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SAMUEL P. GAGE, cashier of the People’s Saving Bank Company, of Mt. Gilead, Ohio, was born in Morrow county, Ohio, October 2, 1850, and is a representative of one of the pioneer families of this locality.  His parents, William F. and Mary J. (Price) Gage, passed the greater part of their lives in Morrow county.  William F. Gage was born in Woodbridge, New Jersey, a son of Phillip and Deborah (Flood) Gage, with whom when a boy he came to Ohio and settled near Sparta, in Bennington township, Morrow county, where he grew to manhood and married.  He owned one hundred and forty acres of land in Bennington township, to the cultivation and improvement of which he devoted his energies for many years, up to the time of his death, which occurred in 1898.  Politically he was a Republican, radical and enthusiastic, and for years was active in local politics.  He was a staunch member of the Methodist Episcopal church, as is also his widow, now eighty years of age.  Her parents, John Price and wife, were natives of Pennsylvania.  Of the children of William F. and Mary J. Gage we record that J. P., the eldest, is a resident of Kansas; Samuel P., next in order of birth, is the subject of this sketch; Eliza A. is the wife of William Hunt of Morrow county; P. W. is a resident of Delaware, Ohio; and Elsworth is engaged in railroad business at Alexander, Ohio.
     Reared on his father’s farm, Samuel P. Gage attended district school until he was sixteen years of age, after wihch [sic] he was a student at Galena High School and Cardington High School and later spent two years at Lebanon, Ohio, where he took a course in the National Normal University.  In the meantime he taught school, beginning when he was eighteen, and by this means paid his own way while he pursued his higher studies.  All told, he taught school sixty months, a part of this time being principal of a private school.  And his experience as teacher added to the value of his service when he was made a member of the School Board of Mt. Gilead.
       In 1873 Mr. Gage built the Central House at Marengo, Ohio, which he operated for eight years, and at the same time filled the office of township clerk.  In 1881 he was elected clerk of Morrow county.  He was the incumbent of this office two terms, having been re-elected, and served in all six years.  Afterward, for a period of six years, he was secretary and treasurer of the Hydraulic Press Manufacturing Company.  Then he engaged in banking.  For eleven years he was cashier of the National Bank of Morrow County, and at the end of that time he was one of the organizers of the People’s Saving Bank Company, which began business April 23, 1904, and of which he has from that date held the position of cashier.  At the present writing, 1911, this bank has a deposit of two hundred thousand dollars, and its officers are as follows: Dr. W. B. Robinson, president; W. M. Carlisle, vice president; Dr. N. Tucker, second vice president; S. P. Gage, cashier; A. C. Duncan, assistant cashier; and Z. A. Powers, teller.
     During his successful business career Mr. Gage has accumulated considerable property, including two valuable farms in Morrow county, one of two hundred and eighty acres in Gilead township and the other, four hundred and forty acres in Bennington township, and residence property at Mt. Gilead and Columbus.  He and his family reside in their pleasant home on Cherry street Mt. Gilead.  Mrs. Gage, formerly, Miss Alice Sherman, born April 18, 1851, is a daughter of Daniel Sherman and previous to her marriage was engaged in teaching.  She and Mr. Gage were married in 1872, and they are the parents of one son, Ralph P., born January 5, 1875, who is a graduate of both the Mt. Gilead High School and Delaware College, he having received the degree of A. B. at the age of twenty-one years.  He is now engaged in the practice of law at Los Angeles, California.
     Like his father before him, Mr. Gage is an active and influential member of the Methodist Episcopal church.  He is a member of the official board, and at the time of the building of the Methodist church edifice in Mt. Gilead he served as chairman of the building committee.  Fraternally he is identified with Mt. Gilead Lodge, No. 169, I. O. O. F., and Encampment No. 59, and in the latter was a member of the board of trustees.  Mr. and Mrs. Gage were charter members of the Rebekahs at Mt. Gilead, Ohio, Lodge 352.  They have crossed the continent of America twice, visiting their son.
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 482-484
Contributed by a Generous Genealogist.

JOHN W. GARBERICH. ––Holding a place of prominence among the more intelligent and progressive agriculturists of Morrow county stands John W. Garberich, who is known throughout this section of the Buckeye state as a successful horse breeder and trainer, a subject to which he has given much thought and attention and on which he is considered an authority.  His fine farm is beautifully located in Washington township, about six miles southwest of Galion, and is well equipped and well kept, everything about the premises indicating the thrift, industry and keen judgment of the proprietor.  He was born April 24, 1868, in Polk township, Crawford county, Ohio, a son of Isaac Garberich.
     His grandfather, John Garberich, was born and reared in Germany.  Immigrating to the United States, he lived for a while in Pennsylvania.  In 1829 he came with his family to Ohio, locating in Crawford county when it was still in its virgin wildness, two small log cabins being the only buildings standing on the present site of the beautiful city of Galion.  He had the distinction of being among the first white man to settle west of Galion, and it took him and his helpers two days to cut a way through the trackless woods to the homestead two miles distant, which he secured from the government.  Taking up one hundred and sixty acres of dense woodland, he made .an opening in which to erect a log cabin and began the improvement of a farm from the forest.  He succeeded well, and about 1831 or 1832 he erected a brick house, which is still standing, manufacturing the bricks on his farm.  Endowed with true German thrift, he succeeded in his agricultural labors, and was known as one of the best and most progressive farmers of his times.  He married Elizabeth Ruhl, also a native of the Fatherland, and to them were born seven children, Isaac having been one of the younger members of the parental household.
     As soon as old enought [sic] to wield an axe or hoe, Isaac Garberich began to assist his father in the pioneer task of hewing a farm from the wilderness, remaining at home until ready to establish a household of his own.  He then bought land adjoining his father’s estate, and was there engaged in general farming during his remaining days.  To him and his good wife, whose maiden name was Susan Smith, nine children were born, namely: Martha, wife of Henry Hagerman, of Tiro, Ohio; Sarah, wife of Amos Dice, of Galion; Ella, wife of George Hesser, of Crestline; W. O., of Stillwater, Oklahoma; B. F., engaged in farming on the old homestead; Eva, wife of Cal McClure, of Crawford county; Bertha, wife of Frank Kieffer, of Crawford county; Minnie, wife of John Albright, of Pennsylvania; and John W., the subject of this brief personal record.
     Brought up on the home farm, John W. Garberich in common with the boys of his neighborhood attended the district school throughout the days of his youth, in the meantime becoming familiar with the different branches of agriculture.  Choosing the occupation of his ancestors, he saved his money and at the age of twenty-five years bought a farm in Whetstone township, Crawford county, where he carried on general farming and stock-raising with excellent pecuniary results until the spring of 1907.  Disposing then of that property, Mr. Garberich purchased two hundred and twelve and one-half acres of land in Washington township, Morrow county, six miles southwest of Galion, where he has since resided.  His improvements and appointments are among the best in the vicinity, his stables and barns being models of convenience and comfort, and his buildings especially adapted to his needs as a stock raiser and farmer.  Mr. Garberich is a lover of animals, and in the breeding and raising of horses has had excellent success.  He has in his stables some of the finest Percheron and Belgium horses to be found in the country, and is justly proud of his stud.  He also breeds cattle and hogs, keeping the Jersey-Duroc hogs and Hereford cattle.
     Mr. Garberich has been twice married.  He married first Elizabeth Kieffer, a bright and charming woman who at her death in 1899 left five children, namely: Walter, Irving, Mildred, Clyde and Frankie, all of whom are at home.  Mr. Garberich married second Laura B. Shoemaker, and to them one child, Robert, has been born.  Politically Mr. Garberich is a Republican, but has never been an aspirant for public honors.  Socially he belongs to the Galion Grange.  Religiously Mr. and Mrs. Garberich are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Iberia.
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 755-757
Contributed by a Generous Genealogist.

