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On January 8, 1885, in Ross township, James E. Paullin was united in
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marriage to Anna Louisa Cherry, who also was born in that township, a daughter of William and Martha (Saville) Cherry, the former of whom, born on February 16, 1816, died on September 9, 1895, and the latter, born on November 20, 1815, died on October 6, 1876. William Cherry was a son of James and Elizabeth (Greenwood) Cherry. the former of whom was born in Rockbridge county, Virginia, May 12, 1789, a son of Patrick and Rachel (Wortman) Cherry, the former of whom came from Ireland and the latter of whom was of Dutch descent, who were the parents of five children, James, Green, William, Isaac and Margaret. On April 12, 1815, at New Castle, in Rockbridge county, Virginia, James Cherry married Elizabeth Greenwood, who was born on April 25, 1796, and not long afterward he and his bride joined a party coming through to this part of Ohio and rode to Greene county horseback, their destination being the David Laughead settlement on Massies creek. In that neighborhood James Cherry established his home and there he and his wife spent the remainder of their lives, his death oc- curring on December 24, 1851, and hers, May 14, 1883. They were the parents of eleven children, William, Mary Ann, Jane, Rachel Wortman, James Laughead, Robert G., John, Ben Q., Andrew, Isaac N. and David H. On February 18, 1837, William Cherry was united in marriage to Martha Saville and established his home on the Darling homestead on the Jainestown and Xenia pike. Martha Saville was a daughter of Samuel and Ann Saville, cousins, the former of whom was born on December 28, 1797, and died, March 22, 1857, and the latter, born on June 30, 1792, died on May 18, 1872, and who were the parents of six children, Martha, Joseph, Margaret, Elizabeth, Samuel and James A. To William and Martha ( Saville) Cherry were born eleven children, of whom Mrs. Paullin was the last-born, the others being Elizabeth Ann, James A., Samuel S., Rachel Euphemia, John W., Benjamin F., Martha J., Robert L., Melvina M. and David Brown.
To James E. and Anna Louisa (Cherry) Paullin were born two chil- dren, Lorena D. and James William, both of whom are living, still making their home with their mother, who moved from the home farm to Xenia in 1901. Miss Lorena Paullin was graduated from a business college at Dayton and for the past ten years has been the official stenographer in the Greene county probate court. She takes an active interest in the work of the Young Woman's Christian Association at Xenia. James W. Paullin completed his schooling in the Dayton Business College and for the past six years has been engaged in the office of the wholesale establishment of Eavey & Company at Xenia. He is a member of the local lodge of Masons. Mrs. Paullin and her son and daughter are members of the First Methodist Episcopal church at Xenia.
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CLARENCE S. FRAZER.
Clarence S. Frazer, proprietor of a shoe store at Xenia, was born in Xenia, on July 11, 1873, son of Capt. Andrew S. and Jennie (Mitchell) Frazer, the former of whom is still living in Xenia, well past eighty years of age, and of whom further mention is made elsewhere in this volume, he having been a resident of this county since he was twelve years of age, his father having moved here from Brown county in 1848 and established him- self in the dry-goods business at Cedarville.
Capt. Andrew S. Frazer, as reference to the biographical sketch pre- sented under his name elsewhere in this volume will disclose, is a veteran of the Civil War, having risen from the ranks to the command of Company F, Thirty-fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, in the service of which he enlisted at Cedarville on July 24, 1861, and was also quartermaster on the staff of General Piatt. At the battle of Fayetteville he was so seriously wounded that his recovery was a matter of marvel to his comrades, and in June, 1864, at Cincinnati, he was mustered out on account of disability. The Captain had been engaged in business at Cedarville previous to his entrance into the army, but upon his return he was unable for two or three years to engage in active pursuits on account of the disability from which he still suffered by reason of his wound. In 1866 he was elected auditor of Greene county and by subsequent re-elections served in that official capacity for about eighteen years, at the end of which time he became engaged in the banking business at Xenia, also becoming connected with various other bus- iness enterprises there, and so continned for many years. On November 2, 1870, Captain Frazer was united in marriage to Jeunie Mitchell, of Attica, Indiana, who died in October, 1885, leaving two children, the subject of this biographical sketch having a sister, Katie, wife of William A. Cork, of Toronto, Canada, and the mother of four children, Rutlı, John, Helen Frazer and Stuart. In October. 1887, the Captain married Ruby H. Sexton, of Rushville, Indiana, and is still making his home in Xenia, now living practically retired from active business pursuits.
