History of Preble County Ohio: Her People, Industries and Institutions, Part 85

Author: R. E. Lowry
Publication date: 1915
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Number of Pages: 985

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ugh Ramsey Gilmore was born in Eaton, Ohio, September 27, 1881, n of James A. and Ada M. (Hendricks) Gilmore, natives of Preble

: Seven children were born to the late Judge Gilmore and wife, the wife of William Ford, of Eldorado, Ohio; Lida, deceased, who d Don Griswold; William Allen, of Columbus, Ohio; Joseph E., of ton, Ohio; Grace, of Eaton; James R., of Columbus, Ohio, and Hugh Eaton.

idge Gilmore was one of Preble county's best known citizens. He native of Preble county and died at his home in Eaton, August 28, (55)

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1914, after having just passed his eightieth birthday. Judge Gilmore was the son of Dr. Eli and Clarissa (Clayton) Gilmore, pioneer residents of Fairhaven, Dixon township, Preble county, where he spent his boyhood days and received his elementary education. At the age of eighteen, Judge Gil- more began the study of law with his brother, Judge William Gilmore, in Hamilton, and, in 1855, was graduated from the Cincinnati Law School. Following his graduation he practiced the profession with his brother, William, in Greencastle, Indiana. While living in that town, he was married to Lizzie Applegate, who died while he was serving in the Union army. Judge Gilmore enlisted in 1861. in the Forty-third Indiana Volunteer In- fantry, and served three years in the quartermaster's department. After serving his enlistment in this regiment, he re-enlisted in the Ninety-first Indiana Volunteer Infantry and was assigned to the judge advocate de- partment, where he remained until discharged in 1865. After his discharge, Judge Gimore spent a year in the west and returning to Eaton, Ohio, . formed a partnership with the late Judge John V. Campbell and they prac- ticed law in Hamilton and Eaton, Ohio. Judge Gilmore had been admitted to practice law the day after he was twenty-one years old. He was elected judge of the Preble county common pleas court in 1879 and held this office until 1884. Following his retirement from the bench, he formed a partner- ship with the late I. E. Freeman, and this partnership was continued until the death of Mr. Freeman. Later, he headed the firm of Gilmore, Gilmore & Saylor. Clement R. Gimore retired from this firm in 1908 and moved to Dayton, Ohio. At this time, Judge Gilmore's son, Hugh R., the subject of this sketch, was taken into the firm, under the name of Gilmore, Saylor & Gilmore. Judge Gilmore was the author of several legal works, his "Pro- bate Practice" being a standard authority for practice in the probate court.

Judge Gilmore's second marriage took place on November 12, 1868, when he was married to Ada M. Hendricks. At the time of his death, Judge Gilmore was survived by his wife and seven children, including one son, Clayton, who was born to his first marriage.

Judge Gilmore was a member of the Masonic fraternity and the Knights of Pythias, also the Preble County Bar Association, and other bar associa- tions. Judge Gilmore was possessed of a strong personality and unshaken integrity. As a citizen, he was ever ready and willing to assume all the responsibilities incident to good citizenship. As a lawyer, he was honest, successful, fathful to the extreme to his client's interest and stanch in his support of the dignity of the court.

Judge Gilmore was a Democrat, was firm in his belief of that party's

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'ines, and labored energetically for the party's success. He was for ; a valued man in the councils of the party in Preble county, and was iently a member of the county committee. In political campaigns, his · looked to him to do much of the speech-making and sent him innumer- times to conventions as a delegate from Preble county.

It is a splendid tribute to a father that at his death his work has been 1 up by a loving son. Judge Gilmore's father and the paternal grand- er of Hugh R. was Eli Gilmore, M. D., who moved from the state of inia to Preble county in 1825. Judge Gilmore's mother was Clarissa yton) Gilmore, a member of a prominent Mississippi family. Her er, Alexander M. Clayton, was a judge of the high court of errors and als in the state of Mississippi. Eli Gilmore, M. D., practiced his pro- on in Israel township. He and his wife lived there to advanced ages. Judge Gilmore's second wife, who survived him and who was the mother ugh R. Gilmore, was a daughter of George D. Hendricks, a native of le county, born in 1805. He died in Preble county at the age of ninety-

At the beginning of his professional career. Hugh R. Gilmore not only the example and inspiration of his father, but also of a distinguished :. Judge William J. Gilmore, who rose in the legal profession to the ion of judge of the supreme court of Ohio.