*The War Record of the Gardner Family of Peru Township. [Footnote at the bottom of p. 891: *Contributed by Hon. Washington Gardner of Albion Michigan.]
 ––John Gardner, founder of one of the well known families in Morrow county, was born near Paisley, Scotland, August 4, 1756.  He came to America as a soldier in the army of King George III during the latter part of the Revolution.  It is a tradition in the family that he was impressed, or forced, into his Majesty’s army; but of which regiment he was a member, how long he served, or in what campaigns he took part there is no knowledge except that he was in the army of Cornwallis at the surrender of Yorkstown [sic].
     He never returned to his native land.  At the close of his military servivce [sic] he settled in Virginia and soon after married Miss Nancy Musgrove of that state.  Of this union there were born two sons, viz: James and Benjamin.  Mr. Gardner’s first wife died shortly after the birth of her second son and in due time he married Miss Rebecca Marquis, also of Virginia.  To these two were born four children, viz: Robert, Sarah, Marquis and William.  About the time the present seat of government was established Mr. Gardner moved to what is now the City of Washington where, in 1798, his son William was born and where his second wife died.
     For the third time Mr. Gardner sought and found a wife; the last one being Mrs. Elizabeth (Grove) Thomas.  The Groves were Marylanders, Elizabeth having been born at Hagerstown, that state, where her parents are buried.  Mrs. Grove Thomas was a widow with two children living in Loudoun county, Virginia, when she was married to John Gardner in 1801 at Leesburg, the county seat.  They began their married life in Washington, D. C.  It was in that city that two daughters, Rebecca and Nancy, were born.  About the year 1805 Mr. Gardner removed with his family to Ohio and settled within what are now the corporate limits of Zanesville.  Here two sons and two daughters, John Lewis, Elizabeth, Mary and Washington, were born.  In 1814 Mr. Gardner removed from Zanesville to a farm one-half mile east of the village of South Woodbury, then in Delaware, but now Morrow county, Ohio.  Here Fanny, the youngest child, was born in 1818, and here Mr. Gardner lived in the house which he built and in which he died on the 6th of March, 1836, at the advanced age of seventy-nine years, seven months, and two days.  He departed this life respected by all who knew him.  He was a man of the strictest financial integrity, of unblemished moral reputation and of devout Christian character.  His wife, Elizabeth, survived him eleven years, dying May 3, 1847, aged seventy-five years.  These two pioneers lie side by side in the Ebenezer, “Here We Rest,” burying-ground in Bennington township, this county.  Mr. Gardner gave the lot for this purpose and there now representatives of many of the earlier families find a last resting place.
     The Gardner homestead, east of South Woodbury, has been held by the family now for nearly one hundred years.  Five successive generations have lived in the house which he built and four of the five were Gardner in name; the place being occupied until the year 1910 by direct descendants.
     Of the thirteen children, of whom Mr. Gardner was the father, all but two, Sarah and Mary, the latter dying at twenty, lived to a good age.  Nearly or quite all lived for a longer or shorter time in Morrow county, where many of their descendants still reside, and constitute some of our most respected and substantial present day families, while others have removed to different states where they and their descendants have made records that reflect credit upon a worthy ancestry.  Ministers, judges, lawyers, bankers, business men, and farmers are found among them.  In so far as is known, not one of the descendants of John Gardner has ever been convicted of crime or ever accused of a serious offence against the law.  It is, however, in the patriotic war record of the sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons of the sturdy old Scotsman that the family take most pride.  In this respect it is doubtful if there is another family in the county and indeed but few anywhere that can surpass or even equal it in the number of soldiers furnished or in the quality or length of service rendered the government in its time of stress.  So exceptional is the well authenticated family record in this respect and of such historic interest that we give it in detail.
     Washington Gardner, youngest son of the founder of this branch of the Gardner family in the United States, was born in 1814 at Zanesville, and was enrolled as a volunteer July 25, 1861, at Camp Chase, Ohio, and mustered into service as a member of Company G, Twenty-sixth Ohio Infantry Volunteers, to serve three years.  He was discharged from the army June 17, 1862, at Camp Chase on surgeon’s certificate of disability.  He was the oldest of the connection in the service, being at the time of enlistment forty-seven years of age.  His service was of ten months and twenty-two days duration.
     George C. Gardner was a grandson of John and Nancy (Musgrove) Gardner and a son of Benjamin and Esther (Williams) Gardner.  The records show that he was enrolled November 8, 1861, at Mt. Gilead, Ohio, and was mustered into service the same day as a private of Company D, 65th Ohio Infantry Volunteers, to serve three years.  He was appointed corporal, November 26, 1861, and was discharged as of that grade on August 30, 1862, in the field near Hillsboro, Tennessee, on surgeon’s certificate of disability.  September 30, 1864, he enlisted the second time and was enrolled on date named as a private in Company I, 184th Ohio Infantry Volunteers, and as such was mustered into the United States service on the first day of October, 1864.  He was appointed sergeant October 5, 1864, and was mustered out with his company at Charlotte, North Carolina, July 26, 1865.  His total length of service was one year, seven months, and eighteen days.
     Nelson James Gardner, a great-grandson of John and Nancy (Musgrove) Gardner, a grandson of James and Sarah (Grove) Gardner, and a son of John and Rachel (Moccobee) Gardner, was enrolled September 21, 1861, and mustered into service on the same day as a private, Company B, 8th Iowa Infantry Volunteers, to serve three years.  He reenlisted January 1, 1864, as a veteran volunteer in the same company and regiment; was promoted first lieutenant, November 27, 1864 and brevet captain March 26, 1865.  He was mustered out April 20, 1866, having served four years, six months and twenty-nine days.
     Charles H. Gardner, a younger brother of the last above named, was enrolled August 11, 1862, and mustered into service to date from same day as a private, Company D, 20th Iowa Infantry Volunteers, to serve three years.  He was mustered out of service with the company as a private July 8, 1865.  His service covered a period of two years, ten months, and twenty-seven days.
     Melville Gardner, a brother of the two last above named, was born April 6, 1848, and was enrolled March 28, 1865, and mustered into service on the same day as a private, Provisional Company, 9th Illinois Volunteers, to serve one year.  He was transferred to Company B of the regiment, September 25, 1865, and was mustered out with the company as a private October 31, 1865.  His service covered a period of seven months and three days.  The three brothers served an aggregate of eight years, one month and nine days.
     Wilbur C. Scott, great-grandson of John and Nancy (Musgrove) Gardner, grandson of James and Sarah (Grove) Gardner and a son of Thomas L. and Phoebe (Gardner) Scott, was enrolled February 25, 1864, at Davenport, Iowa, and was mustered into service February 26, 1864, as a private in Company D, 3rd Iowa Volunteer Cavalry, to serve three years and was mustered out of service with the company at Atlanta, Georgia, August 9, 1865, having served one year, five months, and fourteen days.
     William Percival Gardner, grandson of John and Rebecca (Marquis) Gardner and son of William and Ruth (Wickham) Gardner, was mustered into service September 2, 1862, as second lieutenant, Company K, 97th Ohio Infantry Volunteers, to serve three years.  He died at Scottsville, Kentucky, November 30, 1862, of typhoid fever, after a service of three months and twenty-eight days.
     Lemuel Gardner, a brother of William Percival, was enrolled September 15, 1862, and mustered into service, October 8, 1862, as a private of Company I, 122d Ohio Infantry Volunteers, to serve three years.  He was mustered out as a corporal with the company, June 26, 1865.  The period of his service was two years, nine months, and eleven days.
     Robert J. Gardner, a younger brother of the two last above named, was enrolled August 4, 1862, and mustered into service, September 2, 1862, as a private in Company K, 97th Ohio Infantry Volunteers, to serve three years, and was mustered out of service as a corporal, May 9, 1865, at Camp Dennison, Ohio.  Robert was wounded in the battle at Franklin, Tennessee, November 30, 1864.  He served two years, nine months and seventeen days and the three brothers a total of five years, ten months, and twenty-six days.
