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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D. A. LANE, a representative agriculturist of Scioto
township, and a member of the board of directors of the
County Infirmary, resides on his finely improved far of
190 acres. Mr. Lane was born in Scioto
township, Pickaway County, Ohio, Jan. 29, 1841, and is a
son of John Wesley and Sarah (McCord) Lane.
The parents of Mr. Lane was born natives of
Virginia. The father was born in the vicinity of
Richmond, while the mother was born in Albemarle County.
In 1835 they came to Pickaway County, Ohio, where the
father became a prosperous farmer, reared a large family
and died on his own land. Seven of his children
died in infancy; those who reached maturity were:
Franklin, Sarah Virginia and John, Monroe,
all deceased; Lucy Ann, widow of James Curry,
residing in Franklin County, Ohio; James M. of
Canada; and D. A., the subject of this
sketch.
D. A. Lane was reared on his father's farm and
obtained his education in the log schoolhouses in its
vicinity. With the exception of two years spent in
Madison township, Mr. Lane has passed his whole
life in Scioto township and nearly all of this period
has been spent in farming and stock-raising and feeding
hogs, having a preference for the Chester White variety,
and feeds about 100 a year for the market. For
some 12 years he has done an extensive business in
selling stock, shipping to Buffalo, Pittsburg and
Philadelphia. His farm is worth a great deal of
money, the land being exceedingly valuable and the
improvements being of a most substantial character.
In March, 1861, Mr. Lane was married to Mary
Wheeler, who is a daughter of Benjamin Wheeler,
one of the early settlers of Madison township, where he
became a large farmer and man of substance. Mr.
and Mrs. Lane have nine living children, as follows:
Sarah E., who is the wife of J. L. Martin,
a merchant at Commercial Point; George W., who is
in business at Ashville; B. L., at home; John
V., in business at Ashville; Charles, a
resident of Columbus; D. R. and William,
who are in business at Orient; and Mary and
Grace, both at home.
As a member of the board of directors of the County
Infirmary, Mr. Lane performs many public duties,
being a man of principle. He takes an interest in
all things pertaining to the welfare of his neighborhood
and gives liberal support to home enterprises. He
belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
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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C. A LEIST,
a representative member of the bar at Circleville, was
born in 1868 in Pickaway County, Ohio, and is a son of
Daniel Leist, and a grandson of that old pioneer
of the county, John D. Leist.
John D. Leist was born in Pennsylvania in 1808,
and was brought to Pickaway County in boyhood.
During his active business life he was a contractor and
builder and many of the old stone houses, which give
such a substantial look to many sections throughout the
county, were erected by him and still stand as mute
memorials to his skill and workmanship. His son,
Daniel Leist, was born in 1833 in Pickaway
County, and still survives, a venerable resident of
Circleville.
C. A. Leist was reared in Pickaway County and
first attended the country schools, later went to the
Ohio Normal University at Ada, and then turned his
attention to teaching. During the five years that
he taught school he took advantage of spare time to
become acquainted with the first principles of the law,
and subsequently studied with the law firm of Folsom
& Pontius and later with Judge Festus Walters.
In December, 1893, he was admitted to the bar and
entered into practice on Jan. 1, 1894. Mr.
Leist practices in all the courts of the State and
also in the Federal courts. He has always been
interested in politics was elected city solicitor of
Circleville for a term of four years. He is now
serving as a member of the Board of Elections of
Pickaway County.
On Nov. 24, 1897, Mr. Leist was married to
Elizabeth Crist, who is a daughter of Henry Crist,
who for years was a leading businss man of Circleville.
Mr. and Mrs. Leist have one son - Marvin.
Mr. Leist is a member of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows at Circleville. He is one of the
intelligent, progressive men of the city and stands very
high personally and professionally.
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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GEORGE G.
LEIST, M. D., physician and
surgeon at Circleville, is a naive of Fairfield County,
Ohio, a member of a distinguished family of that section
of the State. He is a son of Jesse and Phoebe
(Glick) Leist and a grandson of Hon. John Leist.
Hon. John Leist, a stone cutter and mechanic by
trade, rose from a humble estate to be one of the
statesmen and leading citizens of his section of Ohio.
For 13 terms he served in the State Legislature from
Fairfield County and was one of the most earnest
promoters of the old canal, which so greatly benefited
his section. He was thoroughly acquainted with the
law, although a graduate of no school, and was the
chosen adviser and friend of half the people of his
county. His son, Jesse Leist, the father of
Dr. Leist, was born in Fairfield County and
turned his attention to agriculture, becoming one of the
substantial farmers of that locality.
George G. Leist was reared and primarily
educated in the schools of Fairfield County and was
graduated from the Zanesville Business College in 1877.
After reading medicine for several years, with Dr. J.
