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Frank B. Toothaker spent the first sixteen years of his life in the county of his nativity and in 1860 went to Parkersburg, West Virginia, where he se- cured a position in the office of the Parkersburg Gazette, acting as foreman there. He had already gained an intimate knowledge of the printing business, for at the age of twelve years he had entered the office of the old Marietta In- telligence, now the Marietta Register, one of the oldest papers of Ohio. There he learned the printer's trade, becoming an expert in that line, his connection with the office continuing until he went to Parkersburg to accept the respon- sible position of foreman in the Gazette office. He continued at that place until 1861, when on the outbreak of the Civil war he returned to Columbus and entered a commercial college, for he felt the need of further educational training as a preparation for the responsible duties of life. He worked at nights on the Ohio State Journal until September, 1862, when, feeling that his duty to his country was paramount to all else, he enlisted as a member of Company H, Seventh Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, under Captain A. D. Eells. He served for three years or until the close of the war, loyally defending the old flag and the cause it represented.
When hostilities had ceased Mr. Toothaker returned to Parkersburg and secured a position as expert bookkkeper in the gas works. In 1885 he became a resident of Columbus and was employed on various daily papers of the city, resigning a position on the State Journal to take charge of the Sunday Morning Herald, with which he was connected for four years. He then joined the New Franklin Printing Company, becoming one of the stockholders in that enter- prise, which eventually went into the hands of a receiver. He was afterward a law printer for the various courts, printing the records and briefs. He has thus been associated for the past twelve years and for the past eleven years has been the official printer for the clerk's office of the supreme court. In this work he has been very successful and is widely known throughout the state by the prominent lawyers and jurists of Ohio. His business is now important and profitable and he thus continues in a line of activity in which he embarked as a young tradesman and to which he has devoted nearly his entire life.
On the 1st of January, 1868, Mr. Toothaker was married to Miss Hannah L. Morrison, a native of Wheeling. West Virginia, where their marriage was celebrated. In September, 1907, they removed to Westerville and Mr. Tooth-
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aker goes back and forth daily to Columbus to superintend his business inter- ests. He is one of the best known printers of the state, having most compre- hensive knowledge of the practical work of the office, while his broad general information enables him to do excellent work of a most important character for the lawyers and judges of Columbus and other cities. He has been a life- long republican, never faltering in his allegiance to the party which was the defense of the Union in the dark days of the Civil war and has always been the party of reform and progression. He belongs to Andrew Mathews Post, G. A. R., in West Virginia, and is a Royal Arch Mason. His life record con- tains many chapters that are most creditable and he certainly deserves the success he has achieved, for he has been dependent upon his own resources from the age of twelve years. His life has been one of untiring and well- directed activity and in his business career he has enjoyed the full confidence of those with whom he has been associated.
HARRY J. SHAW.
The business career of Harry J. Shaw has been marked by general progress. True, he has had to overcome obstacles in his path, but these seemed only to serve as an impetus for greater and renewed effort and he has worked his way gradually upward until today he is classed among the ยท substantial contractors and builders of Columbus. He was born in Dresden, Ohio, October 4, 1869, a son of M. T. and Sophia (Dodge) Shaw. The father was born in Maryland, in January, 1830, and on the paternal side comes of English ancestry. In 1876 he came to Columbus and became an extensive manufacturer of undertakers' supplies, but for the past few years he has lived retired in this city. He holds membership relations with the Third Avenue Methodist church and he fraternally affiliates with the Odd Fellows. Mrs. Shaw, who was born in Auburn, New York, also survives.
Harry J. Shaw began his early education in the graded schools and completed the high-school course. At the age of twenty-one years he ap- prenticed himself to learn the contracting and building business and event- ually became consulting engineer, investigating properties for large financial and investment concerns of New York. He has given much of his time and attention to the building of interurban railway lines, having built several lines in the state of Iowa. He has likewise constructed numerous bridges, waterworks and sewage systems in various parts of this state and has done much toward the improvement of the streets in Columbus. most important among which is the paving and parking of Sandusky street, one of the most beautiful sections of the city. He is also acting as construc- tion engineer of the Urbana & Mechanicsburg traction line and in his vari- ous avenues of work he is proving a prominent factor. As a busines man he is quick, positive, exacting and comprehensive of every detail that comes within the scope of his action and has a talent for leading, which is one of the highest attributes of men; a necessity in these days of close competition
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to the man in the business world. Mr. Shaw is also amember of the Colum- bus Board of Trade.
