History of Richland County, Ohio : (including the original boundaries) ; its past and present, containing a condensed comprehensive history of Ohio, including an outline history of the Northwest, a complete history of Richland county miscellaneous matter, map of the county, biographies and histories of the most prominent families, &c., &c., Part 125

Author: Graham, A. A. (Albert Adams), 1848-
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Mansfield, O. : A. A. Graham & co.
Number of Pages: 968

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HARRINGTON, WILSON S., manufacturer; he was born in Bellville June 22, 1838; at the age of 13, his father moved on a farm, where the subject of this sketch lived, engaging with his father in buying, selling and raising sheep until 1864, when he moved to Bellville and became a partner in the foundry; this firm con- tinued two and a half years, and was succeeded by L. F. & W. S. Harrington ; in 1875, Mr. Harrington became the sole proprietor, and to this time has con- tinued the manufacture of bells, plows, besides doing a general line of casting. Mr. H. is a son of Albert L. Harrington, and his mother's maiden name was Han- nah Fickle ; they were 'married in Bellville in 1832, and are still citizens of the village; he came to Bell- ville in 1827. W. S. Harrington was married, Dec. 26, 1865, to Ester E. Calhoun, who is a daughter of Thomas Calhoun, and was born in Ashland Co. April 6, 1844. Children-Hallie B. was born Oct. 24, 1867 ; Loward W., March 17, 1872. Mr. Harrington built an excellent brick residence in Bellville in 1878 ; he has held various municipal offices, and was Township Treasurer two terms. Mrs. H. taught several terms of school before marriage. They are members of the Presbyterian Church, and worthy and respected citi- zens.

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HINES, PHILIP, deceased ; he was born in Frederick Co., MId., Dec. 1, 1785 : he was a soldier in the war of 1812, and in this connection went through Richland Co. He settled near Fredericktown after the war, where he resided a few years, and then moved into Jefferson Township and remained through life. He was married to Lydia Root in 1815. She was born Aug. 20, 1796 ; children ; Daniel was born Oct. 30, 1817; William, June 6, 1820; Thomas, June 2, 1822; George W., Sept. 9, 1824; Phillip, March 26, 1827; Benjamin F., Sept. 26, 1829 ; Washington, June 25, 1831; IIezekiah, Aug. 27, 1833: Henry J., Feb. 18, 1836; Joshua, April 2, 1839 ; Mary Jane, Sept. 6, 1845.

HINES, BENJAMIN F., farmer and dealer in boots and shoes, Bellville, Ohio. He was born in Jefferson Township, and brought up on a farm ; he commenced to work at the shoe trade in 1840, laboring on a farm in the summer and on the bench during the winter. He located in Bellville in 1844, where he remained several years ; he then went to Mansfield and worked on the bench about one year, where the First National Bank is located; he finished his trade. He then returned to Bellville, and has kept a shoe store a greater part of the time since. For years, when he was acquiring a competency, he would labor hard upon the farm and make boots and shoes about half of the night. He was unexcelled as a rapid workman, and could make three pairs of common boots in a day, and do it every day in the week. He is now doing an extensive business in the sale of boots and shoes, and considerable manufact- uring. Besides the shoe business, he continues to give his farm careful attention, and maintains his posi- tion as one of the progressive farmers of the commu- nity. He commenced life with an industrious hand and economical habits, and gathered here and there until his property valued many thousand dollars ; being economical, he was also generous, and wherever a united effort was made to do a charitable work, or a work depending upon donations, he was ready to ren- der valuable assistance. Mr. Hines was born Sept. 26, 1829, and was married to Mary Jane Armstrong Aug. 6, 1850 ; they have one child, C. Burton, who was born Feb. 16, 1860.

HEINDEL, GEORGE MATHIAS, clergyman ; was brought up on a farm in York Co., Penn .; he attended a union school until the summer of 1869, when he entered the Wittenberg College, Springfield, Ohio, and finished the classical course in 1874, and graduated in the theological department in 1876. In November, 1876, he came to Bellville and took the Salem Lutheran charge, which consists of three congregations, two of which are now in this county and one in Morrow. He came to Ohio with his parents in 1851, who settled near Springfield, Ohio. Mr. Heindel was born Feb. 28, 1851, and married June 21, 1877, to Marthie Wise, who was born in Bucyrus, Ohio, and brought up there. They have two children, Mary Estella, born March 9, 1878, and one in 1879. Mr. Heindel is a lover of study, and applies himself diligently to the profession that he has chosen. He is logical and argumentarive in his speak- ing, and reverence to the Supreme Being characterizes all his religious labor.

