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On March 5, 1889, Mr. Hays was mar- ried to Lily Garlough, who is a daughter of Owen and Sarah (Littler) Garlongh. The father of Mrs. Hays died when she was one year old. Her mother subse- years. He then returned to Greene
quently married Benjamin Garlough, a relative of her first husband. Mr. and Mrs. Hays have four children, namely : Glenn Garlough, who is a student in the Springfield High School; Albert Owen, who is also in the High School classes; and Anson Erwin and Chester K. Mr. and Mrs. Hays are members of the Sec- ond Lutheran Church at Springfield. Mr. Hays belongs to the Junior Order of American Mechanics.
GARRETT SHERLO, who has re- sided on his present valuable farm of 120 aeres, which is situated on the Troy Turn- pike, about five miles northwest of Springfield, since 1876, was born in Brunswick, Germany, in December, 1837. He is a son of Casper Sherlo.
Mr. Sherlo was left an orphan in his childhood and he was reared to the age of eighteen years by strangers. He then came to America and settled at West Alexandria, Preble County, Ohio, finding farm work in that neighborhood. He en- listed during the Civil War from Preble County in a military organization known as the "Squirrel Hunters" and served 100 days. Just before the close of the war he came to Greene County and rented a farm on which he lived until after his marriage in 1866. He then rented land in Montgomery County, about four miles northwest of Dayton from which he soon moved to a more desirable farm that he rented for three years in Champaign County. Mr. Shorlo then returned for several months to Greene County and then came to Clark County, and operated a rented farm west of Medway for six
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County for a residence of three more locating in Picknway County and later in years, after which he bought his present Clark County. He married a Miss Hill, of Virginia, and to them were born five sons, Obed, father of Edward H., being the second eldest. The maternal grand- father was Isaiah Hunt. Obed Florence lived for many years in Madison County, moving to Indiana in 1859, where his death occurred some few years later. property. At that time an old dwelling stood where, in 1881. he erected his fine frame .esidence. In 1904 his barn was burned, but he has replaced it and his surroundings are very complete and con- venient. Mr. Sherlo has practically re- tired from farm work. having placed the operation of his farm in the hands of Amos Judd, his son-in-law, who is a very competent man.
In 1866 Mr. Sherlo was married at Cin- cinnati to Mary Shuey, who was born in Preble County, Ohio, July 14, 1839, and is a daughter of Adam and Sarah (Nise- wonger) Shney. Mr. and Mrs. Sherlo have one daughter, Delta, who married Amos Judd. Mr. Judd was born in Rap- pahannock County, Virginia, February 17, 1881, and is a son of Samuel P. and Mary (Bolen) Judd, who came to Ohio from Virginia in 1891. Mr. and Mrs. Jndd have one son, Delbert. The family be- long to Grace Reformed Church at Springfield. Mr. Sherlo had many hard- ships to endure during the earlier part of his life, but he overcome all obstacles, ac- cumulated a fine property by years of earnest effort and has long been consid- ered one of German Township's repre- sentative citizens.
EDWARD H. FLORENCE, township trustee and owner of 1.100 acres of valu- able farm land in Madison Township, was born in 1848 near Lilly Chapel, Madison County, Ohio, and is a son of Obed Florence.
Thomas Florence, his paternal grand- father, came to Ohio from Virginia, first
Edward H. Florence was reared on his father's farm in Madison County and re- ceived his education in the common schools. After leaving school he oper- ated his grandfather's farm for a number of years, and then engaged in farming for himself, with great success, and he is now one of the largest. land owners in the county, owning 1,100 acres of fine farm- ing land. He is politically a Republican and has been for thirteen years township trustee, in which capacity he is now serv. ing. He was also for a number of years a member of the school board. Mr. Flor- ence married Emma Woosley, a daughter of Benjamin Woosley, of Clark County. They have had two children, one now liv- ing, Walter, and Keturah, who died in 1888. aged five years.
JACOB TUTTLE. who was once a well known farmer and respected citizen of Springfield Township, was born No- vember 12, 1836, on the old Tuttle home- stead, in Springfield Township. Clark County, Ohio, and died in Clay County, Texas, July 15. 1898. His parents were John and Margaret (Prickett) Tuttle.
Jacob Tuttle was one of a family of eleven sons and five daughters and to- gether they were reared on the old home farm and attended the neighborhood
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schools. The boys were all taught to be aged during the fourteen years that she good farmers and one of the brothers, H. continued in Texas by her two sons, Louis H. Tuttle, became a minister. and Ralph Tuttle. In October, 1904. Mrs. Tuttle and her son Louis returned to the old home in Springfield Township, this farm having been under the manage- ment, in the meanwhile, of her son Fred Tuttle. In Jannary 1907, the Tuttles sold their Texas land, it having been a good investment.
