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The home of Mr. Wyly is pleasantly and conveniently located a mile north of Granville, on the Mount Vernon road, the residence having been erected by himself. He is now deputy chaplain of the Ohio Grand Army of the Republic and assistant adjutant general of the United Veterans' Legion. He was a candi- date for representative on the republican ticket, but was defeated by only about 300 votes in a district which was democratic by 1,500. All his life he has been as true and loyal to the interests of his country as when he followed the old flag on southern battlefields. He believes always in a progressive citizenship and his labors have been effective forces in promoting the welfare of the community. While his life has in some respects been quietly passed, he has always been regarded as a worthy citizen of commendable purpose and upright life, and therefore deserves mention in this volume.
GENERAL CHARLES R. WOODS.
General Charles R. Woods is the second son of the late Ezekiel S. Woods, of Newark, Ohio, of which place he is a native. His boyhood was passed upon his father's farm. When about seventeen years of age he was placed under the instruc- tion of Rev. R. K. Nash, of Worthington. At the age of nineteen he entered the West Point Military Academy as a cadet, where he graduated in June, 1852.
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From that time until the latter part of 1874 he was engaged in the United States military service. He began as second lieutenant in First Infantry regular service, in 1852, was promoted to captain of the Ninth on April 1, 1861, and to major of the Eighteenth on April 20, 1864, to lieutenant colonel of the Thirty-third, July 28, 1866, and to colonel of the Second on February 18, 1874. He was brevetted lieutenant colonel on the 4th of July, 1863, for gallant and meritorious services at the capture of Vicksburg, Mississippi; colonel, November 24, 1863, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Chattanooga, Tennessee; brigadier gen- eral, March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services in battles before Atlanta, Georgia ; and major general, March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Bentonville, North Carolina. He was mustered into service as colonel of the Seventy-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry on October 13, 1861, and as brigadier general of volunteers on August 22, 1863. He was brevetted major general November 22, 1864, for long continued services and for special gallantry at Griswoldsville, Georgia. On the 1st of September, 1866, he was mustered out of volunteer service and retired from regular service on the 14th of December, 1874.
On the 2d of August, 1860, General Woods was married to Miss Cecelia Impey, eldest daughter of Robert and Frances Impey, of Newark, Ohio. She was born March 1, 1842, her mother being a daughter of Hon. William Stanbery, of Newark. General Woods had a family of three sons and one daughter: William E., born in Philadelphia, May 5, 1861; Robert I., born in Newark, Ohio, Sep- tember 28, 1862; George H., born in Newport, Kentucky, May 28, 1866; and Frances B., born at Fort Wallace, Kansas, March 13, 1870.
After his retirement from the army General Woods again took up his resi- dence in Newark, where he remained until his death, which occurred February 26, 1885. For sometime past his widow has been a resident of Washington, D. C.
D. M. SMITH, M. D.
Dr. D. M. Smith, for twenty-three years a practitioner in Newark, has given his patients the benefit of unwearied service and superior talent, for he is thor- oughly qualified for his professional duties and has ever kept in touch with the progress of the profession through extensive reading and through investigation. . He was born in Cadiz, Ohio, March 28, 1864. His father, John P. Smith, was a native of Maryland, coming to this city in early life and remaining a resident of Ohio up to the time of his death which occurred in 1904 when he was eighty-eight years of age. He was the youngest of a family of ten children all of whom lived to advanced age. His wife who, in her maidenhood was Hannah Welsh, was born in Maryland and died in 1902 at the age of eighty-four years.
