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Dr. Culler, whose name introduces this review, was reared amid the refining influences of a good home, and in the common schools he acquired his elementary education, which was supplemented by study in the Vermilion Institute, at Hayesville, Ohio. In 1883 he began reading medicine, and in 1885 he entered Jefferson Medical College, at Philadelphia, in which insti- tution he was graduated with the class of 1887. He then returned home and some months later located in Lucas, where he opened an office and began the practice of his chosen profession.
On the 6th of October, 1891, Dr. Culler was united in marriage to Hattie First, a daughter of Captain James First, of Lucas, and to them there has been born one child, Laura Alice, whose birth occurred February. !7, 1896. The Doctor is a stanch Republican and is now serving as mem- ber of the town council. His wife is a member of the Lutheran church, and he contributes liberally to its support, withholding his aid from no move- ment or measure that is calculated to prove a public benefit. In the twelve years of his residence here he has built up a large and influential practice and has gained a very desirable reputation in recognition of his skill and ability. His knowledge of the science of medicine is accurate and compre- hensive, and his efforts as a representative of the medical fraternity have been attended with excellent results.
JESSE MARING.
Through eight decades Jesse Maring has been a witness of the develop- ment and progress of Richland county. He has reached the age of four score years and one, and receives the veneration and respect which should ever be accorded to one whose pathway of life has been marked with good
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deeds and honorable purpose. He has the appearance of a man of much younger years and is still actively connected with business interests. A man of ordinary spirit would long since have grown weary of the burdens and responsibilities of business life, but Mr. Maring has continued an active factor in the industrial world and is to-day a representative of the fire- insurance interests of Richland county, his home being in the village of Shiloh.
He was born in Blooming Grove township February 8, 1820, and is of German lineage, his paternal grandparents having been natives of the Fatherland, whence they came to the new world. Peter Maring, the father of our subject, was born in New Jersey, in 1783, and spent the first twelve years of his life under the parental roof, during which timne he did not learn a word of English, as the German language was used in his home. About that time his father died and the home was broken up. Peter Maring was then bound out to a family in New Jersey by the name of Smith and remained with them until he attained early manhood. He then emigrated to Ohio, locating in Belmont county, where he learned the blacksmith's trade. He there married Anna Finch, who was born in New Jersey, in 1787, and was a daughter of Jesse Finch, one of the heroes of the Revolutionary war. who emigrated to Belmont county, Ohio, casting in his lot with its early settlers, and there he spent his remaining days. Mr. and Mrs. Maring began their domestic life in Belmont county, but after the birth of two of their children they removed to Richland county in 1817, the father having previously entered from the government one hundred and sixty acres of land in Blooming Grove township. This section of the state was wild and unim- proved and the work of civilization and progress seemed scarcely begun. His nearest neighbor on the east was John Freeborn, who lived nine miles distant, and his nearest neighbor on the north was Mr. Warren, who resided eighteen miles away. Thus in an isolated home Peter Maring began life in Richland county. He cleared his land and developed his fields. After a time he sold eighty acres of his farm, but continued to reside upon the remaining eighty until the time of his death, which occurred in August, 1863. His old home place is now owned by his son Peter. The father was a veteran of the war of 1812, loyally serving his country during the second period of hostilities between the United States and the mother country. He was an active worker, a consistent member and a faithful officer of the Methodist Episcopal church for many years. He strongly opposed slavery in ante-bellum days, and in early life gave his political support to the Whig party ; but on the organization of the Republican party, which was formed
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to prevent the further extension of slavery, he joined its ranks. His wife died in 1875, in her eighty-eighth year. They were people of the highest respectability and held in warm regard for their many excellencies of char- acter.
