention to reading law and teaching school.  He was Deputy Clerk of Courts until the fall of 1866, when he was elected as Clerk of the Morrow county courts, being re-elected to this office in 1869 and again in 1872, by a majority of 737, serving in this capacity until February 14, 1876.  He then resumed the study of law with Thomas H. Dalrymple, Esq., of Mt. Gilead, Ohio, and, June 24, 1878, was admitted to practice, at Mt. Gilead, where he appeared before the district court for examination.  He took up his residence in Cardington in October of the same year, and has since continued in the practice of his profession at this point.
     April 8, 1867, Mr. Bartlett was united in marriage to Miss Martha M. Miller, who was born in Mount Gilead, December 2, 1839, a daughter of Nehemiah Miller, concerning whom individual mention is made elsewhere in this volume.  Mrs. Bartlett was educated in the public schools and in the select school conducted by Mrs. Spalding in Mount Gilead.  Our subject and his wife have no children, but have a foster child, Mary F., who was born in Cincinnati September 9, 1889.  Mr. and Mrs. Bartlett are members of the Presbyterian Church and our subject is an Elder in the same.  Fraternally, he is a member of both lodge and encampment of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, having passed all its chairs.  He is also identified with the Knights of Pythias and is Past Chancellor of his lodge.  He also retains a membership in James St. John Post, No. 82, G. A. R., and from the same has been a delegate to several State encampments, and in 1889 to the national encampment at Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  He is a member of Encampment No. 89, Union Veteran Legion, of Mount Gilead.
     Politically Mr. Bartlett is an uncompromising Republican and he has been a most active party worker, having been chairman of the Republican Central Committee of Morrow county in 1893, and having been a delegate to various conventions of his party.  He has been for many years the incumbent as permanent secretary of the reunion association of his regiment. a preferment to which he was called by his old comrades in arms.
     Mr. Bartlett is a man whose life has been ever in accord with the principles of right, justice and honor, and it is needless to say that he holds a place in the confidence and respect of the people.
Memorial Record of the Counties of Delaware, Union & Morrow, Ohio; Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1895, pp. 49-53
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ROBERT A. BEATTY. ––One of the most alert and progressive elements that has entered into the makeup of our nation is that derived from stanch old Irish stock, and from such stock is descended the subject of this review, who is one of the prosperous and honored farmers of Cardington township, Morrow county.  He was born in Licking county, Ohio, September 24, 1847, being the son of Samuel Beatty, who was born at Belfast, Ireland, in 1811.  The latter left his native land at the age of eighteen years, and went to the West Indies, where he was employed on a sugar plantation for a period of one year.  He then came to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and thence to Fallsburg township, Licking county, Ohio, where he worked in a chair factory for two years.  Here his marriage occurred, and some little time later he removed to Knox county, where he located on a farm, which he cultivated for a time, after which he removed to a farm in Westfield township, Morrow county, where he remained until the time of his death, being seventy-five years of age.  In religion he was a Protestant, but was identified with no church organization.  He was a prominent member of the Masonic order, being connected with the several bodies of that order at Mt. Gilead.  In politics he was originally a Whig, but on the organization of the Republican party, he transferred his allegiance to the same.  He held preferment as Trustee of Westfield township for a number of years, and was a man well known and highly honored in the county.     The maiden name of our subject’s mother was Sarah Nichols, and it supposed that she was born in Mt. Vernon. Knox county, Ohio.  Her father, Amos Nichols, was a native of Virginia, and was one of the early settlers of Knox county.  The mother is still living, at the advanced age of seventy-three years.  She and her eldest daughter reside on the old homestead in Westfield township.
     Samuel and Sarah Beatty became the parents of two daughters and four sons, of whom we offer the following brief record: Robert A. is the subject of this review; William J. is a farmer of Delaware county, this State; Franklin L. died at the age of twenty-two years; Anna E. is unmarried and remains with her mother on the old homestead; Amos M. is a farmer of Westfield township, this county; Eva is the wife of Otto Curl, of Cardington township.
     Our subject is the eldest of the children, and he was in his fourth year when the family moved to Morrow county, and took up their abode in Westfield township.  His scholastic discipline as a boy was that which was afforded in the little log school-houses of Cardington township, and he completed his educational training in the high school at Cardington.  He remained on the old homestead, assisting in the operation of the same until the time of his marriage, which event occurred January 1, 1871, when he was united to Miss Mary J. Shaw, a native of Marion county, Ohio, her paternal homestead having been located on the line between that and Morrow county.  Her parents were Sylvester and Emily (Curl) Shaw, who were among the early settlers in this section of the Buckeye State.
     Immediately after his marriage, Mr. Beatty located on the farm where he now resides.  Our subject and his wife have three sons, namely: R. Jay, born March 13, 1879; Samuel Ray, born July t, 1883; and Clifard Guy, born March 13, 1886.
     Mr. Beatty has a fine farmstead, comprising 144 acres, and the same is under most effective cultivation, being devoted to general farming and stock-raising.  The proprietor has been an indefatigable worker, and his pronounced success is due to his own well-directed efforts.
