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ROBERT E. DOAN. Wilmington, a prominent attorney of Clinton County, was born near Wilmington, July 23, 1834, and is a son of William Doan, a native of North Carolina. He came to Ohio in 1804, locating on a farm in Mon Township, where he lived till his death, in 1869. Mr. Doan's mother was Betsy wachus, a native of Winches- ter, Va. She departed this life in 1864. Both parents were members of the Society of Friends. Mr. Doan grew up on a farm ; received his early education in the schools of the district. He subsequently attended an academy at Harveysburg, Warren County, and afterward taught school for three years, in Warren, Greene and Clinton Cou .... s. De- siring to lead a professional life, he chose that of law, and soon after entered the Cincinnati Law School, graduating April 19, 1857, with the degree of B. L. He immediately came to Wilmington, and entered into partnership with his cousin, A. W. Doan, the firm remaining as such for about fifteen years, and enjoying probably the largest practice of any law firm in the county. It was dissolved when A. W. Doan was elected Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, and since then Mr. Doan has been alone in his practice. Mr. Doan was formerly an "Old-Line Whig," but in 1854 became a charter member of the Republican party. He has always been an earnest advocate of the principles set forth by this party, and for several years has been one of its ablest stump speakers in Ohio. In 1880, he made seventy-seven speeches in favor of James A. Garfield, in the State of Ohio. He was once Prosecuting Attorney of Clin- ton County, by appointment, and in 1880 was made Presidential Elector from this district, by acclamation. The same year, he was a candidate for Congress, in the con- vention, and out of five candidates, received only thirteen votes less than the present incumbent, Hon. H. L. Mory, of Hamilton County. Mr. Doan was married, in 1857, to Maria McMillan, a native of this county. Of the six children given them, three survive-Clinton, Albert and Frank. Mr. Doan and wife are members of the Society of Friends.
GEORGE P. DUNHAM, Collector of Internal Revenue for the Sixth Dis- trict of Ohio, Wilmington ; was born at Piketon, Pike County, Ohio, September 6, 1843. His father was B. C. Dunham, a native of Virginia, who removed to Pike County at an early day in the history of the county. He now resides there, aged seventy-seven years. Mr. Dunham's mother was Rebecca R. Sweeney, also a native of the Old Dominion. She is also living, in her seventy-fourth year. The subject of this notice was reared and educated in his native county, and when seventeen years of age came to Wilmington. Soon after he enlisted in Company H, Thirty-ninth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Col. Groesbeck commanding, serving twenty-one months. He was discharged for disability by Gen. Grant, at Young's Point, La., March 31, 1863. He subsequently served as chief of the Commissary Department of the Army of the Tennessee until February, 1864, when he received his final discharge. He returned to Wilmington and was engaged in the sash, door and blind business for eighteen months. He was subsequently book-keeper for Beard & Hadley, and Mc- Milan Bros. for eighteen months. He was then appointed Deputy Clerk of Courts of Clinton County, by Judge George Smith, and served in that capacity for three years. In April, 1871, he purchased a half-interest in the clothing trade of W. H. Rannelis, and for eleven years the firm of Rannells & Dunham stood prominent among the lead- ing merchants of Clinton County. In January, 1882, Mr. Dunham was appointed to his present position by President Arthur, and in February disposed of his interest in the clothing business to his partner, W. H. Rannells. On March 1, 1882, he took charge of his new office. Mr. Dunham has always been an earnest and outspoken Republican, and has devoted much time and attention to the interests of the party, and is a thorough Republican " by a large majority." He is a members of the 1. O. O. F. fraternity, of the G. A. R., and a director in the Clinton Agricultural Society. He was married, December 23, 1868, to Anna A. Quinn, a native of this county and a con- sistent member of the Baptist Church.
