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BIOGRAPHIES
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Biographical Record of Fairfield & Perry Counties, Ohio
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The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1902
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C. A.
BARROW, M. D., is engaged in practicing medicine in
New Straitsville. A careful preparation for the
calling, combined with his close attention to his
professional duties, has made him a very successful and
capable representative of the medical fraternity. The
doctor was born in England, his birth occurring seven miles
from Manchester, on the 21st of March, 1865. When a
boy he came to Perry county with his parents, William and
Elizabeth (Hawkins) Barrow, both of whom are still
living in New Straitsville at the age of seventy-three
years. For twenty-six years the father worked in the
coal mines, but is now living retired.
The Doctor pursued his education in the public schools
at New Straitsville, but his advantages were somewhat
limited. When a boy he began working in the coal mines
and also carried the chain for the surveyors for six years.
Being ambitious, energetic and resolute he determined to
enter professional life and often studied nights until one
or two o'clock in order to counteract the defect of the lack
of early educational privileges. At length he was
prepared for entrance into college. He is a graduate
of the Kentucky School of Medicine of Louisville, having
completed the course there in 1893. He also took a two
years' course in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, of
Baltimore, Maryland. In 1893 he opened his office in
New Straitsville, where he has since been engaged in general
practice, and his reading and investigation are continually
broadening his knowledge and promoting his efficiency.
He has invested to some extent in oil wells, but his
profession claims the major part of his time.
The Doctor was married in 1894 to Miss Adda Sayre,
a daughter of Williamson Sayre, who was born in
Bearfield township and still lives upon the old home farm
there. He and his brother, Daniel Sayre, are
worthy farmers of this county, while Edwin D. Sayre,
the brother of Mrs. Barrow, is serving as prosecuting
attorney for Athens county, Ohio. She has another
brother, Milton, who is a resident of St. Mary's,
West Virginia. He is a very prominent and influential
resident there. Unto the Doctor and his wife have been
born two children: Charles Sayre and Edith.
Perry county figures as one of the most attractive,
progressive and prosperous divisions of the state of Ohio,
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 the section. The county has been and is
signally favored in the class of men who have controlled its
affairs in official capacity, and in this connection the
subject of this review demands representation as one who has
served the county faithfully and well in positions of
distinction, trust and responsibility.
Source: A Biographical Record of Fairfield and Perry
Counties, Ohio - Publ. New York and Chicago: The S. J.
Clarke Publishing Co - 1902 ~ Page 422 |
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AARON BINCKLEY. Among the
well known residents of Reading township is Aaron Binckley,
who was born Nov. 7, 1835, upon the farm which he now
occupies. He is a son of David and Nancy (Beachler)
Binckley and a representative of one of the old families
of the county. His father was born upon the same farm.
The grandfather, Adam Binckley, was a son of
Christian Binkley, who came from Maryland to Ohio in 1801.
In 1798 he had visited this locality and then returned to
Maryland after entering about two sections of land, a part of
which lay in Fairfield county, while the remainder is in Perry
county. He then spent about three years in Maryland, and
in 1801 brought his family to Perry county, Ohio. That
year he built a log cabin near the present attractive
residence of our subject. This was the first permanent
settlement made in Perry county. The name of Binckley
is thus inseparably interwoven with the history of this
portion of the state. The first trip which Christian
Binckley made was on horseback and he traveled over roads
that lay through deep forests and even had to make his way
where there was no road at all. His children were
John, Jacob, Henry, Christian and Adam. The
last named was the youngest of the family. Christian
Binckley died in 1832, at the age of ninety-four years.
He was buried in the old churchyard which had been given by
him to the people of the neighborhood in which he lived in
1825.
Adam Binckley, the grandfather of our subject,
married Miss Anspach, who belong to an old family of
that name which was established here about 1804. He was
a very highly educated man for his day. He served as the
first commissioner of Perry county and was a major in the war
of 1812, serving under General Harrison at the siege of
Fort Meigs. He filled the office of justice of the peace
for several years and in 1818 became the county commissioner
at the time of the organization of the county. He died
in 1861, at the advanced age of eighty-two years. In his
family were six children: Samuel, David, the
father of our subject; Nancy, the wife of William
Clum; Christian; Mary, the wife of Michael Miller;
and John. Adam Binckley, the father of this
family, was a Democrat in his political views and took an
active and earnest interest in political affairs. He was
a member of the Reformed church and did everything in his
power to advance the cause of Christianity. He owned a
section of land here and divided it among his children.
David Binckley, the father of our subject,
received but limited educational privileges, but had a bright
and retentive mind and became well informed. He always
lived upon the farm where his birth occurred and there he died
in 1863 at the age of fifty-five years. He held
membership in the Reformed church, and cast his last
presidential vote for the Union candidate, John Bell.
