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POLYCARP BRAILER.
Polycarp Brailer is the owner of a well im- proved farm in Licking township in the midst of which stands a fine home that was erected in 1903 and is one of the attractive features of the land- scape. He is a native of Pennsylvania, his birth having occurred in Wellersburg, Somerset county, in 1848. His parents were Augustine and Ce- celia (Logsdon) Brailer. The father was born in Germany in 1821 and when seventeen years of age left Fulda in that country for the new world. In the meantime he had learned the weaver's trade in the land of his nativity and after arriving in America he followed various pursuits in the Key- stone state. In 1839 he was married to Miss Ce- celia Logsdon and later he followed weaving until about 1854 when owing to the close confinement of the work and the ill effect of the dyes upon his health he had to abandon that occupation and seek other means of livelihood. Thinking that he would be benefited by an outdoor life he rented a farm which he cultivated for six or eight years. In about 1861 he removed to another rented farm of one hundred and thirty-one acres lying just across the boundary line in Maryland. The culti- vation of that place claimed his attention for seven years at the end of which time, in 1868, he purchased the property and with renewed energy continued the work of improvement knowing that his labors would more directly benefit himself. He resided thereon up to the time of his death, which occurred in 1898, when he was seventy-seven years of age. His wife passed away in the spring of 1901. In their family were fourteen children, two of whom died in infancy.
Polycarp Brailer, reared under the parental roof, pursued his education in the public schools of Pennsylvania and Maryland and upon the home farm he was instructed in the best methds of plow- ing, planting and harvesting. During the periods
of vacation he assisted in the work of the fields and he continued to aid his father until twenty-one years of age when he started out in life on his own account, working as a farm hand in his home neighborhood until about 1873. In that year he made a trip to Ohio to visit some relatives and for a year remained in this state. He then returned to Maryland but several years later he again came to Ohio and once more spent a year here. Being pleased with the country he resolved to make this state his home. In 1879 he once more came and was married to Miss Ann Catherine Matingly, a daughter of William Matingly of Muskingum township, Muskingum county. They began their domestic life upon her father's farm and in 1880 Mr. Brailer purchased one hundred and thirty acres of land in the western part of Licking town- ship on which he has since resided. This is to- day a splendidly equipped property, giving every evidence of the careful supervision and progres- sive ideas of the owner. In 1903 he erected a fine two-story residence and there are also large and substantial barns and outbuildings for the shel- ter of grain and stock. Everything about the place is kept in good condition, an air of neatness and thrift pervading the entire place. The fields are highly cultivated, returning good crops an- nually, and in the pasture are found good grades of stock.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Brailer has been blessed with eight children, of whom five are vet living-Mary, Margaret Ellen, William Augus- tine, Theresa Gertrude and John Christopher. all of whom are at yet at home. Mr. Brailer and his family are communicants of the Roman Catholic church and in his political views he is a democrat, following in his father's steps in this particular. Although he had no assistance when he started out in life on his own account, he is to-day one of the substantial agriculturists of his community and the secret of his rise in the world is found in qualities that all may cultivate-unfaltering dili- gence, indefatigable energy and careful study of business conditions resulting in the best use of opportunities.
DAVID JOHN EVANS, M. D.
Dr. David John Evans, physician and surgeon at Zanesville, was born in this city November 9. 1875. His father. David M. Evans, was a na- tive of Wales and the year 1858 witnessed his enii- gration to America, where he became connected with the iron industry, working in a rolling mill. He married Abbie L. Bradway, who was born int 1846, and is a daughter of Mrs. Entily C. Brad- way. In his political views Mr. Evans was a re- publican and three times represented the sixth
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ward of Zanesville in the city council, where he exercised his official prerogatives in support of every measure which he deemed would prove of public benefit. He was infirmary director for two terms and served as a soldier of the Civil war. He held membership in the Baptist church and his fraternal relations were with the Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Honor and Foresters. He died April 2, 1901, at the age of fifty-nine years, respected by all who knew him, and he is still sur- vived by his wite who is living in Zanesville. They were the parents of eleven children, of whom five reached adult age, namely: Emma, the wife of Edward B. Roemer, who is assistant postmaster at Zanesville; Minnie G., a bookkeeper: Eliza- beth; David J. ; and Fred, who is an iron worker.
