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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WALTER
M. GRAY, a prominent farmer and
dairyman, proprietor of the "Circle City Dairy," at
Circleville, and the owner of the old homestead farm of
160 acres in Washington Township, Pickaway County, was
born in 1851 in Fairfield County, Ohio, and is a son of
George W. and Maria J. (Eaton) Gray.
The father of Mr. Gray was born near Washington,
District of Columbia. He learned the blacksmith's
trade but later became a farmer in Fairfield County,
Ohio. He married Maria J. Eaton, who was
born and reared in Fairfield County. They had
seven daughters and two sons born to them, viz.:
Walter M.; Lida, wife of J. Iles, residing
near Logan, Hocking County; Jennie, wife of
Lyman Doner, of Union County, Ohio; Lydia,
wife of O. C. Drum, living on the old farm;
Emma, of Washington, D. C.; Ida, wife of
George Wirtman, of Washington township; and
Allen, Delilah and Anna, all deceased.
During our subject's infancy the family moved to
Washington township, Pickaway County.
Walter M. Gray was reared on his father's farm
in Washington township and attended the country schools.
After his marriage in 1875, Mr. Gray engaged in
farming in Pickaway township until Jan. 1, 1904, when he
moved to Circleville and embarked in a dairy business.
He purchased first the Fosnaugh dairy and later the
Marfield dairy and consolidated the two under the title
of the "Circle City Dairy." He keeps from 40 to 50
dairy cows and does the largest business n Circleville
in this line.
In 1875 Mr. Gray was married to Emma Drum,
who is the daughter of
William Drum who was one of the early settlers
of Salt Creek township. They have one son,
Pearl, who is associated with his father in the
dairy business. On May 24, 1902, Pearl
married Nettie Waite, of Kingston, Ohio.
They have one child, Donald, born May 28, 1905,
and reside with our subject.
Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
Aaron R. Van Cleaf. Circleville, Ohio - Publ. 1906 -
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ANDREW
SEYMOUR GULICK, whose name unites
two old and honorable family names of this section of
Ohio, is a representative farmer and stock raiser of
Muhlenberg township. He has always lived on his
present farm of 250 acres in Muhlenberg township, on
Darby Creek, where he was born Apr. 17, 1845. He
is a son of Jesse and Elizabeth (Seymour) Gulick.
The Gulick family is of Welsh descent and
came to Ohio from Virginia. The Seymour
family came from the North of Ireland, was well
established in Virginia, coming to the United States at
the same time as did the Renicks, and settled in
Ohio at a very early day.
Jesse Gulick was a son of William
Gulick, who came to Ohio from Virginia in 1818.
The former was born in Virginia and was about three
years old when his parents settled in Muhlenberg
township. He died here in 1878, aged 63 years, and
was buried on Decoration Day. His whole life after
marriage was spent in Muhlenberg township, where he
owned a farm of 150 acres. He was a stanch
Democrat. He married Elizabeth Seymour,
who was born near Waverly, Pike County, Ohio, and died
at Mount Sterling, Madison County, Ohio, in February,
1903, aged 80 years. She was a daughter of
Aaron Seymour; her mother dying when she was
12 years old, she was reared by her cousin, Abel
Seymour.
The fine farm now owned by our subject is known as the
old Seymour farm, its original owner
having been William Seymour. It is
situated on the old Federal road and its location and
value have been known to the people of this section for
generations. Mr. Gulick utilizes it
mainly as a stock farm, raising many sheep. There
are several old mounds on the farm which scientists are
of the opinion were constructed by another race, for
burial places for their dead. From a valuable
gravel pit which is on one portion of the farm, a proof
that at a remote period water covered this territory.
Mr. Gulick has removed many human relics.
Portions of skeletons have been found, which, when
exposed to the air, fell to pieces, and a number of
teeth imbedded in skulls which indicate that once a race
of giants lived and died here. All trace of that
civilization seems to have passed away.
Our subject is one of a family of 10 children and the
eldest, the others being: Mrs. Mary Merrill,
deceased in 1892; Minerva, who is the wife of
William C. Hill, of Jackson township; Augustus P.,
of Darby township; Elizabeth Sidney, wife of
Elmer Strader, of Darby township; Margaret,
widow of Alexander McCord, of Grove City,
Ohio; Jonathan Renick, of Darby township;
Rachel, wife of L. C. Closan, of Mount
Sterling; Fannie, wife of Nelson
McKinley; and Josephine, a resident of
Columbus.
Mr. Gulick was married (first) on Dec. 6,
1877, to Anna B. Carpenter, who was born in
Fleming County, Kentucky, Jan. 25, 1854, and died Oct.
26, 1886. She was a daughter of John R.
Carpenter. The children of this union were:
Milward N., born Dec. 8, 1878, who lives in
Darbyville; Elizabeth C., born Sept. 16, 1880,
who married William McGuire; John R., born
Sept. 29, 1882, who died aged one year; Harry,
born Nov. 6, 1884, who died aged four years; and Anna
Belle, born Oct. 5, 1886, who resides with her
grandfather in Kentucky. Mr. Gulick
was married (second) on Aug. 8, 1889, to Mrs.
