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E. M. Semans is one of the native sons of Delaware, born October 26, 1863, and his entire life has here been passed. He is a graduate of the Ohio Wesleyan University, the class of 1886, and graduated from the Medical College of Cincinnati. in 1890, after a thorough course of study which well fitted him for his chosen' life-work. Immediately after completing the course he joined his brother in business and they now have a very enviable reputation and a practice which many an older physician might well desire. That they are appreciated here is fully evidenced by their great popularity. The elder brother was secretary of the Del- aware County Medical Society during its existence and both occupy a foremost rank among their professional brethren.
J AMES H. MYERS, who is an honor- ed and substantial farmer in Dover township, Union county, Ohio, is a native of that township and still re- tains his residence upon the old homestead of his nativity, the same having been pur- chased by his father in 1847.
James H. Myers was born February 18, 1847, the son of John and Hannah (Winn)
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Myers. He passed his boyhood days in as- sisting his father on the farm and in attend- ing the district schools and thus continued the even tenor of his ways until he had at- tained the age of twenty years, when his youthful enthusiasm was enkindled, as the dark cloud of war spread its gruesome pall over the nation, and he enlisted for services in the Union army, enlisting in Decem- ber, 1864, as a member of Company F, Sixty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, re- maining in the ranks until June 25, 1865, when he was mustered out.
He served with his regiment, which sub- sequently participated in several of the more notable conflicts which marked the progress of the Union forces toward ultimate victory. Our subject, however, remained at the front but a short time, when he was transferred to the Eighteenth Battalion, Veteran Re- serve Corps, and was assigned duty as guard over rebel prisoners at Camp Dennison, Cin- cinnati, during a portion of the time acting as Orderly.
After the close of the war he returned to the old homestead and once more devoted his attention to agricultural pursuits. After his marriage he devoted his attention to the operation of the old homestead, which is still in his possession, he having purchased the interests of the other heirs to the estate. Mr. and Mrs. Myers became the parents of six children, of whom we offer the following record: Memphis M. received his education in Marysville and Dover, this county, after which he taught the school in the home dis- trict for several terms: he is now engaged in farming, having purchased of his father, in the spring of the present year (1894) a small farm contiguous to the original homestead; Milo; James I .; Irwin; Glennie and Asa.
Mr. Myers has a fine farm of 120 acres,
lying two miles northeast of the village of New Dover, and upon the same he erected, in 1877, a fine brick residence of modern and most effective architecture and situated upon a most eligible building site, the place being attractively set in the midst of a fine grove of young maple trees. In his frater- nal relations our subject is identified with the Grand Army of the Republic, retaining a membership in Ransom Reed Post, of Marysville. He is a man of marked intelli- gence, and has held local preferments of note, his influence in the community being strongly evidenced in all matters of public nature. He has been a member of the School Board of the district, and within that time was a prime factor in securing to the township its fine high-school building. In politics he is strongly arrayed in the sup- port of the Republican party and its prin- ciples.
John Myers, father of our subject, came to this county in 1830, locating in that part of Dover township which is still known as the Myers settlement, where he purchased a small farm, upon which he continued to re- side until 1847, when he effected the pur- chase of the place upon which his son James now lives. John Myers was born March I, 1812, and his wife, who was a native of Ross county, Ohio, was born June 4th of the same year. Both parents are deceased. John Myers was a plasterer and broom- maker by trade, and he gave considerable attention to work in these lines of occupa- tion in addition to carrying on the work of his farm, his services being in much de- mand in the most diverse sections of the county.
John and Hannah Myers became the parents of seven children, concerning whom we are permitted to offer the following brief
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record: Mary is the widow of the late Jesse Cumber, who served in the late war as a member of Company F, Sixty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry: they had five children; William M. was a member of the same com- pany as was our subject and was taken pris- oner at Chickamauga and confined in Ander- sonville prison, where he died after enduring the horrors of that famous Confederate "stock-pen" for nine weary months; Joseph K. was also a member of Company F, and served from the time of his enlistment, in 1861, until the close of the war, partici- pating in the grand review at the national capital: he died in 1891; Anna became the wife of Ralph Slack, her death occurring in 1884; James is the immediate subject of this review; Samuel, who resides in Dover town- ship, married Alice Lee, and they have five children; Jehu married Elizabeth Parrott, a native of Wiltshire, England, and they are the parents of three children; Adam C. mar- ried Lily Perkins, and is engaged in farming in this county.
