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secured a position in the bank of Rutan & Riddle, where he proved his business effic- iency and so won his employers' confidence that after a few years he was admitted to a partnership in the business. He was thus identified with banking for a time. but later sold his stock in the institution to William H. Kennedy. This was shortly prior to the Civil war. Mr. Lamb watched with in- terest the progress of events which told of the coming struggle and he resolved that it an attempt was made to overthrow the Union he would strike a blow in its de- fense. Accordingly after the inauguration of hostilities be offered his services and was appointed on the staff of Colonel C. W. Al- lister, of the Eighty-eighth Ohio Regi ment which was stationed at Camp Chase. He proved a loyal officer, faithful in the per formance of every duty, great or little, and with a most creditable military record he returned to his home at the close of hos- tilities.
On leaving the army Mr. Lamb once more became a factor in the banking in- terests of Bellefontaine, entering into part- nership with William Rutan, Abner Riddle, John Riddle and John B. Williams. When the Peoples Bank, of Bellefontaine, was or- ganized in 1880. Abner Riddle was chosen the president and Robert Lamb was made cashier, in which position he continued until October, 1888, when he succeeded to the presidency upon the death of Mr. Riddle. and occupied that position until his own death. Under his administration the bank continued to enjoy an era of prosperity that made it one of the strong financial institut- tions of the city. AA conservative business policy was inaugurated and he gave careful supervision to the workings of the bank, controlling its affairs so that it proved not
only a place of safe deposit. but also was en- abled to pay good dividends upon its stock and thus become a profitable investment to those who were financially interested there- in. Mr. Lamb was a man of excellent basi- ness enterprise and keen discrimination and was found as a potent factor in the control of many interests which not only proved of benefit to the stockholders, but also were material factors in advancing the com- mercial and industrial prosperity of Belle- fontaine. He was a stockholder and also the president of the Buckeye Portland Cement Company, and was one of the incorporators of the Acme Mining Company. At one time he engaged in teaching a night com- mercial school in order to provide young men who were engaged in business with better opportunities for fitting themselves for commercial life.
On the 17th of October, 1867. occurred the marriage of Mr. Jamb and Miss Mary Shannon. of Piqua, and unto their marriage were born two sons, Delmar and DeLos, both of whom are now residents of Colum- bus. The home life of Mr. Lamb was ideal. His greatest happiness centered in his fam- ily and he considered no personal sacrifice on his part too great if it would enhance the welfare of his wife and children. He was ever a loving and tender husband and father and a safe and wise counselor in the household. Fraternally he was as- scciated with the Odd Fellows Society and the Masonic order and attained the Knight Templar degree in the latter organization. His life exemplified the beneficient spirit of the craft and an indication of his religious faith was his membership in the Presby- terian church. He united with the church prior to his marriage and was ever among its most loyal and consistent ad-
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herents, contributing generously to its sup- port and doing all in his power to promote its growth and substantial development. Mr. Lamb never resided outside of Logan county, and for fifty years he was closely identified with the interests of Bellefontaine. Perhaps no better estimate of his work and character can be given than appeared in the Weekly Examiner at the time of his demise : "He was a financier of ability and accu- mulated a comfortable fortune. He was interested in every movement inaugurated for the good of Bellefontaine. His ideas were advanced. Ile was progressive, active and energetic to the last. far beyond what is expected of men of his years. He was a tireless worker and never seemed to weary, but was indefatigable, and always at his post of duty and equal to tasks many younger men would consider beyond them. The regularity and system he observed were remarkable and he was one of the most careful and methodical of men. When such a citizen is called away the loss is not only in the home and to those immediately be- reft. but the city sustains a loss which it will be long in recovering from, and which at first it is impossible to realize. But the vacancy caused by the removal from this city of one who has long been regarded as a central figure in the affairs of Bellefon- taine. is felt most keenly at home. A man of genial nature, cordial and hearty of man- ner, Robert Lamb won many close friends who ever found his companionship agree- able and helpful, and who will never forget his acts of friendship."
C. M. FISHER, M. D.
To the people of Logan county the name of Dr. C. M. Fisher is by no means un- familiar, instead. it has figured in connection
with the medical profession through many years here and the Doctor is well known as the loved family physician in many a household. His father. John H. Fisher, was born in Berks county, Pennsylvania, on the 27th of November. 1805, and there resided until he reached mature years, in the mean- time learning the hatter's trade. In fact. he followed that pursuit for a number of years in Berks county. He was also mar- ried in that county. the lady of his choice being Elizabeth Marshall, of Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, born on the 19th of August. 1807. In 1834 Mr. and Mrs. Fisher came to Ohio, settling in Stark county, and in 1836 they arrived in Logan county, locating in what is now Rush Creek township, upon a farm. Mr. Fisher was a member of the Disciples church, while his wife held membership in the Presbyterian church. In his political views he was a Democrat. He died December 11, 1874. and his wife, surviving him for about five years, passed away May 20. 1879, and was laid by his side in the New Salem cem- etery.