     Calvin Nutt, grandson of John and Elizabeth (Grove) Gardner, and a son of Ashley and Rebecca (Gardner) Nutt, was enrolled May 25, 1861, at Peoria, Illinois, and was mustered into service on the same day as a private in Company K, 17th Illinois Infantry Volunteers, to serve three years.  He was detailed within the period of his service as artilleryman in Battery D, First Illinois Light Artillery.  He was admitted to Artillery Brigade, 6th Division, 17th Army Corps Hospital, July 16, 1863, with typhoid fever and died of that disease at Clinton, Illinois, September 15, 1863, having served two years, two months, and six days.
     John Doty, grandson of John and Elizabeth (Grove) Gardner and a son of Steven Doty and Nancy (Gardner) Doty, was enrolled June 2, 1862, at South Woodbury, this county, and was mustered into service to take effect the same day as a private of Company C, 85th Ohio Infantry Volunteers, to serve three months.  He was appointed sergeant, September 23d, 1862, at Camp Chase, Ohio.  He enlisted the second time, August 5, 1864, at Colunbus [sic], Ohio, and was mustered into service the same day as a private of Company I, 88th Ohio Infantry Volunteers, to serve one year.  He was mustered out with the company as a private, June 3, 1865, at Camp Chase, Ohio, having served an aggregate of one year, one month, and nineteen days.
     Isaiah Doty, brother of the last above named, volunteered March 31, 1864, at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and was mustered into service April 13, 1864, as a private of Company B, 37th Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers, to serve three years.  July 27, 1865, he was mustered out with his regiment as a private having served one years [sic], three months, and twenty-six days.
     George Washington Doty, brother of the last two above named, enlisted June 2, 1862, at Ashley, Ohio, and was mustered into service to take effect the same day as a private of Company C, 85th Ohio Infantry Volunteers, to serve three months.  He was appointed sergeant June 11, 1862, and was mustered out with the company as sergeant, September 23, 1862.  He again enlisted October 16, 1862, at Camp Chase, Ohio, and October 28, 1862, was mustered into service as a corporal of Company C, 88th Ohio Infantry Volunteers, to serve three years.  He was appointed sergeant in August, 1863, and was mustered out as a sergeant February 4, 1864, at Columbus, Ohio, by reason of appointment as second lieutenant, 27th United States Colored Troops.  June 5, 1864, he was promoted to first lieutenant of Company G of that regiment.  He was discharged from the service as first lieutenant on tender of resignation accompanied with a surgeon’s certificate of disability, in orders from the War Department dated April 20, 1865.  His aggregate term of service was two years, nine months and thirteen days.
     Harrison Doty, a younger brother of John, Isaiah and Washington, volunteered August 2, 1862, at Cardington, Ohio, and was mustered into service August 19, 1862, as a corporal of Company C, 96th Ohio Infantry Volunteers, to serve three years.  He was appointed sergeant March 1, 1863, taken prisoner at the battle of Grand Coteau, Louisiana, November 3, 1863, was paroled at Stage Station near New Iberia, Louisiana, December 25, 1863, and exchanged at Algiers, Louisiana, December 31, 1863, and was mustered out as sergeant July 7, 1865, at Mobile, Alabama.  His term of service covered a period of two years, eleven months, and five days.
     Josephus F. Doty, a younger brother of the four last above named, volunteered May 1, 1861, at Ashley, Ohio, and was mustered into service to take effect June 15, 1861, as a corporal of Company C, 26th Ohio Infantry Volunteers, to serve three years.  He was appointed a sergeant May 25, 1863, and was mustered out of service as of that rank July 25, 1864, at Chattanooga, Tennessee.  He was twice wounded at the battle of Chickamauga.  April 11, 1865, at Mansfield, Ohio, he again volunteered and was mustered into service on the same day as a private of Company B, 9th United States Veteran Volunteer Infantry, to serve one year; was appointed first sergeant, May 13, 1865, and sergeant major July 2, 1865.  July 17, of the same year he was mustered as second lieutenant, Company B, of said regiment and as first lieutenant, November 8, 1865.  He was mustered out of service as first lieutenant and regimental quartermaster, May 2, 1866, at Indianapolis. Indiana.  His service in the two regiments covered a period of four years, three months and fifteen days.
     James M. Gardner, a grandson of John and Elizabeth (Grove) Gardner and the oldest son of John Lewis and Sarah (Goodin) Gardner, was enrolled August 12, 1862, at Marengo, Iowa, and was mustered into service to take effect from the date of his enrollment as a private of Company E, 24th Iowa Infantry Volunteers, to serve three years.  He was promoted to sergeant September 3, 1863, and to second lieutenant, but not mustered, January 1, 1865; was wounded at the battle of Champion Hill, Mississippi; was mustered out of service with his company July 17, 1865, at Savannah, Georgia.  His service covered a period of two years, eleven months and five days.
     Craven V. Gardner, brother of the last above named was enrolled August 7, 1862, at Council Bluffs, Iowa, and was mustered in to take effect from the date of his enrollment as first sergeant, Company A, 29th Iowa Infantry Volunteers, to serve three years.  He was promoted to be captain of the same organization February 21, 1863, and was honorably discharged from the service August 10, 1865, at New Orleans, Louisiana, by reason of the muster out of his company on the date named.  His term of service covered three years and three days.
     Asa A. Gardner, brother of the last two above named, was enrolled October 21, 1861, at Mt. Gilead, Ohio, and was mustered into service to take effect from the date of his enrollment, as a private of Company D, 65th Ohio Infantry Volunteers, to serve three years.  He was appointed second sergeant November 26th and first sergeant, November 30, 1861; was mustered as second lieutenant of the same organization to take effect February 8, 1862, and as first lieutenant to date from December 1, 1862.  He was badly wounded in action at the battle of Stone river, Tennessee, December 31, 1862, and again in the battle of Chickamauga, Georgia, September 19, 1863.  He was mustered as captain, company C, of the same regiment to take effect February 3, 1864, and was honorably discharged from the service in orders from the War Department dated May 30, 1865, on account of his services being no longer required and physical disability from wounds received in action.  His service covered a period of three years, seven months, and nine days.
     Isaac N. Gardner, brother of the last three above named, was enrolled August 22, 1862, at Camp Chase, Ohio, and was mustered into service August 28, 1862, as corporal, Company C, 88th Ohio Infantry Volunteers, to serve three years.  He was mustered out as a corporal January 20, 1864, at Columbus, Ohio, to accept an appointment as first lieutenant in the 27th United States Colored Troops and was mustered in as captain of the same company June 9, 1864.  He was mustered out with his company September 21, 1865, at Smithville, North Carolina, his service having covered a period of three years and twenty-nine days.
     Washington Gardner, 2d, youngest brother of the four last above named, was enrolled October 26, 1861, at Westfield, Ohio, and was mustered into service to take effect from the same date, as a private Company D, 65th Ohio Infantry Volunteers, to serve three years.  He was appointed sergeant November 1, 1863; was badly wounded in action at the battle of Resaca, Georgia, May 14, 1864, and was mustered out with his company at Nashville, Tennessee, December 14, 1864, by reason of expiration of term of service.  He was in the army three years, one month and seventeen days.
     Carleton F. Gardner, great-grandson of John and Elizabeth (Grove) Gardner; grandson of John Lewis and Sarah (Goodin) Gardner and son of Washington, 2d, and Anna (Powers) Gardner served in the Spanish-American War as a private in Company E, 31st Michigan Infantry Volunteers.  He was enrolled April 26, 1898, at Lansing, Michigan, and was mustered into service May 8, 1898, at Island Lake, Michigan, and after a service of five months and ten days was honorably discharged October 6, 1898, at Camp Poland, Tennessee, pursuant to orders from the War Department.
     Elton G. Gardner, a younger brother of the last above named, served as a private in Company A, 32d Michigan Infantry Volunteers.  He was enrolled May 12, 1898, at Island Lake, Michigan, and was mustered into service May 14, 1898, at the same place and was honorably discharged November 5, 1898, at Coldwater, Michigan, having served five months and twenty days.
     Roy Mulvane, great-grandson of James and Laura (Mozier) Gardner and grandson of Joseph and ––––– Gardner, and son of William P. and Emily (Gardner) Mulvane, was enrolled as the record shows July 9, 1898, at St. Charles, Missouri, and was mustered into service July 20, 1898, as a sergeant in Company G, 6th Missouri Volunteer Infantry, war with Spain, to serve two years, and was honorably discharged from the service, as a sergeant, April 6, 1899.  His term of service covered eight months and twenty-seven days.

