Centennial History of the City of Newark and Licking County Ohio, Part 8

Author: E. M. P. Brister
Publication date: 1909
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 913

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Mr. Jones is a stalwart republican in his political views and is a man highly respected not only in the locality where he now makes his home, but in Newark, where he was engaged in business for so many years. He has never taken an active interest in public affairs, preferring to do his duty as a private citizen, and all who know him esteem him for his many good traits of heart and mind.

PROFESSOR WILLIAM HANNIBAL JOHNSON, A. B.

Professor William Hannibal Johnson, occupying the chair of Latin in Denison University, is known to the general public through his authorship of various articles that have appeared in the leading magazines of the country. His ability as an educator also places him in a prominent position among those who are devoting their lives to the profession. He was born on a farm in Monroe county, Ohio, March 26, 1860, a son of Enoch Dye and Charlotte (Dibble) Johnson, the former a native of Tyler county, West Virginia, and the latter of Marietta, Ohio. The family from which Professor Johnson traces his ancestry in the paternal line was founded in America by William Johnson, who came from England and secured land from Lord Fairfax. A part of the ancestral estate is still in possession of one branch of the family. Charlotte (Dibble) Johnson was a daughter of Collin and Edna (Bingham) Dibble, the latter a direct descendant of John Alden, the story of whose courtship forms one of the most romantic chapters in American history. Enoch D. Johnson is a brother of Judge Okey Johnson, of the West Virginia supreme court. It was in the year 1857 that Enoch D. Johnson arrived in Ohio, where he has since made his home, being now a resident of Marietta. He has been very prominent in church and temperance work and his influence in these directions has been of, no restricted order. His wife died in the year 1873. They were the parents of six daughters and Professor Johnson, the only son, was the third of the family in order of birth.

Reared on a farm in Monroe county, Ohio, becoming familiar with all the duties and labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist, Professor Johnson there remained until the fall of 1879, when desirous of enjoying better educational

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opportunities than the public schools had afforded, he entered the preparatory department of Denison University and was graduated therefrom with the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1885. He afterward taught in the Indian University at Muskogee, Oklahoma, for a year and subsequently became instructor in Greek at the academy of Granville. In 1893 he was elected to the professorship of Latin in Denison University and spent the next year in Johns Hopkins University, where he pursued a special course preparing him for his work in Granville. He then accepted the chair in Denison, where he has since remained with the exception of a half year spent in study in the museums and libraries of New York city. He has gained recognition as one of the able educators of the state and stands for all that is progressive. He never considers any position as final but regards it rather as a point from which to advance to the accomplishment of still larger purposes. He is a writer of much force and for a year was a regular reviewer for the New York Nation and Evening Post. He has also contributed various short stories, poems and articles covering a wide range to the leading periodicals of the country, including the Atlantic Monthly, Century, the North American Review, Lippincott's, Harper's Weekly, the Independent and the New York Times. His writings have constituted interesting features in these publications and have made him widely known to the reading public.

In 1890 Professor Johnson was married to Miss Augusta Gieze, a native of Philadelphia and a daughter of Henry and Sarah N. (Schofield) Gieze, the former a native of Germany, while the latter was a descendant of a Virginian family connected with the Society of Friends. Professor and Mrs. Johnson have two sons, Arthur Lowell and Alfred Janney. Their home is the abode of generous and cordial hospitality and is the center of a cultured society circle. Professor Johnson has always taken an active interest in politics, regarding it as the duty as well as the privilege of every true American citizen to uphold the principles which he believes are most conducive to good government. He usually votes with the democratic party, yet is not bound by party ties and when occasion demands freely casts his vote for candidates of other political affiliation. An earnest worker in the Baptist church, he is now serving as superintendent of the Sunday school. It would be lautological in this connection to enter into any series of statements showing him to be a man of scholarly attainments and broad general information. for these have been shadowed forth between the lines of this review. There is in him, however, a broad charity and abiding sympathy which, taken in connection with his intellectual force and honorable manhood, have won him the confidence, good will and esteem of all.

HOOPER FRANKLIN.

