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Mr. Ormerod was married June 17, 1903, to Mary Elizabeth Cassadiay, the daughter of John and Mariah (Long) Cassadiay, and to this union one son has been born, Herbert Lutrell.
Mrs. Ormerod was born in Claibourne township in this county. Her father died in 1910 and her mother married a second time, her second hus- band being Charles Ward. To her second marriage has been born one son, George. John Cassadiay and wife were the parents of seven children : Clar- ence, Bert. Furman, Mina, Stella, Edgar and Mary.
Politically, Mr. Ormerod is a stanch Republican and has always taken an active interest in the welfare of his party. He was elected in November, 1913. as marshal of Marysville and took the office in January, 1914. He is
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also serving as constable of Paris township, in which Marysville is situated. The family are members of the Congregational church. Fraternally, Mr. Ormerod is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Fraternal Order of Eagles.
SOLOMON TURNER.
The Turner family is of English descent, an ancestry of which they may well be proud. To England more than any other county is America indebted for the class of early immigrants who came to our shores and es- tablished homes in the new world. These were people of high ideals and of strict integrity, and their character for morality and religion was of the sterner sort. These were people whose religious practice might be character- ized by some as intolerant, but, whatever may be the opinion as to that, it must be conceded that they were honest and sincere. It must also be con- ceded that the patient industry of these first immigrants and their intelligence and strict morality were the qualities of citizenship that established a civiliza- tion in the wilderness where they founded a home. They laid the foundation for the institutions of government and the high civilization which we enjoy.
The Turner family were not among these first immigrants and are not responsible for any alleged intolerant conduct or criticism laid against their countrymen who were among the pioneers. For more than one hundred years after the first settlement at Jamestown, the people coming from Eng- land were of the best class of citizens in that country, and they are found among the best class of citizens in this country. Solomon Turner, who is the subject of this review, is of this class. He was born in Sussex county, England, January 6, 1847, the son of Edmond and Martha ( Brooks) Tur- ner, who were also natives of Sussex county, England.
Edmond Turner's father was also a native of the same county in Eng- land and never left the native country. Edmond Turner, our subject's fa- ther, brought the family to this country and joined some of their relatives here and engaged in farming. He first worked on a rented farm on the Peoria pike, the land at that time being mostly covered with timber. He built a house in these woods and fixed a home for his family. Then he went to work to clear off the timber and get some land in shape for cultivation, and in time, after much hard labor, he had quite a good sized farm under cultivation. He had a family of six children, namely : Edward; Stephen,
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deceased: Harriett, who married Mr. Barker; Sampson, deceased; Solomon, subject of this sketch: Richard. Three of these sons were soldiers in the Civil War. Sampson and Stephen Turner enlisted in the Sixty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry and were both killed in battle. Edward enlisted in Com- pany E. Thirteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which was part of Colonel Fyffe's brigade. Van Cleve's division, in the Army of the Cumberland, commanded by General Rosecrans in the battles of Stone's River and Chicka- mauga. Edward Turner was with his regiment in all the battles and cam- paigns until the close of the war, when he returned home and is still living. The father and mother of our subject are both dead and rest in Oakdale cemetery. Edmond Turner was a man of unusual energy and diligence and a splendid type of the self-made man. The Marysville Tribune in the fall of 1890, the week after his death, published a two column article on his ca- reer. The article contained a vivid account of Mr. Turner's early struggles in Union county which he himself had written. It is interesting to note that he was an experienced well-digger and Mr. Turner gives a list of sixty-two residents of the county for whom he dug wells. These wells varied in depth from ten to sixty-two feet.
Solomon Turner, our subject, received his education in the country schools, working on the farm when not attending school. At the age of twenty-two he rented his present farm and began farming on his own ac- count, without any capital except energy and muscle and a disposition to use economy and industry. He started with a live stock equipment consisting of one horse and one cow and incurred a debt to the amount of the full value of the same. But, by patience, perseverance and unremitting energy, and by the practice of close economy, he overcame obstacles and won out. In a short time he had accumulated sufficient means to pay the debt incurred for the horse and cow and to add to his live stock. At the end of twelve years he was able to buy the farm on which he had continued to live. Later he bought the old home place where his son Benjamin is now living. At the present time his real estate possessions consist of two hundred and twenty- seven and a half acres of as fine land as can be found in Paris township.