Summary.

     The following brief summary of the above military service shows that twenty-four descendants of John Gardner, founder of this branch of the American family of that name served in war under the flag of the Union; that of these, one was a son, sixteen were grandsons, and seven great-grandsons.  The official record shows that they served an aggregate of fifty-one years, four months, and twenty-nine days; of this forty-eight years, eight months, and one day was in the Civil war.  Two of the twenty-three served over four years each, six over three years, while the average for all was two years and two months.  Two died while in the service, five were wounded in battle, two, twice; one was taken prisoner; four were captains, four lieutenants and six were non-commissioned officers.  Thirteen served in Ohio regiments, five in Iowa, two in Illinois, two in Michigan, one in Wisconsin, and one in Missouri.
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 891-897
Contributed by a Generous Genealogist.

Washington Gardner

Mrs. Washington Gardner

LAFAYETTE GATES. ––The present able and popular incumbent of the office of county commissioner of Morrow county, Ohio, to which position he was chosen for a second term in 1910, is Lafeyette [sic] Gates, who is a farmer and merchant of prominence and influence in this section of the fine old Buckeye state.  He was born on the 13th of November, 1846, the place of his nativity being a farm located about one mile and a half south of Pulaskiville, in Franklin township, Morrow county.  He is a son of John and Polly (Truax) Gates, both of whom are deceased, the former having been summoned to the life eternal on the 19th of January, 1891, at the age of eighty-two years and seven months, and the latter having passed away on the 7th of June, 1886, at the age of sixty-eight years and four months.  Mrs. Gates was a native of Washington county, Pennsylvania, whence she came to Ohio in 1838, at which time she was a child of but five years of age.  Her parents located on a farm in Morrow county and continued to be identified with agricultural pursuits during the residue of their lives.  Mr. and Mrs. Gates were devout members of the Baptist church, with which he was affiliated for a period of thirty-three years.
     Lafayette Gates, or “Lafe” as he is generally known, was reared to the invigorating influence of the home farm and he was the elder of his parents’ two children, both still living.  His educational training consisted of such advantages as were afforded in the district schools of the locality and period and he continued to be identified with farming operations en the old homestead until the time of his marriage, in 1871, at which time he located on his mother’s old home farm, where he erected a small frame house.  In 1873 he purchased an additional tract of nineteen acres and in 1882 he added to the original estate another tract of sixty acres.  He has since bought and sold many parcels of land and his present estate consists of some one hundred and sixty acres of most arable land.  All the buildings on the place are of the most modern type and his residence is one of the most beautiful in this township.  Residing with him is his son Clay, who is his assistant in the work and management of the farm.  In February Mr. Gates and his son, C. Clay, purchased a general store in Pulaskiville, which they operated until 1901, at which time on account of the death of his daughter and the subsequent illness of his wife, Mr. Gates returned to the home farm, where he remained until March, 1903.  He then purchased a store at Shauck Post Office, which he conducted until the 11th of November, 1905.  In 1906 he located on a farm of one hundred acres in Gilead township, which he disposed of in 1908, when he again became the owner of a store in Shauck’s Post Office.  In 1909 he disposed of his interests in town and returned to the old home farm, where he has since resided.  On the 12th of October, 1909, he bought an additional tract of forty acres of land.
     In his religious faith Mr. Gates has ever been aligned with the Baptist church, in whose faith he was reared.  In politics he is a stalwart Democrat and he is now serving his second term as county commissioner of Morrow county, to which he was elected in 1908.  Just after he had attained to his legal majority he was elected to the office of assessor of Franklin township, of which he continued in tenure for one year.  For nine years he was township clerk and for four years was township treasurer.  All his public service has been characterized by ardent devotion to duty and as a loyal and public spirited citizen he has no superior.
     On the 1st of January, 1871, Mr. Gates was united in marriage to Miss Jane E. Mann, and concerning her life and death the following lines from a local paper may be appropriately inserted here:
     “Jane E. Gates, daughter of John and Christena Mann, was born August 7, 1847, and died September 3, 1901, aged fifty-four years and twenty-seven days.  She was married to Lafayette Gates January 1, 1871.  To them was born two children, one son who remains to mourn the loss of a kind and loving mother, and one daughter who preceded her to the eternal life just five months ago.  On the 21st day of February, 1871, she was baptized by Rev. B. M. Marrison and united with the Franklin Baptist church, and ever afterward remained a faithful and consistent member.  Many times during her sickness she expressed a willingness to be taken home to heaven.  For about two years she was a constant sufferer from that dread disease, consumption, and during the last seven weeks of her life she was confined to her bed, being constantly attended by her friends and neighbors, who rendered to her every kindness in their power, for which the relatives offer their heartfelt thanks.  On the fifth day of September, 1901, her body was taken to Bryn Zion, where the funeral was preached to a very large congregation by Rev. W. H. Bedell, whom she had chosen before her death for that purpose, after which she was laid to rest in the beautiful cemetery beside her daughter, with whom she has been reunited on the shores of eternal bliss.”  She was ever a potent influence for good in the home and was a devoted wife and mother.  Cassius C. Gates, the son, was born on the 13th of October, 1872, was educated in the public schools of Morrow county and on the 23rd of December, 1897, was united in wedlock to Miss Augusta McCracken, a daughter of Wayne and Frances McCracken, of Harmony township, this county.  They have two children, John M., whose birth occurred on the 26th of August, 1898; and Dale W., born October 14, 1903.  Cassius Gates is a Baptist in his religious faith and fraternally he is a member of Johnsville Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows.  Cora Anita, the deceased daughter of Lafayette Gates, was born on the 3rd of May, 1877, and she married Clay Snyder, of Denmark, on the 31st of October, 1900.  She died April 5, 1901.  She was educated in the common schools and was a faithful member of the Baptist church, a worker in both the Sunday School and church.
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 717-719
Contributed by a Generous Genealogist.

