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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Richland Co., Ohio -
from 1808 to 1908
Vol. I & II
by A. J. Baughman -
Chicago: The J. S. Clarke Publishing Co.
1908
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WILLIAM
McCOY, a successful agriculturist of Jefferson township,
was born in Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, January 13, 1835, a
son of Benjamin and Sarah McCoy, who were also natives of
the Keystone state. There the mother died when our subject
was a little lad of seven years, and the father subsequently
married again. By the first union there were four sons,
the others being: Benjamin, who has passed away;
Israel, a resident of Canton, Ohio; and John C., who
makes his home in Kansas. There was one child by the
second marriage. Leaving Pennsylvania, Benjamin McCoy
brought his family to Ohio, the trip being made with a two-horse
wagon, and after spending a few months in Wayne, he located in
Lexington, Richland county, in 1848. For two years he made
his home in Troy township and then removed to Morrow county,
where he died in 1851.
When William McCoy had mastered the branches of
learning taught in the common schools he learned the tanner's
trade, with which he was connected at Bellville for fifteen
years. He then located on his present farm in Jefferson
township, where he owns eighty-four acres of valuable and well
improved land, and property returning to him a gratifying annual
income. He has made all of the improvements upon the place
and now has a very desirable property.
In 1860 Mr. McCoy was united in marriage to
Miss Caroline Aungst, who was born on the 17th of February,
1835, and passed away in 1905, leaving one son, Frank,
engaged in the drug business in Lexington, Ohio.
Mr. McCoy gives stalwart allegiance to the men
and measures of the democracy and has served as a member of the
council at Bellville. He is well and favorable known in
the community and now receives the veneration and respect which
should ever be accorded one who has traveled thus far on life's
journey and whose course has at all times been honorable and
upright.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - from 1808 to 1908 by
A. J. Baughman - Chicago: The J. S. Clarke Publishing Co. 1908 -
Vol. II - Pg, 948 |
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DAVID
J. McCREADY. The fitting reward of a well spent
life is a period of rest in which to enjoy the fruits of former
toil and this has been vouchsafed David J. McCready, who
for a long period was actively connected with agricultural
interests in Richland county. He worked diligently year
after year until his labors have brought him sufficient capital
to enable him to put aside active business cares and yet enjoy
all of the comforts and some of the luxuries of life. He
is now living in Butler.
His birth occurred in Washington county, Pennsylvania,
November 13, 1842, his parents being William and Elizabeth
(Douglas) McCready. The father, also a nataive of
Washington county, was born April 14, 1804, and having arrived
at years of maturity he was married in Pennsylvania to Miss
Elizabeth Douglas, whose birth occurred in Washington county
on the 9th of November, 1804, there being only about six months'
difference in their ages. They lived in the east until
1859, when they removed to Ohio, settling in Washington
township, Richland county, where the father rented land and then
carried on farming for a number of years. Living
economically and industriously, he at length saved a sum
sufficient to enable him to purchase a small farm and upon that
place he and his wife spent their remaining days. They
were both consistent members of the Presbyterian church and
enjoyed to the fullest extent the good will and friendship of
all with whom they came in contact. Mr. McCready
died in 1874 and his wife passed away in October, 1876.
They were the parents of eight children, of whom four are yet
living: John, a resident of Nebraska; Mrs. Elizabeth
Pollock, whose home is in Washington township; David J.;
and Mrs. Amanda Byerly, of Butler. Those who have
passed away are Rebecca, Sarah Ann, William and Mary.
David J. McCready spent the first seventeen years
of his life in the county of his nativity and then came with his
parents to Richland county. Through the medium of the
public schools, which he attended in the winter seasons, that
practical experience had well qualified him for the duties of
the fields when he started out in business life on his own
account.
In 1864, when a young man of twenty-two years, he
offered his services to the government in defense of the Union,
enlisting as a member of Company C, One Hundred and Sixty-third
Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He thus served until the close of
the war and met many of the hardships which fall to the lot of
the soldier. He took part in a number of hotly contested
engagements and the long hard marches, but never faltered in the
performance of any duty for the protection of Union interests.
Following the war Mr. McCready returned to
Richland county, took up the occupation of farming and soon made
arrangements for having a home of his own by his marriage on the
31st of October, 1867, to Miss Samantha Pollock, who was
born in Washington township, February 9, 1842. She is a
daughter of Thomas and Mary E. (Morrell) Pollock.