Reared at Xenia, Clarence S. Frazer received his early schooling there. After two years in the Xenia high school he entered DePauw University at Greencastle, Indiana, where he remained two years, at the end of which time, in 1891, he returned to Xenia and there became engaged in the lum- ber business. A year later, in 1902, he decided to take up the shoe busi- ness and with that end in view became a clerk in a local shoe store, remain- ing thus engaged until 1899, in which year he began business for himself, opening a shoe store at 17 East Main street, where he ever since has been engaged in business. Mr. Frazer is a member of the Xenia Business Men's Club and for the past three years or more has been treasurer of the same.
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On November 7, 1911, Clarence S. Frazer was united in marriage to Edith Harsha, of Washington Court House, county seat of the neighboring county of Fayette, and a daughter of John P. and Anna (Beard) Harsha, both of whom also were born in Ohio, the former in Knox county and the latter in Highland county, who were married in 1872 and wno are now living at Washington Court House. John P. Harsha and wife are the parents of three daughters, Mrs. Frazer having two sisters, Ora, wife of J. M. Baker, of Washington Court House, and Jessie, wife of Rex Wells, of Toledo. Mr. and Mrs. Frazer have two children, Andrew Harsha, born on March 3, 1914, and Janet, December 30, 1915. They are members of the First United Presbyterian church and for four years or more Mr. Frazer has been a member of the board of trustees of the same.
FRANK HENRY McDONALD.
Two years before Ohio was admitted to statehood and among the very earliest of the settlers of this fair section of the beautiful Miami valley which later came to be organized as Greene county, the McDonald family had gained a foothold here and ever since has been honorably represented in this county. It was in the year 1800 that Isaiah McDonald and his wife Edith settled here, taking possession of what later came to be known as the "Stone-Quarry Farm," not far from where the beautiful city of Xenia later sprang up, and there established their home. One of their grandsons, Wil- fred McDonald, in June, 1831, married Martha Lyon and made his home on that farm. To that union were born eight children, of whom the subject of this memorial sketch was the last-born. Two of these children died in child- hood and the others were as follows: Hampton, who went to California in the days of his young manhood, lived there for fifty years and died while on his way back to his boyhood home in this county; Emily, who married William Rogers and spent her last days in Xenia; Columbus, who died in California; Willis, a farmer, who enlisted for service in the Union army during the Civil War and died in a hospital while thus serving his country's cause; America Jane, who is still living and making her home with her sister-in-law, Mrs. Anna E. McDonald, widow of the late Frank Henry McDonald, in Xenia; and Melvin, who died in Montana.
Frank Henry McDonald was born on the old "Stone-Quarry Farm" in Xenia township on September 2, 1839, and was there reared to the life of a farmer, receiving his schooling in the neighborhood schools, and was living there when the Civil War broke out. In August, 1862, he- enlisted as a member of Company D, One Hundred and Tenth Regiment, Ohio Volun- teer Infantry, and with that command was sent to Winchester, the regiment
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being attached to the First Brigade, Second Division, Eighth Corps, Army of the Potomac; later being detached for provost guard and picket duty and later assigned to the Second Brigade, Second Division, Sixth Army Corps. Mr. McDonald served until the close of the war, was present at and par- ticipated in the Grand Review at Washington and received his final dis- charge at Columbus on June 25, 1865. During this period of service he took part in many of the most desperate battles and engagements of the war and received one serious wound, a shot through the left thigh, which sent him to the hospital for some time. Among the battles in which he took part were those at Union Mills, Winchester, Stevenson's Depot, Wapping Heights, Brady Station, Mine Run, Locust Grove, the Wilderness, Spottsyl- vania, Ny River, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Reams Station, Sailors Creek and Appomattox Court House, besides a number of minor engagements and brushes with the enemy.
Upon the completion of his military service Mr. McDonald returned home and resumed farming on the old home place and after his marriage in 1875 established his home there and there spent the rest of his life. He did well in his operations and became the owner of three hundred and thirty-five acres of land, continuing actively engaged in farming and stock raising until his death, which occurred on April 21, 1910. Mr. McDonald was a Repub- · lican, but was not a seeker after public office. He was an active member of the local post of the Grand Army of the Republic at Xenia and took an earnest interest in the affairs of that patriotic organization. He also was an active worker in the Methodist Episcopal church, as is his widow, and took a warm interest in church affairs.
