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cooperation to a committee of twenty. This committee, of which he was chairman, composed of the ablest men in the church, met in Louisville, and reported a plan of organization that was generally adopted, and this, the first systematic at- tempt to organize the churches of the Disciples for coopera- tion in missionary work, is largely indebted to Mr. Moore for its success. In 1874, he was a delegate from the Disciples to the triennial conference of Free-will Baptists, held at Provi- dence, Rhode Island. Here he delivered an earnest address on the faith and practices of the Disciples, and proposed the appointment of a committee to meet a committee from the general convention of Disciples to consider the matter of a union of these denominations. His address and proposition were by the conference .enthusiastically received, and the committee they indicated was appointed, with Mr. Moore a member of it. Mr. Moore served for two years as corres- ponding secretary of the Foreign Christian Missionary So- ciety-an organization of great promise of usefulness, and in whose formation he was mainly instrumental. After the duties of this office had begun to assume a rather formidable shape, he was compelled to resign on account of the press of other engagements. After more than twelve years of success- ful labor with the Central Christian church, on the last Lord's day of July, 1878, Mr. Moore resigned his pastorate, and sailed for Europe on the 3d of the succeeding month. This move was decided upon, not because of any dissatisfaction on his part or the part of the church with his work in Cincin- nati, for at no time during his pastorate was he more firmly established in his congregation, or his ministry more promis- ing, but the move was made because it seemed a larger field of usefulness was opened to him. He expects to make his home in England, but will assist in organizing and sustaining mission work in various fields on the Continent. At the time of his resignation, Mr. Moore had held the position of pastor to a Cincinnati church longer than any other Protestant min- ister in Cincinnati, and this fact, added to his acknowledged efficiency as a worker in local, religious, and reformatory movements, make his loss to the community deeply felt. There will be many prayers for his success in his new and important field of labor.
KING, EDWARD A., who, as colonel commanding the Ist brigade of a division of the 14th army corps, was killed at the battle of Chickamauga, was born in Cambridge, Wash- ington county, State of New York, in 1814. He was a de- scendant of James King, who settled in Suffield, Connecticut, in the year 1678. In early life he emigrated with his father's family to Ohio, where he subsequently studied law at Columbus and Cincinnati. But his predilections were de- cidedly of a military character, and during the Texan struggle for independence, he raised a company in the city of New Orleans, reported with his command to General Sam Hous- ton, and served in Texas until her independence was acknowledged. In this service his health became seriously impaired, and he returned to the United States and took up his permanent residence in Dayton, Ohio. In 1844 he went to Europe, where he remained until the breaking out of the war with Mexico, when he returned and offered his services to his country. President Polk appointed him captain in the 15th regiment United States infantry, in which he served with distinction until the close of the war. He was with a detachment of his regiment and other troops, under command of Colonel McIntosh in the severe guerilla
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fight at Tolome, on the 6th June, 1847, and in the fight under General Cadwallader, at the National bridge, June 11th and 12th, 1847. He afterward participated with his regiment in the several bloody battles in the valley of Mexico, under General Scott, resulting in the capture of the City of Mexico. Colonel George W. Morgan commanded the regiment, and General Franklin Pierce the brigade to which he belonged. After the treaty of peace with Mexico, Colonel King returned to Ohio, and in the spring of 1849 crossed the plains to Cali- fornia. Returning again he was appointed postmaster at Dayton, by President Pierce, and after the election of Presi- dent Buchanan the position was again conferred upon him. So general was the satisfaction given in the discharge of his official duties, there was no competing