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A
BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
OF
DARKE COUNTY
OHIO
COMPENDIUM OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY
ILLUSTRATED
.
CHICAGO THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY 1900
F497 D2 B5
Biography is the only true History .- Emerson.
A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote generations .- Macaulay.
177.75 9756
1
CONTENTS
GENERAL INDEX.
TABLE OF CONTENTS, 3
INTRODUCTORY, .
11
COMPENDIUM OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY,
13
COMPENDIUM OF LOCAL BIOGRAPHY,
-
223
INDEX TO PART I.
COMPENDIUM OF NATIONAL BIOGRAPHY.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF NATIONAL CELEBRITIES.
PAGE
PAGE
Abbott, Lyman ..
144
Adams, Charles Kendall. 143
Adams, John. 25
Adams, John Quincy. 61
Agassiz, Louis J. R.
137
Alger, Russell A.
173
Allison, William B. 131
Allston, Washington. 190
Altgeld, John Peter. 140
Andrews, Elisha B. 184
Anthony, Susan B.
62
Armour, Philip D. 62
Arnold, Benedict .. 84
Arthur, Chester Allen 168
Astor, John Jacob. 139
Audubon, John James 166
Bailey, James Montgomery. 177
Bancroft, George. 74
Barnard, Frederick A. P 179
Barnum, Phineas T. 41
Barrett, Lawrence.
156
Barton, Clara .. 209
Bayard, Thomas Francis. 200
Beard, William H. 196
Beauregard, Pierre G. T.
203
Beecher, Henry Ward. 26
Bell, Alexander Graham 96 Bennett, James Gordon. 206 Benton, Thomas Hart. 53 Bergh, Henry. 160
Bierstadt, Albert. 197
Billings, Josh. 166
Blaine, James Gillespie
22
Bland, Richard Parks.
106
Clews,· Henry
153
PAGE
Boone, Daniel ..
36
Clinton, De Witt.
110
Colfax, Schuyler ..
139
Booth, Edwin. 51
Booth, Junius Brutus.
177
Conkling, Alfred.
32
Brice, Calvin S.
181
Conkling, Roscoe.
32
Cooley, Thomas McIntyre.
140
Brown, Charles Farrar 91 Cooper, Peter. 37
Brush, Charles Francis. 153 Copely, John Singleton. 191
Bryan, William Jennings 158
Bryant, William Cullen .. 44
Buchanan, Franklin 105
Buchanan, James . 128 Cramp, William 189
Buckner, Simon Bolivar. 188
Burdette, Robert J. 103
Burr, Aaron ..
111
Butler, Benjamin Franklin.
24
Calhoun, John Caldwell. 23
Cameron, James Donald. 141
Cameron, Simon. 141
Cammack, Addison. 197
Campbell, Alexander.
180
Carlisle, John G.
133
Carnegie, Andrew 73
Carpenter, Matthew Hale 178
Carson, Christopher (Kit). 86
Cass, Lewis
110
Chase, Salmon Portland. 65
Childs, George W. 83
Choate, Rufus ..
207
Claflin, Horace Brigham.
107
Clay, Henry. 21
Clemens, Samuel Langhorne .. 86
Cleveland, Grover.
174
Dow, Neal.
108
Draper, John William.
184
Cooper, James Fenimore .. 58
Corbin, Austin .
205
Corcoran, W. W 196
Cornell, Ezra.
161
Crockett, David. 76
Cullom, Shelby Moore. 116
Curtis, George William. 144
Cushman, Charlotte.
107
Custer, George A.
95
Dana, Charles A ..
88
"Danbury News Man 177
Davenport, Fanny. 106
Davis, Jefferson .. 24
Debs, Eugene V.
132
Decatur, Stephen.
101
Deering, William 198
Depew, Chauncey Mitchell. 209
Dickinson, Anna 103
Dickinson, Don M ...
139
Dingley, Nelson, Jr.
215
Donnelly, Ignatius 161
Douglas, Stephen Arnold 53
Douglass, Frederick.
