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resided at New Straitsville but is now liv- ville Record which he is editing and into ing at New Lexington. At one time he served as treasurer of the county and is widely known as a prominent and enter- prising man. His business interests are ex- tensive and prove of benefit to the com- munity by the promotion of commercial ac- tivity. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Faine have been born three children: Cecil, Uarda and Cyril.
In his fraternal relations Mr. Faine is a Mason, belonging to New Straitsville Lodge, No. 484. F. & A. M .. and New Lex- ington Chapter, No. 149. R. A. M. He has recently established the New Straits-
which he entered for the sole purpose of developing the great natural resources of the town. In this enterprise he is associ- ated with Hiram Campbell, a practical busi- ness man. Mr. Faine is also the agent for the Corning Natural Gas Company at New Straitsville and superintends its affairs here. In politics he is a Republican and for the past seven years has taken an active part in Perry county politics. In business he has achieved success through honorable effort, untiring industry and capable management and in private life he has gained many warm personal friends.
J. E. POWELL.
Through almost a decade J. E. Powell has been a practitioner at the bar of New Lexington and has already won a degree of success that many an older member of the legal fraternity might well envy. He is a native of Hocking county, Ohio, born in 1871, and his father. John Powell, was also a native of that county, where the grand- father, Samuel Powell, had located in pio- neer days. Ile became an active factor. in the substantial improvement and develop- ment of that locality and erected what was known as the Powell Mills, five in number. on Sunday and Monday creeks. The father of ( ur subject was a soldier in the Civil war at the time when the north and south took
the field as enemies because the one wished to overthrow the Union and the cther to preserve it. John Powell joined the north- ern forces and served with the Thirty-first Ohio Regiment until he was wounded at the battle of Chickamauga and rendered unfit for further military duty.
J. E. Powell, of this review, acquired his early education in the common schools of Reading township, later continued his studies in New Lexington and afterward was a student in Delaware, Ohio. When his literary course was complete he resolved to take up the study of law. As a prepara- tion for a life work he entered the law de- partment of the Ohio State University at
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Columbus. Successfully passing his exami- Baird, formerly of New Straitsville but now nations he was admitted to the bar in De- cember, 1893. and at once opened his office at New Lexington. In the meantime, hou - ever, he had been engaged in teaching school at Glenford for two years and had been a law student in the office of Ferguson & Johnson, of New Lexington, so that he had thereby gained a practical knowledge of the working of the courts. Entering upon his practice he showed that he had gained a broad and comprehensive knowledge of the principles of jurisprudence. Professional advancement in the law is proverbially slow, but the first element of success is a persist- ency of purpose, an effort as untiring as the force of gravity. Possessing these qualities and preparing his cases with marked care, Mr. Powell has steadily advanced until he now occupies a very creditable position at the bar and is to-day enjoying a distinctive representative clientage.
Mr. Powell was united in marriage to Miss Julia Baird. a daughter of Joseph I.
of Junction City. Her people were of an old family in this county and one widely and favorably known. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Powell has been blessed with two children : Harold and Marion. Frater- nally Mr. Powell is connected with the Ma- sonic order, in which he has attained to the degree of Knight Templar. He was elected prosecuting attorney for Perry county, in which office his service has been most bene- ficial. He prosecuted the robbers of the Somerset Bank and succeeded in convicting them. Six in number, they were all noted criminals, and as a result of Mr. Powell's vigorous prosecution they were sent to the penitentiary to serve for terms of from eight to ten years. Our subject is yet a young man, but he possesses laudable ambition. strong determination and keen mentality. and these are qualities which always insure success in professional life. His practice is already extensive and of an important char- acter.
ELIAS ROUSCULP.