ERNEST P. GEORGE. ––Proprietor of one of the leading restaurants in Mount Gilead and this section of Morrow county, Ernest P. George is also a fine representative of the young men who have succeeded in business as the result of unvarying industry, sheer determination, straightforward methods and natural ability, trained from early boyhood.  Moreover, he comes of a splendid family which for generations has “made good” both on the battlefields of war and in the strenuous conflicts of commerce and trade.     Mr. George is a native of Mount Gilead, born on the 12th of April, 1885, to Davies P. and M. Belle (House) George, the parents both being children of the Buckeye state––the father born in 1856 and the mother, in 1855.  Davies P. George is a retired miller, having been for many years an owner in the extensive business of the House Milling Company.  In order to revert to the origin of the company it is necessary to mention the maternal great-grandfather of Ernest P. George, Richard House, who was the founder of the business in the early pioneer days of the city and county.  He came to Mount Gilead from Knox county, Kentucky, and became one of the first business men of that place, both in point of time and character.  Richard House married Miss Mary Clemons, a native of England, and when their son, John C., was sixteen years of age he was apprenticed in his father’s mill.  Of this he finally assumed control and conducted it, with the family characteristics of a well trained mind and skillful hands, for a period of sixty-two years, during which the business had grown to firmly established importance among the industries of the region.
     Davies P. George became a partner of John C. House and in due time his son, Ernest P., of this sketch, was apprenticed to learn the trade and business in the old mill which had been founded by his maternal great-grandfather.  Besides this son, who was the second child to be born into the family, Mr. and Mrs. George became the parents of Herbert, who is a farmer in Congress township, this county; Anna, who married Willard Hatton, a resident of Mount Gilead; John H., deceased; and Miriam.
     Ernest P. George, of this review, obtained his early education in the public schools of Mount Gilead, and commenced his apprenticeship in the old House mill when twelve years of age.  When he had attained his majority he moved to Cresline [sic], and for three years remained in the employ of Weaver Brothers, millers of that place.  In April, 1908, he returned to Mount Gilead and became associated with his father in the operation of a bakery, on the 1st of January, 1909, moving to Caledonia, where he conducted an independent venture in the same line until April 10, 1910.  Upon the latter date Mr. George purchased what was originally known as the Candy Kitchen of Mount Gilead, which he has since transformed into a first-class restaurant, where healthful and appetizing food is neatly served and the pleasant surroundings are such as to further account for its wide popularity.  Mr. George is a stalwart and progressive Republican in his private opinions, but has never sought to bring himself into public notice, although he is deeply interested in what is of real moment to the general good and advancement.  As to his affiliations with organized social and religious movements it should be added that he is an esteemed member of the Knights of Pythias (Charles H. Hull Lodge, No. 195), and is active in the work of the Methodist church.  Mrs. George is also earnest in the manifold activities of the latter organization.
     On the 19th of November, 1903, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. George to Miss Blanche Irwin, a daughter of William A. and Jeannette (Richardson) Irwin.  Her parents reside on their fine farm and country estate four miles north of Mount Gilead.  Mrs. George’s paternal grandfather was a native of Pennsylvania, whence he came to Ohio in the days of the primitive pioneers and settled upon a wooded tract of six hundred and forty acres, or a square mile of forest land.  His first dwelling place in this dense wilderness was a tent, which he occupied until he could throw together a rude log hut; from these rude beginnings he advanced to prosperity along the rugged paths laid out for the pioneer of his day, and eventually became wealthy and prominent.  William A., his son and the father of Mrs. George, inherited considerable of the paternal property, and now owns and operates a valuable farm on one hundred and fifty acres in Washington county.  Mrs. George has a brother, Clarke Irwin, who lives on an adjoining homestead, as well as three sisters––Cora, Eva and Ina.  By her marriage she has become the mother of Richard Irwin George, whose birth occurred on the 19th of September, 1904.
     As an indication of the intimate connection of the two families with each other and their long identification with the history of Morrow county, it is suggestive to know that nine of Mr. George’s great-great-grandfathers, great-grandfathers and grandfathers rest in its mellow and kindly soil; that his grandfather, E. P. George, and his wife’s father, William A. Irwin, both served in the Civil war as members of Company G, One Hundred and Sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and that the paternal great-grandfather, Henry George, was a soldier in the war of 1812, in whose naval fortunes the state of Ohio had so vital an interest.
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 747-749
Contributed by a Generous Genealogist.