Dr. Smith obtained his literary education in the schools of Harrison county and Cincinnati, Ohio. When he had reviewed the field of business in order to make choice of a profession or calling which he wished to make his life work, he took up the study of medicine in 1880, under the direction of his cousin, Dr. J. M. Smith, of New Philadelphia, Ohio, who was one of the leading physicians there. He was also a student under his oldest brother, William K. Smith, a
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prominent physician, who in early manhood was killed by a horse, and is the only one in a family of ten children who has died. Continuing his preparation for his chosen profession Dr. Smith entered the Miami Medical College, from which he was graduated with the class of 1885. Locating at Newark, he has since remained in active practice here and through the twenty-three years of his identification with the professional interests of this city he has enjoyed to the fullest extent the respect and good will of his fellow citizens by reason of his strict conformity to high standards and the ability and efficiency which he has displayed in the per- formance of his daily round of duties. While he has given his attention to general practice, he has specialized to some extent in the department of surgery and for eighteen years has been the surgeon for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, also for a long period for the Interurban Company. He has been physician and surgeon for the county infirmary for nine years and in all of these connections he has done very capable professional work. In addition to his practice he is also vice president of the Consumers' Brewing Company.
In 1888 Dr. Smith was married to Miss Jennie Gamble of Cleveland, Ohio. Fraternally he is connected with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He gives his political support to the democratic party, but the only office which he has ever sought or filled is that of coroner, in which position he served for seven years, when he resigned. He prefers to give his undivided attention to his professional duties and now has an extensive practice.
NEHEMIAH C. POUND.
Nehemiah C. Pound, successfully carrying on agricultural pursuits in Mary Ann township, is numbered among the worthy native sons of Licking county, his birth having occurred on the farm on which he now resides on the 19th of August, 1849. His parents, Joseph and Elizabeth (Allison) Pound, were born, reared and married in Orange county, New York, and in 1839 made their way to this county, spending the winter at Lockport. In the spring of 1840 Joseph Pound took up his abode on the farm which is now the home of his son Nehemiah, bought one hundred and twelve acres of land and later added to his property by additional purchase until it comprised two hundred and forty acres, In addition to his farming interests he also carried on auctioneering and became widely known as a prominent representative of that line of activity. His political allegiance was given to the democracy and he capably served his fellow townsmen in the position of township trustee. He passed away in 1878 at the age of seventy-eight years, for his birth had occurred in 1800.
Nehemiah C. Pound remained at home throughout the period of his minority and in the common schools of the locality gained a good practical education. When he had attained man's estate he was married and subsequently lived for six years at Wilkins Corner, while the succeeding six years were spent on his father- in-law's farm in Eden township. He then returned to Mary Ann township and received fifty-two acres of land from his father's estate, also bought twenty-four acies more and improved his place by the erection of modern buildings. He like-
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wise owns and operates another farm of eighty acres north of the home place and his capable management and untiring industry have brought him a gratifying and well merited measure of prosperity in his undertakings, so that he is now numbered among the progressive and enterprising agriculturists of the community.
On the 20th of April, 1871, Mr. Pound was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Ann Miles, a daughter of William Miles, of Eden township. By this union there have been born two children, as follows: Amzi R., who is engaged in teaching in Newark township; and Cary Nelson, who follows farming in Newton township and who has also served as justice of the peace.
Mr. Pound acted for one term as township trustee and has ever given stalwart support to the candidates and principles of the democratic party. Fraternally he is connected with Acacia Lodge, No. 464, F. & A. M., being a worthy exemplar of the teachings of the craft. A life-long resident of Licking county, Mr. Pound is well and favorably known within its borders and has been an interested witness as well as active participant in the work of progress and development that has wrought such a wonderful transformation in this part of the state.
FRANKLIN WILKIN.