Hugh R. Gilmore was reared in Eaton and attended the public schools, 1ating from the high school with the class of 1900. He then read law e office of his father and his cousin, Clement R. Gilmore, and was ad- d to the bar, December 18. 1907. He had previously been deputy of the court under L. L. Brown.

Since 1907, Hugh R. Gilmore has practiced continuously in Eaton, and 08 he was elected prosecuting attorney and held that office for the third :cutive term. On November 4, 1914, he was elected to the office of

senator, from the district composed of Montgomery and Preble ties. Mr. Gilmore has always been a Democrat. He served as town- clerk for two terms and justice of the peace for a short time.

Hugh R. Gilmore was married on May 19, 1913, to Bertha Filbert, laughter of Frank P. and Sarah (Campbell) Filbert. Mrs. Gilmore is mber of the Presbyterian church.

Mrs. Gilmore was born in Eaton, as were her parents, who still reside at city. They have five children, Fred C., Joseph S., Ralph M., Bertha T. Campbell.

Mr. Gilmore is a member of Bolivar Lodge No. 82, Free and Accepted

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Masons; Eaton Chapter No. 22, Royal Arch Masons, and Reese Council No. 9, Royal and Select Masters, of Dayton, Ohio. He is also a member of Waverly Lodge No. 143, Knights of Pythias, of which he is past chancellor.

B. S. DAVIS.

The schools of Jefferson township are centralized and the pupils hauled to a modern fireproof building at New Paris, equipped with everything needful for an up-to-date educational institution. The high school is a a first-grade school, commissioned by the state. Miss Madge Wakefield is principal of the school and B. S. Davis is the superintendent. They are ably assisted by a corps of efficient teachers.

Mr. Davis was born in Preble county, Ohio, and is a son of J. C. and Sarah (Martin) Davis. J. C. Davis was reared in Warren and Preble counties, Ohio, and at the outbreak of the Civil War, enlisted for service in defense of the Union in Company A, Seventy-ninth Regiment, Ohio Vol- unteer Infantry, in 1862, serving until the close of the war. He was mustered out of service in 1865. J. C. Davis was a son of John F. and Mary (Corwin) Davis, both of whom were natives of Warren county, Ohio. John F. Davis was a son of William R. Davis, a native of Maryland.

Mrs. Sarah (Martin) Davis was a daughter of James and Elizabeth (Hart) Martin, the former a son of Hugh and Rebecca (Baldwin) Martin. Hugh Martin was born in Ireland and came to the United States early in life, being apprenticed to a tailor in Philadelphia. He remained with this man until he had reached his majority and then removed to Virginia, where he met and married Rebecca Baldwin in 1790. He died in 1807, in Virginia, and his wife came to Ohio, first to Cincinnati, and finally to Preble county, Ohio. The father of Rebecca (Baldwin) Martin was Major Baldwin, of Frederick county, Maryland, who served in the Revolutionary army, under General Washington. At one time Rebecca (Baldwin) Martin owned land in section II, of Lanier township, Preble county. Here she reared her children. She was a woman of striking individuality and keenly interested in the welfare of her children. She and her husband were the parents of several children, Thomas, Hugh, George, William, James and a daughter who married a man by the name of Kelley. The mother of Professor Davis was a daughter of James Martin, of this family, who was the father of six children, John, James, Frank, Sarah, Mary and Caroline.

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James C. and Sarah (Martin) Davis were the parents of five children: ibeth, the wife of A. M. Bonham; Caroline, the wife of George W. :; Daisy, the wife of V. J. Shilt; Cena, unmarried, and B. S., the im- ate subject of this review.

Professor Davis married Nina Tillman on May 28, 1891, the daughter nderson and Catherine (Albright) Tillman, and to this union have been two children, Helen and Katherine.

Professor Davis is a member of Fellowship Lodge No. 106, Free and pted Masons, in which he is a past master. Mr. Davis's father and his dfather both were members of the Masonic lodge at Arcanum, Ohio. 'essor Davis is an adherent of the Republican party. He and his fam- re members of the Christian church.

