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DR. JOSEPH E BARRETT
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HON.
JOHN B. BAUGHMAN is a native of Wayne County, Ohio, a son of
Solomon and Luthena Baughman. His
paternal grandparents, John and Elizabeth
Baughman, were natives of Washington County, Penn., where they
were married, and in 1810 they moved with their family to Wayne
County, Ohio, locating in what is now Baughman Township, which was
named in honor of John Baughman. He was elected
justice of the peace a number of terms, and his commissions are
still in the possession of his grandson, John W. He was
a well-educated man for his time, and was a leader in his township.
He died in 1837. He was an old time-Democrat, voting for
Thomas Jefferson, the party's candidate for President.
He and his wife were members of the Lutheran Church. They had
a large family, of whom only the youngest, David, survives,
at present a resident of Chippewa Township.
Solomon, the eldest of the family, was born Mar.
20, 1800, and when ten years old his parents moved to Wayne County.
He served an apprenticeship at the carriage and wagon-maker's trade,
and opened the first factory in Dalton. He was a successful
business man, and was a successful business man, and was elected to
fill various official positions in the township, among others that
of treasurer and trustee. His wife, nee Luthena
Black, was a native of Maryland, and when a child accompanied
her parents, James and Rosanna Black, to Stark County, Ohio.
Her father was a soldier in the War of 1812, serving under Gen.
Harrison. Solomon and Luthena Baughman had a family of
four children: John W., Elizabeth, James and Jacob
The father died Mar. 18, 1887.
John W. Baughman is the only member of his
father's family now living. He was educated at the public
school and the academy of Dalton, which was then under the
supervision of the United Presbyterian Church, attending school
until about seventeen years old, when he began teaching in the
winter, alternating with work in his father's shop. In 1855 he
was elected to the Legislature by the Democratic party, serving one
term. In 1868 he was elected clerk of the courts, and removed
to Wooster, being re-elected in 1871. In 1886 he was again
elected by the Democratic party to represent Wayne County in the
Legislature, and was re-elected in 1888.
Mr. Baughman was married Jan. 1, 1857, to
Miss Charlotte Barkdull, a native of Wayne County, daughter of
Peter and Sarah Barkdull, and they have two children,
Luthena and Emily.
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DAVID BECHTEL,
merchant, Wooster, was born in Wooster Township, July 1, 1843. He is
of German ancestry, and his father, Jacob B. Bechtel, was a
native of Pennsylvania, a farmer by occupation, and the owner of a
saw-mill. Upon reaching manhood, Jacob B. was married
to Elizabeth, daughter of George Ridenhour, and in
1842 the family came to Wayne County, and settled upon a partially
improved farm. Here the parents of our subject passed the
remainder of their lives, the father dying in December, 1885, at the
age of seventy-three years, and three months later the mother
followed him to the grave, also aged seventy-three. He was a
member of the German Reformed Church, and she of the German Lutheran
Church. This worthy couple were the parents of fourteen
children, nine now surviving, and all hut one making their homes in
Wayne County. Jacob Bechtel was an industrious
man, who made his own way in the world. He started a poor boy,
but died fairly well off. He always bore the reputation of an
honest and trustworthy man.
David W. Bechtel attended the common schools in
winters for a few mouths, and stayed on the home farm until he was
seventeen years of age, then going to Sandusky City to learn the
trade of carriage-making. The firm failing, he returned to
Wooster, where for a few months he worked at his trade. Aug.
13, 1862, he offered his services to his country, enlisting in
Company F, One Hundred and Second Ohio Infantry, and served almost
three years. After receiving his discharge he returned to
Wayne County, and in October, 1865, became a clerk in a dry goods
store, in which he remained ten years. For a year after that
he traveled for a Philadelphia firm, and then for six years he was
in the office of the supreme reporter of the K. of H. at Wooster.
Following this he was again employed in a dry goods house, and in
June, 1885, began for himself, dealing in wall-papers,
window-shades, toys, fancy goods and novelties, of which he keeps a
large and well-assorted stock.
In 1868 Mr. Bechtel was married to
Rebecca, daughter of J. C. Plumer, sketch of whom appears
elsewhere, and four children have been born to them, Harvey C.,
Mary A., Bessie and Julia, all at home. Mr.
Bechtel is a member of the Knights of Honor and of the Royal
Arcanum, and his wife is a member of the Presbyterian Church of
Wooster. He is one of Wooster's bright young business men, who
is by his upright character and life winning the esteem of all who
know him.
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ISAAC BECHTEL. This old and
well-known citizen of Wayne County is of German ancestry, but the
family have for several generations been natives of America.
He was born in Northampton County, Penn., Dec. 29, 1816. His
father, George Bechtel, and his paternal grandparents
were also natives of the same State. His maternal grandfather,
Jacob Berto, was also a native American, whose
ancestors came from France. George Bechtel was
by occupation a farmer, and grew to manhood in his native State,
where he was married to Miss Elizabeth Berto, daughter
of Jacob and Franie Berto, and a native of
Berks County, Penn.
In search of a better home and cheaper lands on which
to settle the family growing up around them, George
Bechtel and wife came to Wayne County, Ohio, in 1836, arriving
at Wooster May 8. He first purchased a small farm, about three
miles from Wooster, and by industry and thrifty habits, aided by a
good wife, was, after a time, enabled to increase his possessions,
becoming the owner of 200 acres of good land, and a grist-mill and a
sawmill on Crawford's Run. The good wife and mother was called
to her last rest in September, 1854, at the age of sixty-four years.
She had borne eight children, as follows: Jacob B. and
Hetty, both now deceased; Sarah, widow of Henry
Hess; Isaac; Franie, now Mrs. J. Bahl, of
Wilson County, Kas.; Abraham, living in this county;
Elizabeth, now Mrs. Allen, of Seneca County, Ohio,
and Reuben, who was a Union soldier, and died while in the
service, near Vicksburg, Miss., June 11, 1863, at the age of
thirty-three years. After the death of his wife George
Bechtel retired from the harder labors of life, and was later
married to Catherine Beerbaugher, who died Jan. 18,
1876. In November of the same year her husband followed her to
the grave, at the age of eighty-eight years. His life had been
an active one, and having always enjoyed good health, he was able to
do much for the upbuilding of his adopted county. Though not
in any sense a politician, he was an old-line Whig, and cast his
ballot regularly for the candidates of his party. He was a
member of the German Reformed Church.
Isaac Bechtel, the subject proper of
these lines, had but limited school advantages, and early worked on
his father's farm. He was twenty years old when he came to
Ohio. In 1843 he was married to Caroline, daughter of
Jacob and Elizabeth Troutman, all
natives of Berks County, Penn. Her mother died in Henry
County, Ohio, and her father in Wooster Township, this county.
Our subject and his wife have had but one child, Lizzie, who
attained the age of nine years, when she joined the silent majority.
In politics Mr. Bechtel was first a Whig, and on the
formation of the Republican party joined its ranks, and acted with
it until he became convinced that the cause of prohibition, of which
he is an earnest advocate, would never be aided by either of the old
parties, and he then joined the Prohibition party ranks, of which he
is now one of its most active members. In the fall of 1877
Mr. Bechtel became superintendent and treasurer of the
Wooster Cemetery Association. Since 1846 lie has been
affiliated with the Odd Fellows order, and he and his wife are
members of the English Lutheran Church. Widely and favorably
known throughout the county, Mr. Bechtel will long be
remembered, not only as one of its early settlers, but as a citizen
whose character and conduct is above reproach, and who has done his
share to advance its prosperity.
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MRS. JANE BECHTEL,
of Wooster, Ohio, is the widow of JOHN BECHTEL, and was born
in Chester Township, Wayne County, in 1818. Her father,
James Flack, was born in Washington County, Penn., and was by
trade a millwright. His father was born abroad. of English
extraction. The father of our subject married Margaret
Ramsey, who bore him eight children, six of whom reached
maturity; Mrs. Bechtel and Mrs. Mary McDaniel, of
Wooster, are the only ones living in Wayne County. While
Mrs. Bechtel was but a child she lost a mother's care,
and some time afterward her father chose as his second wife Miss
Julia White, who bore him six children. The father
died in 1853. About 1818 he had come to Wayne County, where he
settled on a farm, and also built and operated a mill on Little
Killbuck Creek. Mrs. Bechtel's girlhood was
passed on the farm in Chester Township, and in 1837 she was there
married to John Bechtel. They came to Wooster, where
they built the house which has since been her home with the
exception of the four years during which Mr. Bechtel was
sheriff.