BENJAMIN FARQUHAR, one of Wilmington's most prominent grocers, was born in Clinton County, near the junction of Union, Adams and Chester Townships, December 5, 1830. His grandfather, Benjamin Farquhar, was a native of Maryland,
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and located in this county in 1807. One son, Josiah Farquhar, the father of our sub- ject, was a farmer in the county until his death, in 1838. Mr. Farquhar's mother was Abi Linton, daughter of Nathan Linton, an early and honored pioncer settler of this region. She now resides at Wilmington with her children. Four children were given them, two now living-our subject and Frank, of firm of Farquhar, Sparks & Cook. Mrs. Farquhar subsequently married Dr. Joseph K. Sparks in 1842. Four children were also the fruits of this union, two living-Stephen L. and Josiah W., of Farquhar Sparks & Cook. Dr. Sparks died September 16, 1873. The subject of this notice. after his father's death, went to live with his grandfather Linton, where his boyhood days were passed. He attended the district schools of the neighborhood, and subse. quently Miami University, at Oxford, Butler County, Ohio. He subsequently taught school for two or three years, and then secured employment as assistant to the engineer corps in the survey and location of the Cincinnati, Wilmington & Zanesville Railroad (now the Muskingum Valley Branch of the Pan Handle Railroad), being engaged in that business about two years. In company with James Linton, he opened a general store at Clarksville, Vernon Township, where he remained in business from 1853 til 1856. He then engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1867, when he removed' to Wilmington. From the fall of 1867 to 1870, he was engaged as engineer in the con- struction of pikes. He subsequently engaged in his present line of trade, and in the " big fire" of May 18, 1875, was burned out, but saved the greater portion of his stock. He immediately erected the " Farquhar Block," occupying the southern and corner storeroom till the present time. Mr. Farquhar carries a large stock of groceries and queensware and enjoys a good trade. He has a birthright membership in the Society of Friends, and is a strong Republican. Mr. Farquhar was married in 1356 to Ruth Hawkins, a native of this county, who died in 1857, leaving no children. He was again married in 1861, to Mary B, daughter of Jacob Hadley, an old pioneer of Clinton County. They have six children-Ruth, Charles, Naomi J., Caroline, Mary Abi and Oscar J. Mrs. Farquhar and children are also members of the Friends Church.
JAMES W. FARREN, P. O. Wilmington, a prominent retired farmer of Wash- ington Township, was born in Franklin County, Penn., December 10, 1810. His father was John Farren, also a native of the Keystone State, and a distiller by occupation. He was the father of one son and nine daughters, five of whom yet survive. He died in Pennsylvania many years ago, in the sixtieth year of his age. Mr. Farren's mother was Elizabeth Pinkstaff, a native of Shenandoah County, Va. She departed this life in Pennsylvania about twenty-five years ago. The subject of this sketch was reared in his native State, and when eighteen years of age went to Washington County, Md., where, on January 12, 1832, he married Jemima James. In 1836, the young husband and wife, with their three small children, started for Ohio in a two horse wagon. Ar- riving in Clinton County, Mr. Farren located eighty acres of land in Washington Town ship, the property of his wife's father, on which he resided till 1839. In that year. with five children, he returned to Maryland on a visit, the trip consuming thir. teen days each way. Mr. Farren was a wagon and coach maker by trade, but since locating in this county, has devoted his attention to farming. During his early stay in the county, he suffered many hardships, and would have moved back to the East if he could have possibly got there. As settlers poured in, times grew better, and with the succeeding years Mr. Farren added to his possessions, until, at one time, he owned 775 acres of land, lying in Washington, Green and Union Townships. Mr. Farren resided on the old homestead in Washington Township for forty-five years, and October 12. 1881, removed to Wilmington, where he is now enjoying the fruits of a well-spent life. Mr. Farren is probably one of the oldest Masons in Clinton County. He is a Knight. Templar and has been a member of Cincinnati Commandery, No. 3, since January 5, 1860, being now exempt from further duties in that body. In 1832, he east hi- maiden vote for Gen. Andrew Jackson, and the same year had the honor of taking that distinguished statesman by the hand. Since then Mr. Farren has been an earnest supporter of the principles set forth by the Democratic party. Twelve children have
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been born to himself and wife, eight of whom are living-Seymour C., a farmer of Washington Township ; Watkins J., on the old homestead ; Sallie, John F., a farmer und large tobacco raiser of Washington Township; Laura A., wife of O. F. Johnson, of Leavenworth, Kan. ; Milton M., residing at Chicago ; Emma E., and Flora J., wife of David B. Van Pelt, of Wilmington. Mrs. Farren departed this life in 1872.