REUBEN J. SCHEID.

Men who have attained success in business are always honored and re- ted by the communities in which they have lived, and in which they accomplished so much. Especially honored are those who find time .bor in the interests of the community, inspiring others to loyalty and fulness. Able men never fail to raise the standard of their communi- and it is a pleasure to record the notable incidents in the lives of such

Generous, genial and diligent, interested at all times in the welfare is community, and the proprietor of a successful business in Eaton, is Den J. Scheid, whose name appears at the head of this brief review. Reuben J. Scheid was born at New Hope, Preble county, Ohio, March 1876, the son of George and Martha (Miller) Scheid, natives of Ger- v. George Scheid was born near Frankfort-on-the-Rhine, while his

was a native of Stuttgart. They were the parents of ten children: y, the wife of George Hill, of Richmond, Indiana; Elizabeth, the wife Daniel Swihart, of Eaton; Ella, the wife of Daniel Crumbaker, of Eaton; e, the widow of Charles Surface, of Eaton; Frank, of Eaton; Emma, wife of Elmer McWhinney, of Campbellstown, Ohio; Lenora, unmar- ; Anna, the wife of J. W. Ray, of Long Beach, California; Reuben J., aton, and Edward, of Covington, Indiana.

George Scheid was reared to manhood in Germany, receiving his edu- n in the schools of his native land. He was a shoemaker by trade, and · coming to America settled in Hamilton, Ohio. After residing there

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for several years he moved to Campbellstown, Preble county. From here he moved to New Paris, and still later to a farm one-half mile south of New Hope, where he engaged in farming. He moved to Eaton a year be- fore his death, which occurred in 1902, at the age of seventy years. His widow still survives him and has reached the age of eighty years. Both were loyal and earnest members of the Lutheran church. Mrs. Scheid later united with the United Brethren church and still retains an active interest in its welfare.

The paternal grandparents of Reuben Scheid lived and died in Ger- many, the grandfather being drowned. The maternal grandparents also lived all their lives in Germany.

Reuben J. Scheid was reared on his father's farm, near New Hope, until he reached the age of eighteen, receiving his education in the district schools of his home neighborhood. He then took a course in the Richmond Business College, at Richmond, Indiana, after which he secured employ- ment as a fireman on the Pennsylvania railroad, from Cincinnati to Lo- gansport, in which occupation he remained three years. After this he en- gaged in the canning business in Eaton, and has since continued in this busi- ness, first in partnership with his brother, Edward, when the firm was known as Scheid Brothers Packing Company, but for the last six years he has conducted the business alone. He packs tomatoes and has developed the business from a small hand-packing establishment to a large concern, employing fifty people. He sells his goods principally in Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City and other large markets. He packs fancy tomatoes and has a large sale on these goods. In the summer of 1914 he moved his plant to a new site and built a large sanitary factory covering an immense tract of land and equipped with up-to-date machinery. He is also interested in an- other plant at Camden, in this county, and has a splendid business there.

Mr. Scheid was married on November 16, 1905, to Mayme Rinehart, the daughter of Charles and Lavina (Duggins) Rinehart, and to this union two children have been born, Robert J. and Marguerite.

Mrs. Scheid was born in Washington township, near Eaton, March 10, 1879. Her parents were natives of Ohio, and lived in Washington town- ship, in this county, where they are farmers. Mr. and Mrs. Rinehart are the parents of three children, Mayme, Edward and Russell. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Scheid were Perry Rinehart and wife, natives also of Ohio. Their children were Charles, Frank, Laura and Henry. The ma- ternal grandparents of Mrs. Scheid were natives of Ohio and the parents of several children.

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Mr. Scheid is a Democrat, is a member of the city council of Eaton, is making a splendid record as a public official. He is especially inter- i in public affairs, and religiously, he and his wife are loyal and earnest ters and members of the Christian church, of Eaton. He is also a ber of the official board. Mr. and Mrs. Scheid are highly respected bers of the community in which they live, and popular among all classes eople.

EDMUND PERRY VAUGHAN.