HISKEY, ENOCH, born in Cumberland Co., Penn., Sept. 30, 1814; he came with his parents to Perry

Township in 1839, and settled. He was brought up on a farm, and gave his attention to agriculture. On June 25, 1840, he was united in matrimony to Nancy A. Shuler; she was born in Cumberland Co., Penn., Aug. 28, 1820, and came to Ohio in 1840; they then moved on Sec. 11, Perry Township, where they resided until 1875, when they moved into a dwelling which he erected near the Salem Lutheran Church in Jefferson Township. Mr. Hiskey united with the Salem Lutheran Church in 1860, and his wife a few years after. Their children, in the order of their ages, are Margaret Ann, born April 9, 1841 ; George S., Dec. 8, 1842; Jeremiah, June 12, 1847 ; Sarah Samantha, Jan. 10, 1850; Mary A., March 13, 1853 : Ann Eliza, Aug. 6, 1855 ; Oliver, Sept. 29, 1858. Jere- miah died Oct. 14, 1850 ; Sarah S., April 21, 1851. Mr. Hiskey owns 158 acres of land in Perry Township and 181 in Jefferson. In 1879, he erected another dwelling-house on his Perry Township farm.

HOOVER, SIMON, farmer ; he owns 218 acres of land, which he has under the best cultivation, and is well improved. His farm is a part of Sec. 1. He was born in Maryland, where his father, Henry H., and mother were also born, and when he was 4 years of age they migrated to Ohio and settled first in Washington Township. They next moved on the land where the subject of this sketch now resides, which was then all under timber. In an early day, a tree fell upon one of his brothers and killed him, which his father had chopped off; it was near the present site of his res. idence. Mr. Hoover's father was born Sept. 29, 1790, and died on his birthday in 1856. Mr. Hoover was born Sept. 19, 1828. Louisa Timanus was born in Mansfield, Ohio, April 5, 1829. They were married March 20, 1851 ; their children are Emeline, who died in childhood ; Albert, born Nov. 7, 1852; Hulbert and Charles (twins), Sept. 23, 1854 ; Hulda, Aug. 5, 1857 ; Lincoln, April 10, 1860; William, May 8, 1862; Sher- iden, March 28, 1865 ; Cyrus, Nov. 22, 1867 ; Samuel, May 29, 1869; Jennie, Sept. 11, 1872. Cyrus died June 28, 1868; Samuel, Oct. 10, 1873. After marriage, Mr. Hoover lived upon his grandfather's farm six years, and then upon the farm he now owns. He, his wife and two children are members of the Lutheran Church, and he is an Elder. Two of his sons attended the Mans- field Normal School the winters of 1879-80, and the elder one is preparing to teach. Mr. Hooveris a mem- ber of a family of eleven children, six boys and five girls. His mother died June 20, 1879, aged 79 years and 17 days.

HOWARD, OTIS. Was born in Waldo, Me., March 23, 1817 ; he there learned the carpenter trade ; in the fall of 1838, he came to Jefferson Township, and for some time worked at wagon-making and house carpen- try ; he then engaged in agriculture, and continued at it until 1860, when he commenced to manufacture churns, which received his attention about five years : in the year 1865, he came in possession of the saw-mill across the creek from the depot in Bellville, and in con- nection operated a planing-mill and turning machinery ; he gave this his attention till 1875, when his son suc- ceeded him, and he again took to making churns, and doing a line of miscellaneous carpentering. Mr. How- ard entered into the matrimonial state with Rebecca

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Whitnah Dec. 25, 1844; she was born in Livingston Co., N. Y., April 5, 1823; they commenced to keep house in Jefferson Township and have since lived in it. They had two children-Henry W., born Sept 13, 1845 ; Emma R., Feb. 11, 1856. Mr. Howard has held various corporation and township offices, and his official career has been creditable and straightforward ; he was elected Justice of the Peace in his township in 1879; he was also prominent in the society known as the " Franks," which was organized in Bellville by Rev. John Lamb, in 1849; he filled the chair as President during its existence, which was till 1855; mental improvement was the main feature of the body, and it was in this society that Congressman Judge Geddes, now of Mans- field, made his first adventure as a speaker or debater.