Hooper Franklin, well known as a prominent representative of fire insurance in Newark, was born in Marion, Ohio, January 3, 1858. His father, George Franklin, was a native of England and when only two years of age was brought to the United States by his parents, who resided for a short time in Utica, New York, and came to Newark in the early '30s. Here the grandfather, Edward Franklin, established the Franklin Bank in Newark in 1837 and it is still in

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existence under the name of the Franklin National Bank, being one of the oldest financial institutions of the county. Edward Franklin was closely identified with the early development and material progress of this part of the state, and his son, George Franklin, carried on the work instituted by him, at all times being an active factor in public improvement. He spent the first part of his life in the banking business and for twenty years was engaged in the fire insurance business prior to his retirement. IIe now lives in Newark in the enjoyment of well earned rest, his former activity justly entitling him to his present leisure.

Hooper Franklin, educated in the public schools of Newark, afterward took up the study of telegraphy, at which he worked for two years. On the 1st of June, 1877, he entered the fire insurance business with his father in Newark and they were associated until the father's retirement, when Hooper Franklin became sole owner of the business, which he has since carried on alone. His is one of the large fire insurance agencies of this part of the state, and enjoys an extensive clientage.

In 1883 Mr. Franklin was married to Miss Mary L. Pierce, a native of Muskingum county, Ohio, who died in 1887, leaving a daughter, Florence Ethel. Mr. Franklin is well known in this county, where he has spent almost his entire life and where his business enterprise, his public-spirited citizenship and his social qualities have gained for him the warm friendship and esteem of all who know him.

R. F. YOUST.

R. F. Youst, conducting a barber shop and otherwise identified with business interests in Homer, in the line of insurance, was born in Versailles, Darke county, Ohio, August 17, 1865, his parents being William and Sarah C. (Larimore) Youst. The father's birth occurred in Hampshire county, Virginia, July 6, 1829, and about 1854 he came to Ohio, taking up his abode on a farm near Homer. Soon afterward he was married, and carly in the '60s he removed to Darke county, Ohio, but returned, however, to Licking county in 1867 and here purchased a farm a mile west of Homer. For about sixteen years he cultivated and improved that property and in 1883 he sold it and purchased one hundred and twenty-five acres about a half mile north of Homer. Upon this place he has since resided, the land being rich and productive, the fields annually returning to him golden harvests. In his political views he is a democrat, unswerving in his allegiance to the party. His wife died August 22, 1901. They were the parents of eight children : Edward, a resident of Brandon, Knox county, Ohio; Charles, of Homer, Ohio; Lewis, residing in Columbus, Ohio; R. F., of this review ; Gertrude, the wife of William Beaver, of Homer, Ohio; Joseph S., a resident of Homer, Ohio; Lorin and Ella, both deceased.

In taking up the present history of R. F. Youst we present to our readers the life record of one who is widely known in Licking county. He spent his youth with his parents and was educated in the public schools of Homer, passing through consecutive grades until he became a high school student. He remained on the farm until his twenty-second year, when he accepted a clerkship in a mercantile establishment in Homer, being thus employed for two years. He then engaged

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in the barber business, opening a shop, to which he gave two days of his time each week, while the remainder of the time the shop was under the care of an assistant and Mr. Youst remained as a clerk in the store. After thirteen years' identification with mercantile interests he withdrew entirely from that field and has since devoted his attention to the conduct of the barber shop. He is also engaged in the insurance soliciting business and is recognized as one of the forceful business men of Homer.

In 1891 occurred the marriage of Mr. Youst to Miss Florence F. Sellers, of Homer, a daughter of Christian Sellers, now deceased. In his fraternal rela- tions Mr. Youst is connected with Licking lodge No. 291, A. F. & A. M., of Utica, and is a charter member of Burlington lodge No. 551, K. P. He belongs also to the Methodist Episcopal church and in politics is a stalwart democrat. He is now serving as clerk of the township and clerk of the school board, and has been incumbent in both of these offices for several years, the duties of which he discharges in a manner so prompt and capable that it has won for him high enconiums from all interested.

CHARLES P. KING, M. D.

