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E. G. DIAL. attorney, Springfield; is a native of Clermont Co., Ohio. His parents emigrated from the State of Maryland and settled in Clermont County in the year 1805, and continued to reside there during their lives. He was educated at Miami University. and graduated at that institution in 1$43: was teacher and member of the Faculty of the Ohio Wesleyan University, and, after one year, resigned, and came to Springfield. Ohio, in 1845, and taught in the high school several years, and was afterward President of the Springfield Female College four years; studied law in the meantime, and was admitted to the bar; had an interest in and was editor of a new paper published in Urbana, but continued to reside in Springfield; was chosen Elector on the Presidential Electoral ticket of this State in 1852; was a Democrat in politics up to 1560. when he united heartily with the Union Republican party, and is still conscien- tiously devoted to the principles of that party. In 1869, he was elected Probate Judge of Clark County, and in 1872 was re-elected without opposition, but declined a candidacy for a third term: in 1879, he was elected a member of the . State Legislature, which position he holds at this time; being appointed Chairman of the Committee on Schools and School Lands in the House of State Representa- tives, he gave himself to a careful study of the school legislation of Ohio, and. on the first day of the adjourned session, introduced a bill to abolish the subdistrict. system and to establish the township system, the schools of each township to be managed by a Board of Education elected by the people thereof; also a bill providing for county superintendence. This proposed legislation met with uni- versal approbation by the leading educators and educated men of the State, and generally by the press. but, encountering decided opposition among the smaller politicians and press, the bills failed to pass. Judge Dial has been thoroughly identified with the educational interests of the city during his entire residence
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here, and for many years was a member of the Board of Education: he is a quiet. unassuming gentleman, but a popular and highly esteemed citizen.
JOHN DICK. landscape gardener, and Superintendent of Fern Cliff Cem- etery, Springfield. John Dick, son of David C. and Jessie (Charles) Dick, was born Jan. 14, 1834, in Ayrshire, Scotland, near the birthplace of Robert Burns; he first attended school in the Kirkendbright Academy, and received his pro- fessional education. that of landscape gardener, in the Royal Botanical Garden of Edinburgh, Scotland. under the tutorship of Prof. Balfour, Professor of Bot- any, and Prof. James McNab as Curator. Mr. Dick emigrated. to America in 1854, and settled on Long Island, where he remained nine months, following his profession: from there he went to Philadelphia, Penn., and stayed two years, and from there to Cincinnati. In 1863, he was elected to his present position. being the first Superintendent of said cemetery; therefore, the beautiful appear- ance and convenient arrangement of the grounds are due to the artistic skill and good management of Mr. Dick. He was married, in July, 1863, to Cathe- rine Fitzsimmons: of their four children, but two are now living, viz., James and Jessie; the eldest and youngest, Charles and Mary Ellen, have gone to the spirit land, and, Oct. 17, 1879, their mother went to meet them in that beautiful home where sin and sorrow never enter. Mr. Dick is a member in good stand- ing of Springfield Lodge, No. 33, also a patriarch of Mad River Encampment. No. 16, I. O. O. F.
ROBERT R. DORY, gardener. Springfield. He was born Nov. 20, 1838. in a log cabin which stood near his present beautiful residence, and is the son of James and Elizabeth M. (Cosway) Dory; they were natives of England. where James learned the culture of vegetables, serving seven years as an appren- tice. He emigrated to America in 1834, coming direct to Springfield. In 1836, he began raising vegetables for market, but his sales were quite small in comparison with the market now; the people then depended more on their own . gardens than the market. Robert was taught gardening from his youth up. and at present engages quite largely in the production of vegetables, which he sells both at retail and wholesale. He was married, Feb. 15, 1878, to Mary E., daughter of Robert and Mary E. Cole: they have but one child -- Mary E., who lightens their home and makes glad the hearts of father and mother. Robert's mother died July 15, 1870, and his father July 14, 1880. Of James and Eliz- abeth's four children, three-Robert R., Mrs. Jacob Gram and Mrs. George McClure-still reside in Clark County, and Charles C. in Kansas.
WILLIAM C. DOWNEY, of P. P. Mast & Co., manufacturers, Spring- field; is a native of Virginia, born in 1835: came to Ohio when a young man, and became a resident of Springfield in 1855; he connected himself with the firm of Thomas & Mast in 1862, having charge of the outside trade, doing the entire traveling business until the growth required additional help, and he now has general supervision of this department in the South and Southwest trade. Mr. Downey began business for himself as a clothing merchant; subsequently became a traveling salesman, in which capacity he developed those peculiar qualities and acquired the varied business knowledge which enters into the make-up of a successful business man, and thus laid the foundation for the suc- cessful career which he has thus far had in connection with Thomas & Mast, and also as member of the firm of P. P. Mast & Co., organized in 1871.
