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Mr. King is very prominent in fraternal circles and has frequently been honored with official positions in various organizations. He belongs to the B. P. O. Elks. No. 76, and for three years was secretary of the local body; to F. O. Eagles, No. 376, and for four years was its secretary, and one year worthy presi- dent, and is a life member of this organization. lle belongs also to Council No. 1056, Knights of Columbus; Past Commander Camp. No. 50. Sons of Veterans: Court No. 1883. For- esters: Branch No. 79. Catholic Knights of Ohio: and Tent, No. 246, Maccabees. He is identified with the Commercial Club.
B RUCE CHARLES, an enterprising citizen of Thompson Township, who is doing a prosperous grist- and saw- mill business, and also runs a cider- press, was born in Harrison Town- ship, Licking County, Ohio, August 17. 1854. son of Simon and Amanda ( Channel ) Charles. Ilis paternal grandfather was one of the first settlers in Licking County, there being but five others there when he arrived. About the same time there arrived in Harrison Towy- ship. Solomon Channel, the maternal grand- father of Mr. Charles.
Simon Charles, father of Bruce, was born in the State of New Jersey, and came to Ohio with his parents. In 1859 he purchased the mill now owned by the subject of this sketch. It had been built in 1834 by Roswell Fields. from whom it passed into the possession of his son, Samuel Fields, who sold it to Mr. Charles, and it is still known as the Simon Charles Mill. The millwright was Henry Waits, who became of unbalanced mind and one of whose peculiarities it was to imagine that all the mills he had built were his own personal property. He used frequently to visit Mr. Charles, always carrying with his his boot-jack, and also a pole with a hook on the end for pulling people out of the water. The sash, saw upright, and gearing that are still in the mill were put in by Henry Waits 74 years ago. The framework, hewed sills and braces, and the siding of black walnut, is all his work. also the machinery, except two wooden cog-wheels. During the Civil War Simon built the residence in which his son Bruce now lives, the entire building, including 24 doors, being all of black walnut. He was well qualified for such an undertaking, as he was a cabinet-maker by trade and also a maker of caskets for burial purposes. He mant- factured the casket in which Waits was buried. In the prosperous days of the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal he spent 11 years at Warren, Ohio, engaged in building canal boats. IIe was a member of the Grange and in politics a Democrat. His death took place about 30 years ago. By his wife Amanda, daughter of Solomon Channel. he had H children, nine of whom were born in Licking County. Two were born in this ( Thompson) Township, namely: Stephen Charles, who died about fifteen years ago and who was a partner of the subject of this sketch, and Almeda, who mar- ried O. D. Browning, and died March 13. 1908. Of the others, Caroline was accidentally burned to death at the age of 17 years : Griffith died from diphtheria in 1867; Bruce is a mil- ler of Thompson Township and the direct sub- ject of this article : Frank died from diphtheria at the same time as Griffith-1867: James, the
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only living full brother of Bruce Charles, re- sides in Gallion, Ohio, and is a freight con- ductor in the employ of the Erie Railroad.
The mother of the above mentioned chil- dren died in March, 1867, and Simon Charles subsequently married for his second wife Mrs. Armentrout of Licking County. Of this union there is one child. William Simon Charles, who is a printer residing in Spokane, Washington.
Bruce Charles was five years old when he accompanied his parents to Thompson Town- ship. and he has ever since resided here. He distinctly remembers helping to drive the cow's from the old home when the family made the journey here in wagons. He was early initiated into the milling business, and for many years was a useful assistant to his father. On the latter's death he came into possession of the mill property, which he has since con- ducted and greatly improved, having installed modern machinery, including a 25-horse- power steam engine and a 14-horsepower gaso- line engine. He owns in all about go acres of land, including the mill property which covers 11 acres. In addition to the original milling plant he has installed a powerful hy- dranlic cider-press. These enterprises are all in flourishing condition, due to Mr. Charles's capable business management. In politics he is a Democrat and he belongs to the Modern Woodmen, having first joined the order at Warrensburg but being now a member of the Camp at Prospect.
Mr. Charles was married, December 9. 1881. to Miss Mary Love, a daughter of Leonard Love. Mrs. Charles's father died when she was four years old. Her mother was in maidenhood a Miss MeWeigh. The household of Mr. and Mrs. Charles has been enlarged by the birth of four children sons and one daughter, namely : Blanche, who married six years ago William Hansome. of Magnetic Springs, a conductor on the Mag- netic Spring Electric Road. and has a daugh- ter-Lucille : Carl, residing at home : Earl, re- siding at home. who is assisting his father in the mill: and Melvin, who is attending school.