Her father was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, November
15, 1801, and the mother's birth occurred in Huntingdon county
of the same state on the 3d of February, 1801. They were
married on the 1st of April, 1824, but in the meantime - in 1818
- Thomas Pollock had come to Richland county with his
parents. Mrs. Pollock had removed to Beaver county,
Pennsylvania, with her parents when a little maiden of nine
years and there remained until after the close of the war of
1812, when they removed to the mouth of Block river, near
Cleveland. The family home was maintained at that place
until 1822, when they came to Richland county. While
living on Block river Mrs. Pollock washed four pocket
handkerchiefs for President Monroe, who with General
Lewis Cass, R. M. Johnson and others were making a
trip of inspection to the then northwest. President
Monroe gave her fifty cents for this work and she kept the
piece of money for eyars. She had a brother who was a
soldier in the war of 1812, as was her father. As stated,
it was in Richland county that Mr. and Mrs. Pollock were
married and here they spent their remaining days, becoming well
known as respected and representative farming people of this
part of the state. The former died in Washington township,
August 27, 1881, and the latter on the 27th of April, 1880.
There was only a few months difference in their ages and but a
few months difference in the time of their death. They had
traveled life's journey together for about fifty-six years,
their mutual love and confidence increasing as the days passed
by. Their family numbered ten children, three of whom are
yet living: Andrew, now a resident of Delaware,
Ohio; James, whose home is in Madison township; and
Mrs. McCready. Those who have passed away are
William, Elizabeth, Joseph, Caroline, John, Milton and
Laban. The home of Mr. and Mrs. McCready has
been blessed with four children: Orton M., James T.
and L. W., all of Butler; and Eva A.,
at home.
Immediately after their marriage Mr. and Mrs.
McCready began farming in Washington township and as his
financial resources did not permit him to purchase land, he
rented a farm for several years or until 1874. As a
careful expenditure in the meantime had brought him a sum
sufficient to justify his purchase of fifty-two acres of land,
he took up his abode thereon and made the place his home for
many years, or until the fall of 1906, when he rented his farm
and came to Butler, where he and his wife are now living.
Mrs. McCready has always been an able assistant and
helpmate to her husband and they both deserve the rest from the
arduous work of the farm which they are now enjoying. Both
are members of the Lutheran church and Mr. McCready
exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and
measures of the republican party. He has lived in this
county during the greater part of his life and has witnessed its
growth for almost half a century. He has proved how
effective are the qualities of unfaltering perseverance and
persistent energy in achieving success, for it has been along
these lines that he has won his present place among the men of
affluence of the community. The business methods he has
employed have ever been such as have gained for him the trust
and confidence of those with whom he has been associated, and he
is justly accounted one of the respected residents of Butler.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - from 1808 to 1908 by
A. J. Baughman - Chicago: The J. S. Clarke Publishing Co. 1908 -
Vol. II - Pg, 944 |
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ISAAC
McCULLOUGH, now deceased, was numbered among the honored
veterans of the Civil war, and at his death, which occurred
August 7, 1908, was living in honorable retirement in Butler,
making his home with his sons. He received the veneration
and respect which should ever be accorded one of the advanced
years, whose life had been worthily passed. He was born in
Holmes county, Ohio, December 4, 1828, and was a son of
Joseph and Margaret (Matheson) McCollough. The father
was born in Pennsylvania in 1801, and the mother's birth
occurred in 1803. They were married in Holmes county,
Ohio, and cast in their lot among the early settlers of Richland
county, where they remained for a time, and then removed to
Indiana, where their last days were passed. Both died in
that state when seventy-eight years of age. Their family
numbered seven children, but only two are now living: Mrs.
Elizabeth Jolly, who is located in Fort Wayne, Indiana; and
Mrs. Jane Finley, of Huntington, Indiana.
In retrospect one can see Isaac McCullough as a
young boy in the early half of the nineteenth century, working
in the fields with the primitive farm machinery then in vogue,
or conning his lessons in the little district schoolhouse, where
few branches were taught, beyond reading, writing and
arithmetic. However, he kept in touch with the progressive
thought of the world, and made substantial progress in business
lines. He continued to engage in farming until 1862, when
he put aside all business and personal considerations and joined
the Union army, becoming a member of Company B, Sixteenth Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, with which he served for exactly three
years. He participated in the siege of Vicksburg, the
battles of Hickory Post and Arkansas River, and in many other
engagements and skirmishes, but although he was frequently in
hazardous positions the only injury which he sustained was to
have two ribs broken. He was always faithful to his duty,
whether it called him to the lonely pocket line or stationed him
on the firing line.
