20th century history of Springfield, and Clark County, Ohio, and representative citizens, Part 108

Author: Rockel, William M. (William Mahlon), 1855-1930, ed
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: Chicago, Biographical publishing co.
Number of Pages: 993

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GEORGE S. COTTER,* superintend- ent of the Springfield Water Works, was born at Springfield, Ohio, in 1862, and is a son of the late James L. Cotter, who was born in Ireland, emigrated to Canada when thirteen years of age, and came to Springfield in 1847, where the rest of his life was passed.

George S. Cotter attended school until he was thirteen years old and then entered the machine shops of Warder, Mitchell and Company and remained until he had learned the trade. When he was eighteen years old he went to Aurora, Illinois, and worked in the railroad shops at that city for three years, after which he returned to Springfield and continued work as a machinist until 1884, when he became en- gineer of the city water works at the

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pumping station. He continued in that capacity for ten years and for four years more was superintendent there. In 1898 he left the city's employ and accepted a position as foreman of the machine shops of the Warder-Bushnell Company. When the International Harvester Company came into possession, he became mechan- ical engineer for a time and then re- signed to accept the superintendency of the city water works again, and has had charge of this important municipal utility ever since. He takes an interest in poli- ties, but only to the extent of promoting good government.

In 1891 Mr. Cotter was married to Jennie Bryant, who died October 16, 1906, leaving four children, namely : Paul Bry- ant, Helen, Ruth, and George, Jr. Mr. Cotter is a member of the Elks.

the largest shoe stores in this section of the state. Mr. Nisley occupies three rooms, $0 by 35 feet in dimensions. This is the building in which Mr. Nisley began work, September 14, 1888, and just seven- teen years later he purchased the build- ing as the proprietor of the prosperous business. Twenty workmen find constant employment and a business of $120,000 is done annually. In 1896, Mr. Nisley was married to Minnie Flora. They are mem- bers of the Lutheran Church. Mr. Nisley is a Knight Templar Mason, a Knight of Pythias, and he belongs to the Springfield Commercial Club and the Lagonda Club.

DANIEL RUST," owner of sixty-nine acres in German Township, Clark County, Ohio, has been a resident on his present place some seventeen years. He was born near Lawrenceville, German Township, March 4, 1845, and is a son of Abraham and Sarah (Cooper) Rust. His father was twice married, having five children by each union, and of these our subject was the youngest.

CHARLES L. NISLEY,* proprietor of the leading wholesale and retail shoe store at Springfield, was born at Lan- caster, Ohio, in 1847, and he was quite young when his parents moved to Spring- field, where he was reared and educated. Daniel Rust was five years old at the time of his father's death. He was reared on the farm and lived there with his mother until 1864, when in March of that year he enlisted in Company I, Eighth Ohio Cavalry, for three years' service. While in the army he was called upon to monrn the loss of his mother. He was discharged from the cavalry in July, 1864, because of injuries received by his being thrown from a horse, and returned to his home in German Township. He soon re- enlisted however in Company B, One Hundred and Ninety-sixth Regiment, O.V. His first work was done while he was little more than a school boy, he being em- ployed for eight months in the grocery store of S. B. Stiles & Company, after which he entered the shoe store of Starkey & Scowden. With that firm he remained for ten years and then went into business for himself, taking a partuer, and for eight years they carried on a successful enterprise under the style of Young & Nisley. When this partnership was dis- solved, Mr. Nisley purchased the Arcade Shoe Store and established the Nisley Arcade Shoe Company, which is one of I., in which he served until the war closed.

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He then returned home and took up farm- dent, Edward Wren, came from Ireland ing on the home place, and this has since been his sole occupation, and more than ordinary success has attended his efforts. In the early nineties he purchased his present farm in German Township, con- sisting of fifty acres, and has an additional tract of nineteen acres one-half mile east of his home.

Mr. Rust was united in marriage with Catherine Freeze and they became the parents of nine children, five of whom are living, namely: Lawrence I., David S., Charles F., Carrie E. (wife of William Thackery), and Harrison B. Those de- ceased are Rosie, who was the wife of Albert Bowers; Noah Abraham, Lily May, and Minnie Myrtle. Mrs. Catherine Rust died May 20, 1887, and Mr. Rust was mar- ried, secondly to Miss Lois Dorner, daugh- ter of Adam Dorner. They have two chil- dren-Beulah B. and Eva G. Fraternal- ly, Mr. Rust is a member of the Grand Army Post. He belongs to the German Reformed Church.

