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BURTON CASE.
The student of history cannot carry his investigation far into the records of Licking county without learning that the Case family has played an important part in shaping its annals for more than a century. The representatives of the name have always borne their full share in that practical labor that results in substantial advancement, and Burton Case is today numbered among the valued and worthy citi- zens of Granville. On a farm two miles north of Granville, in Granville township, on the 27th of July, 1851, occurred the birth of Burton Case, and there he resided until he became a resident of the village. His parents were Lucius and Mary (Rose) Case, both of whom were born on farms north of the village in Granville township. The grandfather, Grove Case, was born in Simsbury, Connecticut, January 20, 1800, and in 1808 was brought to Licking county by his parents, Major Grove and Cin- derella Case, who located in Granville, where they spent the remainder of their lives. Major Case continued to reside here for a number of years and later engaged in farming, becoming well-to-do by reason of his capably conducted business interests.
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He died in 1836 or 1837, at the age of fifty-six years, while his wife survived him until January, 1867, and passed away at the age of eighty-seven years. He won his title by service in the War of 1812 and was at Fort Meigs when it was besieged. In company with Silas Winchell he erected the first gristmill in Granville township and was otherwise closely identified with the development and progress of the county. In his family were four children, of whom three sons, Grove, Norton and Jarvis, were born in Connecticut, while the daughter, Lucinda, was added to the family in Granville.
Grove Case, Jr., the grandfather of Burton Case, brought to Licking county in his early boyhood, spent almost his entire life here as a farmer. He became known as the largest sheep and wool grower of the county. At the time of his death he owned about one thousand acres of land, seven hundred acres being in Licking county, while the remainder was in Iowa. In politics he was a stanch republican, giving stalwart support to the party up to the time of his death, which occurred in February, 1885. His wife survived him for only about six weeks. She bore the maiden name of Laura Carpenter and was a native of Delaware county, Ohio, born October 19, 1797. Her father was Nathan Carpenter, a captain in the Revolutionary army. The marriage was celebrated May 15, 1821, and they established their home on North street in Granville township, Mr. Case erecting the residence in which they lived for fifty-six years. In their family were five children, Lucius, Lucy, Laura and two who died in childhood.
Reared on the old home farm, Lucius Case, the father of our subject, devoted his entire life to general agricultural pursuits and died at the age of forty-three years. He was a leading farmer of this part of the state and engaged extensively in raising sheep and wool growing. He owned two or three different farms, being a dealer at various times, and in all of his business transactions he met with success. In the family were five children: Gilbert Grove, now deceased; Celia Campbell, who has also passed away ; Mrs. Helen Hobart, living one mile east of the village in Granville township; Burton, of this review; and Mrs. Mary Minton, of Westfield, New York. The mother of these children, Mrs. Mary (Rose) Case, was a daughter of Captain Levi Rose, a native of Massachusetts, who married a Miss Stowe. They came to Ohio from Granville, Massachusetts, with the first colony who started out in 1805. This was their wedding journey and they located in the green woods among the pioneers who were reclaiming this district for the uses of civilization. The remainder of their days were here passed, and Mr. Rose devoted his energies to general farming. He built a cabin in the midst of the forest around a large white oak stump which served as a table for a number of years. Mr. Rose served as a captain in the War of 1812. Their family numbered fourteen children, which number included Mrs. Case, the mother of our subject. After the death of her first husband she married again and her last days were spent in the home of her daughter at Westfield, New York, where she died in June, 1906.
Burton Case remained on the farm formerly owned by his father until about 1897, when his house was burned and he then moved to his present residence in Granville. He is the owner of three hundred acres of land which is under a very high state of cultivation and returns to him a gratifying annual income.
On the 27th of December, 1876, Mr. Case was united in marriage to Miss Dora H. Howland, a native of this county and a daughter of John L. and Elma (Gosnell) Howland, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of Licking county, Ohio.
