Memorial record of the counties of Delaware, Union and Morrow, Ohio, Part 54

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Publication date: 1895
Publisher: Chicago : Lewis Pub. Co.
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About 1875 they also became interested in farming operations, owning some 300 acres of land, to which they added by subsequent purchase until now they have 500 acres. This land is located in Jerome township, Union county, and is operated chiefly as a sheep farm. They commenced the sheep industry by securing the American Merinos from Vermont. About 1884 they began crossing their stock with the Delaine breeds, and they now have a flock of about 700 fine registered sheep. They breed both for clip and market. In the spring of 1893 Mr. Charles S. Chapman gathered clippings of wool for an exhibit at the World's Fair at Chicago, and was awarded a diploma on Delaine wool, making a score of 95.9, this being an honor to both Mr. Chapman and to Union county.

Mr. Chapman's residence, erected in 1885, is one of the finest modern homes in Marysville, its location being on the corner of Fourth and Maple streets. He was mar- ried in this city, December 1, 1870, to Miss Anna T. Kinkade, daughter of James Kin- kade, deceased. They have three children, viz .: Frank T., a graduate of the Con- servatory of Music of Chicago, and for four years a student under Professor Jacobsohn, now has a studio in Columbus, Ohio, where he is giving especial attention to violin music; Max, a graduate of the Marysville high school, is now looking after the interests of his father's farm, and Albert K., a bright little fellow of four years.

Politically Mr. Chapman is a stanch Re- publican. He is a member of the F. & A. M., Palestine Lodge, No. 158. While his father is an Episcopalian, Charles S., is identified with the Presbyterian Church, in which he has been an official member for a number of years. For some years he was

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Sunday-school Superintendent. Such is a brief sketch of the life of this well-known citizen and his pioneer ancestry.

HE KINKADE FAMILY .- The Kinkades were originally a Scottish clan, whose motto was : "The

Head and Front of Battle." They went from Scotland to the north of Ireland, and from an estate in county Down, near Londonderry, one John Kinkade came to America about the year 1749, with his wife, Jane, and six children, and settled near Philadelphia.

A family custom that is dated from its earliest history, was for the eldest son of one generation to be named James, and for his oldest son to be called John, and so on con- tinually, James and John alternately. Thus, as John Kinkade was the first of the name in the United States, so also was he the oldest son and heir of the Ireland estate. True to the family tradition, he named his eldest son James and his second son John; he had also four daughters.

This son James, who was fifteen years old when the family came from Ireland, was married near Philadelphia, about the year 1790, to Nancy Taylor, daughter of George and Eleanor (Thompson) Taylor. After some years they left Pennsylvania and lo- cated in Brook county, Virginia. They had a family of ten children. Their eldest son, John, was married, in Virginia, February 4, 1819, to Isabella Adams, daughter of William and Isabella (Scott) Adams. They had three children, -Isabella, James, and John Thompson,-and they died within a month of each other in 1826.

The immediate subject of our sketch, their eldest son, was born May 13, 1822.

After the death of his parents he lived with his grandmother Kinkade, in Virginia, until about 1835, when he came to Ohio, where he remained with his uncles in Delaware and Logan counties till he became of age and started in business for himself, in Marys- ville, Ohio, where he resided for the rest of his life. He was a merchant until failing health made it necessary for him to retire from active business and seek relief by life in the open air. He located on a farm a short distance from the town, but the change was of no avail.

June 3, 1845, he was married to Han- nah Cassil, daughter of John and Drusilla (Gladden) Cassil. They had a family of five children : Mary E., who died in in- fancy; Anna T., wife of Charles S. Chapman, of Marysville, concerning whom individual mention is made elsewhere in this volume; John H., a lawyer of Marysville, who mar- ried Clara Moxley, of Ironton, Ohio; James Frederic, a successful business man of New Mexico, married to Nettie Priscilla White; and Drusilla I., now Mrs. William Kelsey Liggett, of Columbus, Ohio. In character James Kinkade was one of nature's noble- men, a devoted Presbyterian, and a gentle- man in thought and word and deed, -an honest man, that "noblest work of God." He left to the family, who were so dear to him and to whom he was so dear, the price- less inheritance of an unspotted name. He went away October 31, 1877.

"I can not say, and I will not say That he is dead-He is just away."