applicant for the place. For many years, both before and after the Mexican war, Colonel King took an active part in all important matters connected with the militia of Ohio, and at the outbreak of the late war of the Rebellion, was colonel of the Ist regiment Ohio volunteer militia at Dayton, which city sent several organ- ized and equipped companies into the field. On the 17th April, 1861, the day of the proclamation of the governor of Ohio calling loyal men to the defense of their country, Col- onel King reported to Governor Dennison, and was immedi- ately placed in command of Camp Jackson (near Columbus), then in a chaotic state, but which he soon reduced to form and discipline. He was subsequently transferred to Camp Chase, where he remained in command until, without solici- tation on his part, he was appointed by President Lincoln lieutenant-colonel of the 19th regiment United States infan- try. His headquarters were established at Indianapolis, where he proceeded to organize and superintend the recruit- ing of his regiment. While thus engaged in the summer of 1862, when Kirby Smith invaded Kentucky, he took, at the request of Governor Morton, the temporary command of the 68th regiment Indiana volunteers (all new recruits) to resist the enemy. After a brief but severe campaign, he was sent to the assistance of Colonel Wilder, at Munfordville, Ken- tucky, and participated in that severe engagement. He was surrendered with his regiment, and the other bodies of the federal troops, to an overwhelming force. It fell to his lot to deliver the surrender to the enemy, and the rebel general, Buckner, who while a prisoner of war had been in his charge at Indianapolis, treated him with marked consideration. A beautiful incident connected with this capitulation was after- ward developed. When the 68th regiment was sent to the field, the ladies of Greensburg, Indiana, presented it with a rich silken flag. It was highly prized, and the regiment was loath to part with it. When it was determined to surrender, Colonel King wrapped the precious colors around his body, under his clothing. He wore them thus for thirteen days, saved them, and the regiment bore them into the bloody fight at Chickamauga. After the 68th Indiana regiment was ex- changed, the command was again pressed on Colonel King, who (obtaining leave from the War Department for that pur- pose) accepted it. In the summer of 1863, his health, which had been seriously impaired, becoming somewhat reëstab- lished, he again took the field, and was placed in command of the Ist brigade, General Reynolds' division, 14th army corps, commanded by General Thomas, at the head of which he distinguished himself during the advance from Tullahoma to northwestern Georgia, and in the effective crossing of the Tennessee river (his brigade being the first troops to cross,) and capture of Shellmont, in the face of the enemy. At the
battle of Chickamauga his brigade was conspicuous for its high state of discipline and gallantry. He fell at the close of the second day's fight, shot in the forehead by a sharp- shooter. When our army fell back upon Chattanooga, Colonel King's body was buried outside our lines, and the grave carefully marked, and after the battle of Mission Ridge, his remains were recovered and brought home to Dayton for interment. On the 29th and 30th January, 1864, his body lay in state at the court house, in a handsome casket resting on a catafalque, prepared for the occasion by the members of the old Dayton light guard, with which the deceased had long been associated. The four sides of the cat- afalque were respectively inscribed : "Contreras," "Molino del Rey," "Chepultepec," "Chickamauga." It was visited by thousands who called to pay their respects to the memory of the gallant dead. On the 31st January, his body was buried at Woodland cemetery with military honors, the 2d regiment Ohio volunteer militia, Colonel J. G. Lowe commanding, act- ing as escort. The pall-bearers were composed of officers of the Mexican war and the war of the Rebellion. The funeral was by far the largest ever known in Dayton. Few men more thoroughly commanded the confidence and respect of all who knew him than Colonel Edward A. King. He was a gallant soldier, a ripe scholar, a good citizen, a man of noble character, and high sense of honor, and whose love of country was so true that he laid down his life at her call. Just before his death he had been promoted to the colonelcy of the 6th regiment United States regular infantry.
