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USA > Ohio > Pickaway County > Portrait and biographical record of Fayette, Pickaway and Madison counties, Ohio : containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States > Part 80
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The parents of our subject were William and Mary Jane (Ilowsman) Baldwin, the former of whom was born February 12, 1817, in Madison Township, Fayette County, and the latter born March 6, 1825, in Range Township, Madison County. The father died September 11, 1887, and the mother, August 28. 1886. The grandfather of
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our subject, William Baldwin, was a twin-brother of Jonah, who is mentioned in the sketch of J. M. Baldwin on another page in this volume.
Our subject's father grew to manhood in this settlement and March 26, 1846, was united in mar- riage with Miss Howsman. He was very energetic in prosecuting his affairs, as is shown by the fact that he inherited only eighteen acres of land, but at the time of his death was the owner of an estate comprising seven hundred acres. In politics, he was a Democrat but in nowise could be called an office-seeker.
The brothers and sisters of our subject were eleven in number and bore the respective names of Isaac, Sarah C., Nancy Margaret, William II., John R., Martha Jane, Elizabeth Arabella, George M., Enoch, Mary Frances and James Harrison. They were all given good educations, which fitted them to become useful citizens. As a citizen, our sub- ject stands deservedly high in the esteem of all who know him and has been a strong advocate in whatever measures he deemed were calculated to advance the interests of his community.
AMES PERRILL. Belonging to that class of emigrants whose industry and economy soon placed them in comfortable and re- sponsible positions on coming into the new country, our subject has taken advantage of every circumstance that he could turn to his own ac- count, and the consequence is that he is in a most comfortable financial position, and a farmer and stock-raiser who has accumulated a handsome competency in the pursuit of his calling in this State.
Hugh Perrill, the father of our subject, was a native of Virginia and a millwright by trade. His father was John Perrill, also a native of the Old Dominion and a soldier in the War of 1812. The family originally came from England and located in Virginia, where they were among the F. F. V.'s. The latter-named gentleman came to this State seventy years ago and made settlement in Iligh- land County. The maiden name of our subject's mother was Margaret Colwell; she was born in Vir-
ginia, where she was married, and died in 1833. Her husband departed this hfe in 1848, being the father of six children, two of whom are deceased. Those living are Nathan, who makes his home in Indiana; our subject; John, who resides in Jasper Township, and Mary (Mrs. Joseph P. Brown ), who lives in Ross County.
The original of this sketch was born March 4, 1821, at Winchester, Va., being brought when an infant by his parents to the Buckeye State. He received a good education in the log schoolhouse in Highland County, and was thrown upon his own resources when quite young, working out on a farm in Ross County for $7 per month. He then engaged in the cattle business, driving the ani- mals to market in New York City, Philadelphia, Boston and other large cities, making three trips each season and being thus employed for ten years. Ile was very economical and industrious, and with the $2,000 which he had saved, bought a drove of cattle for himself, drove them to New York City and cleared on them $1,600. He was similarly en- gaged for five years, when, in 1845, he purchased wild land in Fayette County, upon which he re- moved in 1850.
James Perrill was married November 4. 1855, to Miss Ann Nichols, a native of Ross County, this State, by whom he became the father of two chil- dren, now deceased. Mrs. Perrill departed this life in 1860, and September 3, 1862, our subject was married to Miss Rebecca, daughter of Abraham and Jemima (Blackstone) Chenoweth, natives re- spectively of Pike and Ross Counties. Her father was the son of Abraham Chenoweth, Sr., a native of Virginia and of English descent. Ile was a sol- dier in the War of 1812 and was a very prominent man in Pike County, this State. Mr. and Mrs. Chenoweth were married in Ross County and later removing to Pike County, located on the old home- stead, where the father passed his last days, dying in May, 1878. Mrs. Chenoweth still survives and is in her seventy-seventh year. To them were born a large family of thirteen children, ten of whom are living. Mrs. Perrill was born October 30, 1840, in Pike County. and was given a good education in the schools of that period.
To our subject and his estimable wife have been
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granted a family of seven children, only one of whom is deceased. Jennie B. married J. D. Shoop and resides in Illinois; Mary M. was the second child; James T. married Mary N. Henkle and makes his home in Fayette County. The remain- children are John W., Carrie E. and Gilbert
They have all been given excellent educa- ns and Miss Mary is very expert with embroid- r work.
