History of Delaware County and Ohio, Part 106

Author: O. L. Baskin & Co; Perrin, William Henry, d. 1892?
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Chicago, O.L. Baskin & Co.
Number of Pages: 818

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the most severe battles and marches of the war- Rich Mountain, Greenbrier, Romney, battle of the Wilderness, Fredericksburg, etc. In 1864, Dr. Constant was appointed assistant physician of the Columbus Lunatic Asylum. It may here be stated that, while a student in the Ohio Wesleyan University, he was also studying medicine under Dr. Williams of Delaware ; he also attended a regular course of lectures in the Cincinnati and Columbus Medical Colleges ; in the Class of '68- 69, Dr. Constant graduated from Cleveland Med- ical College, Cleveland, Ohio ; he then came to Delaware and began the practice of medicine, which profession he has followed ever since, being associated at one time, in the practice of medicine, with Drs. J. H. White and J. A. Crouthers ; he has been, for the last nine years, U. S. Examining Surgeon of this district ; a member of the Dela- ware County Medical Association, of which he has been one of its honored Presidents. Dr. Con- stant married, in 1867, Miss Clara B. Clark, of Clermont Co., Ohio, a graduate of the Ohio Female College of Delaware; they have three children, two sons and a daughter.

M. & G. D. CADWALADER, lumber mer- chants. Among the leading business men of Dela- ware are the above-named gentlemen, who com- menced the lumber business in 1876. M. Cadwal- ader, senior member of the firm, was born near Llan- fyllen, Montgomeryshire, North Wales, in 1814, and is the son of John and Sarah (Alyn) Cadwala- der. In 1820, John Cadwalader, with his wife and three children, in company with five other fami- lies, embarked for America. After being on the ocean eight weeks, they landed in Philadelphia, where they hired conveyances and came to Dela- ware Co., locating in Radnor Township. They came here very poor, and at first rented a farm of 100 acres, afterward became owner of fifty-five acres, and paid for the same by clearing land. Their first house was made of logs, and was built in the woods, size about 15x20 feet, puncheon floor and chimney of wood and mud. Here they lived until the death of his mother, in 1831, at the age of 58 years. She was buried in the cemetery of Delhi. Soon afterward his father, John Cadwalader, went to the southern part of Ohio, and there died in 1875, at the age of 78. In 1834, Mr. M. Cadwalader came to Delaware, and commenced to learn his trade as a carpenter. Here he remained until 1836, when he went to Louisville, Ky., and worked at his trade until 1837, when he returned to Dela- ware. He then went to Troy, Miami Co., Ohio,

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and worked on the court house at that place. He returned to Delaware, and, in 1841, started in the building and contracting business, and, in a few years, was recognized as one of the finest designers and architects in Central Ohio. His work may be found on almost every prominent street in Dela- ware, and in other parts of the country. Mr. Cadwalader never had a day's schooling in his pro- fession as an architect and builder. Among the prominent buildings he has either designed or erected in Delaware may be mentioned the First and Second Presbyterian, the Episcopal and Metho- dist Churches, all the college buildings of the Ohio Wesleyan University, excepting Elliott Hall and American Honse ; in Marysville, Robinson's Block, Snider's Block, Union Block, etc. In 1849, he Was master-builder of the C., C., C. & I. R. R., where he remained until 1851. During this time, he built the first turn-table on this road at Cleve- land, and made a contract for the timber to build the first cars for the road, and built the first rail- road depot at Columbus, which stood for a number of years. After working for the C., C., C. & I. R. R. he engaged in building ; his last work was superintending the building of Merrick Hall of the Ohio Wesleyan University ; afterward entered the lumber business with his son, George D., who was born in Delaware in 1851, and graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan University in 1872, since which he has been engaged in the lumber business. In 1849, Mr. Cadwalader married Caroline Atwell, of Cuyahoga Co., Ohio; they have one child. Mr. Cadwalader held the office of City Engineer of Delaware for several years, and carried on survey- ing for a number of years.

L. S. COVELL, stock-dealer, Delaware; is a native of Delaware, Ohio, and was born Nov. 1, 1828 ; his parents were Calvin and Permelia (Dob- son) Covell, who came to Delaware at an early day ; Calvin Covell engaged in the manufacturing of wagons, and made about the first wagon in Dela- ware; he was also engaged in contracting, in building roads and bridges in different parts of Ohio, and for a number of years was engaged with the Ohio Stage Company ; about 1837, he com- menced the foundry business in Delaware, and manufactured plow and mill castings, etc .; he con- tinued in this for a number of years, and died in Delaware a respected and honored citizen. The subject of our sketch set out in life when quite young, to work his own way; he left home, and went to Dayton, walking the greater part of the way ; after remaining there a short time, he returned,

and, in 1848, entered the jewelry business with only $2.62; he was successful, and is the oldest jeweler in Delaware. Of late years, Mr. Covell has done but little in the jewelry business, having turned his attention to fine stock-raising, in com- pany with his brother; they are among the largest importers of the celebrated Percheron horses in Ohio.