     In politics, he was originally a Republican, but he now lends a hearty support to the Prohibition party and its principles.  For seven years he held the preferment as Trustee of Cardington township.  He is a devoted member of the United Brethren Church, and fraternally is identified with Cardington Lodge, No. 194, Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Memorial Record of the Counties of Delaware, Union & Morrow, Ohio; Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1895, pp. 96-97
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GEORGE W. BELL. -- We now direct attention to the more salient points in the life history of one who stands as one of the prominent business men of Cardington, Morrow county, and as one of the old and honored residents of said county. Mr. Bell is a native of that beautiful suburb of the national capital, Georgetown, District of Columbia, where he was ushered into the world on the 17th of July, 1827. His father, Elijah Bell, was a native of Scotland, where he was born in the year 1793. He came to America when a mere boy, a large number of the Bell family having emigrated to the New World and haying settled in and effected the organization of the county of Montgomery, Maryland, -- Rockville being the official center of the county. The maiden name of our subject's mother was Mary Hart, and she was born in England in 1789.
     The name of this family of Bells was formerly spelled Beall, but our subject changed it to Bell, and the latter has been adopted by many members of this branch of the family. George W. has in his possession a copy of his grandfather's will. Samuel Beall was the possessor of a large landed estate lying between Rockville and Baltimore, Maryland. That part of the estate lying on the west side of the road, called Batchalder's Forest, was bequeathed to the father of our subject, Elijah Beall, who was also made executor of the will; one tract of land called James' Gift, was bequeathed to his son, Enoch Beall; the balance of his real estate was converted into money, and, with his personal property, divided among his heirs in a wise and discreet manner. This will was executed October to, 1825.
     The marriage of Elijah Bell and Mary Hart was consummated in Georgetown, Maryland, and there they remained until 1838. In 1825, however, Mr. Bell had come westward to Ohio, and had located a land warrant in Tuscarawas county, after which he returned home, and in 1838 came to this State with his family, and took up his abode on the claim entered more than a decade previous. His initial trip to the Buckeye State was made on horseback, across the mountains and through the densely wooded vales. His land was wild and heavily timbered, and he gave his attention to its reclamation and improvement until 1861, when he removed to Columbus, this State, and made settlement on a farm east of the city, remaining there until the hour of his death, which occurred in that year which marked the centennial anniversary of our national independence, --1876. His wife had been summoned to eternal rest in 1862.
     They were the parents of four children; and of this number only one has passed away. The following is a brief record touching the lives of the children: Salina became the wife of Edward Ricketts, and is now deceased, having left three children; Howard, a resident of Zanesville, this State, married Melissa Dermuth, and they have six children; George W. is the immediate subject of this review; and Sarah is the wife of Jared Ricketts, of Fairfield county, Ohio, having no children.
     The parents were devoted members of the Presbyterian Church, and the father was an old-line Democrat, having held preferment as Justice of the Peace. He was an active participant in the war of 1812.
     George W. Bell remained at the paternal home until he had attained the age of sixteen years, when he went to Fairfield county, Ohio, and there devoted his attention to acquiring the tanner's trade, -- a vocation which he followed until he came to Cardington in 1851, when he engaged in merchandising on a small scale, and in dealing in stock. He was ambitious, industrious and enterprising, and had an intellectual acumen which enabled him to direct his efforts according to those careful and honorable methods which ever conserve the attaining of success. His business showed a healthful and steady growth and he has not abated his labors until there has come to him the success for which he strove. He commenced with nothing in the way of financial resources or influence, and stands as the architect of his own fortune, -- a distinctive type of the self-made man. His business enterprise at the present time includes the dealing in wool, seeds, real estate, etc., and in the line takes a distinct precedence in the character and scope of operations.
     Religiously, Mr. Bell is a prominent and zealous member of the Presbyterian Church, holding preferment as one of the trustees of the local organization. Politically, he is a stalwart Democrat, and has been a prominent figure in local politics. He is one of the supervisors of elections, has been a member of the Board of Education for the past sixteen years, and has also served as a member of the Common Council. His financial interests are of considerable note, and he is a stockholder and director in the First National Bank of Cardington.
     In his fraternal relations Mr. Bell has advanced to a position of marked prominence in the noble order of Free Masonry. He was made a Master Mason at Mount Gilead in 1859, being a member of Cardington Lodge, No. 384, F. & A. M., of which he has served as Treasurer. In 1873 he took the Royal Arch degree and chapter at Mount Gilead, and is a member of Mount Gilead Chapter, No. 59, R. A. M. In 1876 he was made a Sir Knight at the Marion Commandery at Marion, Ohio; in 1884 he took the Scottish Rite degrees up to the eighteenth, at Dayton, Ohio, and in 1885 up to the thirty-second degree at Cincinnati, Ohio.
     The marriage of Mr. Bell occurred in 1858, when he was united to Miss Mary E. McMahan, a native of Kentucky, and a daughter of Asa McMahan, who was one of the earliest pioneers of Morrow county, Ohio. Mrs. Bell was born in 1832, and February 13, 1891, she rendered into the hands of death a life which had been given to cheer, to bless and render beautiful all associations therewith. Mr. and Mrs. Bell became the parents of two children: Addie and Margaret.