43
Brooks, Phillips
130
Brown, John. 51
4
TABLE OF CONTENTS-PART I.
PAGE
Drexel, Anthony Joseph.
124
Dupont, Henry. 198
Edison, Thomas Alva
55
Edmunds, George F
201
Ellsworth, Oliver
168
Emerson, Ralph Waldo 57
Ericsson, John.
127
Evarts, William Maxwell.
89
Farragut, David Glascoe.
80
Field, Cyrus West .
173
Field, David Dudley. 126
Field, Marshall. 59
Field, Stephen Johnson 216
Fillmore, Millard .. 113
Foote, Andrew Hull. 176
Foraker, Joseph B. 143
Forrest, Edwin .. 92
Franklin, Benjamin 18 Jones, James K 171
Fremont, John Charles .. 29
Fuller, Melville Weston 168
Fulton, Robert.
62
Gage, Lyman J. 71
Gallatin, Albert. 112
Garfield, James A. 163
Garrett, John Work. 200
Garrison, William Lloyd.
50
Gates, Horatio 70
Gatling, Richard Jordan 116
George, Henry 203
Gibbons, Cardinal James. 209
Gilmore, Patrick Sarsfield. 77
Girard, Stephen.
137
Gough, John B 131
Gould, Jay 52
Gordon, John B. 215
Grant, Ulysses S 155
Gray, Asa.
88
Gray, Elisha. 149
Greeley, Adolphus W 142
Greeley, Horace .. 20
Greene, Nathaniel.
69
Gresham, Walter Quintin. 183
· Hale, Edward Everett. 79 Hall, Charles Francis. 167 McCormick, Cyrus Hall. 172
Hamilton, Alexander. 31
Hamlin, Hannibal 214 Hampton, Wade 192
Hancock, Winfield Scott ...
146
Hanna, Marcus Alonzo
169
Harris, Isham G. 214
Harrison, William Henry
87
Harrison, Benjamin. 182 Harvard, John. . 129 Havemeyer, John Craig. 182
Hawthorne, Nathaniel 135 Hayes, Rutherford Birchard .. 157
Hendricks, Thomas Andrew. . 212
Henry, Joseph. 105
Henry, Patrick. 83
Hill,David Bennett 90
Hobart, Garrett A. 213
Holmes, Oliver Wendell. 206 Hooker, Joseph 52 Howe, Elias. 130 Howells, William Dean. 104
Houston, Sam.
120
O'Conor, Charles.
187
Hughes, Archbishop John. 157 Hughitt, Marvin 159
Hull, Isaac .
169
Huntington, Collis Potter 94
Ingalls, John James. 114
Ingersoll, Robert G. 85
Irving, Washington. 33
Jackson, Andrew .. 71
Jackson, "Stonewall "
67
Perry, Oliver Hazard
97
Jackson, Thomas Jonathan .. 67
Jay, John.
39
Jefferson, Joseph 47
Johnson, Andrew
145
Johnson, Eastman
202
Johnston, Joseph Eccleston. 85
Jones, John Paul.
97
Jones, Samuel Porter. 115
Kane, Elisha Kent. 125
Kearney, Philip. 210
Kenton, Simon 188
Knox, John Jay 134
Lamar, Lucius Q. C. 20I
Landon, Melville D 109
Lee, Robert Edward .. 38
Lewis, Charles B. 193
Lincoln, Abraham.
135
Livermore, Mary Ashton.
131
Rothermel, Peter F.
113
Rutledge, John. 57
Sage, Russell.
211
Schofield, John McAllister
199
Schurz, Carl.
201
Scott, Thomas Alexander.
204
Scott, Winfield ..
79
Seward, William Henry 44
Sharon, William.
165
Shaw, Henry W.
166
Sheridan, Phillip Henry
40
Sherman, Charles R.
87
Sherman, John ..
86
Shillaber, Benjamin Penhallow 202
Sherman, William Tecumseh .. 30 Smith, Edmund Kirby 114
Sousa, John Philip ..
60
Spreckels, Claus.
159
Stanford, Leland ..
