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concerted action, he expects much benefit to all concerned. He is enthusiastic in his claim that this organizing is the initial step for the liberating of the farmer or producing community from oppressive monopolies, and the having of the voice and influence they are entitled to in the disposition of their products and the purchase of necessary sup- plies. He has been breeding Shropshire lambs for market for the last few years, but now claims to have the finest flock of De Lain sheep and the most valuable Jersey herd of heifers in his township.
Mrs. Wood's father, Judge Daniel W. Brown, was born in the State of Con- necticut in 1805, but became a resident of Ashland county when it was yet known as Huron county. He was active in procuring the creation of Ashland county and was soon after elected Circuit Judge. The next win- ter after this he was employed by Richard House, Samuel Gellar and Stephen Conard, of Mount Gilead, in the creation of Morrow county. He was a zealous Whig in politics, and accompanied William H. Harrison, his personal friend, in some of his political tours before he was elected President. He was warden of the penitentiary under Governor Wood, and at one time had charge of the Cambria Iron Works at Johnstown, Penn- sylvania. He finally moved to Cincinnati, Ohio, to educate his children, The mother of Mrs. Wood, formerly E. Jane Brady, was born in Westchester county, New York, September 18, 1810. She was a daughter of Charles Brady, born in the same county January 29, 1791, of Irish descent. Judge Brown and wife had five sons and one daugh- ter, namely: Samuel, deceased, who was a farmer by occupation; Charles Brady, de- ceased, was a prominent attorney, having begun practice at Cincinnati and continued
it afterward; Joseph W., a civil engineer in Memphis, Tennessee, assisted in the first survey of the Southern Pacific Railroad, and died of a congestive chill, at Marshall, Texas; Ethan Allen, named for Ethan Allen Brown, a relative and one of the first Governors of Ohio, was also an attorney, was wounded at Fayetteville, West Virginia, and died from the wound at Gallipolis, Ohio, during the civil war, having served as Captain in the Thirty-fourth Ohio Zouave Regiment, A. Saunders Piatt, Colonel; Merrit, deceased in Florida, was clerk in the First Comptrol- ler's office in the Treasury Department at Washington, District of Columbia; Mrs. Mary B. Wood and her mother, Mrs. Brown, are the only survivors of the family, and the lat- ter is eighty-four years of age, still bright and intelligent.
Rev. George J. Wood has been an active minister in the Friends' Church for a num- ber of years. He makes no pretensions to oratory, but the thrift and spirituality of the Alum Creek Church, which has been under his pastorate care so long, is the best of evi- dence of his clear, practical preaching, backed as it is by an exemplary life. His
"Boast is not that he deduced his birth
From loins enthroned or rulers of the earth,"
(Though he might claim it in the royal house of England through the Lancaster stock),
"But higher far his proud pretensions rise, The son of parents passed into the skies."
He owns and operates a fine farm of 1 16 acres. In his political relations he affiliates with the Prohibition party, and has served as Township Treasurer, Trustee and Justice of the Peace. His commission as Justice of the Peace was signed by Rutherford B. Hayes, Governor of Ohio, afterward Presi- dent of the United States.
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ARSHALL FIELD, an enter- prising agricu turist and one of the honored veterans of the late war, now makes his home near Richwood, Union county. He was born in Delaware county, on the 20th of Septem- ber, 1839, and is the second in a family of fourteen children, of whom twelve are yet living. The father was a native of York State, and became a resident of Delaware county in 1818. His wife claimed Penn- sylvania as the State of her nativity. In their later years, they emigrated to Iowa, where Mr. Field's death occurred in the year 1866, at the age of sixty-eight. Mrs. Field died in the year 1893, at the age of eighty-three years.
The educational privileges which our subject received were those afforded by the common schools of the neighborhood. He pursued his lessons in the winter season, and in the summer months aided in the cul- "tivation of the home farm, early becoming familiar with all the duties and labors of farm life. He continued with his parents until nineteen years of age, when he left home and was united in marriage with Miss Sarah Houden, their wedding being cele- brated in May, 1860. Her parents were natives of Pennsylvania, but in an early day removed to Delaware county, being num- bered among its pioneer settlers. To Mr. and Mrs. Field have been born six children, namely: Ida L., Elizabeth, Hannah, Jen- nie, Gracie and Freddie.
