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has several times been chosen to serve as a delegate to the grand lodge. His religious faith is that of the Free Baptist church, and in his political views he is a Republican. He has served as trustee and assessor of his township, and from 1877 until 1888. he was justice of the peace in his township. Endowed by nature with a strong character. Mr. Inskeep was so surrounded in his child- hood that his latent powers were developed and strengthened, and he became a success- ful business man, who today. however, is not more honored on account of the enviable positions which he occupies in business than because of his intrinsic worth of character and his many good deeds.
ROBERT BRADEN.
Robert Braden. the well known pro- prietor of the Oakland stock farm, which is situated in Harrison township, five miles northwest of Bellefontaine, is one of the most successful raisers of fine sheep in Logan county and is a business man of recognized ability. He was born in Union township. this county, on the 17th of Sep- tember. 1853. and is a son of James and Edith (Spry) Braden, who are represented elsewhere in this volume. Our subject spent his boyhood and youth under the parental roof and when seventeen years of age the family removed to the farm where he now lives, it having since been his home. He received a fair common- school education and was trained to habits of industry and honesty.
At the age of twenty-one Mr. Braden formed a partnership with his father and older brother. Corwin F. Braden, and em-
barked in the breeding of Poland China hogs, being the first in their locality to raise that breed. This partnership con- tinued until the marriage of our subject. but in 1875 or 1876 they lost heavily. about eighty head of hogs dying with cholera, which practically put an end to the busi- ness, though they continued to keep a small number for a few years thereafter. Since starting out in life for himself our subject has been more or less interested in the sheep business and in 1890 began handling pure-blooded Delaine registered sheep, starting on a small scale. His flock has gradually been increased and in 1902 he and three other gentlemen made up a car load of registered stock, consisting of one hundred and eighty-eight head. which they shipped to Lajara. Colorado. two hundred and fifty miles southwest of Pueblo, where they were sold. In con- nection with the raising of sheep Mr. Bra- den is successfully engaged in general farming, and has won for himself an honor- able position in business circles by honest dealing. In 1895 he replaced the small house standing upon his farm by his pres- ent commodious and pleasant residence and has made many other improvements upon the place which add greatly to its value and attractive appearance.
On the 28th of September. 1880, in Washington township. this county, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Braden and Miss Martha C. Bailey, who was born Oc- tober 26. 1860. in Clark county, Illinois, about nine miles from Casey. Her parents were Benjamin and Samantha (Bennett) Bailey, the former a native of Coshocton county. Ohio, and the latter of Delaware county, this state. The mother was about four years old when with her parents she
ROBERT BRADEN.
MRS. ROBERT BRADEN
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removed to Clark county, Illinois, where daughter he holds membership in the she grew to womanhood. The father was Christian church, of which he has been a trustee, and the family is one of promi- nence in the community where they reside, their circle of friends being extensive. reared in Union county, Ohio, and was a young man on his removal to Illinois, his marriage taking place in Clark county. that state, where he followed farming for some years. When Mrs. Braden was four- teen years old. the family came to Logan county. Ohio, where her father died in HINDOO C. STANLEY. 1890, but her mother is still living. Mrs. Braden received a good education and taught school for a few terms. although she was only nineteen years of age at the time of her marriage. Unto our subject and his wife were born five children, as follows: Grace. born December 5. 1881. died April 30. 1886; Edith May, born May 6. 1883, is now a member of the junior class in the Bellefontaine high school; Mary Cedel. born October 15. 1891. James S. Raymond. born March 28. 1895, and Wilson Mckinley, born August 6. 1896. are also in school.
In business affairs Mr. Braden has steadily prospered and is today the owner of some good property. In 1883 he pur- chased one hundred and twenty acres of land. to which he subsequently added a tract of forty acres, and in 1895 he bought eighty acres where he now lives. all of which he purchased from his father except the forty acres. He uses his right of fran- chise in support of the men and measures of the Republican party, casting his first presidential vote for Rutherford B. Hayes in 1876, and he never missed a general election until the fall of 1902, when he was in Colorado on business. Soon after attaining his majority he joined Bellefon- taine Lodge. No. 209. F. & A. M., and is also a member of the chapter and council in that city. With his wife and oldest
The farming interests of Logan county are well represented by this gentleman. who is numbered among the wide-awake and energetic agriculturists of Monroe township. A native of Logan county, he was born on his father's farm in that township, April 24. 1859, and is a son of James E. and Clarissa ( Marsh) Stanley. The father was also born in Logan county on the 13th of May, 1834. and being left motherless at the age of five months was reared by his paternal grandparents, James and Prudence (Hiatt) Stanley, his boyhood and youth being passed upon the farm where he yet resides. His entire life has been devoted to agricultural pursuits, and he commands the respect and confidence of all who know him. His estimable wife, who was born August 16, 1835. died on the 6th of No- vember. 1874. They had three children : Retta, Hindoo C. and Guilford. The last named is now deceased. Retta is now the wife of Samuel E. Powell. By a second marriage the father also has three children : Gertrude, Blanche and Walter.
