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Family record of Phillip C., son of William and Mary Kenton : When Phillip C. was quite old, he went to Kentucky to live with his son Thomas. At Cincinnati an- nouncement was made that Gen. Kenton was in the city. At a banquet that evening, at the Burnett House, to which place he had been escorted, being called upon to make a speech, he replied, "I can't make a speech, but can say I always hated snakes and loved the women." Their children were William, date of birth and death not known. Thomas, born April 11, 1792. Elizabeth, born Oct. 26, 1793, died Jan. 8, 1821; her husband, Robert McFarland, died Dec. 28, 1863. Mark died in Indiana. John died in Indiana, Dec. 28, 1879. Edmond died in Indiana. Sarah died in Iowa in 1879. Benjamin died in Kentucky. Phillip C., birth and death not given.
Family record of Thomas, third son of William and Mary Kenton, born in Virginia : Married Keziah D. Cruchfield. Their children were Mary, born March 19, 1794, died Jan. 31, 1851. James, born 1796, was killed by accident Nov. 27, 1862. Sarah, born March 18, 1798, died Jan. 25, 1838. John, born Feb. 12, 1800, died July 8, 1850. Thomas, Jr., born Jan. 9, 1802, died in Iowa May 4, 1854. Elizabeth, born in 1804. Matilda, born April 19, 1806. Jane, born Dec. 15, 1809. Susannah, born March 1, 1811. William C., born Jan. 9, 1813. Richard D., born Feb. 12, 1815, died Aug. 7, 1835.
Family record of William and Rebecca (Anderson) Kenton : Their children were Lewis, Nancy, John A. and Cynthia.
Family record of Mark and Susannah (Custar) Kenton: Their children were Gabriel, born Oct. 1, 1815 ; Mary A., born Feb. 16, 1815; Jonathan, born Aug. 4, 1817, died July 12,1840 ; Mary, born Nov. 28, 1819, died in March, 1875; Harvy, born Aug. 8. 1823; William M., born March 8, 1825, died in Illinois, June 8, 1875 ; Sarah, born Oct. 5, 1827, and Samuel, born Dec. 15, 1830.
Family of Alexander and Mary (Kenton) Pence : Their children-Gabriel, born March 21, 1842; Catharine, born Sept. 5, 1845.
Family record of William M., fourth son of Mark and Susannah Kenton. He mar- ried Mrs. Mary Foley, in Clark County. Their children-Harvy, Catharine and Ida Elizabeth ; dates of birth not known.
Family record of Samuel and Mary (Scott) Kenton : Removed to Edgar Co., Iowa. Their children-John and Susannah. Susannah married S. T. Thayers in 1878.
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Family record of Charles T. and Sarah Jane (Kenton) Caraway : He was born Dec. 14, 1821. Their children-Susannah, John H., Mary Celinda, Emma and Minnie ; dates of birth not known.
Family record of Thomas Cleland, who is a native of Ireland : He married Jane Smith. They were residents of Virginia. Their children-Jane, married a Mr. Myers ; Cassandra married Thomas Hayman ; they lived and died in the East. Nancy, married, name not known. Susannah married William McGinness, father of William L. Mc- Ginness, of Mad River Township, Champaign County. Sally married Thomas Dowden, the grandfather of the late Dr. Asel Owens of Illinois. Mary married William Kenton Dec. 15, 1763, in Virginia.
William and Mary Kenton were the parents of Elizabeth Kenton, who married Ezekiel Arrowsmith.
Elizabeth Cleland married Stephen Jarboe, who was the grandfather of the late William Talbott, of Illinois, son of Sampson Talbott. Their children-Thomas, married, now dead; dates and names not known. Phillip, married Elizabeth Richards ; they were the parents of the late Rev. Thomas Cleland, a prominent minister in the Presby- terian Church ; he resides in Kentucky, and is the father of two sons who are ministers -P. S. Cleland, of Topeka, Kan., and F. H. Cleland, of Lebanon, Ky. Thomas was also the father of Anna Wilson, mother of James Wilson, who married Elizabeth, daughter of Elisha and Catharine Harbour. Catharine Harbour was a sister of Ezekiel Arrowsmith.
