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ard Oil Company in regard to railroad freight discriminations in Ohio. In 1881 his name was prominently used by the Democratic press and friends for the nomination for Lieu- tenant-governor of Ohio, and he was also tendered the nom- ination for State Senator by the Morgan County Democracy ; but he declined to be a candidate for either position, on account of his large and pressing private business. The Dem- ocratic County Convention of Washington County, of 1881, however, nominated him by acclamation for Representative to the Ohio Legislature, and as his party had honored him in the past, he felt it his duty to accept, but owing to the Dem- ocratic party making no fight, on account of the sad sickness and death of President Garfield, he was defeated, but ran considerably ahead of his ticket, especially in the city of Marietta, where he resides. Mr. Bohl for the past two years has been serving as director in three Ohio insurance com- panies, and as -vice-president of one, but recently resigned as director in two and as vice-president, as his own business re- quires his undivided time and attention. In April, 1882, the people of Marietta, irrespective of party, ran him as a can- didate for the Board of Education, and he was elected by receiving the largest vote and majority of any man on the ticket. Mr. Bohl has always taken an active part to advance the interests of Marietta and Washington County, feeling a deep interest in securing new railroad facilities, manufactories, etc. In 1879 he was elected an honorary member of the Putnam Light Artillery, of Marietta, for faithful services rendered in their behalf whilst he was a member of the Legislature. He is also a director of the Marietta Shade-tree Association, an institution organized in 1878, by leading citi- zens of Marietta, for the purpose of beautifying their city. In 1883 he was again nominated for Representative to the Ohio Legislature, being his fourth nomination by acclamation for said office, and was elected by 439 majority, running 132 votes ahead of Governor Hoadly in his county. He was a very prominent candidate for Speaker of the Sixty-sixth Gen- eral Assembly, and would doubtless have been elected, but owing to continued ill health he was compelled to decline this honor. He was appointed as chairman of the House Fi- nance Committee, being the most responsible position in that body, where he made a most excellent record as one of the best chairmen of said committee that ever held the place, giving general satisfaction to the people of Ohio as well as the General Assembly and State institutions. Besides, he was one of the most active members and best debaters on the floor, and was recognized as one of the most influential lead- ers in the House. He introduced and secured the passage of a number of important measures, among which was the House Joint Resolution, asking Congress to restore the tariff on wool for the benefit of Ohio farmers.
BROWN, JEREMIAH BYRON, JR., was born at Zanesville, Ohio, October 6th, 1820. His parents were New England people. His paternal ancestors were of Scotch- Irish origin ; his maternal ancestry were the descendants of the Gillotts, being of Huguenot descent. When Jeremiah had arrived at the age of ten his parents, Jeremiah B. Brown, Sr., and Mary (Gillott) Brown, removed to a farm in the vicinity of Sarahsville, Ohio. He was the fourth of a family of nine, seven of whom lived to rear children of their own. His three sisters, who reached womanhood, all mar- ried respectable farmers. Two of his brothers are farmers, and the third is the editor of an Indiana paper. His oldest
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and his youngest brother were soldiers in the Union army. In youth his educational advantages were limited to the opportunities of the farm and a few months each year in the primitive country school, taught in the old log school-house, which can still be seen with its fallen roof and fast decaying timbers, near his father's homestead. Farming was his chosen occupation, and, in 1844, he was married to Miss Isa- bella Cary Harris, who was born near Smithfield, Jefferson County, Ohio, and who was an accomplished daughter of Eliza (Hutton) and John W. Harris, then a merchant at Mt. Ephraim. Mrs. Isabella Cary (Harris) Brown is a de- scendant of the Harrises of Maryland and the Harrisons of Virginia, and is a relative of William Henry