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Delaware, Union and Morrow, Ohio
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D. C. FAY, one of
the leading physicians and surgeons of Ostrander, was born
in Union county, near Plain City, Ohio, Aug. 10, 1843, a son
of Ben A. and Hester (Robinson) Fay, the former born
near Burlington, Vermont, and the latter in Indiana.
The paternal grandfather of our subject was David Fay.
D. C. Fay, the subject of this memoir, was reared
in Union County, Ohio. In 1862 he began the study of
medicine under Dr. J. M. Southard, a prominent and
well-known physician in that county. He graduated in
1868, and the same year located at Ostrander, where he has
ever since followed the practice of medicine. In his
political relations, Dr. Fay affiliates with the
Republican party. He has served as a delegate to
county and State Conventions, was Clerk of the Corporation
for nearly a decade, was a member of the City Council for
nine years, and has been a member of the School Board.
Socially, he is a member of the Masonic Order, No. 158, and
of the I. O. O. F., No. 467, and of the County and
State Medical societies.
In 1871 the Doctor was united in marriage with Mary
Liggett, and they have one daughter, Monna L.
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MARSHALL FIELD,
as enterprising agriculturist and one of the honored
veterans of the late war, now makes his home near Richwood,
Union county. He was born in Delaware county, on the
20th of September, 1839, and is the second in a family of
fourteen children, of whom twelve are yet living. The
father was a native of York State, and became a resident of
Delaware county in 1818. His wife claimed Pennsylvania
as the State of her nativity. In their later years,
they emigrated to Iowa, where Mr. Field's death
occurred in the year 1866, at the age of sixty-eight.
Mrs. Field died in the year 1893, at the age of
eighty-three years.
The educational privileges which our subject received
were those afforded by the common schools of the
neighborhood. He pursued his lessons in the winter
season, and in the summer months aided in the cultivation of
the home farm, early becoming familiar with all the duties
and labors of farm life. He continued with his parents
until nineteen years of age, when he left home and was
united in marriage with Miss Sarah Houden, their
wedding being celebrated in May, 1860. Her parents
were natives of Pennsylvania, but in an early day removed to
Delaware county, being numbered among its pioneer settlers.
To Mr. and Mrs. Field have been born six children
namely: Ida L., Elizabeth, Hannah, Jennie, Gracie and
Freddie.
During the late war Mr.
Field joined the Union army as a member of the One
Hundred and Twenty-first Regiment of Ohio Volunteers, and
was in Sherman's army in all its engagements and movements
from the beginning of the Atlanta campaign until the
surrender of the rebel General Joseph E. Johnston, in
front of Raleigh, North Carolina. For nearly three
years he was numbered among the boys in blue, and being
always faithful to his duty, when the war was over he
received an honorable discharge. HE participated in
every engagement in which his regiment took part from the
time of his enlistment until the date of his discharge.
He enlisted in August, 1862, and was discharged at
Washington, June 4, 1865. During his entire service he
was never sick a day or on any occasion absent from duty.
During a charge at Jonesboro, near Atlanta, he received a
slight wound in his right leg, but was not seriously
inconvenienced. He also had a brother in the service,
who died in Mound City, Illinois.
During the greater part of his life Mr. Field
has carried on farming and stock raising. He has,
however, for a short time engaged in operating a sawmill for
his father. When he entered upon his business career
he had no capital save a young man's bright hope of the
future and a determination to succeed, but he has worked
earnestly, and as the result of his untiring labor and
perseverance has accumulated a comfortable property.
He now owns a good farm of seventy acres, and in addition
his wife has a tract of fifty acres. This is all rich
soil, and the well tilled fields yield to the owner a golden
tribute in return for the care and cultivation he bestows
upon them. The improvements upon the place are such as
should be found upon a modern farm, and in agricultural
pursuits and stock raising Mr. Field has won success.
In the fall of 1889 Mr. Field was elected to the
office of County Commissioner for the term of three years,
and re-elected in the fall of 1892. Under his
management and supervision was built, or rebuilt, the County
Infirmary; the Armory at Delaware, Ohio; also the Children's
Home of Delaware county. He has just completed a
handsome frame residence, built at a cost of $2,500, modern
in every detail, heated by furnace and supplied with other
modern conveniences. He and his wife are members of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in his political views
he is a Republican. The best interests in the
community receive his hearty support and co-operation, and
he is therefore numbered among the valued citizens of his
township.
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JAMES EVANS FINLEY,
who is one of the prominent and successful farmers of Union
township, Union county, Ohio, is a native of Westmoreland
county, Pennsylvania, the date of his nativity having been
September 5, 1831. His father, James V. Finley, was
born in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, in 1801, the son
of Joseph Finley, who also was a native of the old
Keystone State. The mother of our subject, née
Elizabeth Williams, was born in Pennsylvania, coming from an
old and prominent pioneer family. James V. and Elizabeth
Finley took up their residence in Union county in 1845,
and here the father passed the remainder of his days, his
death occurring March 3, 1893. The mother died April 4,
1886. James Finley united with the Methodist
Episcopal Church early in life, and for more than an half
century remained a zealous member of the same, his life
being in perfect consonance with the faith which he held. He
was a class-leader in the church for many years.
Politically, he voted with the Republican party, and his
life was one characterized by honest endeavor, unimpeachable
rectitude and unblemished honor, —attributes which gained to
him the respect and confidence of his fellow-men. His
children were eight in number, namely: Margaret, Joseph,
James Evans, Robert, John, Frances (deceased), Mary
and Alfred. Three of the sons were active
participants in the late war of the Rebellion: Joseph,
who was a member of the Ninety-sixth Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, is now a resident of Milford Center, this county;
Robert, a member of the same company, resides at
Peoria, this county; and John, who was in the 100
days’ service, now lives in Auglaize county, this State.
On the paternal farmstead, in Allen township, our
subject passed his youthful days, assisting in the work of
the farm and being trained by both precept and example to
honesty, industry and unselfishness. He received his
educational training in the district schools, and when he
had attained the age of twenty-three years he was united in
marriage to Miss Nancy Davis, daughter of Michael
and Elizabeth Davis, pioneer residents of the township,
the issue of this union being two children, Laura and
Clara. Mrs. Finley was called to the life
eternal August 28, 1875, and July 6th of the centennial year
Mr. Finley consummated a second marriage, being then
united to Miss Margaret Watson, daughter of
William and Nancy (Mitchel) Watson, the former of whom
died at the age of sixty-seven years, his widow still being
a resident of Union township, where her daughter, Mrs.
Finley, was born. They had six children, namely:
Margaret, Isabella, Samuel, David, Metho, and
Cornelia. Our subject and wife have one adopted
daughter, Hattie.
Mr. Finley has a finely equipped and highly
cultivated farm of 111 acres, with a commodious and
attractive residence and substantial outbuildings, all of
which bespeak the home where prosperity and happiness find
an abiding place.
In politics our subject renders an unswerving
allegiance to the Republican party, and he has his opinions
in this line, as in all others, well fortified, being a man
thoroughly in touch with the progressive spirit of the day,
and one whose fund of general informtion [sic] is
large. His popularity in the community stands in evidence of
his upright character and of his kindly and genial
disposition.
Concerning the daughters of our subject, we record
that: Laura wedded William De Bolt and they
reside in Union township, having two sons, Alvah and
Rowley; and Clara is the wife of Edwin
Osborn, of Union township, and they have one son,
Johnnie.
Source: Memorial Record of the Counties of Delaware, Union &
Morrow, Ohio; Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1895, pp.
113-114
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