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Universalist Churches
175
V
Village Plats 393
Violent Storms 398
Virginia Military Reservation 25
W
War .Meetings
219
War of 1812
208
Waterford 357
Wayne Baptist Church 173
Wayne Lodge No. 303, K. P. 206
Wayne Township
381
Wearing Apparel, Early 62
Wesleyan Methodists 169
West, Judge, William H. 399
Western Reserve 25
Western Watchman 142
Westminster Academy 115
Whisky and Pioneers
61
Wolf Traps
68
Wooden Railroad
104
Y
Young Men's Christian Ass'n
283
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
A
Ackerman, Louis B.
715
Ackley, Solon B. 621
Alan, John S.
447
Allen, George
857
Allen, Henry A.
576
Amos, Frederick
867
Amos, John F.
866
Anderson, Robert
C.
830
Arndt, George D.
454
Arndt, John L.
454
B
Banbury, Harry
0
871
Banbury, John C. 872
Barber, Clark M.
823
Beach, Charles H.
856
Beal, Joseph
496
Beal, Michael
499
Beam, Frank L. 826
Beaty, John
655
Beck, Charles A.
653
Beggs, Edward C.
642
Bell, J. Edward
807
Bell, Lloyd M.
721
Bennett, Frank L. 635
Bennett, George W. 788
Bermont, Charles L.
695
Berry, Patrick A.
555
Best, Sylvester R.
754
Bishop, Allen S. 583
Bishop, Charles L. 816
Bishop, Clayton H. 582
Bishop, Fred C.
815
Blackburn, Charles W.
894
Blue, Clem L. V.
734
Blue, Hamilton 735
Boggs, Coleman E.
516
Clements. Rollin S.
670
Bone, John H. 781
Bottenfield, John
507
Bottenfield, W. L.
507
Bounds, William A.
656
Braddock, Levi S.
874
Bradfield, Levi S. 751
Breece, Adam G.
572
Breece, Cassie
571
Breece, Ellsworth W. 681
Britton, Legrand
659
Britton, Lewis
660
Brown, Arthur W. 663
Brown, Elmer J.
784
Brown, James M.
891
Brown, James S.
892
Brown, John
818
Bryant, Jacob M.
626
Bunn, Harry S.
634
Burger, Jacob
468
Burger, Levi S.
468
Burgess, L. H.
806
Busenburg, J. B.
861
Butler, Wilson W.
577
Buxton, William T.
877
C
Callihan, J. W.
86S
Campbell, Francis W.
512
Carlisle, William M.
592
Carpenter, William N.
565
Caywood, John
772
Caywood, Leander
772
Cessna, John R.
489
Cessna, John W.
865
Cessna, Newton S.
865
Cessna, William
490
Chappelear, Herschel J.
606
Clark, Samuel
840
Claypool, John R.
581
Clements, Christopher C.
570
Clutter, David P.
736
Cochran, Frank M.
691
Cochran, John M.
829
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
Coe, Charles W. 59S
Colgin, James 480
Collopy. Joseph H. SS1
Colville, Charles F.
486
Colwill, John T.
S04
Colwill, Simon
S05
Cooksey, Uriah T.
Cooper, John
616
Cooper, William C.
543
Cover, Perry L.
488
Cover, Upton A.
483
Coyner, Rev. David H. 442
Coyner, George
441
Critchfield, Charles E. 434
Cromley, L. Tate
661
Crumley, Albert W.
6SB
Cunningham, John
792
D
Davis. Alva B. 789
Delong, Benjamin F. S544
Delong, John
855
Devin, Henry C.
742
Devin, Joseph C.
743
629
Dodd, Stephen B. 460
Dowds, Alva A. 649
Dowds, Elijah W. 457
Dowds. Sheridan G.
456
Dudgeon, Chris. E.
464
Dudgeon, Scott
893
Dudgeon, Timothy
464
Durbin, Clement E.
833
E
Eastman, James W. 519
Eastman, Newton R. 518
Eley, Thurman L. 646
Elliott, James
669
Elliott, Orange H. GGS
Ewalt, Henry 586
Ewalt, John M.
Ewers, George J.
474
Farmer, Walter B. 733
Farmer, Warren 896
Ferenbaugh, Burchard B.
624
Ferenbaugh, Leo 624
Fish, Simon B. 511
Flack, Samuel 767
Frizzell, Isaiah H.