In a pioneer home, amid the wild scenes of the frontier, Jesse Maring was reared. He was one of six children,-three sons and three daughters,- but only two are now living, his brother Peter being one, who is a retired farmer of Shiloh. The educational privileges which our subject received were very limited, for the school system of that day was not well organized. His training at farm labor, however, was not meager, as he early began work in the fields, assisting in the labor of plowing, planting and harvesting. In 1843 he was married to Miss Jane Groscost, a native of Madison town- ship, Richland county, and a daughter of Daniel Groscost, who was born in Pennsylvania, but became one of the honored pioneer settlers of this local- ity. He served in the war of 1812, while both the paternal and maternal grandfathers of Mrs. Maring valiantly aided the colonists in their struggle for independence. Soon after his marriage Mr. Maring assumed the man- agement of the home farm and continued its operation until December, 1851, when he removed to Shiloh and became an assistant station agent to C. R. Squires. As Mr. Squires was also a merchant and commission man, the duties of station agent largely devolved upon Mr. Maring, and when the former resigned his position the latter was appointed to fill the vacancy, and for twenty-seven years and two months continuously served as the station agent at this place. Illness then forced him to resign, in October, 1881. He was always a popular official, courteous, obliging and helpful to the public and faithful to the interests of the corporation which he served. A year after his retirement from that position he engaged in the fire-insur- ance business and is now representing several reliable companies. Although he is eighty years of age he is a well-preserved man, vigorous and energetic, and appears to be many years younger.
In 1885 Mr. Maring was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who died on the 7th of November of that year. Their only daughter, Anna, is the wife of Joseph C. Fenner, a prominent merchant of Shiloh, by whom she had six children, but only two are living: Jesse Albertus, an attorney of Cleveland, Ohio, and Virgie Wilella, at home. Mrs. Maring was a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal church and her loss was deeply mourned throughout the community.
Mr. Maring became a member of the Methodist church in 1846 and
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for fifty-four years has been faithful to its teachings. He has served as an officer in the church and has done much to promote its growth and upbuild- ing. Socially he is connected with Shiloh Lodge, No. 544, F. & A. M., and politically he is an ardent Republican. He at one time served as justice of the peace for a term, but has never been an office-seeker, and, though he keeps well informed on the issues of the day, prefers that others shall occupy the official positions.
Great changes have occurred in Richland county during his residence here. He has seen the wild land transformed into beautiful homes and farms, while towns and villages have sprung up, and all the industries and enterprises of the older east have been introduced. He takes a just pride in what his county has accomplished and his fellow townsmen regard him as one of the factors in its development.
EARL F. STRATFORD, D. D. S.
This is an age of progress and America is the exponent of the spirit of the age. Perhaps no greater advancement has been made along profes- sional lines than in dentistry. New methods have been introduced and the profession has largely attained perfection. Fully in touch with the advance- ment which has been made, Dr. Earl F. Stratford stands as a leading repre- sentative of the dental fraternity in Mansfield. He was born in Lewis- town, Pennsylvania, and is of German descent. His grandfather, Charles Stratford, came to America from Stratford-on-Avon, England, in the '40s. He was a man of superior ability and a graduate of Oxford, and for some years he was identified with the Episcopal clergy of London before emigrat- ing to the new world. He located in Lewistown, Pennsylvania, where his son, J. Frederick Stratford, was born. The latter is now living in Altoona, Pennsylvania, where he is successfully engaged in business as a granite dealer. During the war of the Rebellion he twice enlisted in the Union army, going to the front with the Pennsylvania volunteers. His children are: Earl F .; Anna L., the wife of James Latherow, who is engaged in the granite business in Altoona, and has one child; and Grace D., who is now a student in the high school of Altoona.
In his early boyhood Dr. Stratford, of this review, accompanied his parents on their removal to Altoona, where he pursued his studies in the public schools. He further continued the acquirement of his literary edu- cation in the Clarion State Normal, in Clarion county, Pennsylvania, and
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with the determination to make the practice of dentistry his life work he entered the office of Dr. J. W. Carter, of Altoona, with whom he was asso- ciated for several years, acquiring a practical knowledge of the profession. He then entered the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, in Philadel- phia, and was graduated with the class of 1898. On the 26th of April of that year he came to Mansfield, where he has already built up a large and lucrative practice. He uses electricity in the various departments of his work. His methods are modern and are such as are in use by the most renowned members of the dental fraternity. He is particularly skillful, and at the same time is patient with his patrons and courteous in his treat- ment. These qualities have therefore been the means of bringing to him a practice that many an older representative of the profession might well envy. The Doctor is identified with the Woodmen of the World and is a member of the First Presbyterian church. His life has been manly, his actions sin- cere, his manner unaffected, and he is popular among the residents of his adopted county.
