History of Crawford County and Ohio, Part 103

Author: Perrin, William Henry, [from old catalog] comp; Battle, J. H., [from old catalog] comp; Goodspeed, Weston Arthur, 1852- [from old catalog] comp; Baskin & Battey, Chicago, pub. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Chicago, Baskin & Battey
Number of Pages: 1034

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when, by an accidental discharge of his gun, he received a painful wound, which disabled him for about eighteen months. In the latter part of 1871, he was employed by the Mans- field, Coldwater & Lake Michigan Railroad, to obtain the right of way through the county. In the spring of 1872, he again opened a law office and practiced until his election as Clerk of the Court in October, taking charge of the office in February, 1874, and retired in February, 1880, when he resumed his law practice with his brother Isaac Cahill, under the firm name of Cahill Brothers, in No. 7 Quinby Block. He was married in October, 1875, to Miss A. E. J. Jnilliard, of Bucyrus, who was born in Stark County, Ohio, and is a daughter of John N. Juilliard. She came to Bucyrus in 1867, where she learned the millinery business with Miss Jennie L. Anderson, and was partner for one season. Since 1868, she has done a large bus- iness alone; employing from six to fourteen ladies in the millinery department. She keeps a large stock of millinery and notions.

HENRY COUTS, farmer and veterinary sur- geon ; P. O. Bucyrus ; was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., July 4, 1810. Christian Couts, the father of Henry, was of Scotch descent, and served three years in the American army dur- ing the Revolutionary war. He removed to Crawford Co. with his family, about the year 1821, when the subject of this sketch was about 12 years of age ; they settled in Liberty Town- ship, southeast of what is now Sulphur Springs. When Henry Couts was a young man, between the ages of 14 and 20, he would frequently re- side with the Indians, and, occasionally, these visits were several weeks in length. During these visits, he was frequently the guest of Johnny Cake, a half-breed Wyandot Indian, whose father was a Frenchman. This savage resided at Upper Sandusky, in a hut which stood near the Wyandot Mission Church. Johnny Cake liked Couts, who occasionally practiced at shooting with the bow and arrows with the two sons of his savage friend ; they would occasionally make hunting excursions together on the Honey Creek, Sycamore Creek and the Broken Sword. Couts relates that he also spent many nights with Bill Walker, one of the chiefs. This Indian read law and prac- ticed some at an early day ; he lived in a frame house, possessed many articles found in the homes of the whites, and was more civilized

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than Johnny Cake and many other savages. Walker had two sisters, with whom Couts spent many a pleasant hour. The subject of this sketch was always on friendly terms with the Indians, but once he had a fuss with one called Between-the-logs. Couts had a very fine hunting dog, and this savage desired to pur- chase it, and, while the Indian was hunting on the Broken Sword, he visited Couts with the in- tention of securing the coveted animal. But Conts didn't wish to sell the dog, and Between- the-logs became very angry about it; he was intoxicated, and, when Couts entered his cabin after conversing with him, the enraged savage ran his knife through the door of the house. He also threatened Couts' life, and drew his gun upon him several times, but did not fire at him ; but he finally left, vowing to remember Couts in the future. After he left, the owner of the dog thought over the indignities he had suffered, and grew very angry about it ; he fol- lowed the Indian several miles, and, overtaking him, drew his gun to shoot the savage, but the charge did not explode, and the warrior es- caped. Couts says he was always glad in after years, that the gun missed fire. But, at the next general muster, Between-the-logs attended ; he became intoxicated, and commenced to abuse Couts, who turned in and thrashed the savage. Couts was a very good wrestler in his younger days ; was known as the " bully Dutchman," and one time gained a signal victory over a man named Erastus Finn, who challenged any man in Capt. Linton's militia company. Couts was married to Sarah Ann Peterman Aug. 25, 1833 ; she was born June 22, 1818. They re- resided in Liberty Township until September, 1841, and then removed to Missouri, where they remained for about twelve months. While a resident of Liberty, he served as Constable

