BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
HISTORY OF PICKAWAY CO., OHIO
and Representative Citizens
Edited and Compiled by
Hon. Aaron R. Van Cleaf
Circleville, Ohio
Publ. 1906
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WAYNE CALDWELL,
treasurer and manager of the Scioto Canning Company, one
of the leading industries or canning concerns of the
Scioto Valley, is a resident of Circleville. He
was born in Jackson township, Pickaway County, Ohio, in
1848, and is a son of Alexander Caldwell.
The Caldwell family is of Scotch ancestry and
was founded in Ohio by Alexander Caldwell, a
native of Scotland, who came hither in early days.
Alexander Caldwell, the younger, was born in
Pickaway County in 1812, and his whole life was spent as
a farmer and stock-raiser in Jackson township.
Wayne Caldwell was reared in Pickaway Couty and
after attending the district schools entered
Bloomingburg Academy, where he spent three years.
Upon his return he became a farmer in Scioto township
for three years and in Jackson township for five years.
In 1878 he moved to Circleville and entered into a
mercantile business in which he continued until 1898,
when he became interested in the Scioto Canning Company.
This company was incorporated under the laws of the
State of Ohio, with a capital stock of $100,000, all
paid up. Hon. Festus Walters was elected
president; Wayne Caldwell, vice-president; S.
P. Deeds, secretary; and James Reichelderfer,
treasurer. The other stockholders were John L.
Krimmel, Irvin F. Snyder and H. C. Allen.
After two years of business, Mr. Caldwell, with
Judge Walters and S. P. Deeds, bought out
the other stockholders and reorganized the business,
admitting some of their faithful employees. The
officers of the present company are: Hon.
Festus Walters, president; Milton
Marris, vice-president; S. P. Deeds,
secretary, and Wayne Caldwell, manager and
treasurer. The board of directors is made up
further of James Ward, of Ashville; Hon.
Thaddeus E. Cromley, of Ashville; Mrs. Dorothy
Turney, widow of the late Hon. Nelson J.
Turney; and Mrs. Elizabeth Renick, widow of
the late Harness Renick. The
company’s plant, which is located at Ashville, has an
annual output of 200,000 cases. They have a plant
at Ashville also for the manufacture of cans, which
turns out 50,000 cans a day. The company owns 655
acres of land which is utilized in the raising of
vegetables for their factories. In addition to
this business connection, Mr. Caldwell is
a director in the Third National Bank of Circleville.
In 1878 Mr. Caldwell was married to Margaret
Renick, who is a daughter of Felix
Renick, one of the old and prominent settlers of
Pickaway County. They have two sons - Felix R.
and Arthur R. The former is a graduate of
the Circleville High School and of Cornell University,
where he took a four year course in law and art,
graduating in 1903, and is now located at Seattle,
Washington. The family belong to the Presbyterian
Church, in which Mr. Caldwell is an elder.
Both he and his older son are Masons, Mr.
Caldwell being a member of blue lodge chapter and
council, and the son having taken the 32nd degree.
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HENRY R. CALVERT
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EDWARD K. CAMPBELL
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M. C. CANFIELD
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THOMAS FLEMING CARPENTER
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W. S. CARPENTER
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SAMUEL
B. CHAMBERS, who enjoys the esteem of his
fellow-citizens in general, and is the superintendent of
a somewhat noted property in Pickaway township, known as
the S. H. Ruggles estate, which comprises some
1,650 acres of well-cultivated land, was born in Hocking
County, Ohio, Mar. 24, 1865. He is a son of
Henry and Mary A. (Hunter) Chambers.
The parents of Mr. Chambers are natives and
residents of Hocking County, where Alexander Chambers,
the grandfather, a native of Pennsylvania, was an early
settler. The family has always been one of thrift
and reliability.
Samuel B. Chambers was reared in Hocking County
and was mainly educated in the public schools at
Tarlton. He has always devoted himself to
agriculture and owns 150 acres of land in Hocking
County. From Hocking he went to Fairfield County,
where he lived until 1894, when he came to Pickaway
County, residing for a time in Washington township.