During his boyhood H. C. Stanley, of this review, pursued his studies in the home school and aided his father in the cultiva- tion of the farm, and after leaving school at the age of twenty years, he continued to give his father the benefit of his labors for seventeen years. In 1891 he bought his
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present farm in Monroe township, and to- day its neat and thrifty appearance plainly indicates the supervision of a practical and progressive fariner.
On the 25th of November, 1896, Mr. Stanley married Miss Mary Trabert, who was born in Cincinnati, April 23. 1862, and is a daughter of Adam and Margaret Tra- bert, whose other children are Jolin, Henry and Gus. Henry wedded Mary T. Willitt, and has two children, Gus and Ray. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley have one child. Winnie Margaret, who was born on the 7th of May, 1900. They are members of the Friends church, and are among the most highly esteemed citizens of their community. In his political affiliations Mr. Stanley is a pronounced Republican.
PARK B. DOREN.
Park B. Doren has for a number of years been classed among the leading and success- ful agriculturists and stock-breeders of I.o- gan count, making a specialty of short- horn cattle. He has until recently operated three hundred acres of land and now gives his attention to the supervision and culti- vation of his farm of seventy acres, which lies about two miles southwest of Quincy, in Miami township.
He is a native of Ohio, his birth having occurred near Sidney, January 21, 1850, his parents being James and Charlotte ( Croy) Doren. His father was born in Westmore- land county, Pennsylvania, and during his early boyhood he was taken by his parents to Warren county, Ohio. He was a son of Thomas Doren, who conducted a hotel at Blue Ball and also at Twenty Mile Stand.
Later he purchased a tract of land, becom- ing owner of this about three years after it had been entered from the government. All north of his farm lay the Indian reserva- tion, and the red men were still very nu- merous in his neighborhood. He located upon that place about 1827. Mr. Doren, of this review. now has in his possession a buck-skin pouch, eleven by five inches, which was made by the family, and bears the fol- lowing inscription : "Thomas Doren, West- moreland county, Pennsylvania, 1818. Transferred to James H. Doren. 1864." The first date was the year of the emigra- tion of the family from Pennsylvania. This pouch was used for carrying gold and silver and contains a patch most carefully put in, where the shot entered the buck. The grandfather of our subject died near Sid- ney, when about seventy-eight years of age, and the father died on his farm near Sid- ney, when about fifty-seven years of age.
On the old family homestead Park B. Doren was reared and his early educational privileges were supplemented by study in the high school of Sidney, where he was graduated in the class of 1868. He was the eldest in a family of seven children, and as the father was well-to-do, he had good school advantages. He remained upon the home farm until twenty-one years of age, when he began serving a regular apprentice- ship to the carpenter's trade, receiving about one hundred and fifty dollars per year for his services. He afterward worked at farm- ing for a time as there was a lull in building in his locality, carrying on agricultural pur- suits in his native county until 1877.