JOHN BECHTEL was a son of Martin and Margaret
(Spellman) Bechtel, natives of Pennsylvania, both of whom died
in Wayne County, to which they had removed when John was
quite young. The latter became well known in Wayne County; was
a Democrat in politics, and influential in the councils of his
party. He held various township and county offices; was
constable, deputy sheriff, and was later elected and re-elected to
the office of sheriff, which he filled acceptably to the people and
creditably to him self for two terms. For many years be had
been a member of the I. O. O. F., and was looked upon as a man of
unflinching integrity. Mr. Bechtel died in 1865,
at the age of fifty-five years. Of his union with our subject there
were six children born, as follows: James Martin, now a
resident of Burlington, Iowa; Melissa A., now Mrs. Irving
Foghson, of Duluth; David E., in Southern Ohio; Mary
E., wife of J. P. Hockins, of Grand Rapids, Mich.;
John T., living in Greenfield Ohio; Jennie T., now
Mrs. Jerome T. Baird, of Wooster, Ohio. Mrs.
Bechtel was as well known as her husband, and is held in high
esteem by all who know her.
JEROME T. BAIRD was born in Wayne County, Ohio,
Oct. 16, 1858. His father, Cyrus Baird, was also
a native of the county, born in Plain Township. His
grandfather, who was also named Cyrus, was a native of the
Slate of New York, born Mar. 2, 1801, and came to this county with
his father, Aaron Baird, in 1812. He was married
to a Miss Blatchley, and both died in Wayne County. His
son, Cyrus, father of Jerome, was reared upon the
farm, and after arriving at years of manhood, married Amy Tyler,
a daughter of Benjamin and Maria Tyler, both of whom were
early settlers of Wayne County. Of this union four children
were born, Jerome T. being the only one living in Wayne
County. In the spring of 1869 the mother passed away, the father
still living in Wooster. Jerome Baird's first
business experience was as a clerk in a drug store in Wooster, in
which he finally bought an interest. In the spring of 1884 he sold
out his interest, and started alone in the business he is now
conducting, in 1882 he was married to Miss Jennie, daughter
of John and Jane Bechtel. No
children have been born to them. Mr. Baird is a member
of the K. of M., and he is regarded as a young business man of
capacity, whose attention to business and character for probity are
sure to command success.
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JOHN
BECHTEL - See MRS. JANE BECHTEL.
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HARVEY
HOWARD BISSELL, junior member of the dry goods firm of
Bissell Bros., was born in Wooster in the month of flowers and
when the air is all sweetness - June 25, 1847. He is the
grandson of Hon. John Sloane, the youngest son and child of
Dr. Samuel Norton and Eliza Bissell, and was not yet ten
months old when his father died, which event was a sad and serious
loss to him, as the death of a dutiful parent to an uprising family
is always a catastrophe to be lamented. But, under the
watchful care of his mother, his footsteps were carefully guided and
he grew to manhood with a full realization of what life was, what it
was to be, and the part he was to play in its coming drama.
His education was obtained at the Wooster schools, and when, at a
quite early age, he withdrew from them, he dropped into the
uncertain whirl of business, when he soon found himself anchored as
a clerk in the flour and feed traffic. After serving in this
capacity for a period, he engaged in the grocery and provision
business, and from this sphere of service, Feb. 22, 1875, he entered
into partnership relations in the mercantile business with his
brother, J. S. Bissell, which still continues. He was
married Sept. 28, 1875, to Miss Melissa, daughter of
Joseph Marshall, of Blatchleyville, Wayne Co., Ohio, three
children being the issue of this union, viz: Ellen E.,
Edgar J. and Milah S. Mr. Marshall, the father of
Mrs. Bissell, is infirmary director of Wayne County, having
been elected in 1883 and re-elected in 1886. He is an
exceedingly popular man in his party, and like his son-in-law, the
subject of this sketch, is a Democrat. He is a man of good
business qualifications, reliable and honest in public and private
life, and, as an officer of the county, has thus far acquitted
himself with credit and ability.
As we have indicated, Mr. Bissell is a Democrat,
but he has no official aspirations, acting and voting with his party
as he is an harmony with its principles. He became a member of
the Order of Freemasonry in 1869, joining Ebenezer Lodge, No. 33,
Wooster, Ohio. In 1876 he joined Wooster Chapter, No. 27.
He was made a Knight Templar June 20, 1880, at Massillon Commandery,
No. 4. He is a charter member of the Royal Arcanum, Wayne
Council, No. 13, instituted in Wooster Sept. 5, 1877. His wife
is a member of the Disciples Church at Blatchleyville, and her
husband, though a patron of the church, is not a member. The
domestic virtues preponderate in him, and his home circle is
charming and pleasant. Under his own roof and by his own
fireside he realizes the best phases and truest enjoyments of life.
He is as true as the needle to the pole, but betray his confidence
or do him an injustice, or offer him an indignity, and there rises
instantly to the surface the dynamic grit of his nature. He is
of quiet, retiring disposition, but does his own thinking, acting
vigorously and promptly an occasion demands. He is possessed
of genial manners and great kindness of heart, quick to notice an
intended injury, but not so quick to forgive or forget unless the
proper restitution is made. He has a strong will, united with
extraordinary firmness and decision, and after carefully considering
the matter, the granite of his nature hardens into the granite of
the hills, and he becomes immovable. He gives the closest
attention to business, and is temperate, steady and economical in
his habits. He is liberal, earnest and active, never
hesitating to perform his share of the work about him, in fact, is
well adapted to the vocation he has chosen for his life work.
The cast of his mind is practical; he has the bearing of one devoted
to business, is well built and strong, ahs a physical constitution
that insures prolonged vitality, and that patient perseverance which
never tires, and moves steadily forward in the path he has marked.
He has, through all his years of work, endeavored to live along the
line of business fairness and oral rectitude, seeking to do what is
right, and remembering that what you believe to be so, when you are
required to act on any subject, is right for you at that time,
whether it may be absolutely, or in the opinion of others, or even
of yourself at another time.
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JOHN SLOAN BISSELL.
Men of business capacity, force and intelligence need no factitious
introduction to the public attention. The positions of honor,
influence and power in commerce, statesmanship, or, in fact, in any
field, are not always occupied by men of the highest intellect or
ability. Many who possess the best and most valuable
attainments and who are qualified for the highest service pass
quietly through life, unhonored and unsung. An accident
frequently thrusts the greatness of position upon a man, though he
may be too small to fill the measure of his luck. He who makes
himself strong and a factor to be known and felt, by his tact,
energy and skill, is greater than he who swings in the web woven
about him by the spider of circumstance. From an humble
beginning, a clerkship in a dry goods store, the subject of this
sketch has grown into mercantile strength and to such proportions
that the firm of Bissell Brothers is a household word in the
business exchanges of the community.
John Sloane Bissell was born in the city of
Wooster, Oct. 13, 1839. His father, Samuel Norton Bissell,
was a native of Oneida County, N. Y., where he was born Jan. 22,
1809. He studied medicine with his uncle, Hezekiah Bissello,
then practicing medicine in Wooster, and graduated from the Medical
College at Cincinnati, where he at once formed a partnership with
his uncle. He rapidly rose to eminence in his profession and
distinguished himself in every branch of it. He was a man of
fine physique, slightly inclined to be corpulent, the lithe, active
and possessed of remarkable physical courage and strength. His
intellectual qualities were of a high order. He was an ardent
friend, a courteous gentleman of unquestioned integrity, and endowed
with a benevolent and chivalric nature. He was a Whig in
politics, at times active in the service of his party, supplying the
press with brilliant criticisms and reviews of the acts and
attitudes of the different parties. He was elected associate
judge of the Common Pleas Court in 1845. He was married Sept.
25, 1832, to Eliza, daughter of Hon. John and Ruth Sloane,
and died June 13, 1848, in the splendid noontime of his usefulness
and activity. To this marriage there were born eight children,
all of whom are dead except John S. and Harvey H. The
mother died June 14, 1871.
The subject of this biography is a grandson of Hon.
John Sloane, a sketch of whom follows. His father died
when he was in his ninth year, but he was fortunate in having a
mother left to guard his youthful years, and instruct and prepare
him for the conquests, knock-downs, ambitions and despairs of the
world. He had the advantage of the village schools, of which
he availed himself for a number of years, and afterward was upon the
roll of pupils at the academy of Prof. Hill Under the
stimulus of his mother's influence and impelled by a desire to
obtain a good English education, he prosecuted his studies with
diligence and vigor. At the age of seventeen he entered the
store of D. H. King & Co., on the corner, where he and his
brother are now engaged in business, and after eight years of
subordinate service he became a partner of R. R. Donnelly,
who had purchased the store of Mr. Plumer. He reviews
of the acts and attitudes of the different parties. He was
elected associate judge of the Common Pleas Court in 1845. He
was married Sept. 25, 1832, to Eliza, daughter of Hon.
John and Ruth Sloane, and died June 13, 1848, in the splendid
noontime of his usefulness and activity. To this marriage
there were born eight children, all of whom are dead except John
S. and Harvey H. The mother died June 14, 1871.
The subject of this biography is a grandson of the
Hon. John Sloane, a sketch of whom follows. His father
died when he was in his ninth year, but he was fortunate in having a
mother left to guard his youthful years, and instruct and prepare
him for the conquests, knock-downs, ambitions and despairs of the
world. He had the advantage of the village schools, of which
he availed himself for a number of years, and afterward was upon the
roll of pupils at the academy of Prof. Hill. Under the
stimulus of his mother's-influence and impelled by a desire to
obtain a good English education, he entered the store of D. H.
