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Smith, who was a native of Virginia and took up his abode in Mary Ann township, this county, at a very early day. He married Sidney A. Sperry, who was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, and was of Virginian parentage. They had a large family of twelve children and the father died when forty-two years of age. The family included Mrs. Hawke, who was born in this county. By her marriage she became the mother of twelve children, of whom four died in infancy. The others are : Bryant L .; Inez, who died at the age of twenty-one years; Alma, a teacher in the schools of Utica, Ohio: May, a teacher in the schools of Newark; Sylvia, who formerly engaged in teaching but is now at home; Ezra, a civil engineer ; Melville, an electrical worker at Hebron; and Mildred, a student in Denison University.
Reared in the village of St. Louisville, Bryant L. Hawke devoted much of his time in his youthful days to the mastery of the branches of learning taught in the public schools. He afterward entered the Hanover high school, from which he was graduated in the class of 1892. He then took up the profession of teaching, which he followed for eleven years, beginning at the age of twenty and in that field of labor he proved competent, capable and successful. He was also employed in the county treasurer's office for a year and a half prior to his connection with the Heb- ron Bank Company, which was organized in 1903. At that time he came to the village, where he has since remained and as cashier of the bank has opened its doors every morning. He is proving a popular officer, courteous in his treatment of the patrons of the bank and at the same time most loyal to the interests of the stock- holders.
On the 6th of September, 1908, Mr. Hawke was united in marriage with Miss Adrian L. Taylor, a daughter of M. F. Taylor, a successful agriculturist of Thurs- ton, Fairfield county, Ohio. Socially Mr. Hawke is connected with Pataskala Lodge, No. 404, A. F. & A. M., and with Warren Chapter, R. A. M., of Newark, and Bige- low Council, R. & S. M., of Newark. He likewise belongs to Altamaha Lodge, No. 296. K. P., of Granville and to Hebron Camp, M. W. A. His religious faith is in- dicated by his membership in the Methodist Episcopal church. He is popular with a large circle of friends because his life is well spent and because he has the strength of character to accomplish in the business world what he undertakes.
SANFORD T. BUCKLAND.
Sanford T. Buckland, who pursues general agriculture and stock raising in Union township, this county, was born at his present place of residence October 5, 1857, a son of Nelson and Eliza (Winters) Buckland. His grandfather was Thomas Buckland, a native of England, who, with his wife, came to this county at an early date and located on a tract of land covered with forest, upon which they erected a log cabin and subsequently cleared and put under cultivation. One of his children was Nelson, who was only twelve years of age when his father came to this county. For a number of years he engaged in the sawmill business, subse- quently devoting his attention to farming, being one of the few in this part of the country who owned and operated a carding machine. His first wife was Honor Wells, a native of this county, by whom he had three children. namely: Miche,
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deceased, who was the wife of William Banatta; Byron S .; and Nelson Richard. Their mother having died in 1839, he wedded Miss Eliza Winters, by whom he had five children, namely: Sarah, who became the wife of William Palmer, resid- ing near Wagram, this county; Clara, who, with her husband, Richard Van Dorn, resides in Newark, Ohio; John, who wedded Anna McMillan, and lives in Gran- ville; Sanford T., the subject of this sketch; and Laura, who married Charles Burner and lives in Baltimore, Maryland. The father entered into rest in the year 1888, while the mother died in 1900.
The district schools of this county afforded Sanford T. Buckland his pre- liminary educational advantages, and upon completing his studies therein he pur- sued a three-years' course in the Newark high school, after which he returned to his father's farm. From that time up to the present he has been engaged in farm- ing and stock raising. and has met with great success in his chosen calling. He owns an elegant tract of land of one hundred acres, a portion of the seven hundred acres constituting the old homestead, and his place, called "Beechwood Spring Farm," deriving its name from the fact that there is a spring and three stalwart beech trees near his residence, is one of the finest in this part of the county. He has made a careful study of soils and has been able to maintain their nutritive properties and has therefore been very successful, both as to the quantity and quality of his products. He also devotes considerable attention to stock raising, and breeds from thoroughbred cattle and sheep.