There is no profession which demands the sympathy and humanitarianism or calls for more thorough business ability and keener discrimination than that to which Dr. Charles P. King is now devoting his energies. Realizing fully the obli- gations that devole upon him, he performs his professional service most con- scientiously and industriously and has been accorded the success to which his merit justly entitles him. A native son of Newark, his record is in contradis- tinction to the old adage that a prophet is never without honor save in his own country. His birth occurred here March 7, 1841. His father, Samuel D. King, was born in Martinsburg, Virginia, in 1800, and came to Newark in 1829. For many years he successfully practiced law in this city and wielded a wide influ- ence in public affairs, serving as a member of the state legislature and doing much to mold public thought and opinion. He wedded Mary Ann Irwin, a native of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, and both have now passed away, the father's death having occurred in 1880, while his wife survived until 1893.

At the usual age Dr. King was sent as a pupil to the public schools of Newark and eventually he became a student in Kenyon College, from which he was graduated in 1862. Later that institution conferred upon him the Master of Arts degree in 1905. His classical course completed, he took up the study of medicine and was graduated from the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia with the class of 1867. The same year he returned to Newark and began practice with his brother-in-law, Dr. Hamill, a leading physician of this city. He was not long in demonstrating to the public that his knowledge and ability well qualified him to cope with the intricate problems that continually confront the physician and as the years have gone by he has done splendid work in professional lines and has won well merited success. He belongs to the Columbus Academy of Medicine, County, State, and American medical associations, and is always inter-

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ested in everything pertaining to his profession or the advancement of scientific knowledge. He is also chief medical examiner for life insurance companies, includ- ing the Pennsylvania Mutual, the Manhattan, the United States and others. He was city physician for three years and was one of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad surgeons for several years. He was in correspondence with some of the most eminent men in the medical profession in this country, among these being Pro- fessor Osler of the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, now professor at Oxford, England; the late Professor Senn of Chicago, the great surgeon; Professor Flint of New York, and the late Professor Roberts Bartholow of Philadelphia.

In 1873 Dr. King was married to Miss Helen Robbins, a native of Newark and a daughter of Willis Robbins, one of the old settlers here. They have one daughter living, Jessie King. Dr. King is a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon, a college fraternity. He belongs to the Second Presbyterian church and has been a close and earnest student of the Bible. He wields a facile pen and is a volumin- ous writer, having made frequent contributions to medical journals, local papers and other publications. He has a most versatile mind and his reading and writing have covered a wide range, including medical, historical, theological and other subjects. His reply to Dr. Osler attracted wide attention, as did his replies to the Rev. Charles Parkhurst and Professor Pierson, of Chicago University, on the infallibility of the Bible and the miracles respectively. He has written more than seventy articles for publication, which indicate his wide reading and research, his original thought and his logical deductions. He has read several scientific papers before the Ohio State Medical Association and was appointed a delegate from that body to the American Medical Association, which met at Chicago some time ago. He delivered a lecture before the Ministerial Association of this city, at the rooms of the Young Men's Christian Association, on the subject of "Mod- ern Skepticism"-a defense of the Bible. He also delivered an address before the young ladies of the high school in this city, his subject being "The Tyranny of Fashion." Dr. King is also known in military circles, being the captain of the Squirrel Hunters. He is a gentleman of strong mentality, of clear insight and forceful character, standing fearlessly at all times in support of his honest con- victions and commanding the respect of even those who hold different opinions.

CHARLES E. EARHART.

Charles E. Earhart, a practical and enterprising farmer of Hanover township, where he is also serving as township trustee, was born December 14, 1873, on the farm which is yet his home, his parents being William W. and Susan C. (Lynn) Earhart. His father was a prominent, progressive and valued citizen of Hanover township for many years and a representative of one of its oldest families, for he was born within its borders September 19, 1824. His life record covered the intervening years until the 6th of December, 1890, when he passed away within about a half mile of his birthplace. His entire life being spent in this county, he was well known to its citizens and all with whom he came in contact entertained for him the warmest regard by reason of his noble qualities of heart and mind.