King & Co., on the corner, where he and his brother are now
engaged in business, and after eight years of subordinate service he
became a partner of R. R. Donnelly, who had purchased the
store of Mr. Plumer. He remained in business with
Mr. Donnelly until the latter's death, in 1875, which terminated
the partnership. In February of this year he formed a
partnership with his brother, Henry Howard Bissell, which has
continued, and the firm is one of the recognized and responsible
mercantile establishments of the city and county. In 1866 he
was united in marriage to Miss Lucinda Leas, a native of
Stark County, Ohio, an estimable and accomplished lady of happy
domestic qualities. By this union there were born to Mr.
and Mrs. Bissell five children, all of whom are living:
Arthur L., Samuel L., John S., Daisie E. and Jeanette.
Mr. Bissell may strictly and truthfully be
denominated a business man. He devotes his entire and
undivided attention to it, supervising its details and giving it the
closest attention. In his transactions as merchant he is
systematic, cautious and trustworthy, with well defined methods of
business and exacting a rigid compliance to them. In politics
he is a Democrat, and during the war, though he did not enter the
military service, where, we believe, he would have distinguished
himself, he was a pronounced Unionist, giving his time and means to
the cause of the government. When Sumter was fired on he
rallied around the flag, and when the news came from Appomattox,
from his housetop he unfurled the banner of freedom. He has at
times been active in politics, more, however, from the sense of
duty, than from any personal ambition.
He joined the fraternity of Masons in 1867, Ebenezer
Lodge, No. 33, Wooster, Ohio, and was worshipful master for six
years, is a member of Wooster Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and has
held positions from secretary to captain of the Host, which position
he is now holding and has held for eight years. He is a member
of Wooster Council No. 13, Royal and Select Masters, and has
occupied positions for a number of years. He is a Knight
Templar, and assisted in organizing Wooster Commandery, No. 48,
which is in process of being constituted, and which has its charger
granted by the Grand Commandery of the State of Ohio. He has
familiarized himself with the work in the higher departments of
Masonry, and his services are frequently in demand as a worker.
He is a charter member of the Royal Arcanum, Wayne Council No. 13,
instituted in Wooster, Sept. 5, 1877. His wife is a member of
the Lutheran Church, and he is a regular attendant, though not a
member of any religious denomination. In private life he is
social, genial and pleasant, and in conversation, as in business, he
is quick, vital and animated. He believes that life is a kind
of tracery, a blending and interlacing of sunshine and shadow, and
that the variety of pains and pleasures, of fears and hopes, which
we encounter in life, is but a refreshing breeze that fills the
sails of the vessel and sends it gaily forward. No one enjoys
life better than he. He is of medium weight and stature, sound
as a pillar in the Sistine Chapel, muscles knitted like webs of
steel, and in possession of perfect health. His hair is dark,
with which his eyes are in harmony, and his complexion is a clear
olive. He occupies a desirable position in business and social
circles, and is respected for his accomplishments there, as well as
for those finer and inherent attributes which pervade the
composition of the real man and gentleman. His firm
championship of that which he believes to be right, his well
understood moral and physical courage, love of justice, integrity,
morality and clear view of honor, are conspicuous traits of his
character. His business career has been forward and
successful, yet he has the courage to confront disaster if it comes
as well as prosperity, and would see under the frown of defeat the
smile of victory. On the ruins of today are built the temples
of tomorrow. According to the legend of Virgil, when Troy fell
its banished citizens reared a mightier city on the Tiber. He
is kind hearted and generous , and cherishes the warmest affection
for his family. He honored his ancestral line, and entertains
a just pride in preserving its memory. He has veneration which
enables him to look up, and sympathy which enables him to look down.
To the stranger and the foot-weary pilgrim he will bring a morsel of
bread, water for his thirst, and he shall rest within the shadows of
his tent.
HON.
JOHN SLOANE* was a native of York County, Penn., but at an early
period he moved with his father's family to Washington County, in
the same State, then to Jefferson County, Ohio, before the admission
of the State into the Union, and afterward to Columbiana County.
In 1804 he was elected a member of the Lower House of
the General Assembly, and in the fall of 1805-6, was re-elected.
While still a member of the Legislature, in the winter of 1807-8,
President Jefferson appointed him Receiver of Public Moneys of
the new office to the opened at Canton, in May of that year.
He remained here until April 1, 1816, when in conjunction with
Gen. Beall, Register of Public Lands, under instructions from
the Government, he removed the land office to Wooster, where he
continued to reside until his death. He held control of the
Receiver's office until Mar. 4, 1819, when he resigned, having the
preceding year been elected to Congress. During the years he
held the office of Receiver, he became extensively known throughout
the State. By his public spirit and enterprise among the
settlers of a new country, his faithful attention to his office, and
his urbane manners to persons transacting business with him, he
acquired a universal and deserved popularity, which manifested
itself in his election to Congress in the fall of 1818, from a
district embracing a large territory, over a prominent and talented
competitor then holding a seat in the National Assembly.
For ten years in that body he was a popular and
influential member, siding and securing the passage of laws which
would contribute to the best interests of the country and his
constituents, maintaining and vindicating them with signal power and
ability.
Prominent among his achievements in Congress was
the obtaining of the enactment of legislation by which sections (640
acres) of the public lands could be divided and subdivided into 320,
160 and 80 acres, thereby enabling the early settlers to enter, or
purchase, such number of acres of the public domain as was suited to
the usually limited capital they had for investment. This
measure, of itself, so advantageous, liberal and beneficent in its
provisions, secured to him a universal commendation, and the
descendants of the hardy pioneers and first settlers should yet
cherish his name in grateful recollection.
He supported Mr. Adams for his Presidency in
preference to Gen. Jackson, and notwithstanding the cyclone
of excitement that grew out of Mr. Adams' election, such was
the powerful grasp which Col. Sloane had upon the affections
of the people of the district that he was elected a fifth time to
Congress in the fall of 1826, and although the excitement alluded to
continued to gather strength for the succeeding two years, yet such
was Mr. Sloane's popularity that in the Congressional race of
1828, he was beaten by only a very meager majority.
In 1829, after the expiration of his service in
Congress, he was appointed clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of
Wayne County. This position he held for seven years, his
commission bearing date Mar. 5, 1831. In 1841 the Legislature
appointed him Secretary of State (of Ohio) for a period of three
years, in which capacity he served the public with his proverbial
efficiency and ability.
The last office which he held was that of Treasurer of
the United States, by appointment of President Fillmore, the
salary then being $3,000, as against $6,000 at present.
We herewith subjoin his commission, the property of his grandson,
John Sloane Bissell, bearing the signature of the President and
that of Daniel Webster, then Secretary of State:
MILLARD FILLMORE.
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
To all who shall see these
presents, Greeting:
KNOW YE.
That, reposing special trust and confidence in the integrity, care
and ability of John Sloane, Ohio
..............I...................., do appoint him Treasurer of the
United states..... and do authorize and empower him to execute and
fulfill the duties of that office according to law, and to have and
to hold the said office, with all the rights and emoluments
thereunto legally appertaining unto him the said John Sloan,
during the pleasure of the President of the United States for the
time being and until the end of the next session of the Senate of
the United States, and no longer.
In Testimony whereof I have caused these letters to be made
patent and the Seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed.
Given under my hand at the City of Washington, the
twenty-seventh day of November, in the year of our Lord One
Thousand Eight Hundred and fifty, and of the independence of the
United States of America in Seventy-fifth.
MILLARD FILMORE.
By the President.
DANIEL WEBSTER,
Secretary
of State.
During the war he was
colonel of militia and an enthusiastic and patriotic supporter of
the war, advancing his own private funds to feed and clothe and
otherwise aid the soldiers who were in needy and distressed
circumstances.
We insert a letter addressed to him from
Duncan McArthur, a Major-General of Militia, M. C. 1823-25, and
Governor of Ohio 1830-33, which speaks for itself.
FRUIT HILL, Jan. 25, 1813.
Dear Sir - I have at length a
leisure moment to accounts which you have enclosed to me. I
find that there were three hundred and sixteen (316) men who drew
money, or rations, from you to enable them to return home, and that
the distance to their respective homes (the most of them being from
Col. Findlay's Reg't.), would average fifteen days (15).
It is certain it would have taken some of those men a longer and
some a shorter time to reach their homes; but as it can make no
difference to the Government in the total amount, I can see no
impropriety in fixing the return at the average time.
At fifteen cents (15) per ration it will about cover
the amount which you were so kind as to advance.
Indeed all must acknowledge that the man never would
have reached home had it not been for your liberality.