Family record of Sampson Talbott, who was born Nov. 21, 1767 : He married Cassandra Jarboe; she is dead, date not known. One son by this union-William, born Nov. 24, 1793, died in Illinois, Dec. 25, 1845. Sampson married his second wife, who was Jane Kenton, eldest daughter of William and Mary, in 1798. She died in Champaign County June 20, 1812. Their children-Harvy, born Aug. 7, 1799, mar- ried Mrs. Comer ; her maiden name was Fitch; he died in Champaign County, Feb. 28, 1880. Sarah, born May 5, 1801, married Andrew Sears; she died Jan. 12, 1878. Celia, born Aug. 25, 1804, married Micajah Phillips ; he is dead; she married the second time -- Joseph Russell; he is also dead. Benjamin, born Aug. 12, 1807, married Cynthia Johnson ; he died in Hancock Co., Ill., Dec 22, 1876. D., born May 30, 1810, married Sarah Snider; she is dead. Samuel, born May 30, 1810 ; D. and Samuel were twins. Sampson married the third time-Mary Kenton, Nov. 12, 1812 ; she died in Champaign County, Oct. 12, 1815. Their children-Pres- ley, born Aug. 8, 1813; married Mary Ann Markley, Oct. 27, 1842; she died May 6, 1861. Elizabeth, born May 5, 1815; married Samuel Stuart. Sampson, married the fourth time-Mrs. Ann Fitch ; her maiden name was Oliver. Their children-Jane, married William Harrison McFarland,
J. H. AYERS, M. D., Urbana; is a native of New York State, and was born in Warren Co. in 1832. His father, Joseph Ayers, is a minister of the M. E. Church ; removed with his family to Ohio in 1853. He is now one of the oldest active Methodist Episcopal ministers in the State, and resides at Ottawa. The subject of this sketch attended the Troy Conference Academy at Poultney, Vt., and attended medical lectures and graduated from Castleton Medical College, of the same State, in 1851. He imme- diately began practicing at Glens Falls, N. Y., but removed to West Liberty, Logan Co., Ohio, in the fall of 1852, where he practiced until 1862, when he entered the U. S. service as Surgeon of the 34th O. V. I., and served until February, 1865. After his return he removed to Urbana, and has continued here ever since, enjoying a very satisfactory practice. He is now also Superintendent and Treasurer of the Urbana Water Works Co., and Trustee of the Central Lunatic Asylum. He has also been a member of the School Board a number of years, and is identified with the interests of Urbana generally. He is a member of the M. E. Church, and, while encouraging all Christian efforts, gives to that denomination his active sympathy and support. As a physician he enjoys the confidence of the community and their respect as a citizen. He married, in 1863, Miss Mary, daughter of James McDonald. They have five children
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living, three daughters and two sons, viz., Fannie, now Mrs. George Murphy, of Spring- field, Ohio; Julia Gertrude, Flora Ava and Duncan McDonald (twins) and Joseph.
EDWIN BAILEY, saw-miller and cooper, Urbana; was born Sept. 12, 1828, in Harford Co., Md., and is a son of Josias and Catherine (Vandegrift) Bailey. Josias was born in the same county (Harford) in February, 1795, and followed cooper- ing and farming nearly half a century. When Edwin was about 11 years old, the parents removed to Guernsey Co., Ohio ; four years later to Licking Co., Ohio, where the father still resides. Edwin served his father faithfully at the cooper trade until 21 years of age, though soon after started in life for himself, working two years in Roscoe, in which time he saved $1,000, an event of which he prides himself, and one which should commend itself to every young man. At the end of this period he made a short visit to his parents; thence came to Urbana, where he was in the employ of Guinn Bros. a short time. He then, in company with his brother George, devoted some time to traveling, and, after visiting the World's Fair, returned to Logan Co., Ohio, in Septem- ber, 1853, and engaged in business for himself, but, nine years later, removed to Urbana, where we now find him. While residing in Logan Co., July 5, 1855, he mar- ried Dorcas M. Crane ; two children have been born to them-Edwin B., who died at the age of 5 years and 7 months, and Nettie, who is still the light of their home. Mrs. B. is a daughter of Capt. Zenas C. and Elizabeth P. (Spear) Crane, and was born in Pine Brook, Essex Co., N. J. At the age of 11 years she removed with her parents to Licking Co., Ohio, where she lived until her marriage with Mr. B., who, since living in Urbana, has been engaged in coopering and saw-milling. When a young man and working at his trade, he would make from twelve to eighteen barrels per day. The fol- lowing is taken from the Coshocton Democrat, of Dec. 3, 1850 :
" PREMIUM WORKING .- Edwin Bailey, a cooper in the employ of A. Medbury, Esq., of Roscoe, made, from Monday morning to Saturday evening of last week, 105 flour barrels, the actual working time being 98 hours, the last barrel being taken from the rough and completed in 35 minutes. The three preceding weeks he made respect- ively 70, 80 and 95 barrels. This is rapid working."