TELFORD, JOHN GILMORE, physician, was born in Scott county, Kentucky, March, 1792. His father, Alex- ander Telford, left Kentucky in 1805, and moved to Mont- gomery county, Ohio, where he remained one year. Then re- moved to Miami county, where he brought up his large family. John Gilmore was not a robust boy, and as his tastes were more for books than tilling the ground, his father gave him all the opportunities the country at that time afforded for edu- cating himself. He went to school in and about Troy, Ohio, and at Georgetown, Kentucky, until he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Asa Coleman, completing his studies with Dr. Daniel Drake, of Cincinnati, Ohio. He married, at the age of twenty-five, Mrs. Lucy Barbee Kyle, who bore him six children, four of whom died in early infancy. One son, Charles L. Telford, of Cincinnati, lived to be thirty- one years of age, and one daughter still living. With small means, the young doctor began life in Troy, Ohio. The first year of his marriage, he built the house in which he lived and died. He was successful in his profession and accumu- lated some means. His habits of life were simple and un- ostentatious. Ever generous and hospitable, his house was always open to entertain either his friends or those in need of a home, to whom he gave unsparingly and cheerfully of all his home afforded. He practiced medicine more as a matter of duty than from love of it, and gradually resigned it as he grew older. As a family physician, as county treas- urer, as county clerk of court, for three successive terms, seven years each, as director and president of the Dayton and Michigan Railway Company, as president of the Miami county Branch of the State Bank of Ohio, he was for the larger portion of his life among the men most prominent in the public business of the district of the State in which he lived. His reliability of character and his unsullied integrity were his tower of strength. He scorned all bribes to dis-
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honesty and temptations to falsehood as beneath the notice of a gentleman. His character commanded universal esteem and universal confidence. He was firm and decided for the right, yet forbearing and conciliatory in spirit. For nearly fifty years he was an active and efficient member of the Pres- byterian church. His great desire in life was to be useful and do good. The Bible was his daily study. He said he took it just as it was and he needed no other guide to direct him in his course of life. He was a consistent, earnest christian man, with a kindness of heart rarely met, loving and forgiving and ever ready to help the needy or oppressed. His deep interest in young men was unusually strong. There are not a few who owe to Dr. Telford their success in life. Often did he deny himself, that he might assist young men in educating themselves. He was always a student, taking great pleasure in acquiring knowledge, and a close and con- stant reader, trying to keep pace with the times in which he lived, in science, politics, and religion. He was a particularly modest man, making no display of his learning or attain- ments, ever willing to impart the former or assist in any way.
CAMPBELL, JOHN, iron master and capitalist, of Iron- ton, Ohio, was born near what is now called Ripley, in Brown county, Ohio, January 14th, 1808. His parentage is Scotch- Irish, his ancestors having removed from Inverary, Argyle- shire, Scotland, into the province of Ulster, Ireland, near Londonderry. Their descendants of a hundred years after- ward emigrated to America, and settled in Augusta county, Virginia, and gave to the State of Virginia, and subsequently to the State of Tennessee, men who attained to civil and military distinction. The grandparents of our subject re- moved from Virginia to Bourbon county, Kentucky, in 1790, and from thence, in 1798, to that part of Ohio first called Adams county, subsequently divided into Brown and other counties, and settled at a place then called Staunton, but which is now Ripley, Ohio, where he was born, and where, in his early manhood, he engaged in business with an uncle, and from thence went to Hanging Rock. Here, in 1833, he was employed in building the old Hanging Rock Iron Forge, long since demolished, and the same year he, with Andrew Ellison, built Lawrence Furnace for J. Riggs & Co., and took stock in it. These were the first iron works in which he engaged, but it was a beginning that gave him experience so needful in the many similar enterprises he afterward origi- nated and controlled. In 1834, with Robert Hamilton, he built Mount Vernon Furnace, and removed from Hanging Rock to manage it. From this furnace grew up those large iron interests which for a period of thirty years afterward were known under the firm name of Campbell, Ellison & Co., of Cincinnati. It was here he made the change of placing the boilers and hot blast over the tunnel head, thus utilizing the waste gases-a proceeding now generally adop- ted by the charcoal furnaces of that locality and others else- where in the United States. In 1837, through the guarantee against any loss by Mr. Campbell and three other iron mas- ter, Vesuvius Furnace was induced to test the hot blast prin- ciple. This, the first hot blast ever erected in America, was put up by William Firmstone, and though, by those opposed to the principle, it was contended that by it the iron would be weakened and rendered unfit for casting purposes, the result proved satisfactory to all concerned in producing an increased quantity of iron of the desired quality for foundry use. The active interest taken by Mr. Campbell in the first