During the late war Mr. Field joined the Union army as a member of the One Hundred and Twenty-first Regiment of Ohio Volunteers, and was in Sherman's army in all its engagements and movements from the beginning of the Atlanta campaign until the surrender of the rebel General, Joseph
E. Johnston, in front of Raleigh, North Carolina. For nearly three years he was numbered among the boys in blue, and being always faithful to his duty, when the war was over he received an honorable dis- charge. He participated in every engage- ment in which his regiment took part from the time of his enlistment until the date of his discharge. He enlisted in August, 1862, and was discharged at Washington, June 4, 1865. During his entire service he was never sick a day or on any occasion absent from duty. During a charge at Jonesboro, near Atlanta, he received a slight wound in his right leg, but was not seriously incon- venienced. He also had a brother in the service, who died in Mound City, Illinois.
During the greater part of his life Mr. Field has carried on farming and stock rais- ing. He has, however, for a short time engaged in operating a sawmill for his father. When he entered upon his busi- ness career he had no capital save a young man's bright hope of the future and a deter- mination to succeed, but he has worked earnestly, and as the result of his untiring labor and perseverance has accumulated a comfortable property. He now owns a good farm of seventy acres, and in addition his wife has a tract of fifty acres. This is all rich soil, and the well tilled fields yield to the owner a golden tribute in return for the care and cultivation he bestows upon them. The improvements upon the place are such as should be found upon a modern farm, and in agricultural pursuits and stock raising Mr. Field has won success.
In the fall of 1889 Mr. Field was elect- ed to the office of County Commissioner for the term of three years, and re-elected in the fall of 1892. Under his management and supervision was built, or rebuilt, the
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County Infirmary; the Armory at Delaware, Ohio; also the Children's Home of Dela- ware county. He has just completed a handsome frame residence, built at a cost of $2, 500, modern in every detail, heated by furnace and supplied with other modern conveniences. He and his wife are mem- bers of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in his political views he is a Republican. The best interests in the community receive his hearty support and co-operation, and he is therefore numbered among the valued citizens of his township.
S ILAS J. MANN, a farmer and stock-raiser of Harlem township, Delaware county, Ohio, has re- sided upon his present homestead since the 15th of March, 1875. He was born in Harlem township, December 31, 1838, and is a son of Abijah Mann, whose sketch appears in Delaware County His- tory. In the family were ten children of which Mr. Mann was the second in order of
birth. The parents were both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church and were highly respected people. The mother died March 15, 1866, and some seven years later the father passed away. He was a native of New Jersey and the mother a na- tive of Harlem township, Delaware county, Ohio.
When Silas J. Mann was a lad of twelve summers, his father went to California, where he remained for two years, and he then began working by the month in order to help support the family. He made his home on his father's farm until he was twenty-two years of age, and to agricultural pursuits he devoted his energies through the summer months, while in the winter
months he attended the district schools of the neighborhood. On the 8th of August, 1862, when twenty-two years of age, Mr. Mann responded to the country's call for troops to aid in crushing out the Rebellion, and joined the boys in blue of Company G, Forty-fifth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infan- try. On the 4th of July, 1863, he started with his regiment in a raid after Morgan and traveled 1,400 miles in twenty-eight days, passing through Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio. Being disabled while on this long march, he was, on the 23d of Novem- ber, 1864, transferred to the Eighth Regi- ment of the Veteran Reserve Corps, which was stationed at Camp Douglas, Chicago. There he became a member of the post band which played for twenty days at the Northwest Sanitary Fair in that city. The day which brought the nation its free- dom also gave him his independence, for on the 4th of July, 1865, he was released from military duty. Being honorably discharged from the service, Mr. Mann at once returned to his home, and on the 21st of September of the same year was united in marriage with Miss Julia A. Stansell, daughter of George Stansell. Her father was born in Palmyra, New York, in 1798, and died on the 10th of September, 1855; fourteen years later his wife passed away. Their family numbered nine children, of whom Mrs. Mann is the sixth in order of birth. She was born October 1, 1841, and by her marriage has two children, -Arthur C. Mann, born August 14, 1870; and Jasper D. Mann, born February 5, 1876. They also reared an orphan girl, Miss Daisy P. Cochran, born August 20, 1875, daughter of Thomas and Emma Cochran.
