Century history of Delaware County, Ohio and representative citizens 20th, Part 85

Author: Lytle, James Robert, 1841- [from old catalog] ed
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: Chicago, Biographical publishing company
Number of Pages: 926

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Continental notes, which were never re- (leemed, and this resulted in his having to sell his property. He was an old man when he came to Ross County, Ohio, in 1797. His son, George Sewirt Cryder, the grandfather of Charles Cryder, was born in Pennsylvania and there married Leah Stattenberg. He settled at White Sulphur Station in 1848. He par- ticipated in the Mexican War. .

John M. Cryder was a son of George S. and Leah (Stattenberg) Cryder, and the father of Charles Cryder. He was born at Alexandia, Huntingdon County, Pennsyl- vania, October 5. 1837. and died in Delaware County, Ohio, March 24. 1894. Ile was five years old when he accompanied his parents to White Sulphur Station. Delaware County. Early in the Civil War he enlisted in Company G, Ninety-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and remained in the service for three years. He was taken prisoner and before being ex- changed suffered confinement at Belle Isle. after which he was very ill and it is probable that he never fully regained his former health. His record is that of a brave and efficient sol- dier. In 1877 he bought a farm situated on what is now known as Klondyke Road. He followed agricultural pursuits during the re- mainder of his life, and was a man who stood high in the regard of his fellow citizens. In 1859 he was married to Mary McClure. She was a daughter of James McClure and was born in Scioto Township, Delaware County, Ohio, August 3, 1837. She still survives and is a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church.

Mrs. Cryder came of Scotch ancestry. ller father, James McClure, was born near Greens- burg, Pennsylvania, and was a young man when he accompanied his parents to Ohio and settled on what is now the John McClure farm. At that time it was a heavily wooded tract. covered with valuable oak, walnut and maple trees, and it was necessary to clear a spot be- fore a log cabin could be erected. The grand- parents of Mrs. Cryder. William McClure and wife, came originally from Scotland. James MeClure raised cattle and sheep and became a man of considerable substance. In politics

he was a Democrat and fraternally he was a Mason. He married Olive Skinner, who was a daughter of Robert Skinner, of Perry County, Ohio, where the McClures stopped for a short time after reaching Ohio prior to settling in Delaware County. To this mar- riage the following children were born: Wil- liam, now deceased; Eliza, also deceased, who was the wife of Isaac Newton Richey, of Scioto Township: Jane, who married J. R. Newhouse, of Scioto Township; Robert, now cleceased: Mary, who is the widow of John M. Cryder : Isabella, who married William H. Cutler, of Delaware: James, deceased; John McClure ; and Olive, who is the widow of Emory Cutler, and resides at Barnesville, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. McClure joined the okl stone Church at South Radnor, in their later years, but he had helped to build the church at Delaware. James McClure died in 1859. aged sixty-four years. His widow survived until the age of 98 years, dying in January. 1899.

The children of John M. Cryder and his wife were: Charles, born in 1863: George S., born in 1867: Robert, born in 1870: John M !. , born in 1872: and Louella, born in 1881, who is the wife of Fred Davis. residing at Dela- ware.

Charles Cryder was educated in the local schools and when he was eighteen years of age he rented the home farm and continued to operate it until after his marriage. In 1885 he purchased his present farm of his father and this he has successfully conducted ever since. lle carries on a general agricultural line. raises the crops that do best on his land, cul- tivating seventy acres, and both raises and buys stock, having eighty acres of permanent pasture. He keeps about 100 head of sheep. thirty hogs, twenty head of cattle, all of ac- knowledged superiority of breed.

October 25. 1891, Mr. Cryder married Elizabeth Cryder, who is a daughter of John Cryder, a remote relative of his own. Mrs. Cryder's paternal grandfather was Emanuel Cryder. Her maternal grandfather was Ben- jamin Cryder, and the latter was a son of John Cryder, who was a son of Michael Cryder.

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who was the ancestor of her husband's family who founded that line in Ohio.