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Mr. and Mrs. Case now have two daughters: Stella, the wife of Robert G. Bell, liv- ing at Queens, Long Island, New York; and Helen, at home. In community affairs Mr. Case has always been deeply and helpfully interested, and his fellow townsmen, recognizing his loyalty to public good, have several times called him to office. He is now serving for the third term as a trustee of his township and is holding over under the new law. He was elected on the republican ticket, having always been a stalwart supporter of that party. In Masonry he has taken the degrees of the lodge, chapter and commandery, and he belongs to the Baptist church. His life has at all times been honorable and upright and he is a worthy representative of a prominent pioneer family which, since early days, has been closely associated with the development, progress and upbuilding of this part of the state. The name of Case has long been an honored one here and the work instituted by his great-grandparents and carried on by his grandparents and parents, is now being continued by Burton Case, who ranks as one of the worthy and representative citizens of the community.
A. T. STANTON.
A. T. Stanton is now engaged in the hay and grain business in Utica, making extensive purchases and shipments, selling to the wholesale trade. He is well known as a reliable business man of this part of the county and moreover is entitled to representation in this volume as an honored veteran of the Civil War, having for almost four years loyally defended the interests of the Union on the battlefields of the south. He claims Pennsylvania as the state of his nativity, his birth having occurred in Johnstown in 1842. The Stantons are of English descent but the fam- ily was founded in America in early colonial days, at which time settlement was made in Pennsylvania. Mr. Stanton of this review is a distant relative on the paternal side of Betsy Ross, who made the first American flag from a design fur- nished by George Washington. His parents were A. V. and Mary J. (Barefoot) Stanton, who always remained residents of the Keystone state. The old home place was sold in 1907 in order to build there another dam for the protection of Johns- town in order to avoid a repetition of the disastrous and memorable flood of 1889. The death of A. V. Stanton occurred in 1874 when he was sixty-three years of age, while his widow still survives and has reached the age of eighty-seven years, her home being still in Johnstown. In their family were eleven children, the eldest son being J. F. Stanton, who served in the Civil War with the Forty-second Penn- sylvania Volunteers.
A. T. Stanton was the third in order of birth and remained a resident of his native county until 1861. He was reared on the home farm and early became familiar with the duties and labors incident to the cultivation and care of the crops. He also worked in his father's gristmill and became familiar with that trade. On the 12th of August, 1861, however, he put aside all business and personal considera- tions in order to espouse his country's cause, enlisting from Allegheny City, now Pittsburg, as a member of Company F, Sixty-first Pennsylvania infantry. He went to the front under General Rippy, who was killed at the battle of Fair Oaks. Mr. Stanton participated in a number of important engagements, including the battles
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of the Wilderness, Antietam, Gettysburg, Fair Oaks, the siege of Petersburg and the Shenandoah Valley campaign. He was altogether in thirty-two engagements, taking part in all the military movements of his regiment save one skirmish. He was honorably discharged June 29, 1865, and was mustered out on the 4th of July of that year. In the meantime his three years' term had expired and he had veter- anized, continuing with his regiment at the front until the close of hostilities. He was captured in the Shenandoah Valley but the tide of war turned and he was recaptured by the Union troops. On one occasion he sustained a flesh wound inflicted by a piece of shell.
When the war was over Mr. Stanton returned to his home, but soon started out to see the country, traveling all over the United States. He worked at the barber's trade, which he had learned by shaving the boys in the army. In 1874 he located in Utica, where he opened a barber shop which he conducted for eighteen years, having a large patronage. On the expiration of that period he began dealing in hay and grain and has conducted the business to the present time, carrying on an important wholesale enterprise in buying and shipping those commodities. That he has prospered as the years have passed, his success coming as the result of his close application and unfaltering industry, is indicated not only in his business but also in the fact that he owns a good home in Utica and sixteen acres of land, which includes a fine race track and ball grounds.