Harrison, who was elected President in 1840. Her mother's people were of the worthy religious denomination of Friends. He and his wife settled on their future farm in the woods, near Sarahsville. By means of their united efforts the land was cleared and put under a state of good cultivation. Eight children were born of the union, six of whom are now living-John Harris Brown, the oldest son, serving a second term as Probate Judge of his native county, is now mentioned as a candidate for Congress from the Marietta District; Leroy D. Brown, State Commissioner of the Common Schools of Ohio; War- ren B. Brown, the youngest son, a student of medicine ; Mary Brown (Smith), Ara Brown (Lamley), and Amanda Brown (Grimm). The daughters all married farmers and are rearing intelligent and industrious children. The parents strongly felt the necessity of good schools and books for the education of their children. The husband was, for twenty years, a school director in the sub-district in which he re- sided, and his wife was his constant counselor, as well as the faithful teacher of the children when they were not at school. They accumulated an excellent private library, which all their children read, five of them becoming teachers. The father was a wide reader, well versed in law, history, and politics, a good talker, and a forcible public speaker. He was among those who first advocated the school system of Ohio, which was adopted in 1853. He took a very active part in organizing and establishing the new school system in his own county, delivering frequent addresses in its behalf. In religious belief he was a Christian, although he was not, at any time, an active member of any Church. In politics he was a Free-soil Democrat, with an unswerving devotion to the Union. He was a great favorite among the young people of his community. Always owning excellent horses of good speed, sleigh-bells and sleigh, it was his extreme delight, down to the close of his life, to entertain his friends, young and old, with pleasant drives in the Winter season. As he was an expert driver, and well understood the care of horses, sleighing parties always felt secure under his guidance. In 1871 he met with financial reverses which compelled him to sell his farm. Mason County, West Virginia, was selected as the future home of himself and his family, where he again settled in the woods, not so vigorous in health as when he was first married, but strong in the purpose of paying one hundred cents on the dollar for all that he owed. In a few years, by the aid of his wife and children, he had the satis- faction of accomplishing what he had undertaken, and while he never again reached independence in financial matters, he had that independence which enables one to look the whole world in the face and say, I owe not any man. He took the same active interest in maintaining good schools in West Vir- ginia as he had taken in Ohio. By his industry the public
roads in his neighborhood were very greatly improved, and the post-office at Pomona was established on the new mail route from Point Pleasant to the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. Jeremiah B. Brown was honest, industrious, and energetic. He believed in the motto, " While we live, let us live." After working ten years in West Virginia he visited his relatives and old friends in Ohio. Here he was suddenly attacked with pneumonia and, after an illness of nearly five months, died April 29th, 1881, in sight of his father's homestead, near Sarahsville, where he lies buried.
BROWN, JOHN HARRIS, eldest son of Jeremiah B. Brown, was born in what is now Center Township, Noble County, Ohio, September 23d, 1846. He aided his parents in the clearing up of their farm, attended district school at Mt. Auburn Academy, taught country and village schools, and served as county school examiner, deputy surveyor, and justice of the peace till 1878, when he was elected, on the Democratic ticket, as Probate Judge of Noble County. He was re-elected in 1881, and is now prominently spoken of as a candidate for Congress. He is a man of sound judgment, good education, and has always sustained the character of a good citizen. He is of splendid physique, and possesses the rare quality among men of making friends and retaining their esteem. He has been twice married, and has a numer- ous family of interesting children. It is safe to predict that he is a man with a future career of honor and prosperity.