JAMES K. WREN,* vice president and treasurer of The Edward Wren Company, the largest business house at Springfield, operating one of the most extensive de- partment stores in Ohio, was born in the city of Dublin, Ireland, and was fifteen years of age when he came to America. Mr. Wren was reared at Springfield and was educated at St. Mary's College, Em- mettsburg, Maryland, and immediately after his return, entered his father's store and has been connected with the business ever since.

The Edward Wren Company grew from small beginnings. Its venerable presi-

to Springfield in 1848, then being a young man, and has been identified with the interests of this city ever since. His earliest business venture was as junior member of the firm of Kumane & Wren, which became very prominent in the business world, for over thirty years being a leading one of the city. In 1903 Edward Wren, Mrs. Edward Wren, James K. Wren and James Johnson, Jr., established The Edward Wren Company, a concern which does the largest business in this city and one of the largest in the state. This immense de- partment store occupies 105,000 square feet of floor space. The present officers are: Edward Wren, president and treas- urer; James K. Wren, vice president and general manager, and Edward Wright, secretary. In 1905, James K. Wren was married to Minnie B. Meals, of Spring- field. The Wren family belongs to St. Raphael's Catholic Church.

HENRY OXTOBY,* who owns an ex- cellent farm of sixty-six acres, situated in Harmony Township, has resided on the same since the fall of 1907, but he has owned the property for the past sixteen years. He was born in Clark County, Ohio, February 16, 1882, and is the only son of Robert and Mary ( Henry) Oxtoby.

The grandfather, Henry Oxtoby, lived out a long life in Clark County, where Robert Oxtoby was born. He followed farming until his death in 1892. He mar- ried Mary Henry, who died in 1884.

Henry Oxtoby obtained his farm train- ing with the uncle by whom he was reared. In early manhood he went into railroad

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work and prior to his marriage, was a fire- man on a railroad line in Illinois. He be- longs to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fireman and Engineers and is connected with Riverside lodge of the same or- ganization, at Savannah, Illinois. In 1907, Mr. Oxtoby was married to Flora Chaney, who is a daughter of R. S. and Lucinda Chaney, of Clark County, and then settled on his present farm, where he has been engaged in general farming ever since.

THOMAS D. WALLACE," senior member of the firm of Wallace & Todd, grocers, at Springfield, is one of the city's careful, conservative and successful men of business. He was born in 1849, in Madison Township, Clark County, Ohio, and is a son of John Wallace.

John Wallace was born in England and came to Clark County, Ohio, in 1844, where he was engaged first in business in the merchant-tailoring line, and for a few years he carried on a general store at Enon. He was among the pioneer mer- chants of this section.

Thomas D. Wallace was trained in the details of mercantile life in his father's store. In 1871 he went to the northwest- ern part of Missouri, where he engaged in a mercantile business for two years and then returned to Enon, Ohio, where he was a general merchant until 1881, when he came to Springfield. Here he em- barked in a grocery business. Politically, Mr. Wallace is a Democrat and in 1890- 91, he served as city clerk. After that he was a member of the Board of Public Affairs and was concerned in the news- paper business. During the last ad-

ministration of President Cleveland he was postmaster at Springfield. Follow- ing the close of his official life he bought the Daily Democrat which he conducted until 1906, when he sold out and has been interested in the grocery line ever since under the style of Wallace and Todd. He has long been a Democratic leader in Clark County and for eight years was chairman of the Democratic County Committee, and for twenty-three years has been a delegate to the Democratic State conventions. He has been a loyal party man and has accepted few rewards.

In 1873 Mr. Wallace was married to Mary A. Shellabarger, and they have two children-Gertrude L. and Edwin S. The family belong to St. Paul's Methodist Church, Mr. Wallace being a member of its official board. For six years he has been a member of the Board of Commis- sioners of Snyder Park.

