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REUBEN PACE. ––Through his own well directed endeavors Mr. Pace has become the owner of a well improved farm of eighty acres in Gilead township, and he is numbered among the successful agriculturists and stock-growers of the county, where he has maintained his home for more than thirty years and where he has forged forward from the position of a farm hand, employed by the month, to a secure place as one of the representative agriculturalists of this section of his native state
     Mr. Pace was born in Perry county, Ohio, near New Lexington, and the date of his nativity was January 19, 1853.  He is a son of Minor and Julia (Drake) Pace, members of sterling pioneer families of this state, where the father continued to be identified with agricultural pursuits until his death.  He died in Perry county and his wife died in Marion county, Ohio.  Of their children four sons and one daughter are now living.  He whose name introduces this review early began to learn the valuable lessons of practical industry, as he began to assist in the work of the home farm when a mere boy.  His educational advantages were those afforded in the district schools of his native county and he continued to be associated with his father in the work of the farm until he had attained to his legal majority.  He then began working by the month as a farm hand, and as such he came to Morrow county in 1877, dependent entirely upon his own energy and ability for making his way to the goal of independence.  He was industrious and frugal and in 1894 he purchased his present farm, which is eligibly located in Gilead township at a point about three miles northeast of Mount Gilead, the county seat.  He has shown distinctive thrift and progressiveness in his farming and business operations and his place is devoted to diversified agriculture and stock-growing, in which latter department he has given special attention to the breeding of registered Merino sheep.  He has been very successful in this line of enterprise and the fine sheep raised by him are in much demand for breeding purposes.
     While loyal to all civic duties and responsibilities and ever ready to lend his cooperation in the promotion of measures advanced for the general good of the community, Mr. Pace has no ambition for public office.  His political allegiance is given to the Republican party, and in religion he is a Baptist.  His wife holds membership in the Presbyterian church at Mt. Gilead.  They are held in high esteem by all who know them and their pleasant home is noted for its generous hospitality.
     As a young man, while employed on a farm in Morrow county, Mr. Pace was united, in marriage to Miss Rose F. Nellans, daughter of the late John Nellans, a farmer of Canaan township.  Mrs. Pace was summoned to the life eternal December 31, 1892, and of the three children only one is living––Dora Maude, who is now and has been for six years, a successful and popular teacher in the schools of Gilead township.  The other daughter––Jessie U., died at the age of sixteen years, and the only son, John Sheldon, was but eighteen months old at the time of his death.  On the 4th of April, 1895, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Pace to Miss Angenetta Payne, who was born and reared in Morrow county, and who is a daughter of the late Hiram Payne.  No children have been born of the second marriage.
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 505-506
Contributed by a Generous Genealogist.

MELLVILLE PARROTT. ––A representative business man of Mount Gilead, Morrow county, Ohio, and one whose loyalty and public spirit have prompted him to do all in his power to conserve the progress and development of this section of the fine old Buckeye state is Mellville Parrott, who is a native son of Mount Gilead and a scion of an old Pennsylvania family.  He was born on the 4th of March, 1854, and is a son of Simeon S. and Mary (Hiddleson) Parrott, the former of whom was a native of Washington county, Pennsylvania, and the latter of whom claimed Monroe county, Ohio, as the place of her birth.  Both were born in the year 1818, and the father came to Morrow county, Ohio, in the year 1837, settling on a farm near Mount Gilead.  Mrs. Parrott came to this county with her parents, as a young girl, and her marriage was solemnized in September, 1840.  To this union were born the following children: Nelson, Clark, Mellville, Louise and Dora.  Nelson and Clark are both deceased; Mellville is the immediate subject of this review; Louise is the wife of N. N. Hiskett, and resides in Morrow county; and Dora married I. M. Lautz, of Vinton county.  Simeon S. Parrott died in 1904 and his cherished wife was summoned to eternal rest in 1901.
     Mellville Parrott was reared to the sturdy discipline of the home farm which was situated one mile southeast of Mount Gilead, and during the busy seasons he assisted his father in the work and management thereof, attending school during the winter terms.  When eighteen years of age he gave his entire time to farming and the raising of high-grade stock and he continued to be thus engaged until 1910, in which year he opened a coal yard at Mt. Gilead.  In the latter line of enterprise he has been most successful, controlling a large trade and conducting a prosperous business.  He owns forty acres of fine land in Gilead township, one quarter of a mile southwest of Mount Gilead, and on the same raises corn of exceptional quality, samples of which have been exhibited in many states of the Union.  He makes a specialty of the Johnson county white and the Reed yellow corn and for the same has been awarded premiums in many of the state fairs.  Mrs. Parrott is the owner of one acre of real estate in Mount Gilead, the same being located on West High street, near the Toledo & Ohio Central Railroad.
     Mr. Parrott has been twice married, his first union having been to Miss Addie McAllister, by whom he had three children: Ethel, who is the wife of Ellery Newson, of Morrow county; Nellie, who passed away in 1882; and Florence, who is the wife of Charles Markham, of Mount Gilead, Ohio.  Mrs. Parrott was summoned to the life eternal in 1880, and in 1893, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Parrott to Miss Lillie F. Elliottt [sic], who was born and reared at Marion.  No children have been born to this latter union.
     In politics Mr. Parrott accords an unswerving allegiance to the principles and policies for which the Democratic party stands sponsor and although he has never been desirous of political preferment he has been sincere and energetic in his efforts to promote the general welfare.  He served for a number of years as a member of the Morrow County Agricultural Society.  His wife is a devoted member of the Presbyterian church, and they hold a secure place in the esteem and friendship of their fellow citizens.
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 804-805
Contributed by a Generous Genealogist.

THOMAS A. PATTEN. ––A representative of one of the sterling pioneer families of Morrow county, Mr. Patten is here one of the effective exponents of the agricultural industry in this favored portion of the Buckeye state and he is the owner of a fine landed estate of one hundred and forty-four acres located in Gilead township, five miles northwest of Mount Gilead, the county seat, and three miles north of the thriving village of Edison.  Well known in his native county, Mr. Patten is a citizen whose career has been marked by unflagging application and productive energy, the while his sterling attributes and genial personality have gained to him the confidence and good will of those with whom he has come in contact.  As one of the representative citizens of Gilead township and as a citizen whose influence is given in the support of all worthy objects conserving the general welfare, he is well entitled to recognition in this volume.
