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ALBERT R. BELL.
Albert Bell is an intelligent, leading and prosperous young farmer of Jefferson town- ship. Logan county. He was born Oc- tober 9. 1872. in Pokes Creek township, on- ly a few miles from the place of his present residence. He is a son of an esteemed old settler. Thomas Bell, who was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, February 16. 1824. In the year 1835 he came to Logan county and took up his abode in Bokes Creek township where the family lived until 1883. and then removed to Perry town- ship. There the father spent the re-
. Upon the old home farm Albert Bell was reared and educated. He attended the district schools and remained under the pa- rental roof during the greater part of the time until his marriage, which important event in his life was celebrated on the 9th of January, 1900. He wedded a Kentucky girl. Miss Anna Fryer and they now have a little son. Francis Ivan, who was born September 13. 1900. Mrs. Bell is a de- voted wife and most estimable lady and. like her husband, shares in the high re- gard of many friends.
The farm which Mr. Bell owns is known as the old Jesse Green place, and was pur- chased by our subject's father before his death. Albert Bell assisting in paying for the property. He now owns here one hundred acres and one of the best family homes in the township. 'It was built by Jesse Green years ago, and was a palatial residence at that time. Mr. Bell is recognized as one of the active young business men of his local- ity, honorable and straightforward in all his
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dealings. In his political views he is a Re- Iowa where the father died. Mrs. Naugle publican and his first presidential vote was then returned to Logan county and made her cast for William McKinley in 1896. He home near Logansville up to the time of her marriage. belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and his wife is a member of the Catholic church. They have a high social standing and are indeed widely and fav- orably known in this community.
GEORGE C. NAUGLE.
George C. Naugle, whose home lies just west of Logansville, is engaged in carpenter work and bridge building, and is also filling the position of justice of the peace in Pleas- ant township. He was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, on the 17th of August, 1849, and is a son of William and Mary E. ( Swonger) Naugle. In 1852 his parents come to Ohio, settling at Midway. west of Springfield, Clark county, where they lived until 1860. when the mother died. In 1862 the father came to Logan county, settling at Logansville, and in the following year he was again married.
George C. Naugle remained with his uncle, John Swonger, in Clark county, un- til 1866 and then came to Logan county, where he at once began learning the car- penter's trade under the direction of his fa- ther, to whom he gave his services until he attained his majority. In the meantime he had became a master mechanic. He was married at Careysville, Champaign county. Ohio, by the Rev. Heston, on the 17th of January, 1871, the lady of his choice being Miss Adna M. Cole, whose home was in Logansville. She was born in Shelby coun- ty, Ohio, a daughter of Jason and Lucinda ( Young) Cole, who removed from Ohio to
Mr. and Mrs. Naugle began their do- mestie life in a rented house in Logansville and he devoted his attention to contracting and building houses, barns and bridges. He has since followed that pursuit and has tak- en and executed contracts for some of the largest and best bridges in this portion of the state. In 1876 he purchased a lot in Logansville and erected thereon a home. In 1889 he bought forty acres of land in Pleasant township and about a year later traded this for one hundred and sixty acres in Ford county, Kansas, and also secured in exchange a house and lot in Bucklen, but he lost seventeen hundred dollars in this transaction. In 1898 he purchased thirty acres of land, where he now lives, west of Logansville, remodeled the house upon it. and has since occupied it. His life has been one of untiring industry and all that he possesses has been acquired through his own efforts.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Naugle have been born six children: Julia Lenore, who was born December 17, 1871. and was educated in the common schools, was married Oc- tober 22, 1888. to Alonzo L. Bernhart. of Bloomfield township, and they have four children : Bruce, Myrtle B., Emil C. - and Corwin A. Jesse Theodore, born March 5. 1874, attended the common schools and aft- erward was graduated at Ada, Ohio, He then engaged in teaching for about three years, after which he turned his attention to the creamery business at DeGraff and is now superintendent of a creamery in Belle- fontaine. He has one child, Madge L. . Ar- rago E., born December 26, 1877, learned
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the carpenter's trade with his father after completing a common school education and also a course in the Columbus Business College. John Milroy, born November 18. 1881, is a graduate of the Boxwell high school and also of the DeGraff high school. and is now a student in the Columbus Busi- ness College. Ingle Rush, born January 29, 1884. is a Boxwell graduate and is at home. Gladie Echo, born August 23, 1888. com- pletes the family.