J H. GILLESPIE, deceased, was one of the prominent early settlers of Union township, Union county, Ohio. Mr. Gillespie was born in Champaign county, Ohio, March 7, 1819, son of James

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and Mary (Phillips) Gillespie, both mem- bers of highly respected families, the father being a relative of the late James G. Blaine, and the mother a cousin of Hon. Thomas Corvine, and died July 23, 1894. His father, James Gillespie, was born in Wash- ington county, Pennsylvania, and was one of eight brothers who came to Champaign county, Ohio, in 1816, being among the first settlers of that county. He and his wife had three children, namely: James H., whose name heads this article; Jane Thomas, deceased, and Elijah, a veteran of the Mexi- can and civil wars and now at the Soldiers' Home at Washington, District of Columbia.

The parents of James H. died before he was six years old and his uncle, Jesse Phillips, reared him, and he learned his trade, that of a tanner. He worked at the tanner's trade for some years and for twenty years was in the tile business. The rest of his life was spent on the farm. He had 200 acres of choice land near Irwin, well improved with modern residence, good barn and other buildings, and everything kept up in good shape. One of the attractive features of this farm is a beautiful oak park. Origin- ally this was the James Irwin farm.

Mr. Gillespie was married October 2, 1845, to Anna E. Hathaway, a lady of cul- ture and a member of a prominent family. She was born, reared and educated in this county. Her father, Dr. Nicholas Hatha- way, was one of the early settlers of Union county, and died here in 1848. He was born at Freetown, Massachusetts, Decem- ber 4, 1773, son of Steven Hathaway, also a native of Massachusetts. John Hatha- way, the original ancestor of the family in this country, came from Wales and settled in Massachusetts. Dr. Hathaway graduated at Providence, Rhode Island, and after his

graduation was married in his native State to Miss Anna Pierce, daughter of Eben Pierce, by whom he had ten children, all of whom have passed away. For his second wife the doctor married Mrs. Elizabeth (Mitchell) Morton, daughter of Charles Mitchell, and their only child is Mrs. Anna Gillespie. Dr. Hathaway was a man of large means, owned a thousand acres of land in this county, and was public-spirited and generous, always taking an active part in public affairs, -political, educational and and religious, -and was regarded as one of the most influential men in the county. He was one of the first three Judges of the coun- ty, when the court was held at Milford, in George Brown's bar-room. His widow sur- vived him until 1863, when she died at the age of seventy-seven years. Mr. and Mrs. Gillespie had three children, viz. : Mary, who "has been a popular and successful teacher for a number of years; Harvey M., who died June 21, 1888, at Emelton, Pennsyl- vania, leaving a widow and two children, James Glenn and Eva Gertrude; and Ger- trude, wife of Willis Hathaway, of New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Politically Mr. Gillespie was a Democrat. Mrs. Gillespie and her daughter Mary are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Their son was also a member of this church.

HARLES W. SMITH, the subject of this sketch, was born in Harri- son county, Ohio, March 31, 1833, and in 1835, with his parents, Charles and Sarah Smith, he came to Union county, Ohio. He has from his youth devoted his attention to farming, and he received but a rudimentary edu- cation, On May 2, 1872, he married

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Miss Augusta C. Hathaway, who was born October 1, 1842, in Logan county, Ohio; she is a daughter of Ebenezer C. and Almira Hathaway. To them have been born three children: Emily, Nannie H. and Charles H. In May, 1864, Mr. Smith enlisted in the One Hundred and Thirty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was stationed principally at Forts Ellsworth, Lyon and O'Rourke. He received an honorable discharge in Septem- ber, 1864.

Mr. Smith served as a Trustee of York township nearly six years, from April, 1885, to December, 1890, when he resigned, be- ing elected County Commissioner for three years, commencing January 1, 1891. To the latter office he was re-elected in the fall of 1893, for another term of three years. His first majority was 800 and his second 1,300. In the autumn of 1889 he was elected Land Appraiser of the same town- ship. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the owner of 240 acres of land, and resides in the southern portion of York township. His duty to both church and state he has always held as sacred, re- sponding liberally with his means for their support. For twenty years he has been Superintendent of the Methodist Episcopal Sunday-school.

The parents of Mrs. Smith are natives of Massachusetts, who, about the year 1833, came to Union county, Ohio, and located there a short time, when they removed to Logan county, where they now reside.