101
Stanton, Edwin McMasters .. 179
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady.
126
Stephens, Alexander Hamilton 32
Stephenson, Adlai Ewing .. . 141
Stewart, Alexander T.
58
Stewart, William Morris .. 213
Morgan, John T. 216 Stowe, Harriet Elizabeth
Morris, Robert. 165
Morse, Samuel F. B. 124
Morton, Oliver Perry.
215
Motley, John Lathrop 130
"Nye, Bill"
59
Nye, Edgar Wilson
59
PAGE
Olney, Richard.
133
Paine, Thomas.
147
Palmer, John M.
195
Parkhurst, Charles Henry.
160
" Partington, Mrs."
202
Peabody, George,
170
Peck, George W. 187
Peffer, William A. 164
Perkins, Eli. . 109
Phillips, Wendell. 30
Pierce, Franklin.
122
Pingree, Hazen S.
212
Poe, Edgar Allen.
69
Polk, James Knox 102
Porter, David Dixon. 68
Porter, Noah .. 93
Prentice, George Denison. 119
Prescott, William Hickling 96
Pullman, George Mortimer. 121
Quad, M.
193
Quay Matthew S.
171
Randolph, Edmund.
136
Read, Thomas Buchanan.
132
Reed, Thomas Brackett .. 208
Reid, Whitelaw ..
149
Roach, John. 190
Rockefeller, John Davison. 195
Root, George Frederick.
218
Locke, David Ross.
172
Logan, John A. 26
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth 37
Longstreet, James .. 56
Lowell, James Russell.
104
Mackay, John William 148
Madison, James.
42
Marshall, John
156
Mather, Cotton
164
Mather, Increase
163
Maxim, Hiram S. 194
McClellan, George Brinton. 47
McDonough, Com. Thomas .. 167
McKinley, William.
217
Meade, George Gordon. :5
Medill, Joseph. 159
Miles, Nelson A. 176
Miller, Cincinnatus Heine. 218
Miller, Joaquin .. 218
Mills, Roger Quarles. 21I
Monroe, James
54
Moody, Dwight L 207
Moran, Thomas 98
Morgan, John Pierpont. 208
Beecher
66
Stuart, James E. B.
122
Morton, Levi P ..
142
Sumner, Charles.
34
Talmage, Thomas DeWitt
60
Taney, Roger Brooke.
129
Taylor, Zachary .. .
108
Teller, Henry M
127
PAGE
Jefferson, Thomas
34
Plant, Henry B.
192
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TABLE OF CONTENTS-PART I.
PAGE
Tesla, Nikola. 193
Thomas, George H. 73
Thomas, Theodore .. 172
Thurman, Allen G. 90
Thurston, John M. 166
Tilden, Samuel J .. 48
Tillman, Benjamin Ryan 119
Toombs, Robert .. 205
" Twain, Mark" 86
Tyler, John 93
Van Buren, Martin ..
Vanderbilt, Cornelius 35
V'ail, Alfred .. . 154
Vest, George Graham. 214
Vilas, William Freeman. 140
Webster, Noah. 49
Weed, Thurlow 91
West, Benjamin. 115
Waite, Morrison Remich 125
Wallace, Lewis 199
Wallack, Lester. 121
Wallack, John Lester. 121
Wanamaker, John.
89
Whitney, Eli. 120
Whitney, William Collins. 92
Whittier, John Greenleaf. 67
Washington, George ..
17
Willard, Frances E. 133
Watson, Thomas E.
178
Wilson, William L.
180
Winchell, Alexander. 175
Windom, William .. 138
PORTRAITS OF NATIONAL CELEBRITIES.
PAGE
PAGE
PAGE
Alger, Russell A .. 16
Field, Marshall. 117 Longstreet, Gen. James. 16
Franklin, Benjamin. 63
Lowell, James Russell. 27
Anthony, Susan B
63
Fremont, Gen. John C. 16 McKinley, William. 45
Armour, Philip D 151
Gage, Lyman J. 151
Morse, S. F. B. 185
Arthur, Chester A. 81
Garfield, James A. 45
Phillips, Wendell. 27
Barnum, Phineas T. 117
Garrison, William Lloyd. 63
Porter, Com. D. D. 185
Beecher, Henry Ward. 27
George, Henry 117
Pullman, George M. 117
Blaine, James G .. 151
Gould, Jay. 99
Quay, M. S. 99
Booth, Edwin.