J OSEPH H. DAVIS .- One of the substantial and well-known agricul- turists of Union township, Union county, is he whose name initiates this paragraph, and his identification with the annals of the Buckeye State has been one of ancestral order, as well as that of the individual from the time of his nativity. Mr. Davis was born in Knox county, Ohio, township of Clinton, on the 22d of Febru- ary, 1834. His father, Joseph by name, was a native of Virginia, and was of Penn- sylvania Dutch stock, the son of George Davis, who was the son of Michael, the original member of the family in the old Keystone State.
Joseph Davis was a boy when his par- ents removed to Pennsylvania, their ances- tral State, and he had attained the age of only fifteen when his father came to the wilds of central Ohio and took up his resi- dence in Knox county, whose official center, Mount Vernon, was represented at that time by three primitive log cabins. He grew up in this pioneer locality, and con- tributed his quota to clearing land, rolling logs, and hunting the wild game, which abounded in this section. He finally at- tained maturity, and in time assumed fam- ily responsibilities and honors by being united in marriage to Miss Lydia Shena- berry, who was a native of Pennsylvania.
.The family came to Union township, this county, in 1854, and took up their abode on the farm now occupied by our subject's brother, W. S. Davis, concerning whom individual mention is inade elsewhere in this volume. Here the parents passed the remainder of their lives, the mother passing away at the age of eighty-five years, while the father attained the remark- able longevity represented by ninety-eight years. In politics Joseph Davis was a Democrat of the true Jeffersonian type. He was a man of intelligence and inflexible honor, and in physique was conspicuous, standing six feet and two inches in height, and possessing great strength and endur- ance.
Joseph and Lydia Davis became the parents of twelve children, by name as fol- lows: Polly, Michael, Nancy, Margaret, Elizabeth, Joseph H., W. Shannon, Cath- erine; and William, George, and Lydia, who are deceased, as is also one infant un- named.
Joseph H. Davis, the immediate subject of this review, was reared on the old pio-
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neer homestead, and early became familiar with the work of swinging the ax, clearing the land from trees and debris and ultimately assisting in its tilling. In the unpretentious log school-house of the period he conned his lessons and laid the foundation for the large fund of practical knowledge which he subsequently gained in his assocciation with the affairs of life. He first came to this county in 1854, in company with his father, being twenty years of age at the time. When he had reached the age of twenty- three years he married, and in the year fol- lowing this important event in his life he took up his abode on his present farm, oc- cupying a log house for a time and then erecting a substantial frame structure. His farm comprises 172 acres and is well im- proved and under a most perfect system of cultivation. The attractive residence and well-kept outbuildings all attest the enter- prise and industry brought to bear by the owner of the fine farmstead.
As already stated, Mr. Davis was mar- ried at the age of twenty-three years, and she whom he chose to share his lot in life and who proved all that a devoted and helpful companion could be, was Miss Mary Whelpley, who was reared and educated in this county. Her brother, the late Abra- ham Whelpley, of this township, was a par- ticipant in the late war of the Rebellion.
Our subject and wife became the parents of four children, of whom we offer the fol- lowing brief record: Mary Lydia is the wife of John Peavers; Clara Belle is at home; Mattie Roselia; and Ada Myrtle, wife of James Burns, of Delaware county, Ohio. Three children died in early childhood.
The great and irreparable loss of Mr. Davis' life was that which he was called upon to bear July 19, 1889, when his be-
loved wife, who had been his comforter in hours of trouble and depression, his loving, trusting and devoted companion, was sum- moned to the life eternal. Hers had been a life beautiful in its grace and sympathetic kindliness and her death was mourned not alone by the afflicted members of the deso- lated home but by all who had known and appreciated her lovely character. She was a consistent and zealous adherent of the Christian Church and ever typified her faith in her works.
In politics Mr. Davis is of the same faith as his father. In the community he is hon- ored as an honorable man and a good citizen.