On January 21, 1875. in Xenia township, Frank Henry McDonald was united in marriage to Anna E. Heath, who was born in that township, a daughter of Thomas P. and Anna (Hook) Heath, both of whom also were born in this county, members of pioneer families, the former born on a pio- neer farm on the Wilmington pike and the latter, on the old Hook home- stead place, and who made their home in Xenia township all their lives. Mrs. Anna Heath died when thirty-five years of age. Thomas P. Heath survived his wife many years, living to the age of seventy years. They were the parents of seven children, of whom Mrs. McDonald was the sixth in order of birth, the others being as follows: Joseph, deceased; Nelson, de- ceased; Sarah, who married Joseph McDaniel and is also deceased; Mary, who married Melvin Davis and who, as well as her husband, is now de- ceased; Charles, who enlisted his services in behalf of the Union during the Civil War and who died in 1864 while serving his nation's cause, and Cory- don, who is still living, for years a resident of Goshen, Indiana.
To Mr. and Mrs. McDonald were born two children, Edith, deceased, (7)
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and Thomas S., who was born on July 5, 1883, and who died at the age of thirty years. Thomas S. McDonald received his schooling in the home schools and at Dayton and remained at home, a valued assistant to his father in the work of developing and improving the home place, until his death. He was one of the most promising young men in his neighborhood and his early passing was greatly regretted by his many friends. He was a member of the local lodges of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. For some time after her husband's death Mrs. McDonald continued to make her home on the old home farm, which she still owns, but in the fall of 1914 retired from the farm and moved to Xenia, where she is now living, very pleasantly situated at 138 West Third street.
JOSEPH FRANKLIN ANDERSON.
Joseph Franklin Anderson, proprietor of a farm in Spring Valley town- ship, now living retired at Xenia, was born in Spring Valley township, November 23, 1856, son of Joseph and Matilda (Stanfield) Anderson, both of whom were born in that same township, members of pioneer families, and who spent all their lives there.
Joseph Anderson was a son of James Anderson and wife, who were among the numerous North Carolinians who came over into this part of Ohio in pioneer days and settled in Greene county, they making their home in Spring Valley township. On the pioneer farm which his father devel- oped, Joseph Anderson grew to manhood and after his marriage to Matilda Stanfield continued to make his home there, he and his wife spending the rest of their lives there. He was a Republican and he and his wife were members of the Maple Corner Reformed church on Caesars creek. They were the parents of twelve children, of whom ten grew to maturity, namely : James, a veteran of the Civil War, who moved to Indiana and then to Okla- homa, in which latter state his last days were spent; Abijah, who was a farmer in Spring Valley township and who died in 1907; Felix, who is a farmer in Delaware county, Indiana; Milo, a retired farmer, now living in Xenia ; Anna, who is unmarried and who also lives in Xenia; Joseph F., the subject of this biographical sketch; Mary Jane, who is unmarried and who is living in Xenia; Lewis and David, twins, the latter of whom is deceased and the former of whom is a retired farmer, living in Xenia, and Ruth Catherine, wife of George Heglar, of Spring Valley township.
Joseph F. Anderson received his schooling in the schools of the neigh- borhood of the home farm in Spring Valley township and remained at home until his marriage at the age of twenty-seven years, when he began farm-
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ing on his own account and for two years was thus engaged in Caesarscreek township. He then moved down into Clinton county and was engaged in farming there for four years, at the end of which time he returned to this county and for six years thereafter was engaged in farming on a rented farm in Spring Valley township. He then bought one hundred acres, a part of his grandfather's old farm, established his home there and continued farming there until his retirement from the farm in February, 1911, when he and his wife moved to Xenia, where they have since resided, located at 680 South Detroit street. Mr. Anderson is a Republican in his political views. For years, in addition to his farming operations, he gave consid- erable attention to carpentering and numerous houses in and about the neighborhood of his old home were erected by him.