As a companion and helpmate for the journey of life Mr. Harry J. Shaw chose Miss Nellie Bond, a daughter of Jacob Felder, an old resident and prominent business man of Columbus. Their home, a beautiful resi- dence at No. 353 West Sixth avenue, is the center of many social functions. They are prominent and popular in society circles, and while Mr. Shaw leads a very active, busy and useful life, he yet finds time for rest and recre- ation and is never too busy to be courteous to those with whom he comes in contact. He possesses that character which seems to find happiness in the success of his work and no man in this city is more prominent in in- dustrial circles than is Harry J. Shaw.
E. S. TUSSING.
E. S. Tussing, who is engaged in farming and gardening in Madison township, Franklin county, is numbered among the substantial citizens of this section, representing one of the worthy pioneer families of Franklin county. His father, Phillip C. Tussing, was born in Madison township, September 20, 1836. He was of German descent in the paternal line and of Swiss in the maternal. He followed farming throughout his entire life, the farm which he owned having been inherited from his father, who had entered it from the government, the deed to it bearing the signature of President Adams. He was a democrat in his political views and a man of wide influence in the county, taking an active and helpful part in all mat- ters of public interest. For many years he served as president of the Agri- cultural Society of Madison and was prominent in Masonic circles, being master of his lodge for many years. Phillip C. Tussing was twice married, his first marriage occurring December 20, 1855, to Miss Phoebe C. Seymour, who was born January 1, 1837, and of that union there are six living chil- dren : R. J., E. S., Mrs. Ardela E. Will, Phillip C., Jr., Amor A. and Mrs. Cora L. Mason. For his second wife he wedded Anna Lyttle on the 18th of November, 1879, and this union was blessed with one daughter, Mrs. Grace Pearle Temple.
E. S. Tussing, the second in order of birth of the father's first mar- riage, was born in Madison township, Franklin county, where he has spent his entire life. He acquired his education in the common schools and was reared on the home farm, assisting his father in the work of the fields from the time of early spring planting until the crops were harvested in the late autumn. When starting out upon his own account he chose the occupation to which he had been reared and now owns a well improved tract of land, situated just outside of the city limits of Canal Winchester. He carries on general farming and also raises vegetables on quite an extensive scale, sell- ing his products to the city markets.
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Mr. Tussing was married Dceember 23, 1884, the lady of his choice be- ing Miss Hattie Kramer, and they have three children, Bertie L., Hazen N. and Mary L., all now in school.
Following in the political footsteps of his father, Mr. Tussing has al- ways given his support to the democratic party. He takes an active part in public affairs, has filled the office of township trustee and for seven years was a member of the school board, the greater part of the time acting as its president, until his private business affairs compelled him to resign. Both Mr. and Mrs. Tussing are active members of the Madison Grange, com- prising one hundred and twenty members. Mr. Tussing has filled every office in the lodge and is master of the county organization, consisting of two hundred and fifty members, while his wife is assistant steward in the State Grange. They are likewise identified with the Patrons of Husbandry and with the United Brethern church. They are people of the highest re- spectability, well meriting the regard which is uniformly given them.
W. D. INGLIS, M.D.
Dr. W. D. Inglis, who brought to the starting point of his professional carecr excellent equipment and laudable ambition, is now recognized as one of the successful members of the medical fraternity of Columbus. He was born in Claysville, Pennsylvania, October 21, 1874. His father, George Inglis, was a native of Edinburgh, Scotland, and when twenty-one years of age came to America taking up a claim in Ontario, Canada, in the early '50s. He removed to Pennsylvania, took up the study of medicine in Philadelphia and afterward settled in Claysville, where he has engaged in practice to the present time. He married Janet Scott, who was a native of Ontario and of Scotch parentage.
