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BIOGRAPHIES
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Biographical Record of Wayne & Holmes Co.
Publ. Chicago:
J. H. Beers & Co.
1889
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JAMES M. PALMER, M. D., was born
in Akron,
Ohio, June 5, 1839 a son of
Samuel and Elisabeth
(English) Palmer. The
subject of this memoir was reared in Akron, Ohio, in which
place he received his early education in the public schools until
1853, when he moved with his parents to
Kent,
Ohio, where he attended the
Franklin Seminary, pursuing the study of Latin and the higher
mathematics. In 1857 he
graduated from Folsom’s Commercial College of Cleveland, Ohio.
In 1859 he came to Dalton, Wayne Co.,
Ohio, and took charge of the union schools, a position
he held for four years, until he resigned in the latter part of
1863, when he moved to the city of Cleveland, Ohio,
where he engaged in mercantile pursuits for a year.
In 1864 he was appointed superintendent of the Orville,
Ohio, public schools, in which capacity he
served four years.
During this time he read medicine with the late
Dr. A. C. Miller, and
attended his first course of lectures in the medical department of
Wooster
University, at Cleveland, Ohio,
in 1866 – 67. He then
entered the medical department of the University of the City of New
York, from which he graduated in 1869, and immediately located at
Dalton, Ohio, where he has since successfully practiced his
profession.
Dr. Palmer has served for
three consecutive terms (nine years) on the Dalton Board of
Education.
In 1861 he was united in marriage with
Mary Elisabeth, daughter
of John and Priscilla Wertz,
of Dalton, Wayne County, and to this union have been born five
children, all of whom are dead except
Blanche, a beautiful and
accomplished young lady, for two years in attendance at the high
school of Steubenville and Cincinnati, Ohio, and graduating from the
Dalton High School in the class of 1889.
The Doctor and his family are members of the Dalton United
Presbyterian Church. He
has been a member of the Ebenezer Lodge No. 33, F. & A. M., of
Wooster
for more than twenty-five years, and has always been an ardent
supporter of the Republican party.
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PROF. PHILIP C. PALMER Source:
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A. M. PARRISH Source:
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T. E. Peckinpaugh |
THOMAS EDSON PECKINPAUGH
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PHILIP PFEIFFER
is one of the representative farmers of Chester Township. His
father, Philip Pfeiffer, was a native of Bavaria, Germany,
born in 1793. He was married in his native country to
Elizabeth Reinhammer, and in 1833 they left their native land
and set sail for the United States. They came direct to Wayne
County, Ohio, and located in Chester Township, where he bought 110
acres of land, which together they improved, making it their home
until death. They were prominent citizens of the township and
esteemed members of the Lutheran Church. The father died in
1856, and the mother in 1872. They had a family of ten
children, five born in Germany and five in Ohio;:
Elizabeth, Catherine, Jacob, Philomena, Caroline, Susan, Philip,
George, Sarah and Louisa.
The second son, Philip, was born and reared
on the homestead where he now lives. His interests have always
been for the prosperity of his native county, and whatever promises
to be of benefit finds in him a heart supporter. He has never
married, but makes his home with a sister on the old home farm.
He has been industrious and frugal, and has made many improvements
on the farm. In politics he is a democrat.
Source:
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J. B. PINKERTON,
superintendent of the Wayne County Children's Home, comes from a
family whose name was known in America as early as the year 1700.
Near that date eleven brothers, natives of the north of Scotland,
left the land of their birth and settled in different parts of this
county, and it is a known fact that all of this name now living in
the United States are descendants of these pioneers.
Benjamin Pinkerton, great grandfather of our subject, was born
in Franklin County, Penn., and was married to Catherine Hansel.
Jacob, an only child, was born to this couple, and at the early
age of nine was left an orphan by the death of both of his parents.
When he was ten years old he was taken to Lancaster County, Penn.,
by relatives of his mother, and there grew to manhood. He
followed farming and distilling in that county until 1837. In
1816 he had passed through the State of Ohio, and, being much
attracted thereby, in 1837 settled in East Union Township, Wayne
County. He was married the mother of three children, their
names being Reuben, Rudolph and Elizabeth. When he
arrived in Wayne County Mr. Pinkerton purchased a farm, where
he resided until his death, in 1881. Reuben, the eldest
of the children, was born in 1816, and is now a resident of East
Union Township. He was married to Susanna Brenner,
daughter of Adam Brenner. Eight children were born to
this union, of whom but four are now living: J. B.,
Elizabeth (Mrs. Hoffman), Delilah (Mrs. Liphart) and
Catherine (the latter at home).
J. B. Pinkerton, our subject, the only son of
Reuben and Susanna (Brenner) Pinkerton, was born in Lancaster
County, Penn., and was six weeks old when his parents immigrated to
Ohio. He was education in the academy of Edinburgh and
Fredericksburgh, and at Mount Union College, Ohio. He has made
school-teaching and farming the businesses of his life. In
1862 Mr. Pinkerton enlisted in the One Hundred and Twentieth
Ohio Infantry, and was a soldier until the close of the war, in
1865. In the latter year he was married to Miss Rachel B.
Carey, daughter of Stephen Carey, of Salt Creek Township,
Wayne County. Three children have been born of this union, as
follows: Penola, now living, and William and
Emma, deceased. In 1882 Mr. Pinkerton was appointed
superintendent of the Wayne County Children's Home, which position
he now holds. He is a courteous gentleman, reliable, and
highly respected by all who know home. Mr. Pinkerton's
family are members of the Presbyterian Church. In politics he
is a Republican.