geological survey of the State led him to an appreciation of the fact that this iron region was destined to become one of the most important in the country. By personal inspection he selected and secured by patent from the general govern- ment, or purchased at low figures, the vast tracts of mineral land in the several counties where his furnaces are now located. In 1844, with Mr. John Peters, he built Greenup Furnace, Kentucky, and, in 1846, Olive Furnace, Ohio, to which has since been added the Buckhorn Furnace. In 1847, he built the Gallia Furnace. In 1849, he became prime mover and principal stockholder in the organization of the Ohio Iron and Coal Company (composed of twenty- four members, twenty of whom were iron masters), and was made its president. This company purchased four hundred acres of land three miles above Hanging Rock, and laid out the town of Ironton. Mr. Campbell gave the new town its name, the first of some five towns afterward so called in the United States. The propriety of the name becomes more and more apparent as time passes. At the same time the stockholders in the town site obtained a charter and projected a railroad from the town back into the country some sixteen miles, which has since been known as the Iron Railroad, and connects Ironton with a number of furnaces and with a number of other iron and coal interests. This was the beginning of the present flourishing city, and inasmuch as Mr. Campbell was the principal in projecting these interests, he is justly entitled to the honor of being called the father of these enterprises and founder of Ironton. In 1849, he built Keystone Furnace. In 1850, he removed from Hanging Rock to Ironton, and, with the Ohio Iron and Coal Company, purchased Lagrange Furnace. The same year he built the stove foundry of Campbell, Ellison & Co., and, in 1851, was one of the founders of the Iron Bank of Ironton, now known as the First National Bank. In 1852, besides taking large stock in the Ironton Rolling Mill, now known as the New York and Ohio Iron and Steel Works he subscribed for one-half the stock for building the Olive Foundry and Machine Shop. He also purchased the celebrated Hecla cold-blast furnace. In 1853, he became one of the largest stockholders in the Kentucky Iron, Coal, and Manufacturing Company, which founded the town of Ashland, Kentucky. With Mr. D. T. Woodrow, he built Howard Furnace. In 1854, with S. S. Stone, of Troy, New York, and others of Ironton, he built a large establish- ment for the manufacture of the iron beam plow. The same year he built the Madison Furnace, and also became one of the heaviest stockholders in the erection of the Star Nail Mill, one of the largest in the country, and now known as the Bellefont Iron Works. In 1855, with Hon. V. B. Horton, at Pomeroy, he influenced the establishment of the first
telegraphic communication between these cities and Cin- cinnati.
In 1856, with Colonel William M. Bolles and others, he built Monroe Furnace, the largest charcoal furnace in the region. This and the Washington Furnace are now under the firm name of Union Iron Company, of which Mr. Campbell is president. In 1857, his rolling mill interests extended to Zanesville, Ohio, where he was one of the incorporators of the Ohio Iron Company. The Oak
Ridge Furnace was operated by him at this date, but for a short time only, The stress at this time upon the iron mar- ket was relieved by the high prices obtained during the war. His loyalty to the government, although constantly devoted to business, has distinguished him as a very public-spirited
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citizen. Of the fourteen furnaces in which he has been engaged, he retains a controlling interest in eight, and has lately been interested in the erection of the Ironton Furnace. This makes the eleventh furnace that he has assisted to build. Of large frame and strong constitution, he now possesses and enjoys a healthy and active old age. During his long industrial career, he has experienced the common successes and reverses attendant upon all business life, but, in the latter, his indomitable energy and unyielding pluck have been most remarkably displayed. He possesses, in a very high degree, the happy faculty of taking all things in a pacific manner, and, regarding everything from a philosophi- cal standpoint, he is seldom materially disturbed by an approaching business crash, as he realizes the fact that the highest wave must ultimately fall to the level. Although his parents were wealthy at their decease, yet they were of but little assistance to him, and his life exhibits what can be accomplished by industry and integrity, combined with good judgment. He has done more toward developing the resources of the Hanging Rock iron region, and at present controls more real estate and iron interests in it, than any other of its present iron masters.
