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WILLIAM BURNHAM WOODS.
William Burnham Woods was of Kentucky parentage on the paternal side, his father being Ezekial S. Woods. On the maternal side he was of New England blood, his mother bearing the maiden name of Sarah Burnham. A native son of Newark, Ohio, his birth occurred on the 3d of August, 1824. Early in life he was inspired with an honorable ambition to excel in whatever he undertook and strove, with tireless industry and close application to study, to thoroughly qualify himself for any position in private or public life. After spending three years at the Western Reserve College he entered the senior class at Yale and immediately
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WILLIAM B. WOODS, JUSTICE OF UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT
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took high rank as a scholar, graduating with honor in 1845. In 1883 his alma mater conferred on him the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. He was admitted to the bar in November, 1847, and at once began the practice of law in his birth- place, continuing as a representative of the profession until he entered the army at the beginning of the Civil war. In 1856 -? he served as mayor of Newark and in October of the latter year was elected as a democratic member of the Ohio house of representatives, being made speaker on its organization in January, 1858. Having aspired to that position and prepared for it by diligent study, he fulfilled its duties with singular ability and was re-elected in 1859, again receiving the unanimous nomination of his party for speaker. As the legislature of Ohio is elected for two years, Mr. Woods' second term did not expire until the end of 1861. His course as a legislator upon pending measures affecting the state's action regard- ing the rebellion had been such that his entering the service as a volunteer in September, 1861, occasioned no surprise. He was commissioned as lieutenant colonel and participated in the engagements of Fort Donelson, Shiloh and Chicka- saw Bayou and was wounded at Arkansas Post. He was subsequently with Grant before Vicksburg, took part in the siege of Jackson, Mississippi, and went with Gen- eral Sherman on the march to Atlanta, participating in the conflicts attending the march and at its conclusion. His command formed part of Sherman's army in its march to the sea, and with it he entered Washington. During this time he had been brevetted a brigadier general on the 12th of January, 1865, for faithful and continuous service during the Atlanta and Savannah campaigns. He was afterward promoted to the rank of a major general by brevet, March 16, 1865, ' for gallant and meritorious service during the war, and on the 31st of May, 1865, he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general.
At the close of the war Mr. Woods decided to make the south his permanent home and located in Alabama, investing all his property there. In addition to engaging in the practice of law he purchased a plantation and went into the business of raising cotton near Montgomery, while later he invested in iron works at Tecumseh, Alabama, with his brother-in-law, General Willard Warner. Subse- quently, after being raised to the bench, he removed to Atlanta, Georgia, on account of its healthful climate. In July, 1868, he was elected chancellor for the middle district of Alabama and filled that office until December 22, 1869, when he was confirmed by the senate as United States circuit judge, upon the nomina- tion of President Grant, for the territory including Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas and Mississippi, and took the oath of office on January 7, 1870. During the years he was on the circuit bench he edited four volumes of Woods Reports. The southern tier of states at that time abounded in intricate and com- plicated questions arising from the war and its consequences and the federal courts were much resorted to, as it was some time before any of the state courts became so organized and filled as to meet the wants of the community. The labors of the circuit and district courts were often herculean. It is but just to say that few judicial records exhibit a combination of greater impartiality, faithfulness and sound exposition of the law than those of Judge Woods during the eleven years that he officiated as circuit judge. On December 20, 1880, President Hayes nom- inated Judge Woods as an associate justice of the United States supreme court and on the next day he was confirmed by the senate. He took the oath of office and
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his seat on the bench on the 5th day of January, 1881. In the supreme court, Justice Woods always evinced not only an adequate familiarity with legal prin- ciples but great good sense and sound judgment in the views he took of compli- cated and difficult questions which came before the tribunal; and his unflagging industry and laborious preparation of cases made him an exceedingly useful mem- ber of the court. During the six years of his active life on the bench he generally wrote as many as thirty elaborate opinions in each term. Many of these were in patent and equity cases, requiring a careful analysis of evidence, often filling hun- dreds of printed pages. He was eminently happy in eliminating truth from a voluminous and complicated record and in applying the principles and doctrines of jurisprudence to the facts of the case. His knowledge and experience in rela- tion to the laws of Louisiana and other southern states were often of great service to the court in deciding cases arising in that part of the United States. He had an abiding conviction that municipal corporations and even states ought to pay their just debts and he was never inclined to allow them to escape liability by any defect in technical formalities. His opinions were always lucid and to the point, without any useless display of rhetoric. Justice Woods began to fail in health toward the close of the term in April, 1886, and upon repairing to his circuit he utterly broke down while holding court in New Orleans, being obliged to return to his home in Washington. A visit to southern California during the fall and winter seemed at first to benefit him but his disease finally terminated in dropsy and he returned only to die. His death took place in Washington on the 14th of May, 1887, in the sixty-third year of his age. He left a widow and two children, a son and daughter. Justice Woods, though a man of great firmness and decision, was most genial, kind and humorous with his friends and in his home.