Mr. B. has not only been successful in business, but has always enjoyed the fruits of his labor by traveling, giving to the poor and needy, and looking after the comfort of his family, and many hands who have been in his employ speak in a praiseworthy style of him. He was elected as a member of the City Council in 1865, which office he filled with credit and honor. He has in his possession a staff made from the mast of Commo- dore Perry's ship, which he prizes very highly.
GEORGE E. BECHTOLT, proprietor of the Excelsior Cast Steel Plow Works, Urbana ; among the manufactories of Urbana, it is necessary to mention the Excelsior Cast Steel Plow Works, which were re-opened by Mr. Bechtolt in 1878; it is now one of the leading manufactories of the county, in which are annually made 500 plows, and, in connection with this, manufactures tile machines and executes all kinds of job work. The enterprise is one of old standing, but had gone down considerably ; the present pro- prietor has, since re-opening, redeemed the original trade, and now is favorably known throughout the county, the western part of the State, and in Indiana. Mr. Bechtolt was born in Germantown, Montgomery Co., Ohio, in 1848, where he was raised to farm life and received his education. At the age of 18 years, he commenced the plow work, which trade he completed in the Dayton Anghe Plow Works. In 1872 and 1873, he was head workman in the plow works at Fort Wayne, Ind. ; one year later, located in Urbana, and, in 1878, became proprietor of these works; since a resident of Urbana, has been identified in the interest of the city, and at present is President of the Council. His marriage was celebrated with Miss Mary A. Shank in April, 1877; she was born in Germantown, Montgomery Co., Ohio, in 1855 ; they have one child.
EDWIN M. BENNETT, grain dealer, Urbana. Mr. Bennett is a native of Ver- mont ; born at Woodstock in 1831; he came West as an engineer in 1851, and for five years was engaged as a civil engineer on the railroads of Ohio and Indiana; in 1856, he married Martha Marsh, also a native of Vermont, daughter of Rev. Joseph D.
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Marsh, then a resident of Woodstock; after his marriage he settled at Woodstock and engaged in buying grain and stock until 1869, when he removed to Urbana, and, in connection with P. B. Ross and H. P. Espy, built the Urbana Elevator. Mr. Bennett has been engaged in the grain business here since, and is now sole owner and operator of the elevator, and the leading grain dealer of Urbana. He handles about three hun- dred thousand bushels of grain in one season, his sales being made largely to millers and dealers at interior points between here and New York. He has served three terms as County Commissioner, during which the present system of gravel roads was inaugurated, and to his engineering skill and business tact is largely due the success of these enter- prises ; he has two sons-Charles M. (City Engineer), and Edwin M., Jr., who assists his father in the grain business.
T. H. BERRY (deceased), as we well know, change is constant and general ; generations are rising and passing unmarked away; for the gratification of the fam- ily, we here inscribe a true sketch of T. H. Berry, who was born Jan. 5, 1820, and was a son of Judge E. C. Berry ; he spent his entire life in Urbana, except a period of three years in Chicago and Danville, Ill .; his business career in Urbana was devoted to the grocery trade; as a child, he was obedient and tractable ; as a man, upright and honest ; as a husband, loving, kind and affectionate; in his parental duties, gentle, yet decided in his requirements of his children ; as a business man, no one ever doubted . his capacity and sterling integrity, as the result of his successful enterprise fully war- rants ; lastly, as a public officer, he leaves no stain of crookedness behind him, as the records will readily exhibit; to show the public estimation of his worth, it is only neces- sary to say that, at his death, Nov. 9, 1879, he had consecutively held the office of Treasurer of Urbana nineteen years; a member of the Board of Education sixteen years in the city district, and no one had cause to complain ; his loss to the family, community and church, was deeply felt, as he was a member of the Presbyterian Church nearly thirty years, during which time his daily walk evinced all of his true Christian life. He married, May 1, 1846, Miss Luxima Hughes, daughter of the late Dr. James R. Hughes, of Oxford, Ohio, where she was born June 8, 1826 ; there she was raised and educated ; she now bears the name of her departed husband, with seven loving and affectionate children, of whom the eldest is a daughter.
