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the last. Of the Crawford children there were one son and five daughters, the son, Andrew Crawford, being the only one now living. Three of her children by Mr. West- brook are living, namely: William, a farmer of Marengo, Ohio; Jane, wife of Robert Gardner, residing one mile north of Wood- bury, Ohio; and the subject of this sketch, who is the youngest. Those deceased are as follows: Lafayette, a wealthy farmer and stock dealer of Morrow county, died at the age of fifty-seven years; Mary Ann, de- ceased wife of Jacob Long; Ann, deceased wife of B. Hubble; and one son that died at the age of two years. The mother of this large family passed away in 1879, at nearly ninety years of age.
Dr. Albert E. Westbrook spent his boy- hood days in his father's hotel and on the farm. He received an academic and col- lege education, completing his literary course in the Ohio Wesleyan University. In 1859 he began the study of medicine in the office of Dr. I. H. Pennock, at Woodbury, and subsequently attended the Cincinnati Col- lege of Medicine and Surgery, where he graduated February 22, 1863.
In June of the year he completed his medical course, he passed an examination for service in the late war, and July 24 was commissioned Assistant Surgeon of the One Hundred and Sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Until 1865 he served on detached duty at Gallatin, Tennessee. He had charge of the pest hospital and was Pest Medical Director on the staff of Brigadier-General Pain. He also served in Nashville, Tennessee, and at Stevenson, Alabama, and for a time was Surgeon of the Sixty-eighth New York In- fantry.
Immediately after the war he returned to Ashley, Ohio, where he has been since lo-
cated, giving his attention to the practice of his profession, making a specialty of surgery and diseases of women. In 1885 he es- tablished a drug store in Ashley, which he still conducts, his son being in business with him.
During the whole of his career in Ash- ley Dr. Westbrook has ever been closely identified with its best interests. He has served on the School Board nine years and for several terms was a member of the City Council, no member being more active in promoting the interests of the people than he. He was the main factor in securing a graded school at Ashley in 1879. It was largely owing to his persistent efforts that the main street of the town was paved. In 1876 he built the two-story brick residence where he now lives, and in 1882, in com- pany with Mr. Owens and the I. O. O. F. lodge, he erected the building at the corner of High and Harrison streets.
The Doctor is also a member of the American Medical Association, Ohio State Medical Society, and the Delaware County Medical Society. He belongs to the J. E. Coomer Post, G. A. R., and is also a Mason.
Dr. Westbrook was married in 1866 to Miss Amanda E. Cunard, daughter of the late Judge Cunard, one of the leading men of Morrow county and for many years an honored resident of Mount Gilead. They had three children, namely: Edward Cun- ard, who, as above stated, is in the drug bus- iness with his father, is married and settled in life, the maiden name of his wife being Brittania Cline; Blanch Alberta is the wife of John Olds, a dry-goods merchant of Ash- ley; and Grace. All three have had excel- lent educational advantages. The son is a graduate of the Ohio Wesleyan University, and Miss Grace is at this writing a student
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in that institution, she already being a grad- uate of Ada College. Mrs. Olds is a high- school graduate and has natural ability as an artist. The mother of this family died in 1886, and May 4, 1887, Dr. Westbrook married for his second wife Miss Rose M. Cunard, daughter of Captain L. M. Cunard, of Mount Gilead.
J OHN E. GORSUCH, a farmer of Harlem township, Delaware county, was born in this locality, September 30, 1854, a son of Thomas and Anna (Kreiger) Gorsuch, natives of Pennsylvania, but both now deceased. The father was a prominent farmer and stock-raiser. Mr and Mrs. Gorsuch had six children: Sarah, William, Jacob, Noah, David and J. E. The father departed this life at the age of seventy-three years, and the mother died at the age of fifty-one years.
John E., our subject, located on his present farm of ninety-nine acres in 1882. The place is under a fine state of cultiva- tion, and contains many valuable improve- ments. In addition to general farming, he is extensively engaged in stock-raising. Mr. Gorsuch votes with the Democratic party, and has served as Constable, Supervisor and as a member of the School Board. In his social relations he is a charter member of the Knights of Pythias, No. 645.
Mr. Gorsuch was married at the age of twenty-four years, to Dora Lewis, who was born, reared and educated in Harlem town- ship, a daughter of Demas Lewis. His father, Steven Lewis, was an early pioneer of this locality. Mr. and Mrs. Gorsuch have three children,-Laura Maud, aged fifteen years; Thomas N., twelve years; and Willie Ray, seven years.
