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Mr. McCloud's beautiful residence, which figures as one of the finest homes in Marys- ville, was erected in 1892, is of pleasing architectural design, and modern in all ap- pointments and conveniences; the residence is located on Fourth street.
R. JAMES CUTLER .- It is now privileged the biographer to offer a brief sketch of the life of one who stands as one of the pioneer native residents of this portion of Ohio, -a man of ability in the line of his profession, one who has attained to marked success in temporal
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affairs, whose patriotic services to his coun- try have been unstinted, and whose posi- tion in the respect and esteem of his fellow- men is assured. It is certainly germane that the life of such an man should come up for consideration in the premises, not for undue panegyric, not, perhaps for the voicing of his own modest estimate of himself, but as giving incidental utterance to the opinions of those who have known him long and well. Such a task can never prove an ungrateful one and there is pleasure in tracing such a genealogy.
Dr. Cutler, who has been a resident of Richwood for upward of two decades, was born in Concord township, Delaware county, Ohio, April 23, 1831, a son of John and Matilda A. Cutler, natives respectively of the States of Delaware and Ohio. John Cutler passed his early life in Delaware, and when a young man determined to seek his fortunes in the West, coming to Chillicothe, Ross county, Ohio, where he engaged in the shoe and leather business. Here he re- mained for some few years, when, upon the location of the State capital at Columbus, he removed to that city and there remained until 1829 or 1830, when he removed to Concord township, Delaware county, where he purchased a considerable tract of timber land. To the clearing up of this farm he devoted his attention, also erecting a saw- mill, which he subsequently converted into a flouring mill, -an enterprise of much ben- efit to and duly appreciated by the settlers for miles around.
Mr. Cutler became a power in the com- munity, was alert, progressive, and of high intelligence, and soon gained recognition as one of the leaders in public matters of local order, -one whose counsel was much in de- mand, whose decisions came to be consid-
ered as practically ultimate. He took an active interest in political affairs, and held, in turn, many of the important county and township offices. He was originally a Whig, but upon the organization of the Republican party, he identified himself therewith, continuing his allegiance during the residue of his life. He had been for many years a devoted member of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church. He married, and became the father of ten children, two of whom died in infancy, the remaining eight living to attain maturity. Of the latter we offer the following brief record: John S. was educated at the Ohio Wesleyan Uni- versity, and entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church, preaching for years in this State, and finally going, as a general missionary, to Africa, where he soon after died: he married the daughter of B. H. Willis, of this county, and she still survives, being a resident of Columbus; James, the second child, is the immediate subject of this sketch; H. C., deceased, was a well-known farmer and stock dealer of Delaware county; William H. is a resi- dent of the city of Delaware; Matilda A. is the wife of Joseph Corbin, of Dublin, Franklin county, Ohio; N. E., who died in Richwood, left a wife and one daugh- ter, who are now residents of Delaware; Amanda is a widow, and is a resident of Columbus; Orange D. is a prominent farmer of Jerome, Union county, Ohio. The father served in the war of 1812, and two of his sons, James and W. H., showed their patriotism by bearing arms in the late war of the Rebellion. The last named served as a member of Company C, One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged after a service of less than one year on account of disa-
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bility. The honored father of our subject died, in Concord township, in the fall of 1870, having attained the venerable age of ninety-two years; the mother is also de- ceased.
The records of the early days in this sec- tion of the Union tell of the conditions that maintained and incidentally show what the early life of our subject, must have been. He was reared on the old home farm and attended the district schools up to the time when he reached his fifteenth year. At this time a notable epoch in our national history was ushered in as the result of the protest of Mexico against the annexation of Texas by the United States. Recourse to arms became neccessary and among those to espouse the cause of the Union was the young lad, our subject. In July, 1846, he enlisted as a member of Company E, Sec- ond United States Infantry, and served un- til August, 1848, when he was discharged, in compliance with a petition filed by his father asking for his release on the grounds that he was yet a minor. He first served under General Taylor, in the command of Colonel Riley, the captain of his company being J. B. Kingsbury. This service was along the course of the Rio Grande, whither General Taylor had been sent to protect the new State from threatened invasion by the Mexicans. The regiment was then trans- ferred to the army commanded by General Scott, the hero of Lundy's Lane, to whom had been assigned the task of capturing the Mexican capital. After this transfer our subject did service all the way from Vera Cruz to the proud old Spanish-American capital, where he remained until the treaty of peace was signed, when he returned with his regiment to St. Louis, Missouri, where he was mustered out. Besides having par-
ticipated in the engagements in the city of Mexico he was also in the battles of Vera Cruz, Cerro Gordo, Contreras, Churubusco Chapultepec. He was on military guard during the time the army was located in the city of Mexico.