We may well say, that "a friend in need in a friend
indeed." Be assured, sir, that your kindness will never be
forgotten by those who experienced it; and I trust the Government
will not hesitate to remunerate you for the amount which he
actually advanced. With thanks and gratitude, I am, dear sir,
Very respectfully yours,
DUNCAN McARTHUR.
Col. John
Sloane
Not only did Mr.
Sloane bear the rank of Colonel in the military service of the
period, but he was the counselor and confidential adviser, not only
of the Governor or Governors, during the struggle, but of the
military leaders as well. His overshadowing abilities in civil
life introduced him to, and gave him prominence in, the martial
arena, and in the camp and council, his advice, good offices and
sound judgment were in frequent requisition.
He was the warm personal and
confidential friend of Henry Clay, and his admiration of him
was reciprocated by the deepest respect of the brilliant Kentuckian.
They conducted a private correspondence for over twenty-five years,
and Mr. Bissell has carefully preserved many of these
letters, which remain unpublished. Those written by Col.
Sloane, and the replies to those written by Mr.
Clay, approximate very closely, in strength of expression,
purity of language, vigor of thought and occasional pungency of
style in the standard of Mr. Clay.
As is expressed, directly and indirectly, in these
letters, Col. Sloane was his truest, best and most steadfast
friend; his counselor and most steadfast friend; his counselor and
adviser in matters of State and National concern, and this feeling
of warmest friendship continued to exist until the curtain of time
was dropped and both actors disappeared.
We introduce brief extracts from two confidential
letters:
LEXINGTON, KR., August 12, 1828.
My Dear Sir: - I received your favor of the 29th
inst. requesting a copy of the Journals of the convention of our
State, containing the votes of its members on the subject of
slavery.
* *
*
My opinions are unchanged. I would still in
Kentucky support a gradual emancipation; so I would in Missouri.
The question. I think in any State, is a good deal affected by
the proportion of the African to the European race. In this
State I do not think it so great as to endanger the purity and
safety of society. But, I nevertheless believe that this
question of emancipation of slaves, as our Federal Constitution now
stands, is one exclusively belonging to he States respectively, and
not to Congress. No man is more sensible of the evils of
slavery than I am, nor regrets them more. Were I the citizen
of a State in which it was not tolerated, I should certainly oppose
its introduction with all the force and energy in my power; and if I
found myself unhappily overruled, I would then strive to incorporate
in the law, by which their admission was authorized, the principles
of gradual emancipation.
In thus disclosing to you, my dear friend, most freely
and frankly my past and present sentiments, I pray you to understand
the communication for yourself alone. It does not
appear to be proper or delicate that I should be received in any way
to testify on the subject of my own opinions. You are capable
of justly appreciating this feeling. My information on the
other subject of your letter continues to be from all quarters
highly encouraging. I reserve the details of it for the
occasion when I shall have the pleasure of seeing you. In the
meantime I remain
Faithfully your friend,
H. CLAY
The Hon.
John Sloane.
When serving as Treasurer of the United States,
Daniel Webster, Massachusetts, was Secretary of State; Thomas
H. Ewing, Ohio, was Secretary of the Interior; Tom Corwin,
Ohio, Secretary of the Treasury; Charles M. Conrad,
Louisiana, Secretary of War; William A. Graham, North
Carolina, Secretary of the Navy; Nathan K. Hall, New Jersey,
Postmaster-General, and John J. Crittenden, Kentucky,
Attorney-General. In Ohio, the name of Col. Sloane was
as familiar as that of Worthington, or Ruggles, or
Tappan, or Morrow, or Burnet, or Ewing, or
Corwin, or Allen, or Medary - men who have
attained distinguished honors in the pantheon of the State and
Nation. Throughout Ohio, and, especially, in the northern and
eastern part, he acquired an enviable eminence as a controversialist
and debater, and engaged in the hottest bouts and collisions with
champions from the lists of his political adversaries. In
joint discussion he was an expert, subtle, dangerous and aggressive
opponent, and, though not in the true sense an orator, he charmed
his hearers with a strong and steady flow of solid English, that,
like the river Zaire, swelling onward forever, palpitated beneath
the red eye of the sun.
As a newspaper contributor and political essayist he
acquired deserved reputation, and in the columns of the old files of
the National Intelligencer, Washington, D. C., to which
statesmen and scholars have contributed from the time of Hamilton,
Jay and Madison, to the day it ceased to exist, are to
be found vigorous and stately productions of his pen. His
diction was unmistakable, elastic, incisive, direct, and frequently
of acid sharpness - never distorted into tortuosities or cased and
slated over with metaphors and tropes.
His invective cut through tissue and lodged in the bone
and morrow. He assaulted an enemy with a dauntless energy, and
his courage, at times tantamount to fierceness in an onset, had a
gentleness of spirit, which, however, "laughed at the shaking of the
spear."
In State and National campaigns his voice was "never
inaudible amid the wildest dissonances" of the conflict. In
the contentions of the contest of 1840, when Gen. Wm. Henry
Harrison was in the field, and when chivalrous belligerents on
either side drew their brightest steel, he obeyed the war whoop and
the beat of drum, and sprang to the fight like the gladiator, his
lance lifted high in the front of the assaulting column. To
Col. Sloane, Gen. Harrison was an ideal man, in the fact, that
he possessed moral and intellectual greatness, and more the
greatness of patriotic action.
Col. Sloane remained in Washington until 1853,
when he returned home, seeking retirement and repose of body and
mind.
Even those whom Fame has lent her
fairest ray,
The most renowned of worthy wights or yore.
From a base world at last have stol'n away.
So Scipio, to the soft Cumaen shore.
Retiring, tasted joy he never know before.
He
was married to Miss Ruth Hardgrave, of Pennsylvania, and by
this union ten children resulted, all save two growing to manhood
and womanhood. Mrs. Dalia Sloane is the only survivor,
and holds at this time a position in the Pension Department at
Washington.
He died 15th of May, 1856, at his residence in Wooster,
after a short illness, aged seventy-eight years.
The life of Col. Sloane, his public service to
the State and Nation, his speeches, letters, and journalistic
contributions should, and we have no doubt will, be collected and
given to the public. He had an extensive, intelligent and
prolonged contact with the world, and his experiences were on the
best side of life. His allegiance to the truth was sincere,
and his integrity and honor above reproach. He was a patriot
and true man. A pioneer in the State, crossing its threshold
before it had been admitted to the sisterhood of the Union, he lived
to see a very torrent of population pour into its extensive regions,
which in his younger manhood he had traversed as a howling
wilderness, that has been unparalleled in the records or march of
time. His early years and his maturer strength were imbedded
in his brain as truths, and entrenched in his character as
sentiments. A partisan, to some extent himself, he found much
to oppose in government and men, as he did Jackson and his
systems, which he antagonized, as he would have the ideals of
Rousseau. But he had confidence in the free institutions of
his country, and had full faith in freedom, for his faith in it had
not been corrupted by experience in blood. He possessed the
deep thought which explained principles, and comprehensive thought
which regarded relations, and the fertile thought which devised
measures.
His life was a long one of public service, and he bore
to the grave a character which envoy cannot tarnish - a true patriot
and an honest man.
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ANDREW J.
BLACKSTONE, clothing merchant, Orrville, Ohio, is a native of
Wayne County, born in Paint Township, Apr. 29, 1840. On his
paternal side his grandfather came from England and his grandmother
from Germany. On the maternal side both grandparents came from
Wales. They all settled in Westmoreland County, Penn., where
Daniel Blackstone, father of Andrew J., was born in
1810. He and his wife are now living near West Lebanon, in Paint
Township, his farm lying partly in that township and partly in Sugar
Creek.
He came to Wayne County with his parents when young,
and being left fatherless at an early age, had to rely entirely on
his own exertions. Not only did he maintain himself, but he
was the main support of his mother until her death, which occurred
in 1854. Notwithstanding his disadvantageous circumstances by
unremitting industry and habits of thrift he made his way in the
world, and is now in possession of a comfortable competence, besides
giving each of his children a good start in life. He was quite
young when his parents removed to Ohio, and, until his marriage,
worked out. After that, in company with his mother, he bought
a small piece of land, and on that place he has lived ever since.
As the years went by and prosperity rewarded his industry, piece by
piece he added to his farm, until to-day he has one of the finest in
Wayne County, comprising 225 acres. His early habits of
industry have never left him, and he has always been noted as an
extraordinarily industrious and hard-working man. Having all
he could attend to at home, he has avoided public office, his
politics being simply to do his duty at the polls. His first
vote was cast for Harrison and Tyler, in 1840.