In 1876 Mr. Stanton was married to Miss Hulda Sawyer, a native of this county and a daughter of Samuel and Louisa (Edgar) Sawyer, who were also born in this county. Politically Mr. Stanton has been a lifelong republican and at the present time is serving as a member of the city council. He is a leader in the street paving controversy and his labors are very effective in promoting the improvement of the streets. He believes in progress in all matters of citizenship and exercises his official prerogatives in support of every measure for the public good. He was for- merly a member of the Grand Army Post but it has been abandoned and he now holds membership in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is well and favor- ably known in this locality and Utica finds him a valued and worthy citizen.
ANDREW J. CRILLY.
Andrew J. Crilly, superintendent of the Cedar Hill cemetery, has a most creditable official record. He has been called to various positions of public honor and trust and has ever discharged his duties capably, fearlessly and faithfully. His public service has brought him a wide acquaintance, while his sterling traits of character have enabled him to retain the friendship of those with whom he has come in contact.
Mr. Crilly is one of the county's native sons, his birth having occurred in Union township, July 10, 1848. His father, Andrew Crilly, was born in Pennsyl- vania and came west when the old National road was being built and aided in its construction. This was one of the first national works of public improvement of any consequence and indicated that civilization was steadily moving westward. Andrew Crilly, Sr., wedded Grace Ann Mossman, a native of Virginia, whose
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people were also employed on the construction of the National road. Thus the young people became acquainted, were married and established their home in Union township. Later, however, they removed to Jacksontown, where they spent their remaining days, the death of Mr. Crilly occurring in 1869, while his widow passed away in 1879. Both were of Irish parentage.
Andrew J. Crilly mastered the branches of learning taught in the country schools and afterward followed the profession of teaching for twelve years in the winter months, while in the summer seasons he was engaged in farm labor and in other pursuits. In 1883 he came to Newark to accept the position of deputy sheriff under George W. Hall and thus served for four years and four months. On the resignation of J. M. Brown, who was then sheriff, Mr. Crilly was appointed to fill the vacancy and at the following election was chosen by popular suffrage and by reelection was continued in the sheriff's office for ten years. He was ever fearless in the discharge of his duties and his labors were effective in quelling crime and lawlessness in this part of the state. At length he retired from office as he had entered it-with the confidence and good will of all concerned-and turned his attention to the insurance and real-estate business, in which he con- tinued for two years. On the expiration of that period he was elected justice of the peace and served for two terms, discharging his duties with promptness and impartiality. In 1903 he was elected the first mayor of Newark under the new code and served for two years and eight months. On the 1st of January, 1908, he was appointed superintendent of the Cedar Hill cemetery and so continues to the present time.
On the 5th of December, 1879, occurred the marriage of Mr. Crilly and Miss Mary E. Moore, a native of Franklin township, Licking county, and a daughter of Jacob and Susanna Moore. By this union there are six children, namely : Etta M., who is engaged in teaching school in Michigan; Clyde G .; Mrs. Maud Danner ; Bertha L., a student in Granville College; Florence; and Emmett.
For thirty-seven years Mr. Crilly has been an exemplary member of the Masonic fraternity, loyal to the teachings of the craft, and is now a past master of Hebron Lodge, No. 116, A. F. & A. M. He also belongs to Williams Lodge, I. O. O. F., and Mount Olive Encampment. He is also affiliated with Newark Lodge, No. 13, K. P., and is a member of the uniformed rank. His religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church and he is esteemed throughout the community as one whose many sterling traits of character have gained him the warm and lasting friendship of those with whom he has come in contact. He has made an excellent record in office and patriotism and loyalty might well be termed the keynote of his character, for in public service he has always placed the general good before partisanship or self-aggrandizement.
DAVID LAYMAN.