Dr. Evans began his education in the common schools and afterwards pursued a high-school course, spending one and a half years in a drug store, during which time he became imbued with a desire to study medicine. He read for three years under the preceptorship of Dr. J. M. Fassig and in the fall of 1893 entered Starling Medical College at Columbus, Ohio, from which he was graduated in the spring of 1897. He began prac- tice in Zanesville and although one of the youn- ger representatives of the medical fraternity has already secured a patronage which many an older physician might well envy.
On the 12th of April, 1898, Dr. Evans was mar- ried to Miss Anna A. Reed, a daughter of Wash- ington and Dorothy Reed. She was born in Zanesville in 1878 and is a member of the Congre- gational church. Their marriage has been blessed with two children : Dorothy L., six years of age; and David M., three years old.
Dr. Evans is connected fraternally with the Druids, the Woodmen and the Eagles. He votes with the republican party and in 1898 he served as coroner of his county. He belongs to both the County and State Medical Societies and in his profession is making consecutive advancement because of his continued reading and investigation as well as the knowledge which comes to him through the experience of daily practice.
JOHN T. DAVIS, M. D.
Dr. John T. Davis, engaged in the practice of medicine in Zanesville, was born in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, December 27, 1847. His father, Thomas T. Davis, was a native of Wales and on coming to the United States in 1845 settled in Pittsburg, where he secured employment as an iron worker. When his son John was six months of age he removed with his family to Zanesville. He had married Eleanor Evans, also a native of Wales, whence she came with her
mother to the United States about 1840, their home also being established in Pennsylvania. They lived with her mother's brother at Evans- burg, that state, Mrs. Davis there remaining until the time of her marriage. Politically Thomas T. Davis was a republican but had no aspiration for office. Both he and his wife were devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He died in 1877 at the age of fifty-six years, while her death occurred in 1886, when she was sixty-six years of age.
Dr. Davis is the only surviving member of a family of six children. Coming to Zanesville when six months of age he entered its public schools and after putting aside his text-books he worked in an iron mill at intervals. He attended, however, the high school and a business college here and thus gained a good preliminary knowl- edge to serve as a foundation upon which to rear the superstructure of his professional learn- ing. For two years he read medicine in the office of Dr. M. Edwards, while later Dr. Alfred A. Ball was his preceptor. In 1870-I he at- tended Starling Medical College in Columbus, Ohio, and during the summer and fall of the latter year gained valuable knowledge and ex- perience as intern in the Muskingum County In- firmary. In the fall of 1871 he matriculated in the Ohio Medical College, at Cincinnati, and fol- lowing his graduation, in March, 1872, began practice in Roseville, where he remained for eighteen months. On the expiration of that period he removed to Zanesville, where he has since remained. He spent a portion of the years 1892-3 abroad, pursuing special courses of study in Hamburg and Berlin, Germany, under the care of Dr. Martin, and also at Dresden, Ger- many, while for two weeks he saw clinical work in the Vienna Hospital in Austria. He also con- tinued his researches and studies in Italy, Switzerland and Paris and spent some weeks in a London hospital, thus becoming familiar with the methods of practice of the leading physicians and surgeons of the old world. He returned home splendidly equipped for his life work and he is now successfully engaged in general prac- tice, making a specialty of the diseases of women.
On the 24th of April. 1872, Dr. Davis was married to Sarah Louanna Smith, who was born in Zanesville, November 23, 1846, a daughter of John K. Smith, proprietor of the first last fac- tory in this city. Two children were born unto them but both died in infancy. Dr. and Mrs. Davis are prominent and popular socially and are members of the Episcopal church. He holds membership with all of the Masonic bodies at Zanesville and is a republican in his political views. He belongs to the County and State Medical Societies and as a practitioner has been very successful. Starting out in life for himself
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with limited educational advantages, working in the iron foundry for several seasons and then be- coming imbued with a laudable ambition to at- tain something better, he has steadily advanced in those walks of life demanding intellectuality, business ability and fidelity and to-day commands the respect and esteem of the entire community.
CHARLES M. TRACE.
