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Dr. -- Scott was at London for several years from about 1820 While here, he married a Mrs. Gregory, from Oldtown, Ohio. Dr. -- Eastman, Mrs. Aquilla Toland thinks, was here prior to her marriage, and probably as early as 1820. Dr. Seeley Waite located at London as early as 1820. Mrs. Toland and William Warner remember him as an elegant gen- tleman. He married Miss Clara Phifer, sister of George Phifer. His widow married Lewis Crane, and, after his death, she married William Vance, of Champaign County, Ohio, brother to ex-Gov. Vance, of Ohio. Dr. Waite died in Springfield, Ohio, in about 1822. Dr. -- Gage came to London in about 1820, but lived only about three years. Dr. Robert Martin, a brother of Dr. Joshua Martin, of Xenia, located here about 1822.
Dr. Raiff, a German, located at London in about 1823. He was an eccentric, fiery, impetuous, but educated physician. Many anecdotes characteristic of the man are still extant.
Gabriel Prugh, of Somerford, Ohio, says that he rode like a whirlwind. It is said of him that one Dela- shmutt, down on the Glade, once sent him a formula after which he wanted him to make him some pills. The Doctor flew into a passion and said: " Cot tam him! Vat's dat? Some bills? He no dink I un'erschtan how to make bills! I makes him bills! I show 'im!" The pills were sent, and Delashmutt lived just two hours. He had carried Schuler Mc- Donald through the milk-sickness. When convalescent, he cautioned him repeatedly about guarding his appetite. He was sent for in great haste, and went and found his patient dead. He ascertained that death had been caused by the immoderate indulgence of the appetite on a plate of bacon and cabbage. Helost his temper again, and, going to the corpse, he caught it by the nose, and, tweaking it violently, he said: " You eat cabbitch, ha! Cot tam you! eat cabbitch again mit bacon, will you, as much as you blease now! " and, mounting his horse, was off like a rocket.
Dr. John Warner, twin brother of William Warner, ex-Sheriff of the county, located here for a time in about 1825. He subsequently went West. and died at Pekin, Ill. Dr. Craig was also here for awhile in about 1825. Dr. Grover was also here about 1825. Dr. Joseph Anthony, brother to old Gen. Charles Anthony, of Springfield, Ohio, came to London in about 1831 or 1832. He was a lame man, but large. portly and prepossessing. He is remembered best, however, by his having a printing press, upon which he printed sacred hymns and such like literature as was in demand. Dr. Herriman came here in about 1834. He married a Miss Mitten, some- where beyond Jefferson, in the Darby country. Dr. David J. Mauls- by, born in Fredericktown, Md., came in about 1835; practiced here until about 1842 or 1843. and returned to Maryland. He became quite irregular in his habits, but was a good practitioner when not in his cups. Dr. Dennis Warner was a pupil of his for awhile.
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Dr. Dennis Warner, son of William and Susan (Matthews) Warner, born in Union Township, Madison Co., Ohio. May 19, 1818. Commenced the study of medicine in 1838, under Dr. David J. Maulsby, and afterward with Dr. Aquilla Toland. Commenced the practice of medicine. but grad- uated M. D. at Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio, March 2, 1847. He was married, November 10, 1847, to Miss Mary Chenoweth, daughter of John F. and Margaret (Ferguson) Chenoweth, born in Madison County. Ohio, October 10. 1829. Dr. James M. P. Baskerville, of Range Town- ship, studied medicine, but did not practice to any extent. He was schol- arly, and devoted to the dead languages and the exact sciences. Read med- icine with Dr. A. Toland, of London, Ohio. Dr. Alfred Jones practiced here at one time. Dr. Enoch Thomas, an eclectic, was a man of more than ordinary ability. About 1842, was in Cleveland, Ohio, the last I knew of him. Dr. Lewis was here about 1842. Dr. Jehial Gregory came in about 1840 (vide Midway).
Dr. William A. Strain, son of John C. and Margaret Strain. born in 1813, in Greenfield. Ohio, studied medicine with Dr. McGarry, of Green- field. Ohio. Located at Mt. Sterling, Madison Co., Ohio, about 1837. Came to London about 1840, where he remained until 1865, when he moved to Greenfield, Highland Co., Ohio, the place of his birth. He graduated at Starling. Medical College in the class of 1852. He married, shortly after commencing practice, Miss Mary G. McMillen, daughter of William Mc- Millen, of Greenfield, Ohio. Dr. - Thomas was here as a partner of Dr. William A. Strain in about 1859. He moved to California, this county, in about 1860. and died there in 1861. He was a partner, while there, of Dr. O. G. Field. He married, in about 1860, a daughter of Sylvanus Bates. of this place. Dr. David E. McMillen, vide Mt. Sterling. Dr. James Allen married, first, Betsey Russel; second, Martha Reyburn; was more identified outside of the county, but was a highly respected gentleman and a good physician-much above the average. Read medicine with Dr. A. Toland. Moved to Darbyville, and returned to London in 1859.