J. E. DEYO.
J. E. Deyo, the well known proprietor of the Hotel Hudson in Newark, was born in Pickaway county, Ohio, on the 9th of December, 1863, his parents being David and Elizabeth (Gilliland) Deyo, also natives of this state. The mother passed away in 1886 and the father was called to his final rest in 1905. Their family numbered four children, namely: Joseph, a resident of Columbus, Ohio; J. E., of this review ; Mary, the wife of L. F. Mathews, of Columbus, Ohio; and Clara, the wife of Vinnie Banhan, of Pickaway county, Ohio.
J. E. Deyo obtained his education in the common schools and remained under the parental roof until he had reached his majority. He was then engaged in the operation of a rented farm for twelve years and on the expiration of that period purchased a tract of one hundred and forty-five acres in Mckean town- ship, Licking county, which he brought under a high state of improvement as the years passed by. There are three gas wells on the property. In addition to the work of general farming he made a specialty of raising and breeding stock of all kinds, meeting with a gratifying and creditable measure of success in his undertakings. In 1906, however, he abandoned agricultural pursuits and, taking up his abode in Newark, Ohio, now manages and conducts the Hotel Hudson, a
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twenty-five room hostelry at No. 45 Hudson street. A genial and popular proprie- tor, Mr. Deyo neglects nothing that can add to the comfort of his guests and is widely recognized as one of the substantial, public-spirited and progressive citizens of the county.
In 1884 occurred the marriage of Mr. Deyo and Miss Hallie Mayhew, a native of Madison county, Ohio, and a daughter of Washington and Susan (Iles) May- hew. Her father is now deceased but her mother still survives and makes her home in Madison county, Ohio. Unto our subject and his wife were born two chil- dren : Dulcie, who has passed away; and Earl R., at home.
In his political views Mr. Deyo is a stanch republican, while fraternally he is connected with the Odd Fellows lodge, No. 70, in Pickaway county. His good qualities, and they are many, have strongly endeared him to those with whom he has been associated and wherever he is known he is popular with a large circle of friends.
JOHN M. LAMBERT.
John M. Lambert, a well known breeder of Poland China hogs, in Newton township, and a representative of a family who were among the early settlers of this place, was born in Licking county, September 26, 1855, a son of James M. and Mary E. (Houck) Lambert, his mother having been a native of this county, while his father, who was born in old Virginia, came to this place with his par- ents in the year 1816. Here he remained throughout his remaining days engaged in agriculture. He was a carpenter by trade and an auctioneer, crying many sales. Throughout the limits of the county he was known as an upright, honor- able and industrious citizen. In the family were eight children, namely: Sarah, who became the wife of Warren Stream and resides in Des Moines, Iowa; Francis, deceased; Susan, who wedded Jonathan Householder, of this county; a fourth child, who departed this life in infancy ; Carrie, wife of T. II. Wheaton, residing in Toledo, Ohio: Norton, deceased; John M .; and Mary, who is the wife of D. C. Trent, of Toledo, Ohio. The elder Mr. Lambert passed away after a long and useful life on May 8, 1903, in his ninety-third year, having survived his wife thirty-two years.
In the common schools of his native town John M. Lambert acquired his education and at the age of fifteen years started out in the world for himself. His first work was that of a farm hand and thus he followed agriculture for nine years, at which period of his life he was married. He then rented his father-in- law's farm for eight years and at the expiration of that time, in 1889, his success had enabled him to accumulate sufficient means with which to purchase the farm upon which he now resides. The farm consists of one hundred acres of as fine land as there is in the county and Mr. Lambert, having been very attentive to his property, has supplied every needed improvement, such as an excellent dwell- ing, barns, outbuildings and other conveniences with which to make farming a paying proposition. Aside from producing hay, wheat, oats and general grain crops, he also engages to some extent in stock-raising, making a specialty of breeding Poland China hogs. Having thus engaged for the past fifteen years,
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he has become an acknowledged authority on stock of that kind. In addition Mr. Lambert has carried on a dairy business for twelve years and, keeping on hand the finest kind of milk producing cattle, he is known throughout the county for the excellent quality of milk and butter with which he provides his customers, thus winning a wide reputation and a liberal patronage.