JAMES DRISCOL, carriage manufacturer, Springfield. The Driscols are a representative Western family: the converse of the old adage. " Jack of all trades and good at none," is aptly illustrated by this family, who have through life adhered to one line of business and made a success of it: they have been for over forty years identified with the carriage and wagon trade, doing, up to the present time, the leading business in that line. Elias Driscol was born in 1814, and
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James the subject of this sketch, Jan. 9, 1817, in Greene County. In his early infancy, his parents moved to within a few miles of Springfield. Twoscore years ago, he commenced business as a wagon-maker, and, five years afterward, formed a copartnership with a Mr. Beal, under the firm name of Driscol & Beal, so continuing for two years, the firm then changing to E. & J. Driscol, this copartnership of the two brothers continuing for twenty-two years; ten years ago, E. & J. Driscol sold out their business, Elias retiring and James going West to Kansas to embark in the stock-raising business; after eighteen months' trial, however, he concluded he could do best at the old place and business, and, returning to Springfield, bought out his successors, Whitehead & Cushman, and again opened the Driscol concern, taking in as partners his three sons, George, John and Charles, who are respectively body-maker, painter and boss trimmer; these sons, with Mrs. Miller, the book-keeper of the house, are children of Mr. Driscol's union with Miss Abergast, a native of this county, whom he married in 1842, Feb. 20. Constituted as this firm is, each of its members being an experienced workman in his particular line, its success is not to be wondered at, especially as they have made it their invariable rule to use nothing but first- class material in every part of their work. Mr. James Driscol thinks he has driven more spokes than any man in Ohio. He has a half-brother, Josiah Driscol, in the livery business in this city. His first son, George, was a soldier in the Union army, first going out with the 100-day volunteers, then enlisting in Co. E, 5Sth O. V. I. Mr. Driscol is known in the community as a man of strict andfundeviating integrity and business honor, and his sons are "chips of the old block." But, with his ready wit and pleasaut humor, the father, with his 63 years, does not appear greatly the senior of his sons; he says when he came to Springfield, a little frame Methodist Church was the only house of wor- ship in the village. He has the faintest recollection of his mother, and his father died forty-three years ago.
JOHN H. DRISCOL, carriage manufacturer, Springfield. Mr. John H. Dris- col is a native of Springfield, and everybody in Clark County knows him and all favorably. He has grown up in the carriage trade-painting being his branch. In 1873, he married Miss Emma Kennedy, of Dayton, three years after his ad- mission to partnership into the reliable and well-known "Driscol" firm, now one of the important institutions of this city and county. Mrs. Driscol is the daughter of the Rev. George H. Kennedy, and is an esteemed and charming woman. The fact that their family consists of four boys puts their patriotism beyond question. Mr. John H. Driscol is too well known to require extended personal notice here, and it need only to be added that he is a member of the Royal Arcanum, one of Springfield's solid young men, and essentially "one of the boys."
JOHN E. DRISCOL. farmer; P. O. Springfield. Mr. D. is the son of Elias and Nancy (Mullholland) Driscol, and was born in Springfield July 23. 1843; he learned the trade of carriage and buggy trimming with his father, at which lie worked until his marriage with Emma A. Perrin Nov. 13, 1867, when he moved to the farm where he now lives. She is the only child of Joseph I. and Abigail E. Perrin, and was born Oct. S. 1847. John and Emma have six children- Julia O., Eddie, Nannie E., Johnie, Elias aud Emma. . They live in a large brick house (on Yellow Spring Pike), which was built by her father in 1851. Her father died Dec. 30, 1866. Mr. D. is an industrious man, and has an excellent wife.
MRS. E. B. DRUM, widow, Springfield. Mrs. Drum (widow of Capt. Simon H. Drum, deceased), was born in Bellfount, Center Co., Penn., June 27. 1809, and was married to Capt. Drum Dec. 20, 1832.
SIMON H. DRUM, deceased. Born in Westmoreland Co., Penn., in 1807;
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graduated at West Point, and promoted Brevet 2d Lieutenant, 4th Artillery, July 1, 1830; 2d Lieutenant, July 1, 1830: Assistant Instructor of Infantry Tactics Military Academy, from Aug. 30, 1830, to June 18, 1832; 1st Lieutenant, Aug. 31, 1336, Captain staff, June 20, 1816; Captain 4th Artillery, Aug. 18, 1846: vacated staff commission, Aug. 18, 1846: killed Sept. 13, 1817, in the assault of the city of Mexico (within the Belen Gate), while directing the fire of a cap- tured nine-pounder that he had added to the battery of heavy artillery which he commanded throughout the action with consummate skill, indomitable en- ergy and most conspicuous gallantry. Capt. Drum also served in the Seminole war in Florida; his remains rest in Fern Cliff Cemetery, near Springfield.