After his discharge our subject returned to Delaware county and shortly afterward entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, where he completed his specific literary education. He then went to West Alex- ander, Preble county, Ohio, and entered the office of Dr. Patterson Nesbit, under whose preceptorship he remained for some time, after which he entered the Starling Medical College, at Columbus, completing the prescribed course and graduating. He then engaged in the practice of his profession at New California, Union county, where he remained about four years. At this time his country once more issued call to her patriotic sons to come forth in defense of the Union, and he promptly enlisted as First Lieutenant of Company K, First Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, the date of his en- listment being October 6, 1861. He was commissioned Captain of his company February 6, 1863, but resigned his commis- sion at Columbus on April 20th of the same year, simultaneously retiring from the ser- vice. He served in Kentucky and Ten- nessee, participating in the battles of Pitts- burg Landing, Stone River and Perryville besides a number of skirmishes. He was taken prisoner at Courtland, Alabama, and for about three months was held in captivity in Mississippi, -at Columbus and Jackson. He was finally exchanged at Vicksburg.
After retiring from the service Dr. Cutler resumed the practice of his profession in Delaware county, locating at Belle Point, where he remained until 1871, when he
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came to Richwood, Union county, and en- gaged in the drug business, continuing the enterprise for a period of nine years, after which he retired for a time from active busi- ness. Some little time after locating here he associated himself with the Bank of Rich- wood, a private banking institution, with which he has ever since maintained a con- nection in an executive capacity and to whose conduct and affairs he now gives his undivided attention.
A Republican in his political views, the Doctor has been an active worker and has held numerous preferments of honor in the gift of the people. He served in many of the local offices in Concord township, Dela- ware county, and he was also elected to the sixty-eighth General Assembly of the State Legislature, representing the thirteenth senatorial district, comprising the counties of Union, Logan, Hardin and Marion. While in the Senate he served as a member of the committees of finance, county affairs, reform school for girls, medical societies and benevolent institutions, having been chair- man of the committee last mentioned. He has frequently appeared as delegate to State, district and county conventions.
The marriage of our subject was cele- brated August 18, 1864, in Columbiana county, this State, where he was united to Miss Lydia Pim, a native of that county and of Quaker parentage. The Doctor and his wife adopted a daughter, Lallah Rookh Cut- ler, who grew to maturity, her demise oc- curring in June, 1890. Mrs. Cutler died January 3, 1891, at the age of forty-five years, leaving her devoted husband doubly bereaved, -the silver cord was loosed; the golden bowl broken, and still there remained that rich heritage, the memory of a pure, gentle and holy life, whose influence will
abide through the soft twilight that shall mark the declining day of him to whom this dear association was given.
The Doctor has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for the past twenty-eight years, and he is one of the Trustees of the local organization of this great religious body.
In conclusion we will briefly review the history of the-Bank of Richwood. The in- stitution was organized as a private banking establishment, the original promoters having been W. H. Caukwright, B. L. Talmage and John Cahill; the original capitalization, $9,000. Dr. Cutler finally purchased Mr. Caukwright's stock and became president of the institution, an office which he has held continuously ever since, B. L. Talmage be- ing cashier. Aside from these two officials the other stockholders are Robert Smith and C. E. Hill. The capital stock has been increased to $12,000, and there is a surplus fund of $3,000. The bank owns its fine building, which was erected in 1888. The institution is one of the solid financial con- cerns of the county and secures a represent- tative support, transacting a general bank- ing business.