In 1882 Mr. Buckland wedded Miss May Henderson, a native of Perry county, born November 15, 1861, who when five years of age came to this county with her parents, James and Rebecca (Myers) Henderson. Her father was a native of Perry county and her mother of this county, and they died here at the age of seventy and fifty-eight years respectively. Out of a family of seven children born to James and Rebecca Henderson five lived to maturity. To Mr. and Mrs. Buckland have been born: Ralph, who departed this life in his seventeenth year when he was a student at the Newark high school; and Paul and Lois, who reside with their parents. Mr. Buckland has been a life-long republican and takes great pride in the fact that since casting his first vote he has never been induced to withdraw his loyalty from its candidates. He is a member of the Licking Baptist church, and is a man who has always taken considerable interest in the welfare of the community, and is always ready and willing to support whatever measures are designed for its betterment. Being a man of high moral character whose life has always been dominated by a noble purpose, he well deserves the respect of his neighbors, which he has always enjoyed.
WILLIAM E. HOLMES, M. D.
Dr. William E. Holmes, who has been engaged in the general practice of medi- cine in Brownsville for many years and who is recognized by the members of the medical fraternity as a man of deep learning and a physician of sound judgment, was born in Brownsville, October 13, 1855, a son of William T. and Sarah E. (Shuey) Holmes. His father was born in Farquhar county, Virginia, February
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22, 1820, and at an early date came to this county, where he remained for a short time and then settled in Muskingum county. For many years he engaged in con- tracting and building, which business he followed for some time and then traded in general merchandise, later becoming employed as the agent for the Singer Manu- facturing Company. In the year 1855 he removed to Brownsville, where he de- parted this life June 16, 1895, and was interred in the cemetery at this place. In politics he was a stanch democrat and always gave his political support to that party. He was a man of acknowledged integrity, fair and just in all of his business trans- actions, a consistent Christian and a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal church. His wife was born in Baltimore, Maryland, October 16, 1825, and with her people removed to Muskingum county, where she was united in marriage. She died February 24, 1907, in Bowling Green township, and was laid to rest in Browns- ville cemetery. They were the parents of eight children, namely : Almeda, who mar- ried Thomas T. Peyton, of Terre Haute, Indiana, where he is the proprietor of a large hotel ; Sarah E., widow of Adam R. Brown, who passed away in Newark : Mary T., who departed this life in 1878; Lemuel W., who is in the mercantile busi- ness here; Lucy A., widow of the late Dr. H. Decrow and a resident of Newark. Ohio; Maggie, wife of John W. Green, a merchant of Columbus, Ohio; Nathaniel. who is connected with the White Sewing Machine Company, of Columbus; and Dr. W. E. Holmes. The Holmes family originally came from England and the grand- father, Nathaniel Holmes, served throughout the Mexican war.
In the common schools of Brownsville, Dr. Holmes acquired his preliminary education and later pursued a course of study in a preparatory institution at Leb- anon, Ohio. Upon graduating he taught school for a period of ten years, three of which he spent in Brownsville, two at Normal, Illinois, and five in the schools of Bowling Green township. He then commenced the study of medicine under the preceptorship of J. B. Humphry, of this place and subsequently entered the medical department of the Ohio State College, in Cincinnati, from which he was graduated in the year 1884. IIe immediately began the practice of his profession in his native town, in which he has since remained. He is a man of wide learning, being versed in all branches of materia medica and surgery and, enjoying an enviable reputation among the members of the fraternity for his scholarship, is appealed to as an au- thority on many subjects pertaining to the practice. He is a deep and investigating student who takes pride in his profession and has kept abreast of the times in the findings of science and is acknowledged to be one of the most skillful and proficient physicians in the county.
