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On May 30, 1854, Mr. Pearson wedded Miss Nancy J. Pugh, daughter of John and Mary (Simmons) Pugh, to which union were born three children, namely : James, deceased, Lewis A. and Mary E. In politics he is independent and, deeming the man more than his party, he reserves the right to cast his vote for candidates who, in his judgment, possess the necessary qualifications to best subserve the general interests of the commonwealth. As to his religious convic-
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tions his family were Presbyterians and he was babtized into that faith while in his native land but, although he still leans toward that denomination, since coming to this country he has not allied himself with any church. However, he is a deep Bible student and has gained such familiarity with holy writ that there are few men, not excepting clergymen, who can compete with him in his knowledge of the scriptures of the old and new testaments. Aside from being a Biblical student he reads much along various lines and is generally conversant with the history of the world, particularly, with the events of the day. He is a man of rare intelli- genee and learning and in every sense of the word is a remarkable man consider- ing the fact that he had no training in school and that he is in every respect self educated. He does not belong to any orders or fraternal organizations, although his father and grandfather were affiliated with the Free Masons and Orangemen. Perhaps no character in the county is more favorably known and highly esteemed than Mr. Pearson, and he is justly numbered among the township's most sub- stantial and representative men.
ELIAS BUTLER.
Elias Butler, a substantial farmer of St. Albans township, whose family for over a century has engaged in agricultural pursuits in this county, was born in Granville township, May 22, 1834, and when a boy removed with his parents to the farm on which he is now located and where he has since resided. His grand- parents, David and Anna Butler, natives of Massachusetts, came to Granville, Ohio, in 1805 with the Granville colony and in that place remained until they departed this life. They had three sons, Eleverett, Henry and Charles, and one daughter, Anna Woodruff, who departed this life in Kansas.
Charles Butler was born near Granville, Massachusetts, July 16, 1804, and when but one year of age was brought to Licking county by his parents, who were with the Granville colony. He resided there until he bought the farm in St. Albans township, where he spent the remainder of this life, passing away August 9, 1886. He wedded Philota D. Pratt, who was born in Massachusetts, January 26, 1808, and came to Licking county with her parents when about five years of age. She departed this life on the old home farm, April 4, 1891. They reared the following children : Martha M., wife of Barzilla Price, of Colorado; Caroline, who was united in marriage with William Smith, the couple being mutes and residing near Youngstown, Ohio: Jane, wife of Joshua U. Headley, of Pataskala ; William H., of Harrison county, Iowa ; Corwin, deceased; and Elias.
In the district schools Elias Butler acquired his education and engaged in the duties of the home farm until the year 1862, when he enlisted in Company B, Seventy-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served nine months, during which time he participated in the siege of Vicksburg. Upon receiving his discharge at Black River Bridge, Mississippi, in August, 1863, he returned home and at once turned his attention to farming, which occupation he has since pursued. He owns two hundred and three acres of land, his farm being on the line between ITarrison and St. Albans townships, one hundred acres in the latter and the re-
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mainder of the farm in the former, while the dwelling house is located immedi- ately on the township line. This farm was settled many years ago by his father who, upon his arrival erected a log cabin on the Harrison township side of the road and the land was cleared and put into condition for cultivation by him and his son Elias, the latter having subsequently vacated the log cabin and erected a com- fortable modern home in St. Albans township. When they commenced work on this tract of land there were no fences to be seen anywhere but they later built fences, barns and outbuildings and bought modern farm machinery and today the farm is in excellent condition and is one of the finest in the township. In addi- tion to raising hay and various grain crops Mr. Butler devotes considerable attention to breeding stock and keeps excellent specimens of sheep and cattle.
