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BIOGRAPHIES
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North Central Ohio Biographies
embracing Richland, Ashland,
Wayne, Medina, Lorain, Huron & Knox Counties
by William A. Duff - 3
vols.
Published 1931
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DOREN PALMER. As proprietor of Palmer's
Medicine Shop, 14 Park Avenue, West, Mr. Palmer is
numbered among the leading druggists of Mansfield. He was
born at Fitchville, Huron County, Ohio, Aug. 27, 1884, the son
of S. Burdette and Libbie (Chase) Palmer.
S. Burdette Palmer was born on a farm in Huron
County, Ohio, in 1848. He engaged in general farming and
stock raising in that section of Ohio until 1906, at which time
he retired and removed to Norwalk, Ohio. Mr. Palmer
died in 1913 and is buried at Fitchville. His widow
resides at Norwalk. She is also a native of Huron County.
Mr. Palmer was a Republican in politics and served as
trustee of Fitchville Township. He held membership in the
Baptist Church, and B. P.O. Elks. Mrs. Palmer is a
member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Palmer was
twice married. One child was born to the first union,
Dorah, married Hal. W. Amsden, lives at Greenwich,
Ohio. To S. Burdette and Libble (Chase)
Palmer were born four children, as follows: S.
Burdette, lives at New London, Ohio; Benjamin C.,
lives at Los Angeles, Calif.; D. Doren the subject of
this sketch; and Lucy, married Ed. M. Thoma, lives
at Norwalk, Ohio.
D. Doren Palmer attended the public schools of
Fitchville, Ohio, was graduated from high school in 1901, and
from Sandusky Business College in 1903. He began his
business career as a clerk in the Huron County Banking Company,
of Norwalk, and in 1906 became bookkeeper and teller.
Mr. Palmer gave up his business interests in 1907 and
purchased 48 acres of land near Fitchville, which he operated on
connection with rented land, or a total of 332 acres. He
engaged in farming until 1913, and on Jan. 1, 1914, came to
Mansfield as a representative of the Erie Cold Storage Company,
of Sandusky, with headquarters of Mansfield. Mr. Palmer
became a salesman for the Buckeye Building & Realty Company,
Mansfield, in 1917 and the following year established the D.
D. Palmer Real Estate Agency, specialists in farm property
and acreage throughout the entire United States. Lately,
the enterprise has been confined to Ohio territory. In
February, 1930, Mr. Palmer purchased the Moore
Proprietory Medicine & Cigar Shop, which thereafter was known as
Palmer's Medicine Shop. It is one of the city's
attractive drug stores and has an excellent stock of drugs,
sundries, etc. It is located at 142 Park Avenue, West.
In 1907 Mr. Palmer was united in marriage with
Miss Eva White, the daughter of John F. and Mary White
who were natives of Ohio, both now deceased. Mrs.
Palmer died in 1928 and is buried at Fitchville, Ohio.
To Mr. and Mrs. Palmer two daughters were born,
Dorothy E. and Rosalind B.
Mr. Palmer is a Republican and has held the office
of township trustee of Fitchville Township. He is
affiliated with Floral Lodge F. & A. M., No. 260, New London,
Ohio, and belongs to the Amima Club.
(Source: North Central Ohio Biographies embracing Ashland,
Wayne, Medina, Lorain, Huron & Knox Counties by William A. Duff
- 3 vols. 1931, pg. 757) |
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SIDNEY
L. PALMER is one of the progressive and widely known men
of Mansfield, where he is sales engineer for the Ohio Brass
Company. He was born in Weller Township, Richland County,
June 1, 1870, the son of Henry G. and Louisa V. (Ferguson)
Palmer.
Henry G. Palmer, deceased, was a veteran of the
Civil War. He was born in Richland County, and spent his
boyhood on his father's farm. At the outbreak of the Civil
War he enlisted in Company G. 15th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, and saw almost five years of service, being seriously
wounded in action. Mr. Palmer served as a
superintendent of the Richland County Children's Home for four
years and was also superintendent of the State Working Home for
the Blind at Iberia, Ohio, for a period of three years.
Mr. Palmer was also a farmer and stockman and at one time
owned a large, well improved farm in Weller Township. He
was living retired at 23 Wood Street, Mansfield, at the time of
his death in 1916. His widow still lives in Mansfield.
She is a native of Weller Township. Mr. Palmer was
a Republican, a member of the First Methodist Church, and Grand
Army of the Republic.