In his business affairs he prospered and accumulated four
hundred acres of land in Perry and Fairfield counties.
In his family were nine children: Albion, Marion,
Aaron, Thomas, Warner, William, Mary Elle, William and
LeRoy. Our subject and LeRoy are the ones now
living, the latter making his home in Bremen, Ohio.
For about three terms Aaron Binckley pursued his
education in a select school in Somerset, but otherwise
acquired his school discipline in the district schools.
At the age of seventeen years he went to Allen county, Ohio,
where he engaged in teaching school, making his home there for
eight months. He began the study of medicine but decided to
abandon his plan of becoming a physician. He made his
home for a time upon the old family homestead but could not
stand the confinement of the work. Until 1873 he rented
land, when he fell heir to a part of his father's property.
He then purchased the interest of the other heirs in the old
homestead, comprising two hundred acres of valuable land.
Since that time he has fenced the land. The buildings
have all been erected by our subject with the exception of the
old barn which was built by his father in 1839. This he
has remodeled and nothing but the frame of the old barn is
left.
In 1859 Mr. Binckley was united in marriage to
Miss Catherine Boyer, a native of Thorn township.
At that time Mr. Binckley was engaged in teaching.
Eight children have been born of this marriage:
William, who wedded Susan Vogle, resides in
Fairfield county. Emma is the wife of David
Shrider, a resident of Lancaster, Ohio. Mary
is at home. Samuel, who lives near our subject
married Elva Humberger, by whom he has three children,
Nellie, Gladys and Robert. Dora Alice is
the wife of Edward Handy, a resident of Thorn
township, and they have five children - Beulah, Clifford,
Grace, Chester and Mabel. Louisa is
the wife of Harry Lamb, a resident of Lancaster, Ohio,
and they have one daughter, Leila B. Leefa is
deceased. David, who resides at home, married
Zema Moorehead and they have one child.
Mr. Binckley now owns about three hundred acres
of land in Perry and Fairfield counties. In his
political views he is a Democrat and for twenty-one years
was justice of the peace of Reading township. He holds
membership in the Lutheran church, of which he has served as
trustee. For many years he successfully carried on
general farming and stick-raising, but now he is living a
retired life and his rest is well merited and richly
deserved, for a former years he was a very active and
energetic man. He belongs to one of the old and
honored families of the county and his life has ever been in
harmony with the unsullied family reputation
Source: A Biographical Record of Fairfield and Perry
Counties, Ohio - Publ. New York and Chicago: The S. J.
Clarke Publishing Co - 1902 ~ Page 462 |
T. D. Binckly |
HON.
THOMAS D. BINCKLY
is actively connected with the
profession which has immediate bearing upon the progress and
stable prosperity of any section or community and one which
has long been considered as serving the public welfare by
furthering the ends of justice and maintaining individual
rights. His reputation as a lawyer has been won
through earnest, honest effort and his standing at the bar
is a merited tribute to his ability. He is yet a young
man, but has gained a reputation which many an older
practitioner might well envy. He is also prominent in
political affairs and at the present time is serving as a
representative in the state legislature.
As early as the second decade in the nineteenth century
the name of Binckley figured in connection with
official service in this county. Adam Binckley,
the great-grandfather of our subject, settled in this county
about 1797 and when the country became involved in the
second war with England he joined the army, in which he
served in the rank of major. He became a leading and
influential resident in this portion of the state and filled
the office of county commissioner in 1819 and 1820, being
one of the first to hold that office. Father back than
this, however, can the ancestry of our subject be traced,
for Adam Binckley was a son of Christian Binckley
one of the heroes of the Revolutionary war who entered the
army either from Pennsylvania or Maryland. David
Binckley, the grandfather of our subject, was born in
Reading township, Perry county, and amid the wild scenes of
frontier life was reared. He assisted in the work of
improvement and progress here and aided in laying broad and
deep the foundation for the present development.
James K. Binckley, the father of our subject,
was born on a farm in Reading township, on which the birth
of his son Thomas occurred. When the country
became involved in Civil war he manifested the
characteristic loyalty of the family by joining Company K,
of the One hundred Twenty-sixth Ohio Infantry, although he
was quite young. He died in 1871, when only
twenty-four years of age. His wife bore the maiden
name of Sedora J. Whitter and was a daughter of
Thomas Whitter, who came to Perry county, Ohio, from
Maryland at a very early day and died here at an advanced
age. The Binckley family has been identified
with the Lutheran church in religious faith and in politics
its members have been Whigs, Democrats and Republicans.