BENTON E. GOODRICH. ––On his fine farm of two hundred and thirty-five acres of most arable land in Washington township, Morrow county, Ohio, Mr. Benton E. Goodrich is turning his energy to good account and since engaging as an agriculturist his success has been on a parity with his well directed endeavors.  In Harmony township, Morrow county, on the 11th of June, 1858, occurred the birth of Mr. Goodrich, whose parents were Abner J. and Drucilla (Graham) Goodrich.  He was the second in order of birth in a family of three children, the others of whom are Marion and William, both of this county.  Abner J. Goodrich was engaged in farming during the major portion of his active career and he was summoned to eternal rest in 1869, his wife having passed away October 12, 1909, aged eighty-five years and six months.  Mr. Goodrich was a soldier in the Civil war for about a year, and he received an honorable discharge.  He was a Republican and a member of the Methodist church.  Mrs. Goodrich was a member of the Baptist church.  Both are interred in Beulah cemetery in Congress township.
     When eighteen months old Benton E. Goodrich accompanied his parents on their removal to Congress township, this county, in whose public schools he was educated.  He remained at home until thirty-one years of age, at which time he was married and after that event he rented a farm in North Bloomfield township, on which he resided for the ensuing four years.  In 1893 he purchased a tract of forty acres in Washington township and subsequently he purchased more land, so that he now owns and operates a fine estate of two hundred and thirty-five acres of highly cultivated land.  In politics he endorses the cause of the Democratic party and he has been honored by his fellow citizens with various local offices of trust and responsibility, among them being those of land appraiser, school director for the past four years, constable and justice of the peace.  On the 8th of November, 1910, he was elected as a member of the board of infirmary directors.  Fraternally he is a member of the Washington Grange, No. 1728.
     On September 26, 1890, Mr. Goodrich was united in marriage to Miss Rosina Parks, who was born in North Bloomfield township, July 31, 1873, and who was reared and educated in Wood and Sandusky counties, Ohio.  Mr. and Mrs. Goodrich became the parents of three children one of whom is deceased, namely: Calvin, born in 1892 and who died in infancy; Elmer A., born September 9, 1890, remains at home, as does also Drucilla J., whose birth occurred September 6, 1898.
     Mr. Goodrich has been a hard worker all his life and he is a good manager and a good financier.  He is a man of broad information and much kindliness of spirit and he and his wife are numbered among the best known and most influential citizens of this county.
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 749-750
Contributed by a Generous Genealogist.

MAHALA D. GORDON. ––Among the many families of Chester township whose individual histories are pleasantly interwoven are eminent the families of Gordon and Gardner, of the former Mrs. Mahala Gordon, a venerable and much honored lady being a widely known and admirable representative.  Her husband, the late Sidney Gordon, was born near Fredericktown, Ohio, June 24, 1831.  He was the son of William and Mary (Hedden) Gordon, the former of whom was a native of Manchester, England, and the latter of New York.  Sidney’s brothers and sisters were Nelson, Elmer, Emeline, Marvin, William, Melissa and Hannah.
     Sidney Gordon’s father ran away from home in England at the age of seven years, because of a whipping administered to him by his father, joining his uncle on a whaling expedition and remaining for some time upon the “bounding main.”  A number of years later he enlisted in the English army as a private, this step at first greatly incensing his father, who was a rich silk manufacturer and who desired to have him go into business.  One day when his company was lined up for roll call, an officer rode up in front of the ranks and called out the name of William Gordon, summoning him to headquarters.  He went in fear and trembling, anticipating trouble, but he was agreeably surprised to learn that he had been promoted to a lieutenancy, the rank having been purchased for him by his father.  He was a good soldier, doing service for over seven years and being finally promoted to the rank of captain.  The English government offered a large reward to the man who would kill their enemy, Napolean [sic] Bonaparte, and upon one occasion upon the battlefield young Gordon was near “The Little Corsican” and had an excellent opportunity to do his country the great service.  As he was raising his musket, Bonaparte saw him and gave him the sign of the Orangemen.  This had the desired restraining effect as Gordon was of that order.  Fearing the English government would learn of his failure of duty, he left the army after peace was declared and sailed for America, his mother previously packing a Bible among his effects, which is one of the chiefest treasures of the Gordon home at the present day and which bears upon the fly-leaf, “Published in Cambridge, England, 1760.”  William Gordon was a man of fiery temper and unbending will, but he was possessed of sterling principles.  His experiences with the Catholics in the Irish insurrection made him ever after on his guard against them, and he sometimes referred to them as a foe which never slept.  One feautre [sic] of a remarkable life was the fact that he lived to amazing length of years, being one hundred and nine years of age at the time he was summoned to the Great Beyond.  He engaged in agriculture and resided during his life in America in New York, New Jersey and Ohio.
     Sidney Gordon, a son of the foregoing, married Miss Mahala Gardner, who was born September 12, 1833.  She was the daughter of John and Rachel (Mockabee) Gardner, natives of Ohio, and besides a sister, Martha, she had three brothers, Nelson, Charlie and Melville, who were soldiers in the Civil war, their service extending over nearly the entire period.  Sidney Gordon, like his father, was a valient [sic] soldier, enlisting at the time of the war between the states as a member of Company F, One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry.  His wife was left with six small children bravely to face the problems of existence during his absence.
     After the marriage of Sidney and Mahala they resided for ten years with the parents of the former.  They then removed to Iowa, where they purchased three hundred and sixty acres of land, but they remained in the new state only about a year.  They returned at the desire of Father and Mother Gordon, who wished to feel that they were near them in their old age, and the younger people cared for the older for thirty years, for they lived to an advanced age.  William Gordon’s wife was a venerable lady of wonderfully sweet and kind disposition and during the thirty years in which her children lived with her they never knew her to be angry.
     Sidney and Mahala Gordon became the parents of seven children: Rosa, the eldest who died at the age of thirty-six years; Helen; John, Herbert, Charlie, Sidney and Mary.  Helen married Robert Zolman and resides at Pulaskiville, their offspring being Walter, Eddie, Freeman, Lloyd, Maud and Grace.  John, who makes his home near Chesterville, married Lucy Selover and their children are May, Maud, Ada and Harry.  Herbert married Gustavia McLaughlin and their residence is in Butler, Ohio.  Charlie married Elizabeth Ackerman and is the proprietor of a furniture store at Mansfield.  They have one son, Fred.  Sidney resides on the old home place.  He married Lola Squires, who, dying, left one daughter, Bertha.  He was married a second time, Maggie Hartman becoming his wife.  Mary became the wife of L. B. Shurr, proprietor of Rogers Lake, a popular summer resort.  The demise of the elder Mr. Gordon occurred on August 28, 1905, and his widow occupies their home in Chesterville, surrounded by hosts of friends.  She and her family have ever been held in high esteem and are regarded as of the finest type of citizenship.
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 754-755
Contributed by a Generous Genealogist.

THOMAS F. GORDON, ex-sheriff of Morrow county, Ohio, and one of the progressive and up-to-date farmers and stock men of the county, was born in Perry county, this state, June 8, 1852 a son of one of the pioneer settlers of the Western Reserve.
     Israel Gordon, his father, was a native of Greene county, Pennsylvania, who came to Ohio in 1818.  For a time he worked in the salt mills at McCuneville, Ohio.  He subsequently owned four hundred acres of rich coal land, at the place where Shawnee, Ohio, now stands.  When he was fifty-three years of age he sold the tract at a good price and moved to Morrow county, where he purchased eight hundred acres of farming land.  His wife, Susan, was born in Fairfield county, Ohio, but was reared at Bristol in Perry county.  They were the parents of eight children, six sons and two daughters, namely: Margaret, Turner, Harriet, Andrew Jackson, George Washington, Thomas F., Robert Samuel, and C. W.  C. W. Gordon left home twelve years ago, and his whereabouts are unknown.
     Thomas F. Gordon is the owner of four hundred and thirty-one acres of productive lead, one hundred acres in Chester and two hundred and forty-six acres in Harmony township, well improved with good fences and buildings, and his home is a commodious and attractive one.  Mr. Gordon has for years taken a special interest in stock raising.  He has the largest and best herd of Short Horn cattle in Morrow county, and it is a well known fact that wherever he has exhibited his stock at fairs he has never failed to capture premiums.  Among his horses are two prize-winning stallions, and he is a large stockholder in the Chesterville Percheron Horse Company.
     Politically Mr. Gordon has always been a prominent Republican, active and influential in party affairs, and has twice been elected and served as county sheriff, his first election being in 1892, the second in 1896.
     Mr. Gordon married, November 4, 1896, Miss Anna M. Winters, daughter of Major Gilbert E. Winters, both a Mexican and Civil war veteran and a personal friend of Abraham Lincoln.  During the Civil war Major Winters held important commands, at one time being in command of Camp Denison, Cincinnati.  He was one of the first law practioners [sic] in Morrow county, and at Sycamore, Illinois, where he made his home for some years, he filled the office of prosecuting attorney.  He was born in 1823 and died in 1867.  Recently, in the summer of 1910, his son-in-law, Mr. Gordon, erected a monument to his memory.  Mr. Gordon has no children, and his wife died Septemebr [sic] 1, 1907, and is buried in River Cliff cemetery, Mt. Gilead.  She was a member of the Episcopal church and a most estimable woman, loved by all who knew her.
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 597-598
Contributed by a Generous Genealogist.