PECK, HIRAM D., Judge of the Superior Court of Cincinnati, was born near Cynthiana, Kentucky, March 23d, 1844, the son of John W. and Jane Peck. His paternal grandfather, Hiram Peck, was one of the founders of Mont- pelier, and was colonel of Vermont troops in the war of 1812. His mother's maiden name was Veach, a Virginia family, while she was descended on her mother's side from the family of Broadwells, of New Jersey. Having completed a prepara- tory course at the academy in Cynthiana, under the direction of Rev. Carter Page, our subject entered the Miami Univer- sity, from which he was graduated in 1862, at the age of eighteen. He then enlisted in the 86th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served from May till September, when he returned home to engage in the study of law, in accordance with his purpose formed in early boyhood. He accordingly entered Harvard Law School, where he assiduously applied himself to his studies and graduated in 1865. He at once took up the practice of law in Cincinnati, where he has prac- ticed successfully ever since. From 1873 to 1876 he served as assistant city solicitor, and in 1876 was elected city solic- itor, which office he filled in a most creditable manner for two years. He then formed a partnership with Mr. Goss, with whom he was associated during the remainder of his practice. In the Spring of 1883 Mr. Peck was nominated by the Democratic party for the office of Judge of Superior Court, and was elected by a handsome majority. Through- out his professional career Judge Peck has been a most thor- ough and methodical student of the law in which he has be- come thoroughly grounded. As an advocate his strength does not lie in his powers of oratory or fluency of speech, those native gifts and attributes which too frequently consti- tute the basis of a superficial brilliancy, but in his thorough knowledge of the law and his earnest, clear, and incisive manner in which he presents his cases. His studious habits combined with his analytic and methodical caste of mind peculiarly adapt him for the responsible position he now occu- pies. He is the author of two popular works on law, both of which exhibit the superior ability of Judge Peck. His first publication, entitled "Peck's Municipal Laws of Ohio," ap- peared in 1875, a book containing nearly five hundred pages.
In the preparation of this work he made a most thorough study of the municipal laws of different countries, going back to the age of free cities in Europe. The work has since been revised and forms a most valuable acquisition to the law library. The second book, entitled " Township Offi- cers' Guide," appeared in 1880. It contains upwards of four hundred pages and has met with great public favor. Among the public institutions with which he has been identified might be mentioned the Cincinnati University, of which he has been a trustee since 1878, and also Longview Asylum, of which he was director from 1878 to 1880. In politics he is most emphatically a Democrat, and takes a very active and influential part in the political movements of his party. Judge Peck was married November 18th, 1868, to Miss Har- riet E. Weld, of Boston, Mass., of the wealthy and influen- tial family of that name. Three children have been born of the union.
PERKINS, WILLIAM LEE, lawyer, born in Ashford, Windham county, Connecticut, January 22d, 1799, and who, in April, 1882. was living in Painesville, Lake county, Ohio, was the son of William Perkins, a lawyer of distinction in Connecticut, who held at times the office of State's attorney and State senator. The family was of English origin, his great grandfather, John Perkins, having emigrated from Lon- don and settled in Sutton, Massachusetts. His grandfather, Isaac Perkins, a respectable farmer, removed from Massa- chusetts to Connecticut. By his mother's side he was de- scended from Thomas Lee, who sailed from England with his family in 1641 and died on shipboard. The family settled in Saybrook, Connecticut. The eldest son, Thomas, mar- ried Sarah Kirtland; their eldest child, John, married Eliza- beth Smith, of Lyme; and the oldest child of this marriage, who was also named John, married three times, his third wife, Abigail Tully, of Saybrook, becoming the mother of Andrew Lee. He married Eunice Hall of Wallingford, their second daughter, Mary, marrying William Perkins of Ashford, Feb- ruary 12th, 1795, William Lee Perkins being the third in their family of eleven children. His early education was obtained in the district schools. He was unable, on account of ill health, to enter Yale College, where his father and brothers were educated. In 1821 he commenced the study of law, finishing in the office of Hon. Henry L. Ellsworth, subse- quently United States commissioner of patents. He was ad- mitted to the bar at Hartford, Connecticut, May, 1824, and at once removed to Windsor, where he practiced four years. In 1828 he removed to Ohio, settling at Painesville. His cre- dentials from the leading lawyers and public men of Con- necticut, immediately secured a good practice, and he divided with Reuben Hitchcock the leadership of the Painesville bar, . being generally engaged in opposition to him in all the prom- inent suits. He was elected by the whigs in 1840 to repre- sent the county in the legislature. In 1843 he was elected to the senate, holding the position four years. During his suc- cessive terms in the legislature he was chairman of the judi- ciary committee and common school committee. Among the important measures which he originated and carried through to a place on the statute book was the act relating to insur- ance for the benefit of the orphans and widows, which ena- bled the insurance of a husband's life for the benefit of his wife and children. The measure was opposed strongly and two sessions were consumed before the attempts to enact it into a law were successful. Another bill in the same direc-
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