In 1883, Joseph F. Anderson was united in marriage to Amanda C. Peterson, who was born in Clinton county, daughter of Archibald and Mary C. (McNair) Peterson, both of whom also were born in this state, the former in Clinton county and the latter in Greene county, and whose last days were spent in Clinton county. Archibald Peterson was a son of Jacob and Han- nah Peterson, who had come over into this part of Ohio from Virginia and settled at Anderson Forks, in Clinton county, where they got land and established a home. Jacob Peterson and his wife were the parents of ten children, of whom nine grew to maturity, namely: Abel, who for some years farmed in Clinton county and then became a resident of Greene county ; Aaron, who lived in Indiana and in Iowa, spending his last days in the latter state; Jesse, who became a resident of Greene county; Archibald, father of Mrs. Anderson; Jacob, who made his home in Clinton county ; Abraham, who also made his home in Clinton county; Betsy Ann, who mar- ried John Nash and became a resident of Logan county, this state; Amy, who married J. Bush and became a resident of Highland county, this state, and Hannah, who married George H. Moore and went to Iowa, where her last days were spent. To Archibald Peterson and wife were born ten chil- dren, of whom Mrs. Anderson was the second in order of birth, the others being the following: William A., who died in Alabama; Edwin, a car- penter, who died at Wilmington, this state; Ida, who married Frank Ellis and moved to California; Lizzie, who died at the age of fourteen years; Horace, who died in infancy; Florence, wife of Frank Tristoc, of Xenia, a railway mail clerk: Darius, who was a glassblower and who died in Indiana : Della, wife of Calvin Hansel, a blacksmith, of Lumberton, this state; and Myrtle, wife of John Routsong, of Xenia.
To Joseph F. and Amanda C. (Peterson) Anderson have been born- two daughters, Bessie and Cora, who completed their schooling in the Xenia high school, from which the latter was graduated in 1905. Bessie Ander-
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son married Joseph Hoyt, now living in Greene county, Iowa, and has one child, a son, Raymond. Cora Anderson married George Boots, a farmer, of Jasper township, this county, and has three children, Leonard A., Frank- lin H. and Charlotte M. Mrs. Anderson is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and Mr. Anderson is a member of the Reformed church.
REV. JAMES E. QUINN.
The Rev. James E. Quinn, pastor of St. Brigid's Catholic church at Xenia, is a native son of Ohio and has lived in this state all his life. He was born at Middletown, son of John and Anna Quinn, the former of whom is still living at Middletown and the latter of whom died in that city on March 19, 1916. Both John Quinn and his wife were natives of Ireland, the former born in County Galway and the latter in County Mayo.
Reared at Middletown, James E. Quinn received his early schooling in the Catholic parochial schools of that place and early devoted his life to the service of the church. Upon completing the course in the local schools he entered St. Xavier's College at Cincinnati and was graduated from that institution in 1899, later entering Mt. St. Mary's Seminary at Cincinnati, where he completed his theological course in 1904. On June 15, 1904, Father Quinn was ordained to holy orders and was assigned as assistant pastor of St. Raphael's church at Springfield, a relation which he main- tained for six years and six months, at the end of which time he was made pastor in charge of the church at Eaton, in Preble county, where he filled in an interim period of four months. He then was appointed pastor of St. Vincent de Paul church at Cincinnati and continued in that relation for two years and six months, at the end of which time, March 19, 1913, he was appointed to his present station, pastor in charge of St. Brigid's parish at Xenia, and has ever since maintained that relation. When Father Quinn took charge of St. Brigid's the parochial school adjoining the church, on West street, was in process of erection and the task of completing the same devolved upon him, the work being completed and the handsome building dedicated to parish purposes in January, 1914.
During the period of his ministry in Xenia, Father Quinn has made many friends hereabout and has been able to do an excellent work in the way of extending the influence of his parish. He came to the parish at a some- what difficult time, but it was not long until his kindly spirit and earnest manner had adjusted whatever difficulties the parish had been facing and progress along all lines of parish work has since then been marked and effective. It is well known, however, that Father Quinn desires no applause for the labor he has performed ; that no self-gratulation awaits upon his acts,
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REV. JAMES E. QUINN.