Their son, Dr. Inglis, was educated in Washington and Jefferson Col- lege, completing his literary course by his graduation in the class of 1897. He prepared for a professional career as a student in the Ohio Medical Uni- versity, at Columbus, from which he was graduated in 1902. The same year his alma mater conferred upon him the degree of Master of Arts. Fol- lowing his graduation in Columbus he went abroad, studying in Vienna in 1902, while in 1905 he pursued post-graduate work in Berlin. He has thus had the benefit of instruction from some of the most eminent members of the profession of the old world and has, in his practice, demonstrated his abil- ity to cope with the intricate problems which continually confront the physician.
Dr. Inglis began practice in the capital city in 1903. He has to a considerable extent specialized in the department of obstetrics. He was profes- sor of obstetrics in the Ohio Medical University, is now filling that position in the Starling-Ohio Medical College and is obstetrician to the Protestant Hos- pital. In his private practice he has made a specialty of obstetrics and
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diseases of women and his professional services have been attended with ex- cellent results.
In 1902 Dr. Inglis was married to Miss Alice Cockins, a native of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, and they have two sons, John C. and William D. Both Dr. and Mrs. Inglis have many friends in Columbus and occupy enviable positions in social circles. He devotes his time and attention al- most exclusively to his professional duties and is a member of the Colum- bus Academy of Medicine, the Ohio State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He published last year "Compend on Obstetrics," which has been successful, now being in its second edition. Everything that tends to bring to man the key to that complex mystery which we call life is of interest to him, and he eagerly embraces every idea which his judgment sanctions as of value in his professional labors.
ISAAC GRISWOLD.
The history of pioneer development in Franklin county records the achieve- ments of Isaac Griswold, who became one of the earliest settlers of this part of the state and aided in transforming it from a wild and uninhabited region to a district of rich fertility. His labors were continued here for more than fifty years, covering the first half of the nineteenth century and he was there- fore among those who laid broad and deep the foundation for the present de- velopment and progress of this part of the state. A native of Connecticut, he was born in Windsor, October 27, 1779, and there spent his early youth on a farm with his parents, Isaac and Christina (Holcomb) Griswold. He was of the third generation who had resided in Connecticut, the family having been founded there at an early period in the colonization of the new world.
Isaac Griswold, of this review, was reared in the state of his nativity and there continued until he sought a home in Ohio-the then far west. In com- pany with Edward Phelps and Colonel Kilbourne he came to Franklin county in 1805 in order to see the country. The journey was made on horseback and they found a region untouched by evidences of civilization. It was just as it was when it came from the hand of nature. Not a tree had been cut nor an improvement made but the country was rich in its natural resources and offered to give possession to those who were not afraid to brave the hardships, privations and dangers of pioneer life. Mr. Griswold was a determined, ener- getic man and he feared not the difficulties that would beset him in an attempt to establish a home on the frontier. Returning for permanent settlement he made the trip with three yoke of oxen, horses and wagon, driving all the way, about two months being required for the journey, which was completed in August, 1806. On a previous trip he had purchased two hundred acres of land, which still remains in possession of the family.
Mr. Griswold while in Connecticut had married Miss Ursula Clarke, who was born and reared in the same neighborhood in which his boyhood and youth were passed. Coming to Ohio with his wife he first built a cabin on the
MRS. M. E. CLARKE
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fifty-acre tract of land now owned by George W. Clarke. There he resided until 1812, when a new survey was made and he secured one hundred and fifty acres of land, which has since remained the old homestead property of the family.
In that year he built on it a little log cabin and in 1823 erected the present home of his daughter, Mrs. Clarke, although many modern improvements have been added in the intervening years. Here he resided until his death, his time and attention always being given to the cultivation and improvement of his farm. He was practical and energetic in everything that he undertook and accomplished gratifying results.
Mr. Griswold was also active in community affairs and did much for the upbuilding of his section of the county. He acted as postmaster from 1824 until 1853, the postoffice being kept in his own home until 1868, his son, Cicero P. Griswold, succeeding him as postmaster. This is known as Blendon postoffice. Mr. Griswold gave his early political support to the whig party and upon its dissolution he joined the ranks of the new republican party, which he continued to support until his death, which occurred in July, 1869. Thus passed away one of the oldest settlers of the county-a pioneer whose work had been most beneficial in the improvement and upbuilding of this section of the state. In early days he was known to every settler here and all respected him for his genuine worth and his many sterling traits of character. He had survived his wife for about fifteen years.