     Thomas A. Patten was born in Canaan township, this county, on the 19th of June, 1861, and is a son of Joseph and Sarah (Coe) Patten, the former of whom was born in Pennsylvania and the latter in Ohio.  Joseph Patten was a boy of six years of age at the time when the family removed from the old Keystone state to Ohio.  He was a son of Thomas Patten, who came to this state in 1826, making the overland journey with ox teams and wagons, by means of which he transported his family, household effects and a modest equipment of farming implements.  In the year mentioned he established his home in Morrow county, which was then a part of Marion county, and located on a farm now owned by William Lepp, in Canaan township.  This land was a forest wilderness at the time he secured the same from the government and his first arduous labors were directed toward making a clearing in the woods and erecting therein his primitive log cabin, which was the family home for many years.  He reclaimed much of his land, which was a quarter section, to cultivation and continued to reside on this homestead until his death, as did also his noble and devoted wife.  They became the parents of eleven children, of whom Joseph was the second in order of birth, and these children were reared to lives of usefulness and honor.  The parents lived up to the full tension of the pioneer days and were earnest, sincere and God-fearing folk whose names merit a lasting place on the roster of those who assisted in laying the foundations for latter-day prosperity.  Thomas Patten, the elder, was a very strong man physically as well as morally and his children were strong and active.  Shortly after settling here in the woods he found that he needed a heavier log chain and he went to Mount Vernon on foot and, purchasing the iron, carried it back to Mount Gilead on his shoulder, a substantial chain being made therefrom.  His wife, who was also a very strong and determined woman, once killed a deer with a chopping ax.  The deer had been crippled at some time and had come to the spring for a drink.  The dog scented it and the deer went close to a large log to guard off the dog.  Mrs. Patten stole up to the log and struck the deer’s head over it, splitting it open.  Mr. Patten still has one of the horns in his possession as a memento of his grandmother’s prowess.  His father, James Patten, used to ride an ox and carry to the mill, a long distance away, a sack of corn sufficient to supply the family with meal.  Quite a difference now in the matter of accommodation!
     Joseph Patten was reared to maturity amid the scenes and influences of the pioneer epoch in Morrow county and his youth gave to him ample experience in connection with the herculean work of developing a farm in the midst of the forest.  He finally, however, determined to direct his efforts along other lines, and served an effective apprenticeship to the trade of blacksmith, in which he became a skilled artisan and to which he continued to devote his attention for fully forty years, during much of which time he was associated in partnership with the late Jonathan Masters, under the firm name of Patten & Masters.  They conducted a large and representative business and had a well equipped shop in Mount Gilead.  Their characters were as stanch as the vocation which they followed and they had a wide acquaintanceship in this section of the state, where both ever commanded secure place in popular confidence and esteem.  Vigorous in mind and body, cheerful, optimistic and whole-souled, Joseph Patten was a man of influence in the community and his friends were equal in number to his acquaintances.  He attained to the age of eighty-five and one-half years and his cherished and devoted wife was summoned to the life eternal at the age of seventy-three years.  They became the parents of seven children, three sons and four daughters, all of whom attained to years of maturity and two of whom are now living.  The subject of this review is the younger, and his brother, J. R., is a representative citizen of Brown county, Kansas, where he is in business.
     Thomas A. Patten was reared to manhood on the old homestead which his father owned in Canaan township and conducted in connection with his blacksmithing business, and he remained there until he became twenty-two years of age.  The public schools of his native county afforded him his early educational advantages and he continued to attend the same at intervals until he had attained to the age of eighteen years.  Virtually his entire active career has been one of close identification with agricultural pursuits, and through the same he has gained a definite and secure success, giving him place as one of the independent and substantial citizens of his native county, of whose manifold advantages and attractions he has ever been deeply appreciative and to whose interests he is signally loyal.  His present fine farm is well improved with substantial buildings and is under a high state of cultivation.  It is devoted to diversified agriculture and the raising of excellent grades of live stock and the thrift and good management of the owner are in evidence on every side.  He has been the owner of this farm since 1902 and the same was formerly owned by Jonathan Masters, his father’s old and valued partner in the blacksmith business.
     In politics, though never ambitious for official preferment, Mr. Patten is found arrayed as a stanch supporter of the principles and policies of the Democratic party and in local affairs of a public order he gives his support to all measures and enterprises tending to advance the general welfare of the community.  Both he and his wife hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal church at Boundary, and he is a valued member of Denmark Lodge, No. 760, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he is past noble grand.  He has belonged to the foregoing organization for twenty years.
     On the 17th of May, 1883, Mr. Patten was united in marriage to Miss Eda Hann, who was born in Canaan township, this county, on the 19th of January, 1862, and who is a daughter of the late Noah Hann, an honored citizen and prosperous farmer of Canaan township.  Sylvester P., the elder of the two children of Mr. and Mrs. Patten, was born on the 27th of November, 1866, and was educated in the public schools of the county.  He is one of the successful young agriculturists of Gilead township and is a young man of sterling character and exceptionally industrious habits.  He married Miss Mary Clouse and they have one child, Francis A., who was born on the 26th of August, 1909.  Pansy, the younger of the two children of the subject of this review, was born on the 9th of August, 1892, and was afforded excellent educational advantages.  She remains at the parental home and is one of the popular factors in the social activities of her home community.
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 823-826
Contributed by a Generous Genealogist.

ALEXANDER PEARL, distinguished as one of the oldest native-born citizens of Bloomfield township, Morrow county, is an honored representative of the brave and courageous men who boldly pushed their way to the western frontier in the early part of the last century, and by sturdy pioneer labor established homes for themselves and their descendants in this vicinity.  Since the days of his boyhood wonderful changes in the face of the country have been wrought, and in the development of its varied resources he has taken an active part, at the same time accumulating for himself a competency.  He was born January 6, 1837, in Morrow county, his birth occurring in Bloomfield township.