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Mr. Perrill removed to his present beautiful farm in 1872, where he is the proud possessor of a tract of fourteen hundred acres, all of which is nder cultivation. He has placed good and sub- antial buildings on his estate, not the least among which is the farm residence. a neat and commodi- ons structure and which is presided over by his excellent wife, to whom he owes much of his pres- ent high standing in the agricultural community. She is economical and judicious in the expenditure of money and is noted throughout this seetion as an excellent housewife and caretaker.
lle of whom we write has always been greatly interested in educational affairs and has served efficiently as a member of the Board for a number of terms. In polities, he is a strong Republican and during the Civil War was one the "Squirrel Ilunters." He feeds every season about one hun- dred and fifty head of cattle, being one of the largest stoek-dealers in this section. Mr. Perrill can be justly proud of his vast possessions, as he started out in life empty-handed, and his good judgment and progressive spirit have resulted in the accumulation of his vast possessions. We are pleased to be able to place his sketch in the hands of our numerous readers as an example of a self- made man.
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E LIJAH BRAGG, an enterprising and pro- gressive citizen of Pleasant Township, Mad- ison County, who is engaged in general farming and stock-raising, claims Ross County, Ohio, as the place of his nativity. He was born in Buckskin Township. June 18, 1810, and is a son
of William and Judith ( Lightfoot) Bragg. His father was born in Virginia, about 1751, and was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He was twice married. By his first union he had six children, and our subject was the eighth in a family of nine. Ilis mother died in 1811.
Mr. Bragg of this sketch grew to manhood in the county of his nativity. His father died August 27, 1831. and he made his home with his mother for about three years afterward. Ile began to work for himself at fifty cents per day. and was also employed by the month at $9. Ile was engaged in digging the canal from Portsmouth to Cleveland. and worked on it after it was completed. Ile was married in November. 1835. to Miss Melinda Em- mons, and unto them were born seven sons and four daughters, who are yet living, with one ex- ception. They made their first home in Chilli- eothe, where they remained until 1843. when Mr. Bragg settled upon a farm belonging to Gen. Worthington. Ile was to superintend the build- ing of some barns and other buildings. In 1849, he formed a partnership with the General in farm- ing and stock-raising, and at the end of two years a sale was made. Having made some money, Mr. Bragg purchased two hundred acres of land of a sister of the General, and from time to time has added to this until his landed possessions now ag- gregate six hundred aeres, and he is the owner of one of the fine farms of the community.
Mrs. Bragg died March 5, 1862. Mr. Bragg was again married. March 17. 1864, to Miss Letitia Hows- man, who was born in Range Township. April 4. 1838, and is a daughter of John B. and Mary (Fos- ter) Ilowsman. For a number of years she made her home with her unele, Benjamin Harrison. Of the sons of the first marriage, Alexander enlisted in Company G, One Hundredth Ohio Infantry. He was in the hospital at Franklin, Tenn .. for some time, and in 1863 his father went for him, but he died soon after being brought home. By the second marriage, three children have been born, two yet living. The daughter, Lizzie F., who was born March 19, 1867, was married January 13, 1892. to Thomas F. Slettery, who was born April 16. 1867; and Maggie L .. who married J. M. Edwards. No- vember 5. 1890. and resides in Mt. Sterling.
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Mr. Bragg cast his first vote for Andrew Jack- son in 1828, when only a boy. He has since been a supporter of Democratic principles, and has filled various offices of honor and trust, having served as Road Supervisor and School Director for over thirty years, and has been Township Trustee for seven years. ITis long-continued service well in- dicates his faithfulness to duty, and the confidence in which he is held. Ile has also served as a dele- gate to the various county conventions. Socially, he is a member of the Masonic fraternity, with which he has been connected since 1861.
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P HILIP GLICK. This gentleman, who ranks among the prominent and successful agri- culturists of Pickaway County, is at present residing on a valuable estate situated on section 8, Circleville Township, where he is culti- vating the soil in a most profitable manner. He was born in Amanda Township, Fairfield County, this State, June 5, 1819, and is the son of Henry Glick, a native of Pennsylvania.