SAMUEL C. BOSLER, County Sheriff, Urbana; was born in Lancaster Co., Penn., in 1839, and is the last child of a family of thirteen children, of John and Rosanna (Pancake) Bosler, both natives of Pennsylvania, where they were raised and married. After a companionship of many years, John died in the fall of 1874, at the age of 83. Rosanna still survives, at the age of 84, bearing the name of her departed husband. Our subject was raised in his native State, where he acquired the principal part of his education. In May, 1854, he came West as far as Champaign Co., of which he has since been a resident, save three years and three months which were spent in the late war. In April, 1861, the evening after Fort Sumter was fired on, he enlisted in Co. C, 13th O. V. I., under Capt. Don Piatt, of Logan Co., Ohio. While in service he participated in many of the hard-fought battles, among which we mention Shiloh, Perryville, Stone River, Mission Ridge, and the campaign to Altoona Ridge. In June, 1864, he was honorably discharged at Chattanooga, and returned home, but soon after went to Tennessee, engaging in the cotton trade until June, 1865. In the mean- time, he married Mildred S. Miller. In the fall of 1865, he located in Concord Town- ship, engaging in farming and stock-raising. He continued his farm pursuits till the fall of 1876, when he was honorably elected to his present office, and re-elected in 1878. Mr. and Mrs. Bosler are the parents of two children.
WILLIAM O. BOWLES, Principal of the Colored Schools, Urbana; was born in Xenia, Ohio, June 20, 1851, and is the second of a family of seven boys, viz., Arthur T., William O., John H., George S., Charles M. (deceased), Oscar T. and James O., and is the son of Rev. John R. and Sarah J. (Bryant) Bowles. Rev. John was born in Lynchburg, Va., June 12, 1826, and departed this life Sept. 3, 1874. He was an eminent Baptist minister and late Chaplain of the 55th Mass. V. I. In 1865, after
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returning from the war, he was elected Principal of Albany Enterprise Academy, locat- ed in Athens Co., Ohio. He held said position until 1870, when he resigned to take charge of a church. During his administration as Principal, the academy rose to honor and distinction. Sarah, his wife, was born in Northampton Co., N. C., Oct. 1, 1828, and was one of those thoughtful, affectionate and exemplary mothers who essayed to make no vain outward show, but whose highest aim was to perform faithfully the ex- alted duties of a wife and mother. As a woman of sterling industry, skillful economy, wise counsel and affectionate piety, she ranks with the good and queenly women of earth, and now resides in Columbus, Ohio. Soon after the birth of our subject, the family moved to Chillicothe, where this promising young boy was put in school and remained there for several years. When he was 14 years of age, his father placed him in the academy, where he remained one year, and then took charge of his first school, at Pine Grove. His success was so marked with this school that he was solic- ited by different boards of education to take charge of their schools, but was chosen assistant teacher in the academy, teaching there, and in the schools near by, a period of
seven years. At the expiration of this time he came to Urbana, teaching in the South Urbana District two years ; was then elected Principal of the colored schools of the city, which position he now holds, being in his eighth successive year. He is a member of the St. Paul A. M. E. Church, and Secretary of the same. He was received into full communion in May, 1876. His marriage with Mattie Adams was celebrated Nov. 12, 1874. The issue of this union is three children-William O., Jr., George A. C. and Henry R. His wife is a daughter of Rev. Henry and Margaret (Lyons) Adams, and was born Jan. 17, 1855, in Circleville, Ohio.
WILLIAM F. BOYD, ice dealer, Urbana; was born in Urbana, Ohio, Aug. 8, 1838, and is a son of Alfred and Rosanna (Reyno) Boyd ; Alfred was born in Virginia, and Rosanna in Urbana ; William F. lived with his parents until 28 years of age, devoting his time to their interest, except one year he and his father conducted a farm in partnership; at the time he left home he married Maria Waters, born in Virginia Oct. 15, 1840, and, when 13 years old, she, with her parents, came to Urbana, Ohio; William and Maria have had three children-Clarrie, William W. and Elmer ; after William F. commenced work for himself he worked by the day several years, and during a part of the time had three teams at work, employing men to drive them ; his employers advanced him $20, to which he added $30, which his wife had saved by economy and industry ; he purchased his first horse, and, by working extra at night, was enabled to buy a wagon ; by the profit of this team and his own exertions was enabled to buy other teams, and, in 1867, commenced in the ice trade, which he has conducted successfully since ; by his own and wife's industry, they added little by little until they have procured a good home and other property ; they are now reaping the reward of their labors ; though his ice trade was small at first, it has grown until it amounts to nearly $3,000 annually ; in 1879, he was elected as a member of the City Council of Urbana.