several terms. When he returned from Mis- souri, he settled in Bucyrus, and followed the occupation of teamster for Henry Converse, and made frequent trips between Bucyrus and San- dusky City. In 1846, he secured a contract for carrying the mail through the country, and con- tinned in this business for some eighteen years. He served as Street Commissioner and Marshal of Bucyrus for two terms. In the early part of 1863, he secured a position as Veterinary Surgeon in the 34th O. V. C., under Col. Frank- lin, and served in this capacity nearly eighteen months. He removed to his present residence

southwest of town, about 1866, where he ran a saw-mill until some two years since, when he sold the mill privileges to the County Commis- sioners ; since then, he has been farming and practicing veterinary surgery. Mr. Couts joined the M. E. Church at Annapolis in his younger days, and was a Class-leader for some five years. After he returned from Missouri, he connected himself with the Protestant M. E. Church, and is at the present time a member of the U. B. congregation. The subject of this sketch is the father of the following children : Samuel, born April 10, 1834 ; married to Sarah A. Nichols March 24, 1857, and died Nov. 23, 1865 ; David, born Nov. 4, 1835 ; now a resi- dent of Page Co., Iowa, and married to Sarah A. Palmer ; John A., born Oct. 2, 1837 ; mar- ried to Mary A. Borst Nov. 29, 1860, and now a resident of Upper Sandusky ; William H. H., born March 15, 1840 ; married to Hatty Mead Dec. 10, 1863, and now a resident of Sandusky

Township; Barbara E., born March 18, 1842 ; married to George Sware, Dec. 18, 1862, and, after her first husband died, to Jacob Shupp ; they reside southwest of Bucyrus ; Jacob, born March 3, 1844 ; married Miss Catharine Forney Jan. 17, 1864, and now resides in Bucyrus ; Jeremiah B., born March 12, 1846; married Susan Myers, and is a plasterer in Bucyrus ; Frances, born July 18, 1848, and died in in- fancy ; Hiram Andrew, born Nov. 6, 1849, and died May 7, 1871; Eliza Ann, born April 7, 1852, and died in infancy ; Sanford, born Sept. 21, 1854 ; married Cynthia Dixon, and now a resident of Upper Sandusky ; Charles Fremont, born March 29, 1857 ; married to Hattie E. Mahaffey, Nov. 12, 1878, and resides southwest of town. Six of the sons mentioned above (all who were old enough), enlisted in the Union Army during the late rebellion, and served their country on many a bloody battle-field ; their father was too old to enlist as a soldier, but entered the service as a Veterinary Surgeon.

M. C. CUYKENDALL, physician and sur- geon, Bucyrus ; is the son of Cornelius and Elizabeth (Courtright) Cuykendall, and was born Nov. 21, 1829, in Cuyahoga Co., N. Y. He lived on a farm until his 17th year, and then entered Groton Academy, in Tompkins Co., N. Y., remaining two years, and teaching in the winter ; he taught the following winter and worked at carpentering for the two ensuing seasons, spending the winter months meanwhile

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in teaching. His parents had died when he was 14, leaving him to battle with life alone. In the winter of 1849, he came to Plymouth, Richland Co .; the following year he com- menced the study of medicine. In the spring of 1851, he entered the office of Drs. Benscho- ter & Bevier, at Plymouth, and continued with them until the spring of 1853, having entered the Cleveland Medical College in 1851; he graduated from that institution in 1853, and commenced practice in Richland Co. In July, 1857, he came to Bucyrus, and has since re- mained there, save the time spent in the army. He was commissioned Surgeon of the 3d O. V. C., in October, 1861. In July, 1862, he was pro- moted to Brigade Surgeon of the Second Cavalry Brigade. Second Division of the Army of the Cumberland. In 1863, he was made Medical Di- rector of two divisions, which made him a staff officer under Gen. Crook. In December, 1864, he was mustered out at Columbia, Tenn. He then resumed the practice of his profession at Bucyrus. He has made a specialty of surgery for thirty years, and is counted as one of the most skillful physicians in the State. In 1875. he was elected Professor of Medical and Sur- gical Diseases of Women, in the Columbus Medical College. He is a member of the American Medical Association, and also that of the State of Ohio ; he was also President of the Northwestern Ohio Medical Association. He was married Jan. 29, 1854, to Miss Lucy White, of Auburn Township ; they have one daughter -Ida W., wife of Dr. W. B. Carson, of Bucy- rus.