After the war Mr. McCullough removed to Richland
county and purchased forty acres of land in Worthington
township. This he cultivated and improved, and in
connection with agricultural pursuits he worked at the
carpenter's trade, which he learned when a boy and which he had
followed prior to the war. Some years ago he sold his land
and removed to Butler, where he spent his remaining days, making
his home with his sons.
Mr. McCullough was married in 1850 to Mrs.
Eleanor Roberts, who was born in Holmes county, Ohio.
They traveled life's journey together for many years and were
then separated by the death of the wife, who passed away in
1907, at the age of seventy-seven years. Their family
numbered seven children: Joseph, Isaac and Logan,
who are residents of Butler; Allurah, Emeline and Mary,
all now deceased; and Louisa J., the wife of Daniel
Bemiller, whose home is in Worthington township.
Mrs. McCollough was a member of the Disciples church, and
was an earnest, consistent Christian woman, whose death was
deeply deplored by all who knew her.
Mr. McCullough voted with the democracy after
age conferred upon him the right of franchise, and although he
never sought nor desired office, he was always loyal to the best
interests of the community, and did everything in his power to
further public progress. Although he reached the eightieth
milestone on life's journey, in spirit and interests he seemed
in his prime. He was well known in the county where he had
so long resided here received the respect of rich and poor, old
and young.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - from 1808 to 1908 by
A. J. Baughman - Chicago: The J. S. Clarke Publishing Co. 1908 -
Vol. II - Pg, 1071 |
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J. W.
McCULLY. Thrift, energy and economy are the
elements which constitute the success of J. W. McCully,
who now owns and operates one hundred and eight acres of land
situated on section 12, Sandusky township. He is a native
son of the township, his birth having occurred in a log cabin,
February 12, 1848. His parents, William and Mary
(Simpson) McCully, were likewise born in Richland county,
where their entire lives were passed. Both are now
deceased. Of their five children, four still survive,
namely: S. S., of Richland county; Sarah J.,
the widow of D. B. Lovett, also of Richland county;
William, who resides in New York city; and J. W. , of
this review.
J. W. McCully acquired his education in the
common schools and was reared under the parental roof until he
reached mature years, having in the meantime assisted his father
in the operation of the home farm. Upon starting out in
life on his own account he located on his present farm, which he
purchased, comprising one hundred and eight acres on section 12,
Sandusky township. He has improved the place with good
buildings, has tiled and fenced the land and placed it under a
high state of cultivation. Here he is engaged in general
agricultural pursuits and each year harvests good crops as a
reward for the care and labor he bestows upon the fields.
In connection with farming he was also for eighteen years
engaged in the tile and milling business but now gives his
entire attention to agriculture.
Mr. McCully established a home of his own by his
marriage, in December, 1871, to Miss Ellen Reed, who was
born in Richland county, a daughter of James and Anna (Adams)
Reed, both of whom are now deceased. She is one of a
family of ten children, and by her marriage has become the
mother of three children, two daughters and one son: Edith M.,
who was born July 22, 1873, and is now the wife of William
Kuhn, of Richland county; Edgar R., who was born
January 18, 1877, and lives in Galion, Ohio; Jessie L.,
who was born October 30, 1884, and is now the wife of
Clarence Hoover, a resident of Mansfield, this state.
Mr. McCully's study of the political questions
and issues of the day has led him to give stalwart support to
the democratic party. For several years he has served as
a member of the school board, while at the present writing he is
filling the office of justice of the peace, his decisions being
made in a fair and impartial manner. He is now the
candidate of his party for county commissioner. He is a
member of the National Union Insurance Company, while he and his
wife are identified with the Presbyterian church. The are
people of the highest respectability and worth and are highly
esteemed in the community in which they have so long resided,
the hospitality of their own pleasant home being enjoyed by
their many friends and acquaintances.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - from 1808 to 1908 by
A. J. Baughman - Chicago: The J. S. Clarke Publishing Co. 1908 -
Vol. II - Pg, 975 |
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J. R.