786
G
Gaines, Robert S. 472
Gaines, Thomas B. 473
Geitgey, Alverdo A. 902
Giflin, Robert
524
Gorsuch, William L. 812
Gray, Charles M. 652
Gray, George W. 531
Gray, James E. 530
Grubb, Charles M. 724
Grubb, Henry
810
H
Hagan, Oliver C. 703
Hamilton, Edwin F. 825
Hamilton, George S. 513
Hamilton, William
514
1 Harmer, Isaac S. 580
Harper, Franklin 557
Harper, Lecky
557
Harris, George A. 515
Harris, Jesse
524
Harris, John C. 524
Harris, Osmer J. 504
Harter, George S. 612
Hayden, Charles D.
752
Hayes, Charles W. 694
Heard, George H. 762
Hickinbotham, John A. 483
Hildreth, Charles M.
714
Hildreth, Washington 784
Hollister, Elmer E. 466
Holmes, Harry 596
Hook, George E. 462
Ilorn, Benton C. 740
Horn, Joseph 735
Hosack, William A. 699
Houck, Lewis B.
677
Howell, Edmund C.
509
Howell, Hezekiah 509
Hull, Rev. William E. 436
Hunter, Archie D. 731
Hunter, Richard 842
Hunter, Ross E.
729
Hyatt, George W.
739
Conard, Charles K.
680
731
Dial, Lee
1
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
I
Iams, Charles C. 149
Israel, James 444
Israel, Samuel 446
Israel, Samuel H. 674
J
Jackson, Charles B. 505
Jackson, Edward 79.0
Jackson, George
505
Jackson, VanBuren
496
Jackson, Will H.
195
Jacobs, Henry M. 591
Johnson, Isaac S.
889
Johnson, James
553
Johnson, Walter B.
552
Jones, Goshorn A.
439
K
Kerr, Scott D. 685
Kirk, Desault B. 538
Kirk, Robert C.
548
L
LaPorte, George P. 601
Larimore, Frank C. 545
Larimore, Isaac P. 795
Larimore, Joseph M. 791
Larimore, Robert
546
Layman, Stanley A. 869
Leatherman, William T. 717
Leedy, Abraham
S53
Leedy, Isaac
852
Leedy, William H. 870
Leonard, James L.
700
Lepley, Jacob
770
Levering, Frank 452
Levering, John Cook
Levering, Noah
452
Lewis, William
827
Limbaugh, Edward C. 8S6
Litzenberg, John E. 822
Litzenberg, John 822
Lloyd, John B. 741
Logsdon, Charles C. 602
Loney, John 537
Loney, John C. 537
Loney, William C.
535
Lytle, Mortimor E.
706
Mc
McCamment, John S. 843
McCormick, Joseph 615
McGee, William
640
McIntire, Alfred R.
697
McIntire, Rollin R. 702
Mckinley, John L. 568
McMannis, Curtis E.
622
McMillan, Joseph
779
McNabb, George W.
753
M
Mahan, Loran E.
478
Marple, George I .. 712
Martin, George R. 906
Martin, Milton P.
905
May, William H. 759
Meyers, Max 470
Mild, William
638
Miller, Irving C.
747
Miser, J. E. 859
Mitchell, Charles A. 563
Mitchell, James W. S. S62
Mitchell, John A.
563
Mitchell, Rollin C. 609
Mitchell, Torrence
481
Mitchell, William 609
Mitchell, William H. 783
Mitchell, William M.
525
Mizer, Alfred L.
851
Mizer, John 851
Mizer, Lloyd O. S50
Moree, Cassius B. 689
Morey, Corwin D. 465
Motz, Gottlieb
498
Motz, John M.
497
Mulhane, Rev. Lawrence W.
748
N
Neal, George D.
560
Neal, Hugh
766
Neiderhauser, Robert 897
Nicholls, Daniel
841
Nixon, Isabelle B.
651
Nixon, Michael
655
0
Oberholtzer, Dillman
C.
719
Owen, Frank V.
756
450
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
P
Padgett, Frank O. 666
Paige, Warren T. 803
Parker, Peter J. 692
Parr, Silas
708
Pelker, William P.
883
Penn, John 529
Penn, Lawrence C. 764
Penn, William
528
Pennell, William W.
431
Pfouts, John J.
673
Purdy, Elijah
476
Purdy, Richard D.