P. W. FREDERICK.
A well known representative of educational interests in Richland county is Professor P. W. Frederick, who conducts the Mansfield Business Col- lege, in the city of Mansfield. He was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, October 19, 1865, and belongs to one of the oldest families of that portion of the state. John C. Frederick, his grandfather, was born in Germany about 1800, and in early life came to the United States, taking up his abode in Bethlehem, Coshocton county, during the pioneer epoch of its develop- ment. He was twice married, his second union being with Katherine DeBerry. By his first marriage he had four children: John G., Mary Ann, Barbara and Samuel. The children of the second marriage are Alvira, Isabel, Benjamin and Amanda. John G. Frederick, the father of our sub- ject, is now living retired at Warsaw, Ohio. He married Miss Amy Curran, and their children are as follows: Laura is the wife of A. J. Darling, who resides near Warsaw. They have two sons,-Glenn R. and Lloyd. Sylva is the wife of Lyman Taylor, a dealer in fine horses at Warsaw, and they have two children .- Myrle and Audra. Millie is the wife of Dr. R. C. Edwards, a practicing physician of Coshocton, and they have one son, Clif- ford F. Carrie A., the youngest of the Frederick family, resides with her parents in Warsaw.
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Professor Frederick, of this review, began his literary education in the schools of Coshocton, and was afterward a student in the National Pen Art Hall and Business College, and Zanerian Art College, of Columbus, Ohio. After his graduation he went to Zanesville, where he was employed in the Zanesville Business College. Seven months later he purchased a half interest in that school and continued his connection therewith for two years. He then came to Mansfield and founded the Mansfield Business College, in September, 1897. This institution has grown steadily and is a credit to the city. The work done there is thorough, the methods are pro- gressive and the Professor is well qualified to prepare young people for the practical experiences of a business life.
Professor Frederick was united in marriage to Miss May Lauck, at Zanesville, Ohio, in June, 1895, and they now have an interesting little son, J. Lowell. Mr. Frederick is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and is a gentleman of high moral worth. He has, by force of native ability and steady perseverance, raised himself to a creditable position in life, and his history illustrates in a marked degree what may be accomplished by well- directed efforts and a strict adherence to correct business principles. 1
HENRY BEAM.
In control of one of the most extensive floral enterprises of Richland county is Henry Beam, who has succeeded in establishing a large and lucrative trade. Tireless energy and capable management have been salient features in his success, and he now occupies a leading position in business circles.
A native of Germany, Mr. Beam was born in Hessen on the 13th of July, 1841, his parents being Henry and Emma Beam. These children are living: John B., who is now living in Mansfield; Henry; Mrs. Chris- tina Berno, of Mansfield; and Barbara, now Mrs. Hutzelman, also of Mans- field. In 1850 the parents came with their family to the new world, believ- ing that they might better their financial conditions in America. A settle- ment was made in Mansfield, and Henry Beam, then a lad of ten years, entered the public schools, where he pursued his studies for three years. His father was a gardener, and naturally during his youth he worked among the plants and became familiar with the best methods of cultivating them. When the war broke out he enlisted in the Thirty-second Ohio Infantry and served for two years and seven months, rendering valuable aid to his adopted country in her hour of need. Upon his return he again worked in his father's
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greenhouses, and about 1880 he began business on his own account by renting the greenhouse belonging to Senator Sherman. After conducting it for five years he purchased his present property. He was the first to carry on the floral business on an extensive scale in Richland county, and his trade has steadily grown in volume and importance, until it has now assumed extensive proportions. He began operation with only three greenhouses, but has enlarged his facilities from time to time until at the present time he has eight. His knowledge of floral culture is very comprehensive and his opinions are regarded as authority on everything connected with that line of work.