Elias Rousculp, a well known resident of Reading township. Perry county, was born in this county on the 24th of July, 1833. in Hopewell township, and is a son of Jacob and Elizabeth ( Brocions) Rousculp. The father was born in Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, as was his wife, and
there they remainel until after their mar- r'age. Beth were of German lineage. The grandfather of our subject loyally served hi- country in the war of 1812. In the year 1815 Jacob Rou-culp emigrated westward and to k up his abode in Hope vell town- ship. Perry county, where he followed farm-
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ing throughout his remaining days. He the work of the home farm. He lived at was quite successful in all his work in this home with his father until after the Civil war was inaugurated. In May, 1863. prompted by a spirit of patriotism he en- listed at Somerset, Ohio, as a member of Company G, One Hundred and Sixtieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered out in September of the same year at Zanes- ville. After his return from the war he re- mained upon the old home farm until 1866, when he was married and established a home of his own. direction and as the years passed his labors brought to him creditable success. He was well liked by all who knew him, for he pos- sessed many sterling traits of character. Both he and his wife have now passed away. their remains having been interred in the St. Paul cemetery, in Hopewell township. They held membership in the Lutheran church and were consistent members of the same and good Christian people. Mr. Rous- culp served as a deacon and elder in his church for a number of years. In his politi- cal views he was a Whig.
Unto him and his wife were born twelve children, six sons and six daughters. Mar- garet became the wife of Daniel Ridenour, both of whom are now deceased. Mary is the wife of William Stalter, both of whom are now living in Hopewell township. Anna died in childhood. Levi resides in Allen county, Ohio. Elias is the fifth in order of birth. Martha is the deceased wife of Samuel Lentz. Noah died at home when serving as a member of the One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Union army. William, now deceased, was a member of the same regiment. Eliza- beth is the wife of Bernard Swinchart, a resident of Hopewell township. Emma is the deceased wife of Aaron Albert, and Malancthon has also passed away.
Elias Rousculp received but limited edu- cational privileges, attending the district schools in Hopewell township through the winter months and throughout the re- mainder of the year he assisted his father in
In that year Mr. Rousculp was united in marriage to Miss Martha Irene Church, a native of Reading township and a daughter of David and Mary Church, both of whom are now deceased. After their marriage our subject and his wife removed to Pleasant- ville, Fairfield county, where he remained until 1868. He then purchased his present farm of one hundred and twenty-five acres in the northern part of Reading township, Perry county, where he now resides. Here he carries on general farming and stock- raising, and his methods are practical and progressive. as is evidenced by the excellent condition of his place. His well tilled fields return to him a good income and as the years pass he is maintaining a place among the substantial and respected residents of his community.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Rousculp has been blessed with nine children: Kla became the wife of Owen Ridenour, a resi- clent of Hopewell township, and they have four children, Carl A., Nellie Florence, Edgar Ray and Martha Grace. Mary is the wife of Elmer Cotterman, of Hopewell
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township, and they have five sons, Renan Guy, Homer Ray, Charles Lester, William Roy and Miran Oscar. William is living in Oregon. David, a resident of Hopewell township, married Florence Chalfant, and they have two children, Alfred Chalfant and Helen Fern. The younger members of the family are Albert, Emma. Ella and Blanche. all at home. Oscar, who was the seventh in order of birth, is deceased.
In his political views Mr. Rousculp has long been an earnest Republican, having firm faith in the principles and policy of the
party. He and his family are members of the Lutheran church and he is serving as. one of the elders of St. Paul's church in Somerset. He takes an active interest in promoting the cause of Christianity and as a citizen has co-operated in many move- ments for the general good along the lines of progress and improvement. He has always lived in Perry county, and that many of his stanchest friends are numbered among those who have known him from boyhood is an indication that his has been an honor- able and upright career.
CHARLES J. E. LAUTENSCHLAGER.
Charles J. E. Lautenschlager, a well known resident of Glenford, Hopewell township. Perry county, and one whose efforts in behalf of right of moral develop- ment and of Christianity have been a potent influence in the affairs of the community in which he has lived, is pastor of St. Paul's and the Good Hope Evangelical Lutheran church of the joint synod of Ohio and other states. He was born in Owen county, Indi- ana, on the 15th of March, 1869, and is a son of the Rev. J. F. Lautenschlager, who was also a Lutheran minister. His mother bore the maiden name of Leah Cobel, and both are now deceased.