McDANEL. Among the venerable pioneer citizens of
Richland Co., none is more deserving of mention in this volume
than is J. R. McDanel, for no man has taken a more active
part in its substantial growth and development. The farm
of one hundred and twenty-acres, situated on Section 26, Monroe
township, has entered from the government by his father in 1826,
and here our subject has spent the greater part of his life,
covering a period of eighty-seven years.
Mr. McDanel was born in Pennsylvania, Sept. 8,
1821, a son of William and Mary (Richie) McDaniel, who
were natives of Delaware, and came to Richland county in 1826,
at which time the father entered one hundred and twenty-acres of
land from the government. He built a log cabin eighteen by
twenty-two feet, with clapboard roof and puncheon floor.
Here the family lived for five years, and this crude dwelling
has then replaced by one of hewed logs, in which the parents
lived throughout their remaining days, the father passing away
in 1854, while the mother survived for a few years, her death
occurring in 1862. Of their family of eight children our
subject is the only surviving member.
J. R. McDanel was a little lad of five years
when he was brought by his parents from the Keystone state to
Richland county. He shared with the other members of the
family in the hardships and trials incident to life on the
frontier. As soon as old enough he was trained to the
duties of the farm, assisting his father during the seasons of
plowing, planting and harvesting, while during the winter months
he attended the district schools. He continued to give his
father the benefit of his services until he had attained his
majority, when he assumed the management of the home farm until
his father's death, after which he came into possession of the
property and has made his home thereon to the present time.
during the years that have come and gone it has been made a
valuable tract, owning to the improvements placed thereon and
also to the care and labor bestowed upon the fields. For
many years he was active in carrying on agricultural pursuits,
but now in the evening of life he is leaving the more active
work to others.
Mr. McDanel has been twice married. He was
first wedded in 1843 to Miss Dorothy Keller, who was born
in Stark County, Ohio, and by this union there were born seven
children, of whom only two are now living, namely: Harriet
Ann, the wife of Aaron Baughman, of Monroe township,
and Jane, the wife of John Reiter, of Newville,
Ohio. Mr. McDanel was married a second time in
1881, this union being with Johan Robinson, who
was born in Richland county in 1850 and is one of a family of
seven children, whose parents are both deceased. By her
marriage she has become the mother of five children, as follows:
J. R., Jr. at home; Odessa M., the wife of
Alfred Collins, of Richland county; Elizabeth, at
home; and Samuel J. and Nancy E., also under the
parental roof.
Politically Mr. McDanel is a democrat, but has
never been active as an office holder, preferring to give his
undivided time and attention to his private business interests.
Brought to Richland county when a little lad of five years, he
has lived to see it develop from a wild region into one of the
thriving districts of the east. To the pioneer of the
early days, far removed from the privileges and conveniences of
city or town, the struggle for existence was a stern and hard
one, but like other pioneers Mr. McDanel possessed that
indomitable energy and sterling worth that has enabled him to
fight life's battles, and now at the age of eighty-seven years
he is able to live in comparative ease, enjoying the comforts
and conveniences that are now to be found in this section of the
state.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - from 1808 to 1908 by
A. J. Baughman - Chicago: The J. S. Clarke Publishing Co. 1908 -
Vol. II - Pg, 627 |
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GEORGE
McFERREN, is justly classed among the pioneer farmers of
Richland county and Perry township, his residence here dating
from 1841, or for a period of sixty-seven years. He now
owns and operates a good farm of one hundred and fourteen acres,
situate din Perry township, and from the tract he derives an
income which supplies him with all the comforts and some of the
luxuries of life. Mr. McFerren was born in Bedford
county, Pennsylvania, June 20, 1839, a son of Henry and
Catherine (Hardman) McFerren, who were farming people of the
Keystone state and located in Richland county in 1841, the
father purchasing a farm in Perry township, where he spent his
remaining days. Both the parents are now deceased,
however, the mother passing away in 1880, while the father's
death occurred in 1895.
George McFerren is the younger of two sons born
of his father's marriage, his brother being Samuel McFerren.
The son pursued his studies in the common schools and was early
trained to the duties of the home farm, assisting his father in
plowing, planting and harvesting the crops, so that when he
started out in life on his own account he had excellent
knowledge of the methods of agriculture. He is now the
owner of one hundred and fourteen acres, situated in Perry
township. He has tiled and fenced the land and erected
substantial buildings, so that today his property is a valuable
one, and each year he adds to his financial income, owning to
the sale of abundant crops.