JAMES J. WOOD,* one of the wealth- iest and most prominent citizens of Springfield Township, who resides on a tract of one hundred and seventy-five acres of land located in Section 7. 1847, on the Clifton Pike, just beyond the city limits, was born September 7, 1847, in Waterford, Ireland. He is a son of James and Johanna (Sweeney) Wood, the form- er of whom died previous to the birth of the subject of this sketch, his widow later becoming the wife of James Goff.

Although a native of Ireland, Mr. Wood comes of an old English family, from whom he received a large legacy. His grandfather Wood was a captain in the British navy, and it was while his vessel was in harbor at Waterford, Ireland, that

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he met the lady that was to be his wife, ing. For each of them he built a fine at an entertainment, and eloped with her.

James J. Wood was just one year old when he was placed under the care of his paternal grandmother, by whom he was reared. After attending school, he learned the carpenter's trade, at which he served a five years' apprenticeship. On March 10, 1866, he was married, and on April 10th of the same year he sailed for America, on his arrival here locating at Cincinnati. Thence, after a week's stay, he went to Urbana, Ohio, where he was in the employ for one year, of the Leon- hard Plow Shop Company. In the fall of 1868, when that firm retired from busi- ness, he removed to Lagonda, which now forms a part of Springfield. Mr. Wood has since continued to reside in Spring- field, with the exception of a short period just after the great Chicago fire, when he went to Chicago, and assisted in the re- building of that city, being employed for some eight months on one building on Madison Street. He then returned to Springfield, where he engaged in contract- ing, and also entered into the real estate business in which he was very successful.

In 1894 Mr. Wood built his present fine country home, which he named Wood- ville, the property at the time of his pur- chase consisting entirely of timberland. He has now retired from business ac- tivities, his two sons continuing the real estate business, in connection with a hard- ware store, which they operate in Spring- field.

During the past seventeen years Mr. Wood has spent much time in Europe, having made thirty-four trips across the Atlantic since 1891. He is the father of seven children, of whom six are still liv-

and commodious house, this magnificent present including also in each case the lot. These children are as follows: Mary E., wife of Frank Holleran; James J., Jr., Harry E., Lily, who is the wife of William Hickens; George, Frank E., and Erin .J., the last mentioned of whom died at the age of eighteen years. Mr. Wood is a member of the Roman Catholic Church, at Springfield.

HENRY LEWTON FEIRSTINE," who is engaged in general farming and stock-raising on a farm of one hundred and forty-three acres, was born October 30, 1849, and is a son of George and Sarah Ann (Lewton) Feirstine.

George Feirstine was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where he worked at carpentering for many years. When a young man he removed to Montgomery County, Ohio, where he worked at his trade until his sons matured, when he engaged in farming, buying our subject's present farm on March 11, 1863. After the marriage of his son, Henry Lewton, he and his wife returned to Montgomery County. where they passed the rest of their lives. He married Sarah Ann Lew- ton, a native of Maryland, and they reared a family of five children, namely : Martha, married Pelasca Fairchilds, now deceased; Dellason P .; Henry Lewton, subject of this sketch; Albert; and Alice (Mrs. J. Folkorth).

Henry I .. Feirstine was born in Mont- gomery County, and passed his boyhood days on his grandfather's farm, which was carried on by his father. He sub- sequently came to Clark County with his

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father and settled in Mad River Town- and the suburban lines of Baltimore, ship, where he has since been engaged in general farming and stock-raising, mak- ing a specialty of raising fine hogs. Mr. Feirstine bought bis farm, consisting of one hundred and forty-three acres, from the Feirstine heirs and is one of the most successful farmers of the township. He was married March 20, 1877, to Mary Ellen Rockefield, a daughter of John Martin and Mary (Cox) Rockefield. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Feirstine: Cora, who married Clyde Burr and lives in this vicinity; Maude, who lives at home, and Laura, who died at the age of fifteen.

Mr. Feirstine is a Democrat in politics and has served as township trustee of Mad River Township. Fraternally he is an I. O. O. F., and is also connected with the Knights of Pythias.

M. J. LOFTUS,* superintendent of the Ohio Electric Railway Company, with headquarters at Springfield, has had rail- road experience dating from his boyhood. He was born at Wheeling, West Virginia, in 1874, and is a son of the late M. J. Loftus, who was proprietor of the old horse-car street railroad at Wheeling, in 1887.