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As stated, he represented one of the pioneer families of the county, his father, John B. Earhart, having removed to Licking county from Hagerstown, Maryland. Few settlements had been made in this part of the state at the time and much of the land was still in its primitive condition, not a furrow having been turned nor an improvement made upon it. John B. Earhart took up a tract of land adjoining the old Stanbery farm in Madison township and there gave his attention to agricultural pursuits. He was also a boat captain and at an early age William W. Earhart learned to drive on his father's boat before there were any railroads in Newark or vicinity. Later he became captain of a boat owned by James Smith of Newark. and subsequently purchased the C. Delano and Walter Smith. For twenty-five years he gave his attention chiefly to freighting, carrying goods to all points along the Ohio canal between Cleveland and Portsmouth. This brought him a wide acquaintance and all who knew him recognized in him a man of sterling business integrity and enterprise.

In June. 1857, William W. Earhart was married to Miss Susan C. Lynn, a daughter of George Lynn and a sister of William Lynn, who was at one time treasurer of Muskingum county. In the fall of 1857 Captain Earhart removed to Adair county, Missouri, settling ncar Kirksville, where he purchased a farm, but after a year returned to Newark, and in the spring of 1863 bought a boat from James Smith and resumed canal boating, which he followed until the fall of 1865. He then permanently retired from that business and purchased the Williams tavern six miles east of Newark, after which he gave his attention to the management of the inn and to general agricultural pursuits until 1872. In that year he disposed of his property there and purchased a part of the land belonging to the Colonel Hollister estate near Hanover. Upon that farm he erected a comfortable dwelling, which he made his home until his demise. He was a prominent and influential resident of the community and was active in establishing and promoting the Hanover public schools, serving for a long time as a member of the school board. He also acted in the same capacity in Madison township and filled the office of township trustee. In his political affiliations he was a democrat, and his personal worth, the confidence reposed in him by his fellow townsmen and their knowledge of his patriotic devotion to the public good, led to his election for office. He was also a member of the Pioneer Society in Licking county and possessing a retentive memory, took great delight in relating various incidents of the early days in this part of the state. He is now enrolled among the honored pioneer settlers whose labors laid broad and deep the founda- tion upon which the present prosperity of the county has been builded. His widow was called to her home beyond November 20, 1908. She was born in Harding county, Virginia, September 6, 1832, and when about twelve years of age was left an orphan. Soon afterward she came to Ohio with a brother and sister who settled in Licking county. By her marriage to Captain Earhart she became the mother of ten children: William Henry, a fruit grower and farmer, who resides at Lexington, Richland county, Ohio, and where he has served as postmaster and justice of the peace, elected on a republican ticket; Julia Belle, who became the wife of Z. T. Dumbauld, but is now deceased; George W. and Nellie Grant, who have departed this life: Annie Sherman, who was given the latter name owing to the fact that she was born on the anniversary of the birth

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of General Sherman, whose photograph and autograph she received; Carrie Randall ; Mary Margaret, the wife of Edward Nussbaum of Tuscarawas county; Charles E., of this review; Grace Adelle; and Bettie Lynn.

Charles E. Earhart was a public school student in his home locality and afterward attended the Hanover high school, but owing to his father's death was obliged to put aside his text-books in order to take charge of the home farm of twenty-five acres, which has since been under his control and by whom it has been ably, carefully and successfully managed. He is practical as well as pro- gressive in all that he does and the place indicates his careful supervision in its neat and thrifty appearance.

On the 8th of June, 1899, Mr. Earhart was married to Miss Lavertie Meek of this county and their three children are: Bertha E., John L. and Helen M. In his political views he is a democrat, but with liberal tendencies, voting for men and measures rather than party. In the fall of 1907 he was nominated and elected by the democrats to the office of township trustee in a republican township- a fact which indicates his personal popularity and the high regard entertained for him by his fellowmen. He is a member of New Home lodge No. 338, F. & A. M., of Hanover, in which he is serving as secretary and trustee. He is also connected with the Eastern Star. One of the well known men of Hanover township, he represents one of its old and prominent pioneer families and his own life record has been in harmony with that of his father and grandfather, who were valued and influential citizens here.

MARION J. MCCLELLAND.