In 1869 Mr. Butler wedded Pauline Slough, a native of Canal Winchester, Fairfield county, Ohio, born July 6, 1839. She was a daughter of Frederick and Mary (Tollman) Slough, natives of Fairfield county. The Tollmans originally came from Virginia, while the grandfather, John Slough, emigrated to this state from Germany. The parents passed away when their daughter was a mere girl and she resided with relatives until her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Butler have the following children : Edith May, wife of Ellis Thomas, of Harrison township, their family consisting of Robert, Pauline, Owen and an infant; Ella, who wedded Raymond Taylor, of St. Albans township; and Charles. Mr. Butler has given his support to the republican party all his life and cast his first vote for Fremont. He is a profound believer in the principles of his party and has always been thor- oughly convinced that they are necessary to assure the permanent prosperity of the country. He is well known and highly respected throughout the county and belongs to Baird Post, G. A. R., of Pataskala.
J. M. DUSTHIMER.
Licking county has never been wanting for representative men to take hold of its farming interests and develop its natural resources, and one of the prosper- ous agriculturists of Franklin township is J. M. Dusthimer, whose birth occurred in Hopewell township May 18, 1850, a son of Isaiah and Mary (Brady) Dusthimer. His father was a native of Franklin township, this county, where he engaged in the pursuit of agriculture until his death. Politically he was a supporter of the democratic party, was affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal church as one of its leading factors, and was a man whose upright character was well spoken of throughout these parts. The mother, a native of this county, still survives and resides in Brownsville, Ohio. Among their children were: Elizabeth J., wife of Berban Coe, residing in Brownsville; J. M., our subject; J. W., an agriculturist of Jacksontown, this county; H. E., a retired farmer of Linnville, Ohio; and Rebecca E., deceased.
J. M. Dusthimer attended the district schools of Hopewell and Franklin townships, his father having removed to the latter township when he was but eight years old, and in the Newark public schools which he attended for one term. He thus acquired sufficient education to enable him to teach school, which voca-
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tion he followed for four terms. His early life was spent upon the farm upon which he resided until he was twenty-two years of age, when he rented a farm in Franklin township where he engaged in farming for several years and then pur- chased the farm upon which he has since resided. His present farm consists of sixty-eight and one-half acres of land upon which he has made all the improve- ments, having done almost all carpentry work on his barn and other buildings himself. Besides this home place he and his wife own one hundred two and one- half acres of land, and his wife one hundred and twenty-seven acres of land in Franklin township. Mr. Dusthimer gives his attention to general farming and stock raising, has made a careful study of the soil and has therefore been fortunate in reaping abundant harvests, for the most part deriving the maximum yield per acre.
In 1872 he wedded Miss Elnora H. Motherspaugh, and they have had three children, namely: Samuel L., an agriculturist and township clerk of Franklin township; Mary A., wife of Alva Haslett, also a farmer of that township; and Elmer Ray. The democratic party has always received the vote of Mr. Dusthimer and aside from taking an interest in national and state politics he is also con- cerned in local affairs, having been township clerk and for several years a member of the board of education. While he is not affiliated with any secret societies nor religious organizations he attends divine services with his wife, who is a member of the Lutheran church. He is a man whose honest and straightforward life places his name above reproach among the township's most industrious and worthy citizens.
JOHN P. WOLFE, M. D.
One of the younger representatives of the medical fraternity who is gaining a wide reputation as a practicing physician and surgeon in Bennington township, this county, is John P. Wolfe, whose birth occurred August 25, 1873, near Mt. Sterling, Pickaway county, Ohio, and who, for the past ten years, has been suc- cessfully following his profession in Appleton and vicinity, his excellent service having brought him a liberal patronage. He is a son of George W. and Sarah J. (Puckett ) Wolfe, his father having been for many years a well known agriculturist and stock-raiser of that locality.
The boyhood days of John P. Wolfe were spent on his father's farm, where he passed through the experiences common to the country lad, performing his part of the work of the fields during the summer months and in the winter attending the district school, where he acquired his preliminary education. Upon quitting the neighborhood school he followed the profession of teaching for three years, being principal of the school at Era, Pickaway county, two years, and Pancoastbury. Fayette county, one year. He was then enrolled as a student at the Normal School in Lebanon, Ohio, where he completed a course of study and was subsequently matriculated as a student in the Ohio Medical College, of Columbus, from which he was graduated in the class of 1899. Immediately upon receiving his degree in medicine he secured a place in the Protestant Hospital as interne physician.