He is known as a kind and charitable man, always willing to help the
poor and distressed, and is highly esteemed in the community where
he has so long made his home. He is a firm believer in the
doctrines of Christianity, but has never united with any
denomination. He, however, has always been a liberal
contributor to all church work, and gives freely to all churches in
the neighborhood. As illustrative of his character, it may be
mentioned that he has never in his life been engaged in a lawsuit,
either as plaintiff or defendant. He was married when
twenty-one or twenty-two years of age to Miss Harriet Griffith
daughter of Benjamin and Mary Griffith, of Sugar Creek
Township, of which her father was one of the early settlers, and
were he held the office of justice of the peace many years, until
his death. Harriet Griffith was born in Westmoreland
County, Penn., in 1812. She is a woman of deep religious
convictions, and was reared in the Methodist faith by pious parents.
She is now a member of the Lutheran Church near her home. She
has been a faithful wife and devoted mother, and has the sincere
love and affection of all her children. Mr. and Mrs.
Blackstone have had ten children, of whom one, Stephen,
is deceased. The rest are Benjamin, living in Stark
County, Ohio; Susan, wife of John A. Rose, in Marion,
Kas.; Andrew J.; Eli, living near Tipton, Mo.; Melissa,
wife of Wesley Seiler, in Waterloo, Ind.; Mary. wife
of W. M. Snyder, of this county; Howard M., also in
this county; Harvey Ervin, a practicing physician in
Excelsior, Mo., and Isaac A., on a farm near the old home.
Andrew J. Blackstone, the subject of this
memoir, lived on the farm until he was twenty-one years old,
receiving a good common-school education. He was married in
1861, and removed to Illinois, renting a farm there in the spring of
1862, but in a few months he gave it up to enter the Union army, on
July 21, of that year, in Company H, One Hundred and Twenty-third
Illinois Volunteer Infantry. While in the service he underwent
much hardship. In the fall of 1862, at Louisville, Ky., he was
detailed to help manage teams, and was kicked and trampled upon by a
mule, and severely injured, laying him up in the hospital for two
months. In November following he rejoined his regiment at
Glasgow, Ky., and was in the battle of Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Jan. 21, 1863, he was one of a detail sent out with a forage train.
Scarcely had they passed the Union pickets when they were charged
upon by rebel cavalry, and thirty-three teams, teamsters, detail and
guards were captured. They were hurried off to the rebel
Gen. Morgan's headquarters at McMinnville, Tenn., where they
were paroled. Mr. Blackstone was sent out with rebel
teams on a foraging expedition, and did not get back to camp until
11 o'clock at night, before which time all the other prisoners had
been sent off. He was given his parole, but was not allowed to
leave the rebel lines. The hardships and exposure he here
endured brought on a severe fit of sickness, leaving him hardly able
to walk. Other prisoners had been captured in the meantime,
and with them he was sent to the Union lines, but, being unable to
keep up, he fell behind, and was picked up by Union cavalry, who
took him to Glasgow, Ky. His parole directed him to report at
Louisville, Ky., and on his way from Glasgow to the railroad he was
overhauled by two rebel cavalrymen, who took away his parole,
pronouncing it bogus, and charged him with being a spy. During
the night he escaped, after being shot at several times, and made
his way to the railroad, and thence to Louisville. By order of
Gov. Brough he was sent to Camp Chase, Ohio, and afterward to
his home. From there he reported by letter to his old captain,
but learned soon after that he had been killed. Getting no
orders, and anxious to re-enter his country's service, and not
wishing to return to Company H, One Hundred and Twenty-third
Illinois, in violation of his oath of parole, he enlisted Jan. 4,
1864, in the Ninth Ohio Cavalry, in which he did gallant service
until the close of the war, being promoted to first sergeant in six
months after joining the regiment, for meritorious conduct.
He participated in over thirty cavalry engagements; was with Gen.
Rousseau on his famous raid through Alabama, from July 10 to 22,
1864; then at the downfall of Atlanta, Ga.; thence with Gen
Sherman on the march to the sea, and back up through the
Carolinas to the surrender of Gen Johnston, at Lexington, N.
C., Apr. 26, 1865. Twice while in the service he was reported
dead, once it being reported with particulars in the Nashville
papers. He was discharged Aug. 2, 1865. As he received
but one month's pay and $25 bounty on joining the One Hundred and
Twenty-third Illinois, he now has the petition before Congress
asking for the amount justly due him for faithful service.
Returning to the pursuits of peace, he rented his Grandmother
Griffith's farm, near his old home, and the following spring
bought two shares of it form the heirs. Two years after, he
bought the rest of the farm, which comprises 100 acres, and there he
made his home for eighteen years, until 1884. He then removed
to Orrville, where the family yet live. In 1885 he bought out
the clothing store of Joseph Beidler, in Orrville, which he
conducted successfully until May 25, 1889, when he exchanged his
store for a 240 acre farm in Davidson County, Dak., which he expects
to make his future home, his postoffice address being Mount Vernon.
Dec. 12, 1861, Mr. Blackstone was married to Charlotte,
daughter of David and Mary Fortney, of Sugar Creek
Township, Wayne County. She was born in Stark County, Ohio,
July 9, 1842. They have had five children, of whom two,
Melissa and Mary Rebecca, died young. The survivors are
Rousseau, a jeweler by profession, living in Crestline, Ohio;
Eli Henderson, a telegrapher by profession, and Pearl May,
who lives with her parents. In religious belief Mr.
Blackstone adopts the doctrines of the Universalist Church, and
among the people who know them they bear the reputation of upright,
good neighbors and citizens.
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WILLIAM BLACKWOOD,
retired farmer and stock-dealer, Orrville, Ohio, is a native of
Perry County, Penn., and is a son of Joseph and Hester Blackwood,
the former a native of Ireland and the latter of Lancaster County,
Penn. They were married in Perry County, Penn., and lived
there until 1817, when they immigrated to the then western State of
Ohio, locating first in Miami County, but a few years after buying a
farm in Shelby County, where they spent the remainder of their
lives. Joseph Blackwood was an industrious man, was
well educated for those times and for many years was an elder in the
Presbyterian Church, of which all the family were members. He
was born Mar. 17, 1779, and died Dec. 23, 1851, aged seventy-two
years and nine months. His wife was born in February, 1784,
and died Sept. 22, 1865, aged eighty-one years and nine months.
They were married June 25, 1805, and were the parents of eight
children, of whom William is the eldest; next came Polly
Ann, born Oct. 18, 1808, who died in Pennsylvania; John
born May 25, 1810, immigrated to Iowa, and died there; Mary,
born Oct. 25, 1813, is the wife of David Dey and lives in
Iowa; Margaret, born Feb. 11, 1816, is the wife of Thomas
Skillen and lives in Shelby County, Ohio; Robert, born
May 26, 1819, was killed Oct. 31, 1874, by a runaway team; Eliza
Ann, born Apr.2, 1822, is the wife of Henry Young, and
lives in Quincy, Mich.; Sarah Jane born Dec. 3, 1826, became
the wife of John Lawrence, and died in Shelby County, Ohio,
Sept. 20, 1854.
William Blackwood was born near Landisburgh,
Penn., Apr. 29, 1806, and was eleven years old when his parents came
to Ohio. He worked at home until he was twenty-two years old,
when he went back to Pennsylvania, stopping in Cumberland County the
first year, and then going to work on the canal, subsequently
teaming between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, and again on the canal,
and at various kinds of work. In the fall of 1831 he returned
to Ohio, visiting a few weeks with his future wife's people, who had
a short time before emigrated from Cumberland County, Penn. On
Feb. 16, 1832, he was married at Wooster, Wayne Co., Ohio, to
Miss Hannah, daughter of David and Elizabeth Gardner.
She was born in Cumberland County, Penn., June 6, 1812, and died in
Orrville, Sept. 23, 1882. They were the parents of seven
children, viz.: Elizabeth, born Feb. 3, 1833, wife of
Samuel Taggart, Joseph, born Aug. 28, 1835. Mary,
born Oct. 8, 1837, all living in Orrville; Sarah, born Dec.
13, 1839, is the wife of James Brown, of Akron, Ohio; John,
of whom further mention is made below; William, born Oct. 21,
1844, lives on his father's farm in East Union Township, Wayne
County; and David G., born Oct. 30, 1850, is a resident of
Orrville. After his marriage Mr. Blackwood worked
around for three years, when he leased a farm near the site of the
village of Orrville, on which he lived for five years, then going to
Sugar Creek Township for two years; thence to Stark County, Ohio,
for three years, and then to the farm of 226 acres which he yet owns
in East Union Township. There he lived until 1872, when he
removed to his present home in Orrville, which he built. For
twelve years while on the farm he followed threshing, also dealing
in stock, continuing the latter business several years after his
removal to Orrville. He was of too active a temperament to be
contented on the farm, and traveled extensively in pursuit of his
business, visiting many parts of the country and the principal
cities. He is a self-made man, active and industrious, well
thought of by his neighbors, and well known among the older
residents of the county. He is a member of the Presbyterian
Church, and in politics is a stalwart Democrat, as are all of his
sons.