Amid the refining influences of a good Christian home Mr. Lautenschlager of this review was reared, and the careful training of his parents left its impress for good upon
his life. Fortunate is the man who has back of him an honorable ancestry and happy is he if his lines of life are cast in harmony therewith. In person. in talents and in character Mr. Lautenschlager is a worthy representative of his race. He began his education in the district schools of Owen county, Indiana, but desiring to further per- fect his knowledge he afterward entered the Capital University at Columbus, Ohio, in the year 1892, and was graduated in 1896 on the completion of full classical course. being selected valedictorian by a class of six- teen. He then took a three years' course in theology in the same university and was graduated in 1899, whereupon he was or- dained to the ministry and followed a call which he had received some months pre- vious to Glenford. Ohio. He had de-
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termined to devote his life to this holy call- ing and his first pastorate is the one of which he is still in charge-the churches of St. Paul's and Good Hope. He is laboring untiringly, earnestly and with steadfast purpose in his efforts to spread the gospel and uplift mankind and his labors are not without desirable results. He is a young man of strong intellectuality, of broad read- ing and of marked consecration. The two churches of which he has charge are situ- ated about three and one-half miles apart and have a combined membership of three hundred and fifty. The various societies and departments of the churches are now in good working order and Mr. Lauten-
schlager deserves great credit for what he has already accomplished here in the way of extending the influence of the church and promoting its efficiency.
On the 29th of June, 1899. Charles J. E. Lautenschlager was united in the holy bonds of matrimony to Miss Emma Elsass, a na- tive of Waynesburg. Ohio, and they have two children, Emma Esther and Paul Elsass. Our subject and his wife are one in their efforts to advance the cause of Chris- tianity among their fellow men and both are well known and highly esteemed not only among the people of their own denomi- nation but among the representatives of other churches as well.
C. W. KING.
On the roster of county officials in Perry county appears the name of C. W. King, who is filling the position of sheriff and makes his home in New Lexington. He was born in Morgan county, Ohio, and is a son of J. S. and Octavia J. (Clayton) King. His father was a native of Pennsyl- vania and when a boy came to Ohio with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John King, who located in Morgan county at an early day. In the year 1869 J. S. King brought his family to Perry county, settling in Bearfield township, where they resided upon a farm until 1891, when they removed to Oakfield. Mr. King is there living a retired life at the
present time. He was long connected with agricultural pursuits and is now resting in the enjoyment of the fruits of his former toil.
C. W. King, of this review, was only a year old when he was brought by his parents to Perry county, and in the public schools of Bearfield township he pursued his edu- cation, continuing his studies in the high school of New Lexington. He afterward engaged in teaching school for three years in this county and then turned his attention to different business interests. He has been quite active in political circles since attain- ing his majority and endorses the men and
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measures of the Republican party. Called to public office by his fellow townsmen, who recognized his worth and ability, he served for one year as assessor and for two terms was treasurer of Monroe township. In 1900 he was elected sheriff of the county and entered upon the duties of the office which he is now discharging without fear or favor.
In this county Mr. King was joined in wedlock to Miss Clara Wallace, a daughter of William Wallace, now deceased, who
formerly lived in Pleasant township and was a soldier in the Union army during the Civil war. Unto Mr. and Mrs. King has been born one son, Lloyd Dwight. Mr. King having spent almost his entire life in this county, is widely known and the traits of his character are such as win him the good will and confidence of those with whom he has been associated. He is now regarded as a popular and efficient officer, his name inspiring confidence in all law- abiding citizens.
AARON BINCKLEY.
Among the well known residents of This was the first permanent settlement Reading township is Aaron Binckley, who made in Perry county. The name of Binckley is thus inseparably interwoven with the history of this portion of the state. The first trip which Christian Binckley made was on horseback and he traveled over roads that lay through deep forests and even had to make his way where there was no road at all. His children were John. Jacob, Henry, Christian and Adam. The last named was the youngest of the family. Christian Binckley died in 1832. at the age of ninety-four years. He was buried in the old churchyard which had been given by him to the people of the neighborhood in which he lived in 1825. was born November 7. 1835, upon the farm which he now occupies. He is a son of David and Nancy ( Beachler ) Binckley and a representative of one of the old families of the county. His father was born upon the same farm. The grandfather. Adam Binckley, was a son of Christian Binckley. who came from Maryland to Ohio in 1801. In 1708 he had visited this locality and then returned to Maryland after entering about two sections of land, a part of which lay in Fairfield county, while the remainder is in Perry county. He then spent about three years in Maryland. and in 1801 brought his family to Perry county. Ohio. Adam Binckley, the grandfather of our subject, married Miss Anspach, who be- longed to an old family of that name which That year he built a log cabin near the pres- ent attractive residence of our subject.