S D. CULBERTSON, a representa- tive agriculturist of Union town- ship, Union county, Ohio, comes of stanch old Scotch-Irish stock, and of a family prominently identified with the history of Union for many years.
He was born at Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb- ruary 22, 1846, the son of Captain John C. and Jane (Moody) Culbertson. His father was twice married, his first wife being Mar- garet Hamilton. He was a man of conspic- uous ability and held a position of marked prominence in the business circles of the Queen City, where he was for many years engaged in banking. He was an active par- ticipant in the war of 1812, saw much serv- ice on the battlefield and was promoted for gallantry, receiving commission as Captain. More specific reference to his career is made on another page, in connection with the sketch of our subject's brother, J. A. Cul- bertson.
Samuel D. Culbertson was reared in the city of Cincinnati, and received the best of educational advantages. When the cloud of civil war spread its dark shadow over the nation he showed the loyalty of his nature by enlisting as a member of Company H, One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, serving until the expir- ation of his term of enlistment, after which he received an honorable discharge. Later on he engaged in the grocery trade in his native city, continuing in this line of enter- prise for a number of years.
In 1882 Mr. Culbertson located in Union county and six years later took up his abode on his present fine farm of ninety acres, which is under a most effective sys- tem of cultivation and well improved with a good residence, barns, sheds, etc.
Our subject was married in 1869, in Cin-
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cinnati, to Miss Rosa Reiniger, a lady of intel- ligence and refinement. She was born at Portsmouth, Ohio, and was there reared and educated. She was the daughter of the late Major Charles Reiniger, a gallant and honored veteran of the late war. He was Major in the Fifty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry and served with distinction on the field of battle. He died at the venerable age of seventy-six years. He was a native of Wurtemberg, Germany, where he was born November 11, 1805. At the age of eighteen years he entered the German army, and within a short time was promoted to the office of Adjutant of his regiment. Major Reiniger married Barbara Suter, who was born in Baden-Baden, Germany, and who was a woman of marked culture. They became the parents of twelve children, con- cerning whom we are enabled to offer the following record: Ellen; Frederick C., who was a soldier in the late war and who at one time held office as Sheriff of Scioto county, this State; Frances; George J., who also bore arms in the Union army, and who is now a prominent citizen of Jackson, Ohio; Joseph H., a resident of Portsmouth, Ohio; Rosa, wife of our subject; Emma, wife of Frank Seth, of Parkville, Kansas, and Louis, who died at the age of twenty-nine years. The other children died in early childhood.
Mr. and Mrs. Culbertson have two sons: Samuel D., who was born June 24, 1870, was united in marriage, October 10, 1891, to Miss Victoria Pullins, of Milford Centre, this county, and they have one daughter, Edith Jane, born December 10, 1893; Wal- ter M., was born August 9, 1872, and is still at the parental home.
Our subject votes with the Republican party, and fraternally is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, Silas Kimball
Post, No. 570, of Milford Centre, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mrs. Culbertson is a member of the Presbyterian Church.
WV. STRATTON, manufacturer of lodge furniture, Ashley, Ohio, has been identified with the in- terests of Delaware county since 1880 and is one of its enterprising business men.
Mr. Stratton was born in New York city, October 1, 1841.
EORGE DEETS, a farmer of Por- ter township, was born in Carroll county, Ohio, March 4, 1830. His father, George Deets, died when the former was three years of age, leaving a widow and seven children, viz .: Henry and Jake (twins), Joanna, Adam, Margaret, George and Abram. The children found homes in different families.
George Deets found a home with Samuel and Mary M. Dowel, where he was reared to farm life, and was taught industry and honesty, the foundation for his future suc- cess. He now owns two fine farms, consist- ing of 307 acres. The home farm, contain- ing 220 acres, has a good two-story dwell- ing, 20x 32 feet, and a barn, 40 x 60 feet. The farm of eighty-seven acres formerly be- longed to Mrs. Deets' father and mother.
Mr. Deets was married at the age of twenty-eight years, to Martha J. DeWitt, a native of Bloomfield township, Morrow county, and a daughter of Amos and Rachel (Harris) DeWitt, both born and reared in Virginia, but became pioneer settlers of Mor- row county, Ohio. The father died at the
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age of seventy-five years, and the mother at the age of eighty-six years. Mr. and Mrs. De Witt had nine children: Simon, Hiram, Jackson, Martha, John, Abram, Mason, Maria and Charles. Mr. and Mrs. Deets have two daughters. The eldest, Mary, is the wife of C. L. Bowers, of Centerburg, Ohio, and they have two children, George W. and Ethel. The second child, Clara Dell, is the wife of Clifford Forshey, of Michigan, and they have one child, a daugh- ter, Harriet L. Mr. Deets affiliates with the Republican party.