Mrs. Charles died in March, 1408, at the age of 49 years. five months and 21 days.
Few women in the community were more highly esteemed. She was a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which she joined in Fulton Creek Chapel, subsequently becoming a member of Thompson Chapel. In the winter of 1907-08 she spent four months in Tryon, North Carolina, with the view of benefitting her health, which had become im- paired. and when she started on her journey 40 or more of her friends and neighbors ac- companied her to the train to bid her farewell. While in Tryon, her active, helpful disposition prompted her to organize the Aid Society, the first of its kind organized in that place. She always took an active part in church and mis- sionary work, and for two years was superin- tendent of the Sunday school. Her loss was deeply felt. not only by her husband and chil- dren, but also throughout the community at large. the members of which realized that a true Christian woman and a kind and hos- pitable neighbor had passed from among them. Her memory will long be kept green in the hearts of her many friends.
ILLIAM W. WILLIAMS, who was for many years one of the best known citizens and most promi- nent agriculturalists of Troy Township, was born in this town- ship August 25. 1835. son of William B. and Margaret ( Davis) Williams. His parents were natives of Wales, William B. Williams coming from that country when a boy with his mother and step-father. They settled in Troy Township, Delaware County, Ohio, where he spent the industrial period of his life engaged in agriculture.
William W. Williams was reared to man . hood in Troy Township and secured his edu- cation in the public schools. He then engaged in farming and soon became well and favor- ably known as an agriculturist and breeder of horses. In 1870, in company with Stephen Thomas, he made a trip to France, being inter- ested in a company organized for the purchase of French draft horses, of which they brought back four head. . In 1888 he returned to
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France in his own interest, bringing back three head. Through his efforts the quality of draft horses in this section was largely improved. So successful was he along these lines that at his death he left an ample estate, including a farm in Radnor Township and one in Troy Township, on the latter of which in a pleas- antly situated brick dwelling, Mr. Williams's widow and her son, William L., now reside. Mr. Williams was always an industrious and energetic farmer. Although, as already indi- cated, he accumulated in time a large amount of property, he aimed less to increase the quantity than to improve the quality of that which he had. His farm in Troy Township has been described as "undoubtedly the best- equipped farm in that part of the county, in point of farm buildings, tiling, and fruit cul- ture." Ile was a faithful member of the Bap- tist Church, which Mrs. Williams also attends. On January 6, 1871. he was elected deacon of the church and served faithfully as such until his death, which occurred February 17. 1907. A kind husband and father and an obliging neighbor, he was honored and esteemed by his fellow citizens, who knew him also as a man of much public spirit and many sterling char- acteristics. In politics he was a Republican. and he took much interest in the educational progress of the township.
On June 8, 1865, Mr. Williams was mar- ried to Eliza R. Lewis, who was born October 24. 1836, in Licking County, Ohio, and who is a daughter of John and Sarah ( Hughes ) Lewis, natives of Wales and early settlers in Licking County, Ohio. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Williams was blessed by the birth of two children-Lizzie A .. who is the wife of John Pugh, residing in Radnor Township: and William L., residing with his mother in Troy Township.
A V. CONKLIN. M. D., a leading citi . zen of Troy Township, where he owns a valuable farm. roo acres of land. well-improved : nd under ther- ough cultivation, has been promi- nently identified with the Eclectic School of
Medicine, in Ohio, since he received his de- gree in 1860. He assisted to organize the Ohio State Eclectic Society and was its first vice-president, and served also as the president of that important medical body. Dr. Conklin belongs to an old pioneer family of the State. He was born in Morrow County, Ohio, No- vember 21. 1832, and is a son of Jacob and Orra (Payne) Conklin.
The parents of Dr. Conklin were of new England birth, his father coming from Ver- mont and his mother from Connecticut. Ja- cob Conklin was a soldier in the War of 1812. and after its close, in 1814, he settled first in Delaware County, Ohio, and later moved to that section which became Morrow County, where he died in 1875.