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that nothing pains him more than the language of praise and that he pre- fers to do the work of his Master unobserved. It is but proper to say, how- ever, that the earnest young clergyman is a man of education and judgment, whose opinions have come to carry weight in his parish and that underneath his quiet, unassuming manner there is a very warm friendliness to all, his gentle demeanor commanding the respect and confidence of all with whom he comes in contact. In the historical section of this work, in the chapter relating to the churches of Greene county, there is set out at length a com- prehensive review of the history of St. Brigid's church and parish and the reader's attention is respectfully invited to the same in this connection.
P. H. FLYNN.
P. H. Flynn, president and general manager of the Xenia Shoe Manu- facturing Company, is a native of the Old Bay State, born at Spencer, in Worcester county, Massachusetts, in 1861, son of Richard and Catherine (Day) Flynn, both of whom were born in that same county, where they spent all their lives, the latter dying there in 1902, at the age of seventy-five years, her passing having been the first break by death in her immediate family for fifty-one years. The Flynns are an old family in Massachusetts, the progenitor of this branch of the family having located there upon coming to this country from the Emerald Isle in the latter part of the eighteenth century; and until the present generation the family had remained cen- tered in Massachusetts, mainly engaged in agricultural pursuits, but is now pretty well scattered over the country.
Richard Flynn was a son of Richard and Mary Flynn, landowners, who were the parents of six children, three sons and three daughters, all of whom are now deceased. On of these sons, Capt. James Flynn, raised a company in Boston for service in the Union army during the Civil War and served at the head of that company. Another son, John Flynn, served as a private in another regiment. The junior Rich- ard Flynn volunteered for service, but was rejected on account of a min- or physical disability. He became a shoe manufacturer in his home town of Spencer and was superintendent of a big shoe factory there during the active period of his life. There he spent his last days, his death occurring in 1904, he then being seventy-eight years of age. As noted above, his wife had preceded him to the grave about two years. She was a daughter of Edward and Catherine Day, the former of whom came to this country from Ireland following his graduation from the University of Dublin and became engaged as a school teacher in Wor- chester county, Massachusetts, continuing thus engaged the rest of his
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active life. Prof. Edward Day and wife had six children, three sons and three daughters, all of whom are now deceased save one of the daughters, Mrs. Mary Madden, a widow, now a resident of San Francisco, Califor- nia. One of the sons, Edward Day, served as a lieutenant of cavalry dur- ing the Civil War.
To Richard and Catherine (Day) Flynn were born seven children, of whom P. H. Flynn was the fourth in order of birth, the others being Edward, who became a resident of Providence, Rhode Island, and who at one time was the manager of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York. James, who is the superintendent of the factory of the Belle- ville Shoe Company, at Belleville, Illinois; Thomas, who organized the Independent Packing Company at St. Louis and has been living retired since 1914: Mary, wife of Jerome Hines, of Spencer, Massachusetts; Cath- erine, wife of Peter Cunningham, an officer of the Warren Steam Pump Company, at Warren, Massachusetts, and Elizabeth, who is now living at Ashbury, New Hampshire, widow of Thomas Ash, who was superin- tendent of a shoe factory.
Reared at Spencer, Massachusetts, P. H. Flynn received his early school- ing there and supplemented the same by a course in the Poughkeepsie Busi- ness College at Poughkeepsie, New York. From the time he was twelve years of age he had been given instructions in the practical details of the manufacture of shoes, under his father's direction, and rounded out his early knowledge of the craftmanship of shoe-making in the factory of Isaac Prouty & Company, and was with that concern until he was twenty-one years of age, when, in 1882, he became employed as fore- man of the cutting room in the shoe factory of the Ide & Wilson Com- pany, wholesale dealers in and manufacturers of shoes at Columbus, Ohio. A year later that concern consolidated with the Columbus Boot and Shoe Company, which was filling its contracts with the aid of con- vict labor at the Ohio state penitentiary. Mr. Flynn declined to follow the company's operations into the prison, as a foreman over convicts, and the company made him its traveling sales representative, his ter- ritory covering the Southern states, and he was thus engaged for two years, or until in 1885, when he transferred his services to W. F. Thorne & Company, shoe jobbers in Cincinnati, and was given charge of the out- put of that concern's factory, a position he occupied for two years. It was during this latter period that Mr. Flynn became interested in a proposition which promised to land him on the high tide of wealth ; but which, like many another "boom" proposition, led to disappoint- ment. While traveling through Tennessee he had gained some con- fidential information regarding the great developments that at that time
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