N. PAUL, a farmer of Harlem township, Delaware county, was born at Delaware, Ohio, October 4, 1864, a son of Cary Paul, a banker and prominent business man of Delaware. Our subject was but a babe when his mother died. He received a good education in the schools of his native city, and afterward was employed in a bank in Delaware for a time. He next came to Harlem township, where he is on a farm and is engaged in general farming and stock-rais- ing. In political views Mr. Paul affiliates with the Republican party, and has served as President of the Board of Education. Socially he is a member of the I. O. O. F.
November 25, 1885, he was united in marriage with Miss Jennie Anderson, who was born, reared and educated in Harlem township, a daughter of Dr. R. P. and Al- mira Anderson. The latter still resides in this township. The father, now deceased, was a prominent and well-known physician of this county. Mr. and Mrs. Paul have two children, -Freddy and Cary. Mr. Paul is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has held the position of
Secretary and Trustee, was the first vice- president of the Epworth League, and is a zealous worker in the Sunday-school.
O W. McADOW, who holds the conspicuous official preferment as Mayor of the progressive little city of Milford Centre, Union county, Ohio, and who stands as one of the repre- sentative men of the county, must assured- ly be accorded specific mention in this con- nection.
He is a native of the same county in which he still retains a residence, his birth- place having been the paternal homestead, in the vicinity of the town of Broadway, the date of his nativity being May 30, 1857. His parents were Samuel and Ada- line (Wolf) McAdow, the former of whom was born in Maryland but reared in this county, and the latter was a native of the Buckeye State. They became the parents of eight children, of whom five are living at the present time.
O. W. McAdow was reared in this, Union county, receiving his education in the district schools and the Ohio Wesleyan Uni- versity, at Delaware; for four years he was in the mercantile business at Irwin Station, this county, after which he continued in the same line of enterprise at Plain City. He also conducted a mercantile business at Milford Centre, selling out his interests in the same in January of the present year (1894), since which time he has not been actively concerned in any business aside from that implied in his official function as Mayor of Milford Centre and as Township Clerk, Notary Public, and Justice of the Peace, in all of which notable offices he is the incumbent at the present time. That
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he is a man of distinctive business sagacity and executive ability is manifest in the wise and conservative administration which he has given as the head of the municipal government, and the recognition of his fit- ness for positions of trust is implied in his having been chosen to such important offices in the gift of the people. Under his management the village has made wonder- ful improvement, during the past year putting in a system of water works and electric light.
Fraternally he is identified with the Masonic order, retaining a membership in Palestine Lodge and Marysville Chapter, at Marysville; with the Knights of Pythias, and the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows.
At the age of twenty-four years he was united in marriage to Miss Rena M. Shaffer, daughter of Henry and Sarah Shaffer, of Marysville, Ohio.
In politics our subject is a stanch and aggressive Republican, believing in the sound doctrine of the principle of American protections.
J ONATHAN SHAW, JR., a farmer of Westfield township, is a son of Jonathan Shaw, Sr., who was born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, January 24, 1787. His parents were John and Elizabeth (Brown) Shaw, of Quaker origin and Scotch descent. John Shaw traded for 400 acres of inilitary land in what is now Westfield township, Morrow county, then Marlborough township, Dela- ware county, and started with his family for Ohio about 1804. On account of Indian troubles he could not locate on his land, and accordingly settled on a farm near Colum-
bus, Franklin county, Ohio. While there Jonathan Shaw, Sr., father of our subject, was united in marriage with Ruth Welch, born in New York, August 12, 1786, a daughter of Aaron and Content (Luther) Welch, natives also of that State. Aaron Welch was an early pioneer in Delaware county, and kept a tavern where the city of Delaware now stands, near the old Sulphur Springs.