ROF. DANIEL E. COWGILL, Superintendent of the public schools of Delaware, Ohio, was born in Zanesfield, Logan county, Ohio, April 12, 1854, son of Daniel and Mary (Everett) Cowgill. The family comes of old Virginia stock, their remote ances- tors being Scotch-Irish.
Daniel E. was reared in Delaware coun- ty from the time he was five years old, his boyhood days being spent on the farm and his early education being attained in the
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district schools. In 1873 he entered the preparatory department of the Ohio Wes- leyan University of Delaware, where he completed the classical course and graduated in 1884. In the meantime, however, he taught school a number of terms, and in this way defrayed his own expenses through col- lege. He was employed in the country schools in this county and also at Ashley. After his graduation he taught at Prospect, next at Richwood, and afterward at Van Wert, having charge of the schools at all these points. He spent three years at Van Wert, whence, in the spring of 1891, he came to Delaware, where he has since filled his present position most efficiently. In 1883 he received a life certificate from the State Board of Education. For seventeen years he has been in educational work, and all this time it has been his earnest effort to advance its interests and bring it up to a higher standard. Under his able management the Delaware schools have prospered, and are now in a flourishing con- dition. He has under his supervision thirty- six teachers, all of whom are performing faithful and efficient work.
Prof. Cowgill was married, in 1880, to Miss Stella Bell, a native of Delaware coun- ty, Ohio, and they have two children,- Paul E. and Ruth L. He and his wife are membersof the Methodist Episcopal Church.
BRAHAM MOREY .- A man whose residence in the county dates back nearly an half century, and whose identification with the business in- terests of Marysville has been conspicuous and continuous during nearly all this entire period, is certainly deserving of marked recognition in a work whose province is the
epitomized detailing of the life histories of the representative citizens of Union county. Such are the elements that render consonant the incorporation of the biography of the venerable pioneer whose name initiates this review, -a man who, though past the mark of three-score years and ten, still retains his place among the most prominent busi- ness men of the flourishing little city which has been his home for so many years.
The genealogical records extant show that our subject is of German extraction, his grandfather, William Morey, having been born in that section which defines the bor- der line between France and Germany. It is a peculiar and interesting fact that the type of individual native to Alsace-Lor- raine and other provinces along the border between the two countries named is wont to exhibit in his make-up the mental attributes of both nationalities, -the quick observative faculties characteristic of the volatile French and the more solid and pragmatic temper- ament of the German. This blending or assimilation produces a type whose individu- ality is perhaps stronger and more potential than that of either of the primogenial fac- tors. That these traits, modified by circum- stances and environment, are transmitted through succeeding generations is shown when a thorough study is made, and in the mental characteristics of our subject the dual elements are still in evidence.
William Morey took unto himself a wife in the person of a petite lady of the Hessian stock and they reared a large family of chil- dren, - six daughters and four sons. The father was a saddler and harness-maker by trade and followed this vocation during his early life. He was ingenious in a mechan- ical line, and even after he had turned his attention to farming he continued to bring
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his trade into use in connection with his ag- ricultural pursuits, making his own harness and also erecting on his farm a forge, where he did his own blacksmithing. After his marriage he emigrated to the United States and located in Lancaster county, Pennsyl- vania, where he remained for a number of years, after which he moved to Carroll county, Maryland, where he lived but a short time and then returned to the old Keystone State, purchasing a farm in Perry county and eventually erecting thereon a large stone residence, which continued to be the family home for many years and which is still standing. The farm was located on Sherman's creek and the father and mother retained their residence there until all their children had grown to maturity and left home. Mr. Morey then sold the place and came to Ohio, locating on a farm in Trum- bull county, where he passed his declining days. He died about 1840, at the advanced age of eighty-three years, his wife passing away a few months later at about the same age. They were members of the Lutheran Church and Mr. Morey was a most zealous and active worker in the same. He was a man of marked intelligence and enterprise, and during his long and useful life he re- tained the respect and esteem of all who knew him.