476
R
Ransom, Oscar
814
Reed, John A. 900
Rice, Clinton M. 604
Riley, James
527
Riley, Walter C.
527
Rine, Emanuel
726
Rine, Henry
727
Rine, Rudolph
728
Robinson, William L.
684
Rockwell, William C.
745
Russell, John W.
619
S
St. Luke's Church, Danville
502
Salisbury, Charles K. 676
Sapp, Burgess E. 873
Schooler, Clark
722
Scott, Adam
522
Scott, James 485
Scott, James L. 485
Scott, Lewis B.
522
Semple, William F.
687
Severns, French W. 607
Sevits, Irven
777
Sevits, Stephen W. 627
Shellenbarger, Charles B. 844
Shellenbarger, Harry N. 848
Shrontz, John F.
493
Silcott, William A. 631
Simmons, Amaziah H. 658
Simpson, James A. 573
Singrey, Fred L.
534
Sipe, Almanza R.
644
Smith, Homer C.
661
Smith, John T. 458
Smith, Joseph B. 459
Snyder, William 860
Sperry, George W. 500
Sperry, Peter W. 501
Stillwell, Francis M. 541
Stillwell, L. C. 541
Stinemetz, John B.
588
Stitzlein, Adam 876
Stonebrook, John E. 769
Stonehocker, John J. 521
Stonehocker, W. W.
520
Struble, David W. 632
Struble, John D. 633
Swartz, John W.
796
Swetland, Clarence D. 469
Syler, Harvey
817
T
Trogus, Rev. Otto P. 502
Tulloss, Benjamin F. 847
Tulloss, Charles R.
491
Tulloss, Ernest C.
888
Tulloss, George W.
837
Tulloss, Richard S.
493
Tulloss, William
492
V
Van Horn, Jasper
820
Vannatta, Charles O.
802
Vannatta, Samuel T.
800
Vincent, Judson
647
W
Wagner, George P. 738
Wagner, Henry 799
Wagner, William
H.
798
Waight, John B.
438
Ward, Joe M. 595
Ward, John F.
879
Ward, Rufus
879
Ward, William L. 594
Welker, Andrew D.
550
Welker, William E. 551
Welsh, William J.
761
Wenger, Joseph 611
Wheaton, Avery 899
Williams, Rev. Albert B.
566
Williams, Lester L.
637
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
Wilson, Hodgson 864
Y
Wilson, John M. 710
Winterringer, Jesse B. 835
Winterringer, John C. 835
Wolfe, John 845
Woodruff, John F. 809
Workman, Hiram W.
590
Workman, Joseph
672
Workman, Lyman
671
Workman, Stephen
590
Wyant, Burr A.
885
Young, Charles A. 775
Young, Charles R. 832
Young, Frank E.
776
Young, Harry C.
532
Young, Silas
832
Z
Zeig, Frank B.
574
Milian A Pennell.
BIOGRAPHICAL
WILLIAM W. PENNELL, M. D.
The man who devotes his talents and energies to the noble work of ad- ministering to the ills and alleviating the sufferings of humanity is pursuing a calling which, in dignity, importance and beneficial results, is second to no other. If true to his profession and earnest in his efforts to enlarge his sphere of usefulness, he is indeed a benefactor to his kind, for to him more than to any other man are entrusted the safety, the comfort, and, in many instances, the lives of those who place themselves under his care and profit by his services. Standing in the front rank of Knox county's professional man is Dr. William W. Pennell, of Mt. Vernon, who is not only held in high esteem for his professional ability, but for his public-spirited nature, his wholesome private and social life, and that he has become one of the influential citizens of the locality of which this history treats, although a comparative newcomer.
Doctor Pennell, the third son of Hugh and Martha A. (Liggett) Pen- nell, was born at Benton, Holmes county, Ohio, February 2, 1853. His father was a native of Maryland, his mother of Pennsylvania, both being of English descent. These parents came to Ohio as young people, were married in Holmes county and there settled and spent the rest of their lives. Hugh Pennell was a harness manufacturer; politically, he strongly opposed the fugitive slave law by assisting to operate the "underground railroad," a matter which required some courage in his locality. He was the first Re- publican postmaster appointed in Holmes county after the election of Presi- dent Lincoln. A man of strong convictions, he had the courage of advo- cating what he believed to be right, and this was the basis of his influence. He died in November, 1900, and his widow joined him in the Summerland in January, 1910.
