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ENN, JULIUS AUGUSTUS, Attorney-at-Law, was born in Neville, Clermont county, Ohio, May 13th, ISIS. Ile was the oldest child in a family of eleven children, whose parents were Elijah T. Penn and Philenia ( Walriven ) Penn. His father, a native of Frederick county, Maryland, followed through life agricultural pursuits, and in ISHI settled in Washington Township, Clermont county, Ohio, where he has since resided. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and made three trips to New Orleans in a flatboat, return- ing thenee on foot. His mother, a native of Mason county, Kentucky, removed in 1798 to Ohio with her father, Samuel Walriven, when she was. but one year old, finding a home in Franklin township, Clermont county. Her grandfather, James Sargent, a member of the first Constitutional Conven- tion of Ohio, and for several years a member of the Legis- lature, also, in 1798, settled in the same township. On both sides of the house his ancestors were among the pio- neer settlers of this section of the State, and his forefathers, on the maternal side, were active participants in the Revolu- tionary struggle. His early education was liberal, and was received at the common schools and high school of his native county. Uutil he had attained his majority, he as-
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sisted his father in laboring on the farm. In 1839 he left | tion. His mother, whose decease occurred in 1831, was of the paternal acres, and began life on his own resources, as a school teacher in Felicity in Clermont county, where he was engaged in educational labors during the cushing two years. While occupied as a teacher, be applied himself also to the study of law, and in 1842 was admitted to the bir, whereupon he entered on the practice of his profession in Batavia, Clermont county. After his admission, in order to secure the means to embrace more comfortably profes- sional life, he drove an ov-team for one month. Since then he has resided permanently in Batavia, constantly occupied in guarding the interests of an extensive practice. At the ontset, he was associated for about two years in partnership with Martin Marshall, a distinguished attorney, who be- longed to the family which produced Chief Justice Mar. shall. In 1866-67 he acted for one year as Revenue Col- lector for the Sixth Ohio District. With this exception he has never sought or held public office. At the outbreak of the war with Mexico, he entered the army as a volunteer, and started with his regiment for the field of operations. Bat owing to disability resulting from a broken leg, the con- sequence of a fall from his horse, he was incapacitated for duty, and having advanced only to Cincinnati, returned thence to his home. In 1861 he accompanied to the field the 22d Regiment of Ohio Volunteeer Infantry, as Captain of Company E, the first company furnished by Clermont connty to assist in suppressing the rebellion. Ile was shortly after promoted to the rank of Major, and remained in service with his regiment in Virginia for about five months, participating during that time in a number of skir- mishes and minor engagements. Politically he is attached
to the Republican party, and cast his first vote for General Harrison. He is widely known as a zealous advocate of the temperance cause, is in favor of prohibition, and both in public and in private orations has earnestly denounced the evil- attendant on intemperance, and originated measures designed to eradicate the baneful influence of strong drink. Also, in 1873, he canvassed Clermont county as a temper- ance advocate. Religion ly he is a Methodist. He was married December 20, 1846, to Elisa C. Minor, a native of Clermont county, from whom he was divorced in 1855. Ile was again married, May 20, 1860, to Maury I. Brock, a native of Crawford county, Indiana.
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OWARD, COLONEL WILLIAM. Attorney-at- Law, ex-Member of Congress, was born in Jeffer- son county, Virginia, December 31st, IS17. He was the third child in a family of seven children, whose parents were Thomas Howard and Re- becca (Likins) Howard, also natives of Jefferson county, Virginia, His father followed through life agricul- tural pursuits, and after his removal to Wheeling, Virginia, died there in 1853. He was originally of English extrac.