Mr. and Mrs. Griswold were the parents of six children: Isaac M., who was born in Connecticut and died in Illinois ; Edwin B., who was also a native of Connecticut and died in this county; Christie A., a native of Franklin county and now the wife of Thomas Schrock; Fredus N .; Cicero P .; and Mindwell E. The last named is the only one now living, her home being upon the farm which became her father's property in 1812. She was married in 1843 to George B. Clarke, who was born in Mount Vernon, Knox county: Ohio, in May, 1818, while Mrs. Clarke's birth occurred December 19, 1822, on the farm which is still her home. In the year 1838 George B. Clarke came to this county with his parents. After their marriage they went to Iowa, where they resided until his death in 1852. Mrs. Clarke then returned to her father's home with her five children: Louisa, the wife of H. Warren Phelps, of Co- lumbus; Edwin E., who wedded Della Newcomb, and who died in Delaware in 1893; George W., who wedded Minnie Shrum, and who follows railroading, and owns the fifty acres which his grandfather first settled on; Eunice G., the wife of Rev. F. M. Pitkin, who resides on the farm with Mrs. Clarke; and Charles W., who wedded Ella J. Kurtz, of Sharon township.
Mrs. Clarke, now eighty-six years old, still occupies the old home in which she was born. It was formerly the stopping place for people who traveled by stage from Columbus to Cleveland, it being the first station on the stage route out of the capital city. The house has been greatly remodeled and is now a substantial farm dwelling, while all of the buildings are modern. Mrs. Clarke can relate many interesting incidents of the early days, her mind being stored with reminiscences of pioneer times when the homes of the set- tlers were largely log cabins, when cooking was done over the fireplaces and the
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people had to depend upon what they raised to supply their larder. Houses, too, were lighted by candles, while later kerosene lamps came into use. Many of the common comforts of the present time were then unknown but the years have wrought a marvelous change in the way of living. The early homes, however, were noted for their generous and warm-hearted hospitality, neigh- bors being willing to oblige or aid one another in any way possible. As time has passed many changes have been wrought, Mrs. Clarke living to witness the remarkable development of the county and the marvelous growth of the capital city which is today one of the important manufacturing and industrial centers of the state.
CHARLES MAYHEW WING.
Charles Mayhew Wing is president and general manager of the Wing Cigar Company, in which connection an extensive maufacturing business has been developed, constituting one of the important productive industries of the city. He belongs to that class of men who have sufficient courage to venture where favorable opportunity is presented, while their judgment and energy carry them forward to the goal of success, seeking legitimate advantages as they rose. Mr. Wing has never hesitated to take a forward step when the way was open, and fortunate in possessing ability and character that has inspired confidence in others the simple weight of his character and nobility has carried him into important business relations with large interests. native of Newark, Ohio, he was born in 1858.
His father, Lucius B. Wing, a native of Wilmington, Vermont, was born November 15, 1822, and died in Newark, Ohio, February 1, 1902. He traced his ancestry back to John Wing, who arrived in America June 5, 1632, as a passenger of the sailing vessel, "William Francis," Mr. Thomas, master, which left London on the 9th of March and arrived at the port of Boston after a voyage of eighty days with but sixty passengers. This num- ber included Mr. Batchelder, seventy-one years of age, and his family. His daughter, Deborah Wing, was the mother of John Wing and the widow of Rev. John Wing, third son of Matthew Wing and grandson of Godfried Wing (Wynge, a well-known Protestant refugee from Belgium who, after a life spent at various places in England and on the continent, became, in 1583, minister of the Dutch church in London, where he died September 30, 1599. His grandson, John Wing, admitted B. A. at Oxford, February 16, 1603, became pastor of the church at Sandwich in England, where his grandfather also had preached. Later the Rev. John Wing served as pas- tor of various churches in Holland but died at St. Mary Aldermary, Lon- don, about 1530. He was married in 1610 to Deborah Batchelder, born 1592, and had at least five children. On the 22d of June, 1624, a license "to pass beyond seas" was granted to "Debora Wynge, thirty- two years old, wife of Mr. John Wynge, preacher, resident of Flushing." This town is in the province of Zealand, Holland. After a short sojourn at Saugus
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(Lynn, Massachusetts), she, with her sons, John, Daniel, Matthew and Stephen, removed to Sandwich, Massachusetts,-the date of her death has not been ascertained.