     His father, William Pearl, was born, bred and educated in, Maryland.  After his marriage with Nancy Doty, a Maryland girl, he came with his bride to Morrow county, Ohio, locating in Bloomfield township, not far from Chesterville township, where members of the Doty family were then well established.  The long trip was made with ox teams, the way being marked in many places only by blazed trees.  Taking up sixty-three acres of timbered land, be cleared and improved a good farm, and a few years later erected the first frame house in the township.  On that homestead his ten children were born and reared, eight sons and two daughters completing their household, as follows: Peter, Alexander, the special subject of this brief sketch; Jackson, deceased; William, Jim, Isaac, deceased, Oliver, George, Jane, and Ellen.  William Pearl was a zealous supporter of the principles of the Democratic party and a prominent member of the Christian church.
     In common with the sons of the neighboring farmers, Alexander Pearl obtained his early education in the district schools, attending the long winter terms, but assisting on the farm during seed time and harvest.  Beginning life for himself at the age of twenty-one years, his first important step was to take unto himself a wife.  He then embarked in agricultural pursuits, and by means of untiring industry, combined with skill and practical judgment, found himself, ere many years, proprietor of a highly-improved and productive homestead of eighty-three acres, with a good set of farm buildings.  In his political relations Mr. Pearl is a sound Democrat, and has served as trustee of Chesterville township.  Religiously he is an active member of the Advent church at Sparta.
     Mr. Pearl married, in 1858, Lovinia Dupy, who was born in Bloomfield township, Morrow county, on a farm on which her parents, Samuel and Elizabeth (Denina) Dupy, located on coming to Ohio from the Empire state.  Of this union five children were born, namely: James, deceased; Joseph; Malinda; Alfaretta; and Kelley, deceased.  Since the death of Mrs. Pearl, which occurred in 1905, Mr. Pearl has resided with his son Joseph, who was born June 4, 1875, and is now actively and prosperously engaged agricultural pursuits.  His daughter, Malinda Pearl, born February 25, 1880, also makes her home with her brother Joseph.
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 614-615
Contributed by a Generous Genealogist.

ZENAS B. PEOPLES. ––A prominent agriculturist of Congress township, Morrow county, Ohio, is Zenas B. Peoples, who here owns and operates a fine farm of one hundred and twenty acres.  Everything about his highly cultivated estate is indicative of thrift and prosperity and throughout this region Mr. Peoples is recognized as a man of sterling integrity of character and as a citizen whose contribution to progress and development has ever been of the most insistent order.  Mr. Peoples was born in this county, the date of his nativity being October 9, 1857.  He is a son of William and Mary (Cook) Peoples, the former of whom was a prominent farmer of this section of the fine old Buckeye state whose demise occurred on the 5th of June, 1880, at the age of fifty-five years.  William Peoples was a son of David Peoples, who was reared in Jefferson county, this state, his parents having been natives of Ireland, whence they came to America about the year 1780.  David Peoples accompanied his parents to Franklin township, Morrow county, in 1810, at which time he was a child of but five years of age.  At that time Franklin township was an uninhabited wilderness and Robert Peoples, great-grandfather of Zenas B., entered a tract of two hundred acres of government land, which he cleared and on which he reared to maturity a large family of children.  His son, David Peoples, died in 1865 at the age of seventy-three years.  The marriage of William Peoples to Miss Mary Cook was solemnized on the 11th of May, 1854, and to them were born four children: Louisa, whose birth occurred on the 28th of February, 1855; Zillah and Zenas, born October 9, 1857; and Kate, born April 2, 1866.  Louisa married Davis Hetrick and resides in Congress township, this county; Zillah is the wife of Michael Hirth and maintains her home in the city of Cleveland, Ohio; Zenas is the immediate subject of this review; and Kate married Jacob Volk, of Cleveland, Ohio.  William Peoples at the time of his death, was the owner of a farm of one hundred and ten acres of most productive land, which was divided among his children.
     Mary (Cook) Peoples, the mother of him whose name introduces this article, was a descendant of a long line of illustrious people.  She was a daughter of William P. and Louisa (Mann) Cook and her birth occurred on the 29th of August, 1830.  William P. Cook was a native of the state of Maryland, whence he came to Ohio in the early pioneer days, locating on a farm in Morrow county, where he raised a family of four children.  He was a son of Reverend John Cook, a minister in the Baptist church, who was long a noted preacher in Maryland and who served as chaplain in the war of the Revolution.  After immigrating to Ohio, Reverend Cook settled in Morrow county on the north fork of Owl creek, where he purchased a tract of seven hundred acres of land and where he divided his time between preaching and farming.
     Zenas B. Peoples was reared to adult age on the old homestead farm and his preliminary education consisted of such advantages as were offered in the public schools of the locality and day.  When nineteen years of age, through reading and close application to his studies, he was enabled to teach school, which he did for the ensuing eight years.  He is now the owner of a fine farming property of one hundred and twenty acres and he devotes his attention to diversified agriculture and the raising of high grade stock.  He is a prominent member of the Pleasant Grove Christian church, in which he was an elder for two years and in which he has served as clerk for the past year.  In politics he accords a stalwart allegiance to the principles and policies of the Democratic party, in the local councils of which he has long been an influential leader.  He is an ardent temperance advocate and is a member of the township board of school directors.  Mr. Peoples is a well informed, affable gentleman and one whose dealings have all been characterized by uprightness and most honorable methods.
     On the 13th of May, 1882, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Peoples to Miss Jennie Maxwell, a daughter of James P. and Susan (Swallum) Maxwell.  She was born on the 12th of February, 1860, and was reared on the farm on which she and her husband now reside.  Her father was summoned to the life eternal on the 2nd day of May, 1898, at the age of eighty years, and her mother passed away on the 24th of January, 1902, at the age of seventy-nine years.  James P. Maxwell came to Ohio from Pennsylvania, as a young man.  He was an early pioneer in this county and he traced his ancestry back to stanch Scotch-Irish extraction.  Mrs. Peoples’ great-grandfather, on the maternal side, was John Swallum, who was taken from school when a mere boy and forced into service as a soldier in the Hessian army.  Subsequently he was captured by the American forces and then became a gallant and faithful soldier under General Washington.  To Mr. and Mrs. Peoples were born two children: Jessie, the elder, and Ward M.  Jessie was educated in the public schools and at Angola, Indiana, Normal School, and she has been a popular and successful teacher in the schools of Morrow county and at Cleveland, Ohio, for the past nine years.  Ward M. lives on a farm adjoining his father’s and he is married to Miss Norma Elizabeth Fish; they have one child, Maxwell Beck Peoples, whose birth occurred on the 13th of May, 1909.