For seventy-six years a resident of Licking county, the memory of Franklin Wilkin forms a connecting link between the pioneer past and the progressive present. He was born July 28, 1833, on the farm in Mary Ann township where he now resides. It seems hardly possible that it is within the memory of any living man when much of this district was unimproved, when the homes were largely built of logs, and when business enterprise was largely confined to agri- culture. Such, however, was the condition which existed during the early boy- hood of Franklin Wilkin, and as the years have gone by he has lived to see the country changed as the evidences of frontier life have been replaced by those of the modern and progressive civilization. His parents were Henry and Magda- lene (Smoots) Wilkin, in whose family were ten children, although only two are now living, the sister of our subject being Mrs. Lucinda Pound, who is the widow of Samuel Pound, and resides with her children. The father, Henry Wilkin, was born in Hardy county, Virginia, July 4, 1781, and came to Licking county, Ohio, in October, 1816, soon after his marriage. The trip was made overland, Mr. Wilkin and wife accompanying the family of Phillip Smoots, Mrs. Wilkin's uncle. The two families came in one wagon, driving some cows before them. His wife was a native of Shenandoah county, Virginia, where her birth occurred July 6, 1794. On arriving in Licking county, which was then a frontier district, much of the land still being owned by the government, Henry Wilkin entered one hundred and sixty acres on section 17, Mary Ann township, the same farm on which our subject lives. There in the midst of the forest he built a hewed log house. His place was all timberland, on which not a tree had been cut, a furrow turned or an improvement made. With characteristic energy, however, he began to clear away the timber and plow and plant the fields and in course of time the rich soil was returning him golden harvests. Some years later he purchased
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another quarter section on section 18, adjoining his home place, and afterward bought an adjoining thirty-six acres. He died in his eighty-fourth year, while his wife passed away at the age of seventy-five years. He was an ardent democrat and his fellow townsmen, recognizing in him a citizen loyal to the public good, elected him to the office of township trustee and treasurer. In his business inter- ests he prospered, and in addition to his home place he owned two other farms in Licking county, two farms in Wyandot county, two in Putnam county, and at one time was the owner of a farm in Indiana. All this property was acquired through his own well directed labors and judicious investment.
Franklin Wilkin was reared on the old home place in a pioneer log cabin and his educational advantages were limited to a three months' session in the district school. The schoolhouse was built of logs and furnished with slab benches, while the writing desks were made of a slab laid upon pins driven into the wall. There was no uniformity in text-books, though the pupils were well drilled in the common branches of learning. Mr. Wilkin did not lack for training in the work of the farm, for since old enough to handle the plow he began assisting in the fields and continued to aid in the improvement and development of the place up to the time of his father's death in 1864. The home farm then came into pos- session of Franklin Wilkin and his brother Henry, and the two were associated in farming interests until the demise of Henry Wilkin in 1878.
Following his father's death Mr. Wilkin of this review was united in marriage to Miss Mary Ann Jenkins, a daughter of James Jenkins, of Eden township, and unto them were born three children, of whom two are yet living: Milton, who married Bessie Bline and has one child, Franklin, Jr .; and Henry, who wedded Nettie Wilkin and has a daughter, Ruth. The two sons are operating the home farm. Mr. Wilkin has always continued to make the old home farm his place of residence and in 1890 erected here a handsome home, so that he is now comfortably situated in life, deriving a good income from his property, which is now carefully conducted by his two sons.
In his political views Mr. Wilkin has always been an earnest democrat and has served as township trustee and township treasurer. Since 1863 he has been an exemplary member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to Acacia Lodge, No. 464. He also belongs to the chapter. He has long been numbered among the old and representative men of Mary Ann township, and no history of the com- munity would be complete without mention of this native son, who has reached the seventy-fifth milestone on life's journey and throughout the entire period has lived upon the farm which is yet his home.
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CHARLES DEEDS.
For fifty-one years Charles Deeds has resided on the Locust Shade Farm, where he occupies one of the fine country residences of Licking county. Here he is extensively engaged in raising grain and stock, making a specialty of the breeding of pure Spanish Merino sheep and Galloway cattle. In all of his business affairs he displays careful management and keen discernment and his unfaltering energy has enabled him to overcome all the difficulties and obstacles that continually rise
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in the conduct of an extensive business. He has thus reached an important position in agricultural circles and the sterling qualities of his manhood entitle him to the friendship which is uniformly accorded him by those with whom he comes in contact.
A native of Greene county, Pennsylvania, Mr. Deeds was born February 19, 1846, and is of German lineage. His grandfather, Jacob Deeds, was a son of Andrew Deeds, who was born January 1, 1760, in eastern Pennsylvania, whence he removed to Washington county, that state. He wedded Mary Miller, who was born in eastern Pennsylvania June 20, 1760, and was a daughter of David Miller, one of the pioneers of Washington county, who fell a victim to the savagery of the Indians, by whom he was killed and scalped. Unto Andrew Deeds and his wife there were born six children: Adam, who married and had four children; Jacob, the grandfather of our subject; John, who left no family; Isaac, who died in West Alexandria, Pennsylvania, and left two children; and Catherine and Mary. Jacob Deeds, the grandfather of Charles Deeds, had four children : Andrew, Isaac, Delilah and Eliza.
