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Mr. Roberts is a Republican and for years has taken an active part in the deliberations of the managers of that party in Preble county, his counsel and advice being received with the most respectful consideration on the part of the party leaders, his fine executive ability and experience in public affairs giving weight to his judgments, which have proved valuable to his party. He is a member of Lodge No. 259, Knights of Pythias, at Camden, Ohio, and is one of the most active workers therein. In all mat- ters affecting the public welfare he ever displays his interest and ever is found in the forefront of those who are seeking most earnestly the advance- ment of the community's best ends, measuring up to the full stature of the good, alert American citizen who has his country's best interests ever at heart.
CHARLES ELMER COX.
Progressive, wide-awake men of affairs make a real history of a com- munity. Their influence is a potential factor in the body politic which is difficult to estimate. The example they furnish of patient purpose and steadfast integrity illustrates what each person may accomplish. There is always a measure of satisfaction in referring to their achievements, the faith- ful personal performances upon which the prosperity of the community so much depends. One of the worthy citizens of Preble county who belongs to this class is Charles Elmer Cox, the manager of the telephone company at Eaton. Mr. Cox is in every way a representative citizen in the city in which he lives, the best interests of which he has done so much to advance.
Charles Elmer Cox was born in Castine, Darke county, Ohio, March 9, 1868, the son of Meredith and Elizabeth ( Fudge) Cox, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of Ohio, who were the parents of eleven children. as follow : Jennie, the wife of J. M. Sawyer. of New Paris, Ohio; Mary Isabel, deceased, who was the wife of H. J. Gephart; Susan, the wife of Irvin Kisling, of Washington township; Wilson, of Richmond, Indiana; Alice, the widow of Charles McMechan, of Washington township; Laura, who died in infancy ; Charles E., of Eaton; Frank, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; M. Orlando,
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of Hoopeston, Illinois; Bertha, the wife of C. R. Chappel, of Whittier, Cali- fornia; and Edna, who died at the age of seventeen years.
Meredith Cox was reared in Preble county and operated a saw-mill, living most of the time in Jackson township. His wife died in 1881 at the age of forty-four. She was a Universalist. After moving to Carthage, Missouri, Mr. Cox married again and died there in 1894, at the age of sixty- two.
The paternal grandparents of Charles E. Cox were natives of Virginia and early settlers in Preble county, where the grandfather died, the death of the grandmother occurring later in Missouri. Meredith was the only child born to this union. The maternal grandparents of Charles E. Cox were George and Mary (Disher) Fudge, pioneer farmers of Monroe township, Preble county, where they died well advanced in years. They had nine children. George, Joseph, Jane. Elizabeth, Susan, Wilson and three who died young.
Charles Elmer Cox was reared in Preble county, received his elementary education in the country schools and was graduated from the New Paris high school in 1888, after which he taught school in Jackson township for thirteen years, at the end of which time he took charge of the Eaton tele- phone plant of the Eaton Telephone Company and has been its manager for fourteen years.
On July 19, 1890, Charles E. Cox was married to Linnie Zeek, the daughter of John and Jane ( Bosworth) Zeek. She died May 30, 1903, at the age of thirty-seven. There was but one daughter born to this union, Mary Opal. Mr. Cox married, secondly, January 29, 1906, Mrs. Zula May, the widow of William May and daughter of John and Jerusha Stewart. Three children were born to this second union, Everett Franklin, Elizabeth Jerusha and Marjorie Maxine.
Mr. Cox's first wife. Mrs. Linnie (Zeek) Cox, was born in Indiana. where her parents lived, both of whom are now dead. They had two chil- dren, Linnie and James, the latter dying in infancy. Her paternal grand- father was Isaac Zeek, among whose children were John. Newton, Rosa and Mrs. Deacon. Her maternal grandparents were the parents of Cornelius, Richard, Austin, Ann, Mary and Jane.
Mrs. Zula (Stewart) Cox was born near Camden, Ohio. December 5. 1875. Her parents were natives of Ohio, her mother dying in 1904 while her father is still living. They had three children, Cinna, George and Zula. Mrs. Zula Cox had one daughter. Gladys May, by her former marriage, who married Raymond Harris and has one child, Martha.
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Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Cox are active and devoted members of the Christian church at Eaton, of which he is clerk and chorister. Mr. Cox is a member of Waverley Lodge No. 143, Knights of Pythias, and is past chancellor and present deputy chancellor of that lodge. Mr. Cox is inde- pendent in his politics, preferring to support particular men rather than particular parties.
