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In 1865 Mr. Wilson was united in mar- riage with Elizabeth Weakly, who died in 1876. They had no children. Mr. Wil-
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son's second marriage occurred in 1894 to Maria Goode and they have one son, William G. Wilson. Mr. Wilson is a mem- ber of the Mitchell Post G. A. R., and re- ligiously, of the Second Presbyterian Church.
HENRY SEITZ, a well-known citizen of Tremont City, who owns a valuable farm of one hundred and fifty-seven acres, which is situated in Champaign County, Ohio, was born on Snow Hill, just north of Springfield, Ohio, June 15, 1834, and is a son of Andrew and Ann (Baker) Seitz.
Andrew Seitz was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and was a son of Henry Seitz, who brought his family in wagons from that state to Clark County, Ohio, in 1831. Andrew Seitz subsequent- ly married Ann Baker, who was born in Virginia and was a daughter of Rudolph Baker, who came to Clark County after the close of the War of 1812. Mr. Baker settled in German Township, near the present base ball grounds on the Valley Turnpike. After marriage, Andrew Seitz settled at Snow Hill for a time, but during the boyhood of his son Henry he moved to a farm on what is now the Valley Turn- pike, where he also purchased a small saw and grist-mill. In 1845, he bought the mill at Tremont and in 1859 he built the mill which is now operated by Amos Seitz, one of his sons.
In 1849, Henry Seitz went to work in the Tremont mill and after the new one was built he worked in it and later ran it until 1873, when he left the mill and settled on his farm in Champaign County. He continued in agricultural pursuits un-
til 1900, when he returned to Tremont, but still retains his farm, which is a very valu- able property.
In 1863, Mr. Seitz was married to Hester Ann Rector, who died May 4, 1904. She was the mother of the following chil- dren: Annie, who married Frank White; Carrie, who died April 19, 1908, and was the wife of Charles Maggert; Ira; Ada, who married Eugene Phillips; Nellie, and. Stanley.
DR. ALBERT MCCLINTOCK, one of New Moorefield's skilled physicians and esteemed citizens, who has been engaged in the practice of his profession here since 1889, was born December 21, 1853, in Fletcher, Miami County, Ohio, and is a son of William and Martha (Denman) Mc- Clintock.
William McClintock, the doctor's father, was the village wagon maker of Fletcher, Miami County, Ohio, and died there at the age of thirty-two years, in January, 1857, when the subject of this sketch was three years old. His wife died in June of the same year, aged twenty- six.
Albert McClintock, after the death of his parents, went to live with his maternal grandfather, Abraham Denman, and was reared on the latter's farm, which was located four miles east of Piqua, Ohio. His elementary education was obtained in the country schools and was supplemented by a course at the Normal School at Leb- anon, Ohio. He then taught school for a period of thirteen years, teaching in Fletcher, where he was principal of the school for two years. In 1885 he en- tered the Columbus Ohio Medical College
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and graduated in the spring of 1888. He Judson Redmond, who was a pioneer first engaged in the practice of medicine miller of Clark County. He was born at Stony Creek, Logan County, Ohio, De- cember 31, 1864, and is a son of Judson and Harriet (Hinman) Redmond. in Shelby County, Ohio, remaining there but a short time, however, when he came to New Moorefield, where he has ·since made very satisfactory progress, hav- ing become well and favorably known throughout the community.
Dr. MeClintock was united in marriage . on Thanksgiving Day, 1875, with Ella Robinson, a daughter of James Robin- son, a well known farmer of Miami Coun- ty, Ohio. Four children have been born to Dr. and Mrs. McClintock, namely : Martha Belle, wife of Edward Rawlings, who has one child-Harold; Clarence, now in New Mexico, who is a graduate of the Piqua Commercial College; Edgar, born November 4, 1883, who died September 16, 1907; and James F., who is residing at home. Edgar attended the Piqua Com- mercial College and also Nelson's Busi- ness College, of Springfield, after which he went to Chicago, where he entered the employ of a firm by which his brother Clarence was also employed. Failing health necessitated a change of climate, and he was accompanied south to New Mexico by his mother and his brother, Clarence. He remained there for two years, returning July, 1907, and his death occurred in September, two months later.
Fraternally Dr. MeClintock is a mem- ber of the Knights of Macabees, and the J. O. A. M.