J. Silbaugh, at Royalton. Ohio, he entered the Ohio
Medical College at Cincinnati, where he was graduated in
1891. He immediately began practice at East
Ringgold, Pickaway County, Ohio, where he continued for
seven years and then removed to Royalton, where he spent
seven years more. In 1904 Dr. Leist
came to Circleville and here has met with a ready
welcome. He is a valued member of the Fairfield
County Medical Society and of the Ohio State Medical
Society and is an enthusiastic member of his profession.
On Dec. 24, 1891, Dr. Leist was united in
marriage with Mary McCandlish, who is a daughter
of George McCandlish, formerly a farmer in
Fairfield County, but now a retired resident of
Thornville, Ohio. James A. McCandlish, an
uncle of Mrs. Leist, was a very prominent
man in Fairfield County. He served, with the rank
of captain, for three years in the Civil war, located
then in Cumberland County, Illinois, where he was
elected sheriff, being the first Republican incumbent
the county had had. He served nine years in that
position and later was elected clerk of the County
Court.
Dr. and Mrs. Leist have four children, viz.:
Harold, George and Helen, all bright
students at Circleville; and Martha Alice,
the pride of the home, born Apr. 26, 1906. In
politics the Doctor is a Republican.
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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WILLISON
LEIST, a retired farmer now making
his home in Circleville, was born in Washington
township, Pickaway County, Ohio, Sept. 8, 1836, and is a
son of Jacob and Catherine (Row) Leist.
Jacob Leist was born in Pennsylvania and was a son
of Andrew Leist, who came to Ohio in Jacob's
boyhood and entered land in Pickaway County. Here
Jacob Leist was reared, becoming in later years a
man of prominence in his locality He was a stanch
supporter of the Democratic party. He married
Catherine Row, who belonged to an old pioneer family
that also came from Pennsylvania. They reared
three children, viz.: Amos, deceased; George,
of Washington township; and Willison of this
sketch.
Willison Leist was reared on his father's farm
and remained at home until he married, when he bought 76
acres of good land and began farming on his own account.
Later he added to his first purchase and now owns 106
acres in Washington township. This land he
improved with good buildings and upon it the family
resided until 1897, when they moved into Circleville.
Mr. Leist is known as a careful,
scientific farmer and stock-raiser and, although he is
retired from active labor, he still looks after the farm
interests as of old.
Mr. Leist was married in 1858 to
Sophia Reichelderfer, a daughter of
William Reichelderfer, who was born in Salt
Creek township, Pickaway County, Ohio, and died in
March, 1903, at the age of 86 years. He was a son
of John Reichelderfer, who was born in
Pennsylvania and came to Ohio by wagon at a very early
day. The Reichelderfers were all prosperous
people, great farmers and stock-raisers. The
mother of Mrs. Leist was Sarah
Davis, who was born in Pennsylvania and was a
daughter of Richard Davis, a pioneer
settler of Pickaway County. Mrs. Leist
was one of a family of nine children, the survivors
being: Enos, of Circleville; John, of
Washington township; William, of Washington
township; Louis, of Circleville; Sophia
Mrs. Leist); Sarah, wife of William
Wolf, of Stoutsville; and Susan, wife of
Henry Frankfelter.
Mr. and Mrs. Leist have two sons: Charles H.,
a farmer of Clear Creek township, Fairfield County,
Ohio; and Harley, of Washington township,
Pickaway County, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Leist
are members of the Evangelical Church, of whose official
board, the former is a member. He has always taken
a good citizen's interest in politics and has
consistently supported the Democratic party. He is
a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
The family reside at No. 313 East Mound street.
Source: History of
Pickaway County, Ohio and Representative Citizens,
Edited and Compiled by Hon. Aaron R. Van Cleaf.
Circleville, Ohio - Publ. 1906 - Page 785 |
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LEWIS
JUDSON LONG, a trustee of Monroe
township, a representative citizen and successful farmer
and stock-raiser, resides on his farm of 51 acres, which
is situated on the Lester mill road. Mr. Long
is a member of a well-known family of this vicinity.
He was born on his father's farm in Monroe township,
Apr. 8, 1853, and is a son of
James Maloid and Mary Ann (Hunter) Long.
The Long family
came from Maryland to Ohio in 1816. James M.
Long, father of our subject, was then four years
old. The family set out in a wagon and when they
reached the Ohio River went on board a flatboat; while
floating to their landing, the mother died. It was
impossible to return to the old home and thus the mortal
remains of the grandmother rest in an unknown spot.
The grandfather kept on his way and settled with his
children on a farm in Ross County, Ohio, but only for a
short time. Grandfather Long soon
removed to Pickaway County and rented a farm in Monroe
township, not far from Five Points, on which stood an
old log cabin, and in this he died. The remembered
names of his children are: Mrs. Hand,
Kendall, Coleman and James.
James M. Long purchased 100 acres of land near
Five Points and this became the family homestead.
This was about 1852, when land was cheap. He
possessed considerable business foresight and, although
he could only manage at first to take care of the
interest, he believed that by industry and good
management he could clear off the principal in the time
required by the party from whom he purchased. It
was a pretty large undertaking for a poor man, but he
succeeded in doing it without ever placing a mortgage on
his property, of which he was always proud. When
he died he left an estate of 400 acres, which
represented years of honest industry. Mr.