Mr. Naugle is an advocate of Dem- ocratic principles and has served in town- ship offices since attaining his majority, fill- ing all the various offices with one excep- tion. For nine years he was constable, was trustee for three years and in 1883 he was elected justice of the peace. in which capac- ity he has proved a most capable officer. being continued in the position to the pres- ent time. He has tried many cases includ- ing a number of considerable importance and "his even handed justice" has "won golden opinions from all sorts of people." He belongs to the Christian church at Logansville with which he has been identi- fied for a quarter of a century, and he has served as a treasurer and superintendent of the Sunday-school. Frequently he has been called upon to act as administrator of es- tates and in the settlement of affairs has dis- played marked fairness and honor, giving entire satisfaction to all. Fraternally he is connected with the Knights of the Golden Eagle and the Tribe of Ben Hur and in the former he has filled all the offices and has represented the organization in the grand lodge. His two oldest sons are also mem- bers. Mr. Naugle is well known in Logan county, his business interests bring him a wide acquaintance and because of his re-
liability in industrial circles and his fidelity in office he has gained the favor and friend- ship of many.
GEORGE A. COOLIDGE.
George A. Coolidge is one of Ohio's na- tive sons, his birth having occurred in Union county, on the 15th of December, 1857, while at the present time he lives in Rush Creek township, Logan county. His father, Uriah Coolidge, was born in New York, in 1821. and on emigrating westward he took up his abode in Union county, Ohio. Here he was imited in marriage to Mahala Parker and unto them were born three children, the eldest being Hiram, who married Hulda Evans and resides in Ada. Ohio. They have four children, Nancy Mahala. Jacedell, Mary and Rebecca. Gilford Coolidge, the second son, is a resident of Ohio and mar- ried Rena Lippincott, by whom he had four children, Willie. Stella, Jason and Etta. His first wife died in 1890 and he then married Rena Cordie.
The third son of the family is George A. Coolidge, who at the usual age entered school and there pursued his studies until he reached the age of fifteen. In the meantime he had gained a practical knowl- edge of farm work and after putting aside his text-books he devoted all of his time to agricultural pursuits. As a companion and helpmate for life's journey he chose Miss Sarah M. Thomas, their marriage be- ing celebrated in 1877. The lady was born May 6, 1861, in Hardin county Ohio, a daughter of Peter and Mary (Henkel) Coolidge. Her father was born in Iowa about 1827, and when eight years of age
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came to Ohio. Here he arrived at years of tered upon his business career as a newspa- maturity and wedded Mary Henkel, who per reporter. Steadily he advanced in the profession of journalism and in 1897, when twenty-one years of age, became a member of the Index Printing & Publishing. Com- pany, of Bellefontaine. Perhaps no other field of business activity demands greater zeil. alertness and enterprise than does jour- nalism-a fact which is recognized by Mr. Blessing, who is one of the wide awake and progressive young business men of this city. Ile is doing everything in his power to make the Index not only a profitable paper, but also one of value to the community, and his efforts have not been without good result. was born in Virginia in 1820. During her early girlhood she had been brought to the Buckeye state, and by her marriage she he- came the mother of the following children : Cyrus, John, Landa, Nathan, Asa and Lena. The home of our subject and his wife has been blessed with seven children: Gilford E., born December 17, 1870: James R .. born June 8. 1883: Clementine, born Oe- tober 7, 1885: Minnie D., born May 10, 1888: George H., born May II. 1893: Alta May, born October 16, 1895: and Floyd. born April 30. 1001.
Mr. Coolidge and his family attend the services of the Methodist Episcopal church of which he is a member. He exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and measures of the Republican party, which he has always supported. He believes in prog- ress and improvement, and in matters of eit- izenship he is public-spirited and progress- ive. In his farm work he is enterprising and practical, and above all. in his dealings is straightforward and honorable.
LE ROY BLESSING.
Le Roy Blessing, the editor of the Daily and Weekly Index. published at Bellefon- taine, was born in this city on the 14th of October. 1876, and is a son of Frank W. and A. S. Blessing, the former a native of West Alexander, Ohio, and the latter of Bellefontaine. Both are still living, and in the family there is also a daughter. Grace. At the usual age Le Roy Blessing entered the public schools of Bellefontaine and after Mir. Hennesey is a native of Ohio, his acquiring a good English education he en- birth having occurred in Sidney, that state.