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was established here about 1804. He was a very highly educated man for his day. He served as the first commissioner of Perry county and was a major in the war of 1812, serving under General Harrison at the siege of Fort Meigs. He filled the office of justice of the peace for several years and in 1818 became county commissioner at the time of the organization of the county. He died in 1861, at the advanced age of eighty- two years. In his family were six children : Samuel; David. the father of our subject : Nancy, the wife of William Clun; Chris- tian : Mary. the wife of Michael Miller : and John. Adam Binckley, the father of this family, was a Democrat in his political views and took an active and earnest inter- est in political affairs. He was a member of the Reformed church and did everything in his power to advance the cause of Chris- tianity. He owned a section of land here and divided it among his children.
David Binckley, the father of our sub- ject, received but limited educational privi- leges. but had a bright and retentive mind and became well informed. He always lived upon the farm where his birth oc- curred and there he died in 1863. at the age of fifty-five years. He held membership in the Reformed church, and cast his last presidential vote for the Union candidate. John Bell. In his business affairs he pros- pered and accumulated four hundred acres of land in Perry and Fairfield counties. In his family were nine children: Albion, Marion, Aaron, Thomas, Warner, William, Mary Ellen, William and Le Roy. Our subject and Le Roy are the only ones now
living, the latter making his home in Bre- men, Ohio.
For about three terms Aaron Binckley pursued his education in a select school in Somerset. but otherwise acquired his school discipline in the district schools. At the age of seventeen years he went to Allen county. Ohio, where he engaged in teaching school, making his home there for eight months. He began the study of medicine but decided to abandon his plan of becom- ing a physician. He made his home for a time upon the old family homestead but could not stand the confinement of the work. Until 1873 he rented land, when he fell heir to a part of his father's property. He then purchased the interest of the other heirs in the old homestead, comprising two hundred acres of valuable land. Since that time he has fenced the land. The building's have all been erected by our subject with the exception of the old barn which was built by his father in 1839. This he has re- modeled and nothing but the frame of the old barn is left.
In 1859 Mr. Binckley was united in marriage to Miss Catherine Boyer, a native of Thorn township. At that time Mr. Binckley was engaged in teaching. Eight children have been born of this marriage: William, who wedded Susan Vogle, resides in Fairfield county. Emma is the wife of David Shrider, a resident of Lancaster, Ohio. Mary is at home. Samuel, who lives near our subject, married Elva Hum- berger, by whom he has three children, Nellie. Gladys and Robert. Dora Alice is the wife of Edward Handy, a resi-
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dent of Thorn township, and they have five justice of the peace of Reading township. children-Beulah. Clifford. Grace, Chester and Mabel. Louisa is the wife of Harry Lamb, a resident of Lancaster, Ohio, and they have one daughter. Leila B. Lecta is «leceased. David, who resides at home. married Zema Moorehead and they have one child.
Mr. Binckley now owns about three hundred acres of land in Perry and Fair- field counties. In his political views he is a Democrat and for twenty-one years was
Hle holds membership in the Lutheran church, of which he has served as trustee. For many years he successfully carried on general farming and stock-raising, but now he is living a retired life and his rest is well merited and richly deserved, for in former years he was a very active and energetic man. He belongs to one of the old and honored families of the county and his life has ever been in harmony with the un- sullied family reputation.
JUDGE MAURICE H. DONAHUE.