John Cryder, the father of Mrs. Charles Cryder, was born in Ross County, Ohio, Feb- ruary 24, 1834. He married Rebecca J. Cry- der. February 5. 1857, who died November 20, 1876, her birth having taken place June 17. 1836. She was a daughter of Benjamin Cryder, a son of John and a grandson of Michael Cryder. The father of Mrs. Charles Cryder was a general farmer. In 1861 he moved to Illinois, for four years previously having been a guard in the penitentiary at Columbus. In politics, he was a Democrat. Ile had the following children : Helen Adelle. Levi Calaway. Martha Alice, Elizabeth, Ilenry M., Mary A., James W., AAmanda Lillie, Min- nie M. and John T. The mother of Mrs. Cryder was a worthy member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which religious body her husband gave liberal support.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cryder have four children, namely: Mildred, John, Annabelle and Nellie. In almost every generation of the Cryder family the name of John appears, it being one that is perpetuated as a token of re- spect and affection for those who have pre- viously born it. Mrs. Cryder is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Warrens- burg, of which her husband is an attendant and supporter. Like other members of his family, the latter is a Democrat. He has held township offices and takes an active in- terest in public affairs. He is a member of Ruffner Lodge No. 330. 1. O. O. F., at War- rensburg and is a past grand of the order.

RVIN N. GARDNER, whose fine dairy farm is situated in Liberty Township. has been a life-long resident of the portion of Delaware County lying within one mile of Powell. He was born three-fourths of a mile south of that vil- lage, February 9. 1850, and is a son of Jona- than and Delia ( Brenton ) Gardner.

Joseph Gardner, the paternal grandfather. was one of the earliest settlers in Delaware

County and his was the first burial that took place in the Powell cemetery. The grand- mother was Nancy Pond. a widow, who had formerly lived in Knox County. Jonathan Gardner, father of Irvin N., was born in Ver- mont and accompanied his parents to Delaware County, Ohio. He married Delia Benton, who was born on the banks of Alum Creek, near Westerville, and they settled on a farm south of Powell. They had the following children : Nettie, now aged about sixty-six years, mar- ried Rev. J. G. Evans, of the Methodist Epis- copal Church, and they reside near Kankakee. Illinois: Lyman, aged sixty-three years. mar- ried Lillie Hall, a daughter of Gordon Hall. and he is now engaged in a banking business at Worthington: Bryon AA., residing east of Powell, married Florence Lowery, a daughter of John Lowery: Isabel is survived by her husband. Edward Neds, residing in Franklin County, Ohio, and one son Robert Franklin Neds ; and Franklin and Henry, both of whom died young. Jonathan Gardner is deceased. but his venerable widow still survives. She is indeed a remarkable lady, being in full pos- session of all her faculties although she cele- brated her ninetieth birthday on April 24. 1908. More than this, she appeared on this happy occasion in a becoming costume made by her own hands, the dainty stitching on it putting machine work to shame. Her hands have ever been useful ones and for years were busy doing helpful things for others. Since there is no longer any need for her practical use of them, she has gratified her love for beautiful objects by doing fine bead and other fancy work and so accurately and exquisitely that her display took first prize at a late fair held at Kankakee, where she has been a resi- (lent for the past twelve years.

Irvin N. Gardner attended the district schools in his boyhood but as his eldest brother entered the army to serve in the Civil War. he was obliged to take up the work on the farm while young. Following his marriage he en- gaged in general farming for twenty-five years and during this time also did stock-buying to a large extent. In 1884 he came to his present place, where he has 132 acres, and for the

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past two years he has followed dairying, milk- ing thirty cows and ships from fifty to sixty gallons of milk per day to Columbus. He has greatly improved his farm since settling on it, as he found nothing here but an excellent well. He built first what is now the rear of his handsome residence, which he later completed, subsequently adding fine barns and commo- clious sheds. Hle also cleared a large part of the farm. He remembers that in his boyhood, an old log house stood on the place.

In 1872. Mr. Gardner married Mary Burss, who died in 1879. She was the only child of Amter Burss, of Liberty Township. Mr. Gardner was married ( second ) in 1881. to Martha Washington Tone, who is a daugh- ter of Lafayette Tone. Mr. and Mrs. Gardner have had four children, namely : Lora, who is the wife of J. P. Drumhiller, residing in Lib- erty Township : Lillie and Guy, both deceased ; and Jay T., who manages the home farm for his father. He married Amelia Pounds, who is a daughter of William Pounds, and they have one son, Lesley.

Mr. Gardner is a member of Powell Lodge, Odd Fellows, No. 465; of Powell Lodge, Knights of Pythias, No. 684: and of the Im- proved Order of Red Men, Tribe No. 112, at Hyattsville. Formerly he was identified ac- tively with the Republican party, but in recent years has been independent in his views. He is a trustee of Liberty Township, having served frequently in this office, and his official acts have been very satisfactory to his fellow citizens.