The father of our subject was Jacob Morey, who was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, and reared on the old pater- nal homestead in his native State. Attain- ing maturity he was married, in Perry coun- ty, to Miss Barbara Jacobs, a native of York county, Pennsylvania. They came to Ohio with their family of seven children, in 1836, and settled in Delaware county, where Mr. Morey purchased a farm of fifty-six acres, located on the Scioto river, five miles west 30
of the city of Delaware. He was a model farmer and a successful business man, his name being held in high honor in the com- munity where so many years of his life were passed. Politically he was an unswerving Democrat and religiously a member of the Lutheran Church. He died at the old home in Delaware county, at the venerable age of ninety years; and his widow died at the age of ninety-two, the family having been, through many successive generations, one of extreme longevity.
Jacob and Barbara Morey reared a family of ten children, six sons and four daughters, concerning whom we offer the following epit- omized record: Abraham, direct subject of this review; David, who went to California during the memorable gold excitement of 1849, is a resident of San Bernardino county, that State, and is prominently concerned in the mining and fruit-growing industries of that favored section; Hester is the wife of Will- iam Felkner, of Delaware county, this State; Elizabeth, widow of Rev. Alvin Rose, of Findley, Ohio; Jacob and William, twins, the former of whom is deceased, the latter residing on the old homestead in Delaware county; Israel is a resident of Delaware county and is Postmaster at White Sulphur station; Mary and John are deceased; Cath- erine is the wife of Benjamin Wollen, of Delaware county.
Our subject, Abraham Morey, was born at the old homestead in Perry county, Penn- sylvania, July 21, 1822, and his boyhood days were passed on the farm and in at- tendance. at the district schools. At the age of eighteen years he went from his home in Delaware county to Columbus, the capital of the State, and devoted himself to the learning of the cabinet-maker's trade, remaining there for a period of eight years,
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and then, in 1848, coming to Marysville, which has since continued to be his home. In the same year was consummated his marriage to Miss Abbie B., daughter of Dr. S. F. Kinney, one of the early and proini- nent physicians of Marysville. Soon after his arrival here Mr. Morey formed a co- partnership with Mr. John Ressler for the prosecution of the cabinet-making business, our subject being the practical man of the firm. After one year the partnership was dissolved, and Mr. Morey opened a shop of his own, meeting with consistent success in his work. Later on he purchased a lot west of the public square, and here erected a building, in which he placed the necessary machinery, and began manufacturing upon a more extensive scale, the principal out- put of the establishment being cane-seated chairs. He continued this industry until the dark cloud of war spread its gruesome pall over a divided nation, when he closed his establishment, and, with patriotic ardor, gave himself to the work of recruiting troops, doing most effective service. He was also a member of the band, and in this way his attention was constantly demanded, for the inspiriting music proved an impor- tant element in those days when the nation was issuing its call for loyal and valiant soldiers.
In 1866, after the close of the war, Mr. Morey again turned his attention to his busi- ness enterprise, erectinga large wareroom ad- joining his factory and preparing to push the industry to the utmost. He finally deter- mined, however, that the establishment was too far removed from the business center; and accordingly he leased a lot more eligibly located, and moved the building onto the same. Here he put in a select stock of fur- niture and began to do a more purely retail
business, also continuing the undertaking branch, which had been a feature of the en- terprise from the time of its inception. He is distinctively the oldest undertaker in the county, and in the connection it is interest- ing to recall the circumstance that, in the early days when the functions of the skilled artisan had not yet been usurped by mechan- ical devices, he manufactured all the coffins utilized in his business. The business flour- ished and showed a consecutive increase in volume as the years passed and the town received new increments in population, hon- orable methods and fair dealing having been distinctive features of the enterprise from _ the start to the present day. In 18- Mr. Morey admitted his son Charles to a work- - ing interest in the business, and this asso- ciation continued for a number of years; in 1880 his eldest son, Henry W., was admit- ted to partnership, and to his charge was committed the practical supervision of the now conspicuous enterprise.