J AMES FLEMING, a prominent farmer of Peru township, Morrow county, is a son of Isaac Fleming, a native of Pennsylvania, and a son of Henry and Lovisa (Sackett) Fleming.

The latter died in Pennsylvania. Henry Fleming came to Ohio in 1814 with his eldest son, William, where he was among the early pioneers. He cleared his farm, and died there in 1848. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fleming had four sons, viz: Will- iam, who married Catherine Wyan, and had fourteen children, seven now living; Isaac, the father of our subject; John, who married Annie Keene, and had seven chil- dren, three now living; and James married Lydia Lilly. All four sons died in this locality.

Isaac Fleming was born in 1794. He came to Ohio in 1816, locating just north of where our subject now lives. He mar- ried Elizabeth Wyan, born in Pennsylvania in 1797, a daughter of John Wyan, whose death occurred in that State. Mr. and Mrs. Fleming had seven children. The eldest, Sarah Ann, married Nehemiah White, both now deceased, and they had three children, -William, Elizabeth Daily and James. Benjamin was the next in order of birth, and his sketch appears in this work. The third child, James, is the subject of this sketch. Washington, deceased, married Rebecca Minter. Lydia, deceased, was the wife of David Hatton, and they had the following children : John, Delilah Green, George, Sidney, Chloe Baldwin, Marion and Harvey. By her first husband, Chris- topher McCornber, she had two children, Sarah Jane Zent and Edwin. The sixth child in order of birth, Nelson, married Elizabeth Barton, and resides in Brown township, Delaware county; Sidney mar- ried Lydia McDaniel, deceased, and they had three children,-Harry, Fred and Mary. For his second wife he married Emma Clark, and they reside in Brown township. Isaac Fleming died at the age

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of seventy-eight years, and his wife died at the age of seventy-four years. They were members of the Presbyterian Church. In political matters the father affiliated with the Democratic party, and served as Jus- tice of the Peace and Township Clerk for many years.

James Fleming, the subject of this sketch, was born on the old homestead in this county, January 27, 1824, where he also grew to manhood. After his marriage he farmed on rented land in Brown town- ship, Delaware county, three years, and then came to his present place. He now owns 340 acres of land in Morrow county, and 173 acres in Delaware county, all under a fine state of cultivation. With the ex- ception of 143 acres, Mr. Fleming has earned all he now owns. In his political relations he affiliates with the Democratic party, and has served as School Director and Road Supervisor for many years.

November 6, 1847, our subject was united in marriage with Rachel Heverlo, a daughter of William and Maria (Lancaster) Heverlo, natives respectively of the State of Delaware, and of Peru township, Clinton county, New York. The father was a son of Andrew Heverlo, who located in Berlin township, Delaware county, Ohio. William Heverlo came to Peru township, then Dela- ware county, where he purchased and im- proved a farm. His death occurred August 29, 1834, aged forty-two years. The mother is still living, aged eighty-nine years, and makes her home with her chil- dren. They were the parents of five chil- dren, three now living, - Mrs. Fleming; Jackson, of Eden Station, Ohio; and Will- iam, of California. The father was identi- fied with the Democratic party, was a sol- dier in the war of 1812, and was a member

of the Baptist Church. After his death the mother was married a second time, and had three sons, all soldiers in the civil war, and two of them died in the service. Mr. and Mrs. Fleming have had nine children, seven now living, namely: Albert married Jane McDaniel, and has two sons; Hattie, wife of David Hickson, and they have two sons and four daughters; Wilbur mar- ried Effie Mason, and has two sons; Lester married Ettie Channel, and has one son; Harper married Jennie Foster, and has two daughters; Ona is the husband of Orpha Taylor; and Myrtle married Bert Bunker, and they have one son. They have two children deceased. Maria was the wife of Leroy Gale, who served in the One Hun- dred and Twenty-first Ohio Volunteer In- fantry during the late war. They have eleven children living, -Lavina, Almon, Wesley, Rachel, Lester, Kittie, Herbert, La Fayette, Margaret, Cisely, and Bessie. The second child, Lizzie, died at the age of four years. The family are members of the Advent Christian Church, in which Mr. Fleming is Trustee.

J OHN C. GUTHRIE .- A native son of the Buckeye State, one who has held conspicuous preferment as Post- master of the city of Marysville, and one who is numbered among the representa- tive and most progressive business men in said thriving city, our subject well merits consideration in this connection.