Memorial Record of the Counties of Delaware, Union & Morrow, Ohio; Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1895, pp. 179-181
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AARON BENEDICT, of Peru township, Morrow county, is a son of William Benedict, who was born in Litchfield county, Connecticut, in 1776. He was a son of Aaron and Phoebe (Knowles) Benedict, also natives of that State. Three Benedict brothers came from England to America, two having located in Connecticut, and the other was lost trace of. Aaron Benedict was the first person buried in the Friends' Cemetery in Peru township, Morrow county. William Benedict was married in New York, to Alse Hoag, a native of Grand Isle, in Lake Champlain, and a daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth Hoag, an old and prominent family in New York. Mr. Benedict and wife moved to Ohio in 1812, locating in what was then Brown township, Delaware county, but its name was changed to Bennington township, and still later became Peru township, Morrow county. One of his brothers, Cyrus Benedict, came to this State in 1810, and his nearest neighbor was at Sunbury, Delaware county, ten miles distant. He located on land which now belongs to Reuben Gardner.  William Benedict located here with a number of other families. He first built a little log hovel, but later a hewed-log house, located near a spring, took its place, and he afterward erected the frame dwelling which is now the home of our subject. He cleared and improved his place, and was a famous hunter in his day. Mr. and Mrs. Benedict had six children, viz.: Daniel; Phoebe Barber; Elizabeth, deceased; Aaron, the subject of this sketck [sic]; Sarah Gray, deceased, and Annie Hyde, a resident of Oregon. The parents were members of the Friends' Church, in which the father served as an Elder. He was an honest, upright man, honored and respected by all who knew him, and was greatly opposed to slavery.
     Aaron Benedict, our subject, was born on the farm where he now resides, January 21, 1817. During his youth he saw many Indians, and on one occasion a papoose, tied to a piece of bark, and set down by a tree near his residence. In 1861 Mr. Benedict began the cultivation of Italian bees, having followed that occupation ever since, and is the best posted man on that question in Central Ohio. He has shipped them to all points, and was the first to introduce Italian bees in the Sandwich Islands. He also published a work on Bee Culture several years ago. Mr. Benedict has now practically retired from the business. He is at present engaged in the wild turkey culture, and has shipped to California, Canada, Maine, New York, Pennsylvania and Louisiana.
     In 1846 our subject was united in marriage with Caroline Dague, a native of Virginia, and a daughter of John and Jane Dague. To this union were born nine children, six now living: Adessa, wife of Albert Stewart, of Michigan; Mamie Kniffen, now of Bucyrus, Ohio; Direxie, wife of Charles Wood, of Peru township; Lester, of Hancock county, Ohio; William, a resident of Michigan; and Frederick, of Bucyrus, married Dollie Kniffen. Mrs. Benedict departed this life in 1866. Three years afterward our subject married Louisa Meeker, a native of Indiana, and a daughter of Davis Meeker, an early pioneer of Morrow county. They have one son, Preston H., who married Mary Osborn, and has one child. They reside at home. Mr. and Mrs. Benedict are members of the Friends' Church. Mr. Benedict has always taken an active interest in educational matters, and has served as a School Director. He has resided on his present farm for seventy-seven years. In political matters he is a stanch Prohibitionist.
Memorial Record of the Counties of Delaware, Union & Morrow, Ohio;
Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1895, pp. 348-349
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MARTIN BENEDICT, one of the representative farmers of Peru township, Morrow county, Ohio, is a native of the old Empire State, having been born in Clinton county, New York, June 12, 1807. Though now attained of venerable age, our subject stands somewhat as an oracle in regard to the pioneer history of Ohio, where he has maintained his abode since the early part of the present century.
     His father, Reuben Benedict, was also a native of New York, and was the son of Aaron and Elizabeth (Knowles) Benedict, who were natives of Connecticut. Aaron Benedict came to that part of Delaware county which is now included in the present county of Morrow, in 1812, and at that early period there were but three families living in Peru township, where he took up his residence. He was the first white person to be buried in the township, and the subject of this review is the only individual now living in the township that was present at said burial.
     Reuben Benedict married Anna Stevens, who was a native of the State of New York, having been born near New Milford and having been the twin sister of Aden Stevens. Her parents were born in New York, and the family was long one of prominence in that State. The parents of our subject were married in their native State and there they continued to reside for a number of years, coming to what is now Morrow county, Ohio, in 1812, in company with a party of about sixty-seven people. They located in the woods of Peru township, taking up their abode in one of the little log cabins which figured as the domiciles of all these hardy and courageous pioneer settlers. They developed a fine farm and lived to enjoy the fruits of their labor, the father dying at the age of eighty-six years and the mother at the age of eighty-three.
     Reuben and Anna (Stevens) Benedict became the parents of twelve children, namely: Phoebe, Adin, Polly, John, Ira, Elisha (who died in New York prior to the removal of the family to Ohio), Ezra, Martin, Lucy, George, Annis, and Lucy (second). Of this number only two are living at the present time, -- the subject of this review and George, who is a resident of Ida county, Iowa.