As a means of livelihood, Mr. Mann has always followed farming and is now the
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owner of 150 acres of valuable land in Har- lem township. His place is neat and thrif- ty in appearance and the improvements found thereon stand as monuments to the enterprise and progressive spirit of the owner. Between the time of his marriage and his removal to the farm, Mr. Mann made his home in Centerville.
He takes quite an active interest in civic societies, holding membership with Galena Lodge, No. 404, I. O. O. F .; Center Vil- lage Lodge, No. 645, K. P .; and Charles Slack Post, No. 59, G. A. R., of Galena, Ohio. He with his entire family holds membership with the Methodist Episcopal Church. In his political views Mr. Mann is a Republican, and for about seven years has held the office of Township Trustee. He is also a member of the Board of Edu- cation and was president of the Delaware County Agricultural Society two years, and also director three years. He was elected County Commissioner in November, 1888, and was re-elected in November, 1891, and was appointed to fill a vacancy of nine months as County Commissioner in 1895. The best interests of the community find in him a friend and he is the same loyal citizen to-day as he was when shouldering the musket. He went to the defense of the Union and followed the old flag until it once more waved over the united nation.
ILLIAM S. CARYL, one of the well - known farmers of Allen township, Union county, Ohio, and an honored veteran of the late civil war, was born January 30, 1848, in Union county, Ohio, the son of Asa and Esther (Cook) Caryl, the former of whom was a native of the old Keystone State, and
the latter of Massachusetts. Asa Caryl was a man of ability and marked force of char- acter, and was a prominent figure in the crucial days before the late war, when he stood forth as an uncompromising Abolition- ist, and was fearless in his zealous devotion to the down-trodden race, his home having been often a refuge for fugitive slaves on their way to Canada. His death occurred in 1883, in this county, and his widow passed away five years later.
Our subject was reared on the parental farmstead and received his education in the districts schools. Leal and loyal in the hour of his country's call for brave men and true, he enlisted, in 1864, as a member of Company B, One Hundred and Eighty- seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, being at that time only a boy of sixteen years. He served with his regiment until 1865, when he was honorably discharged, after which he returned to his home in this county.
February 22, 1877, Mr. Caryl was united in marriage to Miss Susan Clark, a woman of much intelligence and refinement, who was reared and educated in this township, her parents having been well known and honored pioneer residents of the county for many years. Caleb Clark, father of Mrs. Caryl, was a man of much prominence in this section, and was a native of the Old Dominion State, where he was born in 181 3, the son of Angus Clark, whose parents were sturdy Scotch people. Angus Clark's mother was a woman of gentle character but re- markable courage and bravery. It is related of her that in time of the early war she on one occasion left the block-house, in which the women and children had been placed for refuge, and carried powder to the men, having placed the ammunition in a table- cloth and thus effected its transfer to the
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scene of action. Angus Clark married Eliza- beth Green, daughter of a prominent mer- chant of Wheeling, Virginia (now West Virginia), and in 1826 they came to Cham- paign county, Ohio, locating near the line . between that and Union county, where they passed the residue of their days. They had nine children, namely; Caleb, deceased; Rebecca; Phœbe; Nehemiah G .; Catherine; Elizabeth; Stephen; Shepherd, and Sally, deceased.
Angus Clark died at the old homestead, at the age of seventy-six years, and his widow lived to attain the age of ninety-one years. Caleb was a boy of thirteen when his parents came to Ohio and he was reared to mature years on the old homestead farm, receiving his education in the common schools. At the age of twenty-eight years he was united in marriage to Rachel Beltz, daughter of Henry and Susan (Fry) Beltz, both of whom were natives of the immedi- ate vicinity of Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Soon after their marriage they moved to Bedford county, Pennsylvania, settling on a farm, where they remained until removed by death at a good old age. They had thirteen children, viz: Adam, Eve, Henry, Elizabeth, Catherine, Fredric, Philip, An- drew, Susan, Rachel, Daniel, Samuel and Isaac. All lived to be grown but one. In later years, Mr. Beltz erected a gristmill, -- as good a mill as was built in his day.