Mr. McFerren chose as a companion and helpmate
on the journey of life Miss Naoma R. Black, whom he
wedded in 1862 and who died Sept. 8, 1905. Unto this
marriage were born a daughter and two sons, but he eldest,
Ellen, is now deceased. The sons are C. L. and
William A., both farmers of Perry township.
Mr. McFerren's study of the political questions
and issues of the day has led him to give hearty support to the
men and measures of democracy, but he has never been active as
an office seeker, preferring rather to give his undivided time
and attention to his private business interests, in which he is
meeting with success. Brought to Richland county when but
two years of age, he has always lived here and is therefore
familiar with the history of this section of the state, and now
in the evening of life he is surrounded by many warm friends who
esteem him for his many excellent traits of heart and mind.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - from 1808 to 1908 by
A. J. Baughman - Chicago: The J. S. Clarke Publishing Co. 1908 -
Vol. II - Pg, 799 |
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JOHN
J. McPHERN, who is now filling the position of
custodian at the courthouse in Mansfield, is numbered among the
native sons of Franklin county, Pennsylvania, and came to
Richland county, Ohio, in 1866. His parents were John
and Rosanna (Snyder) McPhern, both of whom were natives of
the Keystone state, but in their later years lived in Ohio.
They were of Scotch-Irish descent. Their family numbered
eight children, four sons and four daughters, of whom one sister
is now in Maryland and one brother in Pennsylvania, while the
others are residents of Richland county.
John J. McPhern acquired his education in the
public schools of Franklin county, Pennsylvania, and came to
Richland county in 1866. He had previously served for a
time as a soldier in the Civil war, having enlisted as a member
of Company E, Seventeenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, in 1864 under
Captain William Tice. The company was attached to the
command of General Phil Sheridan and participated in the
battles of Fisher's Ridge and Cedar Creek. With the
other members of the company Mr. McPhern spent much
time in guarding supplies and fighting guerillas including the
troops under Mosby. He was also a Petersburg and
Appomattox and in the Shenandoah Valley campaign and saw active
and arduous service but never faltered in his loyalty to the
Union as he followed the stars and stripes, through the south.
Upon locating in Mansfield, Mr. McPhern began
working at the carpenter's trade and later engaged in the lumber
business in which he continued until 1894 when he retired from
that work and accepted the position of custodian at the
courthouse. He is now capably serving in that capacity and
his work has the endorsement of all public officials there
located.
Mr. McPhern was married to Miss Mary E. Stone,
a native of Ohio and resides at No. 59 Park avenue east.
He is a member of the Congregational church and also belongs to
the Grand Army Post thus maintaining pleasant relations with his
old army comrades. In matters of citizenship he has always
been loyal and progressive and he is well known in this city
where for forty-two years he has made his home, during much of
this period being an active business man.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - from 1808 to 1908 by A.
J. Baughman - Chicago: The J. S. Clarke Publishing Co. 1908 -
Vol. II - Pg, 1168 |
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THE
MASSA FAMILY - David, Frank and John Massa,
brothers, were born in Ottenberg, Germany. The father died
in Germany in 1828, and in 1853 the children came to America
with their mother. All the Massas who came to
America located in Mansfield, Richland county, Ohio.
John Massa was born in the year 1882 and was married
to Miss Barbara Shafer in 1856. The Shafer
family came from Dramstadt, Germany, in 1850, when their
daughter Barbara was twelve years old. They also
settled in Mansfield.
Mr. and Mrs. John Massa became the parents of
eleven children, namely: George, Mrs. Valentine Green,
John, Jr., Theresa, Edward, Anna, Barbara, Mrs. Charles Wagner,
Mrs. Lewis Zollers, Joseph and Albert. Of the
foregoing, John, Jr., Teresa, Edward and Joseph
are deceased. Mrs. Green resides in Pittsburg and
the others at Mansfield. John Massa, the father of
the above named children, died in 1889. George and
Albert Massa are married and the latter was a
soldier in the Spanish American war. The children of the
three Massa brothers who came from Germany to America all
reside in Richland county with the exception of two. The
Massas were and are industrious and respectable people
and good citizens. They have worked hard, and accompanied
much and accumulated property.
Miss Anna Massa, the third daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Massa, has attained an enviable reputation as
a singer. She was educated in the local parochial school
and her talent for music was noted when she was yet a child.