Long realized a great deal of money from the
raising of cattle and hogs, particularly the latter.
In 1865, just at the close of the Civil War, when prices
were inflated, he was fortunate enough to have a fine
lot of hogs and these he shipped to Cincinnati and sold
them for $16 a hundred weight and for one dressed hog he
received the sum of $75. From this industry he
realized enough to complete the payments on his farm
bought in 1852. When he first took possession, the
country throughout this section was all wild, turkeys
and deer being yet plentiful and there was no difficulty
found in filling the larder with game. He died in
1891, at the age of 79 years and was laid away to rest
in Pleasant Cemetery at Palestine. He was a man of
business uprightness, one whose word, at all times, was
as good as his bond.
James M. Long was married (first) to a Miss
Wilkins. They had one son, William, who
married Mary Briggs and settled in Ross
County, Ohio. Both William Long and
his wife are deceased and they are survived by one son,
John B. Long, who is clerk of Concord township,
Ross County.
After the death of his first wife, James Long
married a Miss Maddox, and two children
were born to this marriage, Hester Ann and
Wesley. The latter died aged 27 years.
The former married George Ridgway, and she
now resides with her daughter, on the home place.
After the death of his second wife, Mr. Long
married (third) Mary Ann Hunter,
and nine children were born to this last union, as
follows: Mary V., widow of John W. Puckett,
living in Darby township; James R., who married
Elizabeth Worth, now deceased, living on
the home farm; Ellen, who married John
White and lives in Muhlenberg township; Margaret,
who married Daniel Boisell and lives in
Madison County, Ohio; Kendall and McCury
(twins), the former of whom married Elizabeth
Upperman, moved to the Indian Teritory. and
died there while engaged in constructing a bridge - the
latter, McCury. became the wife of Samuel
Boyd, reared a large family and finally died on
her farm in Madison County, Ohio; Edward J., who
married Emma Kelly and lives on what is
known as the lower farm on his father’s old estate;
Benjamin Brough, named in honor of Hon.
John Brough, Governor of Ohio, who is a
justice of the peace in Oak Run township, Madison
County, Ohio - he married Rose Rector; and
Lewis Judson, of this sketch, who was born
on his father's birthday.
Lewis Judson Long obtained his
early education in an old log schoolhouse in the
neighborhood of his home and sat on a rough slab bench
while he studied his spelling and learned the elements
of arithmetic. At home there was always plenty of
farm work and after finishing his schooling he worked
for his father until 1880, living at home until his
marriage. He then settled on his present farm, a
part of which he purchased, from the Clifton
estate and a part of which he inherited . An old
house was standing on the property when he came here,
but arrangements were soon in progress for the erection
of the elegant new home, which was completed in 1903.
It is a frame structure and is built in a most
substantial manner; it is surrounded by beautiful shade
trees and presents a most attractive appearance.
The old orchard, which Mr. Long preserves
by replacing worn-out trees, stands to one side and,
even when it is not in bloom or in fruit, still looks
thrifty and homelike. His land is favorably
located near the Era and Williamsport turnpike, on the
Lester mill road. He carries on general farming
and stock raising.
On Jan. 28, 1880, Mr. Long was married to
Jennie Winfough, who was born Aug. 21,
1858, at Colton, Jackson County, Ohio. She is a
daughter of John and Phoebe (Leach) Winfough, the
former of whom was a son of Frederick Winfough.
On the maternal side, the grandparents of Mrs.
Long were Ambrose and Tabitha (Westfall)
Leach. Ambrose Leach was born
in Virginia and was an early settler in Jackson County,
Ohio. The parents of Mrs. Long had
eight children, as follows: William R., who
married Mary Wehe and lives at Five
Points; Ambrose, who married Nancy I. Crawford
and lives at Five Points; Lyla, deceased, who
married Ira Gulick; John, who
married Mary Anderson and lives at Five
Points; Maggie, deceased, who was the wife of
Smith Castle; Anna Eliza, who
died aged two and a half years; and Jennie (Mrs.
Long).
Mr. and Mrs. Long have had three children,
namely: Harry, born Sept. 19, 1880, who married
Gertrude Atkins and is the popu lar
teacher of the home school in District No. 8; Pearl,
born June 28, 1884, who assists his father on the home
farm; and Clyde, born Aug. 11, 1889, who was
killed by a runaway horse on Aug. 10, 1901.
Mr. Long is one of the leading
Republicans of Monroe township and has held a number of
the local offices. He has served as school
director for a long time, elected first when but one was
required for District No. 8, the number now being three.
He has always taken a deep interest in the township
schools and has done all in his power to make them
effective. Since 1901 he has been township
trustee, he being the first Republican to be elected to
the office in his township for a number of years.
When he was elected the second time, he was on the
ticket with President Roosevelt, who,
according to his political sentiments, was pretty good
company.
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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