In that year Mr. Doren was married on the farm where he now lives, to Miss Belle Putnam, the wedding taking place October 25, 1877. She was born in De Witt county,
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Illinois, a daughter of James Madison, and of Sidney, in which he has filled all the Margaret ( Hart ) Putnam. Her father was chairs; Sidney Chapter. No. 30, R. A. M .; Sidney Commandery, No. 46, K. T .; Ohio Consistory, S. P. R. S., of Cincinnati, in which he attained the thirty-second degree; and Syrian Temple. A. A. O. N. M. S. He is thoroughly informed concerning the tenets of the craft and in his life is true to the helpful and benevolent spirit of the or- born in Clark county, her mother in Warren county, and they were married in Cham- paign county, Ohio, whence they removed to Illinois in 1855. Later, however, they returned to this state and settled on the farm where Mr. and Mrs. Doren are now living. Mrs. Doren was then only about six weeks old. Her father is still living, but her der. mother died in July, 1891. Soon after his marriage Mr. Doren erected the residence which he now occupies and took charge of JOHN W. MACKINNON. the farm of three hundred acres, which was owned conjointly by Mr. Putnam and his brother. It was called the Fairview Farm, and became celebrated for the fine stock thereon. Many heads of his fine stock were exhibited by Mr. Doren at different fairs. where he won splendid premiums. Of re- cent years he has not engaged so extensively in the raising of stock, but still folows it in some measure, and is also engaged in the cultivation of his fields, which annually re- turn to him golden harvests.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Doren have been born five children : Fannie K., who is a stu- dent in the business college in Sidney : Mar- garet Edna, James Putnam, Charlotte and Cora J., all at home. In his political views Mr. Doren has always been a Republican. and cast his first vote for Grant. in 1872. He returned from the Centennial in Phila- delphia, in order to vote in 1876 for Hayes, and from the World's Columbian Exposi- tion, in Chicago, in order to vote in 1893. He has long been a worker in the interest of his party and he has been a member of the township board of education for four- teen years, and trustee for seven years. Socially he is a prominent Mason, belonging to Temperance Lodge, No. 73, F. & A. M.,
Professor John W. Mackinnon, super- intendent of schools of Bellefontaine, was born in Logan county in 1850, and is of Scotch-Irish ancestry. His parents, Daniel W. and Phoebe ( Hogge) Mackinnon, were natives of Clark county, Ohio, whence they removed to Logan county, and here the father died in 1864, at the comparatively early age of forty-one years. His wife, long surviving him. departed this life in Bellefontaine, in 1896, at the age of sixty- six years. In the family are two sons and one daughter, who yet reside in Bellefon- taine, Henry Mackinnon being engaged in the real estate business here. He is a native of Logan county, born in 1851, and has been a resident of the city since 1892. Emma, now Mrs. R. A. Graham, is also living liere.
In Wittenberg College John W. Mac- Kinnon pursued his more advanced educa- tion and was graduated in the class of 1874 with the degree of A. B., and three years later received the degree of A. M. Chosing educational work as a profession which he believed would prove congenial as well as profitable. he began teaching in Bellefon- taine, immediately after the completion of
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his collegiate course, accepting the position of principal of the high school. in which ca- sponsibility. pacity he served for three years in a most ac- ceptable manner. He was then elected super- intendent of the schools at London, Ohio, and for twenty years remained in that po- sition, during which time the standard of ed- ucation was greatly raised and marked prog- ress was made in the intellectual develop- ment of his town. In the year 1897 he was elected superintendent of the public schools of Middletown, Ohio . where he remained for three years, when he returned to Bellefon- taine, having. in 1900. been elected to the superintendency of the schools here. The professor stands high in educational circles. and his career stands in contradistinction to the old adage that a "prophet is not without honor save in his own country," for in the county of his nativity Professor Mackinnon has attained prestige as an able educator. and one of marked zeal in his profession. He holds a high school life certificate for the state of Ohio, and he has served as county examiner for Madison county, of this state. He is connected with various local, state and national associations for the ben- efit of teachers and the dissemination of knowledge concerning the best methods of instruction, and anything which tends to ad- vance the school work of the nation elicits his earnest attention and co-operation.
On the 23d of July. 1874. Professor Mackinnon was united in marriage to Miss Clara Wallace, a daughter of Dr. John Wal- lace, of Logan county, Ohio. Their chil- dren are Lee W. and Helen, but the latter died at the age of four years. The son, who graduated in Wittenberg College with the class of 1899. is now engaged in teaching. being now principal of high school of Hills- boro, Ohio, and one of the youngest men
of the state holding a position of that re-
Professor and Mrs. Mackinnon are members of the First Presbyterian church, and while residing in London, Ohio, he was an elder for twelve years of the Presbyterian church of that place.
He is a member of the Masonic frater- nity, and his life is in harmony with its be- neficent teachings, and it would be almost tautological in this connection to enter into any series of statements to show him to be a man of broad public spirit and genuine human sympathy. for these have been shad- owed forth between the lines of this re- view. He has excellent ideals concerning his chosen life work, and studies earnestly and untiringly to exemplify these in the la- bors of each day. Under his guidance the schools with which he has been connected have made rapid and substantial progress. and he holds a most enviable position as a representative of educational work in Ohio.
JOHN Q. WILLIAMS.