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this institution being in connection with the Medical College, and after serving one year, during which time he gained considerable experience in the practice of various branches of materia medica and surgery, he entered the profession inde- pendently in Columbus, Ohio. He had been there but a brief period of six months and was becoming popular in the neighborhood in which he had located, when, upon receiving intelligence of an excellent opening for one of his profession at Appleton, Bennington township, this county, he at once gave up his practice in Columbus and came to that place in June, 1901. He at once became well known as a physician throughout the vicinity and has since been steadily engaged here in his profession. He is the only doctor within a radius of many miles of Apple- ton, where he has his office, and consequently his practice, which has steadily grown during his residence here, is of far greater proportions than that of many of the medical fraternity who reside in the cities.
On February 16, 1901, shortly before locating here, Dr. Wolfe was united in marriage to Miss Minerva Seltzer, a daughter of George and Harriet (Ogden) Seltzer, who were of a prominent family of Columbus, Ohio. Just prior to her marriage Mrs. Wolfe had completed a course in training for a nurse. She comes of a family of physicians, her grandfather, Dr. Samuel Seltzer, having located in Columbus for the practice of medicine in 1832, while her uncle, Dr. Van S. Seltzer, followed the profession in Columbus from 1856 until 1873 and was one of the most prominent physicians of the city at that time. Dr. and Mrs. Wolfe have one son, George S. The doctor's political views are on the side of the demo- cratic party and in addition to holding membership in the Methodist Episcopal church, he belongs to the Knights of Pythias, the Masonic Lodge, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in all of which organizations he is well known and has a host of warm friends. Dr. Wolfe is of genial disposition, blessed with kindness and sympathy so necessary to the physi- cian in his treatment of the sick, and his charming qualities, together with the interest he takes in his patients and the remarkable success which he has met in restoring them to health and vigor, have made him popular throughout the entire vicinity while growing confidence in his medical work and surgical skill is con- stantly adding to the proportions of his practice. He is widely known as a man of remarkable worth and is highly respected and esteemed not only for his pro- fessional ability but also for his social qualities. He resides at Appleton, where he owns one of the most attractive residences of the village, his home being one of the most hospitable, bearing every evidence of culture and refinement.
JOHN A. PRINCE.
The agricultural and stock raising interests of Newark township, this county, have always been in the hands of enterprising men, among whom is John A. Prince. He was born in Green township, September 15, 1847, a son of David and Anna (Fulk) Prince. His father, a native of Rockingham county, Virginia, came with his people when a child to this state and located in Bowling Green township. He followed general agricultural pursuits and threshing until he en-
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tered into rest, his remains being interred in Fairmount cemetery, while his wife, whom he married in this county, where she was born, departed this life in 1895 and was laid to rest beside her husband. In their family were nine children : Sarah, wife of John Catlin, a liveryman residing in Amsterdam near Blooming- ton, Illinois ; William O., deceased, whose remains lie in Fairmount cemetery, this county ; John A .; Eliza Jane, wife of Marion Bencroft, residing in Jacktown, this state; Emma, wife of David Black, an agriculturist of Union county, Ohio; Albert F., who owns large farming interests near Bloomington, Illinois; Lucinda, who became the wife of Charles Winston, a dairyman of Montana; Mary Ellen, deceased ; and Hester Louisa, deceased.
In Bowling Green township John A. Prince was reared and there on the home farm he became familiar with the various phases of agriculture, attending the neighborhood schools during the short winter term. He lost his father when a lad and upon his shoulders fell the management of the farm and the responsi- bility of rearing the younger members of the family but to the performance of this task he set himself with an earnest heart and willing hand and applied him- self faithfully to tilling the soil. He remained at home until the members of the family were of an age to help themselves and then, when in his twenty-first year, he located in Van Buren, making the trip in a one-horse wagon and without a dollar in his pocket. There with his wide knowledge of the various departments of agriculture he at once began to apply his energy, meeting with success from year to year until now he owns one hundred and fifty acres of land, all of which is highly improved and under cultivation. He also has a fine dwelling house and two building lots in the village of Van Buren. His career was beset by many ob- stacles but being a man who was willing to work, blessed with health and vigor and at the same time with an aggressive spirit, he overcame all difficulties and soon turned the soil to his advantage and in course of time surrounded himself with prosperity, which he enjoys today.