The parents of Mr. Guthrie were John and Mary (Kerr) Guthrie, both of whom were natives of Chester county, Pennsyl- vania, and both of whom are now deceased, the demise of the former occurring in Lick- ing county, Ohio, in the fall of 1875, he at

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the time being a guest at the home of his daughter; the widowed mother survived until 1891. Early in life John Guthrie was engaged in blacksmithing, but later on turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, continuing to till the soil for many years. For four years prior to his death he was en- gaged in the grocery business in Marysville, having made his home in Union county from 1857 until the time of his dissolution. He was a man of strong convictions and un- wavering integrity, and was respected by all who placed a true valuation upon the honest and earnest character which was his. Zeal- ous in his support of the Republican party and its principles, he was a most vital anti- slavery man during the troubled hours lead- ing up to the great civil conflict when this principle of ethics was at stake. He was fearless in his utterances and indefatigable in his efforts to aid the Union cause, being prominently identified with the operation of the famous "underground railway" during the war. He was an ardent temperance ad- vocate, and was for many years actively identified with the Congregational Church.

To John and Mary Guthrie eleven chil- dren were born, and of this number only four are living at the present time, namely: Harriet B., wife of O. M. Scott, of Marys- ville; Sarah J., wife of C. H. Cherry, who is in Government employ as a railway postal clerk, his residence being at Newark, Ohio; Phœbe E., wife of Rev. M. K. Pasco, of Kentucky; and our subject, who was the youngest child.

John C. Guthrie, the direct subject of this review, was born in Licking county, this State, March 18, 1855, having accom- panied his parents to Union county when he was about five years of age. He grew up on the farm, receiving his education in the

public schools. At the age of nineteen he entered the local office of the Western Union Telegraph Company, at Marysville, and re- mained until he had acquired the art of tel- egraphy, after which he was retained by the company as an operator for some three years, being located in Marysville the major . portion of the time. He was next engaged for a time in clerical work, being in the em- ploy of his brother-in-law, O. M. Scott, who was engaged in business in Marysville. After a brief incumbency in this line he se- cured a position as a salesman in the clothing establishment of Samuel Stern, later on accepting a similar position in the employ of J. L. Boerger, who was and is still engaged in the same line of trade in Marysville. This clerkship he held contin- uously until 1890, when he was appointed Postmaster at Marysville, as will be noted later on.

An active worker in the ranks of the Republican party, he gained local prefer- ment as incumbent in the offices of Town- ship Clerk and Corporation Clerk. March 7, 1890, he received the appointment as Postmaster of Marysville, which office he filled most acceptably until April 7, 1894, when he stepped down and out, by reason of the change in the national administration, the Democratic party coming into power. Within the term of his service as Postmaster Mr. Guthrie made an official inspection of all the postoffices in the county and made a report of the same to the department at Washington. Through his efforts while in this office, he succeeded in securing an ad- vance in the salary of the Postmaster here from $1,600 to $1, 800 per annum.

After his retirement from official life Mr. Guthrie entered into a copartnership with Mr. Elan Smith and effected a pur-

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chase of the stock and business of the Cli- max Clothing Company, in Marysville, since which time the enterprise has been most successfully conducted under the firm name of Smith & Guthrie, the well equip- ped salesrooms, in which are displayed at all times a fine line of clothing, hats, caps and men's furnishings, being centrally and eligi- bly located at the northwest corner of the public square.

The marriage of Mr. Guthrie was cele- brated in this city, October 3, 1878, when he espoused Miss Effie B. Price, daughter of ex-Sheriff Price, of this county. Our subject and wife are the parents of two chil- dren: Alice Lucile and Walter Scott. Mr. and Mrs. Guthrie are members of the Presbyterian Church. Their pleasant home is located on West Sixth street, in one of the most attractive residence quarters of the city.

In concluding we will state that our sub- ject is identified with two fraternal orders, being a member of Palestine Lodge, No. 158, F. & A. M., and of Marysville Lodge, No. 100, Knights of Pythias, his connection with the latter society dating back fifteen years, and in the same he has passed all the chairs.

ARRY E. SMITH, who merits specific recognition as one of the talented and progressive young bus- iness men of Marysville, Union county, Ohio, and whose ability in the line of his profession is beyond cavil, is the lead- ing photographist of the city, having given his entire attention to the work, which is both an art and a science, since 1886.

