History of Pickaway County, Ohio and Representative Citizens, Part 106

Author: Aaron R. Van Cleaf
Publication date: 1906
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Lewis Judson Long obtained his early edu- cation in an old log schoolhouse in the neigh- borhood of his home and sat on a rough slab bench while he studied his spelling and learned the elements of arithmetic. At home there was always plenty of farm work and after finishing his schooling he worked for his father until 1880, living at home until his mar- riage. He then settled on his present farm, a part of which he purchased from the Clifton estate and a part of which he inherited. An old house was standing on the property when he came here, but arrangements were soon in progress for the erection of the elegant new home, which was completed in 1903. It is a frame structure and is built in a most substan- tial manner; it is surrounded by beautiful shade trees and presents a most attractive ap- pearance. The old orchard, which Mr. Long preserves by replacing worn-out trees, stands to one side and, even when it is not in bloom or in fruit, still looks thrifty and homelike. His land is favorably located near the Era and Williamsport turnpike, on the Lester mill road. He carries on general farming and stock- raising.

On January 28, 1880, Mr. Long was mar- ried to Jennie Winfough, who was born August 21, 1858, at Colton, Jackson County, Ohio. She is a daughter of John and Phoebe (Leach) Winfough, the former of whom was

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a son of Frederick Winfough. On the ma- ternal side, the grandparents of Mrs. Long were Ambrose and Tabitha (Westfall) Leach. Ambrose Leach was born in Virginia and was an early settler in Jackson County, Ohio. The parents of Mrs. Long had eight children, as follows : William R., who married Mary Wehe and lives at Five Points; Ambrose, who mar- ried Nancy I. Crawford and lives at Five Points; Lyla, deceased, who married Ira Gulick; John, who married Mary Anderson and lives at Five Points; Maggie, deceased, who was the wife of Smith Castle; Anna Eliza, who died aged two and a half years; and Jennie (Mrs. Long).

Mr. and Mrs. Long have had three chil- dren, namely : Harry, born September 19, 1880, who married Gertrude Atkins and is the popu- lar teacher of the home school in District No. 8; Pearl, born June 28, 1884, who assists his father on the home farm; and Clyde, born August 11, 1889, who was killed by a runaway horse on August 10, 1901.

Mr. Long is one of the leading Republicans of Monroe township and has held a number of the local offices. He has served as school director for a long time, elected first when but one was required for District No. 8, the number now being three. He has always taken a deep interest in the township schools and has done all in his power to make them effective. Since 1901 he has been township trustee, he being the first Republican to be elected to the office in his township for a number of years. When he was elected the second time he was on the ticket with President Roosevelt, who, accord- ing to his political sentiments, was pretty good company.

SCAR HOWARD DUNTON, M. E .. M. D., one of the leading practitioners of medicine at Circleville, where he has been located for the past 12 years, was born at Hampden, Penobscot County, Maine, in 1858, and is a son of James Dunton, Jr., a sea captain and shipbuilder. Captain Dunton was a descendant of an old French Huguenot family (pronounced Dun-

tin), of whom six brothers came to America back in the colonial days, driven from France at the time of the Huguenot war, and were associated with much of this country's history in her struggles for independence in 1776 and 1812.

James Dunton, Jr., grandfather of Dr. O. H. Dunton, married Polly Patterson, a daugh- ter of Capt. Andrew Patterson, mariner, of Hampden, Maine, whose wife was Sarah Ro- pha, a descendant of an old English family (titled). She (Sarah Ropha), when 14 years of age, in 1749, came with two brothers from London, England, to Bristol, Rhode Island. Later she received a legacy from the heirs in London, but before she had an opportunity to obtain possession of the estate, the title, to- gether w.th the coat of arms, was destroyed by fire at Casco (now called Portland), Maine.

Dr. Dunton's mother was Dorothy Ann Weeks, daughter of John Weeks, of Tam- worth, New Hampshire-a lineal descendant of an old English family, early domiciled in New England.

Oscar Howard Dunton was reared in his native State, his early boyhood being passed on his father's farm, and was educated at Hampden Academy and the University of Maine. At the age of 16, without the con- sent of his parents, he shipped as a sailor on a merchant vessel from Bangor, Maine, to Gloucester, Massachusetts, where he experi- enced the hardships of a coasting vessel. One trip sufficed to cool his ardor, after which he settled down to educate himself for his chosen profession.