     Martin Benedict was the seventh in order of the children and was but five years of age when his parents left their Eastern home to become pioneers in the Buckeye State. His educational advantages were such as were afforded in the primitive log school-houses of the place and period, and early in life he became inured to the work incidental to clearing and improving the pioneer farm.
     In 1827 he was united in marriage to Jane Brown, who was a native of Morrow county. She became the mother of four children: Artemas, Rudolph, Almon and Sophronia, and at the time of her death, in 1838, the youngest child was but two years of age. In 1839 Mr. Benedict was united in marriage to Hannah Watters, who was born in Pennsylvania, but who came with her parents to Ohio when a child of four years. She died in 1890, leaving two children: Richard and Adin.
     Our subject has devoted his attention to general farming from his youth up, and by industry and good management has accumulated a fine property. He started in life with nothing in the way of financial resources, and the success attained has been the direct result of his own efforts. He has provided for his children with greater solicitude than does the average father, having given each of them a good home. He retains in his own home place 150 acres of as fine land as can be found in this section of the State. He had personally cleared up and improved a farm, but subsequently traded the same for the one he now owns.
     In politics Mr. Benedict is a stanch Republican, and in religion has been for many years prominently identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church. In his declining years he retains that honor and good will of his fellowmen that is due him after his long years of endeavor and right living.
Memorial Record of the Counties of Delaware, Union & Morrow, Ohio;
Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1895, pp. 158-159
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SAMUEL BENNETT, who is one of the old and honored residents of Cardington township, Morrow county, and whose fine farm home is located on section No. 11, stands as the representative of families early settled in the Buckeye State, and as one particularly eligible for biographic honors.
     His father was James Bennett, who was a native of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, where he was ushered into the world February 16, 1784, being the son of Isaac Bennett, who likewise was a native son of the old Keystone State, Bucks county, born November 7, 1762. He married Edith Leffert, born April 19, 1759. He was too young to be accepted for service at the time of the precipitation of the great Revolutionary conflict, but he was on his way to join the Colonial army at the time the war closed. Isaac Bennett came to Ohio, first locating in Jefferson county, then in Coshocton county, and subsequently coming to the home of his son, the father of our subject, where he died November 20, 1849.
     The maiden name of our subject's mother was Lydia Hardenbrook, and she was the daughter of Ludwig Hardenbrook, who came to Ohio in 1816, and settled in what is now Franklin township, Morrow county, then Knox, remaining in the county until the hour of his death. He was a soldier in the war of the Revolution, and four or five of his sons bore arms in the war of 1812. The mother of our subject was born in Virginia, near the northwestern State line, the date of her birth having been June 19, 1789.
     James Bennett and Lydia Hardenbrook were married in Jefferson county, Ohio, and there remained until 1823, when they removed to what is now Morrow county and settled in Gilead township, where the father of our subject entered claim to eighty acres of land, and, in addition to this, purchased fifty acres of his father-in-law, there being at the time but few settlers in this locality. This farm now comprises 244 acres, which is in a high state of cultivation, it being one of the first places settled in this part of the county, and the fine residence and buildings have been erected by our subject, who, in his early life, assisted in clearing and improving the old homestead where he was reared. The father remained on this farm until he died, January 27, 1856, his widow passing away July 10, 1861. They were the parents of eleven children, ten of whom grew to maturity and five of whom are living at the present time, namely: Louis is a resident of North Dakota; Ann is the wife of M. L. Pinkley, of Rockford, Illinois; Magdalene H. is the widow of George Johnson, and is a resident of Warren county, Iowa; Lydia is the widow of Russell Hyde, and resides in Michigan; and Samuel is the subject of this review. The parents were devoted members of the Presbyterian Church, and were people of intelligence and spotless character.
     Samuel Bennett was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, March 2, 1822, and was but an infant when his parents removed to what is now Morrow county, and here he has virtually passed his entire life. He grew to man's estate on the old farm in the forest, while the red men yet found abode in the forest wilds of this section. Our subject had but little opportunity for acquiring an education, beginning to do hard manual labor while but a boy of seven or eight years. With devoted filial solicitude he remained on the old farm until he had attained the age of twenty-three years, caring for his parents in their declining days. In the meantime he had valiantly faced the problems of life and had assumed the responsibilities of the marital state. In the spring of 1845 he was united in marriage to Elizabeth Bovey, a native of Maryland, and a daughter of Jacob Bovey. After his marriage Mr. Bennett settled on his present farm, which he afterward purchased of Peleg and Robert Mosier. The farm was formerly the property of his father-in-law, and here he has continued to abide for a full half century, his loved and devoted wife being his constant companion and his earnest helpmeet until April 22, 1890, when she was called into eternal rest, after having played well her part in life. Mrs. Bennett was a member of the Protestant Methodist Church. They became the parents of five children, four of whom are now living, namely: John Clark Bennett, who married Sarah E. Crawford, and who lives in this township; Hiram Clinton, who married Henrietta Pugh, and who has six children; Walter, who married Belle Reed, has six children and resides at Iberia, this county; and Amanda O.