J. R. CLYMER, attorney at law, Bucyrus ; was born in Franklin Co., Ohio, Jan. 23, 1834, of English, Irish and German parentage. The paternal ancestors of Mr. Clymer were among the carly settlers of Pennsylvania. He is lineally descended from the Ilon. George Cly- mer, of that State, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and inventor of the " Columbian " printing press, which was the first constructed of iron. His father is a cler- gyman, held in high esteem, and his mother an accomplished woman. In the year 1837. the family moved to Westfield, Morrow Co., Ohio, where our subject received the rudimentary elements of his education in a log schoolhouse. In 1849, he entered the Otterbein University, where he laid the foundations of his after use- fulness. Ile removed to Galion, Ohio, in 1851,

and became the chosen teacher of the high school and acting Superintendent of the Union schools of that place for several years. He was appointed Deputy Clerk of Court, under A. P. Widman, June 18, 1859. Mr. Widman died Nov. 30, 1860, and our subject was ap- pointed to fill the unexpired term. In 1861, he was elected Clerk of the Courts of Crawford Co., for a full term of three years, and re- elected in 1864. After an official career of six years, during which time he won the approval of political friends and opponents alike, he retired from public office and pur- chased the Crawford County Forum, becoming editor and proprietor April 15, 1868 ; he held that position until April, 1877. By his talents and industry, he made the Forum a welcome visitor in every household, and has done much to elevate the moral and literary tone of journalism in this county. As. an editor Mr. Clymer was distinguished for his clear comprehension of questions and events. He is both logical and forcible in expressing his ideas, and their influence is often recognized in party platforms. The productions of his pen, in both prose and poetry, evince great terse- ness and practicability. His journalistic para- graphs are frequently copied into leading news- papers of the country. He is also spoken of as an able literary critic, and the selections which appeared in the Forum under his direction indicate the excellence of his judgment and taste. In appreciation of these qualities, in 1874, he was appointed to edit all the Demo- cratic papers (over a hundred in number) pub- lished by the Aikens Auxiliary Newspaper Companies of Cincinnati and Milwaukee. Mr. Clymer has occupied several positions of im- portance, all unsought by him. In this con- nection may be mentioned that he was a dele- gate from the Ninth Congressional District of Ohio, at the Conservative National Convention, which met at Philadelphia in 1866, and was also a Centennial Commissioner for the Four- teenth District, appointed by Gov. William Allen of Ohio. During his occupancy of the Clerk's office, Mr. Clymer began the study of law under the direction of Judge Plants, and, on retiring from the editorial chair of the Forum, he entered the field of legal research, and was admitted to the bar at Tiffin, April 9, 1878, and entered upon the practice of his pro- fession in Bneyrus. As an advocate and coun-

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selor he has had signal success, rising at once into prominence by his versatile talents and impressive oratory. He is an earnest and- faithful Christian gentlemen, being a commu- nicant of the Presbyterian Church and a zeal- ous worker in the Sabbath school. He was married to Miss Mary M. Shaw, of Westfield Township, Morrow Co., Ohio, in August, 1856. Of this marriage three children were born, but one of whom is living, Rosella C. Clymer-a successful teacher in the Bucyrus Union Schools. His wife, Mary M., departed this life May 4, 1866. He was re-married, to Miss Kate E. Franz, in September, 1867. She is the oldest daughter of the late Col. John Franz, of Bucyrus. The fruit of this happy union is three children-Franklin M .. Blanche S. and Thomas W.