In the spring of 1808 Jonathan Shaw, Sr., was told by his father, John Shaw, that if "thee would move upon and settle on 100 of the 400 acres of his military land, thee shall have thy choice." Therefore, John Shaw and his sons, Jonathan, Benjamin T., Joseph and his son-in-law, and Isaac Welch, started to view the land. They erected the first log house in what is now Morrow coun- ty, located about ten rods northeast of our subject's present residence, and blazed their road between Delaware and this place. They made the first track on what was afterward known as the old military road. Returning home in the spring of the same year, Jonathan Shaw, Sr., moved his family to this place, locating in a new log house, and took possession of his 100 acres of land. In the fall of that year John Shaw and his family, consisting of his sons and son-in-law, located on the 100 acres south of Jonathan Shaw, Sr.'s place, on the creek which was afterward named Shaw creek. Isaac Welch afterward moved to Delaware county, locating south of the city of Dela- ware, near Ostrander. John Shaw depart- ed this life in 1846, his wife having died in 1835. They were the parents of the follow- ing children: Susan Mitchner, Jane Sterns, Polly Welch, Sarah Camp, Jonathan, Ben- jamin T., Joseph, and John, Jr. The chil- dren are all now deceased. Jane was first
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married to a Mr. Powers, who was shot and killed by Indians on his return from the war of 1812. During that struggle the family were often obliged to go to a fort near Nor- ton for defense against the redskins.
Jonathan Shaw, Sr., cleared and im- proved his farm, remaining there for forty- four years, and his second residence was a hewed log house, located a little south of the present residence. In 1832 he manu- factured the brick and built the substantial residence which still adorns the place. He was a Whig in his political views, and served as Justice of the Peace for twenty years, also held many other positions of trust. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. Religiously Mr. Shaw was a Free-will Baptist, and his wife was reared in the Quaker faith. He died November 23, 1852, and his wife died January 21, 1853. His dying words to his children were: "You must be good children and take care of yourselves, for I can not do any more for you." Jonathan Shaw, Sr., and wife had the following children: Susannah, John L., Eliza, Content, Aaron, Melissa, Jonathan, Luther and Sylvester. Susannah married Sylvester Benedict, and they had four chil- dren: Jonathan, deceased; Ruth, deceased; W. G., of Pasadena, California; and Eliza Ann Cope, of Columbiana county, Ohio. Susannah died in Morrow county, Ohio. John L. was the first male white child born in what is now Morrow county, Ohio. He married Elizabeth Merritt, of the same county, and they had three children: S. B .; Elizabeth, who married Lewis Bryfogle; and Alva. For his second wife John L. married Mary P. Todd, and they had the following children: Joel T., of Marion county, Ohio; Merritt, of Canaan town- ship, this county; Ella Detheridge, of Kan-
sas City; John Le Grand, of Edison, Ohio; and Carrie Campbell. John L. died in Jefferson, Greene county, Pennsylvania. Eliza married Eli Benedict, and their chil- dren living are: Hannah Barry, Levi, C. W., and Melissa. Eliza died in Morrow county, Ohio. Content is the wife of Daniel Benedict, of Sioux City, Iowa. They have nine children: Clarinda, Hiram H., Parmelia, Susannah, Philander, De Witt, Jennie, Emma, and William N. Sylvester, Eli, and Daniel Benedict were brothers. Aaron, who died in Hopkins, Nodaway county, Missouri, married Betsey A. Jenkins, and they have four children, --- Sarah Hobbick, Melissa Williamson, Hen- rietta Robbins, and Mary Ann. Melissa married Charles Dodge, and both are now deceased; she died in Elkhart county, Indi- ana. Their children are: Henry, an attor- ney; James, a prominent physician; and Peleg, an editor. Luther was first married to Betsey Ashwell, and after her death he married Ann Conklin, and both are also de- ceased. He died in Illinois. By the last marriage he had five children,-Sylvester, Aaron, Wilson, Nettie Miller, and Levi. Sylvester, who died in Marion county, Ohio, married Emily Curl, a sister of William H. Curl. They had two children, Mary Jane Beatty and Minerva Dixon.
Jonathan Shaw, Jr., the subject of this sketch, was born on the farm where he now resides, September 11, 1821. After his marriage he located in the woods, one and a half miles north of his present farm, in a small, one-story log house, with board doors, two six-light windows, and a stick chimney. He remained there five years, and then traded the place for sixty acres of land just west of it, giving a mouse-colored colt "to boot." In 1852 he returned to
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the old homestead to care for his mother. Mr. Shaw has 205 acres of improved land, but rents the entire place, also owning three brick business blocks and residence prop- erty in Cardington. In 1846 he traveled through Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin. In his political relations Mr. Shaw is iden- tified with the Republican party. He has served as Justice of the Peace sixteen years, and has also held the positions of Trustee, Land Appraiser, School Director, etc.