HARRY G. REDMOND, owner and manager of Redmond's Mill, which is lo- cated in Springfield Township, five miles east of Springfield, succeeded to this prop- erty on the death of his father, the late
Judson Redmond, whose death took place on June 21, 1906, was born in Cat- taraugus County, New York, August 16, 1824. In 1938 he began to learn the mill- ing business, and in 1841 came to Ohio and located at Maumee City, where he lived several years. In 1847 he returned to New York and was married to Harriet Hinman, and in the following year he came back to Ohio and settled near West Liberty, in Logan County, where he en- gaged in farming and milling. In the fall of 1865 he purchased what were called the Junction Mills, on account of their stand- ing at the junction of Sinking Creek and Little Beaver Creek, now the site of Red- mond's Mills. From 1866 until he retired from active industrial life, Mr. Redmond was engaged in milling at this point. This mill site is an old one. The first structure of frame burning down in 1837, it was replaced in 1840, by the brick building now in use, which was built by a Mr. Rod- gers. After Mr. Redmond bought the mill property from L. C. Huffman, the busi- ness was subsequently conducted under the firm name of J. Redmond & Son, which continued until Harry G: Redmond be- came proprietor.
Judson Redmond and wife had the fol- lowing children : Francis, Edgar J., Sarah O., Clara F., Inez I., and Harry G. In 1871, with his wife, Mr. Redmond united with the Trinity Baptist Church of Springfield. In December, 1880, they with others formed the Sinking Creek branch of the Lisbon Baptist Church,
MR. AND MRS. JUDSON REDMOND
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which a few years later became a separate body. At the organization of this church, Mr. Redmond was chosen a deacon, and he was continued in this office during the remainder of his life, also serving in other church offices. Not only to his church was he generous, worthy objects of charity at all times claming his atten- tion and receiving his aid. His widow still lives.
Harry G. Redmond was two years old when his parents came to Springfield Township, and when he grew old enough he was taught the milling trade under his father's supervision. His whole business career has been connected with milling and the larger part of his experience has been in his father's and his own mill. In June, 1904, Mr. Redmond installed the celebrated Wolf rollers and sifter, and in 1907, the Richmond City sifter, and with these modern mill appliances, he has been able to produce a still better grade of flour than that on which the firm had al- ready built up a fine reputation. The special product of this mill is the "Golden Crown" brand of flour, other brands be- ing also produced, together with different kinds of meal. Two millers and two as- sistants are required by Mr. Redmond and his business is constantly on the increase. On October 14, 1903, Mr. Redmond was married to Mary Snavely, who is a daugh- ter of D. H. Snavely, of Springfield, and they have two children, Harold Judson and Elizabeth Dora.
WILLIAM E. TUTTLE, senior mem- ber of the W. E. Tuttle & Company, dealers in all kinds of grain and seeds, has been a resident of Springfield for
the past sixteen years and is a native of Springfield Township, Clark County, Ohio. He was born in 1856, a son of George Tuttle, now deceased, who was born in 1821 within the corporation of Springfield, and who died in 1891. He was always engaged in agricultural pur- suits and was one of the leading and pub- lic spirited citizens of the county. John Tuttle, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was a native of Pennsylvania and came to Clark County, Ohio, in October, 1806, with his father, Sylvanus Tuttle, who died and was buried in Clark County, as were also the grandfather and father of our subject.
William E. Tuttle was reared on his father's farm in Springfield Township and received his education in the public schools of the township. He was then engaged in farming and stock-raising with much success for a great many years. About 1882 he began shipping clover seed, which enterprise so expanded in his hands that he was finally shipping more clover seed than any other man in the county. This resulted in his gradually drifting in- to the general grain business, in which he is now engaged, shipping his grain from Locust Grove.
In 1893 William E. and W. F. Tuttle bought out Brooks & Green, grain dealers, of Springfield, and established a grain business in Springfield, operating under the firm name of Tuttle & Tuttle. Two years later, in 1895, they built a grain elevator which was the first grain elevator in operation in Springfield, and which is still successfully operated by Mr. Tuttle. During the year 1899 Mr. Tuttle handled twenty-four cars of clover seed, shipping 1,600 bushels direct to Germany. In
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1899 W. F. Tuttle retired from the firm and the subject of this sketch continued alone in the business for about one and a half years. In September, 1900, Thomas A. Paine became a member of the firm, which has since been known as W. E. Tuttle and Company. In addition to regular grain shipping they make a specialty of seeds, handling great quan- tities of timothy seed which they obtain in car lots, jobbing it mostly to retail dealers. Mr. Tuttle is also interested in other business enterprises of Springfield, being vice president of the Reed Bros. Manufacturing Company, and a member of the firm of F. O. Jones & Company.