The legal profession demands not only a high order of ability but a rare combina- tion of talent, learning, tact, patience and industry. The successful lawyer and the competent judge must be a man of well bal- anced intellect, thoroughly familiar with the law and practice, of comprehensive general information, possessed of an analytical mind and a self control that will enable him to lose his individuality, his personal feel- ings, his prejudices and his peculiarities of disposition in the dignity, impartiality and equity of the office to which life, property right and liberty must look for protection. Possessing these qualities, Judge Maurice H. Doramme merits the high honor which was conferred upon him by his election to the circuit court of the fifth Ohio circuit.
The Judge was born in Monroe town-
ship, this county, on the toth of May, 1863 .. His paternal grandfather was a son of Maurice Donahue, who owned a large estate in Carricknacurra, Ireland. Herbert Dona- hue, his eldest son, involved this estate and the grandfather of our subject came to America with his family owing to these !e- verses. The family name was originally O'Donoghue and the old estate had been in possession of the family for many genera- tions. Maurice Donahue, the father of our subject, was born at Carricknacurra. Ire- land. Ile was a stone mason and contractor and with his brother John had most of the stone contracts on the Muskingum river im- provements. He married Miss Louisa O'Neill. a daughter of Patrick O'Neill, who married Christina Austenberg, a member of a wealthy German family and a native of the.
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fatherland. On completing her education Mrs. O'Neill went with her brother, who was the owner and captain of a vessel, upon a voyage around the world. In New York she met Patrick O'Neill, who had just come from Ireland. It was almost a case of love at first sight, and the young people plighting their troth were married. Mrs. O'Neill ac- companied her husband to his home in Philadelphia, where he became a very pros- perous and prominent man. He owned ex- tensive coal mines at Nelsonville, but after successfully operating his mines for a time he met with reverses in the east and came to Perry county, Ohio, locating upon a farm in Monroe township. After her father had met with financial reverses, Mrs. Donahue. his daughter, engaged in teaching school in Monroe township. She had acquired a superior education in Philadelphia and was therefore well prepared for such a work. Mr. Donahue, the father of our subject, died March 10, 1863, and his wife passed away February 4, 1902. They left one son besides our subject, namely, Charles A. Donahue, who was educated in the schools of this county and is now a member of the firm of Donahue & Spencer ; and one daugh- ter, Mary, who is married and resides in Kansas. Two children, Laurence and Tena. died shortly after reaching maturity.
Judge Donahue, of this review, has spent his entire life in Perry county and pursued his literary education in the public schools. At the age of sixteen years he be- gan teaching school, which profession he followed for five years, being superintend- ent of the Corning public schools two years
of that time. When seventeen years of age he took up the study of law under the tutor- ship of A. H. Ward, formerly of Perry county. Having been admitted to the bar at Columbus in 1884 he located for practice in Corning, this county, and in 1887 was elected prosecuting attorney of the county, filling the position so capably that he was re- elected in 1890. He then removed to New Lexington, where he discharged the duties of the office in addition to the superin- tendence of a large private practice. He he- came a member of the firm of Donahue & Donahue, and later Donahue, Spencer & Donahue, the partners being Charles A. and Maurice H. Donahue and Judge C. E. Spen- cer. Since the elevation of our subject to the circuit bench the firm is Donahue & Spencer. In 1900 our subject was elected judge of the circuit court and is now serv- ing on the bench.
In 1889 was celebrated the marriage of Judge Donahue and Miss Martina Johnson, a daughter of J. J. Johnson, president of the Perry County Bank, of New Lexington. who has also been quite prominent in public affair :. serving for two terms as county sheriff and for a similar period as county treasurer. Unto the Judge and his wife were born two children: Zita and Pauline, but the latter died at the age of eleven months.
In connection with his practice Judge Donahue has also been active in the control of important enterprises in this portion of the state. He is now the president of The Coyle Coal Company, operating mines at Nugentville, Ohio, and is also president of
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The Bear Run Coal Company. He is likewise president of the Board of Trade of New Lexington. In politics he is a Demo- crat and is a member of the Catholic church. The practice of law has been his real life work and at the bar as well as on the bench he has won marked distinction. A man of unimpeachable character, of unusual intel- lectual endowments, with a thorough under-
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