Andrew Deeds, the father of our subject, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, July 8, 1811, and having arrived at years of maturity, wedded Lydia Stoolfire, who was born in the same county, August 17, 1811. She died in the county of her nativity, January 14, 1850, and the father afterward came to Ohio and settled on the farm in Licking county now owned by Charles Deeds. Subsequently he returned to Washington county, Pennsylvania, and married Miss Maria Martin, with whom he traveled life's journey happily until called to his final rest, September 5, 1870. His second wife died November 5, 1881. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Deeds were born eight children. Franklin, born December 12, 1831, died in Union township, this county, February 5, 1898. Lucinda, born November 18, 1833, is the widow of Monterville Lucas and now resides at Outville, this county. John J., born February 14, 1838, first wedded Mary Keeran and afterward married Mrs. Ellen (Belt) Lane, the widow of George Lane. He now resides on York street in Harrison township. Elizabeth A., born December 13, 1839, is the widow of Boanerges Green, and resides in Union county, Ohio. Margaret, born July 10, 1841, became the wife of Jacob W. Showman, a farmer of Granville township, and died November 20, 1906. Charles is the next of the family. Sarah J., born October 27, 1848, is the wife of Stephen C. Winter, of Leavenworth county, Kansas. Andrew, born January 5, 1851, is married and follows farming in Granville township.
Charles Deeds spent his early youth in the state of his nativity, and following his mother's death came with his father to Ohio and for more than a half century has lived on the farm which is now his home. The public schools afforded him his educational privileges and as he has always been a close observer of men and a student of the signs of the times, he has added much to his knowledge in this way and has also learned many valuable lessons through experience. The occupation to which he was reared, he determined to make his life work and has always followed general farming and stock-raising. His place comprises one hundred and eighty acres of very valuable land. The fields are rich and arable and respond readily to the care and labor which he bestows upon them. He thus annually raises good crops of grain and an important feature of his business is his stock-
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raising. He has become recognized as an authority upon many matters relating to the breeding of Spanish Merino sheep and Galloway cattle and has made many exhibits of his stock at the county and state fairs in former years, winning a num- ber of prizes. Substantial barns and commodious sheds furnish ample shelter for grain and stock. There is a fine orchard on his place and all of the modern improve- ments, including a hydraulic ram, which forces water from the spring to the barn. There is also a fine carp pond, which is supplied from the spring. The home is a commodious and attractive dwelling, tastefully and comfortably furnished and the farm in its well kept appearance and many substantial improvements consti- tutes one of the most attractive features in the landscape, winning favorable comment from all who pass this way.