After his marriage Caleb Clark settled in the woods of Allen township, this county, where he built a log cabin and where, in the course of time, he developed a fine farm, being successful in his efforts and acquiring thereby a competence before his death, at the age of fifty-six years. . His widow died at the age of sixty-four. They became the parents of nine children, as follows: Angus;
Susan, wife of our subject; Lester; Ellen, deceased wife of U. D. Ream; Elizabeth, who died at the age of eighteen years; Angeline, who died at the age of twenty; Henry; Caleb, who resides on the old home farm; James P., and an infant, deceased.
William and Susan Caryl have had three children, namely: May, who died at the age of three months; Effie, born Aug- ust 24, 1879; and William Henry, born July 6, 1882.
Our subject and his estimable wife have three good farms, comprising a total of 337 acres, of which 198 acres were inherited by Mrs. Caryl from her father's estate. They have two modern and attractive houses, each of which was erected at a cost of $2, 500, and one of which was built by Mrs. Caryl's sister, Mrs. Ream, before her death.
Mr. Caryl is a stanch Republican, and fraternally is a member of John Bring Post, No. 96, G. A. R., of North Lewisburg, and of King Lodge, No. 546, I. O. O. F., of North Lewisburg, Ohio. He has serv- ed as trustee of Allen township for six years and has been a member of Union county Agricultural Society for four years.
He and his wife are devoted members of the United Brethren Church, in which our subject holds official preferment as trustee.
RANKLIN M. CURL, a farmer of Cardington township, was born in Marion county, Ohio, August 16, 1853, the second son of H. W. and Elizabeth (Johnson) Curl. He was reared in his native place until twelve years of age, when he came with his parents to Cardington township and attended the dis- trict schools. At the age of eighteen years he began work at the carpenter's trade, fol-
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lowing the same for five years. After his marriage he spent five years in Canaan township, and then located on the old Curl homestead, consisting of 140 acres. In ad- dition to general farming, he makes a specialty of thoroughbred Shropshire sheep. In his political relations Mr. Curl affiliates with the Republican party, and has served as Trustee of Canaan township three years, and the same length of time as Trustee of Cardington township. He has passed all the chairs in the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows, and is also allied with the Royal Ar- canum. He is one of the leading members of the Friends' Church, in which he has served as Sunday-school superintendent for many years.
Mr. Curl was married March 7, 1876, to Ermina Bay, born in Canaan township, Morrow county, October 9, 1857. Her father, Harrison Bay, was born in New Philadelphia, Ohio, October 11, 1812, a son of Colonel Robert Bay, of Irish descent, a soldier in the war of 1812, and an early pioneer of Guernsey county, Ohio. Mrs. Curl's mother, Miranda J. (Moore) Bay, was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, March 29, 1818, a daughter of Joseph Moore, a native of Pennsylvania, but a pioneer of Muskingum county, Ohio, and of Irish descent. Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Bay were married in Muskingum county, October 24, 1844, and located at Cumber- land, Guernsey county, remaining there seven years. They then came to Canaan township, Morrow county. His death oc- curred August 5, 1861, and his wife de- parted this life November 24, 1873. Har- rison Bay and wife had four children, namely: Hugh P., born in 1845, died February 23, 1854; Robert, born November 7, 1855, died in infancy; Ermina, wife of our subject;
and Maggie T., born July 6, 1861, is the wife of H. L. Bending, and resides on the old homestead in Canaan township. Mrs. Curl was four years of age when her father 'died. She received her education in the district schools of Canaan township. Mr. and Mrs. Curl have two children: Alma Blanche and Henry Harrison.
J AMES FULTON, a retired farmer of Lincoln township, was born in Congress township, Morrow county, May 18, 1827. His father, James Fulton, was a native of Greene county, Pennsylvania, and his father was born in Ireland. James Fulton was married in Greene county, Pennsylvania, to Margaret Stoydell, who was born and reared in that county. In 1825 they purchased 100 acres and located in Congress township, now Mor- row county, and lived in a wagon until they could build a log cabin. Mr. Fulton be- came the owner of 420 acres, also erected a sawmill, and was one of the influential men of his locality. His death occurred in his seventieth year, and his wife departed this life at the age of sixty-one years. They were members of the Presbyterian Church for many years. He was a life-long Demo- crat and held many township offices. James Fulton and wife had eight children, namely: John, who died on his way to California; William, deceased in that State; James, the subject of this sketch; Samuel, of Brown county, Kansas; Mary, wife of Paul Cy- phers, of that State; Stephen, who resides on the old homestead in Congress township; Robert, also at home; and Isabel, deceased in infancy.