J. W. GRIFFITH. ––It has often occurred to the writer that the metropolitan press does not fully or fairly appreciate the thorough-pervading influence of the country newspapers and the faithful, able and valuable services of country journalists.  While none fail to give due credit to the agricultural classes and rural communities as forming the stanchest element in economy of America’s world-famed prosperity and general happiness, the fact is often ignored that no one individual has a larger voice in their affairs and is more honored as a wise adviser and strong advocate than the able and faithful editor who, although one of them in sympathies and intimate knowledge of their lives, is still a leader and an inspiration.  When the country editor is thus adopted into the community as a strong elder brother, affectionate and yet just, and remains bound closely to all its interests from young manhood to old age, as with the Rev. J. W. Griffith, of the Morrow County Sentinel, Mount Gilead, it is an injustice indeed that the entire press of the country should not place a very large account to country jounalism [sic] in striking a balance sheet on national prosperity, national patriotism and national stability and progress in general.
     Mr. Griffith is a native of Pennsylvania, and since early boyhood has developed in an atmosphere of printer’s cases, presses and editorial “copy.”  After attaining his majority he came to Ohio to take a position with his uncle at Shelby, but the call of the printer soon drew him away from the mercantile field and he applied for a “case” at the office of the Shield and Banner, Mansfield.  As there was no vacancy on that paper, he sought work in the same line elsewhere, and fortunately learned from a fellow compositor that a case was idle in the office of the Sentinel of Mount Gilead.  So the weary but persistent youth trudged to the county seat of the newly formed county, and was rewarded by securing the coveted work at his beloved trade.  That was sixty-three years ago, and since that time the industrious, faithful and able compositor has surely risen to the position of editor and proprietor of one of the most influential and prosperous country papers in Ohio, with a substantial subscription list and a fine mechanical plant.
     Quoting the words of one of Mr. Griffith’s warm and appreciative fellow journalists: “Brother Griffith has never been sensational as a writer, but is always conservative and thoughtful.  He never has to take back today what he published yesterday.  He is loyal and true to his friends, and in conversation is entertaining, with a tinge of mirth and charming repartee.”
     Again, as suggesting characteristics both of editor and his paper, is the following taken from the first number of the thirty-third volume of the Sentinel: “This issue rounds to a close the thirty-second volume of the Sentinel, and on the threshold of the new year it is befitting that we should look back with our readers over the checkered path we have trod together.  Thirty-two years!  Could the Sentinel speak and tell us of the changes it has witnessed, the trials passed, the triumphs achieved, the friends it has seen pass away or grown gray, as it has grown strong––how the tale would enthrall our breathless attention!  But thirty-two years is not the age of gushing confession, and we cannot expect to hear of its early loves and disappointments, the frolics and vicissitudes of its youth.  A generation has passed since its birth, and while its servants and friends have grown older and fonder of the ease earned by a life of toil, it has just arrived at maturity, and rejoices like a strong man to run a race.
     “In public life what revolutions the Sentinel has seen.  Parties have fulfilled their mission and passed away like autumn leaves; the cause of freedom rising in the cloud of ‘free soil’ not larger than a man’s hand, has spanned the heavens, and equal rights, casting its shadow over a weary land, has delivered that which was holy and set the oppressed free.  The public life of the last thirty-two years has been eventful, charged with potencies for weal or woe to the nation, and the Sentinel, in its place and way, has borne its part without wavering and without regret; and standing now on the eve of another conflict between the old elements of antagonism it draws fresh inspiration from this birthday retrospect, and renews its faith in the policy of honesty, liberty and equal rights before the law and at the ballot box.”
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 486-487
Contributed by a Generous Genealogist.

                                                                        “Vancouver, B. C., April 28, 1909.

“Dear Brother Young:
     “We take this opportunity of writing you a few lines.  We had the pleasure of a visit from Sister M. Grove, of Ohio.  She preached for us for three Sundays.  We enjoyed her visit very much; she did us good.  May God bless her great heart of love.  She is the ablest woman we ever heard preach the glorious gospel.  She preached one sermon at one of the missions and two young men came out on the Lord’s side.  May the Lord bless her.
                                                                   “Your brothers in Christ,
                                                                   “Robert A. Muir.
                                                                   “Thomas Lobb, Trustees.”

       Another article of appreciation concerning Mrs. Grove’s services appeared in the Advocate, under date of June 13, 1909, and the same is considered worthy of reproduction in this sketch.
     “The recent notice in the Advocate concerning the work of Sister M. Grove in Washington brings to my mind the time of her first appearance in Snohomish, where I had the pleasure of hearing her.  However prejudiced one might be against a woman preacher, it would be entirely dispelled after hearing one of her sermons.  For she presents the Word, modestly but forcefully, in sweetness but convincingly, so that when she has finished her theme the hearer must either receive or reject the message.  I wish she might be secured as a permanent worker in the Washington Conference.  But whenever the Lord calls her I believe she will do most acceptable work for God.
                                                                   “In the Master’s service,
                                                                   “Reverend Charles P. Kittredge,
                                                                   “Pastor of Snohomish A. C. church.”
     Mrs. Grove is considered a woman of strong personality and she is everywhere accorded recognition as an eloquent and forcible speaker.  While pastor of the John Day Advent church in Oregon, Mrs. Grove edited a little book entitled “Broken Links in Error’s Chain,” which caused more commotion among the ministry than anything they had heard for years and which was strongly opposed by religious editors and pastors.  The work, advocating freedom from traditional errors, by which the human mind has been bound for centuries of tradition and superstition, insists that the Satan, which the human family has been taught is an unseen personality, should be relegated to the realms of oblivion and man made to understand that “Out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, etc.,” thus teaching the important lesson “Know thyself.”  After this book was published a number of editors and preachers wrote scurrilous criticisms of it and in reply to them Mrs. Grove issued an open challenge to debate the question openly.  In her quest, however, she failed to find a single man who was willing to meet her in the arena of fair and open discussion.  Many broad-minded men heartily endorsed her work and from Maine to California she received hundreds of congratulatory testimonials.
     While a resident of Idaho, Mrs. Grove rode her saddle horse a distance of forty miles to vote for President Taft and during the campaign she herself was elected justice of the peace in Bingham county.  Mrs. Grove has acted as delegate to the state convention of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union both at Cleveland and at Salem, Ohio.  In 1911 she was one of Morrow county’s delegates to the Ohio State Sunday School Convention, held at Dayton.  While a pastor in Ohio, Mrs. Grove has officiated in one hundred funerals and has solemnized a large number of marriages.
     In connection with Mrs. Grove’s work at John Day Advent Christian church in Oregon the following appreciative statements are here incorporated.
     “In acknowledgement of the services of Sister M. Grove as our pastor for the past nine months, the John Day A. C. church desires to say, that in Sister Grove we found an earnest and congenial co-worker, and an able exponent and defender of Adventual truths, who never presents a theme without being thoroughly conversant with it.  As a result our church has been strengthened, and increased in numbers, and we feel encouraged and better equipped for work because of the instructive school we have been attending.
     “A fine reception was tendered Brother and Sister Grove by their friends before their leaving for their home in Sparta, Ohio.  We would have been pleased to have them remain with us, and hope they may return.

