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USA > Ohio > Greene County > Portrait and biographical album of Greene and Clark counties, Ohio, containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county; together with portraits and biographies of all the presidents of the United States > Part 116
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Mr. Huffman when quite young had begun work on the farm, receiving from $5 to $12 per month for his services, and he also worked for John Fifer, breaking bark at twelve and a half cents per day. Thus in his youth he had begun to practice the habits of industry, diligence and thrift which after- ward secured him a competence. After his mother's death he commenced to learn the trade of a carpen- ter, which he followed nineteen years. During this time he had saved $1,600 of his earnings, with which he opened a hat store on Main Street, be- tween Limestone Street and Fountain Avenue. He
soon added boots and shoes to his stock, and car- ried on a very successful business, accumulating a considerable fortune. While still in this business he made an unfortunate venture in the oil fields of Pennsylvania, by which $30,000 of his property was swept away. After an active business career of twenty years he sold out, and since that time has been living a retired life.
The pleasant home of Mr. Huffman is located on South Limestone Street, and is presided over by a lady who became his wife in August, 1848. She was known in her girlhood as Harriet W. Foley, and is a native of Harmony Township, of which her parents were pioneers. Her father, Thomas Foley, was born in Scotland, and her mother, Sarah Bear, in Germany. To Mr. and Mrs. Huffman one son has been born, who was christened Will- iam Scott. He married Mary B. Black, a native of Scotland, who has borne him two daughters- Hattie and Hazel. He is now doing a good busi- ness as a merchant tailor in Lincoln, Neb.
Mr. Huffman has served on the County Board of Equalization and as a member of the Board of Health. He is a charter member of Lagonda Coun- cil. No. 151. The success he has met with since beginning his carcer as a poor boy exemplifies his business tact and, capabilities, and affords an excel- lent example to penniless young men, proving that honorable dealing and persistence are effectual in subduing untoward circumstances. Both he and his wife have many friends, the high regard in which they are held being due to their characters and lives.
LVEN A. WINANS. Among the young men who worthily represent the press of Greene County this gentleman should justly be mentioned. He publishes and edits the IIerald, at Cedarville, and although yet in his early manhood he has been connected with litera- ature for many years. The Herald is an eight page, five column quarto, and has a local circula- tion of five hundred copies. It also enjoys a lu- crative trade in its job department, and does a good advertising business,
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Xenia, Ohio, was the native city of our subject, and his birth occurred February 10, 1863. His parents, Judge James J. and Caroline E. (Morris) Winans, of Xenia, Ohio. Of their family of ehil- dren, Alven A. was the ninth in order of birth, and reecived a good common-school education at the Xenia publie and private sehools. When only thirteen years of age he began to learn type-set- ing in the office of the Xenia Daily Herald, also acting as carrier. Subsequently, he thoroughly learned the printer's trade, and in 1885 beeame part owner of the Democrat News at Xenia; this he successfully assisted in conducting for over a year. He came to Cedarville in 1877 and took charge of the Cedarville Herald for R. H. Young. In November, 1888, he purchased the office and plant, and since then has ably conducted it alone.
Mr. Winans was married January 1, 1889, to Rose E. Owens, and they are the parents of one child, named Mary. Mrs. Winans is a native of Spring Valley, Ohio, and was born January 31, 1869. Her father was Peter Owens, who was born in Ireland, while the mother, Amanda (Smith) Owens, was a native of Ohio. Mrs. Winans is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. By their genial ways and many charming traits of eharaeter this worthy couple have earned the re- spect of the people of Cedarville.
M. BARRERE, M. D. This well-known physician and surgeon of New Carlisle, Clark County, is a practitioner in the prime of life and the midst of his useful- ness. He has already made good strides in his pro- fession and may be classed among its representative men. He was born in the town of Newmarket, Highland County, this State, April 22, 1850, and is a son of Hazard and Eliza (Morrow) Barrere, the former of whom was a native of the same place and born April 7, 1814. The father of our subjeet spent his entire life in Newmarket, dying Septem- ber 14, 1882. In early life he was engaged in the mereantile business and shipped goods in great quantities by flatboats on the Ohio and Mississippi
Rivers to New Orleans. He was a prominent man in his county, a Whig first and then a Democrat, and served as Justice of the Peace for forty years.