James Fulton, the third child in order of
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birth, assisted on the home farm until twenty-five years of age. In 1870 he be- gan farming for himself in Congress town- ship, but shortly afterward came to his present home. He is the founder of the village of Fulton. At the time of the building of the T. & O. C. Railroad, Mr. Fulton solicited the company many times for a station here. They finally agreed to locate it if he would raise $1,000. He took it upon himself to circulate a subscription paper, himself heading the list with $50, which he placed in the bank at Mount Gilead. . Every man then went and paid his full subscription without solicitation. The place was first called Lincoln Station, but was afterward named Fulton, in honor . of our subject.
Mr. Fulton was married April 22, 1852, to Sarah J. Hathaway, born in what was then Knox county, November 14, 1832. Her father, Benjamin Hathaway, was a na- tive of Washington county, Pennsylvania, but came to Knox county when a young man. His father, Richard Hathaway, was a native of Greene county, Pennsylvania. The mother of Mrs. Fulton, Melissa (Strong) Fulton, was a native of Chillicothe, Ross county, Ohio, and a daughter of Oliver and Esther Strong, who came from Vermont. Mrs. Fulton, the fifth of eight children in her father's family, was reared in Franklin township, Morrow county. Our subject and wife have one son, William H., who married Minnie McConica, and resides on the old farm in Lincoln township. They have three children,-Margaret Nellie, James and Sarah Glenn. The eldest child of our subject, Melissa M., died at the age of twelve years. Mr. and Mrs. Fulton are members of the Baptist Church, in which the former has served as Deacon for many
years. He is a member of the Masonic order at Mount Gilead, and has been a life- long Democrat.
, E. WIGHT, D. V. S. - The science of veterinary surgery, with its several concomitant branches, has made prodigious strides within the past decade, and has gained to its disciples a professional rank of noteworthy order. A representative ex- ponent of this profession in the city of Delaware, Ohio, is he whose name initiates this review, -one who has devoted time and study to preparing himself for the work in hand, and who has gained a distinctive pres- tige by reason of his scientific acquirements and his executive capability in the treat- ment of the diseases of that noble animal, the horse.
Dr. Wight is a native of the Buckeye State, having been born in the city of To- ledo, September 6, 1858, the son of Theo- dore and Mary (Nichols) Wight, the former of whom is now deceased.
Our subject was reared to farm life, and received his preliminary education in the public schools, later attending a normal school. Soon after leaving school he deter- mined to prepare himself for the practice of veterinary surgery, and, with this end in view, he devoted himself to study in the line, then to practice, and finally entered the celebrated Ontario Veterinary College, at Toronto, Canada, where he completed the prescribed course and graduated March 29, 1883. Within the following month he came to Delaware, Ohio, and here has since been established in the practice of his pro- fession, having gained a representative sup- porting patronage, and having devoted the
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major portion of his time to this work. It is worthy of note that he has established a hospital for the care of horses, and here the animals receive the best of attention and treatment, their disorders being looked to with as much discrimination as is often ac- corded to human beings, the Doctor having a general supervision, and being thorough and proficient in his professional diagnosis, treatment and surgical work.
March 26, 1894, in company with Mr. C. Rose, he effected the purchase of the flour, feed and salt business of Baker & Jones, and the firm now conduct a more ex- tensive business in that line than any similar concern in the city. The Doctor devoted special attention to the breeding of horses of standard and thorough-bred stock and has a farm for that purpose in the vicinity of the city.
His marriage was consummated in Dela- ware, November 17, 1887, when he was united to Miss Fannie Chamberlain, daugh- ter of Henry W. Chamberlain. They have three children: Allen, Mary, and Theodore. The family home is located at No. 65, North Franklin street.
Fraternally our subject affiliates with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, be- ing a member of both lodge and encamp- ment.
ARON BENEDICT, of Peru town- ship, Morrow county, is a son of William Benedict, who was born in Litchfield county, Connecticut, in 1776. He was a son of Aaron and Phœbe (Knowles) Benedict, also natives of that State. Three Benedict brothers came from England to America, two having lo- lated in Connecticut, and the other was lost
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