63
Grant, Gen. U. S. 185
Reed, Thomas B. 151
Bryan, Wm. 63 Greeley, Horace. 81 Sage, Russell 117
Bryant, William Cullen. 185
Hampton, Wade .. 16 Scott, Gen. Winfield. 185
Buchanan, James. 81
Hancock, Gen. Winfield S. 185
Seward, William H. 45
Buckner, Simon B .. 16
Hanna, Mark A 117
Sherman, John .. 99
Butler Benjamin F. 151
Harrison, Benjamin. 81
Sherman, Gen. W. T. 151
Chase, Salmon P
16
Hendricks, Thomas A 81
Holmes, Oliver W .. 151
Sumner, Charles 45
Clay, Henry
81
Talmage, T. DeWitt. 63
Cleveland, Grover .. 45
Ingersoll, Robert G. 117
Teller, Henry M .. 99
Cooper, Peter. 99
Irving, Washington 27
Thurman, Allen G. 81
Dana, Charles A. 151
Jackson, Andrew. 45 Tilden, Samuel J .. 117
Van Buren, Martin. 81
Douglass, Fred. 63
Johnston, Gen. J. E .. 16
Vanderbilt, Commodore 99
Emerson, Ralph Waldo 27
Lee, Gen. Robert E. 185
Webster, Daniel 27
Evarts, William M. 99
Lincoln, Abraham. 81
Whittier, John G.
Farragut, Com. D. G.
185
Logan, Gen. John A. 16
Washington, George 45
Field, Cyrus W. 63
Longfellow, Henry W 185
Watterson, Henry. 63
PAGE
PAGE
Voorhees, Daniel Wolsey .. 95
Whipple, Henry Benjamin 161
White, Stephen V. 162
Whitefield, George. 150
Whitman, Walt .. 197
Ward, "Artemus" 91
Washburne, Elihu Benjainin. 189
Watterson, Henry.
76
Weaver, James B ..
123
Webster, Daniel. 19
Carlisle, John G 151 Hayes, R. B. 45
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady 27
Stowe, Harriet Beecher. 27
Childs, George W 99
Hooker, Gen. Joseph. 16
Depew, Chauncey M. 117
Jefferson, Thomas. 45
Allison, William B. 99
COMPENDIUM
OF
LOCAL BIOGRAPHY
PART II.
BIOGRAPHICAL COMPENDIUM OF DARKE COUNTY.
PAGE
PAGE
PAGE
Devor, James. 232
Devor, John 229, 232
Devor, William. 227
Downing, Andrew J 312
Drill, Daniel L. 388
Dunkle, Charles E 252
Dunn, A. L 689
Eidson, Francis M. 276
Eikenberry, A. L. 548
Emerson, William H 2:6
Emrick, George 288
Erisman, Christian 251
Erisman, Henry. 621
Eury, Sarah. 744
Ewry, Wilham 283
Farra, Eleanor 608
Fischbach, John G .. 257
Fisher, Eli A. 424
Folkerth, William 231
Ford, Philip M 719
Ford, Royston. 673
Foureman, David C. 590
Fowler, Hanson T 406
Frampton, Adam C. 506
Frank, John G. 303
Frankmann, Adam 616
Fritz, John H. 749
Frizell, J. W. 242
Frost, James
453
Fry, Allen
661
Fry, Phebe.
723
Garber, Harvey C. 369
George, William E. 746
Gibson, Samuel. 700
Glander, Edward. 436
Gordon, Frank S. 432
Grillot, Benjamin L. 717
Groff, Christian I) 592
Grusenmeyer, Valentine 633
Guntrum, William E:
591
Halderman, Jacob. 302
Harley, George W 360
Harper, William M 640
Hart, Solomon D 704
Harter, Albert. 298
Harter, David F 405
Harter, Elias. 244
Bowman, Jonathan 244
Boyd, Samuel. 229
Albright, Daniel T 243
Albright, Johnson K 421
Breaden, John E., Sr. 462
Albright, Peter 454
Albright, Philip.