Further back than this, however, can the ancestry of the Doctor be traced. His pa- ternal grandfather, Henry Fisher, was a farmer of Berks county, Pennsylvania, fol- lowing that pursuit throughout his active business career. His father was a native of Germany, and when a young man came to this country, settling in Pennsylvania, where he resided until his death. The ma- ternal grandfather of the Doctor was Con- rad Marshall,'a native of Schuylkill county, Pennsylvania, born on the 17th of Decem- ber. 1772. He was a farmer by occupation and in 1834 came to Ohio, settling in Zanes- field. Logan county, where he conducted a hotel until he retired from active business life. His death occurred February 10.
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1857, when he was eighty-five years of age. His father, John Marshall, was a native of France and came to America at a period prior to the Revolutionary war. He served in the colonial army and was one of the carly settlers in Pennsylvania.
Dr. C. M. Fisher was the second in order of birth of the four sons born to his parents. The eldest son died in infancy, and another brother. John M., who was born in Logan county, January 31. 1842, is now a farmer of Ilardin county. Ohio. The Doctor was born in Rush Creek town- ship, Logan county. December 16. 1839. The first school which he attended was held in a log building, such as was common at that early day. When sixteen years of age he entered school in Bellefontaine and after four years was there graduated. At the age of eighteen he began teaching and when twenty-one years of age he took up the study of medicine under the direction of Dr. Cooper, of Bellefontaine, and later he attended the Eclectic Medical College, of Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was graduated in 1862. He then located in Rushsylvania. where he has since been a successful practitioner.
The Doctor's marriage to Miss Mary Elizabeth Ansley occurred in Rush Creek township. Logan county, on the 3d of March. 1863. His wife was born June 5. 1841. and was the third child and second daughter of George and Deliverance ( Jolin- son ) Ansley, who were natives of the Blue Grass state. the father born November 8. 1807. and the mother on the 17th of April, 1808. At an early day they became res- idents of Ohio, and both passed away in this state. Mrs. Ansley's death occurring December 25. 1879. while Mr. Ansley's death occurred August 29, 1882. They
were well known and highly respected throughout Logan county. Unto the Doc- tor and his wife have been born two daugh- ters and three sons: Frank A., born Jan- uary 31. 1804. was married on the 4th of September. 1889. to Miss Sarah E. Shaw ; Ann Mary, born May 31. 1867, is the wife of L. W. Fawcett, of Rushsylvania, and they have three sons; George E., born March 14. 18;o, married Minnie Roberts and they have three daughters and one son ; Mary E., born December 25, 1872. is the wife of Charles Horton Cline, and they have two daughters and one son : Allen Marshall. horn August 21. 1886, completes the family.
Dr. Fisher is a member of the National Medical Eclectic Association and of the Ohio State Eclectic Medical Association. Socially he is a Mason, having been a mem- ber of Belle Center Lodge, No. 347, F. & A. M., Since 1864. He is also a member of Lafayette chapter, of Bellefontaine, and a charter member of Rush Lodge, No. 381, I. O. O. F. The Doctor and his wife are both active working members of the Disci- ples church, and in politics he is a Demo- crat. He has been the incumbent in various offices in the village and is a man whose influence in public affairs has been of benefit to his community, and at the same time given evidence of his genuine personal worth.
COLONEL O. J. HOPKINS.
Owen Johnston Hopkins was born in Bellefontaine, Logan county, Ohio, June 14. 1844. son of Daniel and Sarah ( Carter) Hopkins. His grandfather is said to have been killed at Fort Meigs, Ohio, in 1813.
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and his great-grandfather was Stephen Hopkins, of Rhode Island, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
The subject of our sketch was educated in the public schools of Bellefontaine and Toledo. At the age of seventeen, on Sep- tember 28. 1861, he entered the army as a private in Captain Andrew Gardner's Com- pany K, of James A. Garfield's regiment. the Forty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He served all through the war, receiving several promotions because of merit. On October 14, 1864. he was mustered out, that date being the expiration of his term of service, and at that time he was quarter- master-sergeant of his regiment. Ile im- mediately re-entered the service as first lieutenant in the One Hundred and Eighty- second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered out at the close of the war, July 7, 1865.