M. J. Loftus went to school until he was thirteen years of age and then en- tered his father's employ, when the old horse-cars were still valued utilities. In 1890 he went to Pittsburg and entered the employ of the Thompson-Houston Eler- trical Company for one year, after which he took charge of the Brooklyn & C'oney Island Repair Shops for a year. He next had charge of the repair shops of the city

Maryland, and after more than two years there, he returned to Wheeling. For the three succeeding years he was superin- tendent of transportation for the Wheel- ing & Elm Grove Railroad. He then went to Newark and for one year was superintendent of the Newark & Gran- ville Street Railway, and for two years superintendent of the Indianapolis & Martinsville Interurban Railway. In 1903 Mr. Loftus came to Springfield and for the past three years has occupied his present responsible office. His long con- nection with railroad affairs in different sections has given him expert knowledge and a business acquaintance extending through many states. In 1892, Mr. Loftus was married to Christina Herman, of Allegheny, Pennsylvania, and they have three children-Frank, Joseph and Ruth. Mr. Loftus and family belong to St. Ra- phael's Catholic Church at Springfield.

WILLIAM S. VALE,* a life-long resi- dent of Clark County, Ohio, trustee of Bethel Township and owner of two hun- dred and twenty-five acres of fine farming land situated in Clark and Miami Coun- ties, was born January 18, 1860, a son of Peter and Sarah (Shull) Vale.

Peter Vale was born in Pennsylvania and when a young man of nineteen came to Ohio, first locating near Carlisle, Clark County, where he worked for some time on various farms. Here he married Sarah Shall, a native of Clark County and later bought a farm in Bethel Township. where they passed the remainder of their lives, his death ocenrring in 1894 when he was sixty-two years old. His wife died

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in 1898 at the age of sixty-five years. implements at Sugar Grove, Clark Coun- They had but one child, William S., the subject of this sketch.

William S. Vale passed his boyhood days on the farm, remaining at home un- til his marriage May 13, 1880, to Mary Johnson, a daughter of Rev. E. R. and Julia (Colton) Johnson. They have one child, Chester, who is engaged in seed growing. Mr. Vale resides in New Car- lisle and always devoted his time to agri- cultural pursuits, until 1906, when he gave up farm life, and is now engaged in buying and selling stock, most of which is disposed of in Dayton, Ohio. Mr. Vale is a Republican and has served as town- ship trustee for the past nine years. He is fraternally associated with the Masonic Lodge of New Carlisle, and the I. O. O. I'. of New Carlisle.

Rev. E. R. Johnson, father of Mrs. Vale, came to Ohio with his wife in 1841. His edneation was obtained at the Lane Theological Seminary of Cincinnati and he had charge of the Presbyterian Church of New Carlisle for twenty-one years, passing away in that village in 1862. He was instrumental in organizing the church at Addison, Tippecanoe, and at Osburn. His wife died in January, 1907, aged eighty-eight years. Rev. Johnson was the father of the following children: Laura, who died young; Frances, who married A. N. Mitchell; Emily, who mar- ried Oliver Turner: Janet, who married Robert Stafford; and Mary, who is the wife of William S. Vale.

ELMER C. HARTMAN,* senior mem- her of the firm of Hartman & Morgan, well known dealers in hardware and farm

ty, Ohio, has been a life long resident of the county. He was born in German Township. Clark County, May 11, 1873, and is a son of Gideon and Barbara (Snell) Hartman. His mother died when he was eleven years of age, and his father is now living in Pike Township.

Elmer C. Hartman was ten years of age when his parents moved to Pike Town- ship, and there he grew to maturity. He engaged in farming until he moved to Sngar Grove and engaged in business. In 1905, he erected the Hartman Block, opposite the Ohio Masonic Home, a large two-story briek building with three store rooms on the first floor. Here he em- barked in the general mercantile business, carrying a comprehensive line of dry goods, groceries, queensware, hardware and farm implements. In 1906, he dis- posed of all but the hardware and im- plements department of his store, which he moved in an addition he had built on to the block. On February 1, 1908, he formed a partnership with Mr. John E. Morgan, and the business has since been carried on under the firm name of Hart- man & Morgan. They carry a large stock of general hardware, and in farm imple- ments make a specialty of McCormick binders, corn planters, and International Manure Spreaders. The second floor of the Hartman Block is used to display their line of carriages and buggies. They enjoy the patronage of this vieinity al- most exclusively, and during the summer months are kept busy day and night.