English.German descent. Until fifteen years of age he was employed as an assistant on the farm, and Lder was placed to learn the saddlery trade in Jefferson county, Virginia, which he pursued for about six years. His early education was limited, and was obtained at common schools, and by attentive reading during the leisure hours of his service as a saddler. In 1835 he moved to Augusta, Kentucky, and entered the primary department of Augusta College, the first Methodist institution of the kind established in the United States. Its president was then Dr. Joseph S. Tom. linson. There he passed through a thorough curriculum of literary study, graduating in 1839. During this time he became very proficient in mathematics, both pure and mixed, a branch of study for which he had carly displayed a notable aptitude and talent. Ile supported bimself in the meantime by working five hours per day at his trade. In his youthful days he had proposed to apply bis attention to the study of medicine, an intention whose origin is attribut- able probably to the fact that in the ranks of the medical profession several members of his family had already ac- quired distinction. While pursuing a collegiate course, however, he abandoned this design, and resolved to apply himself to the study of law, deeming the legal profession one more in harmony with his tastes and mathematical abilities. In 1839, accordingly, under the guidance of Martin Marshall, an accomplished scholar and legal practi- tioner of Kentucky, and a member of the family that pro- duced Chief Justice Marshall, he began to prepare himself for the bar. Within one year he qualified himself for ad- mission, and in 1840 established his office in Batavia, Cler- mont county, where he has since resided, engaged in the control of a diversified and an extensive business. From IS45 to 1849 he acted as Prosecuting Attorney of Clermont county, having been twice elected to this office. In the latter year he was elected to the Senate of Ohio, and served for one term. In 1858 he was elected to Congress on the Democratie ticket. Also, in 1866, he was a candidate for Congress, but owing to the increasing power of the Repub- lican element in his district, failed to secure an election. The district referred to then embraced the counties of Cler- mont, Brown, Highland, Fayette and Clinton, while the district from which he had been elected comprised the counties of Clermont, Brown, Ilighland and Adams. In military matters also he has been prominently before the public. In 1847 he accompanied to the scene of operations in Mexico, the 2d Ohio Regiment of Infantry, and, as Second Lieutenant of Company C, served actively with this body until the termination of the conflict. During those eventful days he was employed on the line, under General Winfield Scott, from Vera Cruz to Puebla. In September, 1861, he accompanied the 59th Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry to the field as Major, and remained in service for about eighteen months. In 1862 he was promoted to a Lieutenant Colonelcy. He was with his regiment in Kon-
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tueky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia, and Alabama, and [ and remained in service until November, 1866, when he was was actively engaged in the battles of Shiloh, Corinth, mustered out -the last remaining volunteer officer in the ser- Perryville, Crab Orchard, and Stone River, and also in vice from Ohio. In the cutting fall he was appointed Assist. ant Postmaster at Columbus, and served untd 1869, when he was elected to the Wardenship of the Ohio Penitentiary, an office retained by him until the spring of 1874. Hle subse- quently returned to Delaware and there engaged in the hard- ware and agricultural implements business, in which he still continues. In April, 1875, he was again appointed Assistant Postmaster at Columbus, and has since performed the duties of that office. Ile was married, January 5th, 1843, to Eliza 1. Runyan. many skirmishes and other minor engagements. In 1863 he resigned his position in the army, his health having be- come seriously impaired through the trials attending extraor- dinary efforts necessitated by fatiguing marches and exciting service in the field. Ile has always been intimately identi- fied with the Democratic party, and has worked efficiently to secure its welfare and develop its best interests. His first vote was cast in favor of James K. Polk. Ile has ever manifested a warm and far-seeing interest in educational matters, and has been instrumental in advancing many pub- lie enterprises calculated to benefit the people of his county. Religiously he is attached to the Methodist church. He is ANDALL, DAVID AUSTIN, D. D., Baptist Minister, Lecturer, Editor, Author, etc., was bom in Colchester, Connecticut, January 14th, 1813. Ilis parents were James Randall and Joanna (Pemberton) Randall, both natives of Connecti- cnt. Ilis mother was a direct descendant of Rev. Ebenezer Pemberton, D. D., of the old South Church, Boston, Massachusetts. When but two years of age, his parents moved with him to Auburn, New