William F. Drum, son of Capt. Simon H. Drin, 4th Artillery, born in Fort Columbus, New York Harbor; lived in Springfield, Ohio, from 1845 to 1855: served as private in 2d O. V. I., July, 1861; appointed 2d Lieutenant, 2d U. S. I., Aug. 5, 1861; promoted Ist Lieutenant Oct. 9, 1861, and Captain May 1, 1863; breveted Major U. S. Army " for gallant service during the campaign of 1864, before Richmond, Va.," and Lieutenant Colonel U. S. Army, "for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Five Forks, Va." Received leave of absence from the regular army in 1865, to accept command in the volunteer serv- ice. Mustered in as Lieutenant Colonel 5th N. Y. V. I., April 1, 1865; and Culoacl of the samo regiment May 29, 1865. Mustered out of the volunteer service Aug. 21, 1865. During the war of the rebellion, Capt. Drum participat- ed in most of the engagements of his department. Since the war, Capt. Drum has served in the following States and Territories, viz., Kentucky, Georgia, Ala- bama, Mississippi, South Carolina, Idaho, Oregon, Massachusetts and Washing- ton; his present station is Fort Colville, Washington Territory.
Simon Henry Drum, son of Capt. Simon Henry Drum, was born in Fort Gratiot, Michigan, but lived in Springfield, Ohio, from 1846 to 1859. . Since the last date he has resided in Minnesota.
Andrew B. Drum, son of Capt. Simon H. Drum, was born at Madison Bar- racks, New York, but has resided almost continuously in Springfield, Ohio, since 1846. Served three months in 16th O. V. I., in 1861, and fifteen months in the 5th O. V. C., from which regiment he was discharged on account of dis- ease contracted in line of duty. During the war of the rebellion. he participated in the campaigns of West Virginia, 1861, and Army of th, Tennessee in 1862 and 1863.
Thomas L. Drum, son of Capt, Simon H. Drum, was born in Fort Mary- land, but resided since 1846 in Springfield, Ohio, until recently. Served one year in the 60th O. V. I .; three years in the 11th O. V. C. He participated in the battle of Harper's Ferry, where he was taken prisoner, and in a number of skirmishes with the Indians on the plains. He now resides in Minnesota.
Mrs. Agnes Drum Rinehart (widow of Capt. Levi. M. Rinehart, deceased), was born on Governor's Island, New York Harbor. Oct. 7, 1835. She was mar- ried to Capt. Rinehart Oct. 7, 1856. Their children are two daughters, viz .. Maria E. and Ethie R. The following is a copy of the tribute of respect by the officers of the 11th O. V. C., for their late comrade, Levi Monroe Rinehart, pre- sented Feb. 15, 1865, at Fort Laramie. Idaho Territory:
" God in the manifestation of His all-wise providence has taken from our little band Capt. Levi M. Rinehart, and. while we bow in humble submission to His will, we still sincerely feel that the void thus created in our little circle will remain long unfilled. His manly . form no longer moves among us; but in the greenest spot of our memory will long live the remembrance of the honorable uprightness of his character, and the frank, open generosity of his society. As a patriot, as a warm loyal Union-loving man, we knew him brave to a fault. His character as an officer and a soldier is best expressed in his last telegram to
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his commanding officer. This telegram was written upon the eve of his depar- ture upon the expedition which ended in his death, and concluded thus: . If you have any other duty for me to perform, please command me.' And those words, so characteristic of him, were perhaps the last he ever wrote-a noble sentence, emanating from a noble, brave and generous heart."
Signed, George C. Underhill, Surgeon; Thomas P. Clarke, Captain; and Henry E. Averill, Ist Lieutenant; Committee 11th O. V. C.
" Capt. Rinehart was killed in a skirmish with some Chevenne Indians on the North Platte, near Deer Creek, on the morning of the 13th of February, 1865, meeting his death as becomes a brave soldier in the lead of his party."
Signed, William O. Collin, Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, President; and Capt. Thomas P. Clarke, Secretary.
Capt. Rinehart was born in Cambridge, Ohio, Aug. 9, 1835. In 1861, he answered his country's first call for men, and enlisted in the 16th O. V. I. for three months. In February, 1862, enlisted in the 60th O. V. I. for one year; he was taken prisoner at Harper's Ferry, Va. After being held as a prisoner of war some three months, he was exchanged. In the spring of 1863, he raised a company of cavalry and was assigned to the 11th O. V. C., sent out on the fron- tier.