Mr. Cox is the patentee of the Cox multiple lightning arrester for the protection of telephone equipments from excessive currents. In every sense he is a representative citizen of Preble county, honored by the people who know him, respected in business and popular in social life.
ARCHIBALD MONROE CAMPBELL.
One of Preble county's best known and most representative citizens, one who belongs to two very old families of the county and one who has performed public duties with conscientious purpose and personal efficiency, is Archibald M. Campbell, deputy sheriff of Preble county.
Archibald Monroe Campbell was born in Jackson township, Preble county, August 29, 1842, the son of Archibald and Indiana (Larsh) Camp- bell, natives of Knoxville, Tennessee, and Kentucky, respectively. They were the parents of Cornelius, deceased; Eldred R., of Emporia, Kansas; Ben- jamin F., deceased; George Washington and Thomas Jefferson (twins), the first being deceased and the latter now living at Frankton, Indiana; J. Vance, deceased; Minerva J., the wife of Thomas Bulla, of Campbellstown, Preble county ; Archibald M., of Eaton; Mary Ann, the wife of James Sha- fer, of Campbellstown ; and two who died young.
Archibald Campbell, Sr., who was born on January 5, 1803, was a boy of twelve or fourteen when he came with his parents from Tennessee to Jackson township, Preble county, Ohio. His wife came when she was about twelve and they were married in Preble county and settled in the woods, which they cleared and improved. They owned two farms, one of one hundred and seven acres and the other of one hundred and sixty acres. They built the third house on the first of these farms. Mr. Campbell died at the age of seventy and his wife at the age of ninety-seven.
The paternal grandparents of Archibald M. Campbell were John and Sarah (Vance) Campbell, pioneers of Preble county. John Campbell was of Scotch origin. his paternal ancestors having emigrated to the English
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colonies on this side of the Atlantic at an early date. The family settled in Pennsylvania, where they remained for many years, and where John Campbell grew to manhood, and where he married Sarah Vance, soon after which event he moved to Tennessee, settling near Knoxville, where he was engaged in farming until 1817, in which year he removed to Ohio, settling in the wilds of Preble county with his wife and ten children. He located in Jackson township, about eight miles northwest of the county seat, where he resided the remainder of his life, his death occurring in 1847, he then being eighty-seven years of age. His widow survived him eleven years, she being eighty-six years of age at the time of her death. John and Sarah (Vance) Campbell were the parents of eleven children, Samuel, Jane, Eliz- abeth, Archibald, Mary, James, Andrew, Robert, William, Alexander P. and Nancy.
The elder Archibald Campbell grew to manhood on the parental farm and at the age of twenty-two married Indiana Larsh, daughter and only child of Lewis and Anna (Bibby) Larsh, natives of Kentucky and pioneers of Preble county, they having been early settlers in Dixon township, where, on a farm six miles west of Eaton, they spent their last days. Lewis Larsh was a soldier in the War of 1812 and in the early days built flatboats on which goods were transported down the river to New Orleans, the custom then being to float the freight down the river, the barges necessarily being left at the terminal port, the owner of the same, after disposing of his cargo, being compelled to make the return trip on foot, a not uncommon experience for Lewis Larsh.
Archibald Monroe Campbell was born and reared in Preble county and has always considered this county his home. He grew up on his father's farm and remained there until he was twenty-eight years old. After his marriage he bought a farm but on account of the panic of 1876 he was com- pelled to sell it. He then rented land for several years in Jackson township. In 1890 he moved to Boston. Indiana, and lived there seven years. He then spent twelve years in Richmond, Indiana, doing carpenter work in the shops there. Finally he returned to Jackson township, this county, and lived there nearly three years, at the end of which time he was appointed deputy sheriff and moved to Eaton, the county seat, where he now resides.
On November 9, 1869, Mr. Campbell was married to Isabel Smith, the daughter of Stephen A. and Pierrie (Gregg) Smith, to which union six chil- dren were born, Linetta, Clara, Ora, Archibald, Sadie and one who died in infancy. Linetta married Rev. Fred Stovenour. of Portland, Indiana, and they have one child, Frederick. Clara married Elmer Warner, of Portland,
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Indiana, and they have one daughter, Dorothy; Ora, who married Bessie Sayman, lives at Belmont, a suburb of Dayton, Ohio, and has one daughter, Mary Isabel. Archibald, who married Cora Hershberger. lives in Richmond, Indiana, and has one daughter, Margaret Belle. Sadie married Everett Cox, of Portland, Indiana, and has adopted two children, twins.