Dr. Toland Jones, born in Union Township, this county. January 10, 1820, son of Thomas Jones, studied medicine with Dr. Aquilla Toland, of London. Ohio, and, after one course of lectures at Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio, commenced practice of medicine in London. The title of M. D. was conferred upon him by the Cleveland Medical College about 1S5S. He has been in practice at London for thirty-six years. He mar- ried. March 19, 1846, Miss Frances A. Toland, of London, Ohio, oldest daughter of Dr. Aquilla and Elizabeth (Lewis) Toland. He was Colonel of the One Hundred and Thirteenth Ohio Volunteer Regiment during the war. Dr. Nelson Strong Darling, vide Midway. Dr. A. J. Miles was a practicing physician before entering the army in 1862, as a private in the Fortieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry from Darke County, Ohio; was the Hos- pital Steward of the Fortieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry; was discharged for disability, and came to London and commenced practice in 1864: went to Cincinnati, Ohio. He married, and has been a college professor there for several years. Dr. D. W. Williams, born in Granville, Ohio. July 15, 1836, educated at Dennison University. Granville, Ohio, studied medicine with Dr. D. H. Beckwith. Zanesville, Ohio. Graduated at Cleveland Ho- mcopathic College in 1865, and came to London in the spring of that year. He was married to Miss Adelia Chrisman, youngest daughter of Jacob Chrisman, in the fall of 1866. Dr. William Morrow Beach lives two miles north of London: moved to the farm in 1865, after the war. since which
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time London has been his post office. Dr. John H. Holton practiced first at Mt. Sterling, Ohio. Came to London in 1866. He was eminent in the profession. Could not obtain a sketch of his life. He died of pneumonia in about 1874. His death was caused by exposure and overwork. Hi- widow resides in Columbus, Ohio. Dr. D. B. Wren came from Mechanicss burg in 1864; did not remain long.
Dr. A. H. Underwood was born April 21, 1836, in Brimfield, Portage Co., Ohio. Commenced the study of medicine with Dr. A. S. Weatherby, of Cardington, Morrow Co., Ohio, in 1862. Graduated at the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery in 1865. Commenced practice the same spring, in South Charleston, Clark Co., Ohio, and, in February, 1866, came to London, where he still resides. Dr. C. G. Slagle located in London shortly after the war. Whilst here, he married Miss Emma Sprung, daugh- ter of the long-time and veteran editor of the London Chronicle. He moved to Greenfield, Ohio, in about 1868. He is now in Minnesota, and is an as- sociate editor of the Northwest Medical Journal. Dr. James T. Houston was born in 1816, on a farm four miles east of Springfield, Ohio. Com- menced the study of medicine in 1833, with his brother, Dr. Robert Hous- ton, and Dr. Bradbery, of South Charleston, Ohio. At the session of 1837 -38, attended a course of lectures at the Cincinnati Medical College, known as " Drake's School." The faculty consisted of seven Professors-Drake, Gross, Parker, Harrison, McDowell, Rievs and Rodgers. Among his class- mates were Carey A. Trimble, John Dawson, Samuel Mitchell Smith, Davis. Kincaid, and Brown. He commenced practice with his brother, Robert Houston, of South Charleston, in 1838. In 1840, he removed to Jefferson- ville, Fayette Co., Ohio, where he practiced for fifteen years, and then removed to Jamestown. Greene Co., Ohio, where he practiced fifteen years, making thirty-one years of continuous professional labor, nearly twenty of which was over mud roads and on horseback. He graduated at Starling Medical College in 1857, and came to London in 1869. In 1838, he was commissioned by Gov. Vance, of Ohio, as Brigade Surgeon of Militia of Clark County, Ohio. He was married, in 1844, to a daughter of Capt. William Palmer, of Fayette County, Ohio.