When Jacob Tuttle reached manhood he married Nancy Todd, the ceremony taking place .August 27, 1857. She is a daughter of James and Elizabeth (Gar- lough) Todd. James Todd was born in Pennsylvania and came to Green Town- ship, Clark County, when a young lad. Ilis wife was born in Maryland and was a daughter of John Garlongh and she was seven years old when her parents came to Clark County. James Todd and wife were married in Green Township, where Mrs. Tuttle was born, being one of a fam- ily of nine children, five of whom still live. After marriage Jacob Tuttle and wife settled on the present farm in Springfield Township, which is located about one mile from Mrs. Tuttle's old home. When they came to this farm no improving had yet been done, but build- ing was soon commenced and the present fine, large house was erected, together with barns and the other farm buildings. At first Jacob Tuttle owned the place with his brother David, but later bought the latter's interest. He carried on gen- eral farming and also raised stock, par- ticularly hogs.
In 1891 Mr. Tuttle's health failed and he decided to move to Texas, hoping the change of climate would benefit him. He secured 320 acres of land in Clay County and lived there for seven years, but his health was never entirely restored and his death occurred in Clay County. where his burial took place. After Mr. Tuttle's death Mrs. Tuttle and two of her sons purchased 320 more acres of land ad- joining the other tract and this was man-
Jacob and Nancy Tuttle became parents of eight children, the survivors being: Lelia, who married John Larkins, resides in Greene County, Ohio; Fred, residing at Springfield, a rural route mail carrier, married Elizabeth Hinkle and they have two children, Hazel and Russell ; Clifford, residing in Texas, married Jessie E. Irvine, and they have one child, Ida; Lewis, unmarried, operates the home farm; and Ralph, who resides at Wichita Falls, Texas, married Nora Ramsey. Nina, Etta and Ada, twins, all died with- in three weeks of each other from scarlet fever, aged. respectively, five and two years of age.
WILLIAM HUNTER, whose magnifi- cent farm of 380 acres, all in one body, lies about one and one-half miles south- east of Catawba, is one of the substantial citizens of Pleasant Township. He was born in Pleasant Township. Clark Coun- ty. Ohio, on a farm which is now owned by his brother, Eli Hunter, March 8, 1841, and is a son of Lemuel Hunter.
Lemnel Hunter resided in Pleasant Township all his life. His father, Will- iam Hunter, came to this section from near Harper's Ferry, Virginia, and built the first mill in Pleasant Township,
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which still stands. Lemuel Hunter had seven children, namely : Mary Ann, Will- iam, Sarah Jane, Lewis, Eli, Miranda and Bruce. Mary Ann married J. M. Hodge and they lived on the line between Moore- field and Pleasant Townships. Both are deceased. They had seven children, three of whom, Asa, Ida and Ana, are living. Sarah Jane married James M. Yeazell and they died leaving no issue. Lewis died unmarried. Eli, residing on the homestead farm, married Lucinda Me- Clintock. They have had three children : Cecil, who is assisting his father; Edna, who is a student at Oxford College; and one son died in infancy. Miranda mar- ried James Yeazell and they had two chil- dren, one of whom died very young. The survivor, Laura, married Dr. V. D. Krout and they live on a farm east of Mechanics- burg and have two children, Elden and Helen. Brnce died at the age of nineteen years.
William Hunter was reared to man- hood on the home farm and attended the country schools of Pleasant Township. He was twenty-three years of age when he enlisted in the Sixteenth Ohio Battery, in the Federal Army, for service in the Civil War, and his term of enlistment covered nine months. He was honorably discharged at the expiration of this time, at New Orleans, Louisiana.
On February 15, 1866, Mr. Hunter was married to Elizabeth Cartmell, who is a danghter of John and Mary Ann (Apple- gate) Cartmell and a granddaughter of John L. Cartmell, the latter of whom was born in Champaign County, Ohio. John Cartmell, son of John L., was born Jann- ary 16, 1818, and died November, 1876. The mother of Mrs. Hunter was born No-
vember 28, 1823, and died June 17, 1905. Mr. and Mrs. Hunter have had three sons. namely: Milton, Oliver and John. The eldest son, Milton, was born December 16. 1866. Oliver was born August 23. 1872. married Donna Harmison, and they have three children: Clarence, Ralph and Hazel. John, the youngest son of Mr. Hunter, was born April 23, 1876, and died in infancy. Mr. Hunter, in association with his two sons, carry on general farm- ing and stock-raising and make a special- ty of raising Duroe hogs. Mrs. Hunter is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Catawba.