In 1897 Mr. Hartman was joined in marriage with Christina Busch, a dangh- ter of Ludwig Busch, and they became parents of four children, three of whom

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are living, namely: Ludwig C., Lucille M., and Louise. A daughter, Christina, died at the age of two years. Fraternally Mr. Hartman is a member of the Knights of Pythias.

COLONEL MILTON CHENEY,* one of South Charleston's highly respected and influential citizens, who is living in retirement after years of unceasing ac- tivity in agricultural work, is a native of Madison Township, Clark County, Ohio. He was born in 1850 on the old home place three miles south of South Charles- ton, is a son of Jonathan and Matilda (Harpole) Cheney, and a grandson of William Cheney.

William Cheney was a native of Vir- ginia, where he was reared and followed farming for a number of years. After his marriage to Rebecca Orr, also a native of Virginia, he settled in Mechanicsburg, Champaign County, Ohio, and engaged in farming the remainder of his life. Nine children were born to the grandparents of our subject, all of whom are now deceased. Jonathan Cheney, the father, was born near Mechanicsburg and spent his early boyhood days on his father's farm. At the age of sixteen he went west and en- gaged in the cattle business, and drove cattle from Illinois to Harrisburg for a period of five years, after which he came to Clark County, and purchased the pres- ent farm of his son, Milton, consisting of three hundred and twenty-five acres, three hundred acres of which are located in Madison Township, Clark County, and the remaining twenty-five acres in Madi- son County, just across the county line. Here he followed agriculture until his

death, which occurred March 18, 1865. Jonathan married Matilda Harpole of Greene County and to them were born three children, of whom two are living, Milton, the subject of this notice; and Rebecca (Young) of Los Angeles, Cali- fornia.

Milton Cheney was reared on his father's farm and attended the district schools of the township for a short time. He was but eleven years old at the out- break of the Civil War, and is practically self educated, as his services were early required on the farm. Mr. Cheney has been engaged in agricultural pursuits on the home farm since 1867. He married Ada Sprague, a danghter of L. B. Sprague of Harmony Township, and to them have been born five children: Molly (Mrs. Hicks) ; Harriet; Pearl (Mrs. Sprague) of Clark County; Howard, who married Anna Hostetter of Dayton; and Scott.

Col. Cheney has always been an ardent supporter of the Republican party. He has served twelve years as township trustee, was for six years county commis- sioner, thirty-two years a member of the Madison Township School Board and also served as a member of the Agriculture Board. Col. Cheney is also prominent in fraternal circles, being a member of the Masonic order and the Odd Fellows. in- cluding the Mad River Encampment, at Springfield, of which he is Past Grand and Past Chief Pater.

GEORGE F. JOHNSON,* a represent- ative citizen of German Township, resid- ing on his farm in Section 19, is a veteran of the Civil War. He was born in York-

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shire, England, October 14, 1841, and is a son of Mark and Esther (Firth) Johnson. Mr. Johnson was five years old when his parents came to America. The father had previously been a school teacher, but after locating in New York, he followed farming until 1852, when he started with his family for Clark County, Ohio, landing at Spring- field on New Year's Day, 1853. He soon rented a farm in Green Township and there the family lived for some years.

George F. Johnson attended school in the neighborhood of his home, as he was afforded opportunity through his boyhood. The family was living in Green Township when he enlisted for service in the Civil War September 4, 1861, entering Com- pany F, Forty-fourth Regiment Ohio Vol- unteer Infantry, for three years. His regiment was connected with the Twenty- third Army Corps, Army of West Vir- ginia. After about one year in the Vir- ginia mountains, during which period Mr. Johnson participated in the battles of Lewisburg, Charleston and Cotton Moun- tain, in October, 1862, the regiment was sent to Kentucky and during the year spent there he participated in the battle of Duncan's Hill. At that battle, the in- fantry being mounted, he had a fall from his horse, which caused him some suffer- ing. During the greater part of the time in Kentucky the regiment was given fron- tier duty-some of the most dangerous work in the service-and after leaving Kentucky the regiment went to Knoxville, Tennessee, where it had three weeks of steady fighting. From August, 1863, un- til January, 1864, Mr. Johnson was in Tennessee, taking part during that time in the battle at Cumberland Gap. At the close of his first enlistment he re-enlisted,

