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W. J. Pond was here reared and devoted his early years to acquiring an education. At the age of sixteen he began learning the cabinetmaker's trade and he still has in his possession a stand which he made after working at the trade for only six months. He followed cabinet making for about a year and a half, after which he devoted a number of years to buying produce. Later he became a clerk in a hardware store and was identified with that business for twenty years, while at the present time he is engaged in the real estate and insurance business. In this field of labor he has secured a good clientage, has negotiated many important realty transfers and annually writes considerable insurance. He is also connected with the Building Savings & Loan Company of Granville and he and his wife own a half interest in two large store buildings, together with a fine residence in Granville.
In 1873 he was united in marriage to Miss Anna E. Eager, who was born in Licking county in 1853 and is one of a family of four children, whose parents, John H. and Mary Eager, were Vermont people. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Pond have been born two sons. Henry W., a graduate of the Northwestern University at Evanston, Illinois, is married and resides in Chicago. Robert E .. a graduate of Denison University. is now with the American Multigraph Company of Michigan.
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Mr. and Mrs. Pond are well known in this locality, enjoying the warm regard of those with whom they have been brought in contact. They hold membership in the Presbyterian church and Mrs. Pond is vice president of the Ladies' Missionary society, and is also an active club woman. In his political views Mr. Pond is a stal- wart republican and for twelve years has been town treasurer here. He has also served on the school board for eight years and on the water works board for twelve years, capably discharging his public duties that the interests of the community may be advanced. He is now serving as one of the school committeemen and takes an active and helpful interest in the work of his party. Fraternally he is also well known as a prominent Odd Fellow and has filled all of the chairs in the local lodge at Granville. Those who know him esteem him for his sterling worth, his genial manner, his friendly disposition, his business integrity and his progressive citi- zenship.
MRS. SARAH J. (JONES) PRICE.
Mrs. Sarah J. (Jones) Price, the widow of Thomas D. Price, was born in Newton township, Licking county, Ohio, her parents being Morris and Jane (Glynn) Jones, both natives of Wales. The father, who emigrated to the United States at an early day, was engaged in agricultural pursuits throughout his active business career. On his first farm, which was situated in Newton township, Licking county, he built a log cabin, wherein seven of his children were born. His demise occurred in 1883, while his wife had been called to her final rest in March, 1851. Unto this worthy couple were born twelve children, namely : Edward, a resident of Alexandria, Ohio; Mrs. Price; Enoch, of Granville, Ohio; J. B., living in Newark, Ohio; Mary Ann, the wife of M. O. Nash; Morris, a farmer of this county; Caroline, who also makes her home in Newark, Ohio; and five who are deceased.
In the year 1855 Sarah J. Jones gave her hand in marriage to Thomas D. Price, whose birth occurred in Newark township, Licking county, in 1826, his parents being Edward and Mary (Pittsford) Price, both of whom were natives of Wales and crossed the Atlantic to the United States at an early date. Thomas D. Price followed general farming as a life work and, in addition to the work of the fields, made a specialty of raising cattle and sheep and was also quite an extensive fruit grower. In his various undertakings he met with a gratifying and well merited measure of prosperity and was widely recognized as a substantial agriculturist and public-spirited citizen of his native county. Unto him and his wife were born eight sons, as follows: Ira M., a teacher in Chicago, Illinois; Asa E., deceased ; Silas E., a college professor at Kansas City ; Mark E., who has also passed away; Enoch, a practicing attorney of Chicago, Illinois; Milo B., a high school professor at Owatonna, Minnesota; Orla J., pastor of the Baptist church at Lansing, Michigan; and Homer C., a teacher in the university at Columbus.
Mr. Price was called to his final rest in 1900 and thus passed away one of the county's worthy native sons, whose entire life, covering more than the psalmist's allotted span of three score years and ten, had been passed within its
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borders. His widow lives on the valuable and productive farm of two hundred acres in Newark township and, having always made her home in this county, is widely and favorably known as a representative of an old pioneer family. She is a devoted member of the Baptist church, while her many excellent qualities of heart and mind have won her the regard and esteem of all with whom she has been brought in contact.