KANAGA, JOHN F. He was born in Cumberland Co., Penn., and came with his parents to Richland Co. when in his 11th year, in the spring of 1834, and set- tled where Plank's mills now stand ; he remained there until one year after marriage; milling had been his occupation from boyhood up. He was married, March 26, 1846, to Sarah Donaugh, who was born in Mercer Co , Penn., and came to Richland Co. in 1833; she is the oldest one of the family living, and had three brothers and one sister, two half-brothers and two half- sisters. After marriage, Mr. Kanaga ran the mill one year, and then bought a part of Section 26, on which he has resided since, with the exception of a short time in Bellville; in 1849, he built a dwelling-house on his farm, and a barn in 1853. Mr. Kanaga and wife united with the Evangelical Church in 1849, and have done much for the advancement of the cause. One of his sons, Amos, is now a lawyer, and Joseph is prepar- ing for the ministry. Mr. Kanaga was born July 1, 1824; and Mrs. Kanaga in June, 1822. Chil- dren-Nancy Elizabeth, born June 22, 1847; Elmira Jane, Dec. 24, 1849; Mary Emily, Sept. 1, 1851; Will- iam Ilenry, April 18, 1853; Amos Ream, Nov. 14, 1854 : John Israel, Jan. 13, 1857; Joseph Benton, Jan. 13, 1859 ; Jeremiah Clinton, March 10, 1861, and died in the 4th year of his age.

KELLY, JOSEPH H., tinner, Bellville, Ohio ; he was born in Indiana Co., Penn., Jan. 20, 1823; before his marriage, he worked at various places in Ohio, and in 1848, assisted in taking a drove of hogs to Lancas- ter Co., Penn. ; in 1849, he returned to Bellville, and commenced working in a tinshop; in 1851, he removed to Lexington, where he remained seventeen years, and then returned to Bellville. He was married, in Bell- ville, May 29, 1852, to Harriet Baker; she was born in Windsor Co., Vt., June 12, 1831, and came to Ohio when 9 years old. J. Wesley Kelly, Mr. Kelly's old- est child was born Sept. 16, 1854.

LAFFERTY, SAMUEL, farmer; he was born in Washington Co., Penn., and brought up on a farm ; he came with his parents to Harrison Co., Ohio, where they resided from 1816 or 1817 to 1833 ; the subject of this sketch worked at the carpenter trade a few years in Ilarrison Co. His father first stopped on Sec. 16, in Jefferson Township, and the following year (1834) located on a part of Sec. 11. On October 7, 1834, he was married to Lovina Johnston, daughter of Joseph Johnston ; they commenced to keep house about two miles south of Bellville, in which locality he lived a

number of years; in the spring of 1878, he moved near Bellville. His first wife had one child, who was named Lovina Melissa, and was born Nov. 7, 1835 ; his second marriage was to Margaret Riddle, who was a daughter of William Riddle, and was born Jan. 15, 1818; she became the mother of the following chil- dren : John L .. born Sept. 18, 1840; Sarah E., Jan. 2, 1842; Norman S., Sept. 12, 1843 ; Mary J., March 13, 1845; Anu M., Jan. 20, 1847; Josephine, Feb. 14, 1852; Eliza E., June 26, 1857 ; deaths-Norman died Feb. 11, 1852; Eliza E., Dec. 5, 1861, and the mother, Aug. 1, 1865; his last marriage was to Rebecca J. Miller, daughter of Samuel Miller, March 4, 1867, and one child was born, named George, Nov. 7, 1871; Mr. and Mrs. Lafferty are members of the Seventh Day Adventists, and he is an Elder in the church.

LAFFERTY, JOHN, was born in Washington Co., Penn., and remained with his parents till after they came to Jefferson Township in 1833. He first married Jane Marshall ; they lived in Washington Township three years, and then moved to Marion Co., now Mor- row, and remained there nine years. The next move brought them back to the old homestead, which he has since owned, a part of Sec. 11, Jefferson Township. Farming and stock-growing have always been his occu- pation. John Lafferty was born Jan. 1, 1815. He was married March 4, 1839; children-Wilson was born March 31, 1846 ; John M., Nov. 28, 1847. Jane Lafferty died May 8, 1860. Mr. Lafferty was married, Oct. 7, 1861, to Mary L. Anderson, who was born Oct. 30, 1840 ; Abbie B. Lafferty was born June 15, 1863. Mr. Lafferty has lived in Bellville the past two years. He has filled the office of Township Trustee, and is a member of the Pres- byterian Church, in which he now holds official posi- tions. His first wife was, and his present wife is, a member of the same church.