ALONZO ADDISON BAKER, M. D., who was formerly in active practice as a physician and surgeon in Clark County. located in Springfield in 1880 and there resided until his death February 5. 1895. He was born in 1831 on his father's farm near Enon, Clark County, Ohio, his par- 'ents being Ezra D. and Anne ( Morgan) Baker. The Baker family has long been one of prominence in Clark County. Ezra Baker, father of the late Dr. Baker. attained a very advanced age, at the time of his death being the oldest living settler of Madison Township. He served four terms as county commissioner of Clark County and during almost all of his active life was a man of public affairs. He sur- vived his wife many years, her death tak- ing place in 1867. They had four ebil- dren, namely: Cassandra, Leander, Gus- tavus and Alonzo A.
Alonzo A. Baker entered upon the study of medicine in 1845 and during the two following years attended medical lectures at Starling College. Subsequent-
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ly he was graduated from the Ohio home until he was twenty-one years of Medical College, at Cincinnati. Dr. Baker married, and he and his wife became the parents of four children, namely : Annetta M., wife of Dr. E. Myers; Elizabeth A., wife of Edgar N. Lupfer; Scipio E., and Nellie B., deceased. Scipio E. Baker is now one of Springfield's leading manu- facturers. He is president and treasurer of the Champion Chemical Company, and president of the Foos Gas Engine Com- pany. He owns a beautiful home at the northeast corner of High and Sycamore Streets.
Dr. Baker became interested in several large business enterprises, among which we may mention The Champion Chemical Co. and The Springfield Metallic Casket Co .. he having been one of the original or- ganizers of both.
WILLIAM CRABILL, JR., one of Springfield's leading citizens and ex- tensive farmers, owning a farm of one hundred and seventy-eight acres, on which he lives, and a second farm of seventy- eight acres, on which a son resides, was born in Springfield Township, Clark Coun- ty, Ohio, March 15, 1834, and is a son of Thomas V. and Sidney (Yeazell) Crabill, who were very prominent people in this section of Ohio, at an early day.
age, about which time the present fine brick residence of Joseph Crabill, Sr., was built. On November 1, 1860, William Crabill was married to Sarah E. Wise, who died April 9, 1901. She was a daughter of Jesse Wise. Mr. and Mrs. Crabill went to housekeeping on a rented farm in Madison Township, but on April 1, 1863, they moved to Harmony Town- ship. Twelve years later they left that farm and on September 3, 1874, settled on the present farm in Springfield Town- ship. With the exception of one year, in his infancy, Mr. Crabill has lived con- tinuously in Clark County. He has had eight children, namely: Joseph, residing in Springfield Township; William Edgar, living at home; Elizabeth, deceased, mar- ried William J. Copeland, also deceased, and their three surviving children, Clar- ence, Esther May and James, reside with their grandfather; Alice, who married Charles Croutwatter, a farmer of Spring- field Township; Elza, residing in a ten- ant house on the home farm; May, de- ceased, who married John Stratton, left one son; Hattie, who died in 1900; and John, who died aged four years. Elza Crabill, who assists his father in the man- agement of the home farm, married Stella May Smith, and they have had three chil- dren: Forest, David and Ormas, the lat- ter being deceased.
William Crabill was one year old when his father moved from Springfield Town- Mr. Crabill owns what is considered one of the best farms in Springfield Town. ship and he makes a specialty of raising Chester White hogs and Delaine sheep. On August 4. 1895, he suffered the loss of a barn full of hay, and about 700 bushels of wheat by fire, resulting from ship, to Homer, Champaign County, Illi- nois, where the family lived for one year and then returned to Clark County. The parents of Mr. Crabill settled again in Springfield Township, on the farm which is now occupied by Joseph Crabill, and William Crabill lived in the old log cabin a stroke of lightning. He has erected all
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of his substantial buildings and yearly adds to the value of his estate. Having several springs on his farm he has in- stalled a hydraulic ram which forces the water all through his house and barn- lot, millions of gallons of water eseaping down the road. All the Crabills have been men of enterprise and have acquired property through their industry and good management. The father of Mr. Crabill started out in life with but a pittance, but owned over one thousand acres of land at his death. William Crabill is a member of the Fifth Lutheran Church at Springfield.