EDWARD JONES.
Edward Jones is the owner of an excellent farming property which he pur- chased in 1892. It comprises one hundred and twelve acres of valuable land only about a quarter of a mile west of Alexandria and is one of the best improved farm properties of the locality, constituting an attractive feature in the landscape. Here he is now supervising his farming interests, although he has reached the seventy-sixth milestone on the journey of life. He was born in Licking county, Ohio, April 22, 1833, and is therefore a representative of one of its oldest pioneer families. His parents were Maurice and Jane (Glynn) Jones, natives of Wales. The father was born in 1790 and when twenty-one years of age became a resident of Baltimore, Maryland. He spent some time in the cast but when able to buy a farm made his way westward and located in Licking county, purchasing onc hundred and twenty-one acres of timber land in Newton township, five miles north of Newark. He made three trips here across the mountains from Pennsylvania on horseback and later came with a wagon and took up his permanent abode. The remainder of his life was spent on the farm which he purchased here up to the time of his retirement from business cares, when he located in Newark, where his death occurred when he was eighty-two years of age. He had long survived his wife, who died in Newton township, in 1852, at the age of forty-three years. His life was ever in harmony with his professions as a member of the Baptist church and in the work of the church he took an active and helpful part, serving as one of the deacons. His family numbered eight children: Sarah Jane, now the widow of Thomas D. Price; Edward, of this review; J. B., a prominent attorney who died in Newark, December 16, 1907; Enoch, living in Granville; Elizabeth, the deceased wife of Rev. D. E. Owen, who was pastor of the Baptist church of Newark for fourteen years and erected the house of worship there; Maurice, living in Mckean township; Mary Ann, the wife of M. O. Nash, justice of the peace of Newark; and Caroline, living with her sister Mary.
On the old home farm Edward Jones was reared and the days of his boyhood and youth were passed in the usual manner of farm lads of the period. Later he carried on the work of the home farm but in 1865 removed from Newton township to St. Albans township, where he has now lived for forty-four years. He resided with his parents up to the time of his marriage in 1859, when he began farming on his own account in Newton township, operating a part of his father's farm on the shares. In connection with his brother Enoch he purchased over three hundred acres on the Appleton road on the township line of Liberty and St. Albans townships. At length the property was divided and upon his portion Edward
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Jones resided for about seventeen years, cultivating a tract of one hundred and sixty acres, which he brought under a high state of improvement. At length he sold that property and purchased Shaw farm a quarter of a mile west of Alexandria. In 1902 he disposed of that property and bought his present home, comprising one hundred and twelve acres on the Johnstown and Alexandria road, a quarter of a mile west of the latter town. Here he has a good brick residence, containing nine rooms, and in the rear stands substantial barns and outbuildings, furnishing ample shelter for grain and stock. He carries on general farming with dairying as a special feature of his place and in his business interests is meeting with gratifying success through his capable control of the various departments of the work.
In 1859 Mr. Jones was united in marriage to Miss Phoebe Ann Pittsford, who was born in Granville township, this county, in July, 1839, and died in 1863. Her parents were James and Marian Pittsford. There were three children by that marriage: Oscar J., who is a merchant of Urbana, Ohio; Jennie, who became the wife of Rev. P. W. Longfellow, a minister of the Baptist church, and died in North Dakota, in 1896; and Phoebe Ann, who became the wife of R. F. Tyler, and died in November, 1896. After losing his first wife Mr. Jones was again married in 1865 to Miss Susan Maria Booth, who was born in Lancaster, Ohio, July 24, 1844, a daughter of Henry M. and Ann (Jones) Booth. They were natives of New York, but were married in Ohio. Mrs. Booth was born May 18, 1818, and was a daughter of David R. and Juan (Thomas) Jones, who were natives of Wales, the former born in 1787 and the latter in 1793. Mr. Jones crossed the Atlantic to New York in 1800, while his future wife arrived in 1801 and their marriage was celebrated in 1810. Both died in Licking county, Ohio. David R. Jones served as a soldier in the war of 1812, being on active duty in northern New York in the vicinity of Sackets Harbor. His eldest son, Thomas D. Jones, was a sculptor and modeled Lincoln's bust from life. He had modeled more busts of presidents up to that time than all other sculptors and he employed two Italian assistants. Mrs. Susan M. Jones has one brother, Henry J. Booth, an attorney of Columbus, of the firm of Booth, Keating & Peters. The father of Mrs. Jones was a son of Susanna Madison, a cousin of President Madison. Unto Edward and Susan M. (Booth) Jones, were born four children: Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Wynne, now with her father; Carrie, the wife of Dr. F. O. Williams of Columbus; Annie, at home; and Edna, the wife of B. V. Price, of Union township.