Dr. Holmes is one of the most faithful and enterprising men engaged in his profession and during the twenty-four years he has been practicing medicine in this place he has never laid aside his duties for even a day for the purpose of enjoying an outing. He is a man who is inspired with the noble purpose of helping mankind and it is his greatest joy to be continually active in relieving human suffering and in aiding his fellowmen to regain and preserve health. His long years of service have not only won him the respect of the entire community but have also enabled him to place himself in comfortable circumstances. He owns three elegant resi- dences in this place and in addition one hundred and forty-four acres of fine farm land in Bowling Green township. He is a member of the Masonic lodge, of Browns- ville, Ohio, in which he has passed through all of the chairs and is now treasurer.
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In politics he gives his support to the democratic party and for a period of four years served the township in the office of treasurer. The doctor is a member of the Presbyterian church. In all the various phases of life he measures up to the full standard of manhood, enjoying the trust and confidence of the general public and the good will of his brethren of the medical fraternity by reason of his close con- formity to a high standard of professional ethics.
BENJAMIN GREEN.
Benjamin Green, of Monroe township, the oldest living representative of one of the largest and first white families settling in this locality, was born July 26, 1832, a son of Rignel and Sarah (Williamson) Green, the former having come to what is now Monroe township in the year 1808. The family originally came from Virginia and located in what is now Fairfield county. The Greens were large landowners who extensively carried on general farming and stock-raising and con- tributed largely toward improving the conditions of the part of the state where they resided.
Of a family of nine children Benjamin Green is the only surviving member. He was reared on his father's farm, was trained to habits of industry and economy and was surrounded by Christian influences which greatly aided him in his after life. His father was a strict churchman, for many years a local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal church, and was instrumental by his pulpit ministrations and visits in exerting a marked influence for good on the community. His son was therefore brought up in the nurture of an excellent Christian home. While a boy he attended the district school which was conducted in a little log cabin in the neighborhood, there acquiring his education. He remained at home until his mar- riage, when he settled down in this township where he has always lived, six years later purchasing the farm he now cultivates.
Mr. Green's place consists of two hundred and sixty-four acres of land, all of which is highly improved and under cultivation. He has made a study of the nature of the soil, in its adaptation to the production of various kinds of grain and from year to year has succeeded in deriving bountiful harvests. In addition to raising large quantities of hay, wheat, corn and oats, he devotes considerable attention to stock-breeding and keeps on hand many head of the fine cattle which he feeds and puts into marketable condition. His farm bears every evidence of care and thrift and manifests the interest and enterprise of its owner. It is pro- vided with an elegant and comfortable residence, has commodious barns and out- buildings, which are in good condition, and in fact is equipped with every modern convenience for carrying on farming and stock-raising by the most progressive methods.
On April 24, 1856, Mr. Green was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth ('louse, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth (Dague) Clouse, and they are now par- ents of the following children : Granville W., deceased; Flora D., who became the wife of Charles Williamson, a farmer in Jersey township; Harry P., of Johnstown, Monroe township: Mary E., deceased; Missouri, wife of Willard Clouse, who is
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engaged in farming in Indiana; Horton, deceased; Helen E., wife of Joel Fitz- water; Hattie, now Mrs. Milton Day; and Benjamin Wallace, deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Green have lived a long and happy life together, two years ago celebrating their golden wedding, and now in their advanced years are still in the enjoyment of good health.
In politics Mr. Green allies himself with the republican party, voting that ticket since 1856 when he cast his ballot for General Fremont, who was then can- didate for president. Since then he has been loyal to the party, a stanch supporter of its principles and has always exerted his influence for its success. In the affairs of the township he has always taken a lively interest and throughout his life has strongly agitated public improvements with special emphasis on good roads and an excellent public-school system. For two years he served the township as trustee and for many years as road supervisor, having also been an efficient member of the school board. He has always been dutiful in carrying out his religious obligations and for many years has been a zealous supporter of the United Brethren church in which he is a trustee and of which he has been a member for upwards of forty years. The church building, which is within a few rods of his house, was erected chiefly through his instrumentality and the congregation, of which he was one of the organizers, depends on him to a great extent for its maintenance. Mr. Green is a man of unquestioned integrity, while his excellent qualities, refinement and culture having won him the respect of the entire community. Although he had but few educational advantages in institutions of learning, he has always been a student and through his reading has become thoroughly acquainted with a wide range of subjects. Perhaps no citizen is held in greater respect than he nor has any contributed more to the material, moral and social benefit of the township.