JOHN DAVID SCHAFFNER, a much esteemed citizen of Bethel Township, Clark County, Ohio, who is engaged in general farming and stock-raising on a fine farm of seventy-three and one-half acres, was born April 4, 1860, in Spring- field, Ohio, in the Old Pennsylvania House, a tavern which was conducted by his father, Peter Schaffner.
Peter Schaffner was born at Weisen- berg. Germany, and when a boy of eight years accompanied his parents to this comtry, they immediately coming to Ohio and settling in Clark County. Here Peter was reared and became a distiller, and at the time was considered the best distiller in the county. He later engaged in milling and after his marriage operated a grocery and tavern at Springfield. He was united in marriage with Caroline Frick, also a native of Germany, who came to America at the age of sixteen years. They became the parents of six children. all born in the old Pennsylvania House, of whom two years.
died in infancy. The other four were: Lewis, now deceased; Peter, Jr .; Caroline. who married Thomas Fisher; and John David, the subject of this sketch. In later years Mr. Schaffner purchased the old Miller estate of one hundred and eleven acres in Bethel Township, seventy-thre and one-half acres of which, as above noted, are owned by John D. Schaffner. and here he resided until his death at the age of seventy-six years. Mrs. Schaff. ner died in January, 1892, aged sixty-fout years.
John D. Schaffner was eight years old when his parents moved to his present farm, where he attended the district schools of the township, and grew to man's estate. He became a farmer, which of- cupation he has always continued to fol- low, and purchased his farm from his father's estate. Many of the improve- ments made on the farm, including the fine large brick residence, were made by him. and in connection with his farming ha raises considerable stock, making a spe- cialty of Poland China hogs,
January 8. 1889, Mr. Schaffner was united in marriage with Della Thomas who was born at New Moorefield, Ohio. a daughter of George D. and Martha L. (Lamar) Thomas, who came from Fred- erick City, Maryland, to Clark County. Mrs. Schaffner is one of a family of four- teen children, namely: William; Auna. widow of John Uhlery: Della Fletcher. wife of onr subject; Sally, wife of B. Shroyer; A. Lowrey, who married Lillian Roll; Alvin H .: Frank D .; Pearl H .; and four who are deceased. Mrs. Schaffner' father died February 28, 1839; her mother is still living at the age of sixty-nine
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Mr. and Mrs. Schaffner have one son, Roy, who was born June 20, 1890, and who resides at home.
EDWIN B. TURNER, superintendent of the Ohio I. O. O. F. Home at Spring- field, and one of the prominent and rep- resentative citizens of the city, was born in Marysville. Union County, Ohio, in 1851. Mr. Turner was reared and edu- cated at Marysville and there learned the carriage-maker's trade,at which heworked for a period of twelve years. In April, 1884, when the Children's Home of Union County was established. he became its superintendent and remained in charge of the same for sixteen years and three months, when he resigned to accept his present position of superintendent of the I O. O. F. Home of Ohio, assuming the re- sponsibilities of that position in 1900.
December 29th, 1874. Mr. Turner mar- ried Mary C. Sevirn, a teacher, of Union County, Ohio, and they have one child, Alice, wife of John O. Parnell. Mrs Par- nell's early education was obtained in the public schools of Marysville. She is a graduate of the Marysville High school and also attended for some time the Ohio Weslyan University. She then graduated in musie under Otto Ingurson of Colum- bus, after which she studied music in Lon- don. and is at present an instructor in the School of Music at Springfield.
Mr. Turner is a member of the I. O. O. F. Lodge of Marysville No. 78; Marys- ville Encampment No. 114; Magnetic Re- becca Lodge No. 258 of Marysville, and of the Occidental Canteen No. 21 of Spring- feld. He is religionsly connected with the Third Presbyterian Church of Springfield.
JOSEPH HENRY THACKERY, a re- tired agriculturist residing in Dialton, Clark County, Ohio, and owner of two hundred and sixty-six acres of fine farm- ing land, fifty acres of which are just south of Dialton and the remaining two hundred and sixteen acres located one mile west of Dialton, was born July 26, 1856, in Champaign County, Ohio, and is a son of Duncan and Susan (Ray) Thackery.
Joseph H. Thackery passed his boyhood days on his father's farm in Champaign County, Ohio, assisting with the work on the place and attending the district schools. He came to Clark County in 1881 with his parents and here his father died in July, 1899, at the advanced age of eighty-four years. His mother, who is still living, is one of the oldest women in the county. Mr. Thackery has always fol- lowed general farming and is recognized as one of the substantial and leading farmers of Pike Township. Besides his farming interests Mr. Thackery is also financially interested in the Northampton Horse Company.
