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Judson Redmond and wife had the fol- lowing children: Francis, Edgar J., Sarah O., Clara F., Inez I., and Harry G. In 1871, with his wife, Mr. Redmond united with the Trinity Baptist Church of Springfield. In December, 1880, they with others formed the Sinking Creek branch of the Lisbon Baptist Church,
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which a few years later became a separate body. At the organization of this church, Mr. Redmond was chosen a deacon, and he was continued in this office during the remainder of his life, also serving in other church offices. Not only to his church was he generous, worthy objects of charity at all times claming his atten- tion and receiving his aid. His widow still lives.
Harry G. Redmond was two years old when his parents came to Springfield Township, and when he grew old enough he was taught the milling trade under his father's supervision. His whole business career has been connected with milling and the larger part of his experience has been in his father's and his own mill. In June, 1904, Mr. Redmond installed the celebrated Wolf rollers and sifter, and in 1907, the Richmond City sifter, and with these modern mill appliances, he has been able to produce a still better grade of flour than that on which the firm had al- ready built up a fine reputation. The special product of this mill is the "Golden Crown" brand of flour, other brands be- ing also produced, together with different kinds of meal. Two millers and two as- sistants are required by Mr. Redmond and his business is constantly on the increase. On October 14, 1903, Mr. Redmond was married to Mary Snavely, who is a daugh- ter of D. H. Snavely, of Springfield, and they have two children, Harold Judson and Elizabeth Dora.
WILLIAM E. TUTTLE, senior mem- her of the W. E. Tuttle & Company, dealers in all kinds of grain and seeds, has been a resident of Springfield for
the past sixteen years and is a native of Springfield Township, Clark County, Ohio. He was born in 1856, a son of George Tuttle, now deceased, who was born in 1821 within the corporation of Springfield, and who died in 1891. He was always engaged in agricultural pur- suits and was one of the leading and pub- lic spirited citizens of the county. John Tuttle, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was a native of Pennsylvania and came to Clark County, Ohio, in October, 1806, with his father, Sylvanus Tuttle, who died and was buried in Clark County, as were also the grandfather and father of our subject.
William E. Tuttle was reared on his father's farm in Springfield Township and received his education in the public schools of the township. He was then engaged in farming and stock-raising with much success for a great many years. About 1882 he began shipping clover seed, which enterprise so expanded in his hands that he was finally shipping more clover seed than any other man in the county. This resulted in his gradually drifting in- to the general grain business, in which he is now engaged, shipping his grain from Locust Grove.
In 1893 William E. and W. F. Tuttle bought out Brooks & Green, grain dealers, of Springfield, and established a grain business in Springfield, operating under the firm name of Tuttle & Tuttle. Two years later, in 1895, they built a grain elevator which was the first grain elevator in operation in Springfield, and which is still successfully operated by Mr. Tuttle. During the year 1899 Mr. Tuttle handled twenty-four cars of clover seed, shipping 1,600 bushels direct to Germany. In
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1899 W. F. Tuttle retired from the firm Thomas Collins, came from Virginia when and the subject of this sketch continued young and located in Clark County, Ohio. His wife's maiden name was Mur- ray. and their union resulted in the birth of sixteen children. alone in the business for about one and a half years. In September, 1900, Thomas A. Paine became a member of the firm, which has since been known as W. E. Tuttle and Company. lu addition to regular grain shipping they make a specialty of seeds, handling great quan- tities of timothy seed which they obtain in car lots, jobbing it mostly to retail dealers. Mr. Tuttle is also interested in other business enterprises of Springfield, being vice president of the Reed Bros. Manufacturing Company, and a member of the firm of F. O. Jones & Company.
In 1880 Mr. Tuttle was joined in mar- riage with Clara Otstot, who was born in Clark County and died in April, 1900, leaving five children, namely: Florence, Grace, Amy. Pearl, and Roger. Politi- cally Mr. Tuttle is an adherent of the Re- publican party and has served as a mem- ber of the Republican Central Committee. Religiously, he is a member of the First Baptist Church and has been president of its board of trustees for the past two years,
M. H. COLLINS, M. D., one of the best known physicians of Clark County, is now living in retirement in the village of South Charleston, which has been his place of residence since birth. He comes of a well known family of physicians, his father and his maternal grandfather hav- ing practiced medicine here before him.