After graduating from our local schools Miss Massa went
to Chicago and took instructions in music and voice culture from
the best teachers in that city. Later she pursued her
studies in the east. Returning to Chicago, she became a soloist
in one of the leading and most fashionable churches of that
city. Upon her return to Mansfield she became the soloist
and leading soprano of the Presbyterian church choir for a
number of years. She has also done concert work and is in
demand for funeral singing and for public entertainments.
Miss Massa is blessed with a voice of wonderful power
and great sweetness. She has a fine stage presence, which,
combined with her exquisite and finely cultured voice, makes her
much sought as a singer. Being of domestic tastes,
however, she prefers a home with her widowed mother to a career
upon the state.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - from 1808 to 1908 by
A. J. Baughman - Chicago: The J. S. Clarke Publishing Co. 1908 -
Vol. II - Pg, 1118 |
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LEWIS
C. MENGERT, who sine 1886 has been a representative of
the Ohio bar, practicing at Mansfield sine 1892, has gained a
large clientage, as he has demonstrated his ability to
successfully handle involved and important litigated interests.
He is one of the Richland county's native sons, having first
opened his eyes to the light of day in a little log cabin that
stood upon a farm in Washington township, his birth occurring
August 27, 1858.
His parents, William and Sophia (Griebling) Mengert,
were natives of Germany, the former born in Oberbieber, of the
kingdom of Prussia, June 18, 1818, while the mother's birth
occurred January 2, 1813, in Freilinger in the province of
Nassau. They were reared and married in Germany and seven
children were born unto them ere they left that country, but
five died there. In 1853, with his wife and surviving two
children, William Mengert started for the new world and
after reaching American shores made his way into the interior of
the country, settling upon a rented farm in Washington township,
Richland county. His daughter Henrietta died about
five or six years after the family came to the new world, but
the son survives and is now living in Knox county, Ohio.
Two sons were added to the family in America: Frederick,
now living in Ashland county, Ohio; and Lewis C., of this
review. After renting land for several years, William
Mengert purchased and located upon an eighty acre tract of
school land. He continued to carry on general agricultural
pursuits there until 1883, when he and his wife removed to
Butler, but in that year Mrs. Mengert died. Both
the parents were members of the Evangelical Reformed church and
Mr. Mengert was always a stanch democrat, who in
Worthington township served as trustee for three or four years.
It was upon the home farm that Lewis G. Mengert
was reared, early becoming familiar with all the duties and
labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist. He
mastered the elementary branches of learning as a pupil in the
district school and afterward attended village school at Butler,
while later he matriculated at Mansfield Normal School, and that
he displayed aptitude in his studies as indicated by the fact
that when but seventeen years of age he was granted a teacher's
certificate and took up the active work of the profession, which
he followed for thirteen years. During the last six years
of that time he was principal of the schools at Butler and he
became recognized as one of the able exponents of public
education, holding high and standard of the schools with which
he was connected and inspiring his pupils with much of his own
zeal and interest in the work.
However, he resolved to enter other professional fields
and in 1883 became a law student in the office of Donnell &
Marriott, attorneys of Mansfield. His preliminary
reading was broad and thorough and secured his admission to the
bar in 1886. He practiced at Butler for six years and in
1892 removed to Mansfield. For five years thereafter he
was a partner in the firm of Bell, Brinkerhoff & Mengert,
and in 1897 the law firm of Douglass & Mengert was
formed. Mr. Mengert has continuously practiced law
since 1883 and his power and ability have constantly been
broadened through experience, research and study. He never
neglects to give a thorough preparation nor does he lack that
power which results in a clear and forceful presentation of his
case and with all its points duly defined in their relative
proportion. He can cite law and precedent and is seldom if
ever at error in applying a legal principle to the cause in
litigation.
In 1883 occurred the marriage of Mr. Mengert and
Miss Clara V. Gongwer. Their children are
four in number: Portia, Gladys, Karl and Paul.
The family are all members of St. Luke's Lutheran church and
Mr. Mengert affiliates with the Independent Order of
Foresters and the Knights of Pythias.