ROYAL BRUCE.
General agriculture and stock-raising occupy the time and attention of Roval Bruce, who operates a farm of many acres of highly cultivated land in Burlington township. On this place he was born November 1, 1859, son of Thomas and Eliza- beth (Robison) Bruce, his father having emigrated from Wales to the new world wlien three years of age in company with his parents. His wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Bruce, was a native of England and at the age of fifteen years came to America, where she remained until she departed this life, May 28, 1898, having survived her husband by fifteen years. They reared a family of two children, one of whom is Royal Bruce, the other, John, being deceased.
Royal Bruce remained in the parental domicile until he was united in mar- riage to Miss Henrietta Montgomery, April 6. 1882. She was born in this county. October 30, 1859, daughter of Samuel and Mary Montgomery, both of whom were born in this county. Her mother passed away August 27, 1894, and her father. January 7, 1904. Mrs. Bruce was the youngest of a family of ten children.
After his marriage Mr. Bruce purchased a farm containing one hundred acres in Burlington township on which he lived for a period of seventeen years and then moved on the farm which he now has under cultivation. It contains two
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hundred and seventy-five acres which he has greatly improved and which consti- tutes one of the fine farms of the county. Aside from cultivating all kinds of grain he makes a specialty of raising and feeding stock, at which he has been very successful. He uses modern machinery in the cultivation of his land and his place is equipped with every convenience for profitably carrying on his chosen occupation.
Mr. Bruce is one of the most successful farmers in the county and it has been through his enterprise and capable management that he has come into possession of the many acres he now owns, while through his unwearied efforts he has put his land in such condition as to be classed with the finest in the county for agricul- tural purposes. He had the advantage of only a common-school education and otherwise had but little on which to depend in order to secure success in life. How- ever, he was a man of sound judgment and one naturally gifted with the power to manage affairs and, with these qualifications at his command, he went to work, tilling the soil, realizing that out of the ground comes all wealth. He soon discov- ered that the incessant application of his energy was not in vain and now is pro- prietor of one of the finest and best paying farms in the county.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce are the parents of the following children: Thomas S .; R. R., who is married and resides in Burlington township; Nina B .; Lena L., a teacher in the public schools; Mary E., a milliner; John H .; Myrtle L .; and Louise E. Mr. Bruce and his wife are faithful to their religious obligations and are ardent supporters of the Christian church. In politics Mr. Bruce is a sup- porter of the republican party inasmuch as it is his candid opinion that only in so far as the government is controlled by its principles will the country be assured of permanent prosperity. Consequently he not only rejoices in the suc- cesses of the party but does all he can through his vote and influence during cam- paigns to aid in the election of its candidates to office. Highly respected through- out the community as an honest, upright and straightforward man, it has been largely due to these qualities that he has reached his present status of prosperity.
HERBERT E. WINSLOW.
Herbert E. Winslow, a man of considerable learning, who for many years has been identified with the agricultural and stock-raising interests in Hartford town- ship, was born April 28, 1856, on the farm where he now resides, and is a son of Horace and Mary Rice (Henry) Winslow, both of whom were natives of Rutland county, Vermont, where they were united in marriage, coming to this county in early life. Their journey was long and arduous. They came by canal from Cleveland, arriving in Newark on the 5th of July, 1841, when the town was in an uproar of celebration (since the 4th of July fell on Sunday), and from that place they were transported to Croton by a colored man who took them in a wagon over the road cut through the forests. In that town they were met by William Winslow, a younger brother, who had preceded them to this place some six years before and who was engaged in the mercantile business. Upon arriving in this county Horace Winslow decided to engage in farming, and in September, 1811,
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purchased the farm where his son Herbert now resides and which has been in possession of the family ever since. In that day the entire tract of land was cov- ered with timber but through the activity of Mr. Winslow the greater portion of it was soon hewn down. During the fall of the same year the land was plowed and sown with wheat. Upon his farm in 1860 Mr. Winslow erected a frame resi- dence in which he and his wife spent their remaining days, the father passing away November 20, 1893, and his wife, October 28, 1898. Mr. Winslow was a man of strong intelligence and force of character, thoroughly informed on all public questions, and was said to have been a great power in debate, especially in political arguments. He was an abolitionist and later a republican, his wide reading and studious habits well qualifying him to defend any position he took on public questions, including religion and social economy. He attained success in a high degree and was highly respected by all who knew him. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Winslow were born seven children: Mary, who became the wife of Henry Edgerton, of Allegan, Michigan : George, an agriculturist of Barry county, Michi- gan ; Hattie; Wesley, deceased; Herbert E., Ada and Ida, twins, Ida being now the wife of Gilbert Larkin, of Newark.