MCCOOK, ALEXANDER M., soldier, was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, April 22d, 1831. He removed with his parents to Carroll county, Ohio, in 1831, and at the age of sixteen was appointed to a cadetship at West Point. He graduated July Ist, 1852, and received a brevet second-lieuten- antcy in the the 3d infantry. May 14th, 1853, he was ordered to Jefferson barracks, Missouri, and joined company E, third infantry, in August, and in the summer of the following year was engaged in the campaign against the Apaches. June 30th, 1854, he was appointed second lieutenant, and in the following September, reported for duty at Fort Union, New Mexico. In February, 1866, he was appointed commissary in a campaign against the Utah Indians and other tribes. Sep- tember 30th he reported for duty at cantonment Buryune, New Mexico. In March, 1856, he was appointed chief guide to an expedition against the Indians of Arizona ; he also served as adjutant-general of the command. He participated in the battle of Gila river and in all the skirmishes of the campaign ; when he again, in October, reported at canton- ment Buryune. He was in command of that post from July to October, 1857, and in December following, received sixty days leave of absence. He was instructor of military tactics at West Point from January, 1858, to April, 1861, when he was ordered to Columbus, Ohio, as mustering and disbursing officer. Here he was appointed colonel of the Ist Ohio volun- teer infantry, and on the 29th April, was assigned to the command of the Ohio camp, at Lancaster, Pennsylvania. In May he marched to the defense of Washington city, and May 14th was promoted to captain in the 3d United States infantry. He participated in the affair at Vienna, Virginia, and commanded the Ist Ohio in the battle of Bull Run, July 21st, 1861, receiving commendation for the efficient manner in which he handled his regiment. In August he was again appointed colonel of the Ist Ohio volunteers, and in Decem- ber was commissioned brigadier-general of volunteers. He was ordered to Louisville, Kentucky, on the 14th October,
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and assumed command of the advance of the army at Nolin creek, Kentucky. He organized the 2d division, army of Ohio, and in February, 1862, led that division in the advance against Nashville. With the remainder of Buell's army he next marched toward Savannah, and April 7th, commanded his division in the second day's action at Pittsburgh Landing, again receiving the commendation of his superiors for the manner in which he handled his troops. At Corinth, he commanded the reserve of the army of Ohio. In June, General McCook marched with his division into East Ten- nessee. On the 17th July, he was appointed major-general of volunteers. In the advance from Louisville he comman- ded the Ist corps of the army of Ohio, and brought on the battle of Perryville contrary to the spirit of his instructions, and before the army was prepared to sustain him. The commanding general censured him for having thus under- taken a task beyond his strength, but left him in command of his division. Under General Rosecrans, McCook led his troops to Nashville in the latter part of October. December 26th, he moved against the rebels at Murfreesboro', and in the battle of Stone river, commanded the right wing, which was so suddenly routed by Bragg's onset. He displayed, as he always did, fine personal bravery .. General Rosecrans, in the reorganization of his forces, assigned General McCook to the twentieth corps, army of the Cumberland, which he led through the Tullahoma campaign, and in the battle of Chicka- mauga, where he suffered a defeat. October 6th, 1863, he was relieved from command. The battle of Chickamauga led to much public and official censure. General McCook asked for a court-martial. The request was granted, and the finding relieved him from responsibility for the reverse to the Union arms. February 12th, 1865, he was assigned to the command of the eastern district of Arkansas. In the follow- ing May he was ordered to represent the War Department in the investigation of Indian affairs in the State of Kansas, and in the territories of New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah. Octo- ber 21st, 1865, he was mustered out as major-general of vol- unteers, retaining his rank in the regular army, in which he soon after rose to a lieutenant-colonel.
HAZEN, GENERAL WILLIAM BABCOCK, chief of the United States Signal Service, was born at West Hart- ford, Windsor County, Vermont, September 27th, 1830. His parents were Stillman and Ferone (Fenno) Hazen. Their ancestors were from Connecticut, and some of them served with distinction in the Revolution. William B., the next to the youngest of six children, after receiving a good common school education, was made a cadet at West Point, entering there about the time he became of age. Upon graduating therefrom in June, 1855, he was made a brevet-second lieu- tenant in the Fourth United States Infantry, and soon after joined his regiment at Fort Reading, on the Pacific Coast. He served through the Indian troubles in Oregon, and, in 1856, built Fort Yamhill. In 1856 he was promoted to first lieutenant in the Eighth Infantry, and was ordered to Texas. During the Indian troubles in Texas and New Mexico he served with credit, and was several times complimented in general orders. In the Fall of 1859, while in a hand-to-hand encounter with a Comanche brave he received several gun- shot wounds. While convalescing the citizens of Texas pre- sented him with a sword for services rendered on the frontier. Upon recovery he was made assistant Professor of Infantry Tactics at West Point. In 1861, upon his request to
take the field, he was given command of the Forty-first In- fantry. He was first stationed at Gallipolis, Ohio, then re- ported to General Buell at Louisville, and, January 6th, 1862, was appointed to the command of the Nineteenth Brigade, Army of the Ohio. He was at the battle of Pittsburg Landing, where, in a charge at the head of his troops, he captured two batteries and a large number of prisoners ; was in the siege of Corinth, and served in Northern Alabama until ordered to take command of the post at Murfreesboro. For the deter- mined stand his brigade made at Stone River, and for his per- sonal bravery, he was made a brigadier-general. He was in the hottest of the fray at Chickamauga, his command being the last to leave the field. In 1864 he was transferred to the Army of the Tennessee, and placed in command of the Second Division of the Fifteenth Army Corps. He commanded this division on the "March to the Sea," and was detailed by General Sherman to storm Fort McAllister. This he accom- plished successfully, capturing the garrison, ordnance, and every thing connected with its armament. In 1865 he was sent with his division to South Carolina, and participated in several engagements in that campaign. For his bravery at Fort McAllister he was made a major-general, and soon after appointed to the command of the Fifteenth Army Corps. Since the war he has been in continued service, and in the army holds the rank of brigadier-general. General Hazen married a daughter of the Hon. Washington McLean, of Cin- cinnati. He is chief of the Signal Service of the United States, with head-quarters at Washington City.