Mr. Turner was united in marriage with Armintha Armine, March 3, 1870. the daughter of Smith and Elizabeth (Westlake) Armine. To this union the following named children were born: Edward, who married Mande Woodard: Hallie: Josiah, who married Rose Gates, has three chil- dren, Floyd. George and Jane : Minnie, who married Burle Southard, and has five children, Lawrence. Mary, Martha, Charles and Dorothy. deceased :
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Charles, who married Margaret Boulger, and has two children, Mary and Robert ; and Smith A. Mr. Turner's second marriage was, to Julia Staley. To this union three children were born, all of whom are living, Benjamin, Hazel and Ralph.
Fraternally, Mr. Turner is an active and influential member of the Knights of Pythias. His church relations are with the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he is a faithful and consistent member. He is enlisted in every cause for the promotion of the interests of church and for the moral welfare of the community. In political matters he is an earnest advocate of the principles of the Republican party and takes an active part in political campaigns. He is at present a member of the school board and is specially interested in the public schools and in educational matters generally.
Mr. Turner's farm is on the Kenton pike about one mile and a quarter northwest of Marysville. On this farm is a large house furnished with all conveniences and comforts essential to make a complete and pleasant home. His barns and other farm buildings are models of neatness and convenience, and show excellent taste and careful management.
MARION D. PRATT.
Although a resident of Union county, Ohio, but a comparatively short time, Marion D. Pratt has already become identified with the life of the com- munity where he is residing. He has lived in various counties in Ohio and Indiana and has been a farmer of Liberty township, in Union county, Ohio. since the spring of 1912. Mr. Pratt is an enterprising and energetic young man and is a very welcome addition to the farming population of Liberty township.
Marion D. Pratt, the son of Walton D. and Sarah ( Rader) Pratt, was born June 30. 1855, in Delaware county, Ohio. His parents, who were both born in Perry county, Ohio, are now deceased. Six children were born to Walton D. Pratt and wife, five of whom are now living: Thomas E .. of Stone county, Missouri : Marion D., of Union county : Isaac W., of Hardin county, Ohio; John J., of Delta, Ohio; and Amanda, the wife of John Wil- cox. of Franklin county, Ohio. Amanda is a half sister of Mr. Pratt.
Marion D. Pratt was reared in Delaware county, Ohio, and in Paulding county, where his parents moved in 1863. In 1865 his parents returned to Delaware county, Ohio, and shortly afterwards moved to Indiana, where they
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lived a year. They returned to Delaware county, Ohio, and after a short residence there moved to Hardin county, where they lived the remainder of their lives. Walton D. Pratt was a soldier of the Civil War and gave his life in the defense of his country, dying at Camp Chase in this state.
Marion D. Pratt continued at home until he reached his majority and then went to Paulding county, Ohio, where he married. Mr. Pratt came to Union county in 1912 and bought his present farm in Liberty township. His farm of eighty-eight and one-half acres lies three miles south of Raymond and under the skilful management of Mr. Pratt is yielding very satisfactory returns each year.
Mr. Pratt married Wilda Boroff, a native of Mercer county, Ohio. To this union four children have been born, Wilton, Floyd, Joseph and Clarence. Wilton and Floyd are of school age and are attending the public school of Raymond. Wilton being a student in the high school and Floyd in the grades. The other two sons are not yet of school age.
. Mr. Pratt and his wife are members of the Friends church. He is a member of the Patrons of Husbandry at Pottersburg. In politics, he has always given his adherence to the Republican party, and before coming to Union county was a township trustee and also served as road supervisor in the same township.
WILBERT H. JOLLIFF.
The whole career of Wilbert H. Jolliff has been spent in Union county, Ohio, and such has been the character of his life that he has always main- tained the respect of his fellow citizens. A teacher in the public schools of this county for twelve years, he exerted no little influence upon the rising generation, and the school room lost an excellent instructor when he decided to leave the teaching profession and engage in farming. In everything which goes to make up the good American citizen, Mr. Jolliff stands high in his county, and his influence has always been cast for those things which make good, substantial citizens.