John Wing, son of Mrs. Deborah Wing, was married about 1646, and by his wife Elizabeth had seven or eight children. His second wife was Miriam Deane. John Wing died in Harwich, Massachusetts, in his eighty- fourth year.
Ananias Wing, his son born in 1651, married Hannah Freeman, was a soldier under Captain John Gorman in the Narragansett war, and died in 1718.
John Wing of the third generation, born in 1702, was married in 1728 to Mary Knowles. served against the French, probably in the siege of Louis- burg, and died about 1773.
John Wing of the fourth generation, born May 8, 1732, removed about 1767 to Conway, Berkshire county, Massachusetts, where he died in 1822 at the age of ninety-eight years. He was thrice married and had eighteen children.
Bani Wing, the fifth son of the preceding John Wing, was born August 10, 1763, and in 1788 married Lucy Clary while in 1821 he wedded Mrs. Thirza (Flint) Upton, widow of Joseph Upton. They are the grandparents of Charles Mayhew Wing of this review.
The only child of this second marriage was Lucius Bliss Wing, father of our subject. Bani Wing enlisted for service in the Revolutionary war at the age of sixteen years. three of his older brothers being already sol- diers in the Continental army. His service was on the Hudson near West Point, and he was attached to the body of troops by whom Andre was cap- tured, and witnessed the execution of that unfortunate officer October 8, 1780. After the war he lived at Conway until 1795, when he removed with his family to Wilmington, Vermont, and there resided for many years. In 1837, when well advanced in age, he and his wife returned to Charlemont, Massachusetts, where the residue of their lives was passed. On his head- stone in the old graveyard there are inscribed these words: "He was a sol- dier of the Revolution and a soldier of the Cross." His wife died at the ad- vanced age of ninety-six years.
The characteristics of the members of the Wing family through succeed- ing generations were such as made them good citizens and valued in the communities in which they lived. Lucius B. Wing, in speaking of his an- cestry, and particularly of his parents, said: "Inasmuch as man does not choose his parents, or the place of his nativity, I do not consider that either is the subject of glory or shame. Still, if I could have chosen mine, I am sure I would not have selected any other."
Reared on the backwoods farm at Wilmington and later on the hill farm at Charlemont. Lucius B. Wing early formed the habits of industry and thrift and foresight, and this laid the foundation for his success in later life. He attended the district school and spent a few months in study in the neigh- boring academy at Ashfield, and in 1844 at Williston Seminary, Easthampton,
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Massachusetts. For a time he engaged in teaching school at Heath and Charlemont, Massachusetts, his last year of teaching being 1849. Two years before that he had made his way westward, some of his brothers having already preceded him to Ohio. His brother, Stalham Wing, had become a forwarding and commission merchant in Toledo, Ohio, and in Michigan towns, and Lucius B. Wing became clerk and manager for his brother and took charge of the steamboat "De Witt Clinton," which made weekly trips between Buffalo and Toledo, following that business in the summer from 1847 to 1853. In winter he taught school or filled the clerkship in some business. In December, 1853, he removed to Newark, Ohio, where he began to buy and ship live stock and flour to the cities of Pittsburg, Baltimore and New York. Two or three years later he purchased about fifteen hundred acres of government land in Piatt county, Illinois, and kept the tract as stock farms for many years. In 1860 he became a member of the firm of Robins, Wing & Warner, engaged in the banking business at Newark, and was thus connected throughout the remainder of his life. He went south as a buyer of cotton at the time of the Civil war and was captured December 20, 1862, at Holly Springs, Mississippi, by General Van Dorn, but through his shrewd sense and good humor was released without much loss of time or property. For the next decade or more he was busy extending his various enterprises in Newark and Illinois, becoming widely known as a man of sound judgment, high principle and helpful aims. In 1875 he was elected a member of the state board of agriculture, serving for five years, and was once chosen president of that body. The origin and success of the Ohio sys- tem of Farmers Institutes are due in great measure to his support and fore- sight.
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