CARY, FREEMAN GRANT, was born in Cincinnati, April 7th, 1810. His father, William Cary, emigrated to the Northwest Territory in 1803, and settled on a farm he pur- chased at the head of Main Street, Cincinnati, where he re- sided until 1814, when he removed to College Hill. His thirty-two acres in Cincinnati were sold and he bought sec- tion thirty in Mill Creek township-now College Hill-where he resided until his death, March 25th, 1862. Here in the wilderness, the subject of our sketch, the oldest of three sons, with his two brothers, William Woodward, and Samuel Fen- ton, received his early education. He afterwards attended college at Miami University, and graduated with honor in the class of 1831. This was fifty years ago, and since that time Mr. Cary has left a marked impress of his character for good which in the history of the county is inerasible. He has devoted more than thirty years of his life to teaching. He established Cary's Academy, originated Farmers', now Bel- mont, College, into which the Academy was merged; also orig- inated for females what afterwards became the Ohio Female College ; which institutions were eminently successful until after he resigned the presidency-the Farmers' College at that time numbering three hundred students. The Female College was likewise quite successful. Mr. Cary's forte was in government, and he was also a successful teacher. During his presidency he associated with him men of ability in the va- rious departments of his institution-we say his institution, for he exercised entire control of it from the first until he resigned his place in it. During the period of its existence under him, he educated, to a greater or less extent, some three thousand young men, many of them now occupying distinguished posi- tions north and south, in the ministry, at the bar, as physicians, or becoming active business men. Mr. Cary's character is marked by a combination of striking traits ; being possessed of a strong constitution, of temperate habits, of good health,
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giving him physical ability successfully to accomplish what- ever he undertakes. He has made his own place in society, and is known to be persistent, energetic, and self-reliant, never seeking aid from others, much less place or honors of office. The arduous and responsible duties that have fallen to his lot have been discharged so as to reflect credit upon himself and the honorable positions he has filled. He has now reached the age of over threescore and ten, and is still in possession, to a wonderful degree, of those characteristics which have distinguished him through life. He seems to be thoroughly conversant on all subjects of natural science, es- pecially those pertaining to agriculture and horticulture, of which he is proficient both in practice and theory. He has connected with his residence an admirably arranged con- servatory and greenhouse, on his own plan, in which he spends much of his time in experimenting for his own grati- fication. He established and edited an agricultural periodi- cal, The Cincinnatus, which for five years had a wide circu- lation, and only ceased by reason of the rebellion, which placed such literature at a discount, many of the subscribers being in the South. He was one of the distinguished early leaders and supporters of the Cincinnati Horticultural So- ciety, being several times its honored president. Mr. Cary is not only an adept in the natural sciences, but is also a good classical and mathematical scholar, his education and ability eminently fitting him for marked prominence. He was selected as one of two to represent the great State of Ohio-under Buchanan's administration-in a congress of the States for the promotion of agriculture, with Marshall P. Wilder at its head. After over a quarter of a century's la- bors in the schools originated and constructed by him, he retired to a farm in Butler County, where, with his wonted zeal and industry, he devoted himself to rural pursuits, lead- ing a quiet and retired life. His residence, planned by him- self, is a model of taste and fine architecture, combining more conveniences than almost any structure in the county. His place is set with the choicest fruits grown in the climate, and with fruits, evergreens, and deciduous trees his residence is completely encircled, and all is in keeping with the intel- ligence of the man, amply repaying any one with the in- formation he would receive, on almost every subject, from a visit to his place. He has been an elder in the Presbyterian Church for over forty years, and its active zealous supporter. His wife, Malvina McCan, to whom he was married April 4th, 1833, was a native of Chillicothe, a daughter of a pioneer, who was a man of fine education and was an extensive sur- veyor. She died in the month of January, 1872. He had by her eight children, five of whom survive. His second wife was the widow of Dr. James Richardson, and daughter of Clark Bates, one of the earliest pioneers of the west. He was married to her March 6th, 1873, with whom he still lives. General S. F. Cary, of world-wide renown as a lecturer and popular orator, is the youngest of three brothers. The Cary sisters, the celebrated writers, are his cousins, and were greatly aided in their first efforts by the subject of this sketch. We may say, few men, in an independent and unaided life, and on their own resources, have exerted a more extended influence than has F. G. Cary.