It was on the 4th of March, 1873, that Mr. Deeds was united in marriage to Miss Susan C. Green, who was born in Delaware county, Ohio, August 8, 1849, a daughter of Edward and Mary J. (Condit) Green. Condit postoffice and Condit Station in Trenton township, Delaware county, were named in honor of her grand- father, Jotham Condit, for they were located on his farm. He was born in New Jersey, July 17, 1794, and was married in 1824 to Miss Mary Mulford, whose birth occurred in New Jersey, October 3, 1796. They came to Ohio in 1835 and settled in Delaware county, where Condit Station is now located. Mr. Condit became the owner of twelve hundred acres of land and was one of the prominent and influential citizens of the community. Both he and his wife died on the farm on which they settled, being more than eighty years of age when called to their final rest. They had seven children: John K., who died unmarried; Susan Ann, who died in infancy; Mary J., who became Mrs. Green; Susan M., who was born April 13, 1830; Whitfield Smith, born December 21, 1834; and Elias J. and Susan E., twins, born December 27, 1837. The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Deeds was Edward Green, who spent his entire life in England. He married Elizabeth Garrett, and her death occurred in England, while he was drowned in that country when their son, Edward Green, father of Mrs. Deeds, was four years of age. Her father was born in Kent county, England, and died July 26, 1873. He became a resident of Delaware county, Ohio, in 1840, making the trip with his brother Charles and joining his brother William in this state. Edward Green was a farmer and stock-raiser and carried on business in Trenton township, Delaware county, being engaged extensively in raising sheep. His wife, who was born in New Jersey, December 7, 1827, died February 2, 1906, on the old home place in Delaware county. In their family were five children, namely: Mrs. Deeds; Mary E., the wife of Dr. W. L. Mills of Hartford township, Licking county ; Phoebe J., who was born October 20, 1853, and died in infancy; Charles E., who was born July 20, 1860, and resides on a part of the old home farm in Trenton township, Delaware county; and Anna Luella, who was born April 8, 1863, and is on the home farm in Delaware county. Unto Mr .and Mrs. Deeds were born two sons. Edward A., born March 12, 1874, was graduated from Denison University with the class of 1897 and afterward pursued post graduate work in Cornell University. He is now general superintendent for the National Cash Register Company at Dayton, Ohio, and married Edith Walton, by whom he had two sons: Charles W., born August 11, 1902, and Edward Andrew, March 27, 1909. Dean D., who was born November 20, 1876, is a graduate of Denison Uni-
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versity of the class of 1899 and pursued post-graduate work there for one year. Ile is now with the Thew Automatic Steam Shovel Company of Lorain, Ohio, in which he is a stockholder and lives in Elyria, Ohio. He wedded Frances Updike and they have three children: Dean Dalton, born March 22, 1904; Frances Josephine, February 28, 1906; and Charles Douglas, May 8, 1908.
In his political views Mr. Deeds has always been a republican, interested in the welfare of the party but never seeking nor desiring office for himself. His wife is a member of the Presbyterian church and they are both highly esteemed in the community. The Locust Shade Farm is noted for its hospitality and their many friends are always sure to receive a hearty welcome there.
CHRISTOPHER C. SHAW.
Christopher C. Shaw, a veteran of the Civil war, who is among the prosperous farmers of Newark township, this county, was born in Bladen county, North Caro- lina, July 29, 1845, a son of David and Lucy (Benson) Shaw, who spent their entire lives in the last named county, where they reared a family of four sons and one daughter, all of whom resided in their native state but Christopher C., the first-born.
In the common schools of his birthplace Christopher C. Shaw acquired his education, in the meantime assisting in the duties of his father's farm, where he remained until he was fifteen years of age, then enlisting in Company G, North Carolina Volunteer Infantry, serving for two years, at the termination of which period he reenlisted with Colonel John Mosby and served until the close of the war, when he took the oath of allegiance. Subsequently he returned to the old homestead, where he remained for one year, at the expiration of which period he came to Zanesville, Ohio, remaining one winter, and, in the spring of 1867, repaired to this county, locating on his present farm, where he then worked for James M. Tompkins, with whom he farmed on shares for about three or four years. Later he wedded his partner's daughter, and after the death of the father-in-law assumed management of the farm, eighty-three acres of which he disposed of, and now owns fifty-three acres, located ninety rods from the corporation of Newark. Here for the past three years he has been engaged in the dairy business, of which he makes a specialty, while for the past twenty-five years he has been well known throughout the county as a breeder of short-horned cattle, owning what is called the Cherry Valley herd, at the same time paying considerable attention to sheep breeding, of which he has a number of registered specimens, and owns a herd of Jerseys and Devons.
On December 12, 1870, Mr. Shaw wedded Martha Tompkins, a native of Tompkins county, New York, born February 26, 1853, who came here with her parents in 1856 and has since resided on the farm under cultivation by her hus- band. She was a daughter of James M. and Louise (Kane) Tompkins, he having been a native of the county bearing his name in New York state, while his wife was born in Germany. Coming to this county in 1856, they here spent their remaining days, his death having occurred in 1901, in his eighty-sixth year, while
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