David Layman, who is numbered among the successful agriculturists of Wash- ington township, was born in Fairfield county, Ohio, September 10, 1846, his parents being Abraham and Elizabeth (Keller) Layman, the former a native of Rockingham county, Virginia, and the latter of Washington county, Pennsylvania. Abraham
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Layman came to Ohio in an early day and in 1856 took up his abode in Licking county, while his demise occurred in 1865. Unto him and his wife were born eight children, namely : Benjamin, Mary, Daniel and William D., all of whom are deceased; one who died in infancy; David, of this review ; Charles W., who has also passed away; and Emily, the widow of B. Vanwey.
David Layman obtained a common school education and remained under the parental roof until he had attained the age of twenty-three years. He was then married, in 1869, to Miss Amy Smith, whose birth occurred in Orange county, New York, October 24, 1844. Her parents, whose family numbered eight children, are both deceased. Unto our subject and his wife were born nine children, as fol- lows: Edward, Delia May and Frederick N., all of whom have passed away ; Nellie B., the wife of E. L. Burkholder, of Licking county; Clyde, who is likewise deceased ; Eva B., the wife of Emmett Davis, of Licking county; William Earl, deceased ; and Charles R. and James A., both at home. The wife and mother was called to her final rest on the 3d of October, 1908, her remains being interred in the Eden ceme- tery. Her loss came as a great blow to her husband and children and was also deeply mourned by many friends.
Subsequent to his marriage Mr. Layman engaged in the operation of a rented farm for one year and then purchased his present place of one hundred and thirty- two acres in Washington township, Licking county, in the cultivation of which he has since been successfully engaged. He follows modern and progressive methods in the conduct of his farming interests and has long been numbered among the well- known and representative agriculturists of the community.
Mr. Layman gives his political allegiance to the men and measures of the democracy and has served his fellow townsmen in the office of school director. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Christian church, with which his wife was also identified. A man of genial and kindly disposition, as well as upright and honorable in character, he has won the confidence and respect of all with whom he has been associated during the many years of his residence in Licking county.
THOMAS PATTON.
Thomas Patton, operating the old homestead farm, upon which he was born and where his entire life has been spent, is one of the substantial and highly esteemed residents of Licking county. He was born January 14, 1843, in Licking county. a son of Joseph and Jane (Lusk) Patton, the former a native of Ireland and the latter of Fairfield county, Ohio. The father came to the United States in early manhood, locating in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was engaged for some years in a weaving factory. During this time he carefully saved his earnings and later came to Licking county, where he purchased one hundred acres of timber land. Clearing away the timber, he began the difficult and arduous task of converting the land into productive harvest fields. For several years after taking up his abode here he lived in a log cabin and with untiring zeal and undaunted energy he bent all of his efforts to the improvement of his property, nor were his labors in vain, for
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he soon found himself upon the highway to prosperity. As the years passed and his good fortune continued, he added to his original purchase until his holdings approximated between six and seven hundred acres of land that yielded him an abundant harvest. In politics he was, in carly manhood, a democrat, but later adopted the platform of the republican party and for the remainder of his life continued a stalwart and loyal advocate of its principles. His religious faith was indicated in his membership in the Reform Presbyterian church. His death occurred December, 1875, when he had reached the ripe old age of eighty-one years.
Thomas Patton, remaining under his parents' roof, received his education in the common schools of Licking county and, reared to farm life, he soon became familiar with the duties that fall to the lot of the farmer's son. From early man- hood, in conjunction with his two brothers, Clement and Samuel, both of whom are now deceased, he assised his father in the conduct of his agricultural interests up to the time of the latter's death. At that time Mr. Patton came into possession of the old homestead and one hundred and eighty-five acres of land and has since continued to make it his home, carrying on the work of general development and improvement until today he is one of the substantial agriculturists of the county.
In 1879 occurred the marriage of Mr. Patton and Miss Sarah E. Larimore, a daughter of Thomas Larimore of this township. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Patton have been born three children, namely: Reese L., at home; Clifford C., also at home; and Hazel Ruth, now the wife of Guy L. Shrider, who is employed in the gas fields of this county. Mr. Patton is a member of the Presbyterian church, of which he is an elder, and gives his political allegiance to the republican party. He is not an office seeker in the true sense of the word, and the only official position that he has held is that of member of the board of trustees of the township, in which capacity he is now serving. Having passed his entire life in the place of his nativity, he has become very well known throughout the community and enjoys the high regard and esteem of his fellow men, who recognize his genuine worth and sterling qualities, while he is popular with a host of warm friends.