Wilbert H. Jolliff, the son of George W. and Isabel ( Maskill) Jolliff, was born in Taylor township. Union county, Ohio, January 4, 1877. His father was born in Holmes county, Ohio, of English parentage, and came to Union county with his parents when four years of age. He was mar- ried in Taylor township to Isabel Maskill, the daughter of John Maskill, who had been an early settler in Union county. George W. Jolliff and wife
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moved to York township in 1883, and there they have since resided. To them have been born five children, four of whom are still living: Perry A .. who married Myrta Middlesworth, of Mississippi; Ada M., the wife of Frank Fawley, a farmer of York township; Ethel, the wife of Clarence Lindsley. of York township, and Wilbert H. Chauncey H. was killed by lightning in 1906.
The education of Wilbert H. Jolliff was received in the schools of York township, and this was supplemented by two terms in the normal school at Bethel and West Mansfield, Ohio. He always took much interest in educa- tional matters and at the early age of eighteen began to teach in the public schools of Union county. For twelve years he followed the teaching pro- fession, and with a success which speaks well for his ability as a teacher as well as his sterling character as a man. In 1907 he decided to devote all of his time and attention to farming, and on his excellent farm of sixty-three acres in Liberty township. he has been laboring successfully for the past eight years. Under his skilful guidance the farm is yielding a handsome return annually, and by good management he is making it more productive year by year.
Mr. Jolliff was married January 15. 1898. to Florence Johnson, who was born in Liberty township, this county. She is a woman of refinement and culture and has always been very much interested in music. To this union one son, Victor E., has been born, his birth occurring August 31, 1899. He is now a student in the high school at Raymond.
Mrs. Jolliff is a daughter of John F. and Arminda ( Sodduth ) John- son, natives of Liberty township. Her paternal great-grandfather. John Shirk, was a very early settler in this county, coming here from Virginia in 1836. Her grandfather. Daniel Johnson, was also a very early settler of this county, coming from eastern Ohio. John F. Johnson and wife had two children: Ella, who died at the age of twenty-four years, and Florence. the wife of Mr. Jolliff. Mrs. Jolliff's parents are still living in this township.
Mr. Jolliff and his wife are members of the Disciple church and are very much interested in all church and Sunday school work. Mr. Jolliff is a member of the Newton Lodge No. 249, Free and Accepted Masons. Po- litically. he is a Republican, and while he is frequently consulted by the lead- ers of his party in local matters, yet he has never been a candidate for public office or taken an active part in political matters. He favors all measures of good government and gives his .hearty support to all movements which have for their end the betterment of the community in which he lives.
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AUSTIN F. CARY.
An influential citizen of Leesburg township, Union county, Ohio, is Austin F. Cary, whose whole life has been spent in this township. His father came to Union county about ninety years ago, and was one of the early pioneers of the county, and one of the first teachers. Mr. Cary is essentially a self-made man and the well improved farm which he owns in Leesburg township is the result of his own efforts, together with those of his worthy wife. In addition to carrying on general farming and stock raising he was for many years one of the largest road contractors of the county, and has built many of the excellent roads which are now found in Union county.
Austin F. Cary, the son of George W. and Mary E. (Frankling) Cary, was born in Leesburg township, in this county, December 4. 1859. His father was born in Madison county, Ohio, October 25, 1821, and came to this county in his boyhood days with his parents. His mother was born February 23, 1827, in Leesburg township. George W. Cary was one of the first settlers in Leesburg township, and in his early life taught school as well as farmed. His wife was also a school teacher and both were highly respected in the com- munity where they lived most of their lives. George W. Cary died October 19, 1888, and his widow passed away December 16, 1901. Seven children were born to them, three of whom are living: Nancy M., the wife of Frank MI. Riley, a farmer of Leesburg township; Ruth, the wife of H. T. Jones, of Marion, Ohio: Jennie, deceased ; Dora, deceased : Byron, deceased; Austin F., of Leesburg township, and Hannah, deceased.
Austin F. Cary was educated in the district schools of Leesburg town- ship. and early in life began to work for himself. He married before he was nineteen years of age, and he and his wife valiantly started out to make a home for themselves. That they have succeeded is shown by the well im- proved farm of fifty-five acres in Leesburg township. where they are now residing. This farm is well improved, has a good house, barns and other out- buildings, and under the skillful management of Mr. Cary, has always yielded very satisfactory returns. In addition to his farming, Mr. Cary was a road contractor for twelve years and built many of the excellent turnpikes in the county.