Mr. Lambert was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Keeran, a native of Mary Ann township but reared in Newton township. She is a daughter of Job and Eliza (Allbaugh) Keeran. Her mother, who was a native of this county, departed this life in December, 1886, and her father, originally from Virginia, died Sep- tember 14, 1902. They reared a family of seven children, one of whom is Mrs. Lambert. By her marriage she has become the mother of three sons: Ralph H., who is in business in Newark; Arthur J. and Roy Dale, both of whom reside with their parents. Mr. Lambert gives his political support to the republican party and has served for several years as school director, while at the present time he holds the position of county commissioner, being now in his seventh year in that office. He belongs to the local Grange, Lodge No. 850, I. O. O. F., meeting at St. Louis- ville, and Lodge No. 4727, Modern Woodmen of America, in which he has passed through the various chairs. Faithful to his religious obligations Mr. Lambert finds time for church work and with his wife attends services at the Methodist Episcopal church, to which he is a liberal conributor. He is a man, whose good character and enterprising spirit has made him favorably known throughout the community and he enjoys the confidence and respect of all his neighbors.
HENRY CLARK LONGWELL.
Henry Clark Longwell is widely known as a successful and progressive repre- sentative of farming and stock raising interests in Liberty township, Licking county. Agricultural pursuits constitute his life work and in this connection he is meeting with gratifying success. Mr. Longwell was born January 6, 1851, in this county and is a son of James and Judith (Wallace) Longwell. His ancestors on the paternal side came from Virginia to Licking county in the early part of the eighteenth century, while his mother's people arrived in 1830 from Westinore- land county, Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. James Longwell were the parents of five children : Mary E., who became the wife of James A. Miles and is now deceased ; Henry Clark, whose name introduces this review ; Emma A .; Perry A .: and Alva L. The father was a prosperous farmer and stock raiser who carefully managed his business interests and through his unwearied efforts gained gratify- ing success. He was also recognized as a man of sterling character who wielded a wide influence. He died in July, 1882, and was long survived by his wife who passed away in November, 1906.
Henry Clark Longwell has followed the vocation of his father, being trained under the parental direction for the work of the fields, while in the district schools he received his mental discipline. Since starting out in life on his own account he has made steady and substantial progress in his business career and is now one of the enterprising farmers of the community. His live stock interests are
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also important and constitute a valuable feature in his business success. In addi- tion to his interests of this character he is a director and the vice president of the Johnstown Building & Loan Association, has other business interests and is decidedly a man of affairs. He has learned the lesson that there is no such word as fail to the man of determination and industry and he never allows any obstacle to brook his path if it can be overcome by determined and honorable effort.
Mr. Longwell gives his political allegiance to the democracy but is not active in political matters, nor does he seek the honors nor emoluments of public office. However, he is in every sense of the term a public-spirited citizen, loyal to the best interests of the county. He resides on the old farm homestead where his parents lived and with him reside his sister Emma Arbilla and a brother Alva Lee, the two brothers being associated in their farming and stock raising interests. The Longwell home is one of the most attractive and hospitable homes in Licking county and the family is among the most intelligent and progressive.
GEORGE T. JONES.
George T. Jones, formerly identified with merchandising, is now devoting his energies to general farming and operates a tract of land of eighty acres in Gran- ville township, owned by his daughter. While raising various crops, he makes a specialty of hay and potatoes and his capable business management is seen in the excellent results which are attending his efforts. Mr. Jones is a native of Horsham, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, where his birth occurred November 10, 1832. His parents were Thom and Sarah (Jones) Jones, who in 1833 removed from Montgomery county to Licking county, so that the subject of this review has spent almost his entire life in the latter county. The family numbered ten children, of whom only two are now living: George T .; and Rachel, who became the wife of Robert Williams of Granville. They removed to Wisconsin and Mr. Williams is now deceased.
In Licking county George T. Jones was reared at a time when the district bore little resemblance to the present improved section of the state. There were still many evidences of Indian occupancy and of the more remote and prehistoric race known as the mound builders. Much of the land was still uncultivated, yet the county was attracting to it a class of progressive, enterprising citizens, who were clearing away the forest and transforming the land into productive fields. In the work of the home farm Mr. Jones assisted when not busy with the duties of the schoolroom. His early education was acquired in the district schools and later he attended the old Granville Male Academy. Granville has always been a center of learning-an interesting college town whose influence has spread abroad through the labors and efforts of its many graduates.
After completing his education, George T. Jones learned the tinning busi- ness with his brother, Lewis Jones, and about 1853, three months before he attained his majority, he became a partner of his brother under the firm style of G. T. Jones & Company. Later they admitted another brother, E. W. Jones, to a partnership and continued the business until the death of Lewis Jones, after
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which the firm name was changed to Jones & Brother. Business was then car- ried on under that style until 1888, when George T. Jones sold his interest to his brother and turned his attention to farming. He has also acted as assistant to his brother, but gives most of his time to the management of his agricultural interests and the farm under his control has been brought under a high state of cultivation. His principal crops are hay and potatoes and, as he gathers rich harvests, his success is continually increasing, owing to the sale of his products. He is a man of tireless energy, with ability in management, and his carefully directed labors have gained him place among the substantial farmers of the community.