      Fraternally our subject is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, retaining a membership in both lodge and encampment. Politically he has been a stalwart Democrat from the time of attaining his majority. He has been a member of the School Board for twelve or more years, and has been ever interested in educational matters, giving his children the advantages which he was denied in his youth.
Memorial Record of the Counties of Delaware, Union & Morrow, Ohio;
Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1895, pp. 207-208
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LEVI L. BENSON, M. D. -- One of the most highly honored citizens of Cardington township, Morrow county, Ohio, and one whose life has been devoted to good works, is he whose name initiates this review. Dr. Benson was born in Harford county, Maryland, September 17, 1829, the son of Levi Benson, who was born in Frederick county, that State, February 9, 1783, and whose death occurred February 10, 1865. He was a son of Benjamin and Hannah (Scott) Benson. Our subject's mother, Rachel (Lancaster) Benson, was a native of Harford county, Maryland, where she was born May 27, 1790, the daughter of Jesse and Mary Lancaster, both of whom were of English descent. Her demise occurred March 28, 1886. Both parents were members of the Society of Friends.
     The marriage of our subject's parents was celebrated in Harford county, Maryland, and soon after they located on a farm in that county, where they remained until 1837, when they removed to Guernsey county, Ohio, where the father died, the mother dying in Belmont county, this State.
     Levi Benson was twice married, the issue of the first union having been four daughters, namely: Hannah, deceased; Sarah, widow of William A. Harlan, resides in Chester county, Pennsylvania; Mary Ann, died early in life; Pamelia, married Caleb Harlan and both are now deceased. By the marriage to the mother of our subject there were six children, namely: Elizabeth, widow of John E. Lee, of Belmont county, this State; Emily became the wife of Knowis Doudna, of Guernsey county, and both are now deceased; Jesse is deceased; Julia is the wife of James Carter, of Cardington township, Morrow county; Rachel L. is the widow of Jesse Doudna, of Quaker City, Guernsey county; and Levi L. is the subject of this review.
     Dr. Benson, who was the youngest of the children, was but seven years of age when his parents removed from the East to Guernsey county, this State, and his first schooling was received prior to this removal, and after arriving in Ohio he attended the public schools of Guernsey county. In his twentieth year he went to Maryland and was a student in the Oakland high school for a brief period, after which he returned to Guernsey county and remained at the paternal home until the time of his marriage, in March, 1855, when he was united to Miss Elizabeth Sharp, a native of Cardington township, this county, and a daughter of Thomas and Sarah Sharp, pioneer settlers in Morrow county. The former died in Muscatine, Iowa, at the venerable age of ninety-seven years. The wife of our subject passed into eternal life June 20, 1856, leaving one son, Thomas L., who now resides at Marble Cliff, near Columbus, this State, being Postmaster of the town, where he also carries on a thriving grocery business.
     The second marriage of Dr. Benson was consummated August 1, 1862, when he was united to Minerva H. Boggs, who was born in Morrow county, February 23, 1840, the daughter of Rev. William and Frances Boggs, early settlers in the county, the father having been for mans years a prominent clergyman in the Methodist Episcopal Church. Our subject met a second bereavement in the death of his cherished and devoted wife on the 24th of March, 1894. She was the mother of four children, of whom we make brief record as follows: Horace W., born May 16, 1863, married Nettie Hulse and they have four children; Frances M., born January 1, 1866, remains at the paternal home; Emily E., born June 29, 1868, is the wife of Henry R. Raub, a mechanic, of Bucyrus, Ohio; and Merrick L., born November 26, 1870, was drowned in Olentangy river, near Columbus, April 20, 1891.
     While in his teens our subject began the study of medicine in a somewhat desultory way, and in 1856 he took up a regular course of professional study under the preceptorship of Doctor Jones, of Loydsville, Belmont county, and he thus continued his reading for two years, after which he located near Spencer Station and there remained in practice until 1859, when he came to Morrow county, locating in Cardington township, where he was a successful and honored practitioner for a full score of years. For many years while in the practice of medicine he was also engaged in ministerial work, though not yet ordained, and for the past twelve years, being in full standing as a minister in the Society of Friends, he has devoted his entire attention to this noble cause, traveling from Illinois to New York, and his earnest and devoted efforts have been fruitful in good results and in the furtherance of the interests of the true and simple religion of which he stands as an exponent.
     Dr. Benson is a man of unassuming manners, is sympathetic and charitable, and is honored for his spotless life as well as for his marked intellectual and professional ability.
     The appending poem from the pen of our honored subject was contributed to a recent number of the United Friends, and is entitled “He Leadeth Me, Oh, Blessed Thought:”

In all this world, through all its cares,
Its fleeting hours of pain or grief,
From all life's seeming ills. O Lord,
Thy constant presence brings relief.

No labor now, no pressing fears.
No heavy laden task to bear,
To battle on with false ideas
Is now made light beneath Thy care.

Thy hand to lead, Thy Truth Divine
A standard on my pilgrim way.
Thy promised Life shall never cease
To turn all darkness into day. 

I ask no higher boon; I crave
No greater privilege than this.
To walk with God, to know, to feel
My hand. my life secure in his.