JAMES FISHER, of Fisher & Hughes, proprietors of sash, door and blind fac- tory, Wilmington, was born in Clermont County, Ohio, January 9, 1835. His father was Elias Fisher, a native of Massachusetts, and by trade a cabinet-maker. He came to Ohio when quite young, locating in Clermont County, where he worked at his trade until his death, in 1847. He married Elizabeth Ward, a native of this State., She departed this life in the house of her daughter, at Griggsville, Pike County, Ill., in 1877. James Fisher resided in Clermont County until fifteen years of age. He then went to Hamilton County, and there learned the carpenter trade. In 1858, he came to Wilmington and followed his trade two years. His health then failed and he re- moved his family back to Hamilton County, where they resided till 1865. In the latter year, he returned once more to Wilmington, where he has since resided. He formed a partnership with his brother, H. M. Fisher, carrying on their trade until 1869. In that year, Mr. Fisher engaged in the lumber trade, and in 1871; in company with James Gunn and Charles Hughes, erected a sash, door and blind factory and com- menced business. Three years later, the firm became Fisher & Hughes. Mr. Fisher is a worthy member of the M. E. Church, in which body he has served as class leader and trustee. He was formerly a Republican, but is now an earnest Prohibitionist. Mr. Fisher was united in marriage, December 28, 1859, to Lotta Gallagher, a native of Hamilton County, chio. Of the six children given them, four are living-Walter G., in attendance at the Cincinnati College of Music ; Charles W., in charge of the mill, books and finances of Fisher & Hughes ; Cora and Clintie D. Bertie and Harry are deceased. . Mrs. Fisher and family are also members of the Methodist Episcopal denomination.
S. Q. FULTON, of Fulton, Crane & Peters, Wilmington, the leading hardware merchants of Clinton County, was born at Martinsville, in Clark Township, January 9, 1848. His father was Robert Fulton, a native of Maryland, who came to Ohio in 1814. He studied medicine in early life, but was subsequently a merchant for forty years. He is now a practicing physician of Highland County, Ohio. Mr. Fulton's mother was Mary Morgan, a native of Virginia, and is still living. S. Q. Fulton passed the first part of his life in Clinton County, receiving a good common-school education. When sixteen years of age, he went to Cincinnati and entered the employ of Bohn, Mack & Co., wholesale dealers in notions, with whom he remained eight and a half years. Three years previous to quiting their employ, he had started a hardware store as Lynchburg, Highland County, Ohio, but never had personal charge of the same. In 1872, he sold this store and came to Wilmington. On August 19, of the same year, he entered into partnership with Joseph Peters, who had charge of his store at Lynchburg, and they opened a hardware store. Three years later, the firm purchased the stock and trade of Irons & Crane, in the same business, and the latter (Lewis W. Crane) became a member of the new firm of Fulton, Crane & Peters. In 1879, the firm commenced buying and shipping grain, and in 1881 erected their large grist-mill, a sketch of which will be found in another chapter. Mr. Fulton devotes his entire time and attention to his business, in which he has been remarkably success- ful. Mr. Fulton is a member of the Odd Fellow and Masonic orders, and has always been a stanch Republican in politics. He is also connected with the Royal Arcanum and the Knights of Pythias. He was married, in 1869, to Sadie Peters, a native of. Ross County, Ohio. Mr. Fulton and wife are members of the M. E. Church, in which body the former officiates as a trustee. Mr. Fulton's father was a prominent official of the " Underground Railway" in anti-slavery times.