Sidney L. Palmer grew up in Weller Township and
received his education in the public schools. He was
graduated from Mansfield High School in 1889, and spent the next
ten years as assistant superintendent of the Richland County
Children's Home. He then went to Los Angeles, Calif.,
where he became sales manager of the electric department of the
California Automobile Company, with which he was identified for
five years. Upon his return to Mansfield he served as
service manager for the Herring Automobile Company, and in 1913
went with the Ohio Brass Company, in charge of the inspection
department. He later became a traveling service man for
the company, and is now sales engineer, with territory
throughout the United States and Canada.
The 1895 Mr. Palmer married Miss Ada L. Mowry,
the daughter of Matthias and Lorani (Early) Mowry,
natives of Ohio, both now deceased. He served as
superintendent of the Richland County Children's Home for a
period of six years, and was also a Civil War veteran.
Mr. and Mrs. Palmer have a daughter, Louise, who is a
teacher in the Mansfield public schools. She is a graduate
of Mansfield High School and Miami University, class of 1930.
Mr. Palmer is a Republican in politics and is
serving as councilman from the First Ward. He was
appointed in 1927 to fill the unexpired term of Thomas R.
Barnes, and was elected to that officer in November, 1927,
and re-elected in November, 1929.
Mr. Palmer is an active member of the First
Methodist Church, president of the First Methodist Episcopal
Brotherhood, president of the Richland County Methodist
Episcopal Brotherhood, and president of the Laymen's
Association, Northeast Ohio Conference. He is president of
the board of trustees of Madison Township Memorial Building.
He has served as secretary of the Mansfield Community Fund for
six years, and is affiliated with Mansfield Lodge, F. & A. M.
No. 35, Mansfield Chapter R. A. M. No. 28, Mansfield Council, R.
& S. M. M. No. 94, and Mansfield Commandery, K. T. No. 21.
(Source: North Central Ohio Biographies embracing Ashland,
Wayne, Medina, Lorain, Huron & Knox Counties by William A. Duff
- 3 vols. 1931, pg. 651) |
Harry A. Parker |
HARRY
A. PARKER. One of the substantial and highly
esteemed citizens of Mansfield is Harry A. Parker, who is
serving as county recorder of Richland County. He was born
in Perry Township, Richland County, Aug. 6, 1887, the son of
George W. and Sophia Jane (Black) Parker.
George W. Parker, a native of Perry Township, was
born July 17, 1838. He was a farmer and teacher and
throughout his life lived in Richland County. He was
a Democrat and held numerous township offices. He was a
member of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Parker died June
11, 1904. His wife, born at Kendallville, Ind., Nov. 25,
1849, died Feb. 22, 1914. Both are buried in Salem
Cemetery, near Belleville, Ohio. Their children were:
Blanche, who died Oct. 9, 1887; Florence E., married
Harry E. Cook, lives near Johnsville, Morrow County,
Ohio; and Harry A., the subject of this sketch.
George W. Parker was the son of Robert and
Catherine (Schultz) Parker, the former a native of Scotland,
and the latter of Germany. He was a pioneer settler of
Perry Township, Richland County, having purchased 80 acres of
land from the Wooster Land Office in 1822. Before coming
to Ohio he lived at Baltimore, Md. He and his wife are
buried in Center Cemetery, Perry Township. Sophia Jane
(Black) Parker was the daughter of Frederick A. and
Sophia (Shaffer) Black, natives of Richland County, and
early settlers of Noble County, Ind. They are buried in
Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, near Kendallville, Ind.
The boyhood of Harry A. Parker was spent on his
father's farm in Perry Township and he attended the district
schools. Mr. Parker continued to operate the
home place after his father's death in 1904, and remained there
until 1914, at which time the estate was leased. During
1914-15 Mr. Parker traveled in the West and late in 1915
returned to Belleville, Ohio. Due to ill health he was
forced to retire from business until 1919, at which time he
established a tire and automobile accessory business in
Mansfield. He disposed of the business two years later and
became a representative in Richland County for the McClure
Company of Saginaw, Mich., lumber dealers. In November,
1924, Mr. Parker was elected recorder of Richland
County, and reelected to that office in November, 1926, serving
until 1931.
Mr. Parker is identified with the Democratic
party in politics. He is a member of the First Lutheran
Church and belongs to Frank H. Marquis Lodge, No. 690,
Free and Accepted Masons, and Baku Grotto, M. O. V. P. E. R.