Mr. Blessing was united in marriage to Miss Mary Leigh JoHantgen, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Jollantgen, the wed- ding taking place on the 14th of October, 1002. Mr. Blessing is a leading Mason of this locality, having attained the Knight Templar degree of the York rite.
DAVID R. HENNESEY.
David R. Hennesey is to-day numbered among the prosperous and prominent busi- ness men of Bellefontaine, being well known as a maebinist and foundryman. He undoubtedly owes his success in a large measure to his thorough understanding of, and thorough application to the business in which as a young tradesman he embarked. He has never turned aside into other fields of labor but has concentrated his energies along this one line with the result that he has secured a liberal patronage returning to him a gratifying income.
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When he was only about a year old he was brought to Bellefontaine by his parents, Thomas and Johanna ( Mulvhill ) Hennesey, both of whom are natives of Ireland and came to the United States shortly after their marriage, locating in Sidney, Ohio. The father was there engaged in the brewing business for four years, after which he en- tered the employ of the Big Four Railroad Company. Ile was given charge of the roundhouse in Bellefontaine and continued in the employ of that company for thirty- eight years, a fact which is certainly indi- cative of his capable and loyal service, for the large corporations like the railroad com- panies do not retain in their employ incom- petent men. . At the end of that long period he resigned his position, and at the age of seventy-two years is now living a retired life in Bellefontaine. A Democrat in his political views, he has always been a pub- lic spirited man and is an advocate of every measure and movement tending to benefit the community in which he lives. He holds membership in the Catholic church, of which he has been a life-long communicant, and his wife is also living at the age of seventy years. By her marriage she became the mother of seven children : John, who was a machinist and died at the age of twenty-one years, three months and eleven days; David R .: Mary, who died at the age of nineteen years; Elizabeth, who died when al out twenty-two years of age: Thomas, who is connected with the restaurant busi- ness in Muncie, Indiana : Johanna, who died at the age of thirteen years; and Katherine, who is residing with her brother. David.
David R. Hennesey has practically spent his entire life in Bellefontatine, and to its public school system is indebted for the ed- ucational privileges which he enjoyed. He
entered upon his business career as an em- plove in the roundhouse of the Big Four Railroad Company, remaining there for two years, and when about eighteen years of age he began to learn the machinist's trade, which he has followed continuously since. For fifteen consecutive years he was in the employ of one man and then entered the service of the Bellefontaine Bridge & Iron Company, which was then known as the Buchanan Iron Company, Mr. Hennesey as- sisting in the organization of that company. He became its vice president and was su- perintendent of the business for four years. On the expiration of that period he severed his connection with the company and en- tered into the foundry and machine busi- ness as a partner of J. H. Hornberger, but after one year he purchased the interest of Mr. Hornberger and has since continued the business alone. He is a manufacturer of and dealer in machinery, iron and steel bridges. gas and steam engines, boilers, water motors, circular saw and gristmill supplies, injectors, brass fittings, pumps, pipes, belting, saws, furnace grates, sugar kettles, bearing bars, sled runners, sled soles, and all kinds of machinery. He deals in second-hand machinery of this class. does boiler repair work and general job cast- ing. structural and iron work. Under his capable direction and because of his thorough and practical understanding of the business he has secured a liberal patron- age which now makes him one of the pros- perous citizens and representative business men of Bellefontaine.
At the age of twenty-two years Mr. Hennesey was married to Miss Ella Shea. a native of Bellefontaine and a daughter of Thomas Shea. but she died about six years later, leaving two children, while one son,
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Thomas Raymond, the first born, died at the age of fourteen months. The others are John Raymond and Paul Edward, aged respectively sixteen and thirteen years, and the former is now a student in the high school. Mrs. Hennesey was a member of the Catholic church and was a devoted wife and kind and loving mother. She passed away at the early age of twenty-seven years, her death being deeply deplored by her many friends. For his second wife Mr. Hennesey chose Miss Mary E. Tynan, a na- tive of Bellefontaine and a daughter of Wil- liam Tynan, an early settler of this city who throughout his business career carried on general farming. One child was born of this union, Mary Gaynell, now six years of age, but the mother died when the little daughter was but two years old. Katherine Hennesey, the younger sister of our subject. is now acting as housekeeper for her brother.