Dr. Elijah T. Collins was born on a farm near Moorefield, Clark County, Ohio, Jannary 12, 1818, and was engaged in the practice of medicine throughout his ac- tive career. As above noted he married Sarah Lonise Houston, who was born in the same house as the subject of this sketch, and who was a daughter of Dr. Robert Houston. The latter came from Kentucky when a boy and engaged in the practice of medicine in South Charleston. He built the home in which Dr. Collins now resides and gave it to the latter's mother upon her marriage. He married a Miss Pierce of Troy, Ohio, and had ten children. Elijah T. Collins was a man distinguished for his scholarly attain- ments. A man of deep thought and a philosopher, he gave to the public the benefit of his many years of research and investigation in numerous carefully pre- pared and well written articles. His psychological research resulted in the publication of a book written by him en- titled "The Soul," which is widely read and is in the library at Springfield.
Dr. M. H. Collins is the sole survivor of a family of eight children born to his parents. After a careful preparatory training, the doctor followed in the foot- steps of his father and grandfather by engaging in the practice of medicine. He met with a high degree of snecess during his active practice, and numbered among his patients many of the leading families of this section of the county. He is now
Dr. M. II. Collins was born in the house in which he now lives, in 1853, and is a son of Dr. Elijah T. and Sarah Louise ( Hons- ton) Collins. The paternal grandfather, living in retirement at Sonth Charleston,
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, but still looks after his property inter- ests here and in Illinois, where he owns land. Dr. Collins has never married. He is a Republican in polities, whilst re- ligiously he is a member of the Methodist Church
GEORGE W. DILLAHUNT, road superintendent of Mad River Township and a prominent general farmer, was born Angust 17, 1854, on his father's farm in this township, and is a son of Alexander N. and Hannah ( Malone) Dillahunt.
Alexander Dillahunt was born on the eastern shore of Maryland and was the eighth in a family of nine children. When he was small, his parents, William and Melcha (Gooden) Dillahunt, removed to Franklin County, Pennsylvania, where the father died when Alexander was bnt nine years old. William was too young to enter the army during the Revolutionary War, but had one brother who fought un- der Gen. Anthony Wayne, and another who returned from the war shortly after Braddock's defeat. After Alexander's marriage to Hannah Malone, who was born near Baltimore, he operated a flour- mill for some time in Maryland. His brother, George Dillahunt, came to Ohio in 1853, and in April, the following year, Alexander followed and settled in Clark County, buying a farm of one hundred and sixty-four acres in Mad River Town- ship. He later purchased more land and had at one time two hundred and nineteen acres, part of which is now owned by his son, George W. He died on this farm in Jannary, 1887. and his widow survived him until January, 1898. They had a family of twelve children.
George W. Dillahunt was reared on his father's farm in Mad River Township and attended the district schools during the winter months after the corn was safely in the granary. He remained on the farm until after his marriage. During many years he was engaged in fruit growing, but more recently his time has been de- voted to general farming and in attend- ing to his duties as road superintendent. His farm lies on both sides of the Dayton Pike, about three miles west of Spring- field.
Mr. Dillahunt was married on Christ- mas day. 1877, to Emily Hebble, a dangh- ter of Dr. Joseph and Elizabeth Hebble. Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Dillahunt, namely: Mabel, who teaches in the Mad River Township schools, is a graduate of the Springfield High School, and also attended Witten- berg College for some time ; Clarence, who is an electrical engineer in the mines at Jasonville, Indiana, who was married in August, 1907. to Esther Curry ; Gertrude, who teaches in the Mad River Town- ship schools, and is a graduate of the Enon High School; Joseph H., who died April 8, 1905, aged twenty years; George W., Jr., a graduate of the Enon High School, who taught for two years and at present is taking a course in the me- chanical department of the Ohio State University; and Panline, who is a grad- uate of the Enon High School and is tak- ing a post-graduate course at Enon.
Mr. Dillabut has been a member of the School Board since 1888, and has been president of that body for twelve years. He has served as road supervisor since 1889 and is now superintendent of roads. Politically. he is an independent voter.
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He is a member of the Knights of aged eleven years; Samuel; William; Pythias, and he belongs to the First Lutheran Church of Springfield.
ISAAC ULERY, proprietor of the old- est established hardware store in New Carlisle, Ohio, has been a life-long resi- dent of Clark County, and was born April 3, 1862, on the old home place three miles north of New Carlisle. He is a son of George and Mary (Fundeberg) Ulery.