R EV. JOIN FRANKLIN SHAFFER. D. D., who for nearly a quarter of a century has been in charge of the Lutheran Church at Delaware, was born on his father's farm in Fairfield County, Ohio, March 28, 1837, and is a son of John S. and Sarah ( Stuckey ) Shaffer.

The Shaffer family has been settled in Ohio for many years, coming to this State from the rich agricultural regions of Pennsyl- vania, where many still reside to perpetuate

the honorable old name. Isaac Shaffer, the grandfather of Rev. Shaffer, was born in Lan- caster County, Pennsylvania, in 1768, coming from there to Fairfield County, in 1798, and locating in the wildenress before the county lines were drawn and when the larger num- ber of inhabitants were Indians. He located on a desirable tract of land very near to what is now the county seat and he it was who sug- gested the naming of the place Lancaster, in memory of the old home toward which his thoughts so often turned. The town of Lan- caster was laid out in the fall of 1800 and Mr. Shaffer's farm, a few miles to the southward. became doubly valuable. Here he lived until he passed away. at the age of eighty-two years. He had married Julia Reem, also of Lancaster and also of German extraction. At the time of death, the Shaffer children each received 200 acres of land and 'as there were six in his family, this amounted to a large body.

John S. Shaffer, father of Dr. Shaffer. was the youngest son of his parents, and was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, June 20, 1807. At the age of twenty-one years he married ( first ) Mary Koontz, who subsequently died. leaving two sons, who survived to early man- hood. He was married ( secondly) to Sarah Stuckey, and to this union were born ten chil- dren. Mr. Shaffer continued his father's ag- ricultural activities and through a long ex- emplary life remained a leading man in his community. He was particularly active in Christian work and fellowship, being one of the pillars of the Lutheran faith in Fairfield County. It was mainly through his efforts that a congregation was organized at Ham- burg, and in the building of the church he as- sumed one-sixth of the expense and also sub- sequently provided for a large part of its maintenance. He was one of the trustees, also an elder and for twenty years was super- intendent of the Sabbath school. He was a man beloved for his many virtues and adinired for his sterling character. Ile died April 20. 1875, at Carthage, Missouri, to which place he had moved in 1869: he was aged sixty- eight years and three months.

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Up to the age of seventeen years, the sub- ject of this sketch, who was the fifth child of his parents, assisted in the management of the home farm, attending school as opportunity was afforded. The youth of that day had few educational advantages, and no matter how ambitions and intellectual a boy might be. he was fortunate, in that section of Fairfield County, if he could obtain three or four months' instruction during the winter in the country school. Young Shaffer was excep- tionally bright, and long before he entered Wittenberg College, in 1854. he had mastered everything taught in the rural schools. At Springfield he entered earnestly into study. taking the regular literary and classical course as then prescribed, and when he graduated he stood fifth in a class of ten students, and with one exception. was the youngest member of that brilliant class.

.After graduating at Wittenberg College. Mr. Shaffer at once began the study of theol- ogy, entering the theological seminary con- nected with Wittenberg College, and remained until he completed the course. He was li- censed to preach in 1861, by the Miami Synod. convened at St. Paris, and was ordained a minister of the Lutheran Church, at Circle- ville, in 1862. His first appointment was to the church at Xenia, Ohio, and when Mr. Shaffer took charge it was in poor condition both as to membership and interest. Under his pastorate it was revived and has had a continuous, steady growth up to the present time. At the time of his resignation of the charge, some twenty years later, it had in- creased in spirituality, membership and ma- terial possessions.

Dr. Shaffer has been the recipient of many honors in his church and has effectively filled many very responsible positions. He was thrice elected secretary of the Miami Synod and four times its president. He was retained on the directorate of Wittenberg College by the Miami Synod, for nearly a third of a cen- tury. the college board twice elected him its president. and on numerous occasions he rep- resented his synod in the general synod. He has served on the Examining ,Committee to

examine candidates for the ministry, for more than thirty years. While residing at Xenia, Dr. Shaffer took an active interest in civic matters pertaining to educational movements and for fifteen years served as an examiner of teachers for the county schools: for twelve years he served in the same capacity for the city schools, and for fifteen years served on the Nenia Board of Education. He has never lost his deep interest in educational progress and at the time of this writing, is serving as clerk of the School Board at Delaware.