York, where his a man of varied experience in life, an enterprising citizen, and a lawyer of scholarly attainment. Ile was married, January 29th, 1852, to Amaryllis C. Botsford, a native of Oswego, New York. She was a woman of superior natural intelligence, and possessed a highly cultivated and refined mind and extensive information, which, combined with her amiability of manner, kind disposition, and Christian char- acter, made her a favorite in society, and the idolized wife and mother in her own household; and whether in public father was instrumental in establishing the First Baptist or private life, she was her husband's confidential adviser. She died July 13th, 1875, greatly regretted by the com- munity in which she lived, Church of that place. In 1821 the family removed from Auburn and settled on the west shore of the Canandaigua Lake, about four miles from the village of the same name. In this beautiful region, dividing his thne between school in winter and work upon the farm in summer, he passed the e) JRR, RAYMOND, Assistant Postmaster of Colum- bus, Ohio, Dealer in Hardware and Agricultural Implements, was born in Meredith, New York, April 20, 1821. Ilis parents were natives of Con- necticut. Ilis father, although constantly engaged as a surveyor and engineer, was occupied also successively in merchandising and agricultural pursuit .. He attended school in his native place until his eighteenth year was reached, when he moved to Virginia, and there taught school for about one year. Ile then removed to Mount Vernon, Ohio, where he again assumed the role of educator, and imparted instruction during the winter of 1840-41. During the ensuing year he remained in connec- tion with a jeweler, and in 1812 established himself in business on his own account at Delaware, Ohio, conducting it until the opening of the war. In 1852 he was elected Mayor of Delaware, and was repeatedly re-elected, serving several terms with marked ability. In 1859 he was elected to the Legislature, and served with that body until 1861. In the spring of this year he was employed as clerk in the Commissary Department at Columbus, and in the spring of 1862 was commissioned by President Lincoln as Assistant Quartermaster. Ile was then placed in charge at the Capitol, and in 1864 was assigned to duty as Chief Quarter- master of the depot at Columbus, with the rank of Colonel, lays of his youth. The only periodicals which then reached his secluded home were the village newspaper, published at the county-seat, and the Baptist Register, of Utica, New York. Ilis converse therefore was more with nature than with books, and those early associations gave a lasting bias to his affections and ideas, and a sedate and contemplative turn to his mind and musings. Being naturally of a reflect- ive and inquisitive nature, much of the time devoted by his young companions to fishing, hunting, and the usual sports of youth, was spent by him either in reading, wandering among rocks and glens, or in experimenting in his father's blacksmith shop in the rudiments of philosophy and chemi>- try. An interest in the town library brought into the funily a quarterly instalment of books, which were always gladly welcomed, and read with eagerness and profit. At the age of fourteen he made a public profession of religion, and December 24th, 1826, became a communicant in the Baptist church. In his religions experience, even at this early age, a new and powerful impulse was given to his spiritual life, Religion then shed her radiant influence over his existence, and the Bible and religious books monopo- lized his time and thoughts, Prompted by a desire to pie- pare himself for greater usefulness, the plow was exchanged for the grammar, and he progressed rapidly in his studies. While in his eighteenth year he took charge of a country school, and profitably to himself and to his pupils sustained
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the role of educator through several winters, Lacking a | rituds of the Old Testament to the Christian dispensation. vigorous constitution, and accustomed to active life in the In 1870 he received from Denison University the honorary degree of D>. D. Since his return from abroad, he has spent considerable time in giving public lectures, chiefly for the benefit of feeble churches and sundry benevolent societies. IIe still resides at Columbus, where he devotes his attention partly to his secular affairs and partly to literary pursuits. Ile also preaches occasionally, and gives much of his time and energies toward the promotion of the various great causes of benevolence, and the spread of the gospel. Ile was married, March 3d, 1837, to Mary Ann Witter, daugh- ter of Rev. William Witter, of Gorham, New York. At her death he was again married, June 6th, 1843, to Harriet (Oviatt) Bronson, widow of Sherman Bronson, and daugh- ter of Ilerman Oviatt, one of the pioneer settlers of Ohio Western Reserve. open air, declining health prevented his completing a clas- sical course, and he was under the necessity of commencing the publie duties of life before his school education was thoroughly