In his political views Mr. Jones has always been a stalwart democrat, sup- porting the candidates of the party where national questions are involved but casting an independent local ballot. From the age of twenty-one years he has been a member of the Baptist church, to which his wife and children also belong. He has taken a very active and helpful part in church work, serving as one of its deacons for forty-three years, while during this entire period he has endeavored to conform to the teachings of the scriptures, so that his life has ever been honorable and upright in his relations with his fellowmen. Moreover, he is num- bered among the pioneer residents of the county, for he has lived within its borders for seventy-six years, during which time all of the evidences of frontier life have been replaced by those of a modern and progressive civilization. No longer does the farmer go out from his log cabin or little frame dwelling into his fields to cut
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his grain with the scythe and tie it in bundles. The homes are now mostly com- modious and substantial dwellings, while invention has given to the farmer splendid machinery until there is comparatively little manual labor, for what was formerly done by hand is now done by machinery. Mr. Jones has kept pace with the progress made in agricultural lines and at all times has rejoiced in what has been accomplished.
LINK C. RUSSELL.
Link C. Russell, a member of the Newark bar, is also a prominent figure in political circles, being recognized as one of the leaders of the republican party in this section of the state. He was born in Stockport, Morgan county, Ohio, February 12, 1874, his parents being Thomas and Elizabeth (Bingham) Russell, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of Pennsylvania. The father was a blacksmith by trade and was well known in the community as an industrious, reliable man. He held several minor offices in the township and continued a resident of Morgan county until called to his final rest. His wife still survives.
Link C. Russell enjoyed the advantages of a course of study in Marietta College, from which he was graduated in 1895 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He afterward spent one year as a student in the Cincinnati Law School and was superintendent of schools at Friendship, Wisconsin, for three years, but he regarded this merely as an initial step to other prefessional labor and while thus engaged devoted his leisure time to the reading of law. In 1898 he was admitted to the bar and began practice at Connellsville, Ohio, where he remained for five years. In 1903 he came to Newark and has since been connected with the legal fraternity of this city, being now senior partner of the law firm of Russell & Horner. He is a member of the Licking County Bar Association. His success in professional lines affords the best evidence of his capabilities in this work. He is a strong advocate with the jury and concise in his appeal before the court. Much of the success which has attended him in his professional career is undoubtedly due to the fact that in no instance will he permit himself to go into court with a case unless he has absolute confidence in the justice of his client's cause. Basing his practice on this principle, from which there are far too many lapses in professional circles, it naturally follows that he seldom loses a case in whose support he is enlisted.
On the 13th of June, 1895, the day of his graduation, Mr. Russell was united in marriage to Miss Ella Glassford, a native of Morgan county, Ohio, and they have two children, Bert and Nellie. Mr. Russell is a member of the Masonic fraternity and the Woodmen camp, while his wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. One of the leading and influential members of the republican party in his section of the state, he has taken great interest in politics since attaining his majority. He was a delegate to all the county, judicial, congressional and state conventions from Morgan county, while residing there, and was chairman of two county conventions in Morgan county and also two in Licking county. He acted as both temporary and permanent chairman of the Licking county con-
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vention which was the last to be held here by virtue of a change in the law. He has served on the republican county executive committee, of which he has twice been secretary, filling the position at the present time. He has delivered many campaign addresses in both Morgan and Licking counties and is a forceful speaker who intelligently handles the point at issue and gives strong argument in support of the principles in which he believes. He has a wide acquaintance in this part of the state and his salient qualities have gained him the favorable regard and good will of the majority of those with whom he has been brought into contact.
