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George W. Tulloss was reared on the home farm and was educated in the common schools of the township and the normal school at Utica, Ohio, which his brothers and sisters also attended. He followed school teaching for ten years in Morgan county, Miller township.
Mr. Tulloss was married on September 20, 1883, to Rilla Boner, daugh- ter of Matthew and Hannah ( Dallrymple) Boner, the father a prominent citizen of Wayne township and influential in all public matters, a prosperous farmer. Mr. Boner's death occurred in May, 1900, at the age of sixty-nine years, but his widow survives. Mr. Boner spent his entire life in this home. The union of Mr. and Mrs. Tulloss has been without issue.
In September, 1883, Mr. Tulloss took charge of the old Boner home, which has been in possession of this family for many years and was one of
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the first farms settled in Wayne township, originally known as the Lewis farm, Mr. Lewis having purchased one thousand acres from the government. William Boner, grandfather of Mrs. Tulloss, purchased a part of the original tract from Mr. Lewis. Eliphalet Lewis, son of the original purchaser of the land, bought two hundred acres of the original tract from his father ; he came out from New Jersey and settled on it. He reared a family of seven children and here he spent the rest of his life. Then William Boner, who was a widower, married the widow Lewis, and to this union two children wer born, Mathew, the father of Mrs. Tulloss, was the son. and Avarilla was the daughter, who became the wife of Ambrose Dallrymple, of Morrow county.
There are one hundred and sixty-five acres of most excellent land in the farm originally owned by Mr. Boner. Mr. Tulloss has kept it well improved and under a high state of cultivation He has an inviting modern home and large convenient outbuildings. The residence stands upon an elevation com- manding a fine view of South Fork valley of Owl creek, one of the most fertile valleys in the county. Here he has successfully engaged in general farming and stock raising and feeding. He raises all the feed he can on his farm for his own stock; however, about five years ago he rented his farm and has since lived practically retired, merely superintending his farm in a gen- eral way. He also has other interests, having been very successful in a busi- ness way.
Mr. Tulloss is a regularly ordained minister of the old-school Baptist church, being pastor of the Wayne Baptist church, which was organized in 1810 and is still an organized congregation. In later years Mr. Tulloss has not been actively engaged in the ministry, but he and his wife are still ad- herents of that church and have done much good through their work in the same. Fraternally, he belongs to Wayne Grange No. 262, Patrons of Hus- bandry, and he has been deputy state master of the state grange for Knox county, having held this office for four years, during which period he has organized many new granges, the county having been well organized prior to his incumbency.
Politically, he is a Republican, and he has always kept thoroughly in- formed on public questions, and has been a frequent attendant to party cau- cuses and active in elections, but never an office seeker. He has served as a member of the township board of elections and has always been interested in educational matters. He is a splendid gentleman personally and is popit- lar with the people, for they know he stands for progress and wholesomeness in all relations of life.
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SAMUEL CLARK.
Among the citizens of Knox county whose lives have been led along such worthy lines of endeavor that they have endeared themselves to their fellow citizens, thereby being eligible for representation in a volume of this nature, is the gentleman whose name appears above. He is one of the coterie of enterprising citizens who have come to us from the Empire state and have done so much in forwarding our interests along material and civic lines.
Samuel Clark, of Mt. Vernon, was born on June 7, 1858, in New York state, and he is the son of Frederick and Marian (Swallow) Clark. The father, a carpenter and contractor, who died in New York state, was re- garded as a high-grade workman and an honorable man. After his death the widow, with her son, Samuel, came to Knox county in 1876. She is now deceased.
The son. Samuel, of this review, learned the carpenter's trade under his father, and also the stone mason's trade before leaving New York. in which state he grew up and was educated. He accompanied the mother to Mt. Vernon and here engaged in carpentering and contracting, and the business of moving buildings and is still actively and successfully engaged in the same line of work and also the erection of heavy engines and machinery. His work in this line has taken him into eighteen states and also into most of the provinces of Canada ; he has been especially busy in British Columbia. He recently performed a task never before attempted in the United States, that of moving some glass furnaces at Barnesville, Ohio, and the work was successfully accomplished, as have been all of his undertakings in this line. Few men are better known in this special work and none are better equipped for the same. His services are in constant and ever-increasing demand. He is a man of energy and push, few propositions are too diffi- cult for him and he never "starts anything he can't finish."