John Ulery, grandfather of Isaac, was born near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, a son of Daniel Ulery, who was a native of Wurtemberg, Germany, and one of the early settlers of Pennsylvania. Upon first coming to Ohio, John Ulery located in the woods near Dayton and cleared a great deal of land in the vicinity of that city. He subsequently returned to Penn- sylvania and after the Indian War brought his family to Ohio in wagons and settled in the woods near New Carlisle, where he and his wife Elizabeth spent the remainder of their days, both passing away in advanced age. They were the parents of five children: John, Jacob, George, Phoebe, and Nancy, the latter of whom is still living at the age of ninety years.
George Ulery, father of Isaac, was quite young when his parents came to Ohio. His boyhood home was an old log house and he helped clear a large tract of the surrounding land. He followed farming through life and became a min- ister of the Brethren in Christ Church. He was joined in marriage with Mary Fundeberg, whose parents were also early settlers of Clark County. To them were born nine children: Elizabeth, died
Jolin, deceased; Mary, deceased, was the wife of Samuel Walters; Isaac; Ezra; Imeinda, died aged three years; and George, who lives on the old home place. George Ulery died in 1881, aged about fifty years, and is survived by his widow who lives on the home place.
Isaac Ulery was reared on the home farm and attended the district schools of the township. At the age of fifteen his father died and as the other children were married and had left home, he took charge of the farm, and the responsi- bilities then assumed, although heavy at the time, proved a very valuable experi- ence for him. After his marriage he worked in a pump factory at New Car- lisle for a year and a half, then returned to the farm for five years. Subsequently he returned to New Carlisle and em- barked in a hardware business in a small way, in one small room, having about a wagon load of stock. He continued in that room for about five years, when he moved to a larger room at his present lo- cation. Five years later he was burned out. When he resumed business he in- creased his stock, and has since occupied three rooms on the main floor of the build- ing on Main Street, carrying an extensive line of paints, harness, seed, stoves and farming implements,
Mr. Ulery was married in July, 1883, to Luella Bailey, a daughter of James and Levina (Brandel) Bailey, and to their union have been born two children: Loureta, who married Charles Bncher; and Russell.
Politically, Mr. Ulery is a Democrat and has served as a member of the School Board, and had the honor of being ap-
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pointed trustee of the proposed Clark County Memorial Building by Gov. Har- ris. He is a member and trustee of the Brethren in Christ Church.
HARVEY BOWERS, one of the lead- ing farmers of German Township, where he owns seventy acres which lie on the old Troy road, about five and one-quarter miles northwest of Springfield, was born in Shenandoah County, Virginia, August 4, 1843, and he is a son of Reuben and Mary (Hollar) Bowers.
The grandfather, Philip Bowers, came from Virginia to Ohio in 1830, settling on a farm north of Lawrenceville, on which he died in 1889. The parents of Mr. Bowers, however, never came to Ohio, the mother passing away in Virginia, on Christmas day, 1860. The father re> mained in the old home, where he died in 1883.
Harvey Bowers was reared in Virginia and before he came to Ohio, in 1869, liad learned the carpenter trade and this he followed for some eight or ten years at Springfield, after locating in Clark Coun- ty. He was one of the organizers and original stockholders in the Springfield Planing Mill and Lumber Company. He continued to be interested in this enter- prise for a number of years and also fol- lowed contracting at Springfield. He then bought a farm, which he subsequently sold, lived several years on a rented farm of four hundred acres, in Champaign County, but on January 14, 1904, he re- turned to the farm he had acquired in German Township, on which he has car- ried on general farming, having been re- tired from carpenter work and contract-
ing since 1891. He has a fine property which he manages with great success.
Mr. Bowers was married (first) to Theresa Stevenson, who died without is- sue. He was married (second) in 1888, to Mrs. Anna A. (Stevenson) Cook, a widow, whose son, J. Walter Cook, still rents the large farm in Champaign Coun- ty, which Mr. Bowers formerly conducted. Mrs. Bowers is a daughter of James Stevenson and a sister to Mr. Bowers' first wife. To this union three children have been born, namely: H. Alfred Homer, Ethel Hazel and Robert Lee. The five daughters of Mrs. Bowers' former marriage are: Minnie, who mar- ried Seymore Edward Calhoun, residing at Beatty; Emma, a bright young lady, who is cashier of the Arcade Hotel, at Springfield; Effie, who married J. Wilbur Folk; Annie, who married Frank Ke- ton; and Ada, who married Edgar Rey- nolds.