He is a native of Marysville, and here the major portion of his life has been pass-

ed. He was born November 8, 1870, the son of Elan and Jennie (Converse) Smith, and he was reared in Marysville and here received his literary education, graduating at the high school as a member of the class of 1889. His father was engaged in the photographic business for many years and was recognized as a most capable artist long before the present improved dry-plate pro- cess was brought into use. While still a mere youth our subject began the study of photography under the effective preceptor- ship of his father, who was then operating the studio over which his son now has con- trol. After his graduation from the high school Harry decided to follow in the paternal footsteps and to make photography his life work. He was ambitious and was determined that nothing short of the high- est possible attainments in the line of his art would satisfy him, as he was fully cog- nizant of its wider possibilities. With a view to perfecting himself in the practical and latest approved details of photography, he left Marysville in July, 1889, and went to Aurora, Illinois, where he secured a position in the studio of Pratt, the leading artist of that section. He devoted his at- tention principally to retouching and print- ing and remained there somewhat more than a year, after which he entered the employ of C. E. Aiken, a most talented artist in that aristocratic suburb of Chicago, Evanston, Illinois. He here retained a position as operator for some eight months, and was then compelled to come home, having met with an accident which so crippled his ankle as to render it impossible for him to con- tinue his work. After he had recovered his wonted physical vigor he returned to the Pratt studio, at Aurora, but remained but a short time, having seen his way to the

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securing of a position with Peck, of Hamil- ton, this State, a photographer of wide reputation as one of the best in the Union.

Mr. Smith remained there until January, 1892, when he once more returned to Marys- ville and accepted a half interest in the busi- ness conducted by his father, the firm name becoming Elan Smith & Son. This asso- ciation was continued until the present year (1894), when our subject secured full con- trol of the enterprise, which is being most successfully conducted under his direction. The studio does all classes of photographic work and the proprietor also makes a specialty of crayon and sepia portraiture, in which lines he is personally a fine artist. The studio is centrally located, its parlors and reception room being tastefully fitted up, and the operating room having the most ele- gant accessories for facilitating the work and lending to artistic ensembles. The work turned out is of the highest order of excel- lence and Mr. Smith's knowledge of the art is such as enables him to compete success- fully with the leading photographists of the metropolitan centers, for he has profited by the excellent experience in representative establishments, has a native artistic tempera- ment, and is ever studying to secure new effects by experimentation in lighting, posing and by chemical manipulations. He is a member of the National Photographers' As- sociation and of the State Association, at whose conventions he enters into competi- tion for prizes on work.

Mr. Smith's marriage was consummated September 7, 1893, when he led to the altar Miss Emily Gertrude Robinson, one of Marysville's most accomplished and popalar young ladies and the daughter of Colonel A. B. and Mrs. Kissie (Wilkins) Robinson, honored residents of this city, concerning

whom individual mention is made elsewhere in this volume. Mrs. Smith graduated at the Marysville high school as a member of the same class as was her husband, and she also graduated at the Wooster University, at Wooster, this State, in 1893. She is a member of the grand council of the ladies' college fraternity, the Kappa Kappa Gamma. Our subject and his wife have one child, Martha Eva.

ILLIAM G. SNODGRASS, a prominent resident of Marysville, Ohio, where he fills the import- ant and exacting office of Sheriff of Union county, is a native of the county in which his shrievalty is being served, hav- ing been born in Jerome township, Novem- ber 19, 1839, the son of Samuel and Agnes (Morrison) Snodgrass, the former of whom was born in Union township, this county, being the son of Robert Snodgrass, who was one of the very earliest settlers in the coun- ty and a man of much prominence at that period. He developed a farm by clearing away the virgin forest which possessed the land and it is worthy of recalling that he served on the first jury ever empanelled in Union county. His family comprised six children, -four boys and two girls, and his third son, Robert, was the first male white child born in Union township. From the earliest settlement of the county, then, has the history of the Snodgrass family been linked therewith, and well may the pres- ent and future generations revert with pride and satisfaction to the annals of the pioneer days and to the record left by their ances- tors.

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Memorial record of the counties of Delaware, Union and Morrow, Ohio, Part 54

Author: Publication date: 1895 Publisher: Chicago : Lewis Pub. Co. Number of Pages: 570

Author:
Publication date: 1895
Publisher: Chicago : Lewis Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 570