As there was a large family (he is one of a family of nine children, three sons and six . daughters, most of whom reside in Maine and Massachusetts ) the means with which to secure his education were obtained from teaching school, working on the farm and conducting night schools in penmanship, at the same time assiduously employing all his leisure hours in study. Those strong qualities of determina- tion and perseverance, early developed in his character, nurtured by that New England at- mosphere, were potent factors in the achieve-

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ment of his aim to obtain a higher education and fit himself for a profession. He was for one year associated with Prof. A. R. Dunton (originator of the "Duntonian System of Pen- manship," which for years was the leading sys- tem taught in the public schools of New Eng- land), as instructor in penmanship in the pub- lic schools of Camden, Maine. This position he resigned to enter the University of Maine, from which he was graduated in the depart- ment of mechanical engineering in 1882. He followed this profession, being employed by some of the largest engine and steam-pump builders of New York and New England as designer and draughtsman. As an inventor. he has added quite a number of practical in- ventions to the mechanical world.

After some eight years of successful engin- eering, followed by a six-months trip to the Argentine Republic, South America, for study and recreation. he decided to take up the study of medicine under Dr. J. R. Buchanon, of Bos- ton. Massachusetts, and later entered the Eclec- tic Medical Institute of Cincinnati, Ohio, where he attended lectures through the sessions of 1891-92. Following this came attendance at Rush Medical College, Chicago, where he was graduated in 1893.

Until he came to Circleville in 1894, Dr. Dunton practiced his profession in Champaign County, Ohio. He has built up a large and satisfactory practice in Circleville, and stands as one of the city's reliable professional men. He is known to the community at large as a zealous, upright and indefatigable promoter of the public welfare. As the president of the County Board of Visitors, he has taken great interest in the work of charities and correc- tions, and several times has been the delegate from Pickaway County to the National and State conferences of charities and corrections.

Dr. Dunton was married June 14, 1888, to Lizzie M. Adams, of Providence, Rhode Is- land, who died in August, 1889; their baby (laughter, aged three days, died a few days before the mother. Dr. Dunton was married September 1, 1892, to Florence Nightengale, a daughter of Sewell and Ellen (Marlitt) Nightengale. Mrs. Dunton's father was one

of the early pioneers of Circleville and oper- ated the stage route from Portsmouth to Co- lumbus. Dr. and Mrs. Dunton have had five children, namely: Dorothy Ellen, born Octo- ber 23, 1893, deceased May 30, 1899; Sewell Nightengale, born December 9, 1894; Flor- ence Nightengale, born February 11, 1897: James Gerald, born November 10, 1899; and Sidner Howard, born January 14, 1903, de- ceased March 2, 1903.

Dr. Dunton is a member of the Pickaway County Medical Society, the Columbus Acad . emy of Medicine and the Ohio State Medical Society. Fraternally, he belongs to the Knights of the Maccabees.

ILLIAM M. GRAHAM, whose fine farm of 901/2 acres of valu - able land, all in one body, is situ- ated on the Federal road, on Darby Creek, in Muhlenberg township, was born near Cook's Station, Fayette County, Ohio, May 13, 1845, and is a son of William and Harriet (Crab) Graham.

William Graham was born in Delaware, and his wife in Ohio. They were married in Fayette County, Ohio, later came to Picka- way County and still later moved to Benton County, Indiana, where both died when about 80 years of age. They were worthy members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. They had II children, all of whom lived to maturity, the youngest death being at the age of 21 years. The children were: John, deceased, who fought for the Union In the Civil War; James, deceased; Mrs. Nancy Lamb, deceased; George, deceased; Mrs. Ann Hogg, deceased; Thomas L., of Muhlenberg township; Mrs. Mary Self, of Madison County, Ohio; Benja- min, deceased; Nelson and Mrs. Cordelia Bow- man, both residents of Benton County, In- diana; and William M., of this sketch.

William M. Graham was seven years old when his parents came to Pickaway County, settling in 1852 in Monroe township. Later removal was made to Darby township, where our subject lived until he was 19 years of age.

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He then accompanied his parents to Franklin County, Ohio. After living there one. year, he enlisted in the Union Army, on August 5, 1864, entering Company K, 176th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., the commanding officers of company and regiment being Capt. Arthur W. Cheno- weth and Col. E. C. Mason. The regiment was sent to Nashville, Tennessee. Six weeks later Mr. Graham became so violently ill that he was placed in a hospital at Jefferson Bar- racks, Missouri, remained there from Decem- ber 1, 1864, to March 31, 1865, when he was discharged and he returned to his home.