He was a participant in some of the severest battles of the war, being with his regiment in Garfield's campaign against General Humphrey Marshall in the valley of the Big Sandy river in eastern Kentucky : with General George W. Morgan's division, Army of the Ohio, in the siege and capture of Cumberland Gap: with General Sher- man's forces in the attack on Chickasaw Bluffs and the defense of Vicksburg, in December, 1862; at the battle and capture of Arkansas Post, or Ft. Hindman, Ar- kansas: in all the operations of Grant's army in the vicinity of Vicksburg, including the siege and capture of that city; with the expedition of General Nathaniel B. Banks on the Red river. After his re-enlistment. he participated in the battles between the rebel General Hood's forces and those of General Thomas at Nashville, Tennessee, in December, 1864.
On February 24. 1865, Lieutenant Hop- kins was united in marriage to Julia Sophronia Allison, also of Bellefontaine. a daughter of Hon. C. W. B. and Sophronia Lee Allison. Six children have blessed this union : Annie Allison, now Mrs. George L. Craig : Oliver Perry ; Frederick Livingstone who died in 1872 : Cordelia Oswald ; Charles Benjamin: and Julia Seney.
After the war Mr. Hopkins entered the mail service as route agent between Cincin- nati and Toledo, making his home in the latter city. This position he held for sev- eral years. Later he was bookkeeper in the grain office of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway, at Toledo. From this occupation, he resigned to go into business for himself. He soon gained an enviable reputation as a designer and engraver on wood, showing great artistic talent, and be- came well known as a newspaper artist and illustrator for various books and magazines.
In 1872 he was elected police commis- sioner, the only elective office he ever held or sought. After serving one term, he de- clined re-nomination. In 1881 he was ap- pointed by the supervising architect of the treasury department at Washington, as as- sistant superintendent of construction of the United States custom-house and post-office at Toledo. He held this office until the completion of said building in 1888, when he entered the employ of the Northwestern Ohio Natural Gas Company, of that city, remaining with them until 1892. From that date he was engaged in various enter- prises though he had practically retired from active business life, until March 1, 1900, when he was appointed by Governor Nash to take charge of the financial division of the adjutant-general's department, which position he held until his death. On the
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18th of November. 1902, he was knocked down and instantly killed by an electric car. in Columbus, Ohio.
Colonel Hopkins also took an active in- terest in military matters after the war and probably did more to perfect the National Guard service of Ohio than any other man in the state. He interested himself es- pecially in the artillery branch and was in- strumental in organizing a local battery in which he enlisted as a private, August 19. 1868. This was then known as the "First Ohio Independent Battery" Volunteer Militia. He served through all grades and when that well known Toledo military or- ganization was merged into "The Fourth Battery of Light Artillery." Ohio National Guard, in 1877. he was placed in command. Later this battery became known as Battery D. Captain Hopkins remaining at its head until February 3, 1890, when he was com- missioned major of the First Regiment of ant-colonel of the same regiment. July 11. 1896, and retained that commission until the breaking out of the Spanish-American war, when the artillery regimental or- ganization was abandoned. On May 14. 1900, he was placed on the retired list as lieutenant-colonel.
Charles William Brandon Allison was Light Artillery : next he was made lieuten- born December 12, 1820, in Dauphin county, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Major William Allison, a native of Ireland, who served as an officer in the war of 1812. and Juliana Brandon Allison, of Middle- town. Pennsylvania. The subject of this sketch, with his mother, came to Ohio in 1831. his father having died six years pre- As an officer in the National Guard. he also saw much active service, commanding his battery in the memorable riots of 1877. lasting twelve days, and at the Paulding Re- servoir trouble in 1887. He was chief of all the military forces in the field during the great mining riots in southern Ohio in 1894. and was an active participant in the mil- itary operations of that exciting event. In point of number of years' service in the guard. Colonel Hopkins was the oldest of- ficer in the state at the time of his demise. viously. Reared on his uncle's farm, his early education would have been but meager. had he not possessed an insatiable desire for knowledge. He attended the district school. and studied diligently at night to prepare himself for his life work. In 1839 he com- menced the study of law and was admitted to the bar in Columbus, Ohio, in 1841. He formed a partnership with Hon. Augustus Hall, late member of congress from Iowa and chief justice of Nebraska, and later with Otway Curry. In 1851 he removed to Belle-
He was one of the most devoted stu- dents of artillery tactics that the National Guard has produced, always keeping thoroughly abreast of the developments in modern machine guns. He was the author of a publication on the mechanism and op- eration of the gatling gun, his book having been adopted by the United States govern- ment for army use, and also by numerous states as well as many European countries. It is profusely illustrated with drawings showing the sectional mechanism of the gat- ling gun. Colonel Hopkins himself being the illustrator.
CORDELIA O. HOPKINS.
HON. C. W. B. ALLISON.
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fontaine, Ohio, and formed a partnership with Congressman Benjamin Stanton.