SATER, JOSEPH, was born at the old home in Crosby Township, November 20th, 1824; spent his earlier years in the pursuits of the farm, and attending the district schools until the Winter of 1844-5, when he was a student at Cary's
Academy, at College Hill. Returning to the farm, he was married, as noted below, in 1849, to Miss Eliza A. Hedges, of Colerain Township, and occupied his present place, adjoin- ing his brother Thomas's farm, about one and one-half miles northeast of New Haven, where he has since resided, en- gaged in the peaceful pursuits of the successful farmer. In 1857 he was elected township trustee, and served three terms, and is now serving his twenty-fifth year as a member of the School Board. In 1859 and in 1870 he was chosen real estate assessor for the township; in 1860 he was elected town- ship treasurer, and served about eleven years, when he was elected county commissioner, and declined to serve longer. In 1863 and 1867 he was nominated for the Legislature on the Democratic ticket, the first nomination being unanimous, and the second practically so, and was defeated with his ticket-his party being then greatly in the minority. He was chosen twice to the commissionership, in 1871 and again in 1874, both times on minority tickets, being nominated by the Democrats the first time, and running independent tlie second time, but taken up by the Republicans. He was first elected when the majority of the Republican ticket was more than seventeen hundred, and Mr. Sater's majority was two thou- sand seven hundred and ninety-nine, a vote ahead of his ticket of more than four thousand five hundred. At the second election he ran as an independent candidate when he defeated the regular Democratic nominee by about six hundred, the Republican ticket being also defeated by four thousand seven hundred votes-a gain for him of about five thousand three hundred. He was a very active, energetic, and fearless member of the Board. As a result of some of the inquiries and agitations started by him while in this office the law for the Board of Control was procured from the State Legislature. He would recognize no legislation by the Board which was tranasacted in beer saloons or anywhere else than in the rightful place of meeting, and at last suc- ceeded in breaking up the practice of signing bills or records that were not regularly before the Board in its own room in the court-house. Repeatedly he filed his protest against the payment of illegal claims, and generally succeeded in check- ing or preventing payments. Several resolutions were in- troduced by him, and carried, to lop off superfluous officials, and otherwise economize the expenditure of the public funds. The signal impression produced by his service dur- ing the first term, upon the tax-payers and voters of the county, is shown by the triumphant success of his second canvas for the same office, made in opposition to a regular nominee. Mr. Sater was, by the joint action of the judges of the Common Pleas and Superior Courts of Hamilton County, in April, 1881, appointed one of three jury com- missioners to select a list of six thousand names from which the juries for said courts will be drawn. Mr. Sater has also settled a large number of estates with a fidelity and accuracy that have justified the confidence reposed in him by widows and orphans. He has not thought it necessary to belong to any religious or secret order, but has always liberally con- tributed to the support of different religious organizations. Eliza A. Hedges was the second daughter of Anthony Lud- low and Hannah A. (Johnson) Hedges, of Colerain Town- ship. The Hedges and Johnson families of the next previous generation came together from New Jersey (Hedges in 1805, Johnson in 1809), at a very early day, and settled in Colerain, near the site of the famous ancient work at Dunlap's Station, which is now in possession of the Johnson descendants.
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