In 1880 Mr. Tuttle was joined in mar- riage with Clara Otstot, who was born in Clark County and died in April, 1900, leaving five children, namely: Florence, Grace, Amy, Pearl, and Roger. Politi- cally Mr. Tuttle is an adherent of the Re- publican party and has served as a mem- ber of the Republican Central Committee. Religiously, he is a member of the First Baptist Church and has been president of its board of trustees for the past two years.
M. H. COLLINS, M. D., one of the best known physicians of Clark County, is now living in retirement in the village of South Charleston, which has been his place of residence since birth. He comes of a well known family of physicians, his father and his maternal grandfather hav- ing practiced medicine here before him.
Dr. M. H. Collins was born in the house in which he now lives, in 1853, and is a son of Dr. Elijah T. and Sarah Louise (Hous- ton) Collins. The paternal grandfather,
Thomas Collins, came from Virginia when young and located in Clark County, Ohio. His wife's maiden name was Mur- ray, and their union resulted in the birth of sixteen children.
Dr. Elijah T. Collins was born on a farm near Moorefield, Clark County, Ohio, January 12, 1818, and was engaged in the practice of medicine throughout his ac- tive career. As above noted he married Sarah Louise Houston, who was born in the same house as the subject of this sketch, and who was a daughter of Dr. Robert Houston. The latter came from Kentucky when a boy and engaged in the practice of medicine in South Charleston. He built the home in which Dr. Collins now resides and gave it to the latter's mother upon her marriage. He married a Miss Pierce of Troy, Ohio, and had ten children. Elijah T. Collins was a man distinguished for his scholarly attain- ments. A man of deep thought and a philosopher, he gave to the public the benefit of his many years of research and investigation in numerous carefully pre- pared and well written articles. His psychological research resulted in the publication of a book written by him en- titled "The Soul," which is widely read and is in the library at Springfield.
Dr. M. H. Collins is the sole survivor of a family of eight children born to his parents. After a careful preparatory training, the doctor followed in the foot- steps of his father and grandfather by engaging in the practice of medicine. He met with a high degree of success during his active practice, and numbered among his patients many of the leading families of this section of the county. He is now living in retirement at South Charleston,
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but still looks after his property inter- ests here and in Illinois, where he owns land. Dr. Collins has never married. He is a Republican in politics, whilst re- ligiously he is a member of the Methodist Church.
GEORGE W. DILLAHUNT, road superintendent of Mad River Township and a prominent general farmer, was born August 17, 1854, on his father's farm in this township, and is a son of Alexander N. and Hannah (Malone) Dillahunt.
Alexander Dillahunt was born on the eastern shore of Maryland and was the eighth in a family of nine children. When he was small, his parents, William and Melcha (Gooden) Dillahunt, removed to Franklin County, Pennsylvania, where the father died when Alexander was but nine years old. William was too young to enter the army during the Revolutionary War, but had one brother who fought un- der Gen. Anthony Wayne, and another who returned from the war shortly after Braddock's defeat. After Alexander's marriage to Hannah Malone, who was born near Baltimore, he operated a flour- mill for some time in Maryland. His brother, George Dillahunt, came to Ohio in 1853, and in April, the following year, Alexander followed and settled in Clark County, buying a farm of one hundred and sixty-four acres in Mad River Town- ship. He later purchased more land and had at one time two hundred and nineteen acres, part of which is now owned by his son, George W. He died on this farm in January, 1887, and his widow survived him until January, 1898. They had a family of twelve children.
George W. Dillahunt was reared on his father's farm in Mad River Township and attended the district schools during the winter months after the corn was safely in the granary. He remained on the farm until after his marriage. During many years he was engaged in fruit growing, but more recently his time has been de- voted to general farming and in attend- ing to his duties as road superintendent. His farm lies on both sides of the Dayton Pike, about three miles west of Spring- field.