HENRY CHAMBERLAIN, farmer ; P. O. Delaware; was born in Washington, Berkshire Co., Mass., and is the son of Justice and Hannah (West) Chamberlain, the father from Massachusetts and the mother from Connecticut ; they were married in Massachusetts, and in 1818, with a family of four children, started West in wagons, reaching Delaware Co., and located on the Radnor Road, two and a half miles west of Delaware; here they built a log cabin ; Justice Chamberlain was a carpenter, and followed his trade while in Massa- chusetts ; he died on the farm in 1828; the fol- lowing is from the Delaware Patron of Sept. 18, 1828 : " Died, in this township, on Monday last, after an illness of four days, Justice Chamberlain, Esq., aged about 53 years. He sustained through life the character of an exemplary, upright citizen, and was universally respected, and his death decply lamented by all his acquaintances." His wife, Hannah Chamberlain, was born in Vernon, Conn., Dec. 7, 1777, and was married to Justice Cham- berlain in 1797; she died Dec. 14, 1870. Of the children, but three are living - William, Lydia Ann and Henry, who has been a resident of Del- aware Township ever since 1818 ; he was for thirty years engaged in mercantile business in Delaware, and occupied No. 1, Williams Block, twenty-eight and a half years; when a lad, he attended a school, taught by R. Murray, and has a " reward of merit," in water-colors, which reads as follows : "Mr. Henry Chamberlain receives this testimonial of commendation from his teacher, R. Murray." Mr. Chamberlain married Miss Olive L. Allen, of Delaware Co., whose parents came to the county at an early day.

W. H. CASE, Delaware; was born in Licking Co., Ohio, Feb. 12, 1818; the son of Augustus Case, who was born in Connecticut, and came to Washington Co., Ohio, in 1800, being among the first settlers there; our subject remained a resident of Licking Co. until about 1832, when he, with his parents, moved to Delaware County and located in Lib- erty Township; from there to Concord Town- ship, where he engaged in farming; in 1843, Mr. Case went to Union Co., and was a resident of

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that county until about 1855, when he came to Delaware, which has since been his home; he was for some time engaged in carrying the United States mail from Delaware to Tiffin, Ohio; from that he entered the livery and sale stable, also ex- tensively engaged in breeding Norman and Clydes- dale horses ; is owner of the renowned imported stallions-Norman horse-" Lyon," and the full- blooded Clydesdale " Lofty." Mr: Case, since his residence in Delaware, has held the office of City Marshal for a number of years, giving entire sat- isfaction.

CRAWFORD'S BAND was organized in 1868, by Stewart Crawford and B. F. Thomas, both highly respected colored citizens of Delaware. Mr. Craw- ford was born in this place in 1843, and is the son of Thomas Crawford, who came here at an early day from Kentucky. He was a soldier in the late civil war. Upon the formation of the band, which is composed entirely of colored men, Stew- art commenced the study of music. L. N. Van- horn, a leading teacher of this kind of music, was their instructor for three months ; aside from that they have had no outside advantages, and have attained to their present state of efficiency by their perseverance in practice, combined with the natural talent of the members ; upon its organization there was another band in the city, but it could not stand the pressure occasioned by the superiority of Crawford's invincibles, and finally "gave up the ghost. Crawford's Band is recognized as the best colored organization of its kind in the State ; it is composed of thirteen good and substantial citizens of Delaware; they have a set of fine instruments, purchased by a contribution made by the citizens of the place. The city may well be proud of so creditable an organization.

REV. GEO.W. CURRY, minister, Second Bap- tist Church, Delaware, was born in Barnesville, Belmont Co., Ohio, in 1845, and is the son of Addison and Elizabeth Ann (Wright) Curry ; when our subject was quite young, he with his parents moved to Hocking Co., Ohio, remaining but a short time, then to Perry Co., and from there to Zanesville, where Mr. Curry entered the public schools, and received a common-school edu- cation ; in 1868, he moved to Delaware, which has been his home since; in 1874, he was licensed to preach, and in 1877 was regularly ordained ; since Mr. Curry has been engaged in the ministry, he has been a faithful worker, having labored for one year in Urbana, and as a missionary preacher is doing good work in different parts of Ohio; he

established a church and Sunday school in Rich- wood, which is now in a very flourishing condition ; since 1877, the Rev. Mr. Curry has been located in Delaware, having charge of the Second Baptist Church, which is in a very good condition. In 1869, he married, in Zanesville, Ohio, Miss Julia Frances Andrews, of Indiana.