On the 26th of December, 1861, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Jones and Miss Arabella S. Lyon, a daughter of James and Jane Lyon, whose family numbered two children. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Jones have been born three children : Herbert Lyon, deceased; Minnie B., who is at home with her parents; and one who died at birth. The son Herbert was married and at his death left two children, Arthur Wright and Ethel Lyon.
Politically Mr. Jones is a republican who has continuously supported the candidates of the party for many years. His first vote, however, was cast for the presidential nominee of the abolition party. His fellow townsmen have called him to several local offices. He served as township treasurer for about eight years and was a member of the council for about four years, discharging his duties with credit to himself and satisfaction to his constituents. His religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church and he is most loyal to its teachings. For more than seventy-five years he has been a resident of this county, so that his memory forms a connecting link between the primitive past and the progressive present. Ile can remember a time when many of the homes were log cabins and when gigantic forest trees were seen where are now found waving fields of grain. A number of the leading towns and villages of this locality had not yet sprung into existence and the cities were of but little industrial or commercial impor- tance. Much of the farm work was done by hand, for invention had not yet intro- duced the modern improved farm machinery which has so greatly lessened agricul- tural labor. As the years have gone by Mr. Jones has been much interested in the work of progress and has always borne his share in the task of general devel- opment and upbuilding. His fellow townsmen, too, have entertained for him warm regard because of his strict conformity to a high standard of life. He has been trustworthy and honest in all of his business dealings and has enjoyed to the full the good will and confidence of those with whom he has been associated.
JOHN D. LOYD.
John D. Loyd has become well known in Licking county as a successful dealer in wool, hides, pelts and poultry, which lines have claimed his attention for twenty years. At a more recent date he extended his efforts to include seeds, grain and feed and is now conducting a good store of that character in Alexandria. He was born in Newark, Ohio, October 15, 1858, his parents being Robert and Mary (Davis) Loyd, both of whom were natives of Wales, although they were married
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in this county. They spent their last days in Newark, where Mrs. Loyd passed away at the age of forty-one years, while Mr. Loyd was eighty-four years of age at the time of his demise. He owned a small farm west of Newark and in the city engaged in teaming for many years. Their children were: Elizabeth, a resident of Newark; Thomas; William S., who is living in Granville, this county ; John D .; Mary, also of Newark ; and Persis, the wife of V. J. Hammond, of Hebron, Ohio.
John D. Loyd was only five years of age at the time of his mother's death. When fourteen years of age he came alone to Alexandria and in this district began working by the month as a farm hand. He had been employed in that way from the age of ten years and is truly a self-made man, who owes his success entirely to his own efforts, while his prosperity is the visible evidence of his life of well directed thrift and energy. For eight years he worked by the month as a farm hand for his aunt, Mrs. Elizabeth Charles, who became a widow after Mr. Loyd had been with her for a year. He then assumed the management of two farms, although but a boy of fifteen years, and conducted both until twenty-two years of age, receiving eighteen dollars per month in compensation for his services. Later he entered the employ of John Davis, of Alexandria, in the stock business, remain- ing with him for about five years, after which he went to Buffalo, New York, where he was employed in the stockyards for eight months. On the expiration of that period he returned to Licking county but soon afterward went to California alone and spent two years there on a ranch, working in the vineyards. On the expiration of that period he again came to Alexandria and with the capital which he had saved from his earnings he established business on his own account in 1889. Here he bought wool, hides, pelts, furs and poultry and has since continued in this line, handling those commodities on quite an extensive scale. Later he extended the scope of his activities by establishing a grain, feed and seed store and is today busily occupied with all of these lines, being recognized as one of the energetic and representative business men of the community. He purchased the block for- merly owned by Oriel Jones, of Newark, which he now uses as a warehouse. It is two stories in height with a frontage of sixty-six feet and a depth of one hundred feet. In addition to his other interests he has also been a director of the Alex- andria Bank Company since its organization. IIe possesses firm purpose and will brook no obstacle that can be overcome by determined and honorable effort. Work -continuous, persistent work-has been the basis of his success, making him one of the substantial residents of the community.
In 1897 Mr. Loyd was united in marriage to Miss Luella Graham, who was born in Morrow county, Ohio, in 1864, a daughter of Benton and Candace (Stover) Graham. Her mother is now deceased but her father still lives in Mor- row county. Mr. and Mrs. Loyd are well known here socially and the hospitality of the best homes is freely accorded them. He purchased and remodeled their present fine home and they delight in entertaining their many friends there. Mr. Loyd was at one time active in the work of the republican party to which he still gives stalwart support. His business interests, however, leave him little leisure for participation in public affairs but as a business man he occupies a prominent place in commercial circles. In his earlier years he could speak, read and write the Welsh language, for it was the language used in his own home. His father had come to Ohio by canal in 1840 and was thus one of the early residents of this part of the state. Mr. Loyd has spent almost his entire life in Licking county,
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