Mr. Hennesey belongs to Ben Hur Lodge, a fraternal order. He holds mem- bership in the Catholic church and his po- litical support is given the Democracy, and at one time he served for four years as a member of the city council of Bellefontaine. His worth is widely acknowledged in busi- ness circles and in matters of citizenship, and Mr. Hennesey may well be classed among the energetic and progressive cit- izens of Bellefontaine.
SAMUEL VAUGHN.
Samuel Vaughn is now living a retired life in Jefferson township and well does he deserve the rest which has been vouchsafed to him. He is a valued veteran of the Civil
war and through many years he successfully carried on agricultural pursuits here. He was born in the town of Zanesfield, October 30. 1843. his parents being William and Delila Salone Vaughn. His father was born in Kentucky about 1814 and when a young man sought a home in Ohio, settling in the village of Zanesfield where he estab- lished a grocery store, conducting it for sev- eral years. He also dealt in horses and was a well known and prosperous business man of his community. He married Delila Salone and unto them were born six chil- dien : Sarah and Sophia, both deceased; Marie: John, who has also passed away; Samuel. of this review ; and Cornelius, who has departed this life.
In taking up the personal history of Samuel Vaughn we present to our readers the life record of one who is widely and far- orably known in Logan county, for his en- tire life has here been passed and his record has been such as to commend him to the confidence and good will of those with whom he has been associated He attended the common schools until sixteen years of age and afterward devoted his attention ex- clusively to farm work until 1863, when he could no longer content himself to follow the plow while his country was involved in Civil war. He felt that his first duty was to the Union and thus prompted by the spirit of patriotism he joined the army, enlisting in Company H. One Hundred and Twenty- eight Regiment of Volunteers under Cap tain Samuel Starr. He served for three years, taking part in a number of important engagements and was then honorably dis- charged in 1865, after having participated in the grand review at Washington, D. C Returning to his home he began dealing in horses and in this respect gained a wide re-
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utation. Ile is an excellent judge of horse- country as he was when he followed the flesh and his purchases and sales were starry banner of the nation upon the battle- fields of the south. judiciously made so that his investments brought to him an excellent financial return.
Mr. Vaughn was united in marriage to Martha Vorhies, who was born May 3. 1846. in the town of Lowdin. Virginia. Her father. Ashford Vorhies, also a native of the Old Dominion, followed the occupa- tion of farming as a means of livelihood. He wedded Miss Marie Ault. and they be- came the parents of seven children, namely : John, who is a farmer and lives in Spring- teld. Ohio: Mary, who is the wife of Mad- ison Vaniers, by whom she had three chil- den. Anna, Ashur and Ida but the last vamed is now deceased: Martha, who is the third of the family: Abraham, who has de- parted this life: Emma, who is the wife of Benjamin Rose, a resident of Bellefontaine by whom she had six children. Carrie, Wil- liam. Alice. Anna, Deltie and Harley; Joseph and Sarah, who are the youngest members of the Vorhies family and are now deceased.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn has been blessed with one son, William, whose birth occurred August 16, 1863. and who was married to Maggie Vorhies, who was born December 11, 1874. They have two children. Isabel and Dorothy.
JACOB J. WINTRODE.
Jacob J. Wintrode. proprietor of the Boarding house at Middleburg, was born amid the green hills of southern Pennsylva- nia. his birth having occurred about three miles from Gettysburg in Adams county on September 8th. 1835. His parents were Jacob and Elizabeth (Menchey) Wintrode. His father was born in Adams county, Pennsylvania, and by his marriage became the father of five children : Sabina, Jacob J .. Eliza, Julia Ann and Louisa.
On the old homestead Mr. Wintrode of this review spent the days of his boyhood and youth and at the age of sixteen he left the schools in which he had been pursuing his literary education in order to learn the carriage maker's trade. He followed that pursuit until he entered the army in re- sponse to the president's call for troops to aid in the suppression of the rebellion, dur- ing its early days. Hardly had the smoke from Fort Sumter's guns cleared away when on the 21st of April. 1861, he offered his service for three months and joined Company F of the Sixteenth Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers under Captain Myers. On the expiration of his term of service he was honorably discharged, but in the month of September, of the same year he re-enlisted. becoming a member of the Sixty-eighth Pennsylvania Infantry. During an engagement he was captured and
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Vaughn are mem- Lers of the Presbyterian church, contribute generously to its support and take a deep in- terest in its growth and upbuilding. In politics he is a Democrat, but has never sought or desired office. He is capably at- tending to his business affairs in which he has prospered as the years have passed by. He is public-spirited and progressive, how- ever. in matters of citizenship and is to -. was held a prisoner of war until the 7th of day as true and loyal to the welfare of his February. 1865. when he was paroled and
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sent to the hospital at Mooreland. There he remained until after the war was ende 1 when he was honorably discharged at Har- risburg. Pennsylvania, on the 22d of June. 1865.