R EV. L. W. JAMES, who resides on a farm in Lincoln township, Morrow county, Ohio, is one of the venerable citizens of the coun- ty. He was born in Loudoun county, Vir- ginia, December 25, 1812, and is of Dutch origin. His grandfather, Jonathan James, was born and passed his life in Loudoun county, Virginia, dying there at the age of sixty-five years, and David James, the father of L. W., was also a native of that county. David James married Charlotte Bradfield, a native of Maryland and a daughter of James Bradfield, of that State. Mr. Bradfield died in Loudoun county, Virginia, at the age of sixty-eight years. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. James settled near his old home and resided on a farm at that place until 1835. That year they came to Delaware county, Ohio, now Morrow county, and located on a farm where they spent the residue of their lives, he being eighty-three years of age at the time of death, and she eighty-four. She was reared in the Quaker Church and he
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was a Methodist; both were devoted Chris- tians and were people who were held in the highest esteem by all who knew them. In politics he was in early life identified with the Whigs and later gave his support to the Republican party. He and his wife were the parents of ten children, five sons and five daughters, namely: Vashti, wife of S. T. Cunard; Olive, wife of Isaac Nichols, died at the age of eighty-three years; Mrs. Mary B. Nichols, Galion, Ohio; Mrs. El- mira Wood, deceased; Mrs. Elizabeth Banker, Mount Gilead, Ohio; Elwood, de- ceased; L. W., the subject of this article; T. L .; Marion, a farmer of Lincoln town- ship, this county; and Benton, also a farmer of Lincoln township.
L. W. James received his first schooling in his native county. He came with his parents to Ohio, and for a time went to one of the primitive log school-houses of Dela- ware county; after which he was for three years a student in the Norwalk high school, Dr. Thompson, afterward Bishop, being at that time principal of the Norwalk schools. After completing his studies, Mr. James was ordained as a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The first year of his work was as an evangelist. Then he had charges at Sidney and in Hardin county. After his marriage, which occurred in 1843, he had a charge at Geneva, Sunbury, and other points, and in 1844 he moved to Nash- ville, Ohio. From 1845 until 1847 he was stationed at Melmore, and from 1847 to 1848 at Woodbury. In 1848 he bought his present farm, and here he has since resided, carrying on agricultural pursuits and also giving much of his time to the work of the ministry, he having since that date been a local preacher. In his political affiliations Mr. James has always been a Republican.
Mr. James was married September 28, 1843, to Martha Joy, a native of Delaware county, Ohio, and a daughter of Wilder and Martha (Smith) Joy. Her parents were early settlers of Delaware county, where they resided on a farm for many years and where they passed away; her father, born June 21, 1789, died at the age of seventy years; her mother, born September 19, 1788, died at the age of sixty-eight. Mr. and Mrs. James have had four children, viz. : Martha, deceased; A. W., of Mount Gilead; Edward M., a prominent farmer of this county, married Ollie Smith and has two children, Lockwith and Nellie; and Olivia, wife of Christian Stooenover, has one son, Roy.
ILLIAM N. OSBORN, Postmas- ter and farmer of Sparta, Morrow county, was born in a log house in Bloomfield township, June 24, 1824, a son of Thomas and Olive (Manning) Osborn. William N., the fifth child of his father's family, received his education in a log school-house, and assisted his father on the farm and in the mill until twenty years of age. He remained on the homestead for five years after his marriage. In 1850 he located on an unimproved farm in South Bloomfield township, and lived for two years in a log cabin. Mr. Osborn now owns 210 acres of well improved land. In polit- ical matters, he affiliates with the Demo- cratic party, and in 1894 was appointed Postmaster of Sparta. In 1856 he was elected Justice of the Peace, having held the position most of the time since, was Town- ship Trustee for a time, Constable four years, and also judge of elections. Socially he is a member of the Masonic order and
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the I. O. O. F., having been one of the first members of the latter order, No. 208, initi- ated at Sparta.
Mr. Osborn was married in 1845, to Harriet Dustin, a native of Ohio. They had three children: Melinda O., widow of William Jackson; Lucy J., wife of Miller Riley; and Ella, wife of Francis Harris. The wife and mother departed this life in 1863. For his second wife Mr. Osborn married Sarah Miller and they have had four children, namely: Delano, of Columbus, Ohio; David G., who resides on the old homestead; Mary, also at home, and Sam- uel C.
0 R. C. L. DALRYMPLE, a farm- er of Chester township, Morrow county, is a son of Jacob and Phœbe (Lewis) Dalrymple, natives of New Jersey. The father was born in 1797, a son of Robert Dalrymple, who came to ,Ohio in 1805, locating in Chester town- ship, then Knox county, where he was among the early pioneers. The maternal grandfather of our subject, William Lewis, came to Ohio about 1805, settling in Wayne township, Knox county. Mr. and Mrs. Dal- rymple were married in Ohio, and lived for a short time on a farm in this township, and then moved to Wayne township, Knox county, where the mother died at the age of fifty years, and the father at the age of ninety-three years. They were the parents of eight children, five now living: Aaron, Rhoda Ogden, Robert, C. L., and Minnie Douglas. The mother was a member of the Wayne Baptist Church.