Charles M. Trace, who is engaged in the livery business in New Concord, was born in Highland township, Muskingum county, September 7, 1855, and comes of German lineage. His paternal grandfather, Daniel Trace, was a native of Ger- many and crossed the Atlantic to America in 1795, becoming an early resident of Highland township, few settlements having been made within the forests when he took up his abode here. He owned and cultivated one hundred and sixty acres of land and assisted materially in laying the foundation for the present development and progress of the county. His early political sup- port was given the whig party and upon its or- ganization he joined the ranks of the new repub- lican party. He died about 1875, at the venerable age of eighty-seven years.
Mathias Trace, his son, was born and reared in this county, was educated in the public schools and spent his life as a farmer, prospering in his under- takings and becoming the owner of four hundred and forty acres of rich land, which he placed under a high state of cultivation. He was a veteran of the Civil war, enlisting in 1864 for one hundred days' service and going to the front as captain of Company A, One Hundred and Sixtieth Regiment of Ohio Volunteers. His political allegiance was given the republican party and he served as su- pervisor for several years. He died in 1884. while his wife, who bore the maiden name of Mar- garet Galbraith, passed away in 1886. In their family were eight crildren : Charles M. : John R., who lives in Zanesville; Daniel D., who lives in Guernsey county, Ohio; M. E., who is a farmer : J. C., also following agricultural pursuits; Belle J., who is matron in the county infirmary; and Agnes and Etta, deceased.
Charles M. Trace was educated in the common schools and afterward followed the occupation of farming for some time but later disposed of his land and purchased a sawmill, which he operated for three years. He then abandoned the manufac- ture of lumber and built a livery barn in New Con- cord, since which time he has been engaged in the livery business with good success. He keeps six- teen or eighteen horses and a large number of ve- hicles of various kinds and has a liberal patronage. to which his fair-dealing and energy justly enti- the himn.
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In October, 1884, Mr. Trace was united in mar- riage to Miss Florence Smith, who was born in this county in 1865 and is a daughter of John Smith, who was reared in New Concord township and was a farmer by occupation. Mr. and Mrs. Trace have become the parents of three children : Homer, Otha and Wilmer. In his political af- filiation he is a republican, interested and active in the work of the party, and he has served as school director and as a member of the city coun- cil. He has also been prominently spoken of for the position of county treasurer. Public duties, like those of his private life, are faithfully per- formed by Mr. Trace, who is devoted to the gen- eral welfare and is never remiss in citizenship. He belongs to the Modern Woodmen camp at Sago and he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church. He has a wide and favora- ble acquaintance and both Mr. and Mrs. Trace enjoy the esteem of many friends in their native county.
THOMAS WILLIAM LEWIS.
The subject of this sketch was born in Zanes- ville, December 7, 1851. His early education was obtained in the public schools of the city. At the age of eighteen he entered the hardware store in which his father, the late Vance B. Lewis, was a partner. At the end of twelve years he became proprietor of an establishment of like character and built up a large business. His tastes, how- ever, had always beckoned him into the news- paper field and in 1889 he sold out and became business manager of the Zanesville Times Re- corder. Although retiring from that connection at the end of three years Mr. Lewis has continued in the same field ever since, residing in this city. except during periods aggregating about four vears, which he spent in Chicago. Columbus and Philadelphia.
As editor and writer on special topics Mr. Lewis has made numerous contributions to the discussion of the industries and commerce of Zanesville and southeastern Ohio, producing. among other things, in 1895, a souvenir entitled "Industrial, Mercantile and Picturesque Zanes- ville," the carefully compiled statistics of which became a recognized authority. At a later date he wrote for the Zanesville Courier a history of the origin, growth and beneficial applications of the late John McIntire "Poor School" fund. which attracted much interest and attention.