242
Bristly, Henry C. 695
848
Allen, Benjamin M 654
Allen, James. 243
Allen, William
245
Allen, William. 653
Bryson, Morris.
619
Allread, James I. 382
Allread, S. William 730
Alter, Henry. . 355
Anderson, C. M . 286
Anderson, Lewis C. 702
Armacost, Christopher M
620
Armstrong, Hugh
501
Armstrong, Hugh L 469
Armstrong, Peter.
464
Arnold, George
669
Arnold, Henry. 230
Arnold, Isaac N. 241
Arnold, John C .. . 414
Arnold, Mrs. S. J. 230
Avery, James B. 645
Bailey, John L. 262
Bailey, Martin V .. 243
Bailey, Mrs. Samuel 554
Baker, Charles 731
Baker, Thomas
280
Beachler, Henry
583
Beamn, R. K 273
Beem, Ralph D. 736-
Beers, Charles. 320
Beers, David . nd Theodore .. 245 Bell, Hiram. 245 Benson, James M. 700
Bickel, Henry M. 684
Bickel, Joseph M. 473
Biddle, John.
484
Bigler, Cyrus 261
Bireley, Harvey H
Bireley, William J ..
238
Bish, Henry J 594
Bishop, T. L . 614
Bolles, Charles H 595
Booker, Isaac N. 649
Dean, Aaron 232
Deardoff, Isaac F 549
Bowman, David P 245 Denise Family, The 608
Bowman, David W
637
Detling, Mary E
365
Devor, Elijah 232
Calderwood, Andrew R .. 237, 243-5
Calderwood, Elmer E. 490
Calderwood, George 237
Calkins, Charles. 245
Carnahan, John 229
Caupp, Daniel 459
Chenoweth, Charles W. 629
Christopher, David O. 578
Clark, Arthur L 728
Clark, Hiram 567
Clark, John C .. 350
Clawson, Henry 555
Clear, David A 300
Coblentz, Harrison 291
Cole, Henry MI 318
Cole, Joseph 331
Compton, John A. 243
Conover, Ezekiel S 736
Coppess, Adam S. 712
Coppess, Frederick 513
Coppess, Harmon C. 407
Coppess. John S. 517
Corwin, Joseph W 401
Cox, William 243
Cranor, Jonathan. 242
659
Creviston, James B ..
248
Culbertson, Edmund 478
Darke Co. Children's Home. . 362
Davison, Oscar F 857
Breaden, John E., Jr. 245, 467
Alexandre, Joseph. 434
Brown, Marshall A.
Brown, Noah W 662
Brown, Reuben. 305
Browne, William A. 668
Bryson, Joseph.
328
Bulcher, Joseph J 697
Burns, Daniel. 292
Byrd, Abraham. 416
Byrd, George S. 642
Byrd, Japheth 538
Adams, George 225
Brandon, Riley M . 534
Bowers, Wilson S. 313
Hartle, David 634
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TABLE OF CONTENTS-PART II.
PAGE
PAGE
PAGE
Peters, Abdel
638
Peters, John J. 393
Phillips, Monroe. 709
Pleasant, William C. 665
Plowman, Mary J 364
Poe, Andrew 441
Putnam, David.
542
Putnam, Edwin B 244
Rahn, George W 603
Rarick, Charles W
308
Reed, Finley R 540
Reichard, William 389
Reichard, William J. 694
Replogle, Francis M 730
Replogle, Jacob +26
Reppeto, William H. 282
Requarth, William 294
Rhoades, Abraham 602
Richardson, Ephraim C.
452
Ries, John H 382
Ries, William L 379
Riesley, Gotleap. 449
Rike, William H. 485
Roberts, D. Q
748
Robertson, William L
341
Robeson, Thomas J.