CHARLES E. KELLER.
Charles E. Keller, a well known and successful agriculturist and stock raiser of Newark township, was born in Licking county, Ohio. September 15, 1861, his parents being Jacob and Elizabeth (Layman) Keller, the former also a native of this county. Jacob Keller, whose birth occurred February 3, 1829, passed away on the 23d of February, 1886, while his wife, born May 29, 1837, was called to her final rest on the 28th of January, 1883. Unto this worthy couple were born ten children, namely: M. Missouri Berry, who is deceased; Frank B., a resident of Newark township; Charles E., of this review; V. C., of Newark township; C. V., living in Newark, Ohio; Cora M. and Dora, who have passed away; Lillian B., who makes her home with her brother Charles; Seba E., the wife of William D. Bell, of Licking county ; and Edward M., of Newark township.
Charles E. Keller supplemented his preliminary education by a course in the Normal College at Ada, Ohio, and remained under the parental roof until he had attained his majority. Subsequently he was engaged in teaching school for three years, imparting clearly and readily to others the knowledge he had acquired. At the time of his father's death, however, he returned home and took charge of the farm in 1887. He now owns seventy-five acres of the old homestead farm in Newark township and resides in the house which was built by his grandfather, a pioneer settler of the county, who took up his abode here in the year 1833. In addition to the work of the fields he makes a specialty of raising Poland China hogs and has received a number of premiums on his stock. He won the champion prize at the state fairs in Illinois and Ohio in 1905 and 1907, and also won a premium at the World's Columbian Exposition, 1903. Energetic, industrious and progressive, he has gained a well merited measure of prosperity in his farming operations and is widely recognized as one of the representative and enterprising agriculturists of the county.
On the 30th of December, 1890, Mr. Keller was joined in wedlock to Miss May M. Scott, whose birth occurred in Seneca county, Ohio, April 5, 1863, her parents being G. W. and Catharine Scott. The father, a native of Washington county, Ohio, died September 8, 1906, while the mother, who was born in Seneca county, Ohio, passed away on the 15th of October, 1901. Their family numbered six children, as follows: Florence, the wife of A. B. Hasson of Seneca county, Ohio; George D., also a resident of Seneca county, Ohio; Ada, the wife of H. C. Bowland, of Michigan; Mrs. Keller; Nettie C., the wife of E. W. Keller, of Seneca county, Ohio; and H. K., living in New York city.
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In his political views Mr. Keller is a stalwart democrat but has no desire for the honors or emoluments of office, preferring to give his undivided attention to his private business interests. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Congregational church, while his wife is connected with the Methodist Episcopal denomination. Having spent practically his entire life in Licking county, he is widely and favorably known within its borders and has been an interested witness of its gradual growth and development as it has kept pace with the onward march of civilization.
JOHN P. CAMP.
John P. Camp, trustee of Madison township, is a well known agriculturist and political leader of his community. He was born in Hanover township, this county, February 17, 1857, and is one of a family of ten children, whose parents were Isaac and Alcinda (Evans) Camp. The father was probably a native of Coshocton county, Ohio, where he was reared and married. His wife was a native of the Shenandoah valley of Virginia, and in her girlhood days accompanied her parents on their removal to Coshocton county. Soon after his marriage Isaac Camp re- moved to Licking county and took up his abode on a farm in Hanover township, where he died on New Years day of 1862, at the age of forty-six years, his widow surviving him to the age of seventy-seven years. At the time of his demise he owned two hundred and sixty-five acres of rich and well improved land. Only four children of the family are living: Lucinda, the widow of Lucas Livingston, of Newark; Martha, the widow of James Kelsey, and a resident of Columbus; John P. of this review ; and Susan V., the wife of Dr. D. O. Roberts, of Hanover.