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 930-932
Contributed by a Generous Genealogist.

ORLANDO D. PHILLIPS ––The ranks of old patriot soldiers, who were so loyal in the defense of their country in her urgent need, are gradually becoming thinned, and thus it is a matter of special gratification to the publishers of this volume to here accord recognition to one who fought and bled at the shrine of Union.  Orlando D. Phillips has passed practically his entire active business career in Harmony township, Morrow county, Ohio, where he is the owner of a splendid farm of three hundred and twenty acres of well cultivated land.  He is engaged in diversified agriculture and the growing of live stock and in these lines of enterprise he has met with unqualified success.
     Orlando D. Phillips was born at Granville, Licking county, Ohio, the date of his nativity being the 21st of November, 1845.  He is a son of Benjamin and Margaret (Johnson) Phillips, both of whom were born and reared in Licking county, Ohio, where was solemnized their marriage.  Benjamin Phillips came to Morrow county from Newark, Ohio, in 1854, and he located on a farm in Harmony township, on which he continued to reside during the remainder of his life.  With the passage of years he accumulated a large estate, owning at one time as much as four hundred and fifty acres of fine Buckeye lands.  He was a well educated man and was widely renowned as an orator of marked eloquence.  He was a stanch Republican in his political proclivities and for a number of years served with the utmost efficiency as a member of the board of county commissioners of Morrow county.  He was the father of five children, all of whom are now deceased except Orlando D., the immediate subject of this review.  Benjamin Phillips was summoned to the life eternal in the year 1891, and his cherished and devoted wife passed away in 1911.  Both were highly esteemed in their home township, where they were active factors in progress and development.
     On the old homestead farm in Harmony township Orlando D. Phillips was reared to adult age, and as a boy and youth he attended the public schools of this section.  When but seventeen years of age he became fired with boyish enthusiasm and enlisted as a soldier in Company C, Eighty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, the date of the beginning of his military career being the 29th of January, 1862.  He was in the Eastern army during the first year and a half of his service and during that time participated in the second battle of Bull Run, the battle of Chancellorsville and the conflict at Gettysburg.  Subsequently he was with Joe Hooker and took part in the battle of Lookout Mountain.  He was twice wounded, at the battle of Resaca in the left thigh, and at Atlanta in the lungs.  He was with Sherman on his memorable march to the sea and throughout his military career he saw hard service.  Before the close of the war he was promoted to the rank of corporal and he received his honorable discharge and was mustered out of the service on the 3d of August, 1865.  One of his brothers, Oliver P. Phillips, gave up his life in the service of his country.  Mr. Phillips, of this notice, retains a deep interest in his old comrades in arms and signifies the same by membership in the Grand Army of the Republic, in which he is a valued and appreciative member of Marengo Post.  As a reward for his services during the Civil was he receives a pension of twenty-four dollars per month.
     When peace had again been established Mr. Phillips returned to Morrow county, Ohio, where he worked on his father’s farm until his marriage, in 1867.  After that important event he began to farm on his own account and he now owns a splendid estate of three hundred and twenty acres, all of which is in a high state of cultivation.  The fine substantial buildings, located in the midst of well cared for fields are ample proof of the owner’s thrift and industry.  In addition to his farming operations he raises high-grade stock and everywhere he is recognized as a farmer and business man of reliable methods and sterling integrity.  He and his wife are devout members of the Disciple church at Wildcat and he is affiliated with a number of fraternal and social organizations of representative character.  His political convictions are in harmony with the principle promulgated by the Republican party and he is ever on the alert to do all in his power to advance the general welfare of his home community and county.
     Mr. Phillips has been twice married, his first union being to Miss Mariah Long, the ceremony having been performed on the 19th of January, 1867.  To this marriage were born four children, three of whom are living in 1911, namely: Emma, who is the wife of Arthur Hayden; Eddie B., who is unmarried and who remains at the parental home; and Starley H., who is engaged in agriculture and who resides in Harmony township.  Mrs. Phillips was called to eternal rest on the 24th day of March, 1892, and subsequently Mr. Phillips married Miss Addie B. Turner.  The latter union has been profilic [sic] of one child; Freddie D., who was born on the 19th of April, 1899, and who is now attending the district schools in this township.  Mr. and Mrs. Phillips are popular and prominent citizens in Harmony township and they command the high regard of all with whom they have come in contact.
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 523-524
Contributed by a Generous Genealogist.

WILLIS T. PHILLIPS. ––A wide-awake, brainy man, full of vim and energy, Willis T. Phillips, of Bennington township, holds a place of prominence among the foremost agriculturists of Morrow county, and has made his mark in insurance circles, in the year 1910 doing an especially large business as agent for the Ohio State, Life Insurance Company.  He was born April 27, 1872, in Coshocton, Ohio, a son of Reverend W. L. Phillips, a well known Methodist Episcopal minister.
     Born in Pennsylvania, Reverend W. L. Phillips was educated for the ministry, and subsequently came to Knox county, Ohio, and was assigned to the Northern Ohio Conference.  He preached in different places, spending the larger part of his time, however, in Morrow county, where he held various pastorates.  He was a regularly ordained preacher at Iberia, and likewise at Fulton, where he built up a large church.  He was a man of great intelligence, public-spirited and progressive, and while in Morrow county represented his district in the State Legislature.  He married Mary Madden, who was born in 1840 in Perry county, and came with her parents to Morrow county in 1841.
     The only child of his parents, Willis T. Phillips attended first the graded schools, completing his early education in the Marengo High School.  As a young man he began his active career as an agriculturist, and now owns, in Bennington township, a well improved farm of one hundred acres, which he devotes to general farming and stock raising, meeting with good success in these lines of industry.  On October 1, 1909, Mr. Phillips accepted a position with the Ohio State Life Insurance Company, and the following year was credited by the company with doing more business along certain lines than any other of the company’s representatives.