John Blackwood, the second son of William,
was born in Stark County June 5, 1842. He was brought up on
the farm in this county, living there until his marriage, which took
place May 25, 1865. His wife's maiden name was Eliza Kling,
a daughter of David and Matilda Kling, residents of Greene
Township, where her father died Jan. 21, 1876, aged sixty-five years
and twelve days. Her mother is still living in that township,
within a mile of where she was born and reared, and is now (1888) in
her seventy-fifth year. Her parents were among the earliest
pioneers of that part of the State, as were also the Klings.
Mrs. Blackwood was born Apr. 6, 1844. John Blackwood
continued on his father's farm until two years after his marriage,
when he removed to Orrville, and carried on the Mansion House Hotel
for two years, then engaged in the livery business, which he carried
on until 1884, when he sold business, building and stock, and has
since been dealing in horses. Mr. and Mrs. Blackwood
have two sons, named Guy D. (born Jan. 6, 1867) and Eugene
Leslie (born June 2, 1870). The former is express
messenger on the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad, and the latter is a
pupil in the high-school at Orrville. While a strong Democrat
in political opinion, Mr. Blackwood has never sought
political office. He is an active, stirring man, and stands
well in the community.
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D. A. BLANCHARD
was born in Switzerland, Nov. 8, 1825. He lived in his native
country until manhood, and in 1854 came to America, coming direct to
Wayne County, and locating in Paint Township. He was given
good educational advantages in his native country, and after
reaching manhood became a soldier in the army, and rose to the rank
of major.
He was married in Wayne County, in 1855, to Miss
Julia Dodez, a native of Wayne County, Ohio, daughter of
Louis and Marrianne (Favret) Dodez, natives of Switzerland.
To Mr. and Mrs. Blanchard were born four children: Ellen
L. is widow of R. Van B. Pinkerton, and has three
children: Minnie Blanche, James Winfield and Flora Edith;
Louis D., a veterinary surgeon of Canton, Ohio; Ali E.,
of Canton, who married Ella Gerber, and has two
children: Hazel May and Flora; and Flora L.,
who died Dec. 29, 1885, was the wife of H. A. Hoffstott.
Mr. Blanchard is a Democrat in his political views. He
and his wife are members of the Reformed Church.
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GEORGE W. BLANDFORD,
of the firm of Logan & Blandford, of Wooster, Wayne Co.,
Ohio, was born in London, England, July 5, 1852. George
Blandford, his father, was a book-keeper in his native land, and
was there married to Sarah Stone, whose parents both died in
England, where she was born. By this union they have a family
of six children, all now residents of Wayne County. The family
came to America in 1858, locating first in Stark County, Ohio, but
the following year they removed to Wooster. since which time the
father has been in the employ of the Wooster Gas Company.
The subject of these lines was educated in the common
schools of Wooster, and when about eighteen years old began learning
the plumbing and gas-fitting trade in Wooster, following that trade
there for six years. Four years succeeding that time he was
engaged in the hardware business in Apple Creek, in Wayne County,
and then for seven years was in the grocery trade in that place.
In 1888 he formed the partnership with his father-in- law. In
1872 he was united in marriage with Miss Mary Ida Logan,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Logan. One child has
been born to them, whom they have named Earl Allison
Blandford.
Mr. Blandford and family are active and
respected members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Politically he is an advocate of the principles of the Republican
party; socially he is a member of the Odd Fellows order. He
has earned by a life of industry and honorable conduct the success
which he has made, and, starting with no assistance, he has been the
architect of his own fortunes, having supported himself since he was
twelve years of age, and acquired his own education. To-day
none of the younger business men of Wooster is held in higher esteem
than George W. Blandford.
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J. A. BONEWITZ is
a son of Jacob and Catherine (Franks) Bonewitz, natives of
Fayette County, Penn. About 1832 they came to Wayne County,
Ohio, and purchased the farm where their son, J. A., now
lives. The father was a shoemaker by trade but after coming to
Wayne County he gave his attention entirely to farming, and at his
death left an estate of 160 acres of land. He was a prominent
member of the Lutheran Church, also a leader in the Democratic
party. He died in 1868 and his widow in 1885. They
reared nine children, one of whom, M. V., died at the age of
thirty-nine years. Those living are F. J., in Van Wert,
Ohio; H. W., in Huntington County, Ind.; Sarah J.,
wife of O. E. Jameson, of Nebraska; D. R., in Van
Wert, Ohio; Julia G., wife of Abraham Eymon, of
Portland, Ind.; Elizabeth Ann, wife of John R. Kling,
of Sherman County, Kas.; Martha C., wife of Wilson
Richwine, of East Union Township, Wayne County, and the subject
of this member, who was born on the homestead, Dec. 4, 1843.
He attended the township schools, and has always remained on the
homestead in East Union Township, where he follows agricultural
pursuits. In 1876 he married Miss Nancy J., daughter of
Robert Cook, of East Union Township, and by this union they
have had six children: Mary Belle (deceased), Anna Lee,
Lula Idella, Jennie C. and Robert C. and Ethel J.,
infant twins. Mr. Bonewitz and family attend the
Presbyterian Church; he is a member of the Democratic party.
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SOLOMON R.
BONEWITZ, one of the best known and most prominent lawyers in
Wayne County, is a native of the same, born Nov. 28, 1820, and is a
son of John and Margaret (Rider) Bonewitz, both of whom were
natives of Berks County, Penn., he coming in 1815 to Wayne County as
a pioneer. In 1853 he moved with his wife and all of their
children, excepting Solomon R., to Wabash County, Ind., where
he died in February, 1885, aged ninety-two years, and his wife in
1860. They were the parents of eight children, three of whom
are yet living, our subject being the only one now in Wayne County.
One son resides in North Manchester, Ind., and one in Omaha, Neb.
Solomon R., subject of this memoir, received his
school training at what jubilated in its day in the high sounding
title of "Hayes" College," which in reality was only a log
school-house. His life was spent on a farm until he was
eighteen years old, when he commenced a clerkship in his father's
dry goods store, at what was then known as Naftzger's Mill,
near Burbank, in Wayne County, and later at Mechanicsburgh, same
county, until 1844. He had married, in the meantime, Oct. 14,
1841, Miss Louisa Booth, of Medina County, Ohio, a lady of
good education, who at one time was a teacher in the public schools,
and who after marriage became in part her husband's instructor,
stimulating him to a higher education. Her father, Hilen
Booth, of Medina County, Ohio, was married to Sarah
McCleod, and died in 1870, his wife having preceded him in 1860.
Mrs. Bonewitz has one brother in Akron, Ohio; another brother,
who had been prominently identified with the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne
& Chicago Railroad Company, having control of all the telegraph
lines, died in 1883; one sister is the wife of Dr. M. K. Hard,
of Wooster, Ohio, and another sister is Mrs. Monosmith,
of Jay County, Ind. In 1844 Mr. and Mrs. Bonewitz came
to Wooster, Wayne County, and here he finished his law studies,
which he had taken up and prosecuted while engaged in mercantile
pursuits. In 1845 he was admitted to the bar at St.
Clairsville, Ohio, practiced his profession in Wooster up to 1865,
in which year he formed a partnership known as the Bonewitz,
Emrich & Co. Banking House, in Wooster, with himself as
cashier. Later it became the Commercial Bank of Wooster, which
merged into the National Bank of Wooster. In 1871 Mr.
Bonewitz severed his connection with this institution, and
devoted his entire time to the practice of law. For two terms,
commencing in 1853, he was mayor of Wooster, and has been a member
of the council for four years; he was also a justice of the peace
six years, and filled all of the incumbencies with credit to himself
and satisfaction of his constituents. He was appointed United
States commissioner by the circuit courts of the United States, as
recorded in the "Blue Book" at Washington, in 1848, which office he
has continuously held through all political phases. For the
past four or five years he has given his time and attention to the
pension business. Politically he is a Democrat. He and
his wife have been members of the Episcopal Church since 1864.
On Jan. 8, 1882, Mrs. Bonewitz was afflicted with a severe
attack of nervous prostration, from which she was recovering until
May, 1887, when she met with an accident, which deprived her partly
of the use of her limbs; in all her affliction she is a patient,
uncomplaining sufferer.
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JAMES F. BRITON,
son of Robert and Margaret (Finley) Briton, both natives of
Ireland, former from near Londonderry, was born in Deer Lick Farm,"
in Congress Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, Nov. 7, 1826. Robert
Briton immigrated to America in 1824, located in Congress
Township, Wayne Co., Ohio, and leased a farm on Section 9. He
died Feb. 14, 1827, and his widow then returned to her father's
family, also residents of Congress Township, where she died Mar. 2,
1874, at the age of seventy-four years.
James F., their son, received a common-school
education, and at the early age of sixteen commenced
school-teaching, which profession he followed successfully for some
time. In 1850 he made an overland journey to California,
taking ninety-five days to reach Sacramento, arriving there July 24,
that year. Locating in Campo Seco, Township No. 4, in
Calaveras County, Cal., he remained there nine years, engaged in
mining. Here he was elected a justice of the peace, and was
foreign tax collector, and afterward he served as deputy sheriff.