After accepting the position of superintendent of the
Ruggles estate, in 1897, he removed to Pickaway
township. The successful management of so large a
body of land entails much hard work and requires
the exercise of constant vigilance and the possession of
good judgment. This is one of the largest estates
in Pickaway County. It may justly be stated that
it is also one of the best managed.
Mr. Chambers was married Nov. 9, 1893, to
Sarah J. Gayman, a native of Canal Winchester,
Franklin County, Ohio, who is a daughter of Daniel
Gayman, late of Franklin County. Mr. and
Mrs. Chambers have two bright, interesting sons -
Henry Gayman and Daniel Hunter.
Mr. Chambers is an independent thinker and votes
according to his own convictions. In all local
matters he is found to be liberal minded and
public-spirited and enjoys the reputation of a
first-class citizen. Both he and his wife are
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Kingston,
in which he is serving the official board as steward.
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CHAS. C.
CHAPPELEAR Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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REV. T.
W. CHEESEMAN, D. D.
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FRED C. CLARK
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EDWARD C. CLARKE, D. D.
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H. R. CLARKE, D. D. S.
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GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS
CLELLEN Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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GEORGE R. CLIFTON,
a well-known, progressive farmer of Muhlenberg,
township, residing on a finely improved and
well-developed farm of 75 acres, was born in Pickaway
County, Ohio, near Yellow Bud, Jan. 13, 1856, and is a
son of William and Rachel (Bartley) Clifton.
Mr. Clifton has spent the whole of his life in this
county. He grew up on his father's farm and lived
at home until his marriage. He was educated in the
district schools. When he was 10 years old, his
father died. Mrs. Rachel (Bartley) Clifton,
the mother of our subject, survived her husband many
years, dying in July, 1901, at the age of 76 years.
She was the mother of eight children, namely: William,
a soldier in the Civil War, who died at Camp Chase,
Ohio, in 1865; Thomas, who served over four years
in the Civil War and died at Columbus, Ohio, in August,
1900; Benjamin, deceased; Daniel; Samuel
Catherine (Pratt), of Paulding County; Jane
(Kelley), who lives in the State of Washington; and
George R., the subject of this sketch.
George R. Clifton was married in 1880 to
Missouri Henman, also a native of Pickaway
County, where she lived with her parents until the time
of her marriage. She is a daughter of Benjamin
and Louisa (Grindell)
Henman, both natives of Maryland, who came to this
county many years ago. Both are now deceased.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifton are the parents of five
children: William, born Jan. 5, 1883; Elmer,
born Jan. 31, 1884; Edgar, born Aug. 31, 1886;
Turney, born Aug.14, 1889; and Harry, born
Mar. 5, 1891.
After his marriage, Mr. Clifton rented a
farm for 13 years and then bought his present farm of 75
acres, of which a good part was in timber. He has
cleared all but 17 acres, doing all the work himself.
He has erected good substantial buildings on the place
and it is now one of the best improved farms in the
locality. Mr. Clifton has been a Democrat
all his life and served one term as constable.
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G. H. COLVILL, M. D.
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WILLIAM H. CORDRAY
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LEVIN CORKWELL
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G. S. CORNE, D. D. S.
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ALVA P. COURTRIGHT, M.
D.
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D. V. COURTRIGHT, M. D.
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JOHN COURTRIGHT
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LORING COURTRIGHT, M. D.
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HON. SAMUEL W.
COURTRIGHT Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
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COL. JOHN CRADLEBAUGH
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W. E. CRIST
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H. M. CRITES,
a prominent citizen of Circleville, who is identified
with the leading business interests of the city, was
born in 1870 in Fairfield County, Ohio, and is a son of
Levi S. Crites, one of the most highly esteemed
retired residents of Circleville, whose life is sketched
on another page of this work.
H. M. Crites was reared in Fairfield County and
attended school there until 20 years of age. In
1890 he came to Circleville, and entered the employ of
his brother, E. B. Crites, as a bookkeeper.