As a member of the city comicil in 1886-7. president of the Board of Trade in 1890. city councilman again in 1902-3 and as a newspaper writer and investigator Mr. Lewis has helped ma- terially to develop and promote many public enter-
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prises. During his first term as councilman, when Zanesville's streets were muddy and unpaved, he took up with persistent energy the work of their improvement. Gathering together facts pointing to the successful use of burned clay in the paving of streets of other cities he turned those over to the city council and urged further investigation, pointing out that if clay was a suitable material for street pavements Zanesville, with her hills full of that material, could accomplish two great re- sults by establishing its value, first the securing of modern thoroughfares and secondly the intro- duction of paving-block manufacturing at home. Strange to say there was a formidable opposition to the policy suggested but a majority of the city council became as determined as Mr. Lewis was and after many delays one block of vitrified pav- ing was laid on Main street. This became the forerunner of many miles of paved streets after- wards laid with Zanesville-made brick; and thus it was that Mr. Lewis became the pioneer in a forward movement which took Zanesville's streets out of the mud and added to her industries a num- ber of immense brick plants whose products are sold throughout the country.
CHARLES EDWIN SWINGLE.
Charles Edwin Swingle, a practitioner at the Zanesville bar, was born in Clav township, Mus- kingum county, October 25, 1860. His father. Frank Swingle, is a native of Brush Creek town- ship, this county, and a son of George Swingle. who came from Pennsylvania to Ohio at an early day and settled in Brush Creek township, where he secured wild land which he developed into a pro- ductive farm. Upon that Frank Swingle was reared. In early manhood he engaged in teaching and was for a number of years a merchant, con- ducting business along that line at Hicksville. Ohio. He is now living in Defiance county. Ohio. at the age of seventy-one years. At the time of the Civil war he espoused the Union cause and en- listed for one hundred days' service. He has long been a supporter of the republican party and is a faithful member of the Lutheran church. In
early manhood he wedded Lucretia Springer, who was born in Newton township and is now living at the age of seventy years. She. too, is a member of the Lutheran church. In their family were nine children, five sons and four daughters.
Charles E. Swingle was brought up on a farm in Morgan county where he moved with his par- ents when quite young. He received his early ed- ucation in the district schools and was further educated at the Fultonham Academy at Fulton- . ham, Ohio, and at various local normal schools. He subsequently engaged in teaching school for
about ten years and prominently identified himself with school work. He was admitted to the bar in June, 1887, but did not enter immediately upon practice, devoting his time to teaching and teach- ers' institute work. For a short time he was clerk in a building association and bank before entering upon the active practice of the law. He opened his law office in Zanesville in connection with William H. Ball and they were thus associated until Mr. Ball's retirement from active practice, since which time Mr. Swingle has been alone. He has long since demonstrated his right to rank with the capable members of the Zanesville bar, having the qualities which insure success in an attorney- strong intellectuality, keen analytical ability and untiring devotion to wearisome details and unfal- tering allegiance to a client's interests.
His activity in public life in his adopted city has resulted in benefit to Zanesville. He was a member of the board of education, represented the tenth ward in the city council and at this writing is and has been for the past two years councilman at large. He has also been deputy clerk of the courts and prior to election in Zanesville he served as county school examiner from 1888 to 1891 and was city solic- itor at Roseville in 1888. To these positions he was elected on the republican ticket, having con- tinuously supported the party since attaining his majority. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias fraternity.
Mr. Swingle was married in 1889 to Miss Lin- nie Mason, a daughter of A. Manning Mason. She was born in Morgan county in 1862 and their marriage has been blessed with one child, Helen M. Mr. and Mrs. Swingle are members of the Lutheran church and socially are well known, en- joying the hospitality of many of the best homes of the city.
VINCENT MATTINGLY.
Vincent Mattingly, who is engaged in general farming in Muskingum township, where he owns a farm of one hundred acres, was born in Bed- ford county, Pennsylvania, in 1840. his parents being James and Hannah ( Allbrand) Mattingly. The father carried on farming on an extensive scale in Pennsylvania, having four hundred acres of valuable land which he improved with modern equipments and accessories, while his fields were well tilled. He was also one of the principal stockholders in the First National Bank in Cum- berland, Maryland. and through careful manage- ment. indefatigable energy and judicious invest- ment he became a man of considerable wealth and his life was typical of the progress which has characterized this country in every line of en-
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deavor or activity. Both he and his wife attained the venerable age of eighty years. They reared a family of fifteen children, eleven sons and four daughters, of whom Vincent was the thirteenth in order of birth.