Memorial Record of the Counties of Delaware, Union & Morrow, Ohio;
Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1895, pp. 45-47
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GEORGE W. BOLINGER, a farmer of Cardington township, Morrow county, is a son of Peter Bolinger, a native of Three Springs township, Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania.  He was a son of Benjamin Bolinger, also a native of Pennsylvania, of German descent, and a soldier in the war of 1812.  The mother of our subject, née Sarah Horn, was reared in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Samuel Horn, of Irish descent.  Mr. and Mrs. Peter Bolinger were married in that State, and in 1833 located in the woods of Franklin township, Marion, now Morrow, county.  Several years later they sold that land and bought a farm in Canaan township, but again sold out and went to Van Wert county, where the father died, the mother having departed this life several years previous.  They were the parents of five sons and three daughters, five sons and two daughters still surviving: Benjamin, of Marion county, married Sarah Adams; George W., our subject; Mary, wife of Andrew Gear, of Van Wert county, and they have four children; Andrew, of Cardington township, married Matilda Lindsay, and they have four sons and one daughter; Samuel, of Illinois, married Mahala Bartlow, and also has four sons and one daughter; John, of Minnesota, married Harriet Adams, and has three sons and two daughters; and Rebecca, wife of James Miller, of Van Wert county, and they have four sons and three daughters.  Two of the sons, Andrew and Benjamin, were soldiers in the late war.  In political matters the father affiliated with the Democratic party.  Both he and his wife were members of the Methodist Protestant Church.
     George W. Bolinger, the subject of this sketch, was born in Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, August 26, 1827.  When seven years of age he came to Ohio, where he worked for his father until twenty-one years of age, and then learned the carpenter’s trade, following the same for twenty-five years.  After his marriage he located on a farm in Cardington township, and several years later came to his present farm of 147 acres, all of which he has cleared and put under a fine state of cultivation.  He lost his residence by fire two years ago, but soon afterward built another, one of the finest in the township.
     In 1849 Mr. Bolinger was united in marriage with Mary Ann Singer, who was born in Ohio in 1829, a sister of W. H. Singer, of this county.  To this union have been born eight children, only one now living, Delora, wife of John McClenathan, of Marion county, and they have seven children.  In political matters our subject is identified with the Republican party, and has held the offices of Constable, Supervisor and School Director.  In his social relations he is a member of the Masonic order and the Encampment.  Mrs. Bolinger is a member of the Methodist Church.
Memorial Record of the Counties of Delaware, Union & Morrow, Ohio; Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1895, pp. 415-416

DANIEL W. BROWN, a merchant of Chesterville, was born in Cayuga county, New York, February 1, 1826. His father, Pardon Brown, was a native of Rhode Island, as was also his father, George Brown, and the former was a soldier in the war of 1812 and the latter a Revolutionary soldier. His father, Tobias Brown, was supposed to have been born in Rhode Island and descended from the Browns who came to America on the Mayflower. The mother of our subject, née Sophia Wilbur, was born in Rhode Island, daughter of Daniel Wilbur, also a native of that State, who was a farmer and Quaker minister. He took part in sinking the English war ship Kingfisher, during the Revolutionary war. The parents of our subject were married in Rhode Island, but about 1813 moved to New York, locating on a farm near Aurora, Cayuga county. The mother died there, and in 1853 the father came to Ohio, where he subsequently died. They were the parents of nine children, namely: Lydia; Sophia, deceased; Philena, deceased; Pardon, a resident of Tompkins county, New York; Mary, wife of George Peckham, of Rhode Island; Daniel W., the subject of this sketch; Deborah W., deceased; Elizabeth, widow of Albert Parkhill and a resident of New York; and Sarah A., wife of August Freeman, of Kansas.
     Daniel Wilbur Brown was reared to farm life at his native place, and worked on his father's farm for one year after his marriage. During the following four years he was engaged in the canal-boat business, running from Aurora and Albany to New York city on the Erie canal. He next taught school four winters in New York. In 1853 he came to Ohio, purchasing and locating on 250 acres in Chester township, Morrow county, where he was extensively engaged in buying, selling and shipping produce and in stock-dealing until 1882. In that year Mr. Brown sold his place and embarked in the grocery and butcher business in Chesterville, in which he is still engaged, and to which in 1889 he added a hotel known as Brown's Hotel. In political matters he affiliates with the Republican party, and served as Township Treasurer for many years. Socially he is a member of the I. O. O. F., No. 204.
     December 28, 1847, Mr. Brown was united in marriage with Adeline M. Squires, born in Cayuga county, New York, December 29, 1825, a daughter of William H. and Anna (Duel) Squires, the former a native of Connecticut and the latter of Rhode Island. The paternal grandfather, Asa Squires, was a native of Connecticut. The maternal grandfather, Reuben Duel, was a native of Rhode Island. He purchased a soldier's claim in Tompkins county, New York, to which he moved his family in an early day, and is buried on the farm. Mrs. Brown is the sixth of eleven children, ten of whom grew to years of maturity, viz.: Harriet, Theodore, Phedora, William, Eliza, Adeline, Henry, Helen, Sidney, Anna and Marian. All but three are still living. Our subject and wife are the parents of three children, -- Francis A., wife of William Van Eman, for many years a traveling salesman for a wholesale house in San Francisco, California; Marian A., wife of Marshall T. Smith, a prominent dealer in horses at Mount Gilead, Ohio, and they have one daughter, Anna Maude; and Cassius Clay, who married Ollie Rogers, now deceased; they had two children, Daniel H. and Grace M.