ROBERT S. FULTON, of Fulton & Peters, Wilmington, one of the youngest and most enterprising grocery firms of Wilmington, was born at Martinsville, Clark Township, Clinton County, Ohio, November, 1853. His father, Robert Fulton, was
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a native of Maryland, who came to Ohio in 1814. In carly life he studied medicine, but for forty years was a prominent merchant of Southern Chio. He is now a prac- ticing physician of Highland County, Ohio. Mr. Fulton's mother was Mary Morgan, a native of Virginia. Our subject resided at his native place till about eight years of age, thence to Lynchburg, Ohio, where he lived the next eight years of his life. He then went to Cincinnati, and was employed as a salesman in a large hardware house. Six months later, he entered the employ of H. F. West, Bros. & Co., in the queens- ware trade, as entry clerk, and remained with them eleven months. He was subse- quently engaged with Bohn, Mack & Co., in the wholesale notion trade, and, a year later, for a large wholesale clothing house, as traveling salesman. He remained in the latter business about five years and then went to Sabina, where he engaged in the hard. ware business. He subsequently formed a partnership with his brother, S. Q. Fulton, in the grain trade. The present business was started under the firm name of Fulton Bros. & Peters, but soon after S. Q. Fulton retired and the firm became Fulton & Peters, Edwin K. Peters being the junior member. The firm carry the largest stock of groceries and queensware in this county, and are meeting with gratifying success. Mr. Fulton is a member of Star of Hope Lodge (I. O. O. F.); No. 127, and the Royal Arcanum. He is connected with the Republican party, having been a member since reaching his majority. He was married, in February, 1876, to Emma L. Bechtoll, a native of Germantown, Montgomery County, Ohio. They have two children-Servetus R. and Philip L. Mr. Fulton and wife are members of the M. E. Church.
JAMES SMITH GARLAND, farmer, P. O. Wilmington, was born in Clermont County, Ohio, February 2, 1802, being now just as old a's the State in which he was born and in which he has lived since it became a State. He is the son of James and Presocia (Gatch) Garland, the former a native of Delaware, of German-English descent, and the latter a native of Virginia, of German descent. His maternal grandfather, Phillip B. Gatch, was a member of the committee that formed the Constitution of Ohio. He was a Methodist minister, and for twenty-one years served as an Associate Judge of Clermont County. Our subject received a common school education, and chose the occupation of a farmer. In 1822, he married Nancy Williams, a native of Jefferson County, Ohio, and a daughter of John and Sarah (Talbott) Williams. By this mar- riage three children were born, viz .: Martha, the widow of Austin J. Smith, a promi- nent farmer, who died in 1862; Sarah, the wife of Isaac B. Kline, a miller ; and Thomas J., a prominent citizen of this county, who has served two terms as County Treasurer, and is now engaged in real estate business. Mr. Garland, our subject, came to Clinton County in 1834. He is a Republican in politics, and was an Old Line Whig until the formation of the Republican party. His first vote was cast for Henry Clay for Presi- dent. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Church, in which they have been members for over a half century, he having joined when fifteen years of age. He is a licensed exhorter in the church, and has been a Class-leader, Steward and Trustee. He is an enthusiastic and earnest worker in the cause of religion. He owns a well-im- proved farm on the Prairie pike, one and a quarter miles east of Wilmington, where he resides.