440
Robeson, Willianı
446
Rogers, Charles C
755
Rogers, Elmer C. 756
Roland, Charles 691
Roland, Charles W 613
Royer, Henry J.
343
Ruh, George 721
Runkle, William 523
Rush, Andrew. 228
Rush, Andrew W 363
Ryan, Daniel H
323
Ryan, Frank L. 317
Sater, J. W.
245
Mills, James
545
Schaefer, Christian
415
Minnich, Samuel B. 281
Mohler, John
757
Kerlin, William K 460
Kester, Philip.
290
Kiester, William H
720
Kipp, Conrad.
729
Knoderer, Christian 479
Knorr, Anthony T 665
Knox, John R.
246, 375
Knox, R. A ..
243
Kruckeberg, Herman F
385
Lansdowne, James M. 475
Larimer, John W. 507
Layer, W. A. 596
Lephart, Henry
258
Litten, Cyrus 718
Livingston, William A. 279
Long, Barton W. 299
Longenecker, Frank .. 569
Longenecker, Harvey
525
Lot, L. B. 245
Loy, Michael .. 408
Ludy, Samuel
354
Ludy, William 352
Maher, Thomas C
435
Mansfield, Lewis 532
Hartzell, Daniel I.
529
Marker, George E. 573
Marker, Isaac. 752 Pierson, Jacob S. 243
Hartzell, Philip.
631
Heeter, John F
397
Henne, Daniel. 676
Hercules, Jacob L 322
Hershey, Emanuel. 753
Hershey, John T 315
Hickox, Eli.
243
Hill, George W 513
Hill, Harvey
409
Hill, John R.
505
Himes, John T. 611
Hindsley, William W 675
Hollinger, Jacob. 725
Hoschouer, John . 606
Housholder, L. R
417
Huddle, Levi.
570
Hufnagle, John 630
Huhn, Morris 623
Hyde, A. H
244
Hyer, Jesse R
588
Irelan, Aaron A
320
Irwin, William J.
576
Jacobi, Henry C.
445
Jamison, Robert B 582
Jefferis, William E. G 617
Jobes, Allen L.
243
Jobes, D. H. R.
239
245
Jones, Alonzo L
698
Judy, Alfred H.
252
Judy, Swan 246
Karn, Henry 482
Katzenberger, Charles L
457
Katzenberger, Frances 1.
562
Katzenberger, Franziskus M. .
559
Katzenberger, George A
527
Kemble, Samuel R.
326
Kepner, Harrison A 510
Kerlin, John D 463
Kerlin, Oscar C. 589
Monger, Thomas H 361
Morningstar, John H 657
Mote, Casville. 456
Mote, Irvin 679
Mote, Joseph.
571
Mote, William C. 477
Netzley, Allen 427
Net ley, Eli.
427
Netzley, Jesse. 431
Newbauer, George D) 438
Newkirk, J. M 242
Niswonger, George E 710
Noggle, George MI
663
Northrop, C. B.
244
Nyswanger, Alex 404
Ortlepp, E
493
Otwell, E. W
524
Parent, John.
307
Paulin, Samuel
310
Snyder, Daniel .
344
Pearson, William
244
Snyder, Elias D.
311
269
Sherry, William H.
429
Shields, George. 598
337
Shives, Thomas A
600
Shivly, Jacob W
243
Shuff, Easam. 426
470
Sigerfoos, George W
738
Small, lohn H
492
Smith, J. W 243
Snodgrass, B. F. 243
Snodgrass, Clement
243
Martin, 1). W. K. 533
Martin, Jacob B 384
Martin, Luther. 727
Martin, Mrs. Robert 229
Martz, George J 568
Martz, Jacob T. 246
Matchett, C. G .. 243, 245
Matchett, William H 243, 499
Mayer, Charles H
346
McAlpin, Alexander
244
McCabe, James 255
McClure, George H. 705
McCool, James Y
358
McDonald, Joseph
245
McDonald, Mark 678
McEowen, Henry H. 399
McGriff, Jesse A
McGriff, Price
324
McGriff, William P 285
Mckay, John W. 326
Mckibben, Hugh T
624
McNutt, John
724
Medford. Uriah 706
Meeker, David L 245, 626
Meeker, J. T
246
Meier, Charles.