On the 28th of February, 1876, Mr. Beam was united in marriage to Miss Hattie Daubenspeck, whose parents, William and Helen (Schuster) Daubenspeck, removed from Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, to Illinois about 1855. After three years they became residents of Mansfield. At that time Mrs. Beam was only seven years of age. She is one of a family of seven children, of whom six are now living: Henry, the eldest, married Annie Echelberge, by whom he has three children, and resides in Ashland county; William, who is living six miles from Mansfield, married Laura Tucker, and they have three children; Mary was a resident of Hayesville, Ohio; Fannie is the wife of William Sickler, of Akron, Ohio; and Susie resides with Mrs. Beam, who is the third eldest of the family.
Mr. and Mrs. Beam have a wide acquaintance in Richland county and their friends are many. His has been a busy and useful career. He deserves mention among the prominent representatives of commercial interests in Rich- land county and his life record should find a place in the annals of this section of the state among men whose force of character, sterling integrity, control of circumstances and success in establishing paying industries have contributed in a large degree to the solidity and progress of the entire county.
T. Y. McCRAY.
T. Y. McCray, one of the most active and useful citizens of Richland county, and formerly an exceptionally brilliant lawyer, was born in Wash- ington county, Pennsylvania, August 8, 1857. In 1846 he removed to Rich- land county, Ohio, and was reared upon a farm. In early life he became crippled, and all through life he suffered more or less with asthma, so that his full powers could never be brought into activity ; but nevertheless he made his mark in the world.
After receiving as good an education as the common schools afforded
T. Y. McCRAY.
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he attended the Savannah and Hayesville institutes, and afterward taught school twelve years. In 1860 he was appointed a member of the board of school examiners for Ashland county, and served during the term of four years. In 1862 he was admitted to the bar in the same county, and in 1863 he was married to Miss Mary E. Barnhill, of Ashland county. In 1866 he removed . to West Salem, Wayne county, Ohio, where he had charge of the public schools for two years, and while thus engaged he was appointed a member of the board of school examiners, remaining on the board until 1875. In 1868 he was elected prosecuting attorney of Wayne county, and was re-elected in 1870, thus serving in that capacity four years. In 1868 he removed to Wooster and was there engaged in the practice of law until 1875, when he removed to Cleveland, there forming a partnership with G. M. Stewart, which partnership lasted about one year. But being, as was previously stated, afflicted with asthma, for the last three months of this partnership he lost the use of his voice, for which reason he returned to Wooster for the pur- pose of settling up his affairs. On August 20, 1876, he removed to Mans- field, where ever since that time he has been engaged in the practice of law.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. McCray were born the following children : Robert, born in Ashland county January 12, 1864; Minnie, born in Ashland county January 11, 1866; Clarence V., born in West Salem November 5, 1868; Grace, born in Wooster September 14, 1872; Ella B., born in Wooster July 26, 1875; Thomas, born in Mansfield June 26, 1878. Robert died in 1871; Clarence in 1870, and Ella in 1876. Mrs. McCray died March 17, 1897. Mr. McCray is one of the widely known and highly esteemed citizens of Richland county, a most useful man, and he and his family are highly esteemed by all.
GEORGE W. REED.
George Willard Reed, editor and proprietor of the Advertiser, of Plym- outh, was born March 30, 1859, in Salem, Ohio. His father, James Reed, was a native of eastern Ohio, born in 1819, and was of German lineage. He died at Attica, Ohio, in 1884. His wife, Mrs. Delilah Reed, was born in Ohio in 1819, and on the mother's side was of Irish lineage. The grand- parents of our subject, however, were natives of Pennsylvania, removing to eastern Ohio at an early period of its development and in that part of the state spent their remaining days, and when death came were there laid to rest. Mrs. Reed died in Attica, Ohio, in 1887, in her sixty-eighth year. She became the mother of four sons and four daughters, of whom all but one 14
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daughter are yet living: James M. Reed, now fifty-one years of age, is a mechanic living in Clyde, Ohio; William F. is a contractor of Hutchinson, Kansas, and is forty-nine years of age; Clifford W., aged thirty-two, is in the service of the Western Union Telegraph Company, of Chicago, Illinois. The sons are all married and are in prosperous circumstances. The daugh- ters are Mrs. Alvira Spencer; Mrs. W. O. Heavler, of Attica, Ohio; Mrs. Charles Hardie, of Clyde, Ohio; and Mrs. John Stark, deceased, formerly of Rising Sun, Ohio.