The paternal grandparents of our subjeet were George W. and Abigail (Mills) Barrere, whom, it is supposed, werc natives of Virginia. Grandfather Barrere and his brother were captured by the In- dians when children and taken to Kentucky, where they were held several years, but were finally res- cued. George W. Barrere served as a Colonel in the Revolutionary War, and later was the first Judge of Highland County, this State. He surveyed much of the land in that county and for many years con- dueted an hotel in Newmarket, where he had set- tled in 1800. The property still remains in the family.
The mother of our subject was born in New- market, Ohio, April 10, 1813, and is still living, making her home with him in New Carlisle. Her father, James Morrow, was born in Virginia. He came to Ohio about 1808, settling in or near New- market, and died there. The parental household ineluded the following children: Marietta is un- married and resides at New Carlisle; Hazard dur- ing the Civil War enlisted as a private in Company H, First Ohio Cavalry, and was killed November 23, 1864, at Cleveland, Tenn .; Magnolia is unmar- ried and resides in New Carlisle; D. M., of this sketeh, was the next in order of birth; Elma is de- ceased.
The subject of this notice was reared in his na- tive town, where he attended the common schools and then entered Hillsboro Iligh Sehool, there com- pleting his studies. He began life for himself at the early age of eleven years, availing himself of the books which came into his way and subse- quently developing into a teacher, which profes- sion he followed until 1872. He then began read- ing medicine under the instruction of Dr. H. Whistler, of Newmarket, and later entered Miami Medical College, at Cincinnati, from which he was graduated in 1876.
Dr. Barrere commeneed the praetiee of his pro- fession at New Antioch, Clinton County, and so- journed there until 1882. That year he established a drug store at Lima, which he eondneted until the following year, then, in the winter of 1883-84,
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attended the Polytechnic College in New York City. In the spring of 1884 he took up his resi- dence in New Carlisle and practiced continuously until 1889. Then, desirous of further advance- ment in the art and seience of medicine, he took a post graduate course in New York City. He has been a elose student and extensive reader, and keeps himself thoroughly posted in regard to the duties of his profession. He stands well with the brethren and is prominently connected with the Brown, Clinton and Clark County Medical Socie- ties, also the Ohio State Medical Association. He is a Mason in good standing and a Knight Tem- plar, belonging to Palestinc Lodge, No. 33. He is also a Knight of Pythias, belonging to the lodge at New Carlisle. In polities he affiliates with the Republican party. With the exception of being a matured bachelor, he has performed all the duties of an honest man and a good eitizen.
W ILLIAM F. MIRANDA, M. D., of Med- way, Clark County, is, as his name denotes, of Spanish descent, and traces his aneestry to Gen. Miranda, one of the followers of Cortez in Mexico. For several generations the Mirandas lived in the South, and it is not strange that our subjeet possesses a polished manner and pleasing address, the race from which he sprung being noted for grace in physical movement and our Southern States produeing high types of courtesy. He is a faithful student, diligent in the duties of his pro- fession, which he thoroughly understands, and in which he has proved very successful. He has an extensive praetiee, the territory to which he is called including the contiguous portions of Clark, Miami, Montgomery and Greene Counties.
To such an extent is everyone influenced by the habits and oeeupations of his ancestors that it is not amiss to devote a brief space to the progeni- tors of Dr. Miranda, before outlining his own life history. Jonathan Miranda, a native of Virginia, was a non-commissioned officer in the War of 1812. He was an early settler in Braeken .County, Ky., and followed the occupations of farming and
hunting. In 1827 he came to Clark County, Ohio, with his family, driving through from his former home and locating in Pike Township. He pur- chased one hundred and sixty acres of land, pur- sued a successful eareer in life and became quite weil-to-do. On the Northampton and Donaldson- ville Pike he started an inn ealled the Black Horse Tavern. The farm and the sehoolhouse upon it still bear the same name. On this farm Isaae Mi- randa was rearcd to manhood, he having been born in Bracken County, Ky., in 1817, and having been ten years old when the family removed from the Blue Grass State.