Dr. C. L. Dalrymple, the subject of this sketch, was born in Wayne township, June 16, 1841. In 1862 he enlisted as a private
in Company G, One Hundred and Twenty- first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, was sent to Camp Mitchell, Covington, Kentucky, next to Louisville, and thence to Perryville. On account of sickness he spent some time in the hospital, and then returned home on a furlough. Rejoining his regiment at Colum- bus, Ohio, he was honorably discharged after nine inonths' service. After returning home Mr. Dalrymple spent one year at Mount Gilead, and was then a resident of Greenville, Ohio, until 1891, engaged in the insurance and real-estate business. He now owns fifty acres of fine farming land in Chester township, and in addition to his other interests is engaged in the practice of dentistry.
Dr. Dalrymple was married in 1870 to Maggie Doty, born in Greenville, Ohio, in 1845. Her death occurred in that city in 1885. They were the parents of three children, two now living, -Bertie and Rob- ert. The Doctor was again married, in 1891, to Kate Struble, a native of this county, and a daughter of William Struble, deceased. Mr. Dalrymple is a member of the Methodist Church, and his wife is a member of the Baptist Church. In political matters he affiliates with the Republican party, and socially is a member of the Ma- sonic order, of the blue lodge and chapter at Greenville, and of the commandery at Troy, Ohio.
S A. MOORE, a prominent resident of Delaware county, and late a director of the County Infirmary, was born in Morrow county, Ohio, February, 16, 1844, the son of Samuel and Priscenia (Thompson) Moore, the former a a native of Big Beaver county, Pennsyl-
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vania, and the latter of Athens county, Ohio. The Moore family is of Irish de- scent, and the Thompson family is of Ger- man origin. The paternal grandfather of our subject was an active participant in the war of 1812. Samuel Moore was engaged in farming, having been associated with agri- culturism from his early youth to the time of his death. Upon his marriage he located in Morrow county, where he made his home until 1851, when he removed to Radnor township, Delaware county, where he died at the age of seventy-three years. He was a man of intelligence and honor, and was was held in high esteem in the community where so many years of his life were passed. In politics he was originally a Whig, but upon the organization of the Republican party he cemented an allegiance to the same. His widow is still living, in Dela- ware county, and has attained the venerable age of eighty-two years. Three brothers of the Moore family married three sisters of the Thompson family; John wedded Eliza; Martha became the wife of Joseph; and Priscenia the wife of Samuel Moore. The brothers are all now deceased, but the sisters are still living. All of the sons of the three brothers were soldiers in the late war, except two who were physically dis- abled.
The parents of our subject had a family of children, of whom we offer a brief record, as follows: Martha A. is the wife of Henry Cox, of Radnor township; William N., who was a soldier in the One Hundred Forty- fifth Ohio Infantry, died in Henry county, Ohio; John T., who enlisted in Company E, Sixty-sixth Ohio Infantry, was captured June 9, 1862, at Port Republic, Virginia, and died on the last day of the succeeding month, in a rebel prison at Lynchburg,
Virginia; Samuel A. is the subject of this review; Rebecca P. Mayfield is a resident of Delaware county; Joseph Vinton was scalded to death at the age of four years; Ella is deceased; and Henry Moore is a resident of Delaware county.
At the age of seven years S. A. Moore became a resident of this county, where he has since maintained his home. He was reared on a farm and educated in the com- mon schools. During his younger years he learned the stonemason's trade which he has followed successfully to a greater or less ex- tent since. On the 2d of May, 1864, when twenty years of age, he joined Company A, One Hundred and Forty-fifth Ohio Infantry and served four months. He was also a member of the Ohio National Guards for five years.
Mr. Moore was married March 27, 1869 to Agnes Ann Ryder, daughter of James and Julia (Betts) Ryder, who were natives of Virginia. For a time her parents resided in Muscatine, Iowa, but afterward returned to Ohio, where the father died December 5, 1869, The mother is still living at the age of seventy-seven. Their family numbered nine children, six of whom are still living: Wilbur W., a soldier in an Iowa regiment; William P., who died in Virginia; James A., who served in the Sixth Virginia Cavalry for four years and is now living in Ross county, Ohio; Daniel, a member of the Fourteenth Virginia Infantry; Granville, twin brother of Daniel, was also a member of the Fourteenth Virginia Infantry, and is now a resident of Delaware, each having served three years; Mrs. Moore, the next younger; Isabel, now deceased; and Harvey, who makes his home in Sacramento, Cali- fornia.