S. C. CONRY, County Auditor, Delaware, was born in Clermont Co., Ohio, March 8, 1832 ; is the son of Stephen and Elizabeth (Whorton) Conry, both natives of Ohio ; while a resident of his native county, Mr. Conry was engaged in farming, and from that he entered the mercantile business. In 1856, he moved to Hamilton Co., and, at the breaking-out of the late civil war, enlisted for three years in Co. L, 5th O. V. C., as a private, but was subsequently appointed Regimental Com- missary ; he participated in the battles of Pittsburg Landing, Mission Ridge, Corinth, and others on Sherman's Atlanta campaign ; Nov. 8, 1864, he was mustered out, and returned to Hamilton Co. In January, 1865, he moved to Delaware, where he entered the grocery business, in which he con- tinued until 1872, when, after suffering a number of months with fever, he received a stroke of par- alysis, from which he has been a sufferer ever since ; during Mr. Conry's residence in Delaware, he has won a host of friends, resulting in his nom- ination and election by the Republican party to the office of Auditor of Delaware Co .; in 1877, he was reelected to the same position, being the only candidate elected at that time on the Republican ticket, thus receiving the commendation of the people for his devotion to duty, and kindly bear- ing toward his fellow-men, in discharging the labors of his official trust.

MOSES DECKER, Delaware, was born in Sussex Co., N. J., July 10, 1790; his fa- ther died when Mr. Decker was quite young, and he was placed in the hands of his grand- mother; at the age of 17, Mr. Decker com- menced learning the trade of a wheelwright, which he followed some three or four years, when he worked at the carpenter and cabinet-maker's trade ; in 1820, he, with his wife and two children, Opera and Sallie, came West in wagons, and lo- cated in Kingston Township, Delaware Co .; here Moses Decker held several offices of public trust ; was Township Clerk eight years, Postmaster seven- teen years; and Justice of the Peace six years, offices which he filled with honor and credit ; after remaining in Kingston Township until 1864, the family moved to Delaware; in 1866, Mrs. Decker

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died, nearly 66 years of age. Mr. Decker was a soldier of the war of 1812 (of which war he is a pensioner), under Col. Seward, doing duty prin- cipally in Sandy Hook; April 16, 1815, he was made a Lieutenant of the New Jersey Militia ; his father-in-law was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and his son, John P. Decker, was a soldier in the late civil war, enlisting in the 15th U. S. Regulars, of which he was a Second Lieutenant, and participated in a number of battles and marches; he died Sept. 1, 1863, from disease con- tracted in the service. Mr. Decker is a member of the Presbyterian Church, of which he was an Elder for a number of years in Kingston Town- ship; he is one of the five that first organized a Sunday school in Kingston Township; he also started the first temperance society in that town- ship. Of the Decker family, there are now liv- ing nine children ; as an old and highly respected settler of Delaware Co., Moses Decker will long be remembered.

FRANK L. DAVIS, hotel-keeper, Delaware, was born in Freeport, Ill .; his father, Gershom S. Davis, was a native of the State of New York ; his mother's maiden name was Lloyd; she was a native of Pennsylvania ; was married the first time to Dr. Clifton, with whom she moved to Iowa, where he died within two years after their mar- riage ; she then returned to the Quaker boarding- school in Mason Co., Ohio, which was kept by Jessie and Cynthia Harkness, at which place she had made her home for some time prior to her marriage; here she met Mr. Davis, a widower, whom she married; Frank L. was their only child ; his parents moved South before the rebel- lion ; his father was drafted into the Confederate army near the close of the war, and served as fifer for a Louisiana regiment ; he died at Navas- ota, Tex., in 1867, of yellow fever; the mother and son then came North to Ohio, and, in 1868, selected a home in Delaware; they bought prop- erty on North Sandusky street in 1876, and, in August, 1879, opened the Central Hotel. Mr. Davis entered the Ohio Wesleyan University in 1876, and completed the sophomore year, in the meanwhile teaching four months in each school year ; he was a member of the Class of '81.