Matilda Strader, who was born in Knox County,
Ohio, Nov. 17, 1854, and was the widow of Jesse
Strader and a daughter of Abner and Anna (Gorrel)
Wade. She had four children by her first
marriage, namely: Effie, Isabel and
Claude, all deceased, and Pearl, wife of
Russell Hill. To her marriage with
Mr. Gulick have been born three children,
viz.: Ursil Irene, born May 25, 1890;
Guy Bryant, born Jan. 20, 1892; and Nolo
Wade, born Apr. 27, 1894. A group picture of
the Gulick family accompanies this sketch.
In political sentiment Mr. Gulick has al
ways been identified with the Democratic party. He
has taken an active part in public matters in the,
township and“ has served two terms as township trustee.
He is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
Aaron R. Van Cleaf. Circleville, Ohio - Publ. 1906 -
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JONATHAN
RENICK GULICK, a representative farmer of
Pickaway County, the owner of considerable valuable land
in Darby township, resides on his home farm of 49½
acres, which is admirably situated not farm distant from
Derby, on the Darbyville, Circleville and London
turnpike, a very important highway in this locality.
Mr. Gulick was born July 1, 1856, in Muhlenberg
township, Pickaway County, Ohio, and is a son of
Jesse and Elizabeth (Seymour) Gulick.
The Gulick family is of Welsh descent and was
established in Virginia, from which State in 1818 the
grandfather of our subject, William Gulick, came
to Pickaway County when his son Jesse was about
three years old. The latter became a farmer and a
respected citizen of Muhlenberg township. His
death occurred in 1878 at the age of 63 years, and his
burial took place on Decoration Day. During some
years of his early manhood he was in the employ of
Abel Seymour, at whose home he met employer's
cousin, Elizabeth Seymour whom he subsequently
married, the ceremony taking place on the Seymour farm.
To this union were born seven daughters and three sons,
the record being as follows: Mary, who
married Peter Merrill and died at
Florence, Alabama, in 1892; Minerva, who is the
wife of William C. Hill, of Jackson township;
Elizabeth Sidney, who married Elmer Strader;
Margaret, widow of Alexander McCord, of Grove
City, Ohio; Rachel, who married Levi Closan,
of Mount Sterling; Fannie, who married Nelson
McKinley and resides near Darby; Josephine,
unmarried, who resides at Columbus; Abel Seymour,
living on the old Seymour place in Muhlenberg
township, who married (first) Anna B. Carpenter,
of Kentucky, and married (second) Mrs. Matilda
Strader; Augustus P., a resident of Darby
township, who married Elmira Hoover, daughter of
Henry Hoover, of Robtown; and Jonathan Renick
of this sketch.
Jonathan R. Gulick was reared to agricultural
pursuits. His education was obtained in the
district schools in his native locality. He
remained on the home farm for one year after the death
of his father, then married and still remained for
another year on the homestead in Muhlenberg township.
He then rented a farm from his mother-in-law, Mrs.
Susan A. Bell, following which he bought his 76-acre
farm, taking immediate possession. After living
there for 11 years, he purchased his present home farm
and has continued here until the present. The
former farm is located southeast of his present home and
was formerly known as the John W. Bell farm.
The home farm, before it came into possession of Mr.
Gulick, was known locally as the Dave Deyo farm.
Owning to the care and good management of Mr. Gulick
and to his many substantial improvements and his
thorough methods of farming, all his property, in the
past decade, has doubled in value. Time was when
the land, all raw prairie and swamp, could be bought for
$2.50 an acre. Now it is not for sale at $150 an
acre.
Mr. Gulick carries on general farming and
stock-raising, giving especial attention to corn.
He has developed a fine strain of Norman horses on his
farm and now owns 14 head of these fine animals.
He gives the preference to Delaine Merino sheep, having
225 head and also has 50 head of hogs. He has
provided for the care of his stock by erecting a fine
windmill which connects with a notable well situated on
his farm, bringing up the finest water in the county
from a death of 104 feet. The mill is so
constructed that it furnishes power to saw his wood and
do all his grinding. In 1900 Mr. Gulick
built his handsome residence, a commodious, well planned
frame dwelling of 13 rooms, so arranged as to give
convenience and comfort to its inmates and to also
present an attractive aspect to the stranger or visitor.
For many reasons, one of these being the genial
hospitality offered, the Gulick farm is one of
note in the neighborhood.
In December, 1880, Mr. Gulick was married, a
coincidence of interest being that the ceremony took
place on the last day of the last month in the year,
uniting the last son of one family with the last
daughter of another. Mr. Gulick
married Laura Virginia Bell, who is a daughter of
John W. Bell, who was a slaveholder prior to the
Civil War. He died in Pickaway County when his
daughter was four years old. The family of Mr.
and Mrs. Bell contained seven daughters and
two sons, viz.: Agatha, Mollie, Elizabeth, Elawisa,
Rebecca, Sally, Laura Virginia, Charles and
James. Charles went to the West and was never
heard from. James married a daughter of
Alfred Taylor. Mrs. Bell and her sister met
death while driving across the railroad tracks near
Harrisburg.
Mr. and Mrs. Gulick have had two children, viz.:
Agatha Rebecca and James Earl. The
former died aged five years. James Earl Gulick,
who is a rural mail clerk, married Anna Griffin
and they reside on the home farm. Mr. and Mrs.
Gulick are well known all through the neighborhood.
Mrs. Gulick is well posted on county history in
this section and has many entertaining reminiscences of
people and events which would add interest to any
published record of the northwestern section of Pickaway
County.
Source: History of Pickaway County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens, Edited and Compiled by Hon.
Aaron R. Van Cleaf. Circleville, Ohio - Publ. 1906 -
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