From California Mr. Briton moved, in 1859, to Chili, South
America, where he was engaged in railroad building, remaining for a
period of fifteen years. Then, after an absence of twenty-four
years, in which he met with varied success, he returned to his old
home in Wayne County.
Mr. Briton was united in marriage in 1874 with
Miss Asenath Stanley, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary
Stanley, who were among the early pioneer settlers of Wayne
County. Our subject and wife have two sons, Ernest A.
and Charles G., and are comfortably surrounded with all home
comforts in their residence at Deer Lick Farm. It may be
mentioned that upon the breaking out of the war between Peru and
Bolivia against Chili he returned to his old home in the latter
country. This was in 1879. His sympathies were very
naturally with the Chilian people and government. He
remained there three years. During a term of thirteen months
he was a successful manager of "The Guano Loading Company," of P.
A. Kellar & Co., of Valparaiso, Chili. This was on the
cost of Peru. Mr. McKellar frequently acts as American
consul, and is a gentleman of wealth an character. Politically
he is a Republican.
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BROWN FAMILY.
In tracing the genealogy of the Brown family of Wayne County, Ohio,
we find that the first of whom we have any record was William
Brown, who was born in Prince William County, Va., in 1722, of
Irish parentage, and died in 1806. He married a widow,
Stealthy (Asher) Buckner, who had two children, John
Anthony, and one whose name we are unable to ascertain. To
Mr. and Mrs. Brown were born three children, John, Thomas
and Rebecca. John died unmarried; Rebecca
married a an named Cornell, and moved to Frederick County,
Va., and there closes the record we have of her.
Thomas Brown, the second son, was born in Prince
William County, Va., in 1760, married, Oct. 20, 1785, Nancy Ash
and in 1805 moved from Fauquier County, Va., to Monongalia (now
Preston) County, W. Va., where Mrs. Brown died soon after,
and Mr. Brown in 1844. They had a family of eight
children, the record of whom as we give it was furnished by W. T.
Brown, of Grafton, W. Va., and was copied from an old book of
his grandfather's owned by his Aunt, Betsey Cartwright: Elizabeth,
was born Aug. 11, 1786; John Buckner, Jan. 28, 1788;
George, Nov. 14, 1789; Lydia, Oct. 22, 1791; Samuel
Byrne, Oct. 24, 1793; William, Mar. 6, 1796; Mary Ann,
Oct. 26, 1797, and Thomas Francis, May 4, 1801.
Elizabeth Brown, the eldest of this family, died
June 23, 1867. She was twice married, her first husband being
- Stevens, and to them were born two children: Marry B.,
born Nov. 10, 1811, in Monongalia County, W. Va., married Susan
Foster, and died Dec. 16, 1844; Anna M., born June 15,
1813, married Thomas Protzman, and died Mar. 21, 1887.
Her second husband, Isaac Cartwright, was born in Morgantown,
W. Va., and died Mar. 5, 1865. They had four children, as
follows: William B.,, born Jan. 1, 1823, married
Margaret Mourton, Sept. 4, 1846, and now lives at Flatwoods,
Braxton Co., W. Va.; Thomas F., born Oct. 17, 1825, was
married Sept. 26, 1854, to Rebecca Cortlo, and died Apr. 16,
1879, in Howard City, Elk Co., Kas., at the age of fifty-three
years, five months, thirty days, his wife having preceded him Sept.
9, 1878, at the age of forty-seven years, eleven months, twenty-four
days; Mary M., born Jan. 2, 1827, was married to A. C.
Hill, Feb. 1, 1849, and now lives at Golden, Barry Co., Mo.;
Marinda R., born Nov. 10, 1831, was married May 22, 1873, to
Wilson Darling, in Stewardtown, Monongalia Co., W. Va.
The record of children of Thomas F. Cartwright
is as follows: Marinda C., born Nov. 2, 1855, died Nov. 2,
1858; America A., born Jan. 10, 1856, married ___ Fitts,
died Feb. 24, 1888; John E., born Dec. 19, 1859, died Dec. 8,
1883; James E., born Oct. 12, 1861, died Sept. 26, 1862;
Elizabeth L. V., born Mar. 12, 1864, in DeKalb County, Mo.;
Permelia M., born June 4, 1866, died Nov. 2, 1867; Lee E.,
born Mar. 14, 1868, lives in DeKalb County, Mos.; William C.,
born Mar. 13, 1870, died Aug. 30, 1870; Mary Frances,
born Mar. 13, 1870, died Sept. 14, 1870.
The record of the children of Alexander C. and Mary
M. (Cartwright) Hill is as follows: Joseph Elara,
born Nov. 26, 1849, married Esther Hurst Mar. 28,1 879, lives
in Livingston County, Mo.; Elizabeth Lowery, born Apr. 5,
1851, married George W. Davis Apr. 24, 1873 lives in Barry
County, Mo.; Sarah Anna, born Nov. 30, 1852, married Edman
T. Taylor, Feb. 6, 1878, lives in Livingston County, Mo.;
Isaac Scott, born June 14, 1857, died Dec. 13, 1857; Benjamin
F. W., born Dec. 3, 1858, married Ledonia J. Houff, Oct.
12, 1882, lives in Barry County, Mo.; Isadora Amberzine, born
June 30, 1863, married C. E. Freeman, Sept. 26, 1886, lives
in Carroll County, Ark.; Mary Esmarelda, born Apr. 15, 1866,
lives in Barry County, Mo.
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E. A. BROWN was born
six miles east of the city of Wooster, Ohio, May 7, 1827. His
parents, who were of German descent, came to Wayne County in 1814,
and settled upon a farm. His father married Jane Boyd,
who bore him ten children, of whom five still live, none, save our
subject, being now in Wayne County. In June, 1867, the mother
was called from earth, the father following her to the greave in
1873. He was a man of considerable influence in his township,
for fifteen years holding the position of justice of the peace, and
was always a strong Democrat. E. A. Brown spent his
boyhood years upon the farm, and had the limited school advantages
found in the old log school-house of the neighborhood. He
resided upon his father's farm until Jan. 18, 1849, when he was
united in marriage with Miss Jane Hunter, daughter of
David Hunter, who lived on the neighboring farm. By this
union eight children were born, as follows: Mrs. Esther Ann
Wynn, of Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. Mary J. Mackey, of Apple
Creek; Mrs. Ellen C. Baker, deceased; John H., a clerk
in the C. C. & I. R. R. freight office, at Cleveland, Ohio;
David., in Canton, Ohio; Charles Lee, in Cleveland, Ohio;
Laura ell, who married a Mr. Peppard, and died at
Mount Vernon, Ohio; Minnie, youngest daughter, at home.
Mr. Brown, after his marriage, became a teacher, and
continued in that profession for five winters, laboring on the farm
in the summer.
In 1856 he was appointed freight and ticket agent at
Apple Creek, Wayne Co., Ohio, where he resigned and came to Wooster,
Ohio, where he has since made his home. He was appointed court
constable and bailiff in Wayne County Common Pleas Court, and for
four years had charge of the high school building of Wooster, after
which he again served as court constable under Sheriff Coulter,
and also under Sheriffs Messmore and Mongey. In
the spring of 1888 he received the nomination on the Democratic
ticket for county sheriff, and in the fall was elected by 711
majority, the largest majority that was ever given to any sheriff.
Mr. Brown is well known and respected. He is a member
of the Knights of Pythias and Improved Order of Red Men; a member of
the First Presbyterian Church of Wooster.
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JOHN BROWN, son of
John B. and Mary (Morgan) Brown, was born on the farm now
owned by Ralston B. Brown in Clinton Township, Wayne Co.,
Ohio, Oct. 25, 1822. Here he was raised and educated, and in
March, 1848, married Rhoda, daughter of John Newkirk,
of the same township. The young couple then located in
Franklin Township, where they remained for a period of thirty years.
He then sold his farm there and removed to his late residence in
Shreve. John Newkirk came from Washington County,
Penn., located in Wayne County, where at his death he was one of the
prominent and able farmers. His children were Milton,
Elizabeth, Ursula, Newton, Cyrus, George Washington and
Rhoda.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown had three children: Mary,
now Mrs. Henry Sidel of Franklin Township, this county;
Ella Porte, who died in January, 1887, and Milton N., who
died in October, 1864, at the age of seven years. Mr. and
Mrs. Brown were members of the Disciples Church. Mr.
Brown died Apr. 19, 1889. In politics he was a Republican,
and held various public positions.