Doctor Pennell was reared in Holmes county, in the atmosphere of a Christian home, and was educated in the schools of his native county. He began life by teaching school, and, having an ambition to become a physician,
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but penniless and already inured to frugality, he followed teaching while prosecuting his medical studies under the preceptorship of Dr. Isaac H. Hague, of Nashville, with whom he remained four years, not hesitating to perform any service to further the fulfillment of his ambition. He received the degree of Doctor of Medicine in February, 1875, from the medical department of the University of Wooster at Cleveland, and immediately associated himself with Doctor Hague in the practice of medicine at Nash- ville. In April, 1875, he married Melvina M. Williams, daughter of James and Mercy ( Morgan) Williams, of Monroe township, Holmes county, and, in October, 1876, succeeded his preceptor at Nashville. In 1882 Adelbert College, of the Western Reserve, conferred on him the ad eundem degree of Doctor of Medicine. In 1884, after a post-graduate course in special studies at Philadelphia, he moved to Fredericktown, Knox county, where he re- mained in the successful practice of his profession until 1904, when, wishing to enlarge his sphere of work, he again pursued a post-graduate course on special lines, this time in New York, and then located at No. 205 North Main street, Mount Vernon. Here he has maintained his residence, busy with the affairs of his work. Although specializing in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat, it is demanded of him to do a vast amount of general practice. It is not too much to say that his professional reputation is wide- spread and his opinion sought and esteemed. By nature a student, it has been easy for him to keep abreast of the times in all that pertains to his vocation and allied subjects, and to preserve a full survey of matters in general.
Doctor Pennell is a member of the Knox County Medical Society, serv- ing as temporary chairman during its present organization, and once its delegate to the Ohio State Medical Association; a member and ex-first vice- president of the Ohio State Medical Association, member and ex-president Ohio State Pediatric Society, member of the Mississippi Valley Medical Association, the American Medical Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Association for the Prevention and Cure of Tuberculosis, and, in all, has presented some thirty acceptable and valuable papers to state and national societies in the past twenty-five years. A member of the first Pan-American Medical Congress, which met at Washington, D. C., in 1893, he was one of the delegates from the United States to the fifth congress, which met at Guatemala City, Guate- mala, Central America, in 1908, and presented an able paper before that body.
The Doctor is a literary man of no mean ability, having a clear, force- ful style that grips his readers with the neat-rounded message he has to
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convey. Aside from his contributions to medical literature, he has written "Poetical Compositions," a pleasing metrical volume, revealing that rhythm and poesy are in his essence; "The Buckeye Doctor," a tale of the struggles and final triumph of a young doctor in the earlier days of medicine in Ohio- racy, humorous, sincere, pathetic ; "Jonas Hawley," a politico-social novel, abounding in references to historical conditions in Ohio during the Civil war, especially the Brough-Vallandigham campaign; "Dan," the romance of a nameless boy, his adventures, experiences, and triumphs, in vindicating his mother, is forthcoming and is awaited by a widening circle of admirers among whom the Doctor has become popular. Among his shorter produc- tions that have been published in the magazines are, "Not the King's Will," a story of the Babylonian captivity; "Mixing Medicine and Law," an epi- sode of medical practice which might be duplicated by scores of physicians, and "Sammy's Substitute," the story of a boy who was curiously rewarded for faithful service.
A Presbyterian in religious belief, Doctor Pennell is, politically, a Re- publican; and, while he has always taken a good citizen's interest in public matters, he has never sought the emoluments of public office. Educational affairs appealed to him differently, however, for, while living at Frederick- town, he was elected to the board of education several successive terms. Here it pleased him to see the public schools rise to a high plane of useful- ness, and, for the ten years that he served as president of the board of edu- cation, gave his efforts to that end. Fraternally, he is a Mason. A member of Thrall Lodge No. 170, at Fredericktown, he served it as master for four years ; of Clinton Chapter, Royal Arch Masons ; Kinsman Council, Royal and Select Masters, and Clinton Commandery, Knights Templar, at Mt. Vernon; of Aladdin Temple, Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; Columbus Chapter, Rose Croix H. R. D. M., eighteenth degree, Valley of Columbus; and of Ohio Sovereign Consistory, S. P. R. S., thirty-second de- gree, Cincinnati, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite.