708
Meier, Frederick
707
Menke, Bernhard
581
Miesse, Gabriel 240
Miller, Amos P
267
Miller, Daniel. 557
Miller, John F. 430
Miller, Lewis C.
353
Miller, Thomas B 751
Miller, Thomas C. 605
Scribner, Rachel (Devor). 229
Searl, Russell
370
Seitz, Anna E. 744
Seitz, Enoch B 740
Shafer, Job M.
520
Shelley, Thomas J.
Shepherd, Stephen 658
Sherry, Elizabeth.
597
Shields, Abraham.
Shields, William
Sigafoos, George W
Schlechty, George
579
Scribner, Abraham and Azor . . 228
Mills, Catharine
564
Mills, Harrod. 244
Hartle, Franklin P
447
Hartman, Samuel V 534
Hartzell, Jonas W 437
Marker, Leonard 622
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Snyder, James A. 503
Spencer, John F. 297
Stahl, Anna W 552
Stentzel, John J. 367
Stephens, John. 314
Stevenson, Walter 244
Stiles, Thomas 1).
235
Stocker, Jacob R
446
Stover, Daniel W
716
Straker, Henry 455
Stubbs, William \
751
Studabaker, Abrahamn 230
Studabaker, David. 231
Suter, John R
693
Swinger, David. 423
Swinger, John. 732
Taylor, Delia V 413
Teaford, Jonathan 578
Teaford, Norman. 582
Teegarden, Moses
554
Teegarden, Moses S 380
Teegarden, William W 585
Thomas, Samuel S
488
Thompson, Jeremiah 690
Thompson, William S 667
Weston, W. A.
233
Wharry, John. 238
Whitacre, Frank M. 411
Townsend, William
714
White, Elam ..
754
Wiley, Francis G. 487
Williams, Henry 713
Wilson Children, The 227
Wilson, Mrs. Samuel. 270
Wilson, W. J 391
Wilson, W. M. 234
Winbigler, George H 646
Winbigler, John J 486
Winger, John. 688
Winner, John L 233
Winters, Job M 650
Wise, Franklin. 536
Walters, Lewis P. 334
Ware, Jacob F
480
Warner, Henry
336
Warvel, Daniel. 682
Warvel, Nathan S.
266
Weaver, David. 568
Weaver, Elihu. 610
Weaver, George.
687
Welbourn, George J 442
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Tomlinson, H. A. 243
Townsend, Alfred 244
Turner, Jacob K
641
Turner, Larkin G 301
Ullery, Leonard. 243
Vail, Aaron 715
Van Mater, Cyrenius. 243
Vannoy, David J ... 489
Walker, John. 419
Wallace, John A 709
Woods, Addison J 547
Woods, Jesse. 474
Workman, T. H. 243
Young, Calvin M. 494
Young, Jacob B. 470
Yount, Henry L 584
Zeller, Cyrus 654
JE.JOHNSTON
JAS. LONGSTREET
JOSEPH HOOKER
SALMON PCHASE
WADE HAMPTON
JOHN A. LOGAN
JOHN C FREMONT
R.A.ALGER.
SIMON B BUCKNER
COMPENDIUM OF BIOGRAPHY . . OF ..
CELEBRATED AMERICANS
G EORGE WASHINGTON, the first president of the Unit- ed States, called the " Father of his Country," was one of the most celebrated characters in history. He was born Feb- ruary 22, 1732, in Washing- ton Parish, Westmoreland county, Virginia. His father, Augustine Washington, first married Jane Butler, who bore him four children, and March 6, 1730, he married Mary Ball. Of six children by his second marriage, George was the eldest.