Mr. Clark was married on April 15. 189, to Lucy Minard, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Glasner) Minard, of Knox county, a well known . and highly respected family. The father was a native of Tuscarawas county. this state, and the mother of Knox county; they were among the pioneers of the county. The father was an expert cabinet maker and he assisted in finishing the building of Kenyon College at Gambier. He was a soldier in the Civil war and his death was finally due to ailments contracted in the service. He did not survive many years after the war. His wife is also deceased.
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Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Clark, three sons and one daughter, namely : Catherine, now Mrs. Lewis Atherton, of Mt. Vernon; Clarence is married and living in Mt. Vernon; Herbert is also married and living in Mt. Vernon; Amos B. is attending school here.
Politically, Mr. Clark is a Republican and always takes an active in- terest in public matters, but he has never been an office seeker and has never held office. He is an advocate of honesty and efficiency in pub- lic affairs. He is a member of the Knights of the Golden Eagle, the Modern Woodmen of America, and Moose Lodge. He and his family affiliate with the Christian church. They have a pleasant and attractive home at No. 907 West Gambier street, Mt. Vernon. The Clarks are popular among the best people of the county.
DANIEL NICHOLLS.
The farm of Daniel Nicholls, in Jackson township, Knox county, is not as large as are some belonging to his neighbors, nevertheless he has brought it to a high state of tillage and by industry and successful manage- ment realizes as much from his acres as many do from places of much larger area. His improvements are all first class and the care and skill with which he prosecutes his labors show him to be well versed in agricultural science, with the ability to reduce the same to largest practical account. However, he is now living in practical retirement after a long and busy career and a life of honest endeavor.
Mr. Nicholls is a scion of a sterling old pioneer family, and he was born on the farm on which he still resides, on January 8, 1837. He is the son of Thomas and Susanna ( Hendricks) Nicholls. The paternal grand- parents, Daniel and Amelia Nicholls, were natives of Maryland, from which state they moved to West Virginia very early and there they spent the rest of their lives. The maternal grandparents, George and Martha ( Criswell) Hendricks, were of Dutch descent and they lived in West Virginia and died there. The parents of the subject of this sketch were born, reared and married in Brooke county, West Virginia. Thomas Nicholls devoted his life to farming, and in 1829 moved to Knox county, Ohio, and purchased a farm in Jackson township of one hundred and ninety acres. This he cleared and improved, at least the major portion of it. Previous to coming here he farmed in West Virginia. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. He spent the rest of his life in Knox county and became very well established
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through his industry. His death occurred on March 3, 1883, at the advanced age of ninety-one years, he having been born on November 1, 1792. His wife lived to be about seventy-eight years of age. He led a quiet life ; was a Democrat in politics, but never an aspirant for public office. His family consisted of nine children, four of whom are living.
Daniel Nicholls was reared on the home farm, where he began work- ing very early, and received his education in the common schools of his vi- cinity. He began life for himself by farming on the home place, and he bought the interests of the other heirs, and he is now the owner of one hundred and fifteen acres, which he has made a good living on by general farming and stock raising. He is a member of Ohio Lodge No. 199, Free and Accepted Masons, also the Grange. His wife belongs to the Disciples church.
Mr. Nicholls was married on October 14, 1866, to Caroline McNulty McCamment, a native of Knox county and the daughter of John S. and Sarah McCamment, the father a native of Virginia and the mother of Ohio. He came to Knox county in an early day and purchased a farm on which he remained and reared his children, five in number, and four of them are living at this writing. To Mr. and Mrs. Nicholls one child was born, a daughter, Arla Belle, now the wife of Hon. Lewis B. Houck, a prom- inent lawyer of Mount Vernon, Ohio, mentioned elsewhere in this work. A complete sketch of John S. McCamment and his family is found on an- other page of this work.
RICHARD HUNTER.