Mr. Cary was married February 25, 1878, to Ada M. Simpson, and to this union have been born two children, Millard F., born January 13, 1879, now living in this township, and Porter E., born December 9, 1881, and now living in Columbus, Ohio.
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Mrs. Cary was born in Union county, her parents being natives of Clarke county, Ohio, and New York state, respectively. Mr. Simpson and his wife were the parents of seven children, three of whom are living : Cora, the wife of E. H. Grooms, of Buffalo, New York; Olive B., who died at the age of eleven ; Ada M .. the wife of Mr. Cary; Bradford, who died at the age of twenty-five; Julia B., the wife of Sherman Curnutt, of Lima, Ohio; Lillie, who died in 1889, and Bessie, who died at the age of a year and a half.
The Republican party has always claimed the hearty support of Mr. Cary, although he has never been an aspirant for public office. He is a mem- ber of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and also of the Knights of Pythias, holding his membership in both of these lodges at Pharisburg. Mr. Cary is a man of genial disposition and is well known and universally liked in the township where he has always lived.
GEORGE M. SANDERSON.
A lifelong farmer and a resident of Union county, Ohio, for many years, George M. Sanderson has been a prominent citizen of Liberty town- ship, where he has long maintained his home. He has led the simple and nnostentatious life of a farmer and so conducted his affairs as to bring him the favorable commendation of his fellow citizens. During his long career of more than half a century in this county, he has taken his share of the bur- dens of community life and discharged them in a manner worthy of a true, patriotic American citizen.
George M. Sanderson, the son of Burr and Eliza (Adams) Sanderson, was born March 21, 1852, in Fayette county, Ohio, on the bank of Rattle- snake creek. His father was reared in Union county, Ohio, while his mother was a native of Fayette county, in which county they were married. In 1861 Burr Sanderson and his family came to York township, in Union county, where he lived until his death. Three children were born to Burr Sander- son and wife, George M. and two others who died in early childhood.
George M. Sanderson was about nine years of age when his parents moved from Fayette county, Ohio, to Union county and here he has made his home since that time. He completed his education in the schools of York township and at the age of eighteen started out for himself by working upon the farms in his immediate locality. As soon as he reached his majority he
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married and at once began farming for himself in this county. He now owns sixty-five acres of well improved land, four miles southwest of Raymond, in Liberty township. He is an intensive farmer and under his skilful man- agement his farm yields satisfactory returns year after year.
Mr. Sanderson was married March 9, 1873, to Ellen H. Brooks, the daughter of Hiram Brooks, of Paulding county, Ohio. To this union two children have been born: Cora M., the wife of Marion Middleton, a farmer of Taylor township, and Ray H., of Peoria, Ohio, who married Floy Rull- ing. Mr. Sanderson and his wife have four grandchildren.
Mr. Sanderson and his wife are loyal members of the Friends church at Flat Branch. Fraternally, he is a member of Broadway Lodge No. 704, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Politically, he gives his stanch support to the Republican party.
CHARLES L. THOMPSON, M. D.
Union county, Ohio, has a number of excellent physicians and surgeons and among them should be mentioned Dr. Charles L. Thompson, who has been practicing in York Center since 1896. He was born, reared and edu- cated in this county and with the exception of five years which he spent in medical college, has lived all of his life within this county. He is thoroughly abreast of the times in his profession and has built up a large practice.
Dr. Charles L. Thompson, the son of Tyler and Samantha (McClung) Thompson, was born in Mill Creek township, Union county, February 15. 1871. His grandfather, Col. James Thompson, was born in the same town- ship. Tyler Thompson and wife reared a family of eight children, all of whom are still living: S. H., of Dover township: James, of Dayton, Ohio ; Frederick, of Mill Creek township: Dr. Charles L., of York Center ; R. W., of Dayton, Ohio; N. P., of Jerome township; May. the wife of Charles Hagenloder, of Mill Creek township; and John, of Mill Creek township.