The Doctor has been twice married. To his first union two daughters and one son were born, all at Nashville: Edna E., now Sister Cecilia, Order of St. Anne, Arlington Heights, Massachusetts; Carroll Celsus died in in- fancy ; Adah Aline, wife of J. Handel Williams, editor of the Republican- Record, Washington C. H., Ohio, who has presented her father with two grandsons and two grandaughters. The wife and mother passed to her rest in October, 1903, after a long period of sickness. In April, 1908, the Doctor was again married, uniting with Mrs. Emma J. Seiler, daughter of E. Casteel, late of Hayesville, Ohio.
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Personally the Doctor is a genial, high-minded, progressive and hon- orable gentleman whom it is a pleasure to meet; profound scholar, versatile writer, able physician and surgeon; an unassuming representative of the masses. The comfortable home of the Pennells, at No. 205 North Main street, presided over by the pleasing personality of the wife, contains all the elements of cheer and hospitality.
JUDGE CHARLES E. CRITCHFIELD.
Examples that impress force of character on all who study them are worthy of record. By a few general observations may be conveyed some idea of the high standing of Judge Charles E. Critchfield, of Mt. Vernon, as an attorney, a man of affairs and a citizen and public benefactor. United in his composition are so many elements of a solid and practical nature. which during a series of many decades have brought him into prominent notice and earned for him a conspicuous place among the enterprising and scholarly men of the county honored by his residence, that it is but just recognition of his worth to speak at some length of his life and achieve- ments, although he is conservative and unpretentious, caring little for the admiring plaudits of men, satisfied if he is conscious of doing his duty well in the several relations of life.
Judge Critchfield is the scion of a sterling old pioneer family and he himself may be referred to as a connecting link between the pioneer epoch and the present, having spent his long, active and useful life in this locality whose interests he has ever had at heart and which he has ever sought to promulgate, playing an important role in the drama of civilization. He was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, near the Knox county line, on November 25, 1836, and he is the son of Charles and Matilda (Butler) Critchfield. The great-grandfather of the subject, who was of German lineage, fought in the Revolutionary war. The grandfather, William Critchfield, was born in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, from which he emigrated to Knox county, Ohio, in 1812 when this section was but a forest wilderness and yet the haunts of wild beasts and the home of the red man. He was an honored and influential pioneer and aided materially in laying the foundation for the pros- perity and civilization that was to follow. Charles Critchfield, father of the Judge, was also born in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, and he emigrated to Knox county, Ohio, with his parents in 1812, later moving to Coshocton county, where his son, Charles E., of this review, was born. Twelve years
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later he returned with his family to Knox county and located upon a farm which is still in possession of his descendants. He followed farming on a large scale during the active years of his life, and was widely known as an enterprising agriculturist and honorable citizen. His wife, Matilda Butler, was the daughter of Benjamin Butler, who came from Virginia to Ohio, and who, with Joseph Walker and Thomas Bell Patterson, at one time owned the site of Mt. Vernon, and who laid out the town here in 1805. So on both the paternal and maternal sides of the house, Judge Critchfield is a representative of worthy pioneer stock, intimately identified with the history of the city and county from its earliest days, and he has ever striven to keep untarnished the bright escutcheon of an honored family name.
The literary education of Charles E. Critchfield was obtained in the home schools, as already intimated, and while he did not enjoy, so extensive advantages of many of the present day, he made the most of every oppor- tunity and laid a broad and secure foundation for the subsequent structure. When a young man he began reading law in the office of Major William R. Sapp, of Mt. Vernon, and in 1865 he was admitted to the bar and opened an office in Mt. Vernon, and with the exception of the years when he was in official positions he has practiced here ever since, covering a period of forty- six years, which have been replete with honor and a very high degree of success such as few attain and none of his contemporaries have surpassed. It was not his nature to occupy any mediocre position, but his ambition was to excel and, with "his wagon hitched to a star," he has ever striven for the highest and best. By thorough preparation, profound study and research and absolute devotion to his calling and the cause of his clients, he early in his career won an envied place in his profession. He has followed a gen- eral practice in all the courts of the state and United States courts. In 1869 he was elected probate judge of Knox county and served two consecutive terms of three years each and again after an interval of three years he was re-elected for a third term, thus serving nine years, in a manner that not only reflected much credit upon himself but also won the hearty approval of all concerned, irrespective of party alignment, and it is doubtful if the county ever had, before or since, a more able official in this capacity and one who discharged his duties with greater fidelity and alacrity. He has also filled other important public positions, always in a manner that proved the wis- dom of his selection. He has been a life-long Democrat and always loyal to the principles of the party. During President Cleveland's second admin- istration he served as postmaster at Mt. Vernon from 1893 to 1897. In 1889 he was elected representative from Knox county to the state Legisla-
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ture and during his term participated in the election of Calvin S. Brice to the United States Senate. He won the admiration of his colleagues and the hearty approval of his constituents while in the House and added additional luster to an already distinguished name in the Buckeye state.