WILLIAM A. BRAND (deceased). William A. Brand was born in Union Township, Champaign Co., Ohio, July 9, 1837, and died in Urbana May 14, 1879; he was a son of Joseph C. Brand, the present Mayor of Urbana; at an early age he removed with his parents to Urbana, where he continued his residence to the time of his death ; he was educated at the public schools and the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware; he studied law with Hon. John H. James, and graduated from the Cincin- nati Law School in 1858; soon after he formed a partnership with the late Hon. Moses B. Corwin, which continued until the latter retired from practice on account of advanced age. He was married, July 12, 1859, to Miss Frances R. Saxton, daughter of Joshua Saxton, the founder of the Citizen and Gazette, of Urbana, who still survives him; he continued in the practice of his profession until September, 1861, when he enlisted in the 66th O. V. I., and, in January, 1862, accompanied his regiment to the field, and served in every campaign with his regiment until the close of the war, resigning his commission as Regimental Quartermaster only after the declaration of peace, and, while the army was at Washington awaiting orders for muster out ; his record as a soldier and
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officer is unblemished, and it was for many years a gratification, as well as a source of pride to him, that he had done what he could to sustain his imperiled Government ; dur- ing the war, he was a regular correspondent of a home paper over the nom de plume of "D. N. Arbaw," giving truthful and graphic descriptions of the most important campaigns and battles of the war, which attracted much attention, and were much copied in the press of that time; the experience then derived, in a great measure prepared him for his labors in making up a history of some of the more prominent campaigns, only a portion of which had been published when death laid its hand upon him ; in 1865, he purchased a half-interest in the Citizen and Gazette, continuing his . connection therewith until February, 1879; in this connection he soon made his mark, being a forcible and sagacious writer, carrying conviction with his arguments, and doing much for the improvement of the city and county, as well as rendering valuable services to his party; being a Republican by conviction, and feeling that through that party only could be preserved the results of the severe struggles of our armies from 1861 to 1865, he put his whole soul into his political work, though never descending to abuse or per- sonalities ; he devoted himself assiduously to his business, and saw it develop day by day, with new improvements constantly added, and finally had the satisfaction of seeing issued from his presses work of the highest grade and finish, and the reputation of his job department extended throughout the State. Hoping, by a change of business, to restore his failing health, he accepted, in January, 1878, the position of Postmaster of Urbana, the first civil office he ever sought or held, he having, though often solicited to become a candidate for office, always expressed a dislike for the duties of a public servant, except as they were self-imposed, feeling that his duties as an editor were higher and more imperative than could be imposed by any other call. He was an active member of a number of the secret orders, taking high rank in all; in the Improved Order of Red Men he held the position of Past Sachem, Great Senior Sagamore and Great Sachem, the highest position in the State, and for several years was State Repre- sentative in the Great Council of the United States; he had passed all the chairs in the Subordinate Lodge and Encampment of Odd Fellows, and had represented his dis- trict in the Grand Lodge of Ohio; he was a Past Commander in the Knights of Pythias and Past Master in the U. O. A. M .; his ability was especially displayed in connection with these orders, in all of which he was a recognized leader. As a man, he was chivalrous, generous, charitable and high-minded; a friend to the poor and oppressed, he never denied an application for charity, preferring to give sometimes to the unworthy, lest, perchance, he might miss an occasion for relieving actual want.