SHANNON CLEMENTS, Probate Judge, Bucyrus ; was born Aug. 17, 1841, and is a native of this county ; he is a son of James and Eliza Stone Clements ; his parents re- moved to Bucyrus when he was aged 6 years, and educated their son in the public schools ; his father was a native of Washington Co., Penn., and removed to Ohio when quite young, his parents being among the first settlers ; he taught school in his youth, and was one of the pioneer teachers. In 1846. he was elected Sheriff of the county, serving two terms ; he was then elected Probate Judge, taking charge in 1864, and has since practiced law in Bucyrus. The subject of this sketch entered the post office at Crestline when 16 years of age, and was soon after appointed mail agent, which post he held until 1860. At the outbreak of the war, he enlisted in Co. K, 120th O. V. I., under command of . Col. French, his corps be- ing under Gen. Grant; he participated in the battles of Chickasaw Bluff, Arkansas Post, Grand Gulf, Raymond, Champion Hill, Black River, siege of Vicksburg, Jackson, Miss., Blakely, Ala., and other minor engagements ; only three of his company returned at the close of the war; he was mustered out at Houston. Tex .. in October, 1865, and never, during the whole time of his service for the old flag, was he sick, wounded, or off duty. He was clerk for his father, serving five years, and six years for Judge Lee ; he was elected in October, 1875, and re-elected in 1878, run- ning ahead of his ticket both times. He was married, Nov. 16, 1870. to Miss Anna Mullons,

of Bucyrus, who is a native of England. As a public official, Judge Clements is noted as upright and honest, and he is a man univer- sally respected by the citizens of Crawford Co.

REV. HENRY W. CONLEY, dentist, Bucy- rus ; is a son of Leven Conley, and was born Oct. 12, 1835, in Liberty Township, this county. He was reared on a farm, and followed farming until his 19th year, having taught two terms, also, in the district school, in the meantime. He entered Mt. Union College in the fall of 1859, and also attended Otterbein University. Altogether, he taught some eleven terms of the district school. Uniting with the M. E. Church in 1859, he was soon afterward licensed to ex- hort. He removed to Decatur, Ill., in 1863, and commenced the study of dentistry. After spending some two years there, he came to Plymouth, Ohio, and entered upon the practice of that profession, continuing eighteen months. He was licensed to preach, and admitted to the Northern Ohio Conference in 1867, and com- menced his ministerial labors at Woodbury, Ohio, and Newcomerstown. In 1870, he was transferred to the Kansas Conference, and was stationed at Oswego for two years. Here he did valuable service in the vineyard, building up a church worth $4,000, and increasing the membership from 35 to 300, having made 250 conversions during the period of his ministra- tions. Lawrence, Kan., became his home for the year following, and, by the advice of his physician, he went South, and was stationed at Coffeeville, the southern terminus of the Gal- veston Railroad. This town had then been in existence some six months, and had a popula- tion of 1,200. Mr. Conley preached the first Methodist sermon ever delivered in the place. He remained there two years, and built up a strong, healthy church organization, his labors being blessed abundantly. He was transferred to the Northern Ohio Conference in 1874, and had charge of the church at Belleville, Ohio. During his two-years pastorate here, he had 140 conversions to the church. He next went to his old home, at Sulphur Springs, remaining two years, where he was appointed to his first charge (that of Woodbury). His wife's health failing, he sustained a supernumerary relation to the church, and removed to Bucyrus in April, 1880. Here he opened an office of dentistry at No. 14 Quinby Block, where he is prepared to do all kinds of mechanical and operative

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dentistry. Mr. Conley was married to Annie E. White, of Liberty Township, Nov. 6, 1866. They had three children-Donzellie, Minturn and Harrison W., which last named died at Sul- phur Springs, aged 4 years and 4 months. The subject of this sketch has been a devoted worker in the cause of redemption, and his labors have been blessed with eminent success.