After his return from the army, Mr. Gra- ham engaged in work by the month, mainly in Fayette County, and also attended school in that county during the winter of 1865-66. In 1869 he married and rented a farm in Mon- roe township, Pickaway County. Within a year his wife died and he gave up farming for a time. During one summer he engaged in clerking in a country store and during this period he made his home with his brother. After his second marriage, in 1875, he resumed farming, again renting for some years, but in 1888 he purchased a well-located tract of 491/2 acres, that being his first purchase of the prop- erty included in his present farm. Subse- quently he added to it until he now has 901/2 acres, and as all of it is in one tract it makes a valuable, easily managed farm. It is well watered by Darby Creek and has proved a profitable investment.

Almost all of the improvements which add to the value and appearance of his farm, Mr. Graham made himself. He dug wells, erected a number of the buildings and set out a fine orchard. When he first located here. he had little capital but he invested it carefully and wisely and it has many times doubled itself since then.

Mr. Graham was married (first), December 29, 1869. to Elizabeth Satchel, who was born in Fayette County, Ohio. His second mar- riage, in 1875, was to Hannah Gilliland, who was born in Darby township. Pickaway Coun- ty, Ohio. September 18. 1850, and died on the present homestead on March 20. 1898. She was a daughter of Samuel and Malinda (Al-

kire) Gilliland, the former of whom was born in Logan and the latter in Pickaway County. Samuel Gilliland lived in Pickaway County from the age of five years.

The children of Mr. and Mrs. Graham were: Mary Lizzie, for nine years a school teacher in Pickaway County, who is the wife of M. C. Edwards, of Derby; Samuel Ross, deceased at the age of nine months; Thomas, a rural mail carrier, who lives at Orient; May, living at home; Warner T., a farmer of Muh- lenberg township; Walter G., of Orient, also a rural mail carrier; George, a farmer of Darby township; and Brough, Pearl and Nellie, who live at home.

Mr. Graham has been a lifelong Republi- can, casting his first presidential vote for Gen. U. S. Grant. He served one year as super- visor of Muhlenberg township, for three years as school director and at present is one of the township trustees. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Darbyville.

ADISON HAMMEL, M. D., one of Circleville's most highly esteemed citizens and for many years a lead- ing practitioner of medicine, was born in this city, December 22, 1840, and is a son of Isaac Hammel.

The father of Dr. Hammel was born in Fairfield County, Ohio, and came to Circleville in 1832. He became one of the leading con- tractors and successful business men of the city and is recalled as a valued citizen. Isaac Hammel was united in marriage in 1837 to Mary Funk, daughter of Abraham Funk. They had seven children, as follows: Catherine, Madison, Mary E., Edson, Caroline, Martha and Daniel.

Madison Hammel attended the schools of Circleville and had completed his majority but a short time before, when he entered the Union Army in 1862, enlisting in Company A, 114th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf. He was mustered into the service just prior to being sent to the front, where he took part in the campaigns around

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Vicksburg, Mississippi, and participated in many of the great battles in that section, among these being all the leading ones in which his regiment was interested.

After his return from the army, the young soldier began the study of medicine under Drs. Griswold and Wilder, at Circleville, and in 1866 and 1867, was a student in the medical department of the University of Michigan. In 1868 he was graduated and received his degree from the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati. Dr. Hammel located for practice at Five Points, Pickaway County, and later at Water- loo, but in 1869 he came to Circleville, select- ing his old home town as the field of his en- deavor. Here he built up and carried on a very extensive practice for many years, only re- straining his activities of late years, on ac- count of ill health. He has been president of the Pickaway County Medical Society and is a member of the Ohio State Medical Society. For seven years he served as physician to the County Jail and for eight months to the Coun- ty Infirmary, resigning the latter position be- cause he could not approve of the manner in which the institution was then managed.

On June 25, 1868, Dr. Hammel was mar- ried to Martha A. Summers, who died Decem- ber 28, 1894. She was a daughter of Henry and Lucy Summers. Mrs. Hammel was a noble, Christian woman who was sadly missed by her family, church and community.

Dr. Hammel is a member of the Presbyte- rian Church at Circleville. He is a Knight of Pythias and a member of Groce Post, Grand Army of the Republic, of Circleville.