Memorial Record of the Counties of Delaware, Union & Morrow, Ohio; Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1895, pp. 424-425
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ELLERY P. BROWN, a farmer of Chester township, Morrow county, is a son of George Brown, who was born in Rhode Island in 1796. He was a son of George Brown, Sr. The mother of our subject, née Beulah Sutleff, was born in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1802, and was a member of one of the old and prominent families of that State. The parents were married in Infield, Tompkins county, New York. They located on a farm near Ithaca, hut in 1836 came to Ohio, settling on unimproved land in Franklin township, Knox (now Morrow) county. The township at that time contained only six log cabins. The mother died there in 1868, and the father in 1870. They were the parents of seven children, five of whom reached years of maturity: Dr. William, who died at Washington, District of Columbia, while in the service of the United States Government in civil war; Edmund, deceased in October, 1894; Ellery, the subject of this sketch; Amanda, wife of James Frew; and George, deceased, was principal of the Cardington schools. Mr. and Mrs. Brown were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The former was an old-line Whig.
     Ellery P. Brown was born in Tompkins county, New York, September 7, 1827, and during his boyhood days assisted in clearing the farm. After reaching his majority, he purchased 190 acres of land near his home, which he farmed eighteen years, and after his marriage spent one year at Mount Gilead. He then came to his present place of 240 acres, all under a fine state of cultivation, and where, in 1882, he erected one of the finest residences in the county.
     Mr. Brown was married in May, 1853, to Phoebe E. Talmage, born in Franklin township, Morrow county, June 28, 1827, a daughter of John and Rhoda (Gardner) Talmage. They came to Ohio in 1817, and were among the pioneer settlers of Morrow county. The father was one of the prominent men of this community, and was a leading member in the Methodist Church. Our subject and wife have had four children, viz.: Alice, wife of Elmer McIntyre; Clarence, who graduated at the Ohio Wesleyan University before twenty-one years of age, and is now a minister in the First Congregational Church of Salt Lake City; George, who resides near Fulton, Morrow county; and Blanche, principal of a Chicago kindergarten.
     Ellery Brown and wife are members of the Methodist Church, in which the former has served as Trustee, Steward, and Class-leader for many years. He has taken an active interest in school work, and has served as a member of the School Board. In political matters he affiliates with the Republican party, in which he has taken a leading part. He has served as Trustee of Chester township.
Memorial Record of the Counties of Delaware, Union & Morrow, Ohio; Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1895, pp. 252-253
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WILLIAM BRUNDIGE, a farmer of Westfield township, is a son of Nathaniel Brundige, a native of Connecticut.  He moved to New York State when about fourteen years of age, locating near Newburg, on the Hudson river.  He came with his family to Ohio about 1806, and made a permanent settlement in Marlborough township, then Delaware county, where his death occurred at the age of eighty-four years.  His wife, Annie Brundige, died there at about the same age.  They were the parents of six children: Stephen, Nathaniel, Thomas, John, Annie Wyatt and Sarah Bush, all now deceased.  The mother of our subject was Elizabeth Kniffen, a native of New York.  The parents were married in that State, and came to Ohio in 1806, locating in the same township as his father.  He cleared 160 acres of land.  In political matters the father was identified with the Whig party, and was a soldier in the war of 1812.  Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Brundige were the parents of nine children, namely: Mary was the wife of Reuben Drake; Annie married James Trindle; Levina was the wife of Samuel D. Wyatt; Elizabeth was the wife of David Mitchell; Rachel was the wife of Luff S. Hull; James married Levina Bush; Sarah was the wife of Evan Norris; William is the subject of this sketch; John married Harriet Taylor.  The father died in 1825, aged fifty-four years, and the mother departed this life at the age of seventy-five years.  They were Baptists in principle, but never united with any church.
     William Brundige, the only one of his father’s family now living, was born in Delaware county, Ohio, December 3, 1808, the first male child born in that county.  After the death of the father, the three sons remained on the old homestead with the mother, and William remained there eight years after his marriage.  He then purchased and located on his present farm in Westfield township, then Delaware county.  He now owns 425 acres, most of which is under a fine state of cultivation, and is engaged in general farming and stock raising.  In an early day he was identified with the Whig party, and has since cast his vote with the Republicans.  He has spent nearly his entire life in this county, and has been an active worker in its growth and development.
     July 1, 1830, our subject was united in marriage with Philura Smith, a native of New York, and a daughter of Elijah W. Smith, one of the early pioneers of this county.  To this union were born four children, the two eldest dying in infancy.  Bennett S. married Jane McLead, resides in Delaware county, and they have two children: William, who married Mary Price, and has four children; and Josephine, wife of Andrew Hushea, and they have one son.  The second child of our subject, Harriet, is the wife of John C. Lewis, and resides in Bennington township, Morrow county.  Our subject made for his daughter, Harriet, a good provision, giving her $800 in cash, a team, three cows, and a large outfit of household goods.  They also have two children, ––Bryant and Philura Victoria.  The eldest is married and has one child.  Mrs. Brundige departed this life August 3, 1888.