In March, 1881, Dr. Shaffer moved to Springfield in order to give his children what he deemed better educational advantages, plac- ing them in his alma mater, Wittenberg Col- lege. He continued, however, to supply his charge at Nenia until a successor could be found, which was done in the following June, the old pastor never. in the meantime, having disappointed his congregation on a single oc- casion. He also supplied the churches at West Liberty and Tippecanoe City for some months. In addition to his pastoral work. Dr. Shaffer has done much literary work, all showing a high grade of scholarship. From September. 1881. to December,' 1885, he prepared the comments on the Sabbath school lessons for the Lutheran Evangelist, and within this pe- riod also provided many articles covering a wide range of subjects for that and other pa- pers. For two years he was associated with Dr. Ort as editor of the Evangelist, and with Dr. Singley as corresponding editor. He also taught in the theological seminary connected with the college the important branches of Hebrew, Biblical Archaeology, Sacred Philol- ogy. Biblical Evidences. Church History and Catechetics.

However, under this stupendous amount of work. Dr. Shaffer began to find his former robust health breaking down, and as his soul yearned for the regular work of the ministry, when the opportunity came to organize a church at Delaware, he came to this city. This organization was effected in November. 1885. and in eleven months the little but enthusiastic congregation dedicated a fine brick church. with a seating capacity of 500. In June, 1887.

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the board of Wittenberg College, at the rec- ommendation of the faculty, conferred upon Rev. Shaffer. the degree of D. D. He has re- mained in this charge ever since, each year but serving to bind pastor and congregation in closer bonds. With the exception of Dr. Stuckenberg. Dr. Shaffer is given credit of having had more to do than any other man in bringing into existence the Women's Home and Foreign Mission Society of the General Synod.

On September 18. 1862. Dr. Shaffer was married to Eliza Jane Puterbaugh, of Nenia, who died in March, 1873. She left five chil- dren-Sallie M., Franklin Newton, who died at the age of thirty-five years, Walter St. Clair, Augusta Vernon, and John Samuel. Dr. Shaffer was married ( secondly ) October 8. 1874. to Margaret Ellen Barns, who died May 23. 1882. She left one child, Ella, who died at the age of three months. Dr. Shaffer was married, for the third time, July 3. 1884. 10 Kate M. Boggs, of Zanesville. Of this union there have been two children-Ralph Boggs. who died at the age of eight months, and Elida Marguerite, who is a member of the class of "og. O. W. U. Miss Boggs had consecrated herself to foreign missionary work, and in 1880 had sailed for India, being the first repre- sentative of the Women's Missionary Society to that country. On account of the intense heat of that land she broke down in health and was forced to return. Since then she has been very active in the field of home missions.

OHN RATHBONE STANBERY. a progressive farmer of Liberty Town- ship, who owns land amounting to 453 acres, was born in the city of Zanes- ville, Muskingum County, Ohio, June 19. 1836, and is a son of Charles and Mary (Smith ) Stanbery.

Jonas Stanbery, the grandfather of John R., was born in New York and he accompanied Stephen B. Munn, to Ohio, both coming as land speculators. They located land in Mus- kingum. Fairfield, Licking. Delaware. Frank-

lin. Pickaway. Madison and other counties of Ohio east of the Scioto River. Jonas Stan- bery held more than a hundred thousand acres in his own right. In the disposal of this prop- erty he was both just and generous, accepting almost any kind of commodity from the set- tlers in payment for land. It was a source of satisfaction to him that no pressure had ever caused him to sue for a debt.

Jonas Stanbery married Ann Lucy Sea- man and they both lived into advanced age, his death occurring at Zanesville, in 1838. at the age of seventy-two years. The following children were born to Jonas and Ann Lucy Stanbery: Augustus. George. Henry, Ed- ward, Charles and Howard. Henry Stanbery was the eldest of the family and he became a lawyer and subsequently filled some of the highest positions of State and Nation. From being attorney-general of Ohio, he was chosen by President Andrew Johnson as a member of his cabinet and filled the high office of attor- ney-general of the United States until such time as lie resigned in order to take up the de- fense of the President in the impeachment proceedings. After General Stanbery's efforts had been crowned with success, he was re-ap- pointed to the office he had so ably filled pre- viously, but the Senate never confirmed this second appointment. lle later engaged in the practice of law in Campbell County. Ken- tucky, but the greater part of his time was taken up in practice in the Federal Courts. He died in New York city. He was married ( first ) to a daughter of General Beecher, of Lancas- ter. Ohio. His second marriage was to Cecelia Bond, who was a daughter of William Key Bond, who was a member of Congress from Ohio and was a resident of Chillicothe. Of the other children of Jonas Stanbery. Edward was a physician and he practiced at Newark, Ohio, where he died. Charles Stanbery was the father of John R. Stanbery. Howard Stanbery spent the whole period of his life at Zanesville. George Stanbery died while he was at school. at Athens, Ohio. Angustus was the only member of the family to die in child- hood.