at Strawberry Plains, entering the Eighth Regiment Ohio Cavalry, in which he con- tinued until the close of the war. He was taken prisoner at Beverly, West Virginia, but was immediately paroled. This was his second capture, the first one having oc- curred also in this vicinity, but before he and his companions could be marched away, the Union forces recaptured them. Thus Mr. Johnson most fortunately es- caped the horrors of a Southern prison and after his honorable discharge, at Clarksburg. West Virginia, July 30, 1865, returned to Ohio, practically un- harmed. During his absence in the army, Mr. Johnson's people had moved to Springfield and when he returned home he went to work in the Springfield flax mill. In 1867 he moved to German Township and has resided here ever since. He has a good farm and he has erected all the farm buildings since locating here.

On April 15, 1866, Mr. Johnson was married to Leanah Overholser, who is a daughter of Moses Overholser, and they have five children, namely: Ida C., who married Harmon C. Fisher, and has eight children ; Grant C., married, who has three children; Ella, who married Ora Stafford and they have one child: Elmer; and Es- ther, who married David McAllister, has one child. Mr. Johnson has always taken an active interest in township affairs and for fifteen years served as a member of the Board of Education. He belongs to the Grand Army of the Republic.

STEWART ALBERT MUFF,* a well known dealer in grains, vehicles and im- plements, who is established in business in both New Carlisle and Springfield, has

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been a resident of Clark County, since tablished a grain business in connection 1897. He was born June 7, 1871, on his father's farm in Milford Township, But- ler County, Ohio, and is a son of John and Rachel (Antrim) Muff.

John Muff was a native of Germany and when a lad of ten years came to this country with his mother, and after reach- ing manhood went to California where he worked in the gold mines until 1865. He then came to Butler County, Ohio where he was married and there followed farming and operated a grist mill for many years. He died in ' Butler County in 1904 aged about seventy years, his wife's death hav- ing occurred ten months previous when in her sixty-first year. John Muff and wife were the parents of three children: Ed- ward C., of Butler County, Ohio; Stewart Albert, subject of this sketch; and Sarah Antrim, who is the wife of Edward L. Tracy of Butler County, Ohio.

Stewart A. Muff was about six years old when his parents moved to Somer- ville, Ohio, where he was educated in the public schools and he is a graduate of the high school of that village. His leisure time was spent in his father's grist mill. At the age of twenty-one he began deal- ing in stock at Somerville, and later es-

with stock buying, continuing at this until 1897. He then sold out and came to Clark County, locating at New Carlisle, where he operates a grain elevator and deals in farming implements. Ten months later he removed to his present location on the Big Four Railroad. In 1903 he bought a grain elevator at Me- chaniesburg, Ohio, from W. H. Hodge, and operated this in connection with his other business for four years, when he sold to H. M. Conger. In 1904 he purchased the Wigwam building in Springfield, where he has since been dealing in farming imple- ments with much success. He also con- templates establishing a business of that nature at Enon, Ohio. Mr. Muff owns a fine farm of three hundred and ten acres in Butler County.

Mr. Muff was united in marriage De- cember 25. 1905, to Minerva Clark, a daughter of W. Scott Clark of Ross Coun- ty, Ohio, and they reside at No. 705 N. Fountain Avenue, Springfield. Political- ly Mr. Muff gives his support to the Dem- ocratie party and when a resident of Butler County took a very active interest in the affairs of that party. His frater- nal connection is with the Masonic Order.

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20th century history of Springfield, and Clark County, Ohio, and representative citizens, Part 108

Author: Rockel, William M. (William Mahlon), 1855-1930, ed Publication date: 1908 Publisher: Chicago, Biographical publishing co. Number of Pages: 993

Author: Rockel, William M. (William Mahlon), 1855-1930, ed
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: Chicago, Biographical publishing co.
Number of Pages: 993