J G. WILDER, pharmacist and president of the Circleville Business Men's As- sociation, is one of the leading and representative citizens of the town. He was born at Circleville in 1863 and is a son of Dr. G. A. and Martha ( Wilkes) Wilder.

The late Dr. G. A. Wilder was one of Cir- cleville's most prominent citizens. He was born at Buckland, Massachusetts. In young

manhood he came to Circleville and entered a drug store, the one now owned by his son. Subsequently he returned to Massachusetts and was graduated in medicine at the Pittsfield Medical College, at Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He then returned to Circleville and engaged in the practice of medicine with Dr. Wayne Gris- wold and attained professional eminence. After a practice of 35 years he passed away in 1898, sincerely mourned by the community. He served as postmaster at Circleville during Pres- ident Cleveland's first administration, was for some 25 years connected with the public schools as a member of the Board of Education and was prominent in all that served to develop and upbuild the city. Mrs. Wilder died May 22, 1906.

J. G. Wilder was reared and educated at Circleville, being graduated in 1880 from the .High School. He immediately entered the drug store of W. W. Ballard and remained there for three years. In 1887 he became pro- prietor and has continued the business ever since.

In 1904 Mr. Wilder was married to Mary Evans, daughter of Samuel B. Evans, who for years was in a drug business, a member of the firm of Evans & Kimmel. For a quarter of a century, Mr. Evans was identified with edu- cational matters in Circleville, serving on the Board of Education, and also served several terms as county treasurer. He was prominent in Masonry, having taken the 32nd degree.

J. G. Wilder is president of the Business Men's Association, which organization is a very important factor in the city's progress. He is a member of the Benevolent and Protec- tive Order of Elks.

E DWVIN NEWTON, a prominent citi- zen and substantial farmer of Wal- nut township, where he owns. 290 acres of excellent farming land, was born in Circleville township, Picka- way County, Ohio, December 16, 1845, and is a son of John D. and Laura A. (Peters) New- ton.

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John D. Newton was born near Fredericks- burg, Virginia, and was nine years old when, with his half-brother, Richard Coakley, he came to Pickaway County, Ohio. From the age of nine years he was reared in Walnut township where he attended school. After his marriage he lived for a number of years in Circleville township, engaged in farming, but later he returned to Walnut township, where he died March 4, 1895. He was a man of excellent judgment and business perception and was a leading citizen of Walnut township. He married Laura A. Peters, who still sur- vives. She is a daughter of Absalom Peters, a member of a very prominent Walnut town- ship family. To this union II children were horn and nine of these survive.

Edwin Newton was reared a farmer boy and attended the district schools of Circleville township. He continued working on the home farm until December 24, 1863, when he en- listed in the Union Army, for a period of three years, although he served only until October 3. 1865, on account of the closing of the war. He was only 18 years old when he entered the army, but no soldier of the 45th Regiment, Ohio Vol. Inf., more bravely bore the"neces- sary hardships or more cheerfully performed his tasks than did this young farmer youth. He was with General Sherman during the Georgia campaign and later was with General Thomas, at Nashville, Tennessee. He was with his regiment also at Peach Tree Creek and Atlanta and other historic spots, and at Nashville was in the thickest of the fight. Despite all these dangers and most especially when he was doing picket duty at Atlanta and in range of the enemy's sharpshooters, he es- caped all serious injury and was able to re- turn home and resume his old pursuits.

On July 30, 1868, Mr. Newton was mar- ried to Susanna H. Peters, who is a daughter of Gershom and Ann (Walcutt) Peters. Their children were seven in number and all are liv- ing but the eldest, a son, who died in infancy. The others are as follows: Clinton Elmer, who married Tillie Ann Crites, is in a grain business at Circleville and Columbus and has two children Edith Florence and Anna Mae; Gershom .M., who married Minnie Kraft, has

had one child, now deceased, and resides in Walnut township; Etha Florence, who mar- ried Calvin May, and has two children- Frances Erma and Edgar Newton; Urban J., who lives at home; and Eugene Walter, who married Mertie Hoffman, is in the poultry, grain and feed business at Circleville, and has two children-Mary Irene and Meda Eliza- beth.

Mr. Newton devotes his large estate and his main energies to the cultivation of wheat and corn, his land responding to his careful cultivation very satisfactorily. In 1880 he erected his present commodious frame dwell- ing, which is attractive, comfortable and con- venient. His other buildings all go to show the presence of a good manager and sensible, thrifty farmer. Mr. Newton, while a Republi- can, does not take any active interest in po- litical matters; he is always ready to discuss various movements for local improvement.