ALBERT W. DUMM, physician and surgeon, Delaware ; was born in Monroe Co., Ohio, Dec. 1, 1847; son of Milton and Sarah J. (McComas) Dumm, who came to. Ohio at an early day; his father was a farmer, and here, on the farm, Dr. Dumm remained until about 23 years of age,

when he began the study of medicine with his brother, Dr. S. C. Dumm, a leading physician of Delaware Co .; he also attended lectures at the Star- ling Medical College, and graduated from the Columbus Medical College, in 1876; he then came to Delaware and began the practice of medicine, and, after eighteen months, went to Missouri and practiced in that State for two and a half years, when he returned to Delaware, where he has been engaged in the practice of his profession ever since. Dr. Dumm married Miss Emma A. Sparks, of Ohio, in 1877 ; they have one child, a daughter.

THE DELAWARE FENCE COMPANY was established in the year 1868, by A. J.Richards, the inventor of the fence manufactured by the Com- pany ; Gen. Eugene Powell, being satisfied of the advantages and general utility of the invention, associated himself with Mr. Richards in the manu- facture of the article, and, in 1875, became the sole owner of the establishment. Since coming en- tirely under the General's direction, the facilities have been increased, and the business has gradually but steadily grown until their productions are com- manding a sale in every direction. The fence manufactured by this Company is superior in al- most every essential particular; it combines strength, durability, beauty and cheapness, and is fast driving its competitors out of market where- ever it has been introduced. It is made from the best wrought iron and ranges in price from $1.50 to $3 per lineal foot. Another article of utility manufactured by this Company, and which finds a ready and extensive sale, is Fritchy's patent wrought-iron shifting rail for carriages. Carriage manufacturers and blacksmiths throughout the country find it an article of great convenience and ready use. Being made in sections, any part can be easily replaced in case of breakage, or it can be attached to the carriage as a whole by the purchaser without any difficulty. The business of this establishment is in a prosperons condition, ad- ditions having been made to their shops in order to accommodate their increasing trade. New arti- cles of manufacture are being added, and, with Gen. Powell at the head, it is destined to be one of the largest manufactories in Delaware City.

JOHN W. DONAVAN, Delaware ; manager of the Donavan's Original Tennesseeans, was born in Shippingsburg, Cumberland Co., Penn., Feb. 18, 1833, son of L. K. and Mary (McConnell) Donavan, and a brother of Dr. M. W. Dona- van, a leading physician and a prominent pol-

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itician of Baltimore, Md .; when a lad, was engaged in clerking in his father's hat store, where he remained until 1853, when he came to Ohio and located in Mt. Vernon in mercantile business ; in 1864, he moved to Delaware, where he continued in mercantile business until 1873, when he was engaged by Dr. R. S. Rust, one of the leading workers of the Freedman's Aid Society of the M. E. Church, to organize a colored musi- cal troupe, the proceeds to go for the building of a freedman's school, at Nashville; he immedi- ately went South, and after visiting a number of Southern States, selected a company from the cities of Augusta, Atlanta and Nashville, known as the Tennesseeans, and after five weeks of practice had on the road a band of colored singers that aston- ished the people; he traveled with this company through the leading cities of the United States, receiving the highest praises from the very best people of the land for years, and making the snug sum of nearly $18,000 for the M. E. Church Freedman's Aid Society, which was employed in the erection of the Central Tennessee School of Nashville, Tenn., the leading school of the Freed- man's Aid Society ; in 1876, the company was disbanded, and Mr. Donavan took charge and be- came sole manager of the Tennesseeans, doing a good business in the United States and parts of Canada; they are acknowledged to be the finest as well as the best-organized company of colored singers on the road. Mr. Donavan was married in Shippingsburg, Penn., in 1855, to Miss Kate L. Trone, of Cumberland Co., Penn.

MICHAEL DOYLE, merchant, Delaware; is one of the leading merchants of Delaware ; he was born in the county of Carlow, Ireland, about 1850 or 1851; he, with his mother and family (his father having died in Ireland), emigrated to America, and came to Ohio, locating in Columbus ; here our subject set out in life, learning his trade as a mar- ble cutter ; he worked there for some years, and

then went to Memphis, Tenn., where he worked at his trade a short time ; he also worked at Girard, PenD., and at Cleveland, Ohio; from there, in about 1860, he came to Delaware, and formed a partnership with John Shea, in the marble busi- Dess ; this firm continued for some five years, when Mr. Doyle embarked in his present business, flour, feed, and a general stock of merchandise ; his flour and feed store is 20x60 feet in size ; his grocery, etc., is 20x80 feet ; the two stores adjoin, and are located on East Winter street. Mr. Doyle started io life a poor boy, but, with industry and good

management, has accumulated a good property. He was married, in June, 1863, to Miss Mary Leahy, a native of Ireland, she having come to America with her parents when she was about 7 years of age, and to Delaware in 1852.