One of the first pioneer settlers of Knox county, Ohio, was Richard Hunter, who emigrated from Virginia in 1812 and settled on five hundred acres of government land along the Mohican river, south of Brinkhaven. He cleared part of the land that year and in the following year he visited his old home in Virginia. During this visit he married Elizabeth Hyatt, who accompanied him back to their new home in Ohio. Eight children were born to them, none of whom are living now.
Richard Hunter, Jr., became the next possessor of this land; however, he owned only three hundred and fifty acres of it, one hundred and fifty acres having been sold before it came into his possession. He lived his en- tire life on this farm, dying in 1891. In 1851 he was married to Lavina Workman. To this union were born five children, four of whom reside in
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Knox county. They are, Ross, who owns part of the home place; Norman, who resides in Buckeye City ; Mrs. C. H. Biggs, who lives on a farm south of Buckeye City ; Dr. H. Hunter, of Columbus, Ohio, and Osborn, who lives on a farm south of Buckeye City.
JOHN S. McCAMMENT.
Few men of a past generation in southeastern Knox county left be- hind them a more indelible imprint of their characteristics or could claim more loyal friends than the late John S. McCamment, who, after a long. useful and industrious life, closed his eyes on earthly scenes in a sleep that wakes not to toil, leaving behind him a comfortable competence, a host of warm friends, and, what is more to be desired than riches or honor, an un- tarnished reputation and a good name.
Mr. McCamment was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, Oc- tober 14, 1818, and was the son of Andrew and Rebecca (Strain) McCam- ment, also natives of that county and state. The father was a soldier in the war of 1812. He was a farmer by occupation, and he became the owner of considerable land. It was about 1819 that he brought his family to Knox county, Ohio, the mother carrying their son, John S., of this sketch, he being a mere child, and riding horseback all the way from Washington county, Pennsylvania. The father entered land from the government, which he cleared, and by years of hard toil developed a good farm and established a good home where he and his wife spent the balance of their lives. They were the parents of nine children, all of whom grew to maturity, but only one is living today. The country was new when the family came here and they underwent the usual hardships incident to pioneer life.
John S. McCamment was educated in the district schools of Knox county and was reared on the home farm, taking up farming for a liveli- hood. The country was new in those days and he was familiar with the hard work of the early settlers, but he never quailed at hard work and ob- stacles, so succeeded as a general farmer and stock raiser. About 1840 he moved to where his son and daughter now live, buying eighty acres in Jack- son township, which he proceeded to clear and improve and made a very comfortable home there in which he spent the balance of his life, dying in 1890, his widow surviving until September 15, 1901.
Politically, Mr. McCamment was a Democrat and was always active
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in public affairs. He served as county commissioner for three years and as county infirmary director for three years, and was a justice of the peace for thirty years, proving to be a most capable and praiseworthy official. He and his family were members of the Christian Union church, he helping build the church of his community. He was charitable and liberal. He was a charter member of the Ohio Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons.
Mr. McCamment was married on January 2, 1840, to Sarah Hammell, who was born in 1821 in Knox county, the daughter of John and Margaret Hammell, who were very early settlers in this county, Mr. Hammell leading a quiet life on his farm.
Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. McCamment, namely: An- drew Jackson, who lives in Jackson township: Margaret Jane is the widow of Henry Holtz: Caroline McNulty is the wife of Daniel Nicholls, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work; John H., who operates the home place ; Emily Rebecca died in infancy.
CHARLES B. SHELLENBARGER.
Among those persons who have by their strong individual qual- ities earned their way to a higher standing in the estimation of their fellow citizens, having by sheer force of character and persistency won their way from an humble beginning to a place of considerable influence in their re- spective communities where they are active in industrial affairs, the name of Charles B. Shellenbarger, farmer and dairyman near Mt. Vernon, Knox county, is deserving of mention in this work. He is a young man of correct habits and proper ideals and his life has been so ordered that he has kept his feet in the path of rectitude, thereby enjoying the confidence of his ac- quaintances and friends.
Mr. Shellenbarger was born on October 23, 1884, on a farm in Howard township, Knox county. He is the son of James J. and Mary E. (Work- man) Shellenbarger, natives of Knox county, Ohio, where they grew up, re- ceived their education and were married and here they began life on the farm, and here the mother spent her life, dying on January 19, 1904. The father was successful in his work and is now living in retirement in Mt. Vernon, being advanced in years.
Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. James J. Shellenbarger, seven sons and two daughters, named as follows: Frank, James C., Nora, Wil-
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son G., Jarvis H., Harry N., Florence, Charles B. and William H. A sketch of Harry N, who is associated with the immediate subject of this sketch in business, appears on another page of this work.
Charles B. Shellenbarger was reared on the home farm and when old enough he assisted with the general work on the place in the summer months, and during the winter he attended the district schools of his native com- munity. He remained at home, working on the farm until his marriage, on June 30, 1907, to Martha E. Clark, daughter of Joshua and Clissie ( Baker) Clark, a highly respected family of Coshocton county, Ohio. One son, George Clark, was born September 20, 191I.
After his marriage Mr. Shellenbarger engaged in farming in Monroe township, this county, and two years later he went to the county infirmary farm as assistant manager, holding this position for two years and discharg- ing his duties in an able and praiseworthy manner, proving an official worthy of the trust reposed in him by the public. He then went to Mr. Vernon and on April 1, 1911, he entered into partnership with his brother, Harry N. Shellenbarger, in farming and dairying near the city of Mt. Vernon and they have met with a large measure of success from the first, operating one of the best dairies in this section of the county and they have a great demand for their products, owing to their excellence and their honesty and prompt- ness in dealing with their many customers. The dairy herds of these enter- prising brothers are as fine as any in the county and as well bred and they employ modern methods in their work, believing that the best is none too good. Mr. Shellenbarger studies progressive and scientific farming and dairying and, so far as possible, puts his theories into practice.
Politically, Mr. Shellenbarger is a stalwart Republican and is active in party affairs, though he is not an office seeker. He believes it to be the duty of every citizen to keep well informed on public questions and issues, and he is a well-read, broad-minded gentleman whom to know is to accord every consideration.
JOHN WOLFE.
A character like John Wolfe, well known farmer and stockman of Jackson township, Knox county, is always deserving of special mention in a biographical compendium of the character of the one at hand, for he has led an eminently useful and honorable life. He is a connecting link between the pioneer epoch and the present, and he has lived to see the development
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of this section of the Buckeye state, taking much more than a passing in- terest in the same. He recalls many interesting reminiscences of the early life here and has sought to keep fully abreast of the onrushing tide of human affairs, for while he deplores the passing of many of the good customs of our forefathers, the old hospitality, neighborliness and sterling every-day honesty, yet he likes to see new accomplishments in all the avenues of life and is an advocate of progress in material, civic and moral affairs, with- holding his support from nothing that is calculated to be for the general good of his locality.
Mr. Wolfe was born in Butler township, Knox county, Ohio, on Sep- tember 13. 1843, and is the son of Simon and Nancy (Kammer) Wolfe. The paternal grandfather was George Wolfe, and the maternal grandparents were Samuel and Nancy Kammer. The father of the subject was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, and the mother was born in Knox county, Ohio. They spent their lives on their farm of one hundred and eighty acres, hav- ing a very comfortable home in this county.
To Simon Wolfe and wife eleven children were born, five of whom are living at this writing, three sons and two daughters. Politically, the father was a Democrat until after the Civil war, when he turned Republican. He held a number of township offices, but was not much of a public man. preferring to give his attention exclusively to his farm and home. His death occurred in June, 1868, his widow surviving until about 1905 or 1906.
John Wolfe was educated in the common schools and reared on his father's farm and when a young man he turned his attention to farming for a livelihood, working at home a great deal.
In December. 1861. Mr. Wolfe proved his patriotism by enlisting for service in defense of the Union, in Company K. Forty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and he served gallantly until the close of the war, taking part in many of the great battles with the Army of the West, being with troops in Missouri at the outset, and he served at the front from New Madrid until he was discharged at Louisville, Kentucky, on July 13, 1865. He was with Sherman on his Atlanta campaign, being one of the famous "Sherman Bummers." whose duty it was to get supplies for the army.