In politics, Mr. Bowers is a Democrat and on that ticket he served four years as a trustee of German Township. He is a member of the fraternal order of Eagles and both he and his step-son, J. Walter Cook, belong to the Junior Order of Amer- ican Mechanics. Mr. Bowers is consid- ered one of the representative men in his community.
ROBERT C. RODGERS, attorney at law, has been a resident of Springfield since 1857 and is one of the city's repre- sentative men. He was born in Knox County, Pennsylvania.
When five years of age, the parents of Mr. Rodgers came to Springfield and here he enjoyed educational advantages which
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included attendance at private schools and Wittenberg College. From the lat- ter he entered Princeton University, be- ing a member of the class of 1875, but left college in his junior year and returned to Springfield in order to enter upon the study of law. After a course of reading with a leading attorney of Springfield, he was admitted to the bar in 1877, hus been in continuons practice ever since and now occupies a prominent position in his profession all through Clark County.
In 1879, Mr. Rodgers was married to Emma M. White, who is a daughter of Judge William White, and they have two sons-William W., who is engaged in busi- ness at Springfield, and James L., who is a student in the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. Mr. and Mrs. Rodgers are members of the Second Presbyterian Church.
JOHN MILLS, one of the oldest and highly respected citizens of Green Town- ship, Clark County, Ohio, residing ou a tract of two hundred and fifty acres, lo- cated six miles southeast of Springfield, has been a life-long resident of this coun- ty, and was born on his present farm Jan- uary 7, 1826, a son of Thomas and Jane (Dale) Mills.
Thomas Mills was born in Virginia and at the age of five years came down the Ohio River with his parents to Kentucky, where they followed farming the rest of their lives. Thomas Mills was reared and educated in Kentucky aud was there mar- ried to Jane Dale, by whom he became the father of ten children. the subject of this sketch being the only surviving child. He later came to Clark County, Ohio, and
settled on our subject's present farm.
John Mills was born and reared on his present farm and has always been a farm- er by oeenpation, having remained on the home place. He was united in marriage with Clara J. Baird, who was one of eleven children born to her parents. Her father, Peter C. Baird, was a native of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, who after coming to Ohio followed farm- ing near Harmony. There have been no children born to our subject and his wife. In politics he is a Republican and during his active career, always took an active interest in the affairs of his party. His religious association is with the Method- ist Protestant Church.
CHARLES E. ROLLER, residing on a tract of one hundred and nine acres sit- nated in Bethel Township, about seven miles west of Springfield, on the west side of the Enon Road, where he is engaged in general farming and wholesale dairy- ing, is one of the most successful farmers and highly respected citizens of the town- ship. He was born December 16, 1865, in Springfield Township, Clark County, Ohio, and is a son of Sylvanns and Eliza Jane ( Henslee) Roller.
Sylvanus Roller was born in Virginia and when a child came to Ohio with his father, Andrew Roller. The family made the trip from Virginia in wagons, and settled on a tract of timberland in Spring- field Township, although the father had been offered a large tract of land at Trap- pers Corners for his old horse that wasn't worth a hundred dollars, but he took the farm in Springfield Township in prefer- ence. At that time Springfield was not
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the county seat, and the land where the There are also two other dwellings on the place.
Public Square is located was a swamp. Andrew Roller set about clearing up the land with the assistance of his sons, burn- ing many dollars worth of timber. Here he lived the remainder of his life, passing away at the advanced age of eighty-one years. His wife, Anna Katherine Roller, died April 17, 1864, aged seventy-seven years. They reared a family of six chil- dren, three sons and three daughters, of whom Sylvanus and twin sister, Sally, were the oldest.
Sylvanus Roller was born March 28. 1820, and practically spent his entire life in Clark County. He came into posses- sion of part of the Roller estate, and to this added more land, a part of which is now owned by our subject. He married Eliza Jane Henslee, who is still living and they reared two children-Charles E., the subject of this sketch; and Ada M., the wife of William Thomas. Mr. Roller's death occurred in 1894, when he was aged seventy-four years.