     At the age of nineteen years, on February 19, 1891, Mr. Phillips married Jennie Randolph, who was born in Stantontown, Peru township, Ohio, December 22, 1871, a daughter of Hiram and Anna (Chase) Randolph.  Mr. and Mrs. Phillips are the parents of three children, namely: William, born November 1, 1892, was graduated from the Marengo High School with the class of 1911; J. Foster, born May 29, 1894; and Leno L., born August 7, 1898.  Politically an earnest supporter of the principles of the Republican party, Mr. Phillips is an active worker in its ranks, and is now one of the supervisors of election.  Both he and his wife are congenial, pleasant people, prominent in social affairs, and are held in high esteem throughout the community.
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 909-910
Contributed by a Generous Genealogist.

DR. ROY L. PIERCE, a representative member of the medical profession of Mt. Gilead, Ohio, has been identified with this place since the spring of 1901.
     Dr. Pierce is a native of Morrow county, Ohio, born in Chesterville, Chester township, September 15, 1868, and he belongs to a family whose residence in Ohio covers a period of more than a hundred years.  His parents, Clark and Harriet (Lyon) Pierce, both natives of Ohio, the former born in Harmony township, Morrow county, in 1830, the latter, in Knox county in 1833, were well known and highly respected in the community in which they lived; they died within twenty-four hours of each other, and of the six children born to them the subject of this sketch is the only one now living.  Clark Pierce was a Union soldier, and as a members [sic] of Company E, One Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio Regiment of Infantry, served all through the Civil war.  He was a son of Zabad Pierce.  Mrs. Harriet Pierce was a daughter of Daniel Lyon, who was a son of Simeon Lyon and a grandson of Abraham Lyon, the last named a captain in the Revolutionary war.  Simeon Lyon, in 1805 came to Ohio from Morristown, New Jersey, and acquired title to a tract of land in the Western Reserve, which is still in possession of members of the Lyon family.
     Roy L. Pierce passed his youth and early manhood at Chesterville in his native county.  After his graduation from the Chesterville High School he clerked and later taught school there deciding to prepare himself for the medical profession, he entered the Ohio Medical University, of Columbus, Ohio, where he graduated in 1896.  He began the practice of his profession as an extern of the institution, and took a post graduate course of one year.  In the spring of 1901 he took up his residence in Mt. Gilead, where he has since been successfully engaged in the practice of medicine.  He is secretary of the Morrow County Medical Society and has membership in the Ohio State and American Medical societies.
     Doctor Pierce married Miss Laura J. Rhodebeck in October, 1898.  She was born in Morrow, county in 1873, and is a graduate of the Mt. Gilead High School.  Previous to her marriage she was a music teacher.  They have had two children, an infant deceased, and Harriet I., born December 1, 1904.
     Fraternally the doctor is a Mason, having membership in Chester Lodge, F. and A. M.  He is also a member of Mt. Gilead Independent Order of Odd Fellows and of the Encampment, and has passed all the chairs, and is past grand chief patriarch.  Both he and his wife are members of the Order Eastern Star, in which she has passed the chairs, and she is also a member of the Rebekah Degree, auxiliary to the I. O. O. F., in which she has filled all the offices.  Politically the doctor affiliates with the Republican party.  He served two terms as coroner.  He is a genial, cordial gentleman and affable and of a cheerful, sunny nature, which are prime exponents of success in the sick chamber.  He is a lover of fine horses, a bird fancier, and humane by his dog; these are some of his social characteristics.
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 485-486
Contributed by a Generous Genealogist.

JAMES H. PLACE. ––Morrow county, Ohio, figures as one of the most attractive, progressive and prosperous divisions of the state, justly claiming a high order of citizenship and a spirit of enterprise which is certain to conserve consecutive development and marked advancement in the material upbuilding of this section.  The county has been and is signally favored in the class of men who have contributed to its development along commercial and agricultural lines and in the latter connection the subject of this review demands recognition, as he has been actively engaged in farming operations during practically his entire life thus far.  He has long been known as a prosperous and enterprising agriculturist and one whose business methods demonstrate the power of activity and honesty in the business world.
     James H. Place is a native son of Morrow county, his birth having occurred in Westfield township, on a farm near his present home, on the 27th of August, 1839.  He is a son of Ethan F. and Charity (Smith) Place, the former of whom was born in the state of New York and the latter of whom claimed Germany as the place of her nativity.  Ethan Place was a son of John Place, who was likewise born and reared in the old Empire state of the Union, in which place was solemnized his marriage and whence he removed to Ohio in an early day, location having been made on a farm in Westfield township.  His cherished and devoted wife, whose christian [sic] name was Sally, was summoned to the life eternal in Westfield township in 1836, and John passed away in 1848, at Caledonia, where he spent the closing years of his life.  To them were born the following named children: John, Sullivan, Ethan, Anson, Margie, Sallie and Elizabeth, all of whom are now deceased.  To Ethan and Charity Place were born: Lydia E., whose birth occurred on the 22nd of November, 1833; Philo D., born March 5, 1836; George P., March 3, 1838; James H., August 27, 1839; Henry and Henrietta, twins, born June 27, 1841; and Mary E., born October 13, 1849.  Ethan Place died on the 3rd of May 1881, and his noble wife was called to her reward on the 8th of May, 1885.  He was a stanch Republican in his political convictions and he was ever on the alert to do all in his power to advance the general welfare of the community in which he maintained his home.  The father was a Baptist and the mother a devout member of the Presbyterian church in their religious faith, and they were active and zealous participants in all benevolent and charitable movements advanced in the township.
     Mr. Place, the immediate subject of this review, was reared to the invigorating discipline of the home farm, in the work and management of which he early became associated with his father.  During the winter terms he attended the district schools in Westfield township and there managed to eke out a fair education, which he has since supplemented with extensive reading and varied experiences.  In 1867 he initiated operations as an independent farmer and he has resided upon his present splendid estate, comprised of one hundred acres, since 1867.  In the midst of highly cultivated fields are beautiful and substantial buildings and the general atmosphere of thrift and prosperity which pervades the place is indicative of good management on the part of its practical owner.  The Place farm is eligibly located six miles distant from Cardington and it is accounted one of the finest estates in Morrow county.  In his political convictions Mr. Place accords an uncompromising allegiance to the cause of the Republican party and while he has never manifested aught of ambition for the honors or emoluments of public office he is always willing to contribute his share to all matters projected for progress and development.  He is affiliated with the social organizations of representative character and while he is not formally connected with any religious organization, he has the highest feeling of respect for Christianity and attends and gives his support to the United Brethren church, of which his wife is a devout member.