Dr. Conklin was reared in Morrow County and enjoyed educational advantages at Mt. Hesper Seminary, following which he taught school for some years, in this way pro- viding for his own prefessional education. He was graduated from the Eclectic Medical In- stitute at Cincinnati, in 1860. and practiced subsequently at Waldo and at South Wood- bury, in 1875 coming to Delaware County. For many years Dr. Conklin was one of the leading medical practitioners in this section and few men are better known. Public affairs and local good government have claimed his attention, in the light of good citizenship, and he has long been identified with the Republi- can party, with strong views in favor of tem- perance.
On November 12, 1861. Dr. Conklin was married to Maria Hull, who was born in Marion County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Nathaniel and Nancy ( Wyatt ) Hull, both of whom died in Marion County. Dr. and Mrs. Conklin have two children: Prof. Edwin G .. Ph. D .. a member of the faculty of the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, filling the chair of Biology; and Eva C., who married Charles Page, residing at Columbus, Ohio.
Dr. and Mrs. Conklin are members of the Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church, at Dela- ware. He is identified with several leading fraternities and has been an Odd Fellow since 1856 and a Mason for about 37 years.
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AMES ROBERT LYTLE. A. M., at- torney and counsellor at law, of Dela- ware, Ohio, is a man of prominence in his profession and is widely known throughout this section of the State. He was born in Clear Creek Township, Fair- field County, Ohio, April 9. 1841, and is a son of James and Catherine ( Freymyer ) Lytle.
James Lytle, the father, was born in Lan- caster County, Pennsylvania, and there re- ceived an educational training in the public schools. He was a remarkably fine penman. and became known as a broad and liberal- minded man. In 1837, he came west to Ohio, and engaged in farming in Wayne County for one year, then removed to Clear Creek Town- ship in Fairfield County, where he purchased a farm. He followed general farming. His wife died in 1855, aged forty-two years, and he followed her to the grave in 1866. She also was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. and was a daughter of Jacob Freymyer. Four children were the issue of their union, as fol- lows: Catherine .A., deceased, who first mar- ried Dr. C. C. Bryson. and later John T. Evans, who at that time was clerk of the court in Delaware County; John, who died at the age of twenty-one years: James Robert, whose name heads this sketch; and William F., who enlisted in Co. 1. Ninetieth Regiment. O. V. 1., and was captured by guerrillas on Strawberry Plains, just after the battle of Chickamauga. and was never heard from afterwards. Mr. Lytle was of the Episcopal faith, and his wife of the Lutheran. He was originally a Whig in politics, and later joined the Know-Noth- ings, but became a Republican upon the organ- ization of that party. A strong Abolitionist. he was connected with the Underground Rail- road during the war.
James Robert Lytle was reared in Fair- field County and received a rudimentary edu- cation in the common schools. lle entered Ohio Wesleyan University, but after attend- ing that institution one year, was obliged to return home and take charge of the farm, his brother having enlisted in the service of the
Union Army. He continued at home until the spring of 1864, when he enlisted in Co. I. One Hundred and Fifty-ninth Regiment, O. V. I., and went with his regiment to Baltimore, where for one hundred days they guarded rail- roads about that city. Immediately after his return home from the war, he re-entered Ohio Wesleyan University, from which he was graduated in June, 1868. During his vaca- tions he had read law under the direction of Jones & Hipple of Delaware, and in June. 1869, he was admitted to the bar, just one year from the date of his graduation. He went to Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio, and en- gaged in practice one year, then returned to Delaware and formed a partnership with his former preceptor, Gen. John S. Jones, under the name and style of Jones & Lytle. This association of legal talent continued for a pe- riod of twenty-five years, during which time the firm was identified with much of the im- portant litigation in the courts of Delaware County. Since April 1, 1895. Mr. Lytle has practiced alone and has maintained the pres- tige established in earlier years. He has been especially active in practice before the Bureau of Pensions, having procured the grant of more than fifteen hundred pensions. He also procured bounty for many of the veterans or their families, and his familiarity with the bounty records of Delaware County resulted in the exposure of the bounty frauds and the saving to Delaware County of more than $20,- 000. Among the important cases with which Mr. Lytle has been identified, was the prose- cution through the United States Circuit Court of two suits for the heirs of Leonard Case, a multi-millionaire of Cleveland, in which he was opposed by many lawyers. among the number being some of the most distinguished practitioners before the bar in Ohio. The number of defendants in one of these cases was 648, and the land involved was valued at many millions, including the sites of Case Library and the City Hall in Cleveland. about one mile of lake front, some 4.000 lots in all, and 1,900 acres of land adjoining Cleve- land. Mr. Lytle is attorney for the Fidelity
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Building Association and Loan Company, and numbers among his clients many other of the important business concerns of Delaware.