Mr. Dillahunt was married on Christ- mas day, 1877, to Emily Hebble, a daugh- ter of Dr. Joseph and Elizabeth Hebble. Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Dillahunt, namely: Mabel, who teaches in the Mad River Township schools, is a graduate of the Springfield High School, and also attended Witten- berg College for some time ; Clarence, who is an electrical engineer in the mines at Jasonville, Indiana, who was married in August, 1907. to Esther Curry ; Gertrude, who teaches in the Mad River Town- ship schools, and is a graduate of the Enon High School; Joseph H., who died April 8, 1905, aged twenty years; George W., Jr., a graduate of the Enon High School, who taught for two years and at present is taking a course in the me- chanical department of the Ohio State University; and Pauline, who is a grad- uate of the Enon High School and is tak- ing a post-graduate course at Enon.
Mr. Dillahunt has been a member of the School Board since 1888, and has been president of that body for twelve years. He has served as road supervisor since 1889 and is now superintendent of roads. Politically, he is an independent voter.
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He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and he belongs to the First Lutheran Church of Springfield.
ISAAC ULERY, proprietor of the old- est established hardware store in New Carlisle, Ohio, has been a life-long resi- dent of Clark County, and was born April 3, 1862, on the old home place three miles north of New Carlisle. He is a son of George and Mary (Fundeberg) Ulery.
John Ulery, grandfather of Isaac, was born near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, a son of Daniel Ulery, who was a native of Wurtemberg, Germany, and one of the early settlers of Pennsylvania. Upon first coming to Ohio, John Ulery located in the woods near Dayton and cleared a great deal of land in the vicinity of that city. He subsequently returned to Penn- sylvania and after the Indian War brought his family to Ohio in wagons and settled in the woods near New Carlisle, where he and his wife Elizabeth spent the remainder of their days, both passing away in advanced age. They were the parents of five children: John, Jacob, George, Phoebe, and Nancy, the latter of whom is still living at the age of ninety years.
George Ulery, father of Isaac, was quite young when his parents came to Ohio. His boyhood home was an old log house and he helped clear a large tract of the surrounding land. He followed farming through life and became a min- ister of the Brethren in Christ Church. He was joined in marriage with Mary Fundeberg, whose parents were also early settlers of Clark County. To them were born nine children: Elizabeth, died
aged eleven years; Samuel; William; John, deceased; Mary, deceased, was the wife of Samuel Walters; Isaac; Ezra; Lucinda, died aged three years; and George, who lives on the old home place. George Ulery died in 1881, aged about fifty years, and is survived by his widow who lives on the home place.
Isaac Ulery was reared on the home farm and attended the district schools of the township. At the age of fifteen his father died and as the other children were married and had left home, he took charge of the farm, and the responsi- bilities then assumed, although heavy at the time, proved a very valuable experi- ence for him. After his marriage he worked in a pump factory at New Car- lisle for a year and a half, then returned to the farm for five years. Subsequently he returned to New Carlisle and em- barked in a hardware business in a small way, in one small room, having about a wagon load of stock. He continued in that room for about five years, when he moved to a larger room at his present lo- cation. Five years later he was burned out. When he resumed business he in- creased his stock, and has since occupied three rooms on the main floor of the build- ing on Main Street, carrying an extensive line of paints, harness, seed, stoves and farming implements.
Mr. Ulery was married in July, 1883, to Luella Bailey, a daughter of James and Levina (Brandel) Bailey, and to their union have been born two children: Loureta, who married Charles Bucher; and Russell.
Politically, Mr. Ulery is a Democrat and has served as a member of the School Board, and had the honor of being ap-
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pointed trustee of the proposed Clark County Memorial Building by Gov. Har- ris. He is a member and trustee of the Brethren in Christ Church.
HARVEY BOWERS, one of the lead- ing farmers of German Township, where he owns seventy acres which lie on the old Troy road, about five and one-quarter miles northwest of Springfield, was born in Shenandoah County, Virginia, August 4, 1843, and he is a son of Reuben and Mary (Hollar) Bowers.
The grandfather, Philip Bowers, came from Virginia to Ohio in 1830, settling on a farm north of Lawrenceville, on which he died in 1889. The parents of Mr. Bowers, however, never came to Ohio, the mother passing away in Virginia, on Christmas day, 1860. The father re- mained in the old home, where he died in 1883.