The education of Isaac Miranda was obtained in the primitive log schoolhouse, and at the age of seventeen years he began to labor as a pedagogne, following the profession for seven years, at the same time studying medicine. He continued to ac- quire knowledge of therapeuties until he became a practicing physician, in 1842 locating in Allison- ville, Marion County, Ind. He remained in that plaee three years, building up a large practice and proving successful in his ehosen avocation. Not content, however, with his standing, he went to Philadelphia in 1850, entering Jefferson Medical College and receiving a diploma from that institu- tion in 1851. He then located at New Carlisle, Ohio, and began a professional career there, which grew in extent and gave him the leading position among the medical men of the community. Having become financially independent, and feeling that he was entitled to greater ease, he practically retired some five years since, doing nothing but office work for old patrons.
Isaac Miranda owns a farm two miles from New Carlisle, together with other real estate, and is a shareholder in the Bank of New Carlisle. For several years he held the office of Township Clerk and also served on the School Board. Politically, lie is a Democrat, and religiously, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, holding the office of Trustee. Being one of the oldest practicing phy- sicians in the county, his memory extends to the time when the common method of travel was on horseback, and when in Indiana he often swam rivers in order to reach his patients.
The maternal grandfather of our subject was
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Abraham Garver, a native of Maryland, who came to Ohio in a very early day. He owned four hun- dred acres of land in Bethel Township, Clark County, and was a very successful agriculturist. His daughter, Elizabeth, was also born in Mary- land, and became the wife of Dr. Isaac Miranda, to whom she has bornc seven children. The name of our subject stands midway on the family roll; Benjamin, the first-born, died when eight years old; Sarah E., in infancy; Martha J., in 1878, at the age of twenty-eight years, being the wife of William H. Evans; Mrs. Mary E. Whaley lives in Warren, Trumbull County; Mrs. Anna K. Miles lives in New Carlisle; Carrie A. is still with her parents in that place. The mother has now reached the age of sixty-seven years.
The eyes of our subject opened to the light in New Carlisle, January 22, 1851, and his boyhood was passed under favorable circumstances of home surroundings and school privileges. He acquired a good education in the common and high schools, and when eighteen years old began the drug busi- ness, continuing in it at intervals for about six years. In 1872 he engaged as a clerk in the wholesale and retail drug house of W. A. and I. N. Patterson, at Indianapolis, Ind. About two years later he bought a pharmacy in the same city, which he carried on until 1875, when he sold out and returned to his former home. He then be- gan the study of medicine under his father's guid- ance, and in the fall entered the Ohio Medical College, at Cincinnati, continuing his studies in that institution until February, 1877, when he was graduated.
The young Doctor returned to the parental roof and practiced with his father a year, after which he opened an office at Westville, Champaign County. A year later he returned again to New Carlisle, where he remained until July, 1880, when he located at Medway, where he worked up a good practice, which he abandoned in the fall of 1885 to become a citizen of Kansas. He had been at- tracted by the promise of a newer and wider field of labor, and locating at Attica, Harper County, he built up an extensive practice and gained an ex- cellent reputation as a successful practitioner. Pay was slow, however, in the new country and in the
spring of 1888 Mr. Miranda resumed his position in Ohio, buying the same property which he had formerly occupied and taking up his practice where he had left it. Since that time he has rc- mained at Medway, which, it is probable, will be his permanent home.
At the home of the bride, in Iowa County, Iowa, May 2, 1875, Dr. Miranda was united in marriage with Miss Josephine Pine. That charming lady was born in Huntington County, Pa., but acquired her education at Polo, Ill., her father having re- moved to the Prairie State. After completing her studies, she engaged in teaching, a profession for which her culture, tact and amiable, yet firm, dis- position fitted her. She has borne her husband four children, and they have been called upon to part with three, the only survivor being a son, Max. Waller died at the age of three years; Bes- sie, at the age of six; and Winona, at the age of four. In 1871, William Pine, father of Mrs. Mi- randa, removed from Ogle County, Ill., to Kes- wick, Iowa, where he engaged in farming and has become well known in that line of work. IIe had formerly been employed at the trade of a blacksmith.
The culture and judgment of Dr. Miranda are ntilized by his fellow-men, who have called upon him to serve as School Director, an office which he is now filling creditably. He is Past Grand of the Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at New Carlisle, and belongs to the Clark County Medical Society. His judgment regarding matters political agrees with the principles advanced by the Democratic platform, and he gives his vote to the candidates of that party.