HON. ALLEN CAMPBELL, lawyer and Mayor, Bucyrus. The Mayor of Bncyrus is the son of William II. and Esther (Gallup) Camp- bell, and was born in Voluntown, Conn., Oct. 13, 1839. He received a good education attend- ing school at Plainfield and Ellington; also at normal seminaries in Norwich and Provi- dence, R. I. He afterward entered a wholesale dry goods honse in Providence as clerk, occu- pying the position some fifteen months ; next he was book-keeper in the Remington Rifle Works at Ilion, N. Y., having previous to that time made a trip to the West Indies on the man- of-war San Jacinto, in search of the Alabama. In the fall of 1868, he came to Mansfield, Ohio, and from there to Bucyrus, where he soon be- came book-keeper for the Bucyrus Machine Works, holding this position some two years. He was next a member of the firm of D. W. Twitchell & Co., in the boot and shoe trade and continued until 1877. In 1878, he was elected Justice of the Peace, filling that office and car- rying on at the same time a general insurance business. He was elected Mayor of the city in April, 1880, receiving the support of both par- ties. Ile was married in January, 1871, to Eva Rowse, daughter of Horace Rowse, of Bucyrus. Three children are the fruits of this union- Lillian, Horace and Allen. Since his election, Mr. Campbell has proven himself a competent official, and during his residence in this city he has always been held in high esteem by the citi- zens of the place.

JOHN M. CHESNEY, physician and drug- gist, Bucyrus ; was born May 31, 1825, in Mercer Co., Penn., and is the son of John and Elizabeth (Mahon) Chesney. His early youth was passed on a farm. and the earlier part of his education was received at a district school. At the age of 16 years he entered an academy at Jamestown, Penn. After some time spent there in diligent study, he taught some two terms of school, and then commenced the study of medicine in the office of his brother Robert, in Shelocta, at the age of 19. He was thus en-

gaged for three years, and practiced in company with his brother. He removed to Ohio in the spring of 1847, and remained with his brother at Marseilles for some six months, when he lo- cated at Huntersville, Hardin Co., and there vis- ited his patients on foot when the roads were well nigh impassable by other means. On one of these pedestrian trips, he was lost near the Hog Creek Marsh and remained there all night, being unable to regain his way. In the spring of 1851, he located in Kenton, Ohio, and re- mained there some two years. He then went to Marseilles and remained until 1876, except- ing three years spent in Upper Sandusky. In January of 1876, he removed to Bucyrus and engaged in business at No. 5 Quinby Block, where he is now engaged dealing in drugs and books, in which trade he receives a large share of the public patronage. He was married at Kenton in May, 1851, to Junelia Thompson ; of this marriage there were born five children, three of whom survive-John A., Vill Roy and Floy. Dr. Chesney is a physician of con- siderable merit, and as a merchant he has met with deserved success, and stands high among the leading business men of Bucyrus.

JOHN CARSON, photographer, Bucyrus ; is a son of Robert and Bessie (Katon) Carson, and was born in November, 1828, in County Cavan, Ireland ; he received but little school- ing, and, at the age of 7, left home to work at whatever his hands found to do ; at the age of 18, he came to America, and the voyage, which occupied ten weeks, ended at New York May 2, 1848; he went to New Jersey and spent two years laboring there on a farm; he next went to New York and shipped to New Orleans, where he remained over winter; in the spring, he came up the river, and made his home in Pennsylvania, near Greensburg, where he found employment on the Pennsylvania Central Railroad ; here also he received his re- ligious convictions and became a member of the M. E. Church; he then devoted three years to the trade of carriage-making, and then commenced daguerreotyping at Mt. Pleas- ant, Penn .; in about 1858, he came to Ohio and settled in Upper Sandusky, where he worked at his first trade of carriage-making until 1864, when he came to Bucyrus and fol- lowed the same business for some five years ; he was for some time owner of a photograph gallery in Galion, Ohio, but soon returned to