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RALSTON B. BROWN,
son of Thomas A. and Mary (Bird) Brown, was born in Ripley
Township, Holmes Co., Ohio, in 1846. Thomas A. Brown
was a son of John Buckner Brown, and a grandson of Thomas
Brown. Thomas A., father of the subject of this memoir,
was born June 22, 1818, on the old homestead farm in Clinton
Township, where he was educated, and Mar. 5, 1845, was married to
Mary, daughter of Thomas Butler and Mary (Williams) Bird,
of Monroe Township, Holmes Co., Ohio. They located in Ripley
Township, where they remained until 1865, when he sold the farm and
purchased the one he now owns and occupies in Clinton Township,
Wayne Co., Ohio, to which he removed. Their children were Ralston
B.; Bird A. (deceased), who was married to Verne Yarnell,
and located in Clinton Township, where he was engaged in farming;
Selina J., now Mrs. J. J. Sullivan, of Cleveland, Ohio;
Ludema (deceased); Elmina L., now Mrs. William A.
Craig, of Clinton Township; Aurelia M., now Mrs.
Curtis Seidel, of Plain Township, and Elmer.
Ralston B. Brown was reared and educated in Holmes
County, Ohio, and lived at home until 1869, in which year he married
Sarah J., daughter of George and Anna Gill, of Plain
Township, this county, and they located on the farm he how owns in
Clinton Township, where he is engaged in farming and stock-raising,
and breeding full-blooded English Shire and Percheron-Norman horses.
Mrs. Brown is a member of the Christian Church of Shreve.
Mr. Brown is a member of the order of Maccabees of the World,
and politically is a Prohibitionist.
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STEPHEN BROWN,
son of John B. and Mary (Morgan) Brown, Jan. 31, 1850, he
married Martha M., daughter of Jessie Riffle, and they
then located in Franklin Township, where they remained five years;
thence in 1855, they removed to the place Mr. Brown now owns
in Clinton township. Here he built his present residence, made
many improvements, and now has a farm of 240 acres. To them
three children have been born: Herbert B., who married
Sidnia Jones, and has located on the home farm (they have one
son, Felix J.); G. E., who married Villa Bedford, and
also located on the home farm (they have two children, Boyd B.
and Glen), and Emma Alice at home. Mrs. Brown
died in 1887, a member of the same church; in politics he is a
Republican.
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THOMAS ASHBEY
BROWN, a representative of one of the early families of Wayne
County, was born in Clinton Township, June 22, 1818, a son of
John Buckner and Mary (Morgan) Brown. His father
came from Virginia in 1813 and settled on land he had entered from
the Government the year before, on Section 20, Clinton Township, and
made this township his home the rest of his life. He died at
the age of sixty-six years, and at his death owned 1,300 acres of
valuable land. His father was a slave owner in Virginia, and
his slaves were divided among his children. John B. was
opposed to the institution of slavery, and gave to his their
freedom. He was accompanied to Ohio by his wife's parents, who
made Wayne County their home the rest of their lives.
Thomas A. Brown has spent all his life in the
near vicinity of the place of his birth, and has given his entire
attention to farming. He received a common-school education,
attending the log cabin schools of the pioneer days, and from his
childhood has been engaged in agricultural pursuits, beginning by
doing the chores on his father's farm, and gradually taking hold of
the heavier work. He has been successful in his operations,
and now has a fine farm of 656 acres, located on Section 10, Clinton
Township. Mr. Brown was married Mar. 5, 1845, in Monroe
Township, Holmes County, to Mary, daughter of Thomas
Butler and Mary (Williams) Bird, former a native of Virginia,
and latter of Pennsylvania; both accompanied their parents to Ohio
in their childhood and located in Holmes County, the mother's
parents, however, first locating in Licking County, where they
remained a short time. Thomas B. Bird was all his life
a farmer and at his death left his family 500 acres of land, having
spent all his married life on the same farm.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown have had seven children,
viz.: Ralston B., Bird A., Selina J., Ludema, Elmina I., Aurelia
M. and Elmer. Ralston B. married Sarah B. Gill;
Bird A. is deceased; Selina J., is the wife of
J. J. Sullivan, of Cleveland; Elmina I. is the wife of
William A. Craig; Aurelia M. is the wife of Curtis
Seidle The family are all well known in Clinton Township,
where all save Mrs. Sullivan have made their home. In
politics Mr. Brown is a Republican, but is in no sense a
politician, and has never held any public office. He and his
family are members of the Disciples Church.
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WILLIAM W. BROWN,
son of John Buckner and Mary (Morgan) Brown, was born on the
farm now owned by Ralston B. Brown, in Clinton Township,
Wayne Co., Ohio, Mar. 23, 1815. Thomas Brown, his
grandfather, a native of Virginia, was a soldier during the War of
the Revolution. His children were Elizabeth, John B.,
George, Lydia, Samuel B., William, Mary Ann and Thomas F.,
all now deceased. John B., was reared and educated in
Loudoun County, Va., where he married Mary Morgan; they then
located in West Virginia, where two children were born to them:
Ann, born Nov. 28, 1811, died Aug. 12, 1812, and George H.,
born Apr. 4, 1813, died in 1844.
In 1813 J. B. Brown removed to Clinton Township,
Wayne Co., Ohio, and purchased the southeast quarter of Section 20,
Township 18, Range 14, where the rest of his children were born,
named: William W., Hugh M. (born Oct. 14, 1816, and married
to Margaret Neely, in 1839, both deceased), Thomas A.,
born June 22, 1818, and married to Mary Bird, residing in
Clinton Township, Wayne County; Rebecca Ann, born Feb. 25,
1820, died in infancy; John born Oct. 25, 1822, married to
Rhoda Newkirk died in Shreve, Apr. 19, 1889; Mercy, born
Dec. 19, 1823, died in infancy; Stephen, born Aug. 8, 1826,
married to Martha M. Riffle, who has since died, he is still
a resident of Clinton Township; Mary Ann, born Aug. 25, 1828,
now Mrs. James K. Campbell, of Ripley Township, Holmes Co.,
Ohio, married to Elizabeth McConkey, deceased, and Samuel
E. a resident of Firth, Neb.
William W. was raised and educated in Clinton
Township, and April 6, 1827, he married Phebe, daughter of
James Lee, of Ripley Township, Holmes Co., Ohio. They
located on the farm he now owns in Clinton Township (his present
residence) and engaged in farming. To them ten children were
born: Elias, born Dec. 2, 1838, married to Sarah J.
Numbers, Oct. 2, 1862, is now a farmer of Kidder, Mo.; James
Born Apr. 13, 1840, married to Mary J. McCleve, and died
June 23, 1869; Hugh M., born Sept. 18, 1841, married first to
Elmira Merkle, and next to Agnes J. Barcus, he died
Nov. 1, 1887; Caroline, born Mar. 23, 1843, married to
John H. Batdorff, who is engaged in the saw-mill business
at Liberty Center, Henry Co., Ohio, William Wesley, born Mar.
2, 1845, died July 25, 1877; Mary M., born Oct. 20, 1846, now
Mrs. James Kerr, of Clinton Township; Millard Fillmore,
born Nov. 12, 1848, married to Hadessa McMillen, and died
Nov. 9, 1879, she died Dec. 31, 1886; David, born Sept. 21,
1851, married to Effie McFadden, is now a farmer of Clinton
Township; Stephen, born Feb. 2, 1854, married to Mary
Keiffer, is now a farmer of Clinton Township; Phebe E.,
born July 25, 1857, now Mrs. Melvin Richey, of Clinton
Township.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown lived together on the old
homestead until her decease, July 17, 1886; she was a member of the
Methodist Church. Mr. Brown is a member of the
Disciples Church; political honors have been thrust upon him; he was
justice of the peace fifteen years; trustee of the township nearly
one-fourth of the time, and, what is most of all remarkable, school
director fifty successive years. Mr. Brown is now
seventy-three years of age, and has witnessed the growth and
development of the county from a wilderness, there being but six log
cabins in Clinton Township on his arrival here. He is a stanch
Republican, having voted for Harrison in 1840, and the grandson in
1888.
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EDMIN BURNS
(deceased) was born in Allegheny County, Penn., in 1808. His
father. William Burns, came to Wayne County, Ohio, in 1837,
where he entered one tract of land, and purchased two others in
Canaan Township. Edmin was reared in Allegheny County,
Penn., and Mar. 30, 1837, married Martha Jane McCreary, who
was born in New York City in 1810, and reared in Washington County,
Penn. They accompanied William Burns to Wayne County,
and settled on the farm entered by him in Canaan Township, where
they lived and died. Mr. Burns was a member first of the
Whig and afterward of the Republican party, and served as
justice of the peace for over twenty years. He was a men whose
judgment was considered first class, being often called upon to act
as administrator, and to transact various other business for his
neighbors. He and his wife were among the first seven members
who organized the Jackson Presbyterian Church, and he served the
same as elder for twenty-four years. He departed this life
Oct. 20, 1880, and his widow Apr. 25, 1884, having reared six
children (five of whom are still living), viz.: William,
married to Sarah A. Norton, of Canaan Township; John Harvy,
married to Florence C. Houghton, of Medina County, Ohio;
Mary Jane, married to Hiram Fulter, of Medina County;
Martha Ann; Adaline, deceased in 1870; Harriet, married
to John A. Cover, of Westmoreland County, Penn.
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