LANEHART, WILLIAM A., furniture dealer, of Bellville; is one of the most live business men of Bell- ville, and a worthy citizen. At present, he is exten- sively engaged in manufacturing furniture of nearly every class, and constantly has his large storeroom packed in both stories. Mr. Lanehart was born in Prussia, near the Rhine. He commenced to work at cabinet work when 15 years old as an apprentice. His employer died when he had been at the trade two years. This placed him upon his own responsibilities to find work, and he labored in the principal cities of Germany -Frankfort, Hamburg, Cologne and other places. In the fall of 1847, he left the old country and came direct to Mansfield. Failing to find a situation there, he came to Bellville, and succeeded in getting work with H. Cowen. Ile remained with him three months, and then formed a partnership with J. Philips. This arrangement continued one and a half years, at the end of which time Mr. Lanehart commenced to manage a business for himself. In 1865, he discontinued the fur- niture business on account of ill health, and the next year moved on a farm about one mile east of Bellville. He remained on this farm about six years, and then purchased another, a part of Sec. 13, on which he lived five years. In 1876, he again opened a furniture store in Bellville, and, in 1877, built his fine store- room. After Mr. Lanehart arrived in this part of the country, he became greatly discouraged, and would

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have returned to Europe had money been at his com- mand to do so. Mr. Lanehart has held the office of Township Trustee, and is now Treasurer. Willianı Lanehart was born Feb. 19, 1824, and was married to Margaret Eggleman Nov. 14, 1850.

LEEDY, JOHN (deceased). The progenitor of the Leedy family now in the United States came from Switzerland, and settled in Maryland; his name was Abraham Leedy, and there were five children in his family ; one son, named Abraham, after his parent, is the father of the Leedys residing in Ohio. John, the subject of our sketch, was born in. Maryland Sept. 10, 1779, and, when a few years old, his father moved to Bedford Co., Penn., and settled in Morrison's Cove; he was brought up a farmer, but early learned the art of distilling. On March 4, 1806, he was married to Eliz- abeth Keith, who was born near Coffee Run, Penn., and she was then 17 years old ; her father's name was Lewis Keith, and her mother's Mary Saltsman. In 1810, Mr. Leedy visited Richland Co., and, in 1811, moved, landing upon Sec. 35 June 6 ; his wagon was used as a residence until a log cabin was erected ; in 1812, he set up a still and commenced the manufacture of spirits, which was the first one put in operation in the county. The excitement caused by the Zimmer tragedy prompted him to leave his habitation in 1812, and he removed to the block-house at Fredericktown, where he remained about nine days. The forest was rap- idly cleared away around his dwelling, and the ground devoted to agriculture ; the still, which he operated in connection, proved a valuable auxiliary, as the grain could be converted into liquor, which met with a ready sale to the Indians ; he remained upon the farm until 1836, when he left it and opened a hotel in Bellville, occupying the building in which the Exchange Bank is quartered ; here he remained about six years, and then returned to his farm, and died Sept. 6, 1851. He owned 640 acres of land; was one of the first Trustees of Jefferson when it embraced three townships; bold and resolute, knowing no fear, and, in his years of age, weighed 360 pounds. His children are Lewis, Catha- rine, Susau, Mary, Abraham, Samuel, Margaret, Rosan, John, Sarah and David ; they all grew up and were married, except David, who died young; the daugh- ters all moved West after marriage, with the exception of Catharine, who married Samuel Garber, and died in Jefferson Township. Mother Leedy died in Indiana at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Spayd, and was interred with the remains of her husband near Ank- neytown, Ohio.