Charles Ellsworth Roller was born and reared on his father's farm in Spring- field Township, and remained at home un- til the time of his marriage. His ednca- tional training was obtained in the district schools and at Nelson's Business College, of Springfield, which he attended for two winters. After his marriage he remained a resident of Springfield Township for a period of five years, when he rented his father's place for one year. At the end of that time he purchased the land, where he has since been engaged in general farming and wholesale dairying, keeping abont eighteen cows. In 1905 he built the large brick residence which the family occupy, and in 190S the large bank barn.
In February, 1887, Mr. Roller was joined in marriage with Ella Olivia Downs, who was born at Bellfontaine, Ohio, and is a danghter of William O. and Martha Louisa (Usher) Downs, the former of whom died in January, 1903, aged seven- ty-four years, the latter being still living at the age of sixty-four years. Mrs. Roller has one brother, William Harri- son Downs, and a sister, Lillith May, the wife of Frank Sparrow. Mr. and Mrs. Roller are the parents of four children, namely: Chester A., Ethel May, Alta Fern, and Earl F. The last mentioned died at the age of one year and twenty- three days.
HARRY SNYDER MELLINGER. proprietor of the Maple Grove Farm, a tract of one hundred and eighty-two acres located four miles west of Springfield on the Fairfield Pike, is one of the repre- sentative farmers and most highly re- spected citizens of Springfield Township. He was born on his present farm Decem- ber 20, 1861, and is a son of John Hertzler and Rachel (Kosser) Mellinger.
Jolm H. Mellinger was born in Lancas- ter Connty. Pennsylvania, and when a lad of six or seven years came to Ohio with his parents, JJacob and Martha Mellinger, who settled on a tract of one hundred and eighty-five acres in Mad River Township, now known as the David Herr farm. His paternal grandparents both died on this farm at an advanced age. They were the parents of four children, namely : Mary. now deceased : John H., father of our sub- jeet ; Martha, the wife of M. Patton, who
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resides in Springfield, Ohio; and Jacob, keeps about twenty head of horses, some who is deceased. of which he has bred himself.
John H. Mellinger spent the greater part of his boyhood days on the farm in Mad River Township. When a young man he began dealing in stock, and he was at one time the largest shipper of stock in Clark County. He became an ex- pert at guessing weight and was financial- ly very successful. In 1860 he purchased the present farm of the subject of this sketch, then consisting of timberland, from A. Leffel, and followed farming on it for many years thereafter. Later he moved to Yellow Springs in order to se- cure educational advantages for his chil- dren. There his death occurred at the age of sixty-one years. He was married about 1860 to Rachel Rosser, a native of Springfield Township, and daughter of William Rosser, a native of Wales.
She is still living in Springfield, Ohio. They were the parents of five children- Harry Snyder, subject of this sketch; Emma, wife of D. Herr, who conducts an undertaking establishment in Springfield; Martha, who married H. Hedges of Cleve- land, Ohio; John, who is deceased; and Anna, also deceased, who was the wife of Robert Mills.
Harry S. Mellinger has spent the greater part of his life on his present farm and obtained his educational train- ing in the district schools. Being the eldest son, it fell to his lot to assist his father to a large extent, and he was practically reared in the saddle, beginning to work as soon as he was old enough to be of serv- ice. He later bought the farm from his father's heirs and has since followed gen- eral farming and stock-raising, breeding principally hogs, cattle and horses. He
Mr. Mellinger was married February, 1901, to Enna Flenner, a daughter of Charles and Cora Flenner. Mrs. Melling- er died in January, 1904, leaving one child, Harry Flenner Mellinger. Politi- cally, Mr. Mellinger is a Republican; fraternally he is a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge at Enon, Ohio.
GEORGE H. SLAUGHTER, owner of a furniture and undertaking establish- ment, is one of the successful and in- fluential business men of South Charles- ton. He was born February 21, 1880, on his father's farm in Madison County, Ohio, and is a son of Marion and Floretta (Watson) Slaughter. Peter Slaughter, his grandfather, was a resident and q large land owner of Madison County, Ohio, where he was engaged in agricult- ural pursuits and in stock-raising. Marion Slaughter, father of our subject, was one of a family of seven children, and a native of Pennsylvania. When a young man he moved to Madison County, Ohio, and devoted his entire life to farming. He married Floretta Watson of Clark County and they became the parents of five children, all of whom but one are living.
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