On January 31, 1889, Mr. Thackery was united in marriage with Sallie Myers, a native of Clark County and a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Overpack) Myers, both of whom were also natives of this county. She was one of a family of five children, namely: Mary, who died at the age of one year; Martha, wife of Dr. A. W. Mitchell; Dr. J. N. Myers of George- town, Ohio; Sallie, wife of the subject of this sketch; and Emma B., wife of Dr. H. A. Cossler of Fairfield, Ohio. Mr. Myers passed out of this life in February. 1902, at the age 'of sixty-two years, and Mrs. Myers in February, 1908. Mr. and Mrs. Thackery have one child, Warder M.
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Politically, Mr. Thackery is a Republican as was his father, and the religious con- nection of the family is with the Reformed Church.
WILLIAM T. OTSTOT, a representa- tive citizen and leading agriculturist of Springfield Township, who resides on his home farm of seventy-five aeres, which is situated in section 31, owns thirty acres more, just across the road, practically in the same farm. Mr. Otstot was born in the old log house which then stood on this farm, December 19, 1837, and is a son of Daniel and Hannah (Dushane) Otstot.
Daniel Otstot was born in Pennsylvania, in 1795, and died at Springfield, Ohio, in November, 1881, aged eighty-six years. His father, Adam Otstot, was born in Ger- many. Daniel Otstot was married in Pennsylvania, to Hannah Dushane, who was born in Delaware, of French parent- age. and die on the present home farm, in February, 1860. All of their ten chil- dren, with the exception of William T., the youngest, were born before the family left Pennsylvania. In the spring of 1837 there was a great movement of settlers from the East to Ohio, and among these came Daniel Otstot, wife and seven chil- dren, two having died prior to this, and after they reached Clark County, the father secured one hundred and sixty acres of land, sixty of which he soon trans- ferred to a brother. A small clenring had been made, on which stood a log cabin, but all the remainder of the land was covered with forest. Daniel Otstot im- mediately began to clear up the land and to put it under cultivation. In 1850, he built the large brick house which his son
William T. ocenpies. He remained ac- tive until advanced in years, when he re- tired to Springfield. His children were: Martha Ann, who married William Bun- yan, both deceased; John Dushane. resid- ing at Springfield, aged eighty-six years; Mary Jane, who married John W. Ran- dall, both deceased; Adam Hunter. Alfred Walraven, Thomas Miller and Sarab Catherine, all deceased; two children died young; and William T., of Springfield Township.
William T. Otstot obtained his educa- tion in the neighborhood schools and grew to manhood on the home farm, twelve acres of which he cleared of timber. Mr. Otstot is a veteran of the Civil War, hav- ing enlisted first on September 20, 1861. in Company T, Forty-fourth Regiment. Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and during his three long years of service, took part in many very serions battles through Ken- tucky and Virginia. Before the expira- tion of his first enlistment he re-enlisted in January, 1864, becoming a member of the Eighth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, and was finally mustered ont at Clarksburg. West Virginia, July 30. 1965. Mr. Otstot is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic post at Springfield. After the close of his military service. he returned to Springfield Township and has been engaged in farming here until the present. In 1906 he erected the comfort. able frame residence adjoining his own. which is occupied by his son.
On January 2, 1868. Mr. Otstot was married to Mary A. Willis, who was reared near Columbus, in Franklin Conn- ty, and is a daughter of Thomas and Eliz- abeth (Shanks) Willis. They have had three children, namely: Nellie W .: Wal-
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ter W., who was born in December, 1873, Keifer was married in April, 1902, to and died aged four years; and Harry M., 1 Mary Wilson, a daughter of T. B. Wilson, who was born in December, 1877. He of Madison County, Ohio. married Bessie Starkey. Mr. Otstot and family belong to the High Street Method- ist Episcopal Church at Springfield.
MAJOR HORACE C. KEIFER, mem- ber of the well-known law firm of Keifer & Keifer, of Springfield, Ohio, and one of Springfield's leading and influential citi- zens, was born in this city, November 14, 1867, son of Hon. J. Warren Keifer and Eliza (Stout) Keifer.
WILLIAM E. CARTMELL, one of the leading and representative citizens of New Moorefield, Moorefield Township, Clark County, Ohio, and owner of a valu- able farm of one hundred and fifty acres situated near Catawba, Pleasant Town- ship, was born May 1, 1851, near Catawba, Clark County, Ohio, and is a son of Thomas and Amanda (Fisher) Cartmell.
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