John Q. Williams is recognized as a leading, progressive and valued citizen of Logan county, where for many years he has followed farming, and has filled various positions of public trust. He was born April 28, 1828. in Logan county, and is a son of Jesse and Hannah ( Southerland) Williams. His father. Jesse Williams, was. a native of Virginia, born in 1804, and was but eight years of age when brought to Ohio, so that lie was one of the first set- tlers of this state, the year of his arrival being 1812. The family settled in Cham- paign county when the Indians were far
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more numerous than the white settlers, and Jesse Williams was there reared amid the wild scenes of frontier life, sharing in its hardships, privations and dangers. He also assisted in the arduous task of developing a new farm, and after arriving at the years of maturity he married Hannah Souther- land.
Among the children of this worthy The farm which is now the home of the Williams family has been under culti- vation for over eighty years, and there has never been a funeral in the home in all this time. Under the careful super- vision of Mr. Williams the place is well cultivated so that the fields are made to yield a good return. While he has carried on his business affairs and thereby acquired a comfortable competence he has also done effective service for the community in pub- lic office. He is a stanch Republican, earnest in his advocacy of the principles couple was John Q. Williams, who was leared to farm life, early becoming famil- iar with the work of field and meadow. He also pursued his education in the com- mon schools near his home until twenty- one years of age. He has since followed farming and has also engaged to some extent in the real estate business, buy- ing and selling property, and as his pur- chases and sales have been judiciously mnade, his efforts have brought to him a good financial return. His farm is located in Rush Creek township near Harper, and "of the party and for ten years, from 1860 he has there a valuable tract of land which is well improved, being supplied with all modern equipments and accessories for ag- ricultural pursuits.
In the year 1853 Mr. Williams was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Houge, who was born January 19, 1838. in Jefferson township, Logan county, a daughter of Solomon G. Hogue, whose birth occurred in Virginia in 1810. He he has been associated.
was a school-teacher by profession and for many years did excellent work as an educator. He married Julia Jenney and their children were as follows : S. T. ; Wal- lace, George and Otis who are deceased; John; Albert; Harriett A .; Adelia; Julia ; and Florence. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liams were born six children : Harriet E., born January 17, 1854; Wallace, born March 15, 1856; Warwick T., born Sep-
tember 15. 1888; Jennie, born September 9. 1860: George W., born July 29, 1863; and John G., born April 7, 1873. Of this number Warwick married Hulda Reems, and resides in Hardin county, Ohio. Ma- linda became the wife of Jonathan Ansley, who is now a retired farmer living in Rushsylvania.
until 1870. he served as assessor of his township. He has also been township trustee, supervisor and school director and has ever been prompt and faithful in the execution of his public duties. He be- longs to the Methodist Episcopal church, and his life has been so honorable and up- right that he has ever commanded the re- spect and confidence of those with whom
MAJOR KENTUCK B. PIATT.
As may already be surmised, Major Piatt is a native of the Blue Grass State. his birth having occurred in Boone county. Kentucky, September 3. 1841. The Piatt family is of French origin and of Huguenot
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blood, although through two centuries at Mac-a-cheek. his country home in Mon- there has come a liberal mixture of Dutch and Scotch-Irish blood modifying some- what the dominant elements of the Hugue- not race, yet in no wise obliterating them. The descendants of that brave band of people have ever been found as a strong. progressive and reliable race. In the per- secution that followed the revocation of the edict of Nantes, the Piatt family fled from the province of Dauphine to Holland. where John Piatt married a Miss Van Vliet and later he and his wife emigrated to Cuba and thence to New York, while later they found a home in New Jersey. From this ancestry is descended Colonel Jacob Piatt. the great-grandfather of our subject. He was born May 17. 1747, and died August 14, 1836. When the colonists, unable to bear the yoke of British oppres- sion, resolved to throw off allegiance to the English crown. he joined the Continen- tal army, and was elected captain of a mil- itary company, composed of ninety young farmers. Not long afterward he was com- missioned a captain on the regular staff. and from that time continued with the colonial forces throughout the war, tak- ing part in many of the great battles which led to the establishment of American in- dependence. He was promoted to the rank of colonel to serve on the staff of General Washington and after the close of hostilities he married Hannah Mccullough and settled at Bloomsburg, New Jersey. In 1792 he moved to Boone county, Ken- tucky, in which locality his remains now lie buried.