(Source: North Central Ohio Biographies embracing Ashland,
Wayne, Medina, Lorain, Huron & Knox Counties by William A. Duff
- 3 vols. 1931 - page 616-17 |
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JAMES
PURDY, deceased, was one of the most prominent citizens
of Richland County and an outstanding figure in the early
business life of Mansfield. He was born at Hopewell, York
county, Pa., July 24, 1793, and died in Mansfield in 1886, at
the age of 93 years.
James Purdy received an excellent education but
owing to his father's financial reverses he was obliged to begin
his business career at the bottom. In 1811 his father had
sold his milling business and purchased a farm near Canandaigua,
N. Y., where James remained until he was 21 years old.
After completing a college course he studied law for three years
at Canandaigua, and during that time was also a teacher in the
Canandaigua Academy. On Sept. 6, 1822, he went to Corydon,
Ind., where the Supreme Court of the State and the United States
District Courts were in session, and he was admitted to practice
in both. On May 29, 1823, Mr. Purdy came to
Mansfield, where he purchased the Mansfield Gazette from
J. C. Gilkison. After the purchase was completed he
discovered that the type was worn out and rode horseback to
Cincinnati, where he purchased type on credit, and returned with
it in saddle bags to Mansfield. In 1831 he sold the paper
to T. W. Bartley, a young attorney, who later became a
judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio and Governor of the state.
In 1823 a new circuit of Court of Common Pleas was
established, composed of Richland, Huron, Sandusky, Seneca,
Marion, and Crawford counties, holding three terms annually, and
Mr. Purdy made all these courts on horseback. He
spent much time in Columbus during the years 1834-35, where he
procured the necessary legislation to make improvements in this
section of the state in the way of building railroads and
canals. In 1838, with B. Jones, of Wooster, be
obtained a charter from the state of Ohio with a joint charter
from Pennsylvania, and the railroad became known as the
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad. In 1835 he went
to Columbus with Judge Patterson and obtained a charter
for a railroad, and a company was organized, of which Mr.
Purdy served as president.
In 1855 Mr. Purdy invested in land in Iowa and
was one of the founders of the city of Clinton. In that
year he became a stockholder in the Chicago, Iowa, and Nebraska
Railroad, and was chosen to locate and construct the road, which
he did. It later became known as the Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific Railroad, of which he was vice president. In
1855 he also purchased seven large buildings in Chicago, the
title of which he retained at the time of his death.
In 1845 Mr. Purdy had taken an active part in
obtaining a charter for the State Bank of Ohio, and became a
member of its board of control, which consisted of 40 branches.
He was also one of the organizers of the Farmers Bank of
Mansfield, and became its president and attorney. At the
termination of the charter in 1865 the stockholders transferred
their stock to the Farmers National Bank of Mansfield, of which
Mr. Purdy served as president until his death. He
was also connected with numerous other banking institutions in
Ohio, and in 1850 was one of the organizers of a banking house
at Sacramento, Calif.
Mr. Purdy was a soldier during three wars.
He served throughout the War of 1812 on the Niagara frontier,
and by special authority from the Governor of Ohio, he enlisted
Ohio's quota for the Mexican War. During the Civil War he
succeeded in raising 100 men in 48 hours for the service.
His son, James, enlisted at the age of 16 and was promoted to a
first lieutenant and served throughout the war.
In 1836 Mr. Purdy had purchased lands on the
south shore of the Maumee River, opposite the Grand Rapids, and
an Island in the river, thereby becoming the proprietor of three
fourths of the Maumee and its water power. Here he erected
a flour mill and sawmill, both of which were in operation at the
time of his death in 1886. He had also acquired large
tracts of farm land in Henry County, Ohio, with his fellow
townsman and statesman, John Sherman.
In 1839 Mr. Purdy married Miss Mary B.
Hodge, of Buffalo, N. Y., the daughter of William Hodge.
Their children were: Mary, the widow of William H.
Weldon, lives at Mansfield; Jeannette, the widow of
Major Joseph A. Hedges, lives at Mansfield; Helen P.,
the widow of Henry M. Weaver, lives at Mansfield;
Adelaide, deceased, was the wife of Frank P. Lahm,
who lives in Paris, France; Katherine, married Dr.
Frank Bain, both deceased; James, Jr., married
Emma Kennedy, both deceased; Hamilton, and Sarah,
both deceased.
Mr. Purdy was a member of the Presbyterian
Church, and throughout his life was a generous donor to Wooster
University. Politically, he was a Whig in early life and
later a Republican.
(Source: North Central Ohio Biographies embracing Ashland,
Wayne, Medina, Lorain, Huron & Knox Counties by William A. Duff - 3
vols. 1931, pg. 614) |
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