     On the 25th of April, 1867, was recorded the marriage of Mr. Place to Miss Ruth R. Shaw, who was born in Westfield township, this county, on the 13th of November, 1845, and who is a daughter of Jonathan Shaw, born in Pennsylvania, and of Mary A. (Barry) Shaw, born in Maryland, whence they came to Westfield township at an early period, they having been the first white settlers in this section of Morrow county.  Jonathan Shaw, the father of Mrs. Place, lived and died on the old farm entered by his father and he was summoned to eternal rest on the 19th of November, 1901.  Mrs. Place is a scion of one of the most worthy families in Morrow county and a lady of most pleasing address and personality.  Her parents, Jonathan and Mary A. (Barry) Shaw, were the parents of the following children: Susanna, who is the wife of William Curl, a prominent citizen of Cardington, Ohio; Rachel, who was the widow of Andrew Redd prior to her marriage to T. J. Holloway, of Morrow county, Ohio; Sarah J., who was the wife of Oliver Sharp at the time of her death, on the 9th of September, 1902; Ruth R., who is now Mrs. Place, wife of the subject of this review; J. W. Shaw, a successful business man at Cardington, was twice married, first to Eva Ensign, who is deceased, and second to Miss Imo Shunk; James S., who married Miss Alma Lewis, is a resident of Carthage, Indiana, where he is the proprietor of a jewelry establishment and where he also conducts an undertaking business; Aaron is deceased, as are also Mary E. and Alfred A.; Melissa is the wife of Loran Curren, of Westfield township; John L. wedded Minerva Oliver and they reside in the northern part of Morrow county, near the city of Galion, Ohio; Martha E. is deceased; and Dorothy is the wife of W. C. Brenizer, one of the prosperous farmers of Westfield township.  Mrs. Place was reared and educated in what is now Shawtown, Ohio, and prior to her marriage she was one of the successful and popular teachers of Morrow county.  Mrs. Place, as well as her husband, came from sterling families and there has never been a blot on the escutcheon of the family name.  To Mr. and Mrs. Place have been born two children: Walter W., whose birth occurred on the 17th of May, 1872; and Carrie M., born November 4, 1874.  The son was married on the 25th of October, 1893, to Miss Ada Cecil and they are the parents of three children; Ralph L., Ivan L., and Irene E.  The daughter, Carrie M., was married to Lewis Howard on the 25th of February, 1897, and they reside in Westfield township.
     Mr. Place is a man of fine mentality and broad human sympathy.  He thoroughly enjoys home life and takes great pleasure in the society of his family and friends.  He is always courteous, kindly and affable, and those who know him personally accord him the highest esteem.  Mr. and Mrs. Place’s lives have been exemplary in all respects and they have ever supported those interests which are calculated to uplift and benefit humanity, while their own high moral worth is deserving of the highest commendation.
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 840-844
Contributed by a Generous Genealogist.

SAMUEL T. POLAND. ––An essentially loyal and public-spirited citizen of Congress township, Morrow county, Ohio, is Samuel T. Poland, who has filled with utmost efficiency many important offices of public trust and responsibility in this section.  Mr. Poland was born on the 30th of April, 1842, a son of Samuel and Mary (Truex) Poland, both of whom are now deceased, the former having passed away in 1865, at the age of sixty-five years, and the latter, in 1864, at the age of fifty-four years.  The father was a prominent farmer and was the first recorder of Morrow county, having been elected to that office in 1848 and serving therein for two terms.  Mr. and Mrs. Poland became the parents of ten children, namely: David, Benjamin, William R., John C., Daniel, Joseph, Samuel T., Elizabeth (Mrs. Parsons), Mary C. (Mrs. Early) and George W.  Of the above children all are deceased except John C., Samuel T. and George W.
     As a youth Samuel T. Poland attended the district schools of this county and he early began to assist his father in the work and management of the home farm.  When seventeen years of age he entered upon an apprenticeship at the shoemaker’s trade, serving for a period of three years and becoming a most skilled workman.  During the war he was an ardent Union sympathizer and in May, 1864, he enlisted as a private in Company G, One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in which he served for one hundred days, at the expiration of which he reenlisted in Company K, One Hundred and Seventy-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war.  He saw much active service in the war; was under General Thomas at Nashville and later joined Sherman at Goldsboro, North Carolina, being under that renowned general at the surrender of General Johnston.  He participated in many important conflicts marking the progress of the war, including the battle of Murfreesboro, Nashville, the battle of the Cedars, the evacuation of Decatur, Alabama, Wise Forks, North Carolina and others.  He received his honorable discharge in August, 1865, and was mustered out of service at Charlotte, North Carolina.  After the close of his brilliant military career Mr. Poland returned to Morrow county, where he initiated his active business life as a grocer in the town of Mount Gilead, his partner in business being D. G. Poland.  He continued to be identified with that line of enterprise for the ensuing nine years and in 1876 he came to the farm owned by his father-in-law in Congress township, where he remained for two years.  He then, in 1878, purchased a tract of one hundred and forty acres of most arable land at an administrator’s sale, the same being located in Congress township.  He engaged in diversified agriculture and the raising of high-grade stock and has continued to devote the major portion of his time and attention to agricultural pursuits during the long intervening years to the present time, in 1911.  In 1908 he purchased an additional tract of land, some eighty-seven and a half acres adjoining his homestead on the south.  As a farmer Mr. Poland is thrifty and industrious and his splendid estate is finely improved, all the buildings being of the most modern type.
     In politics Mr. Poland is aligned as a stanch supporter of the Republican party and he has been incumbent of many important offices in Morrow county.  For nine years he was a school director and for eleven years he served as justice of the peace.  In 1904 he was elected county commissioner, to which office he was reelected in 1906, serving until 1909.  Mr. and Mrs. Poland are highly esteemed citizens in their home county, where they are deeply admired and beloved for their sterling integrity of character and their sincere devotion to all matters tending to enhance progress and development.  Mr. Poland has ever retained a deep interest in his old comrades in arms and signifies the same by membership in Hurd Post, Grand Army of the Republic, at Mount Gilead.