In 1869 Mr. Prince wedded Miss Nona Jane Elmose, a resident of this county, by whom he has had five children, namely: Ida Belle, deceased ; William, who resides at home; Ada; Altha; and Verne. Mr. Prince has always given his vote to the democratic party to the principles of which he has always been loyal. Local affairs have also commanded his interest and he has officiated at various times as a member of the school board and in other township offices.
ALBERT F. SLATER.
Albert F. Slater, who since 1887 has been numbered among the successful and enterprising merchants of St. Louisville, where he has also served as post- master since July, 1891, was born in Loudoun county, Virginia, February 27. 1865. His parents, John M. and Margaret E. (George) Slater, who were also natives of the Old Dominion, are deceased. Their family numbered seven chil- dren, namely : Eloise, the wife of W. B. Marple, of Licking county ; A. G., a resi- dent of Iowa ; Solomon E., who has passed away: Sallie, living in Missouri: one who died in infancy ; Albert F .. of this review : and C. S., of St. Louisville.
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Albert F. Slater acquired a common-school education and made his home with his uncle until sixteen years of age. In 1881 he came to Licking county, Ohio, and resided with his sister for three years, on the expiration of which period he secured employment as a farm hand, being thus engaged for four years. The year 1887 witnessed his entrance into the mercantile circles of St. Louisville and he has since been numbered among the successful and progressive business men of the county. His well selected stock of goods, reasonable prices and reliable methods insure him a profitable and steadily increasing patronage and his busi- ness returns to him an income of from seven to ten thousand dollars annually. He owns the store building, a fine residence and seventy-five acres of valuable land in Newton township. He is widely recognized as a most substantial and public- spirited citizen of his adopted county.
On the 21st of November, 1899, Mr. Slater was united in marriage to Miss Cora E. Evans, a native of Newton township, Licking county, and a daughter of W. D. and Amanda E. Evans, whose family numbers three children. Mr. and Mrs. Evans still survive and make their home in Newton township. Unto our subject and his wife has been born a son, Edward F.
In his political views Mr. Slater is a stanch republican and is now serving as postmaster of St. Louisville, in which position he has been the efficient incum- bent since July, 1891. Fraternally he is connected with the Masonic Lodge, No. 291, at Utica, and with the Odd Fellows Lodge, No. 850, of St. Louisville. Both he and his wife support the Lutheran church and are well known and highly esteemed throughout the community in which they reside.
NAHUM A. HINES.
The quiet little town of Granville has every reason to be proud of her list of alumni, for from Denison University have gone out men and women who have left their impress upon the world's progress, gaining distinction in various lines of life and contributing to the universal advancement. Among this number was the Rev. Nahum A. Hines, well known as a Baptist minister and educator. He was born in August, 1852, at Stafford, Monroe county, Ohio, a son of Joseph and Esther (Grey) Hines. The father was a native of Virginia and the mother of Maine and both were descendants of old families represented in the Revolutionary war. They removed from Virginia to Ohio about 1815 and became closely asso- ciated with the pioneer development of the state. Their family numbered six children : Woodman and George, still living; Hiram; Thomas; and Nahum and Elizabeth, who have passed away.
In taking up the personal history of Nahum A. Hines we present to our readers the life record of one who was widely and favorably known in this county, enjoying to the fullest extent the good will and confidence of all who knew him. He acquired his early education in the public schools of his native town and after- ward entered the Denison University, where he pursued his studies for six years and was graduated in 1876. Determining to devote his life to the work of the ministry, he next entered the Rochester Theological Seminary and was graduated
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in 1883. In the meantime, however, he was pastor of the church at Olathe, Kansas, from 1878 until 1880. Following his graduation he accepted a pastorate at Webster, New York, where he remained until 1884 and then became professor of theology in the Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, Virginia, where he continued until 1887. In the latter year he established his home at Fort Hamil- ton, New York, where he engaged in the real-estate business and at the same time gave considerable attention to compiling a work on theological and metaphysical subjects. There he remained until his demise, which occurred April 10, 1896, his remains being interred in Maple Grove cemetery at Granville.