Mrs. Campbell died on March 10, 1884, at the age of thirty-five. She belonged to the Christian ( Newlight) church. Her parents were natives of Ohio and had eight children, Sarah, Joseph Marion, Isabel, Watson, Jeanette, Charles, Eliza and J. Warren. Stephen A. Smith had been previously mar- ried, his first wife having been a Miss Lockwood, who died leaving one daughter, Marietta.
Mr. Campbell married. secondly, May 16, 1907, Mrs. Sarah E. Phillips, the widow of David Phillips, who had two children by her first marriage, Carrie and one who died young. Carrie married Ernest Poinier, of Rich- mond, Indiana, and has four children, Doris, Helen, Kenneth and Sarah Millison. Mrs. Sarah Campbell is a native of Ohio.
Mr. Campbell is an honored member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, with which order he became connected on March 16, 1869. through the lodge at New Paris. He is a Democrat and for many years has been active in the local councils of his party. He was assessor of Jackson town- ship in 1884 and again in 1912, resigning to take the office of deputy sheriff. Mr. Campbell has proved to be efficient and conscientious in the discharge of his duties in his various relations with the public service and is honored by the citizens of the township and county he has been, and is, serving.
DR. ALBERT STANLEY SCHLINGMAN.
Science has taken hold, not only of business but all of the professions as well and veterinary surgery is no exception. The practice of this pro- fession is regulated by law in most states and elaborate courses of instruc- tion must be followed before the practice is permitted. Dr. Albert S. Schlingman, a veterinary surgeon, of Eaton, Ohio, entered his profession well equipped in every respect. Not only are his professional attainments superior, but he is personally popular throughout Preble county.
Dr. Albert Stanley Schlingman was born in West Alexandria, Ohio, April 28. 1889. the son of Adolph Edward and Emma ( Deckwitz) Schling-
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man, natives of Ohio, who were the parents of four children, Clarence, de- ceased; Carl, deceased; Dr. Albert S., of Eaton; and Martha, of Eaton.
Adolph Edward Schlingman was born and reared in West Alexandria, Ohio, and was engaged with his father in the manufacture of washing ma- chines. until 1890, whenthe moved to, Eaton. and .engaged in. . the mercantile business with O. B. Eikenberry, operating a department store there until 1911, in which year the store was sold to Spring Brothers, and Mr. Schling- man is now engaged in the shoe department of the store. He and his wife are members of the Lutheran church.
The paternal grandparents of Dr. Albert S. Schlingman were Adolph and Alvina (Schreel) Schlingman, natives of Germany and early settlers in West Alexander, this county, where Adolph Schlingman followed his trade of cabinet making and the manufacture of washing machines. He died there in March, 1904, at the age of seventy-nine. His wife died in middle age. They had three children, Adolph Eward, Caroline and Anna. The maternal grandparents of Dr. Albert S. Schlingman were August and Theresa ( Weber) Deckwitz, natives of Germany. They came to America and settled first in Cincinnati and then came to Preble county, settling at New Lexington, where August Deckwitz engaged in the grocery and produce business. Later he moved to West Alexandria, where he died at the age of seventy-five. His. wife still survives him and lives at Eaton. They had four children, Emma, Robert, Amelia and Louisa.
Dr. Albert S. Schlingman was one year old when he was brought to Eaton by his parents. He grew to manhood in Eaton and was graduated from the high school at that place in 1907. He then spent one year in the Capital University at Columbus, taking up the study of veterinary surgery at Ohio State University, from which institution he was graduated in 1911, after which he took up the practice of veterinary surgery at Eaton and has since made his home in that city.
On July 3, 1912, Doctor Schlingman was married to Susan Edna Royer, the daughter of Wilson and Mable ( Homan) Royer, and to this union one. son has been born, Royer James. Mrs. Schlingman was born in Preble county, near West Manchester, her parents also being natives of this county .. Her father died in April, 1910, at the age of sixty, while her mother is still living. They were the parents of nine children, Homan, Charles W., Vinnie, Fannie, Grace, Edna, Ruth, Robert and James.
Doctor Schlingman is a member of the Lutheran church, but Mrs. Schlingman is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Doctor Schling-
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man is a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon, a college fraternity, and is a Democrat. He has made remarkable progress in his profession and enjoys a large practice throughout Preble county as a consequence of his diligent and careful preparation. Doctor Schlingman is interested in all public enter- prises and is eminently respected in Eaton and Preble county.