George Willard Reed was only a year old when his parents removed from Salem to Attica. A year later they took up their abode at West Union, Fayette county, Iowa, where they lived for two years. On the expiration of that period they returned to Attica and Mr. Reed, of this review, was a resident of the latter city until 1882. He acquired his education in the public schools and on laying aside his text-books to learn the more difficult lessons in the school of experience he entered upon an apprenticeship in a printing office. He was then seventeen years of age. He soon mastered the business and was employed for several years on the Attica Journal, owned and published by Charles Clough. Following Horace Greeley's advice to young men, to go west and grow up with the country, he made his way to Pierre, South Dakota, where he was employed on the Daily Signal for three years. In 1885 he came to Plymouth and began work on the paper which he now owns. For ten years he was its foreman and for three years was its editor and manager. He then purchased the paper, on the Ist of April, 1898, and has since conducted it, still acting as its editor. The Advertiser is a wide-awake and popular journal, independent in politics and well supported by the citizens of Plymouth and vicinity. It has a circula- tion of one thousand and its patronage is steadily increasing.
On the 12th of May, 1886, in Plymouth, Mr. Reed was united in mar- riage to Miss Rosa L. Derringer, of Plymouth, one of the popular young ladies of the city. They now have three children, Evan P., Amy E. and Kenneth M., aged, respectively, thirteen, eleven and three years. Mrs. Reed is a daughter of William Derringer, of Plymouth, a cooper by trade, and one of the most highly esteemed citizens of his town, where he and his wife have resided since 1863. Mr. Reed is a past chief of the Ben Hur Tribe of Plymouth. In politics he is a stalwart Republican, and his wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. They are widely known in this city and in the county and enjoy the hospitality of many of the best homes here. Mr. Reed is public-spirited and progressive, and through the columns of his paper and through personal influence and financial support
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contributes to the advancement of all measures which he believes will prove of general good. His social qualities and his sterling worth render him popular and he enjoys the high regard of all with whom he is brought in contact.
DAVID N. STAMBAUGH.
David Nivens Stambaugh, who has been a trusted employe of the Ault- man & Taylor Company, of Mansfield, Ohio, for over thirty years, was born in Shippensburg, Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, May 14, 1833, a son of Michael and Catherine (Coppenhaver) Stambaugh. His paternal grandfather was Peter Stambaugh, who was born on the ocean while his parents were emigrating from Germany to America, and his maternal grand- father was Benjamin Coppenhaver. On first coming to Ohio, in 1841, the parents of our subject located in Wooster, from there removed to Massillon, and in 1843 became residents of Cleveland. It was in 1847 that they came to Richland county, where the father, who was a carpenter by trade, died in 1876, at the age of seventy years, the mother in 1869, at the age of sixty- seven. They left one daughter, who is still living, Mrs. Elizabeth Ferguson, of Mansfield.
The subject of this sketch came with the family to Mansfield, where he attended school for a time, and about 1851 started out in life for himself, working at the carpenter's trade until the Civil war broke out. In 1861 he enlisted in Company E, Thirty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, of which he was commissioned first lieutenant, while Judge Warden, of Mansfield, was made captain of the company. They were under the command of Gen- erals Milroy and Reynolds, and were on duty in West Virginia. Mr. Stam- baugh participated in the battle of Greenbrier, but after seven months' serv- ice was discharged on account of physical disability. After his recovery he engaged in carpentering and building, and was connected with the Erie Rail- road construction until 1865. In 1869 he entered the service of the Ault- man & Taylor Company, in whose employ he has since remained, being the foreman of the wood department of the factory during the absence of Will- iam Ackerman. When he commenced working for the company their employes numbered only fifty, but to-day there are about eight hundred names on their pay roll. Mr. Stambaugh has never missed a season since he entered their service, and in the meantime has built many fine houses in the city of Mansfield. His own fine residence on Spring Mill street was erected by him in 1867.
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