Hon. T. D. Binckley of this review was born on
the old family homestead in Reading township, Perry county,
Apr. 5, 1869, and in public schools of that locality he
pursued his education. He afterward engaged in
teaching school for five eyras in Perry county, and then
took up the study of law with the determination of making
its practice his life work. He was admitted to the bar
in 1896 at Ada, Ohio, after attending the Ohio Normal
University, where he had pursued the law course.
Immediately afterward he established an office in New
Lexington, where he has since remained and as the years have
passed he has gained a large clientage. Since 1897 he
has served as city solicitor of New Lexington, three times
re-elected to that position and on the 15th of March, 1898,
he entered the Ohio National Guard as the captain of Company
A, Seventeenth Regiment at the time of the Spanish-American
war. Mr. Binckley commanded the company
throughout its service. It was called out on the 26th
of April, 1898, was mustered into the United States service
on the 13th of May and was stationed at the camps at
Columbus, at Camp Alger, Virginia, at Falls Church,
Virginia, and at Camp Meade, Pennsylvania, did provost guard
duty at Falls Church, Virginia. The Captain was
detailed as recruiting officer for the Second Battalion on
the 8th of June, 1898, and recruited one hundred and
twenty-five men at Dennison, New Lexington, Ulrichville and
Newark, Ohio. On the 6th of November, 1898, with his
command he was mustered out.
Mr. Binckley was married in 1898 to Miss Nell
M. Jackson, a granddaughter of William Jackson,
of Somerset, Ohio, who located there at a very early day,
coming to this state from Maryland. Two children have
been born unto the Captain and his wife: Dorothy
Cecelia and James Roosevelt.
In his political affiliations Captain Binckley
has always been a Republican and is recognized as a leading
member and worker in his party in this portion of Ohio.
He received the nomination of his party for state
representative in 1901 and in November of that year was
elected to the office by an unusually large majority.
He is now serving and his course is one that has gained
commendation from many of the residents of this portion of
the state. He gives to each question which comes up
for settlement his earnest consideration and is unfaltering
in his support of what he believes to be right. In the
practice of law he has gained a clientage of an extensive
and important character. He prepares his cases with
great thoroughness and care and his legal learning, his
analytical mind and the readiness with which he grasps the
point in an argument all combine to make him one of the
capable lawyers of the Perry county bar.
Source: A Biographical Record of Fairfield and Perry
Counties, Ohio - Publ. New York and Chicago: The S. J.
Clarke Publishing Co - 1902 ~ Page 410 |
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H. M.
BUGHMAN, who is filling the position of engineer in
the New Lexington Electric Light plant, has served in this
capacity almost continuously since 1895. He was born
in Reading township, Perry county, and is a son of Jacob
Bughman, who located here at an early day, coming to
America with his mother. They emigrated to this
country from Germany, settling at Baltimore, Maryland, and
thence made their way across the country to Ohio. Here
the father of our subject continued to reside until he was
called to his final rest and devoted his attention to
farming pursuits, thereby providing for his family. He
married Elizabeth Zimmer, who was also a native of
Germany, and his death occurred in 1891, when he was
seventy-eight years of age.
Under the parental Mr. Bughman of this review
spent his childhood days and after completing his literary
education in the public schools he became a mechanical and
electrical engineer, thoroughly mastering the business in
all its branches and departments. His studies were
pursued in Otterbein and then he commenced learning his
trade. For a time he was employed as an engineer in
Kentucky and in 1895 he became engineer in the New Lexington
Electric Light plant, which was built in that year and of
which he had charge for one year. After an interval of
two years he again accepted the position and has served
continuously since 1898. The engine is a
three-hundred-horse-power one and the plant is equipped with
the latest improved machinery, which furnishes power for
from twelve to fifteen hundred incandescent lights and fifty
are lights. Under the capable management of Mr.
Bughman the plant is carefully run and the works are
giving excellent satisfaction to the patrons. For
twenty-three years Mr. Bughman has been an engineer
and for six years served in that capacity in Junction City,
Perry county. He has taken the state examination and
proved himself so well qualified that he was awarded two
first-class licenses.
Mr. Bughman was united in marriage to Miss
Belle Steen, a native of Reading township, Perry county,
and a daughter of Jacob Steen, who was a valiant
soldier in the Union army, serving through the entire Civil
war. His son, John Steen, is now a soldier in
the Philippines and has been twice wounded. Unto
MR. and Mrs. Bughman have been born the following
children: Viva, Lizzie, Guy, Elsie, Vera, Milo
and Goldia. Mr. Bughman is widely known
throughout the county and is recognized as a reliable and
faithful business man who, in social circles as well as in
his business career, has gained the esteem of all with whom
he has been associated.
Source: A Biographical Record of Fairfield and Perry
Counties, Ohio - Publ. New York and Chicago: The S. J.
Clarke Publishing Co - 1902 ~ Page 439 |
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