LEEDY, LEWIS K., resides on and owns a part of Sec. 35 ; he was born in Bedford Co., Penn., March 12, 1807 ; he came with his parents to Jefferson Township in 1811, and has made it his place of residence ever since ; he participated in the toils and hardships inci, dent to a pioneer life, and also enjoyed its pleasures ; when he arrived at the age of manhood, he commenced to teach music, using the system known as the " Buck- wheat Notes ;" he was pre-eminently the pioneer music teacher of the southern part of the county. He has held the office of Township Trustee several times, has been an active member on the Board of Education of the township, and a useful man generally. Mr. Leedy was married, Aug. 13, 1829, to Hannah Myers; ehil-

dren-Jacob M., born May 9, 1830; Catharine Ann, Jan. 17, 1834; Samantha, Nov. 5, 1840; Sarah, Dec. 30, 1842; Simon, Jan. 26, 1845; Alonzo, Jan. 3, 1847 ; two children not here mentioned died in infancy ; Han- nah Leedy died June 6, 1849; Mr. Leedy was married to Delilah Simmons April 24, 1852, and three children were born unto them, two of whom are deceased ; Della was born Aug. 7, 1853; Delilah died Feb. 8, 1879.

LEEDY, DANIEL (deceased) ; was born in Bedford Co., Penn., Aug. 18, 1794. He was married to Susan- nah Holsinger April 13, 1817; she was born April 18, 1798. He emigrated to Richland Co. and settled on Sec. 26, Sept. 27, 1824, where he spent the remainder of his days. To his first wife five children were born -Abraham, born March 1, 1818; Catharine, Dec. 12, 1819; John, Nov. 30, 1821; Daniel, Aug. 28, 1823; Susan, Dec. 19, 1825 ; Susannah Leedy died Dec. 21, 1825, and Mr. Leedy married Saloma Brown March 26, 1826 ; she was born Oct. 16, 1807; her children are Isaac, born Dec. 20, 1826; Elizabeth, Jan. 17, 1828 ; Ann, July 2, 1829; Jacob, April 13, 1831 ; Elias, June 15, 1833 ; Martin, Nov. 17, 1834; Sarah, Dec. 15, 1836; Aaron, Oct. 18, 1840 : Savilla, Nov. 17, 1842; Levi, Sept. 26, 1845; Abraham, John, Jacob, Elias, Martin and Savilla are dead ; Isaac, Jacob, Martin and Levi were in the late war; Martin was killed in the battle of Shiloh, by a fragment of a shell, April 7, 1862; Jacob died of disease at Fortress Monroe; Dan- iel, Jr., was in the Mexican war. Father Leedy died Jan. 16, 1873, and his wife, Saloma, April 7, 1866.

LEEDY, AARON B., farmer; is a son of Daniel Leedy, one of the first settlers of the southern part of Jefferson Township; he was born Oct. 18, 1840, and brought up on the farm where he now lives. On the breaking-out of the war of the rebellion, he enlisted and went to the front with the 102d O. V. I., and served to the close of the war; he left home Aug. 11, 1862, for the battlefield. At the close of the war, lie returned, and, on March 24, 1867, was married to Mary Oldfield, daughter of Richard Oldfield, born the 23d day of May, 1844 ; they moved on the farm of his father; their children are as follows : Ann Della, born Sept. 18, 1869, and died ten days after; Elma, born Sept. 27, 1871; Silas, Oct. 12, 1873 ; Lieutellas, Dec. 23, 1875; Melvin, June 19, 1878. Mr. Leedy as yet is not identified with any religious order or secret society ; his companion is a member of the Universal- ist Church, having united several years past.

LEEDY, LEVI B., farmer, is the youngest son of Daniel Leedy, and was brought up on his father's farm, of which he now owns a part. On the opening of the rebellion, he enlisted in the three-years service, and went to the front with the 13th O. V. C; he belonged to the Army of the Potomac, and remained in the serv- ice until the close of the war, when he returned to his native place, and turned his attention to agriculture. He was born Sept. 26, 1845, and was married to Nanty Kanaga, daughter of John Kanaga, Nov. 23, 1871 ; chil- dren-Perly Ann was born Sept. 13, 1872; Sarah Blanch, Dec. 25, 1873; Lennia Franklin, Sept. 5, 1875 ; Bertha Florence, Aug. 7, 1877, and one May 23, 1879, not named. Mr. Leedy and wife are living mem- bers of the Evangelical Association, she having joined

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early in life : in about the year 1866, he became a member of the society, and since then has taken a deep interest in religious affairs, and has been a devoted worker in the Sabbath-school cause.