OHN S. ELLIOTT. One of the pleasantest offices in Springfield is Room 1, of the Mitchell Block, and is the headquarters of J. S. Elliott, who is doing a general insur- ance business in partnership with Dr. H. C. Di- mond, the latter gentleman having been engaged in the business bnt little more than a year. Mr. Elliott has had a more extended experience, and
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had the business well established before taking a partner. He represents the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, with which he has been connected for several years, and other companies which guarantee against loss by fire, accident, or the various ways in which life is shortened or property destroyed.
Mr. Elliott was born on the eastern shore of Maryland, near Centerville, connty seat of Qucen Anne's County, his natal day being December 9, 1854. His parents were John S. and Martha A. (Sudler) Elliott, both of whom were natives of Maryland and of English ancestry. His mother was a daughter of Arthur Sudler, formerly well known in Queen Anne's County. Both parents died in their native State, in which they had been life-long residents. The subject of this sketch spent his boyhood on a farm, and during his early years attended the common school in Sudlersville, a town in his native county. At the age of eigliteen years he determined to make a home far- ther West, and accordingly came to Ohio, stopping for a short time in Xenia. He found employment on the farm of M. V. Morris, where he worked for a year at $16 per month.
Young Elliott saved the money thus earned, and going to Dayton, entered the Miami Commer- cial College, in which he took a full course of study, being graduated in 1875. He then came to Springfield, where he accepted a clerkship in the store of Murphy Bros., with whom he remained only a short time, in September entering upon the insurance business. He first represented the Fire- man's Insurance Company at Dayton, and there continued until the 1st of January, 1885, when he became district agent and opened an office in Springfield. In March, 1889, the firm of Elliott & Dimond was formed, the junior member being a physician with a thoroughness in business tact and knowledge which is proving valuable in his new line of labor.
The gentleman of whom we write has been twice married. The lady who became his wife in 1877 was Miss Mary W. Boyer, daughter of O. P. Boyer, a prominent undertaker of Dayton. She made a happy home for her husband until Decem- ber 20, 1884, when she was called hence, leaving
two children -- Lyda B. and John Oliver. Two years later Mr. Elliott contracted a second matri- monial alliance, his bride on this occasion being Miss Nora E. Wood, of Springfield. This estima- ble lady is a daughter of S. R. and Margaret (McIntire) Wood, and was born and reared in Springfield. Her father is also a native of this county.
The business ability and enterprise of Mr. El- liott are recognized by his fellow-nien, who also appreciate his social qualities and manner of life. He is one of the Trustees of the Mitchel Thomas Hospital. In the social and benevolent orders hc takes great interest, holding membership in the following : Anthony Lodge, No. 455, F. & A. M .; Palestine Commandery, No. 33, K. T .; Red Star Lodge, No. 205, K. of P., and also the Uniformed Rank, No. 44, of the same fraternity; Lodge No. 51, P. B. O. E.
W ILLIARD F. ENGLE, Agent and Telegraph Operator of the Cleveland, Columbus, Cin- cinnati & St. Louis Railroad Company at Enon, also officiates as Postmaster of Mad River, Clark County. He is a man of good business abilities, and exercises no small influence among the leading men of his community. He enjoys the advantages of a thorough education, and is more than ordinarily well informed.
The native place of Mr. Engle was the famous Harper's Ferry, made historical by John Brown, of Ossawatomie, and the date of his birth was Sep- tember 27, 1857. He spent his boyhood days on his father's farm and in attendance at the common school, where he received thorough instruction in addition to careful training at home. At the age of twenty years he became a student of Shepherd's College, Jefferson County, W. Va., but after an at- tendance of six months was obliged to abandon his studies on account of ill-health. Upon coming to Ohio, in 1877, he located in the vicinity of Ca- tawba, Champaign County, where he engaged in farming about one year. Not yet satisfied with his
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condition and surroundings, Mr. Engle abandoned farming and commenced studying telegraphy at Catawba. He made such good progress that in the course of about six months he was given tlie posi- tion of night operator at Catawba, which he fol- lowed for some time thereafter. Iu 1880 he beetane yard operator at Springfield, holding this position probably three years. Still advancing he was next given the position of operator at Lock- land, but two weeks later returned to Catawba, where he became both operator and agent and served as Postmaster. From there, in 1887, lie removed to Enon, where he has likewise made a good record. To his other duties he added that of agent for the American Express Company, in whose employ he has been for over seven years.