Mr. Lytle cast his first presidential ballot for Abraham Lincoln in 1864, and has ever since been an active participant in political affairs. He was identified with the Republi- can party until 1894, and during that time served two years as chairman of the Republi- can County Central Committee. He has since that date been a supporter of the Democratic party, and has served two years as chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee. In 1894, he was Democratic nominee for Probate judge and was honored with a large vote, being defeated by 339 votes, while the head of the ticket was defeated by Mckinley, the Re- publican candidate for governor, by 969 votes.
July 28. 1868, James R. Lytle was united in marriage with Miss Cornelia Ann Chase, who was born in Porter Township. Delaware County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Rev. Ira and Jane ( Wilcox) Chase, a record of whom appears on another page of this work. Her paternal grandparents came from England and were of noble birth, and Mrs. Lytle has in her possession the Chase coat of arms. She is descended from Aquilla Chase and one of the lines to the noted Chase-Townly estate in Eng- land. Her father was a cousin of Salmon P. Chase, one of Ohio's greatest governors, and also an uncle of Governor Chase of Indiana. Mrs. Chase was a native of Rhode Island and was a near relative of the two brothers, Gen- eral and Bishop Rosecrans, who were former residents of Delaware County. She also was related to Livingstone, the noted explorer. Mrs. Lytle attended Wesleyan University and afterward studied art under a private tutor, being a great lover of nature and fond of land- scape paintings, she has quite a collection of her own work. She continued her art work for several years after her marriage. She has always been very much interested in the poor of the city and was for a long time con- ference treasurer of the Woman's Home Mis- sionary Society of the Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Quiet and re- tiring in her tastes, she has been found mostly
in that sphere of comparative seclusion which is bounded by the domestic relations in life, her greatest interests centering in home and family. Mr. and Mrs. Lytle have reared a family of three children, one son and two daughters, whose honorable and useful lives evidence the careful training of a devoted mother. The children are as follows: Wil- liam James, graduated from the public schools of Delaware in 1886, from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1890, and then took up the study of law. He served as assistant postmaster in the city of Delaware for nearly three years, discharging every duty to the satisfaction of his many friends. During this time he con- tinued the studies of his chosen profession and had almost completed his legal course. when he was taken ill, and went to the far west hop- ing to regain his health, but all in vain. After leaving California, he went to Arizona where he died in November, 1898, in the prime of life. Mr. Lytle was a young man of superior ability, of fine character, and noble ambition. He was a member of the I. O. O. F., Knights of Pythias, and the Order of Elks. Baroness Viola Lytle von Uchtritz was the second child born to our subject and his wife ; and Countess Nelly Lytle Eulenburg was the youngest of the family. Mr. and Mrs. Lytle are active members of St. Paul's M. E. Church, of which he is steward and was treasurer for many years. Fraternally, he is a member of Hiram Lodge. No. 18, F. & A. M .: Delaware Chapter No. 54, R. A. M. ; Delaware Council, No. 84, R. & S. M .; and George B. Torrence Post. Gi. A. R.
ILLIAM F. CRICKARD. M. D .. physician and surgeon at Dela- ware, has been a resident of this city for the past 30 years, but was born in Muskingum County, Ohio. Hle is a son of James and Eliza Ann (South- ard) Crickard.
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the Federal army as wagon-master of the Eighty-second Regiment, O. V. I., and served in the conflict for four years. He was pro- moted to the rank of second and later to that of first lieutenant, subsequently was commis- sioned a captain and still later brevet major. For two years he faced all the chances of bat- tle. When the Twentieth Army Corps was organized it was sent to Tennessee, and the regiment with which Major Crickard was con- nected participated in all the battles' from Chickamauga to Atlanta, was at Jonesboro and with Sherman in his march to the sea. At Savannah he was placed in charge of 1,000 men, commissioned to take them to New York. After this service was performed, he rejoined his regiment. Major Crickard had a record of being in 36 general engagements, and he did not escape injury. He received a serious wound in the elbow of his right arm-the bul- let which caused it never being extracted, and another wound in the temple, where he was struck by an exploding shell. His subsequent life was spent on his farm. Six of his seven children still survive, as follows: James, re- siding at Vernon. Jennings County, Indiana : John and Dr. William F., both residing at Delaware; Malissa; Lydia, who is principal of the North Delaware Union School; and Cora Belle, who married Charles Copeland. and with her husband is a teacher in the Saifd - wich Islands.