                        “For the church at John Day, Oregon,

                                                                        “F. I. McCallum, Trustee,
                                                                        “J. A. Laycock, Trustee,
                                                                        “M. C. Timms, S. S. Supt.”

     The entire careers of Mr. and Mrs. Grove have been characterized by deep human sympathy and that innate kindliness of spirit which begets comradeship and cements to them the friendship of all with whom they have come in contact.  They are everywhere accorded the unalloyed confidence and high regard of their fellow citizens and their exemplary lives serve as lessons and incentive to the younger generation.
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 874-881
Contributed by a Generous Genealogist.

FRANK WAKELY GUNSAULUS. ––As the native sons of America go forth from their home communities into the untried outer world, as uncertain if not as portentuous [sic] as the wierd [sic] west was to Columbus, they little know how many of those they leave behind are tracing their actions and their careers with trembling interest and warm affection.  When those who thus venture into larger fields are blessed with the privilege of radiating a wide and strong influence for good, the home people cannot but glow with a sort of proprietary love for their children who have thus gone into a far country and stimulated greater communities than theirs to high thoughts and high actions.  Thus it is with Frank Wakely Gunsaulus, with Dr. Gunsaulus, of Chicago, who spent those periods of his life in Morrow county, which fixed those tendencies, if they did not fully form his character.  Those who were his mates in the public and high schools of Chesterville until he was well into his sixteenth year are now middle-aged men and women; but when they have visited Chicago and sat under his words of inspiration and fraternity at Plymouth church or Auditorium Hall, they could not but turn back into the mist of forty years and see and still love him as their bright-eyed, enthusiastic and affectionate comrade of the youthful times.  The home ties are the strongest, after all, both for those who break them and for those who keep them fast.
     Dr. Gunsaulus was born in Chesterville, Ohio on the 1st of January, 1856, and is a son of Joseph and Mary (Hawley) Gunsaulus.  The father was born on the family homestead in Cayuga county, New York, April 29, 1825, and when thirteen years of age was brought by his parents to the farm in Chester township where he spent his boyhood, and commenced to deal in real estate and live stock at a later date.  He also read law for a number of years previous to his election, in the fall of 1861, as a representative from Morrow county on the Republican ticket.  Taking his seat in January, 1862, he was admitted to the bar during the same winter, and represented his county during the succeeding four years, spending his vacations in the promotion of the Union cause at home.  While in Columbus he served on the Military Committee and on the Committee on Municipal Corporations.  Returning from the state capital in 1865, he located at Chesterville, where he continued to practice, superintend his farming and real estate interests, and serve his home town as mayor, president of the school board and in other positions of local honor.
     Frank W. Gunsaulus spent his boyhood and youth at Chesterville, passing through its grammar school with commendable industry.  After graduating from the local high school he entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, and received the degree of Bachelor of Arts from that institution at his graduation in 1875.  His alma mater conferred Master of Arts upon him in 1887, and Beloit College, Wisconsin, D. D., in the same year.
     Shortly following his graduation from Wesleyan University, Dr. Gunsaulus was ordained to the Methodist ministry, and preached within the pale of that denomination from 1875 to 1879, but in the latter year became a Congregational clergyman, believing that the tenets of that creed would give him greater freedom in the exercise of his individual views.  He served as pastor of the Eastwood Congregational church at Columbus, Ohio, until 1881; of the Newtonville church, Massachusetts, during the succeeding four years; of the Memorial church, Baltimore, from 1885 to 1887; of the Plymouth church, Chicago, from the latter year until 1899, and of the. Central church, that city, from 1899 to the present.  He has been president of Armour Institute of Technology, with its fourteen hundred students since it was founded by him, through the munificence of the late Philip D. Armour, in 1893.  Dr. Gunsaulus became a lecturer of the Yale Theological Seminary in 1882, and for many years has served as professional lecturer at the University of Chicago.  As an author he is widely known through the following: “Metamorphosis of a Creed,” 1878; “November at Eastwood,” 1879; “Phidias and Other Poems,” 1887; “Loose Leaves of Song,” 1888; “Songs of Night and Day,” 1889; “Monk and Knight,” 1889; “Transfiguration of Christ,” 1892; “Life of Wiliam [sic] Ewart Gladstone,” 1898; “The Man of Galilee,” 1899; “Paths of Power,” 1905; “Path to the City of God,” 1906; “Higher Ministries of Recent English Poetry,” 1907.  The above sketch gives but an imperfect idea of the range of Dr. Gunsaulus’ thought or activities.
     One of the Doctor’s Chicago friends and admirers, who gratefully acknowledges the good influence of his printed and spoken words, has rounded ou [sic] this work in the western metropolis in the following fashion: “The twenty-four years which Dr. Gunsaulus has spent in Chicago have placed him in the front ranks of pulpit orators, organizers, scholars and literateurs.  The warm friendship which the late Philip D. Armour conceived for him early in his career suggests a parallel between the practical union of their forces in the establishment of moral and educational institutions, the work carried on by Dwight L. Moody and John V. Farwell.  Dr. Gunsaulus was ordained a minister and preached within that denomination for four years, joining Congregationalism in 1879 and preaching in Ohio and Massachusetts before going to Baltimore.  While pastor of Plymouth church, Chicago, he accomplished wonders in the development of the Armour missions, and throughout his pastorate showed a strong and practical interest in the young men of the community.  In one of his sermons he drew a general outlines an ideal picture of an institution which should scientifically prepare them for the practical duties of life and make special provision for those in humble circumstances, but of moral, ambitious and able characters.  After the discourse Mr. Armour, in his impulsive way, met his pastor and offered to found such an institute as he had pictured, provided he would assume its organization and management.  This was the origin of the great Armour Institute, of which Dr. Gunsaulus is still president.  Notwithstanding that for years he carried the noted technical school upon his shoulders, at the same time he developed a church organization which became so strong and broad in its influences that Central church was formed in 1899, and he commenced his notable services at the Auditorium.  This great hall is also filled to overflowing every Sunday forenoon, and Dr. Gunsaulus has long been called the Wendell Phillips of the west and the David Swing of his day.”
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 919-921
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