Mr. Wintrode then went to Titusville, Pennsylvania, where he remained until September 1865, and in October of the same year he made his way to Richland county. Ohio, where he resided until the 21st of April. 1866. He then went to Bellefon- taine where he began working at the car- riage maker's trade and for eight years was a resident of that place. Later he located in Sidney, Ohio, where he spent four years and afterward took up his abode in Akron. Ohio, following which he returned to Logan county and became a resident of Middle- burg. Here he is now conducting a hotel and makes a popular host because of his genial manner and earnest desire to please the patrons of the house. 1
On the 15th of October, 1867, occurred the marriage of Mr. Wintrode and Miss Jane Starkey, who was born in Zanesfield. Ohio, in 1847. They have five children : John A., born November 21. 1869: Lida B .. born March 21, 1872: Minnie M., born May 21, 1874: Dela G., born August 23, 1877: and Forest V., born October 19, 1883. The mother of these children passed away No- vember 21, 1895. and Mr. Wintrode after- ward married Lavina ( Wilson) Shane She was born July 29. 1849. a daughter of Hugh Wilson, whose birth occurred in Ireland. He married Eliza Irvine, a na- tive of Canada and their children were Mary Ann, Griselda, Eliza, Jane S., Lavina R. P. and Jemima. After arriving at years of womanhood Lavina Wilson became the wife of a Mr. Shane and by that marriage had one son. Leon J. Shane, who was born De- cember 21, 1869.
Mr. Wintrode is a Lutheran in religious faith and in his political belief is a Republi- can. He has never been a politician in the sense of office seeking. put believes firmly in the principles of his party and faithfully gives to it his support.
He is interested in whatever pretains to the general welfare and progress and is widely and favorably known in Middleburg and Logan county where he has many friends.
J. SAXTON DEEMY, M. D.
Among the younger members of the medical fraternity of Logan county who have attained distinction and success that ranks them with the older representatives of the fraternity is Dr. J. Saxton Deemy, now practicing in Bellefontaine, where a liberal patronage is accorded him. He is a na- tive of Pennsylvania, and was born in Cum- herland county, October 26. 1860, his par- ents being Dr. E. K. and Josephine ( Sax- ton) Deemy. The Deemy family came originally from Germany, while the Sax- ton family, of which the mother was a re- presentative, came of the Baltimore, Mary- land. line that was founded in this country by English ancestors. She was a descend- ant of the same ancestry from which came Mrs. Mckinley, the widow of the late Pres- ident Mckinley. Dr. E. K. Deemy is now living a retired life in Mechanicsburg. Pennsylvania, but his wife was killed in a runaway accident when fifty-seven years of age. In their family were two sons, Charles Carroll. the brother of our subject, Feing now a resident of Mechanicsburg. Pennsylvania.
When only six months old Dr. Deemy of this review was taken by his parents to
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Frenchtown. New Jersey, where he received been one of the organizers of the present his early educational training. Later he society. Ile is also a member of the State Medical Society and of the American Medi- cal Association and has a deep and abiding interest in everything that tends to throw light upon disease and its treatment. He has thoroughly qualified himself for his chosen work and is continually adding to his knowledge through reading and re- search so that to-day he stands among the practitioners of broad learning and marked capability. became a student in the Blair Presbyterian Academy at Blairstown. New Jersey. In that institution he was graduated with the class of 1886. thus completing an excellent literary course. His choice of a life work jell upon the medical profession and he en- tered the Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia, in which he was graduated with the class of 1890. For one year fo ?- lowing his graduation he was chief resident physician in the hospital department of that institution, having been appointed on a competitive examination. He then entered JOHN REED. upon the private practice of medicine and surgery in Frenchtown, New Jersey. where he continued until 1893. when he established his home in Bellefontaine and opened an office here. He has since gained fame as one of the leading physicians of the place and a liberal patronage is accorded him as a public acknowledgment of his ability.
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