One of the leading lawyers of Preble county is Edmund Perry ghan, of Eaton. Mr. Vaughan, like so many lawyers, went from the olroom into law. He received a splendid education before taking up which accounts for a remarkable success in that profession.

Edmund Perry Vaughan was born near Xenia, Greene county, Ohio, ember 15, 1854, the son of William Peleg and Hannah R. (Carver) ghan, natives of Ohio. They had six children: Edmund P., of Eaton; es Sidney, who died in 1881; Alice, who died in 1892, was the wife of rge T. Rice; Rachel Elizabeth, the wife of Jesse Foster, of Lewisburg, ); Elmer Grant, who died in 1894, while principal of the Eaton high vol, and Daisy May, the wife of Esta M. Pierce, of Fostoria, Ohio.

William P. Vaughan, the father of Edmund P., was reared in Greene ity, Ohio, and was a farmer all his life. He came to Preble county in ), and located in Twin township, where he bought a farm of one hun- 1 acres, which he improved. He died there on November 10, 1888, at age of fifty-seven. His wife died in April, 1898, at the age of sixty- . She was a member of the Christian (Newlight) church.

The paternal grandfather of Edmund P. Vaughan was William ighan, and his wife was Elizabeth Hobbit, natives of Virginia and Mont- very county, Ohio, respectively. They were pioneer farmers of Greene nty, where he died in middle life. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. died in Preble county at the age of eighty-two. They had a large fam- John, Benjamin, Sarah, Nancy, William P., James H. and Leutitia.

The founder of the Vaughan family was John Vaughan, who came m Wales and settled in Shenandoah county, Virginia, where he followed ming. He moved to Ohio in 1811 and settled in Greene county. He I a large family, among them a son, William, who enlisted in the War 1812. William was a great reader and a student of Bible history, and

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in naming his son, William, Jr., added the Bible name of Peleg, meaning "division" in Hebrew. At at the time of William, Jr.'s birth in 1831, his father made the prophecy that, since in Peleg's day the world was divided against itself (see Genesis), if this son lived to be thirty years old he would see the United States divided against itself, which division did occur in 1861.

The maternal grandparents of Edmund P. Vaughan were Smith and Rachel (Gwin) Carver, natives of New Jersey. They came to Ohio and settled in Clinton county about 1817, where he farmed. He died there in 1848, at the age of thirty-nine, she surviving him many years, her death oc- curring in Preble county in 1886, at the age of seventy-four. They had nine children : Permelia, Phoebe, Hannah R., Samuel S., George M., Amanda E., and three who died in early childhood.

Edmund P. Vaughan spent his early boyhood days in Greene, Miami and Montgomery counties, and came to Preble county with his parents in 1869, where he grew to manhood and has lived ever since. He grew up on his father's farm and attended the district schools, also the Medina Nor- mal School at Medina. Later he attended the Northern Ohio Normal School at Ada, where he received the degree of Bachelor of Science. He began teaching at the age of eighteen, and taught for eighteen years, going to school and teaching at intervals. He then began studying law at West Al- exandria in the offices of Hon. Oscar Sheppard, and entered the Cincinnati Law School, where he graduated in 1890. He was admitted to the bar that year and also admitted to practice in the supreme court of Ohio. He be- gan practicing at Eaton, first in partnership with Elam Fisher, until Mr. Fisher was elected to the bench, and since that time he has practiced alone, a period of twenty-four years altogether.

Edmund P. Vaughan was married on March 12, 1891, to Mary E. Gale, the daughter of John and Catherine (Holdeman) Gale, and to this union two children were born, James Gale and Martha. James Gale is in the office with his father and is a graduate of the Eaton high school. He and the daughter live at home.

The wife of Edmund P. Vaughan died on December 3, 1902, at the age of forty-three. Her father was a merchant and later a farmer. He was a native of New Hampshire and a relative of Daniel Webster, and her mother a native of Ohio. They had five children: Alice C., Oscar A., Mary E., Harriett and John M. The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Vaughan was Samuel Gale. He and his wife were natives of New England and

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y settlers in Preble county, Ohio. He was a farmer and both lived to pe old age. Among their children were Harriett, Caroline, Martha and 1. The maternal grandfather of Mrs. Vaughan was Abraham Holder- , a native of Virginia. He came to Ohio with his father, John Holder- , in 1806, and located in Lanier township. The children of Abraham e Catherine, Sarah, Eliza, Eli and Allen F.