ALPHA GALLUP, dealer in lumber, shingles, and everything pertaining to house building, Wilmington, was born in Windham County, Conn., June 8, 1829. His father, Chester Gallup, was a native of the "Nutmeg State," and a cabinet-maker by trade. He came to Clinton County, Ohio, about the year 1848, locating on a farm in Union Township, west of Wilmington, where he still resides. Mr. Gallup's mother was Mary Barber, a native of Rhode Island. Our subject was reared in Conneticut, obtaining a good English education in its public schools. After arriving at an age bordering on manhood, he learned the carpenter trade with John Bowsman, remaining with him nearly two years. As his two brothers, Horace and Henry, were also masters of that trade, the three formed a tri-partnership and engaged in the erection of houses, and such business as pertains to the " Knight of the plane." The brothers were very successful in this enterprise, and for many years did the leading business of the kind in Clin- ton County. During the early part of this partnership, they purchased a large building
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on the corner of Mulberry and Sugartree streets, and converted it into a sash, door and blind factory. They also owned a saw mill in connection with their other business. In 1880, the partnership was dissolved by mutual consent, Mr. Gallup taking charge of the lumber yard, in which business he has since continued. Mr. Gallup is one of the best business men and citizens of Wilmington, and well respected by all. He commenced life with nothing, and, to use his own expression, " have held my own-perhaps laid up a little." He has been a member of the Masonic fraternity about fifteen years, and has been Treasurer of the lodge seven years, and is the present Treasurer of the Chapter. He is a straightforward, outspoken Republican. Mr. Gallup was united in the bonds of matrimony, July 2, 1867, to Susannah, daughter of Jacob Hale, a well-to-do farmer of this county. Two children have been sent to them, only one surviving - George. Mrs. Gallup possesses a birth-right in the Society of Friends.
JONATHAN M. GUSTIN, Superintendent of the blacksmithing department of the Champion Bridge Company, Wilmington, was born in Warren County, Ohio, March 10. 1826. His father, Samuel M. Gustin, was a native of Warren County also, and a farmer by occupation. He removed to Clinton County in 1829, locating on a farm near Wilmington, where the subject of this sketch was raised and educated. At eight- een years of age, he went to Dayton and commenced his present trade, remaining there three years. He then went to Springfield, and subsequently to Enon, six miles from Springfield, where A. J. Cook and himself designed and constructed the first reaping machine ever made in Clark County, Ohio. Three years later, Mr. Gustin came back to Wilmington, and has since made that village his home. He possesses an inventive inind, and was engaged in the manufacturing business at Lancaster, Ohio, one year, and Philadelphia, Penn., two years. While at the latter place, he invented a two-horse cultivator, which created great attention from manufacturers. Being a practical mechanic, during the war Mr. Gustin manufactured wagons in connection with his blacksmithing, and which proved a very profitable enterprise. Since boyhood, he has evinced a remarkable interest in bees and bee culture, and is known throughout the length and breadth of Clinton County as the " bee man." In 1865, he imported a pure Italian queen bee, probably the first in this county. Since that period, he has culti- vated and raised them for different parties in the county and State, and although not extensively engaged in bee culture at present, yet he possesses seven fine queen becs. He is a member of the National Bee Association, and an active participant in its annual gatherings. Mr. Gustin cast his first vote for Zachary Taylor, but voted for John C. Fremont, the Republican candidate for President in 1856, and since that period has been a strong Republican - " dyed in the wool." He once served as Road Supervisor of Union Township. Mr. Gustin was married April 10, 1847, to Lucinda Mckay. Six children have been given them - five living - Laura, wife of Mahlon R. Gaskill, of Wilmington ; Madison F., proprietor of the St. Nicholas Dining Hall and Restau- rant, Minneapolis, Minn. ; Nora, wife of Alfred Van Devort, a farmer residing near Antioch ; Alice and William C., the latter also at Minneapolis. Mrs. Gustin is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
JUDGE ROBERT BARCLAY HARLAN, deceased, was born July 31, 1808, in Warren County, Ohio, and is the seventh of ten children whose parents were George and Hester (Eulass) Harlan. His father was a native of Chatham, North Carolina, and of remote German ascentry ; a Quaker in religious belief, and a farmer by occupation. Ile removed to Ohio in 1796, locating first at Columbia, and in 1797 proceeded to Warren County, north of Lebanon, where he resided until his death, December 21, 1816. He was the first Sheriff of Warren County, and also served as County Com- missioner, Justice of the Peace, and Associate Judge of Common Pleas. For several terms he represented his district in the Ohio Legislature. His wife was a native of Harrisburg, Va., in the Shenandoah Valley, and a daughter of Jacob Eulass, an early pioneer of what is now Scott County, Ky., settling there in 1787, of Holland descent. She died December 29, 1858, in her eighty-first year. The preceding facts are taken from an old family Bible, once the property of Judge Harlan's grandfather, and handed down to the present generation. It was probably published about 1700. Robert B. Harlan worked