Little is known of the early years of Washington, beyond the fact that the house in which he was born was burned during his early childhood, and that his father there- upon moved to another farm, inherited from his paternal ancestors, situated in Stafford county, on the north bank of the Rappahan- nock, and died there in 1743. From earliest childhood George developed a noble charac- ter. His education was somewhat defective, being confined to the elementary branches taught him by his mother and at a neighbor- ing school. On leaving school he resided some time at Mount Vernon with his half
brother, Lawrence, who acted as his guar- dian. George's inclinations were for a sea- faring career, and a midshipman's warrant was procured for him; but through the oppo- sition of his mother the project was aban- doned, and at the age of sixteen he was appointed surveyor to the immense estates of the eccentric Lord Fairfax. Three years were passed by Washington in a rough fron- tier life, gaining experience which afterwards proved very essential to him. In 1751, when the Virginia militia were put under training with a view to active service against France, Washington, though only nineteen years of age, was appointed adjutant, with the rank of major. In 1752 Lawrence Washington died, leaving his large property to an infant daughter. In his will George was named one of the executors and as an eventual heir to Mount Vernon, and by the death of the infant niece, soon succeeded to that estate. In 1753 George was commis- sioned adjutant-general of the Virginia militia, and performed important work at the outbreak of the French and Indian war, was rapidly promoted, and at the close of that war we find him commander-in-chief of
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all the forces raised in Virginia. A cessation of Indian hostilities on the frontier having followed the expulsion of the French from the Ohio, he resigned his commission as commander-in-chief of the Virginia forces, and then proceeded to Williamsburg to take his seat in the Virginia Assembly, of which he had been elected a member.
January 17, 1759, Washington married Mrs. Martha (Dandridge) Curtis, a young and beautiful widow of great wealth, and devoted himself for the ensuing fifteen years to the quiet pursuits of agriculture, inter- rupted only by the annual attendance in winter upon the colonial legislature at Williamsburg, until summoned by his coun- try to enter upon that other arena in which his fame was to become world-wide. The war for independence called Washington into service again, and he was made com- mander-in-chief of the colonial forces, and was the most gallant and conspicuous figure in that bloody struggle, serving until Eng- land acknowledged the independence of each of the thirteen States, and negotiated with them jointly, as separate sovereignties. December 4, 1783, the great commander took leave of his officers in most affection- ate and patriotic terms, and went to An- napolis, Maryland, where the congress of the States was in session, and to that body, when peace and order prevailed everywhere, resigned his commission and retired to Mount Vernon.
It was in 1789 that Washington was called to the chief magistracy of the na- tion. The inauguration took place April 30, in the presence of an immense multi- tude which had assembled to witness the new and imposing ceremony. In the manifold de- tails of his civil administration Washington proved himself fully equal to the requirements of his position. In 1792, at the second presi-
dential election, Washington was desirous to retire; but he yielded to the general wish of the country, and was again chosen presi- dent. At the third election, in 1796, he was again most urgently entreated to con- sent to remain in the executive chair. This he positively refused, and after March 4, 1797, he again retired to Mount Vernon for peace, quiet, and repose.
Of the call again made on this illustrious chief to quit his repose at Mount Ver- non and take command of all the United States forces, with rank of lieutenant-gen- eral, when war was threatened with France in 1798, nothing need here be stated, ex- cept to note the fact as an unmistakable testimonial of the high regard in which he was still held by his countrymen of all . shades of political opinion. He patriotic- ally accepted this trust, but a treaty of peace put a stop to all action under it. He again retired to Mount Vernon, where he died December 14, 1799, in the sixty-eighth year of his age. His remains were depos- ited in a family vault on the banks of the Potomac, at Mount Vernon, where they still lie entombed.
B ENJAMIN FRANKLIN, an eminent American statesman and scientist, was born of poor parentage, January 17, 1706, in Boston, Massachusetts. He was appren- ticed to his brother James to learn the print- er's trade to prevent his running away and going to sea, and also because of the numer- ous family his parents had to support (there being seventeen children, Benjamin being the fifteenth). He was a great reader, and soon developed a taste for writing, and pre- pared a number of articles and had them published in the paper without his brother's knowledge, and when the authorship be- came known it resulted in difficulty for the
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