After the war Mr. Wolfe returned home and resumed farming, buying a part of the home place upon the death of his father, later selling out and going to Nebraska, where he remained less than a year, then returned to Ohio and bought one hundred and sixty acres in Jackson township in 1883 and here he has remained to the present time, having put on many valuable improvements and met with much success as a general farmer and stock raiser, making a specialty of feeding sheep.
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Politically, Mr. Wolfe is independent, and while he has never sought office, he has held a number of minor offices in Butler township. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, also the Grange, and he and his wife belong to the Presbyterian church.
Mr. Wolfe was married in 1867 to Hannah M. Hayden, a native of Licking county, daughter of Samuel and Roxanna ( Hall) Hayden, old set- tlers of that county, he being a native of Pennsylvania.
Five children have been born to the subject and wife, namely: Everett L. is engaged in the hardware business; Addie M., wife of Clark Schooler, farmer of Jackson township, a sketch of whom will be found elsewhere in this volume; Virgil S .: Eva married Guy Taylor, who is deputy clerk of Knox county; Viola is the wife of Charles Porterfield, of Bladensburg.
BENJAMIN FOSTER TULLOSS.
Mr. Tulloss was born on November 13, 1865, in Franklin county, Kan- sas, though little of his life was spent in the Sunflower state of the West. He is the son of William and Felicia S. (Scott) Tulloss, both natives of Knox county, Ohio. John Tulloss, the paternal grandfather, came from Virginia with the early pioneers and settled in this county, and James Scott, maternal grandfather, the first pastor of the -Presbyterian church at Mt. Ver- non, was also a pioneer here and he became a very influential and prominent man. The father of the subject devoted his life to farming in this county, moving from here to Kansas in the early sixties, locating in Franklin county where he engaged extensively in farming and stock raising. He was elected probate judge, the duties of which position he discharged with much ability for a number of years. His death occurred in Kansas in 1866, after which the family returned to Knox county, Ohio, and for a time lived in Mt. Ver- non, later moving to a farm three miles west of that city. The mother is still living.
Benjamin F. Tulloss spent most of his boyhood in Mt. Vernon, attend- ing the public schools there until he was eighteen years of age. Later he entered Oberlin College at Oberlin, Ohio. After leaving school he at once turned his attention to farming in which he has been engaged to the present time, devoting special attention to raising thoroughbred Holstein cattle. He has a fine herd which are greatly admired by all who see them and he raises for breeding purposes. He has been very successful and no small part
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of his annual income is derived from his stock, which find a very ready mar- ket, owing to their superior quality.
Mr. Tulloss was married on December 27, 1888. to Emma Myers, daughter of Joseph and Clementine (Rinehart) Myers, a prominent Knox county family, Mr. Myers having been a county commissioner at one time
Nine children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Tulloss, named as fol- lows, and all living: Joseph W. is a student at the Ohio State University ; John J. is at home; Charles R., Anna F .. Felicia C., Mary M., Elizabeth, Caroline, Harriet A. These children are being given every opportunity to obtain excellent educations.
Politically. Mr. Tulloss is a Democrat and is active in public matters. He has served as a member of the Democratic county central committee, and he is a frequent delegate to county, district and state conventions. He was real estate appraiser in Clinton township in 1910. He was a member of the local school board for fifteen years. He has filled all public trusts reposed in him with much ability and fidelity and to the satisfaction of the public in general. Fraternally, he belongs to Mt. Vernon Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and Clinton Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, and he has been active in Grange matters. He and his family are members of the Congregational church and active in church and Sunday school work. He has lived on the home place since his marriage and he has a substantial, commodious home in the midst of attractive surroundings.
Personally, Mr. Tulloss is a man of pleasing presence, kind and obliging and a straightforward business man.
HARRY N. SHELLENBARGER.
Upon the roll of representative citizens and progressive agriculturists of the younger generation of Knox county consistently appears the name of Harry N. Shellenbarger, who lives just south of the city of Mt. Vernon, in Clinton township. He has spent his life in his home community, during which time he has gradually won his way into the affections of the people. for he possesses those sterling qualities of character which commend them- selves to persons of intelligence and the highest morality, so it is no cause for wonder that he has achieved so high a position in the general estimation of all who have come into contact with him, having made an effort to keep
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