completed. June 3151, 1838, he was licensed to preach by the Gorham ( New York) Baptist Church, and was ordained in Richfield, Ohio, December 18th, 1839. In the spring of 1840 he was called to the pastorate of the Baptist Church in Medina, the county-seat of Medina county, Ohio, where he was occupied in Christianly labors for five or six years. During his residence in this place, the great Washingtonian Temperance Reform swept over the land. As a consequence he became the editor of a Wash- ingtonian paper, and in editing and writing for that organ, in attending public meetings, and in giving public lectures, he spent a large amount of time, and worked with tireless zeil, receiving therefore no compensation save the sweet consciousness of doing a good work. In connection with these editorial labors began the development of his talent CMAHION, HON. JOIIN A., Member of Congress, Lawyer, was born in Frederick county, Maryland, February 19th, 1833, being the son of John V. L .. McMahon and Elizabeth (Gouger) McMahon. His father was a native of the same State, and a lawyer of illustrious fame. Ilis mother was a native of Pennsylvania. Ilis education was conducted at St. Xavier's College, Cincinnati, from which he graduated in 1849. During the ensuing year, while pursuing a course of historical reading, he taught one year at this college. Ife then entered upon the study of law at Dayton with his relative, the late Hon. Clement L. Vallandigham, Under this able preceptor he made rapid and thorough progress in his reading, and in 1854 was admitted to the bar. He then formed a law partnership with Mr. Vallandigham, which continued uninterrupted until the latter was elected to Congress in 1858. Mr. McMahon practised alone until ISGI, when he associated with Hon. George W. Hlouk, and this partnership still exists. Ilis political affiliations through life have been Democratie. Ile ably supported Mr. Val- landigham during his campaigns, and as a speaker and as an organizer rendered material services to the party of which he is a prominent member. Ile was never a candidate for public office until solicited to become the Democratic nomi- nee from Dayton for the Forty fourth Congress in 1874. On this occasion he was compelled to accept. Ile was elected by a majority of 1099 votes over Hon. Louis B. Gunckel, Republican, who, in 1872, had been elected by a majority of 1929. Mr. McMahon's reputation is that of a lending lawyer of the bar of Ohio. Ile has been for years prominently engaged in important civil cases. Ile is thor- onghly read in all branches of the law, and is equally dis- tingnished as a pleader and as a counsellor in chambers. Ilis practice has been very large and varied, and has been carried on in State and Federal courts. He is very popular with his townspeople, and has earned their confidence and for writing which subsequently added so much to the lustre and usefulness of his career. In 1845 he removed from Medina to Columbus, the capital of the State, and was there engaged in the editorial department of the Christian Jour- nal, now the Journal and Messenger, the organ of the Baptist denomination in Ohio. When, at a later date, this paper was removed to Cincinnati, not wishing to change his location, and finding himself in too feeble health to endure the labors of a pastorate, he engaged in secular business, and became a partner in a book store. In that venture he was pecuniarily successful, and in the intervals of business did not fail to increase also his store of knowledge. In May, IS58, he was unanimously called to the pastorate of the First Baptist Church of Columbus, with which he was after- ward connected for about eight years. In this field he ac- complished much good, and greatly strengthened the mem- bership and resources of his church. In addition to the business imposed upon him in his secular relations, and the arduous labors of the pastorate, he held for fourteen years an official connection with the Ohio Lunatic Asylum. In that institution he served as Chaplain, preached to the inmates on Sunday afternoons, met them often on week-day evenings for prayer, visited them in the wards, and attended the funer- als of those that died. During his pastorate he made an extensive journey through Egypt, Sinai Desert, and the Holy Land, the results of which were embodied in his book, " The Handwriting of God in Egypt, Sinai, and the Holy Land," a royal octavo volume of 720 pages, which has had an extensive sale, and is said by competent judges to rank among the best works on the East. Recently he has made a more minute and extensive tour through Europe, England, Scotland, and Ireland, and at the present time is engaged in preparing a volume relating to those countries, He his in preparation also a work on the history and spiritual signifi- cance of the Jewish Tabernacle, and the relation of the
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respect by the brilliancy as well as the integrity of his career. | 1868. Locating himself at Belle Vernon, Fayette county, Ife was married, January 23d, 1861, to Mollie, daughter of Joseph Sprigg, of Cumberland, Maryland.