Harvey Bowers was reared in Virginia and before he came to Ohio, in 1869, had learned the carpenter trade and this he followed for some eight or ten years at Springfield, after locating in Clark Coun- ty. He was one of the organizers and original stockholders in the Springfield Planing Mill and Lumber Company. He continued to be interested in this enter- prise for a number of years and also fol- lowed contracting at Springfield. He then bought a farm, which he subsequently sold, lived several years on a rented farm of four hundred acres, in Champaign County, but on January 14, 1904, he re- turned to the farm he had acquired in German Township, on which he has car- ried on general farming, having been re- tired from carpenter work and contract-
ing since 1891. He has a fine property which he manages with great success.
Mr. Bowers was married (first) to Theresa Stevenson, who died without is- sue. He was married (second) in 1888, to Mrs. Anna A. (Stevenson) Cook, a widow, whose son, J. Walter Cook, still rents the large farm in Champaign Coun- ty, which Mr. Bowers formerly conducted. Mrs. Bowers is a daughter of James Stevenson and a sister to Mr. Bowers' first wife. To this union three children have been born, namely: H. Alfred Homer, Ethel Hazel and Robert Lee. The five daughters of Mrs. Bowers' former marriage are: Minnie, who mar- ried Seymore Edward Calhoun, residing at Beatty; Emma, a bright young lady, who is cashier of the Arcade Hotel, at Springfield; Effie, who married J. Wilbur Folk; Annie, who married Frank Ke- ton; and Ada, who married Edgar Rey- nolds.
In politics, Mr. Bowers is a Democrat and on that ticket he served four years as a trustee of German Township. He is a member of the fraternal order of Eagles and both he and his step-son, J. Walter Cook, belong to the Junior Order of Amer- ican Mechanics. Mr. Bowers is consid- ered one of the representative men in his community.
ROBERT C. RODGERS, attorney at law, has been a resident of Springfield since 1857 and is one of the city's repre- sentative men. He was born in Knox County, Pennsylvania.
When five years of age, the parents of Mr. Rodgers came to Springfield and here he enjoyed educational advantages which
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included attendance at private schools and Wittenberg College. From the lat- ter he entered Princeton University, be- ing a member of the class of 1875, but left college in his junior year and returned to Springfield in order to enter upon the study of law. After a course of reading with a leading attorney of Springfield, he was admitted to the bar in 1877, has been in continuous practice ever since and now occupies a prominent position in his profession all through Clark County.
In 1879, Mr. Rodgers was married to Emma M. White, who is a daughter of Judge William White, and they have two sons -- William W., who is engaged in busi- ness at Springfield, and James L., who is a student in the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. Mr .. and Mrs. Rodgers are members of the Second Presbyterian Church.
JOHN MILLS, one of the oldest and highly respected citizens of Green Town- ship, Clark County, Ohio, residing on a tract of two hundred and fifty acres, lo- cated six miles southeast of Springfield, has been a life-long resident of this coun- ty, and was born on his present farm Jan- uary 7, 1826, a son of Thomas and Jane (Dale) Mills.
Thomas Mills was born in Virginia and at the age of five years came down the Ohio River with his parents to Kentucky, where they followed farming the rest of their lives. Thomas Mills was reared and educated in Kentucky and was there mar- ried to Jane Dale, by whom he became the father of ten children, the subject of this sketch being the only surviving child. He later came to Clark County, Ohio, and
settled on our subject's present farm.
John Mills was born and reared on his present farm and has always been a farm- er by occupation, having remained on the home place. He was united in marriage with Clara J. Baird, who was one of eleven children born to her parents. Her father, Peter C. Baird, was a native of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, who after coming to Ohio followed farm- ing near Harmony. There have been no children born to our subject and his wife. In politics he is a Republican and during his active career, always took an active interest in the affairs of his party. His religious association is with the Method- ist Protestant Church.
CHARLES E. ROLLER, residing on a tract of one hundred and nine acres sit- uated in Bethel Township, about seven miles west of Springfield, on the west side of the Enon Road, where he is engaged in general farming and wholesale dairy- ing, is one of the most successful farmers and highly respected citizens of the town- ship. He was born December 16, 1865, in Springfield Township, Clark County, Ohio, and is a son of Sylvanus and Eliza Jane (Henslee) Roller.
Sylvanus Roller was born in Virginia and when a child came to Ohio with his father, Andrew Roller. The family made the trip from Virginia in wagons, and settled on a tract of timberland in Spring- field Township, although the father had been offered a large tract of land at Trap- pers Corners for his old horse that wasn't worth a hundred dollars, but he took the farm in Springfield Township in prefer- ence. At that time Springfield was not
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