     In June, 1865, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Poland to Miss Rachel J. Lyons, a daughter of Peter and Sophia (Bell) Lyons.  She was born in this county on the 24th of January, 1840.  Mr. and Mrs. Poland have two children: Sarah A., who is the wife of Charles B. Hull, of Edison; and William H., who married Miss Iva Long and who resides in Congress township.  William H. has two sons: Samuel, who was born in 1905, and John, whose birth occurred in 1907.
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 821-823
Contributed by a Generous Genealogist.

EDWIN TAYLOR POLLOCK was born October 25th, 1870, at Mount Gilead, Ohio, and entered the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, May 20, 1887, as a naval cadet, having received the appointment from Colonel W. C. Cooper, representative from the Fourteenth Congressional District.  He was graduated from the Naval Academy June 4, 1891, was commissioned an ensign, July 1, 1893; a lieutenant, junior grade, March 3, 1899; a lieutenant, September 9, 1899; a lieutenant-commander, September 30, 1905; and a commander March 4, 1910.
     He served on the U. S. S. “Lancaster,” “Monocacy,” “Petrel,” and again on the “Lancaster,” in 1891-1893, on the Asiatic Station, going out under sail around the Cape of Good Hope on the “Lancaster,” and returning across the Pacific by mail-steamer.  He was on the “New York” when she first went into commission in 1893 and for over a year thereafter, as well as during the Spanish war, when she was Admiral Sampson’s flagship; was on the “Machias” from ’94 to ’97, on the Asiatic Station, returning from there on the “Detroit” in 1897; was on the “Alliance,” a training ship for apprentices, cruising on both sides of the Atlantic in 1899-1900, then on the “Dolphin” for a few months, and after a tour at the Torpedo School at Newport, Rhode Island, on the “Buffalo,” en route to the Asiatic Station where he was transferred to the “Brooklyn” 1901-2.  The “Brooklyn” was then sent to Australia to represent the United States at the reception given to the Duke and Duchess of York (the present king and queen of England), on their tour around the world.  After a. cruise to all the ports of north China and Japan, the “Brooklyn” returned to New York.  The summers of 1903 and 1904, were spent on the “Chesapeake” (now called the “Severn,”) and the summer of 1909 on the “Olympia,” and that of 1910 on the “Massachusette,” [sic] all of these summer cruises being for the instruction of midshipmen.
     Commander Pollock joined the battleship “Ohio” in October, 1904, remaining until May, 1905, when he was made Equipment Officer at the Naval Station, Cavite, P. I., until January; 1906, when he was ordered back to the “Ohio” as Flag Lieutenant on the staff of Rear Admiral C. J. Train, Commander-in-Chief of the U. S. Navel forces on the Asiatic Station.  On the death of the Admiral in August, 1906, he accompanied the remains back to thee United States, and was on the battleship “Alabama,” as navigator until August, 1907.  October 1, 1910, he joined the battleship “Virginia” as Executive Officer.  Of these ships, the “Lancaster,” “New York,” “Brooklyn,” “Ohio,” “Alabama,” “Olympia,” were flagships.
     His shore duty has been at the U. S. Naval Academy, 1897-99, 1902-04, in 1907 and 1910, and in 1902 a few months on the receiving ship “Columbia” at the Navy Yard, New York, also occasional minor duties, as in command of the tug “Nina,” the torpedo-boat “Bagley,” etc., for short times.  While on duty at the naval academy he was instructor for four years in mathematics, and three years in electrical engineering.  His services at sea have taken him over two hundred thousand miles in all parts of the world, except around South America.
     He was married, December 5, 1893, at Hale’s Rest, Richland county, Ohio, to Beatrice Law Hale, born there July 20, 1873.  She was a daughter of Hugh Brisben and Henrietta Melvina (Fox) Hale, of Richland county, Ohio.  Beatrice Hale, their daughter, was born June 1, 1901, at Brooklyn, New York.
     He is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, of the Society of Colonial Wars, of the Military Order of the Carabao, and has received from the government the West Indian medal for service on the New York, during the war with Spain, also the Spanish campaign, and Philippine badges, for service during those campaigns, and has a sharpshooter’s medal with expert bars for rifle and revolver shooting.  During the Jamestown Exposition, while on the “Alabama” he was temporarily of the staff of the German Commodore who represented [sic] the German Emperor, and some months later received from the Commodore and his staff a handsome silver cigar box, in recognition of his services.
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 889-890
Contributed by a Generous Genealogist.

JAMES R. PORTER. ––Living on his pleasant homestead in Westfield township, James R. Porter is numbered among the successful and enterprising agriculturists of Morrow county, where for many years he has been actively engaged in the cultivation of the soil.  A native of Ohio, he was born June 9, 1849, in Delaware county, and there brought up and educated.
     His father, James Porter, was born in Pennsylvania, and while young came with his parents to Ohio, locating in Delaware county in pioneer days and there spending the remainder of his life, during his active career being engaged in general farming.  He married Eliza Kane, who was also born in Pennsylvania, and when a child was brought by her parents to Delaware county, Ohio.  She died on the home farm in Delaware county, and her body was laid to rest beside that of her husband in the Marlboro church yard.  Of the five children born of their union, three are living, as follows: Elizabeth, wife of Lester Olds, of Kansas; Henry W., of Arkansas, and James R.
     James R. Porter became familiar with the three “rs” in the district school.  Left fatherless at the age of thirteen years, he assumed a large part of the responsibility of the care of the family, and until his own marriage had charge of the home farm.  Coming to Morrow county, he located in Westfield township, where he now has a well-improved and highly productive farm of sixty-five acres, which he is managing most successfully, each year gathering abundant harvests.  He is a general farmer, but pays considerable attention to the raising of stock, which he finds a profitable industry.  He is a Democrat in politics and a strong advocate of all measures calculated to advance the interests of the community.