STANLEY S. HART.
The prosperity and welfare of an agricultural community are, in a large measure, due to the enterprise and foresight of its more progressive farmers. It is the progressive, wide-awake farmer that makes the real history of a community. His influence in keeping and directing its various interests is difficult to estimate. Stanley S. Hart, a well-known farmer of Jackson township, Preble county, Ohio, has long ranked among the leading farmers and business men of Preble county. It is to such enterprising spirits as his that the locality is indebted for its substantial growth and the high position it occupies as a center of agricultural activity and progress.
Stanley S. Hart was born in Twin township, Preble county, Ohio, March 15, 1883, the son of Samuel and Emma (Craig) Hart. Samuel Hart was born in Twin township in 1838, the son of Samuel and Eri (Say- lor) Hart. Samuel Hart, Sr., was a native of Pennsylvania, who came to Preble county when a boy. He married Eri Saylor in Preble county and lived here the rest of his life. He was a Democrat and took an active part in local politics.
Samuel Hart, Sr., and his wife were the parents of ten children, Caro- line, Isabelle, William, Barbara. Nathan, Catherine, Samuel, Milton, Mar- tha and Hannah. Caroline married Allen Resinger. Isabelle became the wife of Judge Henry B. Saylor and they located at Huntington, Indiana, where he served a term in Congress. He also was judge of the court of Huntington and Wells counties, Indiana, and was a prominent citizen of this section of Indiana. He served as a major in the Union army during the Civil War. William married a Miss Bower and settled in Fayette county, Indiana. Barbara became the wife of Joseph Markey, of Twin township, this county. Catherine became the wife of a Mr. McNutt, of this county. Samuel, Jr., married Emma Craig and died at the age of forty, she dying in 1883. Milton married and moved to Huntington county, Indiana, where
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he now lives. Martha married Joseph Trunk and lives in Eaton, Ohio. Hannah died in early life.
Samuel Hart, Jr., was the father of three children, James, who is un- married and lives in New Jersey; Weltha, who is unmarried and lives at Dayton, Ohio, and Stanley S., the subject of this sketch.
Stanley S. Hart was left without a father at the age of five years, and was reared by an uncle, Joseph Markey, on a farm, He was educated in the public schools, from which he was graduated, after which he took a course at the Ohio Northern University at Ada, Ohio, and taught school one year, at the end of which time he entered the Ohio State University at Columbus, from which he was graduated in 1909 with the degree of Bachelor of Science and Agriculture.
In June, 1909, Stanley S. Hart was married to Nelle Paddack, who was born in June, 1890, the daughter of Harvey and Frances ( Paddack ) Paddack. Harvey Paddack was born on the farm where Stanley S. Hart now lives and was the son of Ebenezer Paddack, who was the son of Henry Paddack. Henry Paddack came from Kentucky and entered from the government the land which is now held by the Paddack family.
Harvey Paddack was reared on a farm and was graduated from the commercial school at Dayton, Ohio. He became a farmer and was prominent in Democrtic politics in Preble county, having served as county commis- sioner. He accumulated twelve hundred acres of land and was one of the founders of the Eaton National Bank, serving as one of the directors of this bank for a long time. His family were members of the Baptist church and he and his wife were the parents of three children, as follow: Ruth, who was graduated from the common schools and a Baptist school in Maryland, is the wife of Dr. E. R. Churchill, a physician and surgeon, who came from Nevada, Missouri, and located at Richmond, Indiana; Attie, who was graduated from the same schools, is the wife of William L. Gaar, of Rich- mond, Indiana, and Nelle, who is the wife of Mr. Hart. She was gradu- ated from the Jackson township high school and attended Ohio Wesleyan University two years. Mr. and Mrs. Hart are the parents of two children, Marjorie N .. who was born May 2, 1910, and Gordon P., who was born September 1I, 1912.
Mr. Hart is a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon and the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternities. He is a Democrat and has been active in politics through- out his life. He has served as one of the trustees of his township and is a member of the Preble County Agriculture Society. He also is president (31)
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of the Jackson township farmers' institute and is frequently called upon to deliver addresses on agricultural and educational subjects in different parts of the country. He is especially interested in good roads. He has com- bined farming and stock raising and has made an eminent success of this combination.