Judge Critchfield was married in 1862 to Amanda Vincent, daughter of Alexander and Eliza (McElroy) Vincent, of Washington county, Pennsyl- vania, who came to Ohio in an early day and located on a farm in Knox county, where they became well established and highly respected. Two children have been born to the Judge and wife, Charles Vincent, manager of the Mt. Vernon electric light and power plant, and Nellie, the estimable daughter.
Few men have a wider acquaintance and are more favorably known than Judge Critchfield. In this community, where his entire life has been spent, his high character, his marked ability, his sterling worth and his fidelity to duty in public life commands the consideration and high regard of his fellow men, which they have ever very freely accorded, honoring him as one of the notable men of his day and generation, as he justly deserves, in this section of Ohio.
REV. WILLIAM E. HULL.
Success is only achieved by the exercise of certain distinguishing quali- ties, and it can not be retained without effort. Those by whom great epoch changes have been made in the religious, political and business world began early in life to prepare themselves for their peculiar duties and re- sponsibilities and it was only by the most persevering and continuous en- deavor that they succeeded in rising superior to the obstacles in their way and reaching the goal of their ambition. Such lives are an inspiration to others who are less courageous and more prone to give up the fight before their ideal is reached or definite success in any chosen field has been attained. In the life history of Rev. William E. Hull, the able and popular pastor of St. Paul's Episcopal church, at Mt. Vernon, Ohio, we find evidence of a peculiar characteristic that always makes for achievement-persistency, coupled with fortitude and lofty traits, and as a result of his useful, con- sistent and unselfish life he is one of Knox county's most highly esteemed, influential and best known citizens, a man whom to know is to respect and admire, owing to his scholarly attainments, his faithfulness in his efforts to ameliorate the condition of his fellow men, and his abandonment of worldly
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ambitions in his efforts to follow in the footprints of the lowly Nazarene, content merely in doing His will, with no thought of reward or plaudits of those with whom he labors here.
Rev. Mr. Hull was born November 23, 1858, at Hartwick Seminary, Otsego county, New York, the scion of a sterling old family of the Empire state, being the son of William and Elizabeth (Skinner) Hull, both natives of the state of New York. The father was for many years a well known minister in the English Evangelical Lutheran church. He was a man of great learning and rare strength of character; he spent his life in church work in the state of New York and he did a wonderful amount of good there during his day and generation. He and his wife have both passed to their rewards.
William E. Hull was educated in a preparatory school at Hartwick, New York, later entered Wittenberg College at Springfield, Ohio, from which institution he was graduated with the class of 1884. Early in life he evinced a laudable ambition to enter the ministry and after his college course he entered the Theological Seminary at Hartwick, New York, where he made a splendid record, and then entered the ministry in the church of his father, in which he remained for ten years. He was pastor of the church of the English Evangelical Lutheran church at Cobleskill, New York, where he remained four and one-half years, when he came to Ohio and was pastor of a church of the same denomination at Bellefontaine for four years. In 1897 he. transferred his church allegiance from the English Evangelical Lutheran church to the Episcopal church, and became rector of the Episco- pal church at Bucyrus, Ohio, where he remained a year and a half, then, in September, 1899, he came to Mt. Vernon as rector of St. Paul's Episcopal church, one of the earliest churches of the denomination in the state, hav- ing been organized in 1826. Here he still continues to labor for the Master. Like all the charges he has been given, Rev. Mr. Hull has greatly strength- ened and built up the congregation here and has won his way into the hearts of the people, not only in his own congregation, but the general public as well. He has always been a profound student and is fearless in his advocacy of whatever he deems to be right, is broad-minded, whole-souled and pro- gressive, alert, painstaking and energetic, and as a pulpit orator he is earn- est, logical and often truly eloquent, never failing to hold his audience in rapt attention.
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