RTER, DAVID A., M. D., of Canton, was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, on Jmuary 3 1, IS20. Ilis paternal ancestors were natives of Wurtemberg, Germany. His father, Michael Arter, was a native of Maryland, a tanner and currier by trade, and withal a man of marked ability and intelligence. His mother, nee Lydia Richard- son, belonged to a well-known family of that name in Penn- sylvania. The rudiments of David's education were ob- tained in the log school houses of the western country daring his boyhood. As soon as he had arrived at proper years, he learnt the trade of bis father, which he thoroughly mastered. When in his twentieth year, desiring to still fur- ther eduente himself, he spent about two years in Allegheny College. Leaving there in 1841 he entered the office of Dr. Robertson and Cary, prominent practitioners of that day in Columbiana county, the latter, Dr. Cary, enjoying the reputation of being one of the leading physicians and surgeons in the State of Ohio at that period. Having spent two years in study with these gentlemen, Dr. After matricu- Looted in 1843 at the Miami Medical College, at Cincinnati, and received his degree from that place in the spring of I845. Six months previous to graduating he associated himself with a prominent practitioner of Stark county, Dr. . Haldeman, with whom he followed the profession until his graduation from Miami College. Ile then located in Car. roll county, Ohio, and there for a period of twenty years successfully labored and acquired considerable skill and reputation. In 1855 he removed to Canton, where he has since practised. He has at times contributed to the press of the profession. He was first married in 1844 to Elmira Ferrall, of Columbiana county, Ohio, who died in October, 1858; and was again married, in 1860, to his present wife, Maggie MeCall, of Washington county, Pennsylvania.
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1 ONKLIN, SAMUEL A., M. D., of Canton, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, on February roth, 1841. His father, Isaac Conklin, a farmer, was a native of New Jersey. His mo ther, nee Lydia Sear-, belonged to Pennsylvania. After securing a liberal education at the Normal School in his native county, he engaged in teaching, which vocation he followed for about four years. Deciding to adopt the profession of medicine, he entered the office of Dr. John Kelly, of Claysville, Pennsylvania, in 1Sb1, and with bim pursued his studies for two years. He then ma- triculated at Ann Arbor University, in Michigan, in 1866, and took his degree from that institution in the spring of
Pennsylvania, he practised there with success until the fall of 1873, when he removed to Canton, bis present abode. Ile is a member of the American Medical Association, and during his sojourn in Fayette county belonged to the med- ical society of that county. Since locating in Canton he has become a member of the Northeastern Ohio Medical Asso- ciation. Although comparatively young both in years and practice, Dr. Conklin is much esteemed, both in the profes- sion and among bis patrons, and while he may be termed a new-comer in Canton, he has already taken position among the most respected and ablest of the profession in that town. Ile was married in 1867 to Laura Bugher, of Fayette City, Pennsylvania.
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ONES, WILLIAM, M. D., was born in Warren connty, Ohio, January 12th, 1813. He was the third of ciglut children. His father, Isaac Jones, was a native of Maryland, but became one of the early settlers of Warren county, afterwards re- moving to Michigan, locating near Cassopolis, where he resided until his death. His life had been spent chiefly in agricultural pursuits. His mother, Mary Payne, was a native of New Jersey, and died in 1874, at Somer- ville, Butler county, Ohio, having lived to a very advanced age. William Jones was carly taught to labor, and at the age of thirteen began life, relying entirely on his own re- sources. Ile came to Montgomery, Hamilton county, Ohio, his present home, and obtained employment on a farm, with the firm determination, however, of acquiring an education, and resolving that his principles through hfe should be moral, and his habits frugal and industrious. At the end of a year he commenced learning a trade, that of bricklayer and housebuilder, at which he labored diligently for four years. During this time he had applied himself closely to intellectual improvement, passing his evenings in reading and study, so that at the time he completed his trade he was qualified to take charge of a school, and obtaining a position as teacher in Hamilton county, occupied the s: me for a period of four years. While discharging conscien- tiously the duties of his vocation, he still found many leisure moments, which he earnestly devoted to the reading of medicine, and finally deciding to adopt the profession, he entered the Ohio Medical College, from which he graduated in 18.12. He was appointed, in March, 1875, one of a com- mittee of five to draft a suitable constitution and by-laws for the government of the Ohio Medical College Alumni. Im. mediately afterward he located in Montgomery, where be has resided up to the present time, engaged as a practi- tioner, and meeting with great success. He has been a member of the School Board for a number of years, and has always been closely identified with educational interests. Politically he is a Democrat, and in 1859 was elected a member of the State Legislature, and served for two years,
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