The grandfather of our subject was a native of Germany, emigrating to this country in an early day and making his home in the Keystone State. Ile there followed his trade of a blacksmith, in connection with which occupation he farmed to some extent. On removing to Ohio, he purchased land in Fairfield County, paying for his farm $8 per acre. Ile died when on the return trip to Pennsylvania. His large family of eighteen chil- dren subsequently came to the above-named county where they resided for a number of years.
Henry Glick, the father of our subject, was a young man when the family came to this State, and, having acquired a good education, taught school in his early life. He later followed agri- cultural pursuits, and died in 1872, in the seventy- fourth year of his age. He was very prominent in township affairs, and held the responsible position of Justice of the Peace for several years. Ile was well informed upon all events of interest, and was a man whose advice was much sought after. In religious matters, he was a consistent member of
the Lutheran Church. The maide: subject's mother was Sarah Peters. in Pennsylvania, and was the dang' Peters, also a native of the Keystone German descent. Ile of whom we v heard his maternal grandmother tell . Washington ride through the countr- trying times of the Revolutionary \ father Peters emigrated to Fairfiel State, in an early day, where he ] trade of blacksmith, his family cor farm. Mrs. Sarah Glick died in F. at the advanced age of ninety-tw( her worthy husband, she was a mc Lutheran Church.
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The parental family included sixter twelve of whom, eight sons and fou grew to mature years. Philip was the eldes. family, and received limited advantag schooling, his privileges being limited to three months in the year. The house . in that early day was not supplied v 1 conveniences and comforts which are a orded the youth of to-day, for the seats were made of slabs and the floor of puncheon. He remained on the homestead, aiding his father in its cultivation, until reaching his eighteenth year, when he went to Circleville to learn the trade of a brewer, hav- ing clerked in a store in Royalton during the pre- vious winter months. In 1838, he rented the brew- ery from his former employer and carried on busi- ness for himself. In 1843, he erected a building suitable for his line of work on the banks of Har- gus Creek, in the northern limits of Circleville, and there was engaged in business until 1868. In the fall of that year, he removed to his present home in Circleville Township, which he had purchased many years previous and which he has impro od by the erection thereon of a fine brick residen ... Elsewhere in this volume is shown a view of homestead.
September 13, 1842, Miss Nancy Hoover becan the wife of our subject. She is a native of th county, having been born in that part of Madiso Township which is now included in Walnut Town ship, January 8, 1822. Mrs. Glick is the daughter of Jacob and Ann M. (Rollman) Hoover, natives of
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Virginia, who emigrated to Pickaway County in an early day, where they were among the pioneers of Madison Township. Mr. Hoover died in 1825. and the mother in 1862, when eighty-three years of age. The father was a patriot in the War of 1812, and was a gentleman greatly esteemed in his community. Mrs. Glick was the youngest in the parental family of ten children, seven daughters and three sons. Only three of the daughters are living at the present time.
Of the five children born to our subject and his estimable wife, Caleb married Anna Fisher, and is farming in Washington Township, Pickaway Coun- ty. Ile served three years in the late war. Joshua married Mary Crist, and is also engaged as an agri- culturist, his place of residence being in Walnut Township, this county. JJacob married Mary Wes- tenhaver, and cultivates his father's farm as well as the farm adjoining. The remaining two chil- dren, Joseph, and one unnamed, died in infancy.
Formerly a Whig, Mr. Glick now casts his vote in favor of Republican candidates and principles. Socially, he is an Odd Fellow, with which order he has been connected for many years. In relig- ious matters, he is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, in which body he has been Dea- con. His landed estate comprises one hundred and eighty-two and one-half acres of valuable prop- erty in the home farm, ninety-two acres in Walnut, and two hundred acres in Washington Township. Mr. Glick began in life for himself empty-handed, and his persistent industry has been rewarded, for his farm ranks among the finest in Circleville Township. He is a gentleman whose word is con- sidered as good as his bond, and his friends are as numerous as his acquaintances.
C HARLES SOLLARS is connected with the rich agricultural interests of his native county, Fayette, as the fortunate propri- etor of a well-appointed and highly productive farm in Wayne Township. He was born January 9, 1857, and is a representative of the early pio- neer stock of the county. His father, Allen Sol-
lars, was also a native of Fayette County, his birth occurring in 1811. His education was lim- ited to the schooling that he obtained m the primitive pioneer schools of his day, and his boy- hood was passed in clearing away the forest on his father's farm, which was his home from birth to deatlı.