Memorial Record of the Counties of Delaware, Union & Morrow, Ohio; Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1895, pp. 102-103
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JOHN T. BUCK, a civil engineer of Morrow county, is a son of Edmund Buck, born near New Milford, Connecticut, April 9, 1791.  His father, Israel Buck, was born May 7, 1762, a son of John Buck, born July 26, 1731, a son of Ezekiel Buck, born March 5, 1699, a son of Ezekiel Buck, born January 8, 1676.  The ancestry is traced to Emanuel Buck, who, with his brother, Henry Buck, came from Norfolk county, England, to America in 1647, locating in Wethersfield, Connecticut.
     Edmund Buck, father of our subject, was married September 20, 1815, to Anna Hubbell, who was born in Seneca county, New York, June 3, 1795, a daughter of Ephraim and Elizabeth (Collins) Hubbell.  She was a grandaughter [sic] of Benjamin Collins, a Quaker pioneer, who built the first cabin and became the first settler of Lincoln township, as early as 1815.  After his marriage Edmund Buck located in Peru township, then in Delaware county, and came to this township about 1812.  His wife’s people located here about one year later.  In 1817 he purchased the farm now owned by our subject, which he cleared and improved.
     Mr. Buck took an active interest in politics, having been first a Whig and afterward a Republican, served as County Commissioner of Delaware county, and as Justice of the Peace of this township for fifteen years.  His death occurred October 21, 1866, and his wife survived until March 4, 1874.  They were the parents of eight children.  The eldest, Israel E., a lawyer by profession, was born May 8, 1817, and died August 28, 1855.  He married Sarah W. Van Deman, and their son, Henry E., was Mayor of the city of Delaware, Ohio.  Phebe, born April 18, 1819, died December 22, 1883.  She married David W. Mosher, also deceased, and they had six children, ––Dr. E. B., of Columbus, Ohio; G. H., of Delaware; Annie E., wife of Theodore Blakeley, a merchant of Sunbury, Ohio; Frank, of Lincoln township; Charles H., of Fulton, this county; and Elmore, of Columbus.  Collins Buck, born October 29, 1821, was married April 8, 1847, to Nancy Stiner, and they have two children, Gilbert and John S.  Priscilla A., born July 25, 1827, is the wife of Joseph Russell.  Elma Annis, born October 27, 1829, died in infancy.  John T., the subject of this sketch, was the next in order of birth.  Annie M., born February 17, 1835, resides in this township.  Ruth M., born May 5, 1838, died March 10, 1885.  She was the wife of S. M. Smith.
     J. T. Buck was born on his present farm May 24, 1832, and received his education in the district schools, the Hesper Mount Seminary and at the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, where he took a special course of civil engineering, teaching school during the winter months, and since February, 1857, has been engaged in surveying.  He makes surveys for railway lines, roads, streets, ditches, towns, parks, cemeteries, race courses, subdivisions of real estate, conveyancing, drainage, sewerage, maps, plans, estimates and specifications.  Mr. Buck also owns a good farm, and in addition to general farming, is extensively engaged in raising Holstein cattle and standard-bred trotting horses.  In 1857 he was appointed Deputy County Surveyor under Thomas Sharp, was elected County Surveyor in 1859, serving in that position twenty-four years; is a Notary Public, and has served as a member of the School Board.  During the late war, in 1863, Mr. Buck was commissioned First Lieutenant of Company K, First Ohio Regiment, and in September, of that year, he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel of the same regiment.  He is a leader and active worker in the Republican party.
     November 19, 1863, our subject was united in marriage to Miss Martha A. Nichols, born in Lincoln township, Morrow county, July 5, 1844, a daughter of Washington and Mary (James) Nichols.  The mother was a daughter of David James.  Mr. and Mrs. Buck have had five children, namely: Thaddeus E., born April 18, 1865, is a graduate of the high school at Cardington, also took a special course in civil engineering at the Ohio State University, taught school in this county fourteen terms, and now works with his father; Arthur H., born January 24, 1868, graduated at the Cardington high school and the Columbus Medical College, and is now engaged in the active practice of medicine; Annie L., born October 2, 1871, died October 26, 1875; Kittie M., born January 18, 1876, is attending the high school at Cardington; and Ralph W., born May 30, 1879, is a student at the same school.
     In his social relations Mr. Buck affiliates with the I. O. O. F. and is a member of the Encampment; and is a member of the Masonic order: Cardington Lodge, No. 384, F. & A. M.; Gilead Chapter, No. 59, R. A. M.; and Marion Commandery, No. 36, K. T.  He is a member of the Cardington Council, No. 180, Royal Arcanum, and the Ohio Society of Surveyors and Civil Engineers.
Memorial Record of the Counties of Delaware, Union & Morrow, Ohio; Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1895, pp. 467-468
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