F. B. KELLER.
F. B. Keller, whose birth occurred in Newark township, Licking county, Ohio, on the 9th of January, 1860, is engaged in the operation of a valuable and well improved farm of seventy-five acres in this township. His grandfather, Jacob Keller, who was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, January 7, 1786, made the journey to Fairfield county, Ohio, crossing the mountains on foot. He soon returned to the Keystone state, however, and after residing there for a period he once more came to this state and entered a tract of land. The year 1833 witnessed his arrival in Lick- ing county, at which time he purchased the farm on which our subject now lives, taking up his abode in a log cabin without a floor. Later he erected a log cabin and lived in the same for a short time. When he was called to his final rest on the 21st of October, 1870, the county mourned the loss of one of its respected and honored pioneers and one whose labors had contributed in substantial measure to the early development of this part of the state. His wife, who was born in Fairfield county,
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Ohio, on the 12th of May, 1792, passed away February 27, 1876. Jacob H. Keller, the father of F. B. Keller, was born in Licking county, Ohio, February 3, 1828, and was called to the home beyond on the 23rd of February, 1886. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Elizabeth Layman and whose birth occurred in Fairfield county, Ohio, May 29, 1837, died January 28, 1883.
F. B. Keller remained under the parental roof until he had attained his major- ity and then operated the home farm for one season. Subsequently he spent one year in Denison University at Granville, Ohio, and also attended the Northwestern University at Ada, Ohio. Ile afterward took up the profession of teaching and was thus engaged for two years in Licking county, imparting clearly and readily to others the knowledge he had acquired. Having been made administrator of his father's estate, he returned to the home farm and once more became connected with the pursuits of agricultural life. He now owns seventy-five acres of the homestead and has placed many substantial improvements thereon, including an excellent ten- room dwelling and all necessary outbuildings for the shelter of grain and stock. In the cultivation of the cereals best adapted to soil and climate he is meeting with gratifying success, following only the most practical and modern methods in carry- ing on his work.
On the 3d of June, 1896, Mr. Keller was united in marriage to Miss Sarah A. Evans, who was born in Newark township, Licking county, July 16, 1869, her parents being Thomas and Sarah J. (Walters) Evans. The father, a native of Wales, was born in 1837 and passed away on the 24th of May, 1907. The mother's birth occurred in Newark. Mrs. Keller was one of a family of thirteen children and by her marriage has become the mother of five, namely: Verna Elizabeth, born October 12, 1897; Sarah F., January 13, 1899; Edith Viola, whose natal day was May 25, 1901; Luther Franklin, who was born October 4, 1902; and Willis R., who first opened his eyes to the light of day on the 20th of June, 1906.
At the polls Mr. Keller gives his support to the men and measures of the democracy but has no desire for the honors or emoluments of office. Both he and his wife support the Presbyterian church and are widely and favorably known throughout the county of their nativity. He is a worthy representative of an hon- ored pioneer family of the state and is familiar with the development and improve- ment that has been carried on in this county through almost five decades.
DAVID L. EVANS.
Farm work is the source of the substantial income which David L. Evans en- joys. Throughout his entire life he has been identified with agricultural pursuits and for over forty-seven years has lived on the farm in Granville township which he yet occupies. He was born in this township September 30, 1831, and is a son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Thomas) Evans, both of whom spent their entire lives on farms in this county. The former was a son of Joseph Evans, a native of Wales, and one of the early residents of this part of Ohio. The maternal grandfather of our subject was known as "Little" David Thomas, to designate him from another David Thomas. also a native of Wales and a resident of the same locality. Thomas
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