THE DELAWARE CHAIR COMPANY is the largest manufacturing establishment in Dela- ware, and among the largest in Central Ohio. This corporation was organized and commenced business in 1870, on the present site, in a frame building 32x60 feet, two stories high, receiving their power from an adjacent planing-mill, through the medium of an endless wire cable. Ten hands were em- ployed, with a monthly pay-roll of about $200. From this small beginning their business has steadily increased, with a constantly growing demand for their chairs, until they find themselves cramped for room and facilities to meet the volume of orders that is crowding in upon them. This, too, notwithstanding the fact that they have in- creased their capacity until, from the small begin- ning, they have grown to occupy a building 74x100 feet, two and one-half stories high, and employ about one hundred and fifty hands, with a monthly pay-roll of about $2,500. In 1879, the Company put in their own steam-power, and, from the limited variety of fourteen styles of split- bottoms, they have grown to the production of 100 different patterns of cane-seat chairs. At the Cen- tennial Exhibition in 1876, they were awarded the first grand prize medal and diploma for the utility, strength, comfort, and cheapness of their chairs. The Company is composed of T. E. Powell, A. Lybrand, R. G. Lybrand and S. Lybrand. The latter is general correspondent and financial agent, and R. G. Lybrand business manager. The Com- pany are contemplating a removal to new quarters, the large stone building formerly occupied by the Delaware Manufacturing Company. This will afford room to carry on an immense business, with plenty of power and all the adaptations necessary for the conduct of every department with cheap- ness and dispatch. However, from the growing popularity of the goods produced by this establish- ment, it is not improbable that, in the near future, the Company will find a demand for all the space their new quarters will afford.

JESSE EURY, farmer; P.O., Delaware; among successful farmers of Delaware Co., may be men- tioned Mr. Jesse Eury, who was born in Frederick Co., near Liberty, Md., March 25, 1813, and is the son of Samuel and Sarah Eury ; he was raised I on the farm, and entered a mill in his native

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county, and began to learn' the miller's trade, in which he continued, in Frederick Co., until 1836, when hestarted West to Ohio on horseback, arriving and locating in Delaware, after being on the road some two weeks; here he commenced to work at his trade, in a mill near where the woolen mill now stands ; after working a short time, he purchased an interest in the mill and continued in business until 1842, during which time he was not very successful in the mill business, having suffered very much from the panic of 1837 ; in 1842, Mr. Eury purchased a farm in Delaware Township, on the Columbus and Delaware road, where he moved and commenced farming, remaining there until 1869, when he moved to his present farm; in 1870, he built his present home. He married, March 28, 1839, Miss Mary Kline, of Pennsylva- nia, who, with her parents, emigrated to Ohio and located in Delaware Co. at an early day ; they have one child. Mr. Eury owns 339 acres of land, most of which he has cleared, as when he purchased this land, in 1851, but little of it was improved. He owns one of the best-improved farms in his neighborhood.

CHARLES ELY, sewing-machine agent, Dela- ware, was born in Berks Co., Penn., in 1830, and is the son of Benjamin and Lydia (High) Ely, both natives of Pennsylvania; in 1836, they moved with their six children to Ohio, and located in Delaware Township, on a farm, now owned by F. P. Vergon, and then but little improved ; after remaining on this farm for a number of years, they moved south of town and, in 1847, moved to Delaware, where the father was engaged in gro- cery business until about 1870; he then retired from business, and died in 1876, nearly 80 years of age, thus passed away one of the old and res- pected citizens of Delaware. Charles Ely, leaving the farm, commenced traveling with a notion wagon, selling to merchants in different parts of Ohio; he next embarked in the grocery business in Delaware, in which he continued about four years; in 1873, he turned his attention to the sewing-machine business, taking an agency for the well-known Howe machine. In May, 1845, Mr. Elias Howe made the first sewing machine in a . garret in Cambridge, Mass .; this first of all sewing machines may still be seen at the office of the company in New York City; this company has erected at Bridgeport, Conn., works which rank among the largest in the world, turning out over six hundred machines a day ; this machine is con- sidered by thousands of people to be the best in

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History of Delaware County and Ohio, Part 106

Author: O. L. Baskin & Co; Perrin, William Henry, d. 1892? Publication date: 1880 Publisher: Chicago, O.L. Baskin & Co. Number of Pages: 818

Author: O. L. Baskin & Co; Perrin, William Henry, d. 1892?
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Chicago, O.L. Baskin & Co.
Number of Pages: 818