In the district schools John P. Camp pursued his early education and after- ward attended school in Hanover. The old homestead farm was sold when he was thirteen years of age and from that time forward he was a bread winner. For some time he was employed as water boy for a railroad construction gang and at fifteen years of age he accepted a position as section man on the road. While young in years he was large in frame and well developed and was therefore able to do the work usually performed by a man. Up to his twenty-first year he divided his time between farming and section work and when he had attained his majority, with the capital that he had been able to save from his earnings, he engaged in the cigar and tobacco business at Dresden, Ohio, conducting the enterprise there for two years. On the expiration of that period he entered the service of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company as fireman and was also employed in that way for two years, while during the succeeding four years various business duties claimed his attention. In 1885 he again became fireman on the Baltimore & Ohio and in 1889 he was promoted to the position of engineer. On the 27th of September, 1890, in a head-on collision between his train and another freight train, traveling at a high rate of speed, he was terribly crippled, while eight men were killed. He lost one leg and the other was badly crushed. A man sitting in the seat with him in his engine was killed and Mr. Camp narrowly escaped with his life. For ten years the matter was in the court and as the result
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of this litigation in February, 1901, Mr. Camp was awarded judgment for fifteen thousand, nine hundred and ninety-five dollars. Following this he purchased his present farm in Madison township, comprising two hundred acres of rich and productive land and in June, 1907, he purchased another farm of seventy acres, this being a part of the Charles Montgomery estate. He has as fine a farm as there is in Licking county and everything about the place is neat, attractive and well kept.
In 1887 Mr. Camp was united in marriage to Miss Mary M. Jones, of Madison township, a daughter of Evan Jones, who died while serving his country in the Civil war. Mr. and Mrs. Camp have but one child, Benjamin H., who is at home with his parents. In politics Mr. Camp has always been a stalwart republican and was nominated and elected to the office of township trustee, in which position he is now serving. He was also a candidate in the fall of 1908 on the republican ticket for county commissioner. He has served for one term as assessor of his township and is well known in this part of the state as a trustworthy and reliable official. He enjoys the warm regard of many friends, his good qualities having gained for him the esteem of those with whom he has been associated.
WILLIAM M. FLEMING.
William M. Fleming, a successful agriculturist of Newark township, was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, July 29, 1859, his parents being Daniel and Bethann (Beal) Fleming, the former a native of Ohio and the latter of West Virginia. The father, whose birth occurred in 1818, passed away in 1868, while the mother, born in 1829, was called to her final rest in 1903. Unto this worthy couple were born eleven children, namely: Harriet, the wife of H. R. Ward, of Newark, Ohio; Henry, Mary H., Edward and Laura, all of whom are deceased; William M., of this review; Frank, a resident of Muskingum county, Ohio; Ulysses, of Toledo, Ohio; Joseph, who also makes his home in Muskingum county, Ohio; Anna, the wife of A. J. Woodward; and one who died in infancy.
William M. Fleming obtained his education in the common schools and remained under the parental roof until he had attained the age of twenty-four years. Subsequently he purchased land in South Dakota and there resided for thirteen years, on the expiration of which period he returned to Newark, Licking county, and bought the farm of one hundred and thirty-eight acres on which he has since made his home. He has erected a commodious and substantial residence, as well as all necessary outbuildings for the shelter of grain and stock, and in the conduct of his agricultural interests has met with a measure of success that entitles him to representation among the prosperous and enterprising farmers of the community.
On the 24th of June, 1884, Mr. Fleming was united in marriage to Miss Ida Woodward, whose birth occurred in Licking county, Ohio, May 24, 1863, her parents, B. C. and Sarah (Galbrathi) Woodward, being now deceased. Mrs. Fleming, who was one of a family of three children, is a graduate of Delaware College. By her marriage she has become the mother of nine children, namely : Bertha B., a graduate of the Newark high school, who has been engaged in
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teaching for two years; Harold and Edith, who have passed away; Forest, who is attending business college; William C., a student in the high school at Granville, Ohio; Bradford; Richard; Mabel ; and Bernard, who is deceased.
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