November 7, 1839, at the age of eight- een years, our subject was united in mar- riage with Mary Ann Barry, who was born in Anne Arundel county, Maryland, Sep- tember 7, 1822, a sister of Y. P. Barry. To this union have been born thirteen chil- dren, nine now living. The eldest, Susan- nah, is the wife of William H. Curl. Rachel Ann is the widow of Andrew J. Redd, and has four children, -Florence G., Ruth Rosella, Daisy Belle, and Jonathan S. Ruth R. is the wife of James H. Place, of Westfield township, and they have two children,-W. W. and Carrie May. Sarah J. is the wife of Oliver Sharp, a merchant of Ashley, Ohio, and their two children are Frank Wilmer and Lief Lloyd. Jona- than Walter married Eva Ensign, deceased, leaving one child, Eva. His second wife was Imogene Shunk, and their three chil- dren are: Imogene, Shunk, and Ruth. James S. married Alma Lewis, of Delaware, Ohio, resides in Ashley, Indiana, and has two children, - Otis S. and Carrie Inez. Melissa B. is the wife of Loren A. Curren, of Westfield township, and they also have two children, -Maggie M. and Van Doren. John Lincoln married Minerva Oliver, re- sides in Westfield township, and has two children, - Ella Maude and Carrie Inez. Dorothy Ella is the wife of W. C. Brenizer,
of Westfield township. Their children are Laura Barbara and Miza Belle.
Mrs. Shaw began married life by spin- ning, knitting, making soap, drying fruit, picking wool, carding and spinning, while her husband was digging and toiling. She is now one of the very best cooks in Mor- row county. They celebrated their golden wedding in 1889. Mr. Shaw was reared in the Quaker belief, and his wife is a member of the United Brethren Church.
R OBERT BLACKLEDGE, a farmer of Porter township, Delaware coun- ty, was born on the farm where he now lives, December 14, 1849, a son of Hiram Blackledge, a prominent and well-known early settler of this township. He was born in Greene county, Pennsyl- vania, August 21, 1816, and died on the old home farm December 10, 1885. In 1838 he married Eleanor Mills, who was born in April, 1817, a daughter of William Mills. In 1840 the Blackledge family came to Del- aware county, Ohio, and located where our subject now resides. Mr. and Mrs. Black- ledge had eleven children,-William, Jane, Harriett, Robert, Hiram, Isaac, John, Thomas, Lincoln, Edwin and Phœbe (de- ceased). Isaac was a soldier in an Indiana regiment during the late war. Mrs. Black- ledge died in 1874.
Robert, the subject of this sketch, left home for the West in 1871. He traveled for a time in Indiana, Iowa and Nebraska, and spent two years in hunting buffaloes on the plains of Kansas, Indian Territory, Texas, and New Mexico. With eight men he killed 1, 200 buffaloes in one season. Mr. Blackledge now owns a good farm of 150 acres in Porter township, Delaware county,
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all of which is under a fine state of cultiva- tion and contains many valuable improve- ments.
In 1876, in this township, he was united in marriage with Eugenia A. Thomas, who was born in Chester county, Pennsylvania, April 12, 1854, a daughter of Frederick and Sarah (Wilson) Thomas. The father, a na- tive of Maryland, departed this life in 1861, and the mother died in 1865, leaving one child, Eugenia A. The latter was reared by her aunt, Mrs. Jane Hall. Mr. and Mrs. Blackledge have had nine children, namely: William, who died in 1877; Clifton, born July 14, 1878; Lizzie, born July 27, 1880; Missouri, October 29, 1882; John Sherman, September 10, 1885; King, January I, 1887; Arthur A., October 17, 1889; Frank, November 20, 1891, and Eleanor Jane, born May 10, 1894. In his political relations Mr. Blackledge is identified with the Repub- lican party. Mrs. Blackledge is a member of the Advent Church.
EV. WILLIAM NICHOLSON, at- torney at law and a notary public, Ashley, Delaware county, Ohio, has been a resident of this village since 1890.
He was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, August 4, 1836, a son of Charles and Nar- cisse (Crew) Nicholson, natives of Maryland and Virginia respectively, and of the Quak- er faith. He remained in his native county until 1851, when he went to Belmont coun- ty, Ohio. His early life was spent on a farm and his education was received in the district schools and at the Friends' Board- ing School, at Mount Pleasant. For a brief time he was engaged in teaching school in Guernsey and Belmont counties, and when
he was about twenty-two years of age he began the study of law in the office of Judge Cowen. He also learned the carpenter and cabinet trade, and in this business was en- gaged quite extensively until the civil war broke out.
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