Charles Stanbery, father of John Rath-

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bone Stanbery, was born in 1809, in the city of New York, and in 1814 he accompanied his parents to Ohio. They established the family home at Zanesville, and young Charles was afforded excellent educational advantages both in that city and at Athens, Ohio. He be- came a member of the Bar and had the pros- pect of much professional success, when the death of his father called him to take charge of the large estate and the management of this required the greater part of his subsequent at- tention. Soon after his marriage he moved to Delaware County, from there to Lancaster and later to Columbus, where he lived for a number of years. His large interests. how- ever, in Delaware County, finally required him to give them his personal attention and in 1856 he returned and settled in Liberty Town- ship, on the Scioto River. In the same year he erected here a fine mansion and in this beautiful home both he and wife lived until (leatlı.

Charles Stanbery was married at Zanes- ville to Mary Smith, who was a daughter of Hon. Theophilus Smith, judge of the Supreme Court of Illinois. She died in March, 1883. at the age of seventy-two years. She was sur- vived by her husband until 1892, when he was in his eighty-htird year. They had four chil- dren: Clara S., John R., Charles and Ed- ward. The only daughter of the family, Clara S., is the widow of Col. George W. Neff, and resides in Liberty Township, Delaware Coun- ty, Ohio. Colonel Neff died in 1882. He was a native of Ohio and he served as second lieutenant in the Second Regiment, Kentucky Volunteer Infantry. He was captured in West Virginia and was confined for thirteen months in prison. during three of which he was under sentence of death. After his release from the Charleston jail, he was commissioned colonel of the Eighty-eighth Regiment, Ohio Volun- teer Infantry. Two daughters, Laura and May, and three sons, Ambrose, George and Bond, survive him. Ambrose Neff married Jennie Abert, whose father was an officer in the Regular Army. They live at Elmwood. George Neff married Margaret Wallace and they reside in New York city, where he is a

large contractor and mechanical engineer. Bond resides also in New York, where he is in business as a hydraulic engineer. Charles Stanbery resides on the old Stanbery farm on which his father settled in 1856. He was edu- cated in the district schools, at Cincinnati and at Zanesville. He acrries on general farming on 150 acres. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias at Powell. Mr. Stanbery is unmar- ried. Edward Stanbery married Emina New- ell and they are residents of Chicago, Illinois, and have four children, Frank, Edward, Emma and Helen. Mr. Stanbery represents the Royal Insurance Company of London. England.

John R. Stanbery attended the Columbus High School and the Capital University, at Columbus, Ohio. He accompanied his parents to Liberty Township, when they came here in 1856, and he has lived here ever since, with the exception of five years, during which he was an employe of the Cincinnati & Zanesville Railroad and lived at Zanesville. Agricultural pursuits have afforded hin more content than' either a mechanical, commercial or profes- sional career, although he is well equipped for either. Ilis large estate is under a fine state of cultivation and he has it stocked with su- perior breeds of cattle and other livestock. He is undoubtedly one of the county's best and most successful farmers.

John R. Stanbery was married at Zanes- ville. Ohio, to Annie Martin, who was a daughter of Alfred Martin. Mrs. Stanbery (lied in 1901. Her death removed from both family and social circles a lady of beautiful presence and lovable personality. She is sur- vived by two daughters. Adaline and Mary. The former is the wife of Edward S. Menden- hall, of Delaware, Ohio, and the latter is the wife of Miles T. Watts, of Cincinnati. Mr. and Mrs. Mendenhall have one daughter, An- nie. Mrs. Watts is a lady of literary talent and is an acceptable contributor to various publications of the day, including McClure's magazine. She belongs to a pleasant literary circle at Cincinnati, where her work is much appreciated.

Mr. Stanbery is identified with the Dem-

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ocratic party, the family for several genera- tions having been connected with that organi- zation. He is interested in public and local af- fairs to the extent of faithful citizenship, but he has never been willing to accept office.

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Century history of Delaware County, Ohio and representative citizens 20th, Part 85

Author: Lytle, James Robert, 1841- [from old catalog] ed Publication date: 1908 Publisher: Chicago, Biographical publishing company Number of Pages: 926

Author: Lytle, James Robert, 1841- [from old catalog] ed
Publication date: 1908
Publisher: Chicago, Biographical publishing company
Number of Pages: 926