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Dr. Crickard obtained his literary educa- tion in the schools of Delaware, and took his first course of medical lectures at Cleveland and his second at Cincinnati. Subsequently he took special courses in Philadelphia and New York, being under the direct instruction of Dr. Hearn, the first assistant of Dr. Gross, the eminent specialist, at Philadelphia. In New York he went before the army Examining Board and after satisfactorily standing all tests, he returned to Delaware and has been engaged in the practice of his profession in this city ever since. He has always been a close student and in 1874-75 he took a special course with the celebrated Dr. Smith, of Cleveland, in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. Dr. Crickard is a member of the Dela-
ware County Medical Society and of the Ohio State Medical Society, and keeps well posted on all the advances made in his science.
In 1881 Dr. Crickard was married to Mar- garet Edwards, then of Delaware County. but a native of Racine, Wisconsin. They have a pleasant home in Delaware and Dr. Crickard has well-appointed offices at No. 59 North Union Street. He is a member of the Wil- liam Street Methodist Episcopal Church. Fraternally, he is connected with the Kinghts of Pythias and the Eagles.
J F. HOWALD, the owner of an excel- lent farm of 103 acres in Marlborough Township, Delaware County, Ohio, where he has been prominently identi- fied with public matters, was born No- vember 10, 1849. in Licking County. Ohio. and is a son of Andrew and Fannie ( Lantz ) Howald.
The parents of Mr. Howald, who were natives of Canton Berne, Switzerland, came to America in 1848, and settled at once in Licking County, Ohio, from whence they re- moved in 1850 to the woods of Marlborough Township, Delaware County, and here the re- mainder of their lives was spent, the father dying in 1868 and the mother some time later. J. F. Howald secured his education in the district schools of Marlborough Township, whence he had been brought as an infant, and here he has engaged in agricultural pursuits all of his life, being now the owner of 103 acres of fine property, in a good state of culti- vation. Mr. Howald is one of Delaware County's progressive citizens, and is a leader in any movement calculated to be of benefit to his community. For nine years he served as trustee of Marlborough Township, which he also represented at county conventions held at Delaware, and he has been much interested in, educational matters in his section of the county. He is a consistent member of the Reformed Church at Prospect, Ohio.
Mr. Howald was married to IFattie Weiser, who is a daughter of the late Solomon B.
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Weiser, of Delaware, Ohio, and to this union there were born three children, namely: Wil- liam A., who is the popular proprietor of the well known "Candy Kitchen" restaurant at Delaware; Nettie Irene, who is the wife of Frank Detwiler of Marion, Ohio; and Maud E .. wife of J. O. Wilcox, who is a partner of his father in the implement business at Ashley. Ohio.
NDREW J. BAGLEY, a leading citi- zen of Orange Township and one of her self-made and substantial men, engages in farming and stock-raising on his property situated here, which consists of 218 acres of very valuable land. Mr. Bagley was born April 23, 1838, in Mus- kingum County, Ohio, and is a son of Samuel and Sarah ( Lenhart ) Bagley.
The pioneer of the Bagley family in Ohio, was the grandfather, Reuben Bagley, who started from Loudoun County. Virginia, in a two-horse wagon, with his wife, five sons and three daughters, the names of his children be- ing: John. Benjamin. Samuel, Hiram and Christopher, and Sarah, Betsey and Polly. Reuben Bagley settled in Muskingum County. At this time the son Samuel was a boy of 16 vear- and he grew to manhood on the pioneer farm and was subsequently married in Mus- kingum County to Sarah Lenhart. She was born in 1805 and died in June, 1861. Her parents were John and Eliza ( Morgan ) Len- hart. Samuel Bagley was married ( second) in 1862, to Lovitha Mathews, both deceased. In 1851 the parents of Andrew J. Bagley re- moved from Muskingum to Vinton County, Ohio, where they lived until death, the mother at the age of 56 years and the father aged 77 year. For 55 years he was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and was conscien- tious in his support of all its uplifting agencies. For many years he was a subscriber to a re- ligious journal and on the day of his death. walked a distance of a mile and a halt m order to get it from the post office. He was suddenly stricken, and with apparently no
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