     Mr. Porter married, in 1869, Sarah Claypool, who has passed to the life beyond, her death occurring on the home farm October 24, 1907.  Five children blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Porter, namely: Laura, wife of William Blake, of Delaware county, Ohio; Hattie, wife of Frank Mayfield; Bertha, living at home; Addie, who after graduation from the Ashley High School taught school for a time, is the wife of Ralph Riley; and Minnie, who was graduated from the Ashley High School and afterwards took a commercial course at Valparaiso, Indiana, is now a bookkeeper in Cleveland, Ohio.
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 764-765
Contributed by a Generous Genealogist.

JUDGE LOUIS K. POWELL. ––Independence may be cultivated to advantage, but the germ must be inborn and inbred.  Some fortunate individuals possess it by inheritance and as a birthright, and they have the strongest and finest brand of it.  They are not swayed by every breeze which may be wafted, but they deliberately choose their course and walk with unwavering steps toward their destination.  They hold to their principles and their ideals and govern their actions accordingly, paying no attention to the names of sects or parties but closely considering the things or thoughts or policies for which they stand.
     Among the foremost of this class which has influenced for advancement the communities of Morrow county stands Judge Louis K. Powell, former mayor of Mt. Gilead and probate judge and long a leading member of the bar.  A native of the county, he was born February 6, 1852, son of Evan W. and Elizabeth (Everett) Powell, and was trained in the schools of Franklin township and on his father’s farm, his education in these respects alternating with the seasons of summer and winter.  At the age of eighteen he realized one of his strongest ambitions by entering Otterbein University, Westerville, Ohio, where he completed a regular course in 1873 and graduated with the degree of B. A.  Then he engaged in teaching, but kept his eye on the goal of the law by devoting his “leisure” hours to study in the office of Olds & Dickey.  In 1878 he was admitted to practice and immediately formed a partnership with T. H. Dalrymple in the office which he now occupies.  Elected mayor of Mount Gilead in 1880, he conducted its public affairs with marked discretion and ability until 1884, and it was during his administration as mayor that the Short Line Railroad connecting the village with the Big Four system was constructed.  From 1885 to 1891 he served the county with equal honor in the capacity of probate judge.  On his retirement from the bench he resumed practice with characteristic promptness, good judgment and success.  In addition to the other positions mentioned he was a member of the seventy-third General. Assembly of Ohio, and is at this writing a member of the Circuit Court for the Fifth Judicial Circuit of Ohio, having been appointed to that position by Governor Harmon to succeed Hon. Maurice H. Donahue, who was elected to the Supreme Court of Ohio at the general election of 1910.  In early life and as an official Judge Powell supported the Republican party but has since come to believe that the independent or progressive wing of the Democratic party more nearly conforms to his political views than does the Republicanism of to-day.  Thus believing, he has had no hesitancy in vigorously supporting the party of his choice.
     In 1882 Judge Powell married Miss Carrie Dalrymple, the daughter of his partner, and to them have been born four children, two of whom are living; Herman D., born in 1883, and Roger K., in 1902.  The former is a high school graduate and at this writing is employed with a civil engineer corps at Medford, Oregon, of which state he has become a resident.
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 484-485
Contributed by a Generous Genealogist.

SANFORD D. POWELL.  ––Numbered among the substantial and progressive citizens of Morrow county is Sanford D. Powell, farmer and stockman, who also devotes a part of his well-improved farm of eighty-five acres to the profitable keeping of bees.  He is one of the loyal citizens of Morrow county and has paid this favored portion of the Buckeye state the compliment of remaining within its borders throughout nearly the entire course of his life.  By the circumstance of birth Mr. Powell belongs to Auglaize county, for it was there that his eyes first opened to the light of day November 28, 1865.  His parents were John and Mary (Stevens) Powell, and his paternal grandfather, Peter Powell, was a well-known and highly honored elder of the Baptist church and a native of the state of Virginia.  John Powell, like his son, our subject, was a farmer and stock-raiser and the owner of an advantageously situated farm of one hundred and seventy-one acres, upon which were reared his family of six children.  They are as follows: Peter Christian, deceased; George Monroe Powell, residing in Perry county, Ohio; Isaiah Douglas Powell, of St. Louis, Missouri; the subject, who is third in order of birth; Maria, wife of Marion Hart, near Stanton, Ohio; and John W. Powell, who makes his home in Lincoln township.
     The early days of Sanford D. Powell were passed amid rural surroundings and to the schools of the county is he indebted for his educational advantages.  When he was about twenty years of age he had the misfortune to lose his father and much of the responsibilities of the operation of the farm fell upon his youthful shoulders.  He remained upon the homestead with his mother until her death, which occurred in 1904.  This admirable lady was previous to her marriage Miss Mary Stevens, daughter of Benjamin Stevens, and she was born in Ohio, in the year 1828, being seventy-six years of age at the time of her demise
     Upon the settlement of the property after the death of his parents Mr. Powell received one sixth of it, and he has added to his share, now owning eighty-five acres.  As previously mentioned, in addition to his general farming and stock-raising he also cultivates honey for the market, and has twenty-two stands of bees.  His agricultural methods are of the most advanced and enlightened sort and have been crowned with abundant success.
     Mr. Powell is a prominent member of the time-honored Masonic Order, his membership being with Mt. Gilead Lodge, No. 206, Free and Accepted Masons; and with Cardington Chapter, No. 163, Royal Arch Masons; while he is also affiliated with Fulton Lodge, No. 433, Independent Order of Odd Fellows.  In addition he is identified with the Crystal Lodge of Rebekahs, Lodge No. 487, of Fulton, Ohio.  In his political proclivities he is Democratic and at one time served as justice of the peace of Lincoln township.  He is a man of more than ordinary ability, a wide reader, who studies current events and keeps abreast of the times.  He is well known in this section of Morrow county and that favorably, for his honesty and integrity are unswerving, and in consequence he enjoys the respect of the community in which he has spent almost his entire life.  His parents removed from Auglaize county to Morrow county in the year 1866.
     Mr. Powell comes from a sturdy old Virginia family, and his forbears were prominent in the life of the Old Dominion His grandfather was a noted clergyman, and although Mr. Powell is not united with any church, he is a liberal supporter of them.  He finds his lodge relations a source of great pleasure.  Mr. Powell is unmarried.
Source:  History of Morrow County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman - Vol. II - Chicago-New York: The Lewis Publishing Co. - 1911 – pp. 910-911
Contributed by a Generous Genealogist.