Allen Sollars began life on his own account by taking charge of the old homestead after his fathi- er's death, and previous to his marriage, at the age of thirty-five. he purchased it of the other heirs, and enjoyed uninterrupted prosperity in tilling the soil and raising stock until his untimely de- mise in 1868, ere old age came upon him. He was a Whig in his younger days, and later in life the Republican party found in him a sturdy sup- porter. Ilis wife, Sarah J., daughter of Anslum and Abigail (Jackson) Ballard, survived him until 1885, when she too passed away. They were peo- ple whose many excellent traits of head and heart won them the regard of the entire community of which they were members for so many years. They were the parents of five children, as follows: Elizabeth, wife of Henry Eustler; Charles; Emma L., wife of J. C. Schrock; and two who died in infancy.
Upon the old homestead where he was born, Charles Sollars remained with his mother until he was twenty-seven years old. At that age, he mar- ried and established a home of his own, taking as his wife Emma E., daughter of Franklin C. and Sarah A. (Bush) Finch. She belongs to one of the oldest families of Fayette County, and her father was born on the same farm where he died. Ile was a son of John and Elizabeth ( Brackney) Finch, natives of Kentucky, who came to Fayette County in 1790. Elizabeth Finch was a daughter of Benjamin Brackney, a Kentucky frontiersman. Sarah A. Finch was a daughter of William and Nancy Bush. Our subject's wife is one of eleven children, of whom the following beside herself grew to maturity: Laura A., wife of J. B. Mc- Connell; Eliza; Mary; Nancy; Sadie (Mrs. A. W. Junk); John, and Reece. Mr. and Mrs. Sollars are the parents of two children, Hazel and Hugh.
Our subject is a live and wide-awake farmer. well grounded in all that pertains to his calling.
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and attends strictly to his business as a tiller of the soil and stock-raiser. He has a one hundred and ninety acre farm, amply supplied with mod- ern improvements in the shape of a handsome briek residence, roomy barns, and neatly-built out- houses for various purposes, and is well fenced and drained. On another page is shown a view of this place. Mr. Sollars stands well financially, and is popular socially as one of the leading members of Greenfield Lodge No. 318, A. F. and A. M., and Garfield Commandery No. 28, K. T., at Washing- ton. Politically, he is a Republican, and has rep- resented his township as Assessor.
G EORGE T. ROW, a talented and successful physician of Circleville, has gained an as- sured position among the best representa- tives of the medical profession in Ohio. He is a elose student, devoting the few leisure hours al- lowed him by the demands of his large practice to the study of the best medical and scientifie author- ities, and taking advantage of any new discoveries that will in any way aid him in his work. At the commencement of his professional career, he placed his standard of success so high that he was not content with mediocrity, but aspired to a broad knowledge of medical investigations and research.
The family to which our subject belongs has re- sided in Circleville for many years, and was first represented in Pickaway County by Grandfather Peter Row, who was a very early settler of Washington Township, and there improved a farm from a tract of wild land. The father of our sub- ject, Samuel Row, was born in Pickaway County in 1811, and during his entire active life followed farming pursuits in Washington Township. He is now retired from the arduous labors which form- erly engaged his attention, and, at a venerable age, is making his home in Circleville, where he is highly esteemed by his fellow-citizens. Politically, he is a Democrat. His religious affiliations are with the Lutheran Church.
The mother of our subject bore the maiden name
of Hannah Taylor, and was born in Circleville during the opening years of this century. Her father, William C. Taylor. was a direct descendant of William Cromwell, and thus traeed his lineage to one of England's oldest and most famous fami- lies. Mrs. Ilannah Row attained to the age of three-seore and ten when she closed her eyes to the scenes of earth, leaving to mourn her loss a devoted husband and eight of the ten children born of her marriage. One of her sons, Reuben by name, now a resident of Kansas, enlisted in 1862 in defense of the Union, and served until the close of the war, being breveted First Lieuten- ant in recognition of his valor.