Upon the home farm in Pennsylvania Vincent Mattingly was reared, early becoming familiar with the labors incident to progressive farming, while in the public schools he acquired the edu- cation which fitted him for the transaction of business. His brothers, William and Christ Mat- tingly, having removed to Muskingum county, Vincent Mattingly also came about 1860, when twenty years of age, and has since been identified with agricultural interests here. About the time of his marriage he purchased a farm in Mus- kingum township upon which he has since made his home, here owning and operating one hun- dred acres of land, which presents a splendid ap- pearance of rich pastures, well tilled fields, high grades of stock, and substantial and commodious buildings. He carries on general farming and the annual sale of the field products brings a goodly sum to add to his financial fund. His home is a nice two-story frame residence, con- taining eight rooms, and there are also good barns and other outbuildings furnishing ample shelter for grain and stock.
In 1872 Mr. Mattingly was united in marriage to Miss Mary Durbin, a daughter of John Durbin, of Knox county, Ohio. They have had a family of six children : John H., James, Benjamin, Clay- tis, Stella and Lucinda, all of whom are under the parental roof.
Mr. Mattingly is a communicant of the Catholic church, in which faith the family has been reared. His political views accord with the principles of the democracy and he has served as a member of the schoolboard for a number of years, but other- wise has held no public office. He is content to do his public duty as a private citizen and his co-operation can always be counted upon to fur- ther progressive measures upon which are builded the welfare and prosperity of the general public. He has lived in Muskingum county for forty-five years ; covering the entire period of his adult life and has so lived and labored here as to gain a comfortable competence and an honored name.
HON. FRANK H. SOUTHARD.
Hon. Frank H. Southard is actively connected with a profession which has important bearing upon the progress and stable prosperity of any section or community and one which has long been considered as conserving the public welfare by furthering the ends of justice and maintaining individual rights. For thirty years he has been
a practitioner at the Zanesville bar and has ever maintained a high standard of professional ethics. while his ability has gained for him a clientele which makes him one of its distinguished rep- resentatives here.
One of Ohio's native sons, he was born in Han- over, Licking county, October 31, 1842, and is decended in both the paternal and maternal lines from early American families. His paternal an- cestors settled in New Jersey about 1630, and from that state his grandfather removed to Penn- sylvania and thence to Ohio, settling in Licking county in 1804. Isaiah Southard, his father, was in early life engaged in the iron business but af- terward abandoned that in order to devote his at- tention to agricultural pursuits which claimed his time and energies until his death in 1885. The Parnell family, of which Mr. Southard is a repre- sentative in the maternal line, comes of Irish na- tivity and early members of the family settled in Baltimore, Maryland, about the beginning of the seventeenth century.
In his boyhood days Frank H. Southard was a student in the public schools of Ohio and at the age of eighteen he entered Denison University at Granville, this state, where he remained for three years. In 1863 he became a member of the senior class of the Ohio Wesleyan University, at Delaware, Ohio, and was graduated in 1864 with the degree of bachelor of arts. Having thus gained broad literary knowledge to serve as a basis for specific professional learning he took up the study of law, reading for one year with the firm of Follett & Follett, attorneys, at Newark, Ohio, and in the fall of 1865 he entered the law department of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, com- pleting his course there in one year. He was ad- mitted to the bar at Mount Vernon, Ohio, in the fall of 1866, and at once entered upon the practice of his profession in Zanesville, forming a partner- ship with his brother, Milton S. Southard, late an attorney of New York city. This connection was continued until the brother was elected to rep- resent the fifteenth district of Ohio in congress in the fall of 1872, since which time Frank H. South- ard has continued in practice alone. During the third of a century in which he has been a member of the Zanesville bar he has built up a very large and important practice and ranks with the lead- ers of the bar of Muskingum valley. His time has been devoted entirely to his profession and he has won his enviable reputation through consci- entious effort, capability and marked devotion to the interests of his clients. In regard to his standing as a member of the profession and his ability as a lawyer, one of the best known mem- bers of the Zanesville bar said : "Frank H. South- ard must be classed with the ablest attorneys at this bar. He belongs to that class who have es- chewed everything else for their profession and
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