Herbert E. Winslow has spent his life on the old homestead upon which occurred his birth. He was educated in the district schools, at the same time being attentive to the duties of the farm, and under the instruction of his father becom- ing proficient in all departments of business. He had full charge of the affairs of the farm for some years before his father departed this life and in 1899 bought the land and is now residing here with sister Hattie. This is considered one of the finest farms in the county and the long years of careful cultivation have adapted it to the raising of the best crops.
Mr. Winslow is a republican in politics and, being a man of high moral char- acter, he upholds all that is highest and best in both public and private life. He is a member of Croton Lodge, K. P., meeting in Trenton ; Grange, 998, of Dela- ware county, and the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he is a trustee and steward. The church organization to which he belongs was liberally supported by his father, who was one of its founders and who attended its services when the congregation met in a log schoolhouse, while later the Winslow family were instru- mental in securing the present frame building. Mr. Winslow is a great reader, and being a lover of the best literature he has accumulated quite a large library. He also subscribes to many of the best monthly and weekly publications and upon the whole is one of the best informed men of the township. He is in every respect worthy of the confidence of the people and is looked upon as one of the most substantial men in the county.
SIMON ODELL SMOKE.
Simon Odell Smoke was born on the farm he now cultivates in Etna township. Licking county, October 26, 1864. He descends from a family the members of which were among the pioneers of this part of the state, his grandfather, Dennis Smoke. having settled here at an early date. He engaged in the pursuit of agricul-
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ture and reared the following family: Isaac, John, Henry, Mrs. Betsy Ann Showers, Mrs. Margaret Mazelin, Mrs. Jane Brock, Mrs. Maria Brock, Dennis, Jacob and Mrs. Kate Goode. Isaac Smoke, father of the subject of this review, was born March 19, 1826, on a farm located three-quarters of a mile north of the one on which his son now resides, and remained there until six years ago, when he and his wife went to Columbus where they are now living in retirement. Mrs. Smoke bore the maiden name of Mary Jane Griffith, and was born in Fair- field county in 1838, on a farm located five miles southwest of the present home of her son, Simon Odell, where she remained until she was married. In their family were three children, namely: Emma, widow of Adam Minehart, of Colum- bus; Etta, wife of Martin Poff, of Shepard, Ohio; and Simon Odell.
The last named has always resided on his present farm, and here during his boyhood days he became familiar with the work of the fields under the super- vision of his father, at the same time availing himself of the advantages offered by the district schools. After completing his studies he settled down on the old homestead, where he has since been engaged in general farming. He tills two hundred and sixty-seven acres of land which is located on the county line and separated by the public highway, fifty acres being in Fairfield county. This tract originally belonged to his parents, from whom he made the purchase. In addition to having an elegant brick residence which was erected by his father in 1875, Mr. Smoke has a fine barn which he built himself and substantial outbuildings for the shelter of grain and stock. His farm is provided with every convenience to enable him to pursue his occupation by modern methods. Aside from producing general crops he makes a specialty of the dairy business, and at present has thirty fine milch cows and for some time has been carrying on a lucrative trade in dairy products in the markets of Columbus.
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