In 1892, in connection with his brother, he built a
flour and corn meal mill, which is operated under the
style of Crites Brothers & Company until
1900. In the meantime, E. B. Crites died in
1899. In 1900 the firm of Crites Brothers &
Company was consolidated with the Smith Mill
Company and a new concern was organized and incorporated
as the Ohio Cereal Company, of which Mr. Crites
remained a member and president of the company for two
years.
In 1899 Mr. Crites
bought a one-third interest in C. F. Sears &
Company's canning factory, and in 1903 he bought the
entire plant. Later he sold a one-half interest to
the Sears & Nichols Company, and is also half
owner. The capacity of C. E. Sears &
Company's establishment is 5,000,000 cans of corn
annually; in 1904 they packed 6,300,000 cans of sugar
corn. This is the largest plant of its kind in the
United States or the world. This company also owns
a tomato canning plant which is located at Laurelville,
Ohio, which has a capacity of 500,000 cans of tomatoes
annually. Mr. Crties is also interested in
the Crites Milling Company. He owns 1,200
acres of land in the Pickaway Plains, the finest
improved land in this section, and also owns 260 acres
of bottom land adjoining Circleville. He is a man
of splendid business capacity. With a capital of
but $4,000, he has developed one of the greatest
industries of this part of the State has furthered many
other successful enterprises and has accumulated
property of very large value. He carries life
insurance amounting to $124,000.
In 1892 Mr. Crites
was married to Mary Minnie Van Hyde, who is a
daughter of the late G. M. Van Hyde, formerly one
of the prominent men of Circleville where he died in
1903.
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LEVI S. CRITES,
one of the highly respected residents of Circleville, a
retired farmer of Fairfield County, was born in that
county in 1835 and belongs to a pioneer family of that
section. He is a son of Samuel and Mary
(Stapleton) Crites.
Samuel Crites was
born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, and removed to
Fairfield County, Ohio, in 1808. The country was
then practically a wilderness and he was one of the
first settlers. At the time of his death he owned
400 acres of fine land and was one of the substantial
and prominent men of Fairfield County. He followed
both farming and blacksmithing. He married Mary
Stapleton and they reared a family of three
daughters and one son. The survivors are Levi
S., of this sketch, and his sister, Caroline
who married O. Brown, of Fairfield County.
Levi S. Crites was reared and educated in
Fairfield County and his interests were centered there
until 1890, when he moved to Circleville. He still
retains a fine farm of 200 acres in Fairfield County.
After coming to this city, he engaged in a milling
business until about four years since, retiring then
from active life.
In 1859 Mr. Crites was married to Mary
Heffner and they had two children, viz: E. B.,
deceased, and H. M. The latter is one
of the leading grain dealers of Circleville.
The late E. B. Crites was born in 1864 in
Fairfield County, Ohio, where he was reared and
educated. He remained with his father until the
age of 18 years and then embarked in the milling
business with his brother, H. M. Crites, under
the firm name of Crites Brothers & Company.
This was the largest grain buying and milling firm in
Circleville. Later he became interested in the
canning business and the brothers became half owners of
the C. E. Sears Canning Company, operating the
largest canning factory in the world. He was a
very successful, judicious business man. On Nov.
19, 1895, he was married to Ella Stein,
who is a daughter of David Stein, one of
the leading men of the county. She still survives,
with their one son, Elliott Elsworth.
Mr. Crites was a very popular man and he
was considered one of the most successful in Pickaway
County. In February, 1899, he was taken seriously
ill and passed away in two days.
Mrs. Mary (Heffner) Crites died some six years
since, her death being occasioned by an accident with a
runaway team. She was much beloved by her family
and all those with whom she was acquainted and her
tragic death was a great shock to the community.
She was a worthy member of the Lutheran Church.
On Oct. 22, 1901, Mr. Crites was united in
marriage to Millie Riegel, of Fairfield
County, Ohio. They reside at their home, No. 416
East Main street. Mr. Crites is a
member of the German Reformed Church.
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JOASH, CROMLEY
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MRS. RACHEL S. CROMLEY
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HON. THADDEUS E. CROMLEY
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JOSEPH M. CROW
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CLARENCE CURTAIN
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