Mr. Allison was a Whig, then a Re- publican, in politics. In May. 1862. he en- listed for three months in the army and was made captain of Company F. Eighty-sixth Regiment of Ohio Volunteers, and a few days afterward was commissioned as colonel of the Eighty-fifth Regiment of Ohio Vol- unteers, and his company was transferred to that regiment. He preferred going into active service, but at the urgent request of Governor Tod consented to the transfer, and on the 244th of June, took command of Camp Chase. where he remained three months, when his regiment was mustered out of service. In October, 1862, he was appointed colonel of the rendezvous for drafted men at Camp Dennison, where he remained in command until that service was closed. January 1. 1863. He was a iem- ber of the Ohio house of representatives con- vened January. 1864. and was chairman of the committee on military affairs, and a member of the judiciary committee. He was elected a member of the Ohio state sen- ate, and was chosen its president.
In 1866, he, with Mr. Stanton, opened an office in Wheeling. West Virginia, and removed there with their families April I. 1867. where they carried on a most ex- tensive and lueratice practice. Mr. Stan- ton died June 2, 1872. Mr. Allison con- tinued in practice till his death. December 5, 1876. Ife was a self-made man, and, as a contemporary historian described him. "One of God's noblemen." He preferred to follow the convictions of his judgment rather than to act from considerations of policy. He had a discriminating and in- vestigating mind, and ranked high as a lawyer.
He was twice married, his first wife be- ing Sophronia, daughter of Dr. Elisha Guil- ford and Elizabeth Lee. of Marysville. Ohio, whom he wedded November 5. 1844. and who died August 20, 1848, leaving him two children : Julia Sophronia, now Mrs. O. J. Hopkins, of Toledo, Ohio; and Otway Curry, who died in October, 1848. On May 21, 1851. he married Mary, daughter of Hon. Benjamin Stanton, his law partner. of Bellefontaine, Ohio. The late Mrs. Al- lison died in Wheeling, West Virginia, Oc- tober 13. 1890. By his second wife there were three children : Kate Allison, Benjamin Stanton Allison, and Ann Bancroft Allison, who died in 1863.
CORDELIA O. HOPKINS.
GEORGE H. DOWELL.
George H. Dowell is one of the hon- pred veterans of the Civil war and an en- terprising farmer of Logan county, whose entire life has been devoted to agricultural pursuits. He is now the possessor of val- table property interests as the result of his labor-, having city as well as country real estate. He is a native of Warren county. Virginia, born on the 18th of May, 1836, his parents being James and Matilda ( Dan- iels) Dowell, the former a farmer by oc- cupation. The education which George H. Dowell acquired was obtained in the public schools of Licking county, Ohio, but he had little opportunity in that direction. How- ever. since leaving the schoolroom, he has added greatly to his knowledge through reading, observation and experience. Flis mother died when he was thirteen years of age and some years later his sisters married,
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so that the father broke up housekeeping and lived with his children. This left George H. Dowell without a home up to the time of his marriage. He worked as a farm hand by the month and was employed in that way until the 13th of January, 1859. shen he wedded Mis. Mais E. Winner. They became the parents of two children. a son and daughter. John and Katie.
Throughout his business career Mr. Dowell has engaged in agricultural pir- suits and not only has engaged in the tilling of the soil and the raising of the crops best adapted to this section of the state, but has also given some attention to stock. He has always been fond of stock, especially horses, and he keeps good grades of horses and cattle upon his place. To some extent he has been engaged in the creamery business. in connection with farming, being connected with the Lake Anner creamery for nine years. He still owns his farm of one hun- dred and seventy-five acres, which is a val- uable property, and in addition he has a home in West Mansfield, which he occupies, and city property in Bellefontaine.
Mr. Dowell is a loyal and devoted mem- her of the Methy dist Episcopal church and he gives his political support to the Repub- lican party, of which he has long been an
advocate. Se cially he is connected with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and is a charter member of Henry Herman Post, No. 374. G. A. R., being entitled to mem- bership in this because of his services in the Union army during the Civil war. In 1863, at the age of twenty-five he enlisted in the Ninth Ohio Cavalry ander Captain James Turner. The regiment was engaged in sixty-two battles and skirmishes and was commanded by Colonel W. D. Hamilton. During the last year of the war Mr. Dowell was under General Kilpatrick, who com- manded the cavalry division that went with Sherman on the celebrated march to the sca. The Ninth Ohio Cavalry, the Ninth Michigan and the Ninety-second Illinois formed the brigade, which was commanded by General Atkinson, of the Ninety-second Illinois, Mr. Dowell was always true and loyal to the old flag and the cause it repre- sented, and took part in a number of very hotly contested engagements. In matters of citizenship, in times of peace, he is also rehable and he has a deep and strong at- tachment for the old flig. In his business he has ever been found trustworthy, and in his farming . perations has so managed his affairs as to giin a very desirable property and good income.
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