Mr. Vaughan was married on December 31, 1910, to Leopoldena M. t, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Crist, both of whom were natives Germany. Mrs. Vaughan was born in Reading, Ohio, her parents aft- ard moved to Dayton, Ohio, where they lived the remainder of their , her father dying in 1910, in his ninetieth year, while her mother died in lle life. They had a large family of children, including Mary, Martin, 'ence, John, Isadore and Anna. Mrs. Vaughan graduated from the :innati Hospital in 1895 as a trained nurse, and for several years was a ing nurse in the city of Dayton.

Mr. Vaughan was county examiner during the time he was a teacher he also served as prosecuting attorney for one term. At present he is a iber of the board of education at Eaton, and has been clerk of the board several years. He is identified with the Republican party. Mr. Vaughan lives at 608 East Main street, Eaton, Ohio. Mr. Vaughan has been :itor for the Eaton Loan and Home Aid Company for twenty years. des his law practice and other interests in Eaton, Mr. Vaughan owns le farm of one hundred acres in Twin township, in the operation of ch he is actively interested.

Having been identified with the history of Preble county for so many 's, Mr. Vaughan has come to be favorably known in every township. He brilliant lawyer and has an enviable record for winning a large percent- of the cases entrusted to him.

LEANDER A. FRAME.

Leander A. Frame, a popular and prosperous farmer, of Jackson town- , Preble county, Ohio, is the proprietor of the old Frame homestead, red by his great-great-grandfather on October 28, 1816. No little dis- tion is attached to the ownership of a farm with which one's family e has been connected ever since it was a wilderness and purchased from

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the government. Leander A. Frame obtained this farm, of one hundred and sixty acres, from his father, Daniel Frame, in 1900, who obtained it, in 1865, from his father, Silas Frame, he, in turn, obtaining it from Jere- miah Frame, who entered the land. Leander A. Frame and his wife and mother now own this farm.

Leander A. Frame was born on this farm on December 18, 1853, the son of Daniel and Hannah (Dillman) Frame. Daniel Frame was the son of Silas and Pollie (Strador) Frame. Silas was the son of Jeremiah and Elizabeth Frame. Jeremiah Frame was a native of Virginia and a soldier under General Washington in the Revolutionary War. He was detailed to return to Washington's plantation to oversee the farm work. After the war he moved to Kentucky, where he was a slaveholder in that state. He became disgusted with slavery and left his slaves and came to Ohio, locating on the farm where the subject lives. Here he built a log cabin and, all in all, entered eight other farms, none of which was less than a quarter of a section. He gave each of his nine children a farm. In his day Jeremiah Frame was a prominent man. He was a strict Presbyterian. Mr. Frame died in 1828, after having been in Ohio twelve years.

Silas Frame was the youngest son of Jeremiah, and received the old home place. This place passed from him to Daniel Frame, who was a pub- lic-spirited man of wide influence in his community. He was a member of the Christian church and a deacon in that church. Although possessed of a strong religious nature, Daniel Frame was broad-minded and liberal in thought. He was much interested in the public welfare of the community and contributed much to its common good. He was the father of two chil- dren: Leander A., the subject of this sketch, and Ella O., who became the wife of J. W. Brinley. She was born in 1859, married in 1882, and died in 1886.

Leander A. Frame was reared on the farm and received his education in the common schools of Jackson township. He attended school in the winter and worked on the farm during the summer time. He remained at home until twenty-eight years old. He has been a farmer throughout his whole life and was active in this vocation. He preferred Shorthorn cattle, Englishshire and road horses and good hogs. Mr. Frame's horses were mostly native road horses. He was also interested in several imported horses. Mr. Frame is now retired.

Leander A. Frame married Laura Wolf, in February, 1882, from which union two children were born, Lawrence and Ella O. Lawrence was born

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History of Preble County Ohio: Her People, Industries and Institutions, Part 85

Author: R. E. Lowry Publication date: 1915 Publisher: Number of Pages: 985

Author: R. E. Lowry
Publication date: 1915
Publisher:
Number of Pages: 985