WILLIAM IL DUGDALE, attorney, Springfield. Mr. Dugdale is a nativo of Clark County, and belongs to a line of early residents of Madison Township. His parents, Charles and Mary (Howell) Dugdale, were married in Madison Township, and his mother still resides there, his father having died a num- ber of years since: The subject of this sketch was born in 1843, and remained on the farm with his parents until he entered the army in April, 1861, when he became a member of the 16th O. V. I., in which he served to the expiration of his term (three months): after which he re-enlisted for three years, and became a member of the 44th O. V. I., which afterward veteranized and was transferred to cavalry service, becoming the Sth O. V. C., with which he served for the re- mainder of his three years. he having been rejected for the veteran service by the Examining Surgeon, on account of disabilities received during his former service. After his return, he farmed on the old homestead about four years. then went West and spent about four years in Southwestern Kansas, during which he was elected Probate Judge of Marion Co., Kan. Subsequently went across the plains into Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona, returning to Spring- field the spring of 1875. After which he read law in the office of Spence & Arthur; was admitted to the bar in the spring of 1877, and has since been en- gaged in active practice here. Mr. Dugdale is a Democrat in politics, and some- what prominent as a politician; has been Chairman of the Democratic Central Committee of the county a number of years, and was a delegate from the Eighth Ohio District to the National Convention at Cincinnati, which nominated Gen. Hancock for President. He is thoroughly identified with his party in local and State affairs, and enjoys a good legal business. He married, in 1877, Miss Ellen Carmine, a native of Illinois, at the time of their marriage a resident of Dayton. They have one child - Martha.
ALEXANDER DUNLAP, A. M., M. D., physician and surgeon, Spring- field; is a native of Ohio : a son of William and Mary (Shepherd) Dunlap. both of whom were natives of Virginia. His father was a farmer and one of the pioneers, having removed to Kentucky about 1782, and thence to the Northwest Territory in 1796. His mother's family came from Shepherdstown, Va., of which place they were the founders, and also became pioneers of Kentucky, and, subsequently, of what is now Ohio. The subject of this sketch was born in Brown Co., Obio. Jan. 12. 1815; he passed the Freshman and Sophomore years of his college life at the university at Athens, and his Junior and Senior years
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at the Miami University, and graduated in 1836; he began the study of medi- cine under the direction of his brother at Greenfield, Highland Co., and attend- ed lectures at the old Cincinnati Medical College, where he graduated in 1839 ; he practiced with his brother in Greenfield until 1846, then removed to Ripley, Brown Co., from whence he removed to Springfield in 1856, and has continued here ever since, having established a merited and extensive reputation and prac- tice. In 1843, he came in collision with the fraternity by venturing to remove an ovarian tumor. Although this operation had been performed, in a few cases, as early as 1809 with some success by Ephriam McDowell, of Kentucky, it had been denounced by the profession and characterized as "unjustifiable butchery," and for more than thirty years had been abandoned as an element of medical and surgical art. Clay, of England, had performed the operation in 1842, and Atlee, of Philadelphia, in the summer of 1843. Two months after Atlee's oper- ating, he not then having any knowledge of these two cases. and following only the traditional report of McDowell's case, ventured, at the earnest and repeated request of the patient, who was apprised of the risk, to undertake the opera- tion. Surrounded by a few country physicians, he successfully removed a tu- mor weighing forty-five pounds. A few weeks later the patient died, and the operation was denounced as altogether unwarrantable on the part of a "country surgeon." while the medical journals refused to report the case. The woman's death had, however, not been the direct result of the operation, and, though frowned upon in many quarters, he persevered in his studies and practice until brilliant success dispelled the clouds of prejudice. To-day his reputation as an ovariotomist is co-extensive with the circulation of medical literature, while his practice extends throughout the central and western portions of the United States. Down to the present time, he has performed 152 operations, 80 per cent of which were a complete success-a higher estimate than may be awarded to any other man, either in Europe or America, with the one exception of Prof. Keith, of Edinburgh, Scotland. He outlived the denunciation, and, in 1868, re- ceived from the Faculty of the State of Ohio the compliment of an election to the Presidency of the Ohio Medical Society. He was twice elected one of the Judicial Council of the American Medical Association, which position he re- signed in 1877 to accept the Vice Presidency. He was elected a Fellow of the American Gyneocological Society, of which there can be no more than sixty members, at one time, in the United States. He was, in 1875, appointed to the . Professorship of " Surgical Diseases in Women," in the Starling Medical College of Columbus. In Gross' "System of Surgery," Vol. IL., he is reported under the beading "Lithotomy," as "having successfully removed a stone weighing twenty ounces," the largest ever removed from a living person. In the volume of Transactions of the International Medical Congress of 1876, of which Congress he was a member, he is quoted on the subject of "Fibroid Tumors of the Uterus." In the volumes of the Transactions of the American Medical Association of 1876, he is quoted on the subject of "Ovariotomy." Among exceptional cases, he has three times removed the under jaw, once ligated the common carotid artery, once removed the clavicle, and stands second in the United States in the number of operations in Ovariotomy performed by a living surgeon, and is quoted as authority on this topic by all modern medical works. He married, March 27, 1839, Miss Maria E. Bell, of Highland County. From this union are two surviving children -Charles W .. now associated with his father in practice; and Mary E., now Mrs. William H. Hamilton.