Judge Benjamin MI. Piatt, a son of Col- onel Jacob Piatt, was born in New Jer- sey, December 26. 1779, and became a pioneer of Logan county, Ohio, and died
roe township. April 28, 1863. He had two younger brothers, John H. and Abram Sanford Piatt. When the Civil war broke out Judge Benjamin Piatt was aroused to great indignation at what he called "the infamous crime of the southern leaders" and engaged actively in assisting the gov- ernment and the cause of the Union. He not only gave freely of his means to aid in organizing companies, but he sent his sons and grandson to the field.
Abram Sanford Piatt, the grandfather of our subject. was born in Boone county. Kentucky, in Federal Hall, and there he liv- ed throughout his life on a farm at what is now known as Piatt's Ferry. His birth occurred in 1800 and his death in 1876. He was one of the pioneer residents of Boone county, and was noted as a fox- hunter, finding great delight in following the hounds after the fox. He had a son. Jacob, who is still living in Kentucky at the age of seventy-two years.
General A. Sanders Piatt, the father of our subject, was born May 2, 1821. in Cincinnati. and won his title by valiant service in the Union army during the Civil war. his bravery and military prowess win- ning him promotion to the rank of brig- adier-general. He is now living at Mac-a- cheek. in Monroe township. His wife. Hannah Ann Piatt, was a daughter of Abram Sanford Piatt, who was born and reared in Boone county. Kentucky. She died April 10. 1861, at the age of thirty- seven years, leaving a family of seven chil- dren. while one had passed away previous- ly. These are Kentuck B .; Riven Oak John, who is a resident of Florida ; Abram. who died of cholera in 1851 : William Mc- Coy; Charles Barnett, who died in 1894;
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Jacob I., who is living in Monroe town- ship; Mary Arbella, the wife of Richard T. Worthington. of Washington, D. C .: and Donn Wykoff. who died in 1871.
There is a singular strain of contradic- tion in the Piatt blood. While the ances- tors left France because of the persecut- tion of the Catholics, whose faith they could not endorse. many of their descen- dants reverted to the Catholic belief. and while Colonel Piatt. of the Revolutionary war. and his son. Benjamin, were extreme Federalists. others of the family became strong Democrats.
Kentuck B. Piatt acquired his early ed- ucation in the common schools and later entered the Rickoff Academy at Cincin- nati, Ohio, where he pursued his studies in 1857-8. In 1859 he was a student in Mount St. Mary's College, of Cincinnati, at which time Bishop Rosecrans. a brother of General Rosecrans, was the president. He spent the year 1860 at his father's home and in the following year in response to the first call for seventy-five thousand men to aid in crushing out the rebellion in its incipiency, he joined Company C. of the Thirteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was made fourth duty sergeant. His father. General A. Sanders Piatt, was then col- onel of the regiment. while Donn Piatt was captain of the company. This com- mand was mustered in at Columbus, Ohio, and went to Camp Jackson, and thence to Camp Dennison. On the second call for volunteers for the three years' service Kentuck B. Piatt and Thomas Worthing- ton were detached with head-quarters at Chillicothe to open a recruiting station. After two days, during which time he had recruited forty men. our subject was taken ill with the measles and returned to Camp Dennison with the recruits and later to
his home. In June. 1863. however, he joined the Thirty-fourth Ohio Infantry. under command of Captain Samuel West. and remained with that regiment until Col- onel John T. Tolan was killed when he was detailed to return home with the remains of that leader. While here he became con- nected with the Cincinnati Squirrel Hun- ters. under General Lew Wallace, and up- on his return home three days later. he found an order awaiting him to report at Baltimore, Maryland, for service as sec- ond lieutenant of Company E. of the Third Maryland Cavalry. Two weeks later he was made first lieutenant of the same com- pany, and in November. 1863. was ordered to Brownsville. Texas. Upon reaching Key West, Florida, however, there was received an order to stop at New Orleans. and for two weeks the regiment was un- der the command of General Banks. They were next ordered to Madisonville, and afterward returned to New Orleans, in which vicinity the company did scouting duty for six weeks under Captain Can- field. Following this came the order to proceed to Covington, where occurred a skirmish in which the enemy was driven out of the town. Captain Greenleaf, who was on horseback, jumped over a large log and Mr. Piatt, who was following in close pursuit. attempted to do the same. but his horse fell and Mr. Piatt was thus injured, three ribs being broken. He was then taken to the hospital and immediately ordered to New Orleans. On the advice of Surgeon Budlong. because of the serious nature of his wound, he returned home. This occurred in March, 1864. and ended his military service, he receiving an hon- orable discharge and at the same time being brevetted major.
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