Seven children grace the union of Mr.
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and Mrs. Moore: Thomas Preston, who married Miss Edith Hutchinson and lives in Concord township, Delaware county; Ho- mer O., who is with his parents; Charles Monroe, who wedded Minnie Jones; Eugene Clay; Myrtle May, twin sister to Eugene and the wife of Daniel H. Smart; Edna Vey, at home; and Frank Anderson, now deceased.
Mr. Moore is one of the leaders of the Republican party in this community and does all in his power to insure its success. In 1888 he was elected a director of the County Infirmary and held that office until January 7, 1895. His faithful discharge of the duties of this office secured to him such full confidence on the part of those whom he served that a fine banquet was tendered in his honor December 5, 1894, at the Children's Home. About seventy per- sons participated, including the secretary of the State Board of Charities, from Colum- bus. On the 21st of December the direct- ors of the infirmary presented to Mr. and Mrs. Moore a very fine set of upholstered chairs, in token of their respect and friend- ship. Mrs. Moore is a member of the Board of the Children's Home of Delaware. Our subject and his family belong to the United Brethren Church of Bell Point, and are in- terested in everything pertaining to the wel- fare of the community. Their home is on a good farm of 156 acres in Scioto township. This farm he rents, but he owns a half in- terest in 156 acres in Mill Creek township, Union county, and also owns 800 acres of land in Phelps county, Missouri, having lost most of his property in paying securi- ties, but with his characteristic honesty he paid all claims. Socially he is connected with the Grand Army of the Republic and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and
two of his sons belong to the Knights of Pythias. For some years he has been a member of the Soldiers' Relief Committee, and has spent much time and money in the interest of the old veterans, doing consider- able detective work in bringing to justice those parties who defrauded the veterans of the county out of about $18,000, and he is still continuing his devoted efforts in the line of securing to the "Boys in Blue" all that is due them. It will not be incongru- ous in this connection to incorporate a some- what more detailed mention in regard to the gigantic fraud and our subject's success- ful exposé of the same. On the 19th of January, 1894, he discovered the one claim of Mrs. Matilda Siegfried, widow of Peter Siegfried, Company E, Sixty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and on the 21st of said month he was empowered to proceed to col- lect the claim. This collection was made on the 23d of the same month. All the field was opened, all claims were investi- gated and many were collected. Numerous frauds were brought to light, and Mr. Moore has been indefatigable in bringing the guilty parties to justice and in securing to those deserving of bounty all that is due them. All records have been closely examined and much valuable information obtained. At the present time the two fraudulent manip- ulators are in the hands of the law and will soon pay the penalty for their wrong-doing. Thus our subject has done much to bring about an honest dispensation in the consid- ering of bounty claims in the county, in in- suring to the deserving claimants their just recompense and in forefending farther op- erations in the line of concessions upon fraudulent claims.
In manner Mr. Moore is pleasant and genial and is very popular with all classes of
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people. The greater part of his life has been passed in this county, and those who have known him from his youth are num- bered among his best friends.
ILLIAM ROWE, one of the lead- ing citizens of Porter township, Delaware county, was born on the farm where he now lives, Feb- ruary 27, 1861, a son of John Rowe. The latter was born in Cornwall, England, and came to the United States when twenty- nine years of age. He was married, at Mount Vernon, Ohio, to Elizabeth Sherman, a native of Bedford, England. After resid- ing on a farm in Knox county, near Mount Vernon, they located on the place where our subject still resides, the same then con- sisting of seventy-five acres. By industry and good management they accumulated a fine landed estate of 578 acres, all under a fine state of cultivation. Mr. and Mrs. Rowe had eleven children, six now living, viz .: John H., Elizabeth Huddleson, Eliza Barker, W. M., Frank and Fanny Miller. The deceased children were: Samuel, Levina A., Sarah, Emma and a babe un- named. The mother departed this life in 1889, at the age of seventy-three years, and the father died in 1891 aged eighty years. He was a life-long farmer, was identified with the Republican party, and was a mem- ber of the Methodist Church.
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