AUSTIN C. EVANS, inventor and manufacturer, Springfield. Among the many inventors of this-the "Champion manufacturing city" of the West there are none more worthy of mention than the subject of this sketch -- Austin C. Evans. He was born Feb. 1, 1851, in Piqua, Miami Co., Ohio; is a son of
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Jonathan M. and Anna (Muter) Evans. Jonathan M. manufactured threshing- machines, steam engines, etc., for twenty-five years in Piqua, Ohio. Austin spent his boyhood days in school, and, since 20 years old, has spent his time inventing and manufacturing different farming implements. Among his inven tions that are superior to all others of the same class, are the corn drill, corn planter and triple harrow; he is at present engaged in the manufacture of the "Evans' two-horse corn planter," "harrows," etc., under the firm name of "The Evans & Foos Manufacturing Company," West Main street. The business was established in 1876 by Mr. E., and carried on by him until September, 1880, when it assumed its present name. They will make this year about one thou- sand double planters and one thousand five hundred harrows. They have in their employ forty men. Mr. Evans was married, June 7, 1873, to Miss Kate S. Dibert, daughter of George and Elizabeth Dibert. Mr. Dibert was one of the early settlers of Springfield. He at one time owned the land on which the greater portion of the southwestern part now stands, and by him laid off' in lots Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Evans are the parents of one child -- Pearl C. Mrs. Evans was born in Springfield.
JOHN J. FAWCETT, brass founder, Springfield; is one of the manufact- urers of Springfield; he was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, in 1836; served a regular apprenticeship at his trade in England, and came to the United States in 1862, and has since followed the above business; he was engaged in the business in Chicago a number of years, and was one of the unfortunates who were made penniless by the great fire; After which he worked at his trade in different places, and came to Springfield in 1873, and started a brass foundry in connection with J. H. Kelly ; subsequently purchased Mr. Kelly's interest, and has since conducted the business alone. His foundry is located on the alley between Main and High, and Market and Center streets. He is the first man to make a success of this business as a specialty in this city, and has an increasing trade. He is thoroughly acquainted with all the details of his busi- ness; is active and respected in business and social circles. He married, March 16, 1876, Miss Mary J. Barry; she is a native of Ireland; was a resident of In- dianapolis at the time of her marriage, but was formerly for a number of years a resident of Dayton.
JAMES FLEMING, Superintendent of Clark County Infirmary, Springfield. His paternal grandparents were both born. raised and married in Virginia, but soon after located in Westmoreland Co., Penn., where they raised one child. They both died there at a medium age. The maternal grandparents were also both born, raised and married in Virginia. Afterward located in Indiana Co., Penn., where they raised a family of five children. There the grandfather died, and the grandmother afterward in Delaware, Ohio. The father of our subject, was born in Westmoreland Co., Penn., where he grew to man- hood, and married Miss Margaret Walker, who was born in Indiana Co., Penn. They had born to them in Pennsylvania three children; thence the family, in 1833, located in Clark Co., Ohio, where two more were born to them; though he being a practical stock dealer never remained in Ohio but short periods. as his business was mostly in Pennsylvania and New York; his death occurred at New Orleans of yellow fever in 1858; his wife survived many years, and died in Clark County when nearly fourscore years of age. James being the eldest, was born April, 1825. in Westmoreland Co., Penn., but from the age of 8 years has mostly been in Clark Co .. Ohio. Here he grew to manhood, received his education, and, in 1845, married Sarah MeIntire; he continued at the plasterers' trade until 1859; one year later was elected Sheriff of Clark County, and re- elected to the second term. In 1866, was elected to fill a vacancy in the City Mayor's office of Springfield; re-elected to second term, but before it expired
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