It was on the 31st of July, 1879, that Mr. Hines was united in marriage to Miss Kate V. Shepard. Her father was a graduate of Denison University of the class of 1848 and her mother attended Shepardson College, then the Granville Female Seminary, from 1833 until 1838. The Rev. Shepard was born in Stur- bridge, Massachusetts, April 6, 1822, and came of Puritan ancestry, many preach- ers and teachers being numbered among the representatives of the family. His father, Philemon Shepard, removed to Henrietta, Lorain county, Ohio, in 1832. and for forty years owned and cultivated a large place there. He was a very promi- nent layman and engaged in all kinds of religious work. For a number of years he also served as justice of the peace and his decisions were strictly fair and im- partial. His son, the Rev. W. C. Shepard, was reared under the parental roof and, following his graduation from Denison University in 1848, became pastor of the church at Bucyrus, Ohio, where he remained until 1851. During the four succeeding years he occupied a pastorate at Henrietta, Ohio, and from 1855 until 1870 had charge of the church at Wasioja, Minnesota. He also organized a num- ber of other churches in that section, and then returned to Granville to educate his children, four in number. Vinton R., the eldest, was graduated from Denison University in 1876 and was on the editorial staff of the Cincinnati Commercial from 1876 until 1883. Later he was connected with the Commercial-Gazette until 1893 and since that date has been publisher and proprietor of the Court Index. since 1904 also editor and publisher of the Ohio Law Reporter. He has been a trustee of Denison University since 1900 and is a member of the Beta Theta Pi. Three of his children are graduates of Denison. Linden M. Shepard, the second son, was graduated from Denison in 1877, afterward became agent for the Asso- ciated Press and was on the staff of the Daily Times Star at Cincinnati until 1883. when he went west. He died at Kinsley, Kansas, in 1888. The daughters of the family are Kate V. and Florence A., also graduates of the Young Ladies' Insti- tute, now Shepardson College. The younger daughter pursued a post-graduate course at Denison in 1879 and 1880 and the following year was spent as a student in the university at Cincinnati. She engaged in teaching in the normal school at Stafford, Ohio, from 1881 until 1883, and was afterward very active in church work in Granville up to the time of her death, which occurred in 1892. Her beautiful Christian character and kindly spirit endeared her to all who knew her. The other daughter, Mrs. Hines, taught in the Granville schools from 1872 until 1879 and afterward engaged in teaching history and the history of art in Penn- sylvania College for Women at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, from 1901 until 1902. She was state secretary of the Women's Baptist Foreign Missionary Society of Ohio from 1898 until 1901. In 1900 the honorary degree of Master of Arts was
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conferred upon her by Shepardson College. Not only has she been very active in religious work but also in intellectual lines and served as president of the Travel- ers Club of Granville from 1897 until 1899, while for thirteen years she has been a member of its program committee. She was also the president of the Granville Centennial Association from 1903 until 1905, was president of the Shepardson College Alumni Association from 1905 until 1908, has been librarian of Denison University since 1903 and is now organizing regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Her labors have made her widely known throughout the country and have won her social recognition.
Unto Rev. and Mrs. Hines was born one son, Cecil Shepard Hines, now in Alberta, Canada. He was graduated from Denison University in 1902 and won the Master of Arts degree on his graduation from Columbia University in 1905.
In his political views Rev. Hines was always a stanch republican. He re- garded it as the duty as well as the privilege of every true American citizen to keep well informed on the questions and issues of the day and he studied the great political, sociological and economic as well as religious problems. He was a devoted member of the Baptist church and his life was given to the work of uplifting humanity. Mrs. Hines was always his able associate and assistant and has continued her efforts for the good of mankind through intellectual and moral development.
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