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Bucyrus and established a gallery in the west end of the Quinby Block, where he is now lo- cated, with every facility for the production of good pictures, possessing good taste and artis- tie skill. He was married, in December, 1854, while in Greensburg, Penn., to Miss Zeruiah Steelsmith, of that place, and of this union there are living six children-Mary E., Anna E., Charles R., Robert K., Frank W. and George W .; three are dead-William E. and John R., who are buried in Wyandot Co., and Lucy B. in Bucyrus. The parents of Mr. Car- son were both natives of Ireland, where the father was a shoemaker and also a farmer ; he raised seven children, and with his wife he re- moved to this country and settled in Albany, N. Y., where he followed his trade; both of Mr. Carson's parents remained in this country during their lives. Oct. 25, 1880. Charles R. Carson, oldest son of John Carson, took charge of the photograph gallery, and is doing an ex- cellent business ; he has enjoyed six years' active experience in the work, and his work gives evidence of true artistie taste and skill ; careful attention to details is necessary to suc- cess in taking pictures, and, realizing this, Mr. Carson has studied posing and lighting sub- jeets, the retouching of negatives and the ton- ing of pictures, until the beanty and grace of his work are subjects of just pride ; he has all the modern facilities for taking a large variety of styles, having just added the " Win- ter " and " Apple Blossom " scenes, which are among the latest and most attractive.

JEREMIAH CORRELL, shoe merchant, Bucyrus ; was born May 17, 1832, in Adams Co., Penn., and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Lind) Correll ; he was reared on a farm until he had attained his 20th year, in the meantime attending school and acquiring a serviceable education ; his parents removed to Stark Co., Ohio, when he was but 2 years oldl. and there he lived for the next twenty-five years ; in the spring of 1859, he came to this county and commenced farming in Liberty Township, where he remained for several years ; he then returned to Stark Co .. where he remained until 1869, when he came to Bucyrus and started a boot and shoe store in the room which he now occupies, and where he now carries an exten- sive stock of boots, shoes and leather findings. He was married, Jan. 10, 1856, to Miss Susan E. Bogen, of Whetstone Township. who was

born in Loudoun Co., Va., Nov. 10, 1832 ; her parents removed to Ohio in 1835, and settled near Canton, Ohio ; they came to Crawford Co. in 1848 ; of Mr. Correll's marriage, there are four children living-John F., William W., Etha E., Jennie E .; two born to them are dead. Mr. Correll is a member of, and Deacon in, the Disciples' Church, is an upright business man, and universally respected.

JONATHAN CARMEAN, farmer; P. O. Bucyrus ; son of Maj. Matthew and Rachel (Long) Carmean ; was born Dec. 6, 1834, in what is now Dallas Township, Crawford Co., Ohio. Until he reached his majority, he re- mained on his father's farm, receiving, in the meantime, an average school education. For two years after becoming of age, he worked his father's farm, carefully saving his earnings. In December, 1857, he was married to Miss Sarah J. Goodman, of Ross Co., Ohio, and by her had five children, all of whom are living, as follows : Alonzo, Dilla, Irvin, Eva B. and Arizona. Mr. Carmean is sufficiently public minded to take a deep interest in the welfare and prosperity of his county. He is the present owner of 493 acres of fine farming and grazing land, 60 acres of the latter being timber. Upon his farm are comfortable and commodious buildings. Since 1860, Mr. Carmean has dealt quite extensively in sheep, cattle and hogs. He at present owns and keeps on his farm 800 head of fine sheep. His property is so situated as to afford Mr. Carmean a handsome revenue. He is a stanch Republican politically, and has been so since the organization of that party ; is a member of Grange No. 705 in Bucyrus, and merits and has gained the ·respect and confidence of his fellow-citizens.

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History of Crawford County and Ohio, Part 103

Author: Perrin, William Henry, [from old catalog] comp; Battle, J. H., [from old catalog] comp; Goodspeed, Weston Arthur, 1852- [from old catalog] comp; Baskin & Battey, Chicago, pub. [from old catalog] Publication date: 1881 Publisher: Chicago, Baskin & Battey Number of Pages: 1034

Author: Perrin, William Henry, [from old catalog] comp; Battle, J. H., [from old catalog] comp; Goodspeed, Weston Arthur, 1852- [from old catalog] comp; Baskin & Battey, Chicago, pub. [from old catalog]
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Chicago, Baskin & Battey
Number of Pages: 1034