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on a farm until he was sixteen years of age, attending the winter district school. In 1828, he came to Wilmington and secured the position of Deputy to the County Clerk, remaining in the office eight years, and reading law during his leisure hours. In 1837, he passed the requisite examination, and was admitted to practice at Chillicothe. He immediately entered upon his professional duties at Wilmington, where he resided till the time of his death. In early life, Judge Harlan's political views were strongly in sympathy with the Whig party; but in 18544 he became a charter member of the Re- publican party, and was a faithful and earnest champion of its principle's through the remainder of life. In 1840-41, he represented Clinton County in the Ohio Legislature, and again in 1850-51. In 1856, he was elected Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the Second Judicial District, holding that office only one term, but being recognized as one of the ablest men over occupying that position. Judge Harlan was Captain, Colonel and Major General successively of the Ohio Militia, under the old laws. Dur- ing the Mexican war, he raised a company of volunteers, but upon the completion of the roster it was found that the quota was filled, and the company was therefore dis- banded. When President Lincoln issued his memorable call for 75,000 men to crush the rising rebellion, Judge Harlan immediately went to work, raised a company of volunteers, and offered their services to the State, being the first company of men to respond to duty's call in Ohio. This body of men subsequently became Company B, of the Twelfth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and afterward did good service in Ohio and Virginia. Judge Harlan raised another company which was equipped and sent to the field, but he remained in Wilmington. He was engaged in the practice of his profes- sion, which was very large, and proportionately remunerative until his demise. His general health was excellent, although he had frequent momentary attacks of heart dis- ease. Judge Harlan was an active, enterprising and valuable member of the Clinton County Pioneer Association. On September 1, 1877, he was preparing a paper to be read at a meeting of that society, and while sitting on the porch attached to the east of his residence, he was suddenly taken with heart disease and passed away before help could be summoned. He was married in 1838, to Maria D., a daughter of Isaiah Mor- ris, a native of Wilmington. Mrs. Harlan departed this life in 1843, leaving three children. One son died soon after, and on September 9, 1877, another son, Morris, also passed away. He was Vice United States Consul to Hong Kong, China, for seven years previous to his death, resigning his position and coming home on account of ill health. He was very sick at the time of his father's death, which no doubt hastened his own, as just eight days elapsed between the two. The other child - Clara E., married D. H. Barley, formally United States Consul to Hong Kong, now a resident of Cincinnati. On March 10, 1848, Judge Harlan was united in marriage to Caroline E. Haworth. Four children were the fruits of this union ; three daughters are living - Lucy M., wife of Alfred Thome, of Wilmington ; Antoinette, wife of A. E. Cleven- ger, a prominent young attorney of Wilmington ; and Gertrude, wife of Arthur W. Eastman, of Mainville, Warren Co., Ohio. George is deceased. Mrs. Harlan's par- ents were George D. and Edith (Hadley) Haworth. Her father was a native of Ten- nessee, who came to Ohio in 1804, locating two miles north of the present site of Wilmington. He was a prominent agriculturist of Clinton County, and for nearly a quarter of a century served its citizens as Treasurer. Mrs. Harlan's mother was a native of North Carolina, who came to Highland County, Ohio, in 1811, and a few years later to Clinton County. Judge Harlan was a member of the Legislature when the bill was drafted to build the Cincinnati, Wilmington & Zanesville Railroad, now the Muskingum Valley Branch of the " Pan Handle " road, and by the exertion of his eminent legal powers, and the weighty influence he personally controlled, the charter was granted. Judge Harlan was a man respected by all the citizens of Clinton and adjoining counties. He was eminent for his legal attainments, and before a jury, though somewhat hesitating at the commencement of a speech, finally grew strong and argu- mentative, and rarely failed to win the case. Throughout his career at the bar, no client. ever lost by his inattention to the merits of the case, his inability to present all the good points to the jury, or by his failing to consult all the authorities that sustained the case.
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