Source:
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RICHARD VAN BUREN PINKERTON
(deceased) was born at Mount Eaton, Wayne C., Ohio, Apr. 17, 1834, a
son of James Y. and Lydia (Beam) Pinkerton. His
grandparents, Richard and Sarah (Young) Pinkerton, were
natives of Somerset County, Penn., and came to Wayne County, Ohio,
in 1820, where they entered several tracts of land in Paint
Township, and here made their home the rest of their lives.
but one of their family is living, Matthew Pinkerton, who is
now a resident of Wooster, Ohio.
Their eldest son, James Y., was born in Somerset
County, Penn., in 1802, and accompanied his parents to Wayne County
in 1820. He became one of the prominent citizens of the
county, and his opinion and advice were considered of great moment
by his friends and acquaintances. He learned the art of civil
engineering in his youth, and in addition to attending to the work
of his farm was employed both by the county and private individuals
in surveying and laying out plats, etc., much of the work of this
kind in his earlier life being done by him. In politics he was
a Democrat, taking an active part in the political issues of the
day. He served one term as county commissioner, was justice of
the peace of Paint Township for a great many years, and held all the
offices in the gift of the people. He was a public-spirited,
enterprising man, and in addition to all his other interests owned
and operated a tannery at Mount Eaton for a number of years.
He was reared in the faith of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of
which he became a member, and for many years was a class leader and
recording steward. He was married in 1832 to Lydia,
daughter of Christopher Beam, of Paint Township, and to them
were born five children: Richard Van Buren, Sarah
Elizabeth, Marian E. (wife of George W. Ross, of Sugar
Creek Township), Lydia Jane (wife of G. W. Carey, of
Millersburgh), and Felicia P., wife of Lewis Knoble,
also of Millersburgh). The father died in 1875, and the mother
makes her home with her children.
Richard Van Buren Pinkerton was reared on the
homestead farm in Paint Township, and was given good educational
advantages, attending the township school and Delaware College.
He learned civil engineering of his father, and followed that
business in connection with farming, and became one of the
successful men of the township. He was married in 1878 to
Miss Ellen B. Blanchard, a daughter of D. A. and Julia (Dodez)
Blanchard, of Paint Township. Mr. and Mrs. Pinkerton
had a family of three children: Minnie Blanche, James
Winfield and flora Edith. Mr. Pinkerton became a
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at an early age, and was
ever after an active worker, taking an especial interest in
Sunday-school work, and for several years was engaged in ministerial
work, being an ordained local minister of his church. In his
early life he was a Democrat, but later became identified with the
Prohibition party, and in 1880 was the party's candidate for State
senator. Mr. Pinkerton died July 2, 1883; Mrs.
Pinkerton resides on the homestead farm with her children.
She is an estimable lady, a prominent member of the Methodist
Church, and a representative of one of the early families of Paint
Township.
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SOLOMON K. PLANK Source:
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HENRY H. PLASTERER Source:
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J. C. PLUMER Source:
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ELI
DUDLEY POCOCK, M. D., was born near Shreve, Wayne Co., Ohio,
June 13, 1845. He is a son of Elijah Pocock, who
migrated from Harford County, Md., in 1820, and settled in Wayne
County, Ohio. His mother's maiden name was Grace Smith;
she emigrated from Beaver County, Penn., in 1822, and settled in
Wayne County, where, Sept. 1, 1825, she was united in marriage with
Elijah Pocock. Eli's earlier years were spent in the
vicinity of Shreve, where he received an academic education.
At his country's call, during the great war for the Union, he
responded, and spent the last years of the same in its service.
He enlisted in June, 1862, at the age of seventeen years, in the
Eighty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served his full time,
after which his name appears for two years on the rolls of the One
Hundred and Sixty-sixth and One Hundred and Eighty-sixth Ohio
Volunteer Infantry. Since the war he has been identified with
the movements of the Grand Army of the Republic, and in the same has
ever been an ardent and zealous worker, while his force of character
he made him a leader among his comrades.
In 1866 he began the study of medicine, and graduated
from Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York, in February, 1870.
He began the practice of his profession the same year, in the city
of Mansfield, and in 1873 removed to Shreve, where ever since he has
maintained a successful and lucrative practice. In recognition
of his ability he maintains the highest respect of his competitors
and of the medical fraternity at large. Soon after his
majority he became an honored member of the Masonic fraternity, and
has advanced to and received the Templar orders. He is ever
considered a zealous and well-qualified worker, and in recognition
thereof has filled many important positions in the different
branches of the order through which he has passed. Zeal in
this, his chosen fraternity, has made him one of its brightest
lights, and he takes his place among its leaders.
In Oct. 18, 1870, the autumn after his graduation in
medicine, he was married to Miss Loell B. Foltz, daughter of
David Foltz by marriage with Miss Susan Kimmerer, who
had migrated, respectively, from Pennsylvania and Virginia in 1813
and in 1816 to Wayne County, Ohio, and settled in Clinton Township.
Both were of German descent. The fruit of this marriage is one
son, Elijah Foltz Pocock, born Sept. 7, 1878.
Source:
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THOMAS C. POLLOCK Source:
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REV. BENJAMIN POPE Source:
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FENELON FREDERICK HIPPEE POPE Source:
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