Mr. and Mrs. Morey have a family of five children, namely: Henry W., who is con- nected with the furniture business; Charles D., who has the supervision of the under- taking branch of the enterprise; William M. F., a salesman in the establishment; Albert H., who is a prominent dentist of Marys- ville; and Estella, wife of Thomas H. Flower, of Albion, Pennsylvania.
Our subject and his family are connected with the Congregational Church, Mr. Morey having been for many years an official in the local organization and a most active worker in the Sunday-school. In politics our subject casts his ballot with the Repub- lican party, with which he has been stanchly arrayed for many years. Fraternally he has been a member of Marysville Lodge, No. 87, I. O. O. F., since 1848; is a char-
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ter member of Marysville Encampment, No. 114; and a charter member of the local lodge of the Order of Red Men. All of his sons, except Henry W., are identified with the Odd Fellows.
J OHN T. BUCK, a civil engineer of Morrow county, is a son of Edmund Buck, born near New Milford, Con- necticut, April 9, 1791. His father, Israel Buck, was born May 7, 1762, a son of John Buck, born July 26, 1731, a son of Ezekiel Buck, born March 5, 1699, a son of Ezekiel Buck, born January 8, 1676. The ancestry is traced to Emanuel Buck, who, with his brother, Henry Buck, came from Norfolk county, England, to America in 1647, locating in Wethersfield, Connecti- cut.
Edmund Buck, father of our subject, was married September 20, 1815, to Anna Hubbell, who was born in Seneca county, New York, June 3, 1795, a daughter of Ephraim and Elizabeth (Collins) Hubbell. She was a grandaughter of Benjamin Col- lins, a Quaker pioneer, who built the first cabin and became the first settler of Lincoln township, as early as 1813. After his mar- riage Edmund Buck located in Peru town- ship, then in Delaware county, and came to this township about 1812. His wife's peo- ple located here about one year later. In 1817 he purchased the farm now owned by our subject, which he cleared and improved.
Mr. Buck took an active interest in politics, having been first a Whig and after- ward a Republican, served as County Com- missioner of Delaware county, and as Jus- tice of the Peace of this township for fif- teen years. His death occurred October 21, 1866, and his wife survived until March
4, 1874. They were the parents of eight children. The eldest, Israel E., a lawyer by profession, was born May 8, 1817, and died August 28, 1855. He married Sarah W. Van Deman, and their son, Henry E., was Mayor of the city of Delaware, Ohio. Phebe, born April 18, 1819, died Decem- ber 22, 1883. She married David W. Mosher, also deceased, and they had six children,-Dr. E. B., of Columbus, Ohio; G. H., of Delaware; Annie E., wife of Theodore Blakeley, a merchant of Sunbury, Ohio; Frank, of Lincoln township; Charles H., of Fulton, this county; and Elmore, of Columbus. Collins Buck, born October 29, 1821, was married April 8, 1847, to Nancy Stiner, and they have two children, Gilbert and John S. Priscilla A., born July 25, 1827, is the wife of Joseph Russell. Elma Annis, born October 27, 1829, died in infancy. John T., the subject of this sketch, was the next in order of birth. Annie M., born February 17, 1835, resides in this township. Ruth M., born May 5, 1838, died March 10, 1885. She was the wife of S. M. Smith.
J. T. Buck was born on his present farm May 24, 1832, and received his education in the district schools, the Hesper Mount Semi- nary and at the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, where he took a special course of civil engineering, teaching school during the winter months, and since February, 1857, has been engaged in surveying. He makes surveys for railway lines, roads, streets, ditches, towns, parks, cemeteries, race courses, subdivisions of real estate, conveyancing, drainage, sewerage, maps, plans, estimates and specifications. Mr. Buck also owns a good farm, and in addition to general farming, is extensively engaged in raising Holstein cattle and standard-bred
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trotting horses. In 1857 he was appointed Deputy County Surveyor under Thomas Sharp, was elected County Surveyor in 1859, serving in that position twenty-four years; is a Notary Public, and has served as a member of the School Board. During the late war, in 1863, Mr. Buck was commis- sioned First Lieutenant of Company K, First Ohio Regiment, and in September, of that year, he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel of the same regiment. He is a leader and active worker in the Republican party.
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