A NDREW HOFFMAN who owns and operates a farm of 3821/2 acres in Wayne township, was born April 6, 1858, at Chillicothe, Ohio, and is a son of Henry and Mary (Shnose) Hoffman.

Henry Hoffman, who was born in Ger- many, came to America when a young man and located at Chillicothe, Ohio, where he was married. After his death, which occurred in Madison County, Ohio, his widow moved to Columbus, where she passed the remainder of her life.

Andrew Hoffman was reared and educated at Chillicothe and at the age of 21 moved to his present home in Wayne township, which his father was at that time renting. He after- ward moved to Madison County and lived for five years on a farm which he rented. He then moved to Clark County and rented a farm of 600 acres, where he remained for nine years engaged in farming and in raising hogs and cattle. He then moved to his present home, where he had previously lived and which he had always hoped some day to be able to pur- chase, which he was able to do upon leaving Clark 'County.

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Mr. Hoffman married Helen Cute, a daughter of Patrick and Catherine Cute, of Pickaway County. Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman are the parents of five children : Florence, born in Pickaway County, who married Earl Tootle, a son of Wilson Tootle, a resident of Ross County, Ohio, and has one child-Geraldine Helen; William, born in Madison County, who lives at home; John, also born in Madison County, who lives at home; Kathleen, born in Clark County; and Anna, born in Clark County.

Mr. Hoffman is a member of the township Board of Education and is also a township trustee. He and all the members of his fam- ily are members of St. Joseph's Catholic Church at Circleville. Views of Mr. Hoff- man's residence and barn appear on a page in proximity to this.

j EROME SAPP, one of Circleville's old established business men, a large dealer in staple and fancy groceries, was born at Circleville, December 10, 1845, and is a son of John and Susan (Landis) Sapp.

Both the Sapp and Landis families came to Pickaway County from Pennsylvania. Jacob Landis, the maternal grandfather of Jerome Sapp, was prominent in the business life of Circleville for a long period. John Sapp set- tled at an early day at Circleville, where he was a pioneer in the bakery business and con- tinued the same for an extended period.

Jerome Sapp spent the larger part of his time in school, until he was 1-3 years of age, when he became self-supporting. working first on a farm and then learning the carpenter's trade. After working at this for eight years, he became a clerk in the grocery store of D. B. Wagner, with whom he remained 14 months, and then entered the employ of Amos Beach, in the same line, with whom he re- mained something like two years, going then to F. M. Shulze, in the queensware line. After some six years with this employer, he became .comnected with the firm of Lynch & Weaver in the wholesale and retail grocery line, re-

maining with them for 10 years or until the firm was dissolved and then continued with Mr. Lynch two years longer: In 1891 he em- barked in the grocery business for himself. his many years of training serving to make him an excellent judge both of commodities and their handling and also the demands of the public. The latter he has been able to anticipate and to supply, as his abundant returns testify. His business is a leader in the line of staple and fancy groceries at Circleville and he has many country customers whom he has known and served for years. Mr. Sapp located in his present quarters, the Pythian Castle, in 1893.

Mr. Sapp was married June 19, 1880, to Alice Howard, who for nine years was a school teacher in Pickaway County. She is a daugh- ter of Thomas Howard, who was one of the early settlers of Pickaway County. Mr. How- ard was born in Ireland and emigrated from his native land in the days when vessels spent many weeks in crossing the Atlantic.

Mr. and Mrs. Sapp have these children : Elizabeth M .. who is living at home with her parents; Nellie, who married Dennis Phillips and lives on a valuable farm on the Pickaway Plains, in Pickaway township; Fannie, who is employed by a telephone company; Marga- ret, who is her father's bookkeeper; and How- ard, who is his father's right-hand man in the business.

As one of the city's reliable, dependable men, Mr. Sapp has long been more or less prominent in public affairs. in city and county and on one occasion was brought forward by the Republican party as its preferred candidate for sheriff. Fraternally he is a member of the Foresters and of the Knights of Pythias and has been master of exchequer of the latter or- ganization at Circleville, for the past six years.

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History of Pickaway County, Ohio and Representative Citizens, Part 106

Author: Aaron R. Van Cleaf Publication date: 1906 Publisher: Number of Pages: 923

Author: Aaron R. Van Cleaf
Publication date: 1906
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 923