Born in Circleville, June 13, 1846, our subjeet was reared on the home farm in Washington Town- ship, receiving a common-school education and gaining a practical knowledge of agriculture. Af- ter studying for some years in the neighboring log schoolhouse, he attended the Circleville High School until he had almost completed the course of study there. He remained in the parental home until he was twenty-five years old, when, in 1871. he removed to Seymour, Jackson County, Ind., and there operated a farm for three years.
Having resolved to enter the medical profession, our subjeet came to Cireleville, where he began the study of medicine under Dr. Samuel Turney. In 1875, he entered the Medical College of Ohio, at Cincinnati, attending two terms and graduating at the University of Maryland in 1877. Thus ad- mirably equipped with a thorough theoretical knowledge of the profession, the young Doetor opened an office with Dr. Thompson for active practice. Three years afterward, the connection was dissolved, since which time Dr. Row has been alone. His praetice is not limited to Circleville, but extends into the neighboring counties of Fair- field, Ross, Ilocking, Franklin, Madison and Fay- ette. Ile is a member of the Pickaway County Medical Association and the Ohio State Medical Society. During the administration of President Cleveland, he was Pension Examiner for this dis- triet, which embraced five counties, and he is now examiner for various insurance organizations.
Socially, the Doctor is identified with the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows, and the Order of
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Elks. Although not a partisan, he is a firm sup- porter of Democratic principles and candidates, and conscientiously upholds the party platform. In religion, he is a member of the Methodist Epis- copal Church. Not a little of his success may be attributed to his wife, whose affectionate assistance and cheerful counsel are constantly exerted in his behalf. Prior to 1878, the year of her marriage. she was known as Hannah Dishong, and her birth- place is in Perry County, this State. She is the mother of two bright daughters, Minnie and Jen- nette, who are being carefully trained in the schools of Circleville, as well as beneath the shelter of the parental home.
OHN SCHLEYER, A. B., A. M., Prosecuting Attorney of Pickaway County, who is sue- cessfully engaged in the practice of law in Circleville, is a native of the Buckeye State. He was born in Chillicothe. Ross County, Decem- ber 16, 1851. and is a son of John F. Schleyer, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work. The father was born near Stuttgart, Germany, and after his death, his wife married a Mr. Schleyer, whose name the children took. She brought her family to America when John was only eight years of age, and settled near Cleve- land, Ohio, whence she removed to Ross County. The father of our subject had to make his own way in the world. He sawed wood until sixteen years of age, and then became a molder. Ile af- terward invested his earnings in a confectionery store, but failed in this line and later located in Huntington Township. He wedded Margarette Schneider, and after some years spent in that local- ity, came to Circleville in 1862. Since that time, he has been a coal and wood dealer of this city. In the family were six children, five of whom grew to mature years. The eldest. William, served as a private during the late war. and is now engaged in the real-estate business in Columbus.
Our subject was the third in order of birth. The first six years of his life were spent in his native State, after which he went to Huntington with his
parents, and with the family came to Circleville in 1862. His education has been acquired in the common schools and in the High School of this city, and he studied pharmacy under William W. Ballard. continuing in his drug store for six years and two months. He then accepted a position in Cambridge City, Ind., and afterward spent a year and a half in the drug business in Ft. Wayne, Ind. In 1875. he entered the University of Columbus, Ohio. from which he was graduated in 1879, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, after which he con- tinued his studies in the theological department of the same school for a year and a half. During the second year, he had to fill temporary engagements as a minister, and preached both in German and English.
Subsequent to this time, Mr. Schleyer determined to make the practice of law his life work, and to this end began studying with the firm of Smith & Morris, with whom he remained two years, being admitted to the Ohio Bar on the 2d of January, 1883. Hle then continued with his preceptors for seven months, after which he opened an office and engaged in practice alone until February, 1891. when the firm of Schleyer & Abernethy was formed. They have a pleasant office in the Masonic Temple building. In 1886, our subject was elected City Solicitor on the Democratic ticket, was re-elected in 1888, and in the autumn of 1890, was elected Prosecuting Attorney, which position he still holds. Mr. Schleyer possesses much natural ability as a lawyer, and this has been supplemented by thor- ough preparation, so that he has steadily worked his way upward, and has already won an enviable reputation at the Bar. lle is a member of the Lutheran Church, and is Secretary of the Associa- tion.
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