Dr. Charles L. Thompson was reared on his father's farm in Mill Creek township and remained at home until he was twenty-one years of age. He graduated from the Mill Creek township high school and then read medicine one year with Doctor Henderson at Marysville. In the fall of 1891, he entered the medical college at Columbus and graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine in the spring of 1896. He at once located at York Center and has met with unusual success in his chosen life work.
C. L. Thompson M.
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Doctor Thompson was married June 17. 1896, to Louisa A. Piersol, of Mill Creek township. She is the daughter of John and Susan Piersol and is a woman of education and refinement. Two children have been born to Doctor Thompson and wife: Cleo P., a graduate of the Marysville high school, and Charles H., a student in the public schools of York Center.
Doctor Thompson and his family are active members of the Methodist Episcopal church at York Center and interested in all church and Sunday school work. The doctor is one of the trustees of the church and has taught a class in the Sunday school for twelve years. Fraternally, he is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, the Knights of Pythias and the Improved Order of Red Men. He is a past chancellor of the Knights of Pythias and a member of the Grand Lodge of this fraternity. Politically, he has always been identified with the Republican party and has been prominent in town- ship and county politics. He has been chairman of the county central com- mittee and taken an active part in the political campaigns of his party for many years. He is a member of the Union county and State medical societies and takes an active interest in the work of these organizations. He has a beau- tiful home in York Center, which was built in 1898, where he and his wife extend their genuine hospitality to a large circle of friends and acquaintances.
JOHN ELBERT HOWE.
A residence of forty-five years gives John Elbert Howe the right to be classed among the old settlers of Richwood, Ohio. Coming to this village after his marriage in 1869, Mr. Howe has been continuously identified with the business interests of this place since that year. He is a man of good judgment and foresight. and has always managed his affairs successfully. He has been a very material factor in the business life of Richwood, while at the same time, he has taken a part in the civic life of his community.
. John E. Howe, the son of Julius and Eleanor ( Richardson) Howe, was born near East Liberty, Logan county, Ohio, September 26, 1845. His father, the son of Samuel Howe and Mary Rosebrook Howe, was born in Vermont and reared to manhood in that state. He followed the trade of a lumberman in Vermont and when a young man came to Ohio and located in Logan county, where he engaged in farming and lumbering. In that county Julius Howe died in 1846 in middle age. His wife survived him many years,
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and was nearly seventy-five years of age at the time of her death. Julius Howe and his wife were both Free Will Baptists. His wife had been pre- viously married, having first married Seldon Howe, a brother of her second husband. By her first marriage she had two children, Rosa L. and Seldon N'., both of whom are now deceased. Seldon Howe was a soldier of the Civil War. The grandparents of John E. Howe were born in 1756 in Marl- borough, Massachusetts, and in 1771 in Union, Connecticut. The grand- father served in the Revolutionary war. The grandparents of Mr. Howe later moved to Guildhall, Vermont, where they lived until their death. They reared a family of seventeen children, among whom were three sets of twins. Most of this large family lived to be from seventy to eighty years old. The names of all of these children have been preserved and Mr. Howe has the old family Bible now and will show with pleasure to those wishing to see that of a pioneer New England family.
The maternal grandparents of Mr. Howe were John and Fanny Richard- son, natives of Virginia and early settlers of Ohio. Upon coming to this state the Richardson family located near Plain City, and afterwards moved into Champaign and Hardin counties. From Ohio, the Richardson family removed to Cass county, Michigan, and located close to Cassopolis, where they lived to a good old age. Mr. Richardson and his wife, the grandparents of Mr. Howe, reared a family of fourteen children : Hiram, Christopher, Joshua, Barney. Elbert, Sarah, Peggy, Polly, Minta, Fannie Ann, Mary, Rebecca, Eleanor and one who died in infancy.
John E. Howe was reared to manhood in Logan county, Ohio. He re- mained on his father's farm until he was twelve years of age and then started out for himself. He received only a limited common school education and when a mere lad, went to work in a woolen mill, where he learned the manu- facture of cloth. He was married in 1869, and at once came to Richwood, Ohio, where he built a small woolen mill and continued in the business until 1890. In that year he discontinued the manufacture of cloth, but has since engaged in the purchase of wool, buying from two hundred thousand to one million, two hundred thousand pounds every year.
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