His political allegiance has always been given to the
democracy and his efforts in its behalf have been effective
forces in its success in Richland county. In 1898 and
again in 1900 he was chair man of the democratic county
executive committee. Without any special advantages at the
outset of his career, Mr. Mengert has made steady
progress in a profession demanding close application,
unfaltering purpose and unwearied industry and his ability is
displayed by the liberal clientage which is today his.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - from 1808 to 1908 by
A. J. Baughman - Chicago: The J. S. Clarke Publishing Co. 1908 -
Vol. II - Pg, 1152 |
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C. S. MOORE
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - from 1808 to 1908 by
A. J. Baughman - Chicago: The J. S. Clarke Publishing Co. 1908 -
Vol. II - Pg, 492 |
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ROBERT MOORE is
carrying on general agricultural pursuits in Franklin township,
not far from Mansfield. Richland county numbers him among
her native sons, for his birth occurred Oct. 12, 1843, in the
township which is still his home. His paternal
grandparents were Archibald and Nancy (Williams) Moore,
and the great-grandfather was Robert Moore, who emigrated
from Ireland in 1767 and settled in Center county, Pennsylvania.
In both the paternal and maternal lines Robert Moore, of
this review, is of Irish extraction. His grandfather, for
whom he was named was one of five brothers, four of whom became
farmers and one was a Methodist minister.
John W. Moore, the father of our subject, was
born and reared in Center county, Pennsylvania, and in 1836 came
to Richland county, Ohio, locating in Madison township.
Six months later he removed to Franklin township and in 1878
became a resident of Troy township, where he died twenty-two
years ago. His entire life had been devoted to general
agricultural pursuits and in his farming operations he was
active and energetic, winning a measure of success which he well
merited. His wife long survived him and when she passed
away on the 1st of April, 1907, she was laid to rest by the side
of her husband in the Franklin cemetery. Their family
numbered twelve children, namely: Robert, Martha, who
resides in Lexington, Ohio; Rebecca, of Franklin
township; Archibald, deceased; James who is
located in Galion, Ohio; Ellen and Anna, who are
also residents of Galion; Jennie whose home is in
Mattoon, Illinois; Franklin, living in Franklin township;
John, deceased and two who died in infancy.
Robert Moore was educated in the common schools,
where he mastered the branches of English learning that usually
constitute the public-school curriculum. He remained at
home until twenty-five years of age and then began farming in
Franklin township. He worked in the fields there for two
years, afterwards living for a time in Troy township and
subsequently in Springfield township, where he remained until
about ten years ago, when he returned to Franklin township,
where he now makes his home. Here he has one hundred and
four acres of land devoted to general agricultural pursuits.
His work is carefully managed and intelligently directed and
through his perseverance and energy he has gained a place among
the substantial residents of the county. Moreover, he
deserves all of the praise implied in the term "a self-made
man."
Mr. Moore was married in 1867 to Miss Harriet
Keith, a descendant of Sir George Keith, who in the
sixteenth century held a land commission in Scotland,
having control over property of such extent that he could travel
the length of the country without stepping off the land over
which he had jurisdiction. When religious troubles arose
involving the Society of Friends, or Quakers, he took a firm
stand in support of that sect and because of this his power was
taken from him and he was forced to leave his native country.
He then went to Holland, where he became acquainted with
William Penn, and as his private secretary came with him to
the new world, becoming the founder of the family in this
country. Michael Keith, a descendant of Sir
George Keith and the grandfather of Mrs. Moore, came
overland from Huntingdon county, Pennsylvania, in 1814, and
established what was widely known as Keith's Tavern.
A part of this building is still standing and has been
remodeled, now constituting a part of the home of George
Gribbling, of Mansfield. Michael Keith was a
man of consequence in Richland County, as was his ancestor in
Scotland. He was one of the first infirmary directors of
the county and received a compensation of twelve dollars per
year for his services.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Moore have been born three
children: Della, the wife of William H. Carnes, of
Mansfield; Ida, the wife of Frank Condon, a
railroad man, by whom she has one son, Wade M.; and
Albert, who married Ella Hagerman, by whom he
has one daughter, Edith. They live on the home
farm, and he operates the place for his father.
Robert Moore is a stalwart advocate of
the democracy but has never been a politician in the sense of
office seeking, although he served as a trustee of Springfield
township for two terms. He and his wife are members of the
Pleasant Valley Baptist church, in which he serves as one of the
deacons. His fellow citizens recognize in him a man whose
word is as good as his bond; who has ever been honorable in all
business transactions and who in an active, progressive life has
gained a measure of success that has come to him as a reward of
his earnest, persistent labor.
Source: History of Richland Co., Ohio - from 1808 to 1908 by
A. J. Baughman - Chicago: The J. S. Clarke Publishing Co. 1908 -
Vol. II - Pg, 873 |
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