Mr. Engle was married, at Frankfort, Ross County, this State, October 6, 1844, to Miss Jennie Roweton. This lady was born in Frankfort, and is a daughter of George W. Roweton, a prominent resident of Ross County, who is now well-to-do and living retired from active business. Mrs. En- gle was reared and educated in her native town, re- inaining under the parental roof until her marriage. This union has resulted in the birth of two chil dren -- Ethel and Williard. Mr. Engle, politically, is a straight Prohibitionist, warmly interested in the success of the temperance cause. He is a Pres- byterian in religious belief, but there being no society of that denomination in Enon, he is conse- quently not connected with any organization. Mrs. Engle conforms to the doctrines of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
The father of our subject was James W. Engle, a native of Jefferson County, Va., and the son of John Engle, who was also born there. Grandfather Engle was of Scotch and English descent, and a well-to-do farmer, who spent the closing years of his life in his native county. James W. also fol- lowed farming, and when reaching manhood lo- cated on land which was given him by his father, where he prosecuted agriculture successfully, and also engaged quite extensively in stock-raising. Ile invested his capital in additional land, and is now the owner of four hundred broad acres near Harper's Ferry, in the Shenandoah Valley. He met with quite heavy losses during the late Civil War,
some of his buildings being destroyed by fire, and his horses and cattle driven off. In early manhood he belonged to the old Whig party, but now affil- fates with the Democracy. Although seventy-one yeaas old he is quite active, possessing much of the energy and determination of his younger years. In religion lie is a stanch Presbyterian and an Elder in that church.
The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Margaret Duke. She was likewise a native of Jefferson County, Va., and the daughter of Rob- ert Duke, a well-to-do farmer, and a Baptist in re- ligion. The Duke family is also of English and Scotch descent. Mrs. Margaret Engle departed this life October 1, 1874. Like her father she ad- hered religiously to the Old School Baptist Church. Of her union with James W. Engle there was born a family of nine children, seven of whom grew to mature years: Robert is farming on the borders of the Indian Territory; James is an attache of the Auditor's Office in Washington, D. C .; Jesse was studiously inclined, acquiring a thorough educa- tion, and now holds a professorship, occupying himself among the schools of Jefferson County, Va .; William F., our subjeet, was the next in order of birth; John F. went to California, and became agent of the Santa Fe Railroad Company ; he died in 1888; Shadia is a minister of the Presbyterian Church, and located at Hampden Sidney, Va .; Carleton is attending a commercial school in Washı- ington, D. C.
C HARLES LUDLOW, a prominent pharma- cist of Springfield, in which city he was born February 3, 1842, occupies a well-ar- ranged room at No. 55 East Main Street. He car- ries a large and varied stock of drugs and medicines, and in addition to his large business in that line, inakes a specialty of handling lubricating oils. The handsome fittings of his establishment make it an ornament to the business section of the city, and his beautiful residence on East High Street is an equal addition to that section.
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The father of our subject was Jolin Ludlow, who about the year 1840 established one of the first drug stores in this city, to the business of which the son Charles succeeded. The widow of John Ludlow and mother of our subject is Elnina, daughter of Capt. Frederick Getman, who was born in Herkimer County, N. Y., and is still living in Springfield, now in lier seventy-fifth year. IIer father was a soldier in the War of 1812, and was descended from natives of Holland. A further history of the family will be found elsewhere in this ALBUM.
The early school days of our subject were passed in Springfield whence he departed in 1859 to an institution of learning elsewhere, finally completing his studies at Dayton. In 1861, he became a mem- ber of Company H, Thirty-second Ohio Infantry, being made Second Sergeant on the organization of the company. The regiment, which was under the command of Col. Thomas Ford, was sent to the mountainous regions of West Virginia where for some months it rendered efficient service under Gen. Reynolds. In the following year young Ludlow was transferred to the regimental hospital where he acted in the capacity of Hospital Steward until October 24, 1862, when lie received his dis- charge.
Returning to his native place Mr. Ludlow be- came interested in his father's drug store, to which as before stated, he finally succeeded, on the death of his parent. He belongs to Mitchell Post, No. 145, G. A. R., and it is hardly necessary to state, affiliates with the Republican party. Both he and his wife are active members in Christ Episcopal Church and he is a member of the vestry. He is fortunate in being able to surround himself with the home comforts which are desirable, to bestow upon his children good advantages, and to assist in many good works as a less prosperous business man could not.
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