The Hart family has been well known for several generations in Preble county and very properly is regarded as among the most highly respected and honored families of the county.
DALLAS A. YOUNG.
The best history of a community or state is one which deals . most largely with the lives and activities of its people, especially of those who, by their efforts and indomitable energy, have forged to the front and placed themselves in the ranks of progressive citizens. Dallas A. Young, a well- known cigar manufacturer located at the county seat, is a citizen of Preble who has outstripped the plodders on the highway of life, and among his contemporaries has achieved marked success in the business world.
Dallas A. Young was born near Dayton, Montgomery county, Ohio, June 18, 1868, the son of Isaac and Amanda (Hillman) Young, natives of Ohio, who were the parents of three children: Dallas A., of Eaton; J. Ed- win, of Eaton; and Lola, the wife of R. M. Conover, of Eaton.
Isaac Young was reared in Preble county, Ohio, and was a farmer most of his life. In his later years he was in the fire and tornado insurance business. For years he lived near Gratis and afterwards moved to Eaton, where he died in 1908 at the age of sixty-five. His wife survives him and is. now sixty-six years old. Mr. Young was a member of the Dunkard church, and his wife still maintains her connection with that communion.
The parental grandparents of Dallas A. Young were Joel and Maria (Swihart) Young, natives of Ohio, who had twelve children: Henry, Joshua, Ebuliah, Reuben, Sarah, Jane, Uriah, Isaac, Daniel, Amos, Josiah and Elizabeth. Mr. Young's maternal grandparents were Abraham and Sarah (Loree) Billman, natives of Montgomery county, Ohio, whose par- ents were pioneers of Preble county. Abraham Billman and his wife died in Montgomery county at advanced ages. They were farmers, and had seven children: Laura, Nathan, Amanda, Nettie, Francis, Charles and Nora.
Dallas A. Young was reared in Lanier township on his father's farm.
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He attended the district schools and later the high school, from which he was graduated in 1888. Mr. Young taught for fourteen years, a part of which period he spent at Ohio State University at Columbus. When he quit teaching he formed a partnership with his brother, J. Edwin Young, and they engaged in the leaf tobacco and cigar manufacturing business, which they have followed since 1900. They employ about twenty-five people.
Mr. Young was married September 5, 1900,. to Pearl Bear, the daugh- ter of Ira and Emily (Harris) Bear, and to this union one son, Emerson, has been born.
Mrs. Young was born near Germantown, Ohio, her parents being na- tives of Ohio. Her father died in 1903 at the age of forty-seven, meeting his death in an accident, leaving four children, Pearl, Harris, Firman and Herbert. His widow married again, her present husband being Amos Young, and they reside in Eaton. The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Young was Henry Bear. He and his wife had five children, Albert, Ira, Paul, Myrtle and Florence. The maternal grandparents of Mrs. Young were Samuel and Hannah (Pugh) Harris, who had three children, Mary, Emily and Hattie.
Mr. Young is a stanch Republican and served as deputy supervisor of elections for a number of years, discharging his duties in a most satisfac- tory manner. Mr. and Mrs. Young are members of the Brethren (Progres- sive Dunkard) church. Mr. Young has prospered well in his business and is enterprising, alert and open-minded on all public questions, highly re- spected in the community in which he lives, popular with his employees, a true Christian, upright, worthy gentleman.
GRANT L. HOOVER.
Among the worthy citizens of Eaton, Ohio, whose residence here has contributed in no small degree to the solid business foundation of the com- munity, is Grant L. Hoover. While laboring for individual success, he has not forgotten his obligations to the public, and has given his support to all measures and movements having for their object the general good. His reputation in a business way is unassailable, he is possessed in a large de- gree of those sterling traits which have commanded uniform confidence and regard and is numbered among the representative men of Preble county.
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Grant L. Hoover, druggist and registered pharmacist of Eaton, Ohio, was born in Gratis, Preble county, Ohio, February 10, 1869, the son of James and Eliza Ann (Edwards) Hoover, natives of Ohio, who were the parents of nine children, as follows: Quintella, the wife of C. C. Mikesell, of Wabash, Indiana; Martha, the wife of Samuel Brown, of Dayton, Ohio; Zachary Taylor, of Dayton; Milton, a resident of Columbus, Ohio; Emery C., deceased; Lincoln, deceased; Nona, the wife of Charles Spessard, of West Alexandria; Grant L., of Eaton, and Edward, who died at the age of two years.
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