Marion J. McClelland, a well known and prosperous farmer and stock raiser of Washington township, was born in Newton township, Licking county, Ohio, April 19, 1861, his parents being Henry and Vasta (Woodruff) McClelland, the former a native of Greene county, Pennsylvania, and the latter of Licking county, this state. The father was called to his final rest July 10, 1906, having for several years survived his wife, who passed away March 22, 1901. Unto this worthy couple were born fourteen children, namely: Maria, the wife of S. B. Dodd, of Knox county ; Cary, also living in Knox county ; Marion J., of this review ; Julia, the wife of C. Rice, of Knox county, Ohio; Ida, the wife of I. V. Miller, of Knox county ; E. F., likewise a resident of Knox county; Olie, the wife of William Ferguson, of Knox county; John, living in Indiana; Delmont, who also makes his home in Knox county; Laura, the wife of Lester Beeny; Calvin, of Licking county ; and three who are deceased.

Marion J. McClelland acquired a common school education and remained at home until he had attained his majority. Subsequently he rented his father's farm for a period of three years and at the end of that time bought a tract of eighty-three acres in Washington township where he now resides. As the years have passed by he has added to his original purchase until his farm now comprises one hundred and ninety-five acres of rich and productive land, in the cultivation of which he has met with a well merited measure of success. He likewise makes a

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specialty of raising and breeding sheep and is well known and highly esteemed as a representative and enterprising agriculturist of his community. He has recently completed a commodious and handsome residence, containing eleven rooms, which is generally conceded to be the finest home in Washington township.

In 1890 Mr. McClelland was joined in wedlock to Miss Mary Haas, whose birth occurred in Licking county in 1868, her parents being William and Elizabeth (Wagner) Haas, also natives of this county. Their family numbered six children and they passed away in 1888 and 1886 respectively. Unto Mr. and Mrs. McClelland have been born two children : Lillian, a student in the high school at St. Louisville, Ohio; and Herbert Dean. Prior to her marriage Mrs. McClelland had been engaged in teaching school.

In his political views Mr. MeClelland is a stalwart democrat and has served in the office of school director, the cause of education ever finding in him a stanch champion. Both he and his wife are supporters of the Disciple church, and are widely and favorably known throughout the county in which they have spent their entire lives.

JOSEPH POUND.

Joseph Pound, a retired farmer, residing on his valuable farm of two hun- dred and twelve acres, one hundred acres of which lie in Mary Ann township and the rest in Newton township, was born in Orange county, New York, on the 13th of October, 1831, his parents being Isaac and Sarah J. (Carr) Pound, who were also natives of the Empire state. In 1848 Isaac Pound took up his abode in Licking county, purchased land and continued to make his home here until he passed away in 1894, at the venerable age of eighty-six years. His widow, sur- viving him a number of years, was called to her final rest in 1903, when she died in her ninetieth year. Their family numbered ten children, namely: Joseph, of this review ; Nelson, deceased : Henry S., living in New York ; Isaac and Samuel, who have also passed away : Edson, a resident of Newton township; Mary E., the wife of O. J. Green, of Licking county; Sarah E., deceased ; Ellen, the wife of Lee Atherton, of Delaware: and Isabelle, deceased.

Joseph Pound acquired a good common-school education and remained under the parental roof until the time of his marriage. Subsequently he divided his time between the profession of school teaching and the pursuit of farming, carry- ing on the former vocation during the winter seasons, while in the summer months he worked in the fields. For fourteen years he made his home on a farm, which he had purchased from his father but, on the expiration of that period, sold the property and bought the place of sixty-two aeres in Newton township on which he has since resided and increased in extent. As the years went by he made many substantial improvements on his property and the highly-cultivated fields annually returned to him golden harvests, which found a ready sale on the market. When his untiring and well-directed labors had brought him a goodly competence he retired from the active work of the fields and is now spending his remaining days in the enjoyment of richly-merited rest.

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Centennial History of the City of Newark and Licking County Ohio, Part 8

Author: E. M. P. Brister Publication date: 1909 Publisher: Number of Pages: 913

Author: E. M. P. Brister
Publication date: 1909
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 913