HON. JOSEPH C. BRAND. Among the old residents of Urbana who have been prominently identified with the public affairs of Champaign Co., few have retained the confidence of its citizens to such an extent as the present popular Mayor of this city. His grandfather, Dr. James Brand, was a native of Scotland, who, gradu- ating from the Edinburgh Medical University about 1756, came to the American Colonies and settled in Frederick City, Md., where he practiced his profession for many years. From there he moved to Ringgold's Manor, and then to Augusta Co., Va., where he died at the age of 96. He left a family of several children, Thomas Brand, the father of Joseph C., being one of the number. He was born in Maryland and moved with his parents to Virginia, and in 1808, he removed to Bourbon Co., Ky., where he was married to Miss Fanny Carter, a native of Maryland, who came to Ken- tucky in childhood. Of this union eight children were born, Joseph C. being the eldest; his parents residing in Bourbon Co. until death. On the 5th day of January, 1810, in the above-mentioned county, Joseph C. Brand " first saw the light," and there his youthful days were passed acquiring a good education, afterward following school teaching as an occupation. In 1830, he came to Urbana, and engaged in business with his uncle, Dr. Joseph S. Carter, in a drug store. In 1832, he began merchandising, at Mechanicsburg, with Dr. Obed Horr, where he remained until 1837, when he bought a farm on Buck Creek, on which he settled and followed farming until 1850, when he again moved to Urbana, where he has since lived, with the exception of his army serv-
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ice and Consulship in Germany. He was married in 1832, to Miss Lavinia Talbott, of Weston, W. Va. They have had nine children, as follows: Thomas T., a Captain in the regular army, retired on account of wounds received at Chickamauga; Joseph C., now Deputy Collector and Chief Clerk in the United States Revenue office at Bellefontaine, Ohio; William A., deceased, who was for many years co-editor with Joshua Saxton of the Citizen and Gazette, of Urbana, and was Postmaster of Urbana at the time of his death ; Belle, the wife of William R. Ross; Mary, the wife of the Rev. E. D. Whitlock, the Pastor of the William Street Methodist Episcopal Church, at Del- aware, Ohio; John F., of the firm of Fulwider & Brand, grocers; Ella, the wife of Charles A. Ross, of Urbana, and two daughters, Ellen and Irva, who died in young womanhood. Mr. Brand has filled several county offices, and was Clerk of the Com- mon Pleas and District Courts at the time of the adoption of the new State Constitu- tion, which abolished the old courts and clerkships. He has represented his county and district in both branches of the State Legislature, serving as chairman of standing committees, in which capacity he was always ready and efficient. When the tocsin of war resounded throughout the land, and treason lifted the cover from off its hidden purposes by firing on defenseless Fort Sumter, Mr. Brand was one of the first men in Urbana to declare publicly that the time had come to fight, and that he was in favor of whipping rebels into subjection. He was active in obtaining the order for raising the gallant 66th O. V. I., assisting in recruiting and organizing that regiment; served as its Quartermaster, from 1861 till 1864, when he was promoted by President Lincoln, and made " a Captain and Commissary of Subsistence of Volunteers," which office he filled until the war closed. He was on active duty three years and ten months, and all the time in the field; in the Valley of Virginia, on the Potomac, Rapidan and Rappa- hannock Rivers, in Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Tennessee, Georgia, around Richmond and Petersburg, Va., and was present and witnessed Lee's surrender at Ap- pomattox, closing up his service in the city of Richmond, where he was discharged, and mustered out of the service. He voluntarily went into the battle of Port Repub- lic, and he and Adjt. Gwynne took an active part in repulsing the charge of Dick Taylor with his "Louisiana Tigers " upon Col. Daum's battery, which, after an hour's contest, was accomplished. In this close fight the battery changed hands three times, the horses and gunners being nearly all killed in the contest, but, with the aid of the 5th and 7th Ohio Regiments, the 66th charged bayonets and drove the rebels across the field into the woods, the loss being heavy on both sides. The victory, however, was of short duration ; a fresh corps of rebels arriving on the field, the Union forces were com- pelled to retreat in confusion. In this side fight Col. Charles Candy was in command, and Lieut. Col. Powell was also on the line. When the war ended, Mr. Brand made a full settlement with the Government as Quartermaster and Commissary of Subsistence, and for " distinguished services during the war " was breveted Major. During Gen. Grant's administration, he accepted a Consulship at Nuremberg, in the kingdom of Bavaria, Germany, and with his wife and two daughters remained abroad nearly three years. In 1857, Mr. Brand took a prominent part in a noted event which occurred in that year, and which is known as the " Green County Rescue Case," the trouble commencing over a fugitive slave named Addison White, and culminating in the arrest, by the United States Marshal, of a number of Champaign County's citizens, who had expressed sympathy for the runaway slave, and who were rescued from the Marshal while they were passing through Greene County, en route for Cincinnati. Mr. Brand, with other lead- ing citizens of Champaign County, were leaders in this rescue, and after considerable law- ing, the case was finally settled by the purchase of the slave from his master. This in- cident demonstrates the position Mr. Brand and the average citizen of Champaign County occupied on those questions growing out of slavery, which finally ended in war, and the freedom of the negro. In his business days, Mr. Brand took an active part in securing and the construction of the Atlantic & Great Western Railroad, being a stockholder, and an active Director in the company for five years. He has been elected three times as Mayor of Urbana, which position he is now filling, and the city has never had a more capable or efficient Mayor since its organization. He is a man of varied experi-
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