LEEDY, AARON A., farmer ; resides in the south- ern part of the township, near the south line ; besides his avocation as a farmer, in former days he gave some attention to teaching music, and for years has been at times engaged in operating a saw-mill ; in early life, he learned the carpenter trade and worked at it sev- eral years ; he has been very successful in life, and now owns an excellent farm with the best of improve- ments; in 1873-74, he built a residence, which is the most complete and costly in the township. Mr. Leedy is the youngest of Abraham Leedy's family, and was born April 21, 1832, and reared near Ankneytown, Ohio ; his wife, Elizabeth Garber, was born June 10, 1838, and they were married the 13th of March, 1856. Their children in order are as follows: Byron G. was born March 1, 1857 ; Elmina, June 28, 1859, and died Feb. 22, 1866 ; Eugene, born Feb. 16, 1861 ; Clement L. V., July 5, 1863; Albert Odell, Feb. 7, 1867 ; Bertha Estelle, March 30, 1871; Albert Tennyson, June 2, 1873; Herbert, Aug. 5, 1875; Maud, Dec. 28, 1877. In the spring of 1857, they moved into Knox Co., where they remained until 1860, when they returned to this township; they united with the Universalist Church at Bellville, under the pastorship of the Rev. W. B. Woodberry, in the fall of 1866, and have continued faithful members of this society ; Mr. Leedy was the first Master and a charter member of Jefferson Grange, No. 251 ; has been prominent in encouraging societies for the intellectual improvement of the young ; at times has held township offices ; Mr. L. is also Treasurer of the Patrons' Insurance Company.

LEEDY, BYRON G., was born March 1, 1857, in Knox Co., and was brought up a farmer. On Sept. 2, 1878, he was united in matrimony to Flora Young, daughter of D. L. Young ; she was born July 28, 1857 ; Rev. Woodberry performed the marriage ceremony ; they have one child-Harry Leedy, who was born Nov. 15, 1879. Mr. Leedy and companion are bothı mem- bers of the Jefferson Grange, in which they have held official positions. They are also members of the Uni- versalist Church. After marriage, Mr. Leedy moved on his father-in-law's place, on which they lived till April, 1880, when he moved on the northeast quarter of Sec. 23, Perry Township.

LETT, JACOB, farmer ; a son of Jacob Lett, an early settler of the southern part of Jefferson Township, where he entered a part of Sec. 33 Sept. 20, 1824, on which he lived until his death. He was married to Catharine Linsey, and their children in order are Joanah, Jackson, Caroline, Alexander, Tilitha, David, Ruthanna, Jacob and Mary Ellen. The subject of this sketch was born April 13, 1838; he grew up on his father's farm, and worked at the blacksmith trade two years in Pal- myra, Knox Co., 1857 and 1858; in the winter of 1862, he lived in Williams Co., Ohio. He was married, Jan. 21, 1866, to Lydia Garver; their children are Nancy Elleynette, born Sept. 28, 1867; Wilson Monroe, March 25, 1869; Louis Harry, May 17, 1871. Mr. Lett's father was a soldier in the war of 1812.

LEWIS, J. BRYANT, M. D., physician and surgeon ; he came to Bellville April 13, 1875, and commenced the practice of medicine, and by close attention to business and continual research for medical knowledge, he has informed himself to his calling and commenced a useful life in his sphere ; successful from the com- mencement, his practice is increasing, and in connec- tion he teaches the principles of the healing art to others ; his first labor in this channel commenced in the fall of 1879, when several young men took up med- ical studies under him. Mr. Lewis was born Sept. 13, 1851, in Knox Co., Ohio, and was brought up on a farm ; at the age of 17, he commenced to attend school with the object of preparing himself for the medical profession ; in 1871, he began to read under Dr. Hall, of Fredericktown, Ohio, and, in the fall of 1872, en- tered the Cleveland Homeopathic Hospital College, where he graduated the 17th of February, 1875. He was married to Edith Brown Oct. 25, 1876. Mr. Lewis united with the Masonic Lodge of Bellville in the year 1876.

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Author: Graham, A. A. (Albert Adams), 1848- Publication date: 1880 Publisher: Mansfield, O. : A. A. Graham & co. Number of Pages: 968

Author: Graham, A. A. (Albert Adams), 1848-
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Mansfield, O. : A. A. Graham & co.
Number of Pages: 968