Dr. James B. Sprague was born in Harmony Township. Clark Co., Ohio. He was educated in part at an academy of which Chandler Robins was Superintendent. Was a pupil of Dr. Robert Rogers, of Springfield, Ohio. Graduated at Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, March, 1851. Has practiced at Vienna Cross-Roads and Springfield, Clark Co., Ohio, and came to London January 9, 1871. He was in the army three years as the Assistant Surgeon of the Twenty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regi- ment. He was married, November S. 1843, to Miss Sarah Chamberlin, youngest daughter of Isaac Chamberlin.
Dr. Henry J. Sharp was born March 2, 1845, in Gallia County, Ohio. Educated at Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio. Was a pupil of Prof. John W. Hamilton, of Columbus, Ohio. Graduated at Starling Med- ical College. Columbus, Ohio, in 1871, and came to London in October of same year. He was married, April, 1872, to Miss Catherine E. Dooris, of Zanesville. Ohio. Dr. -- Rooney was in partnership with Dr. J. B. Sprague in Vienna, and was with him here, also, for about a year. Was an M. D .. and also an A. M. Was very bright. He is at present in the West. I think at Springfield, Ill. Dr. D. A. Morse, a " vade mecum " in medicine, now at Oxford, Ohio, superintending Lunatic Asylum. Has been a Professor in different medical colleges. His specialty is nervous diseases.
G, Dr. John,
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He is author of several works on medicine, some of which have been re- printed in Germany.
Dr. A. J. Strain was born in Greenfield. Highland Co .. Ohio, January 3. 1845. Was a pupil of William A. Strain, his uncle. Graduated at Mi- ami Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio, March, 1873. Came to London in 1876. He was married, January 7, 1880. to Mary, daughter of Washington Wilson, Springfield. Ohio. Dr. Clifton S. Morse, son of Nathan and Ame- lia (Calliver) Morse, was born at Amity, Madison Co., Ohio, July 28, 1857. He graduated at Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio, 1879; located in London the same spring, and moved to Creston, Iowa, in 1882 He married Miss Emma McDonald, daughter of J. B. McDonald, of Union Township. Dr. Addison Platt King was born in Marion County, Ohio, in 1847. Grad- uated at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York City, in 1878. He was married, in July, 1881, to Miss Mary Smith, of Mansfield, Ohio, daugh- ter of E. W. Smith, a clergyman. Both were drowned by the overturning of a skiff in a storm, on Lake Chautauqua. New York, the summer follow- ing their marriage. The news produced a most profound sensation in Lon- don, where he had been residing for about two years. He was not a prac- titioner, but was a member of the drug firm of Robinson & King. He joined the Ohio State Medical Society at the session of 1881, in June, at Columbus, Ohio.
Dr. Melville M. Moffitt was born in Orville, Wayne Co., Ohio, Novent- ber 15, 1857: educated at Otterbein University, Westerville, Ohio; studied medicine with Drs. Rayer & Kirkland, Massillon, Ohio, and afterward with Prof. A. O. Blair. Graduated at Homoeopathic Hospital College, Cleve- land, Ohio, March 8, 1882. While in college, was Physician in charge of News-boys' and Boot-blacks' Home, and also an Acting Assistant Physician in the county jail of Cuyahoga County for one year. Holds at present, at this point, the Surgery of the I. B. & W. R. R. He married, February 17, 1881, Miss Flora N. Henderson, daughter of H. T. and M. A. Henderson, of Westerville, Ohio. Dr. A. J. Kepler was born in Dayton, Ohio, July 22, 1852. Read medicine with Dr. G. W. Dickey, of Eaton, Ohio. Graduat- ed at Eclectic Medical Institute, Cincinnati, Ohio, June 6, 1882. Practiced with Dr. Dickey, his preceptor, at Eaton, Ohio, until in October, 1882, and then moved to London, Ohio. He married, March 3, 1873, Rosannah Dafler, of Dayton, Ohio.
PLAIN CITY.
Drs. Hill and . Tappan were the first resident physicians of Darby Township. They were Eastern men-probably from the State of Vermont. But little is known respecting them. "The deep damnation of their tak- ing-off" was for robbing a grave of the body of a squaw for the purpose of dissecting. This excited the resident Indians to a high degree, and, as the act also excited the indignation of many of the white citizens, they came to the conclusion that, under the circumstances, " discretion would be the bet- ter part of valor," and accordingly their leaving was somewhat precipitate. Their location was probably near where Plain City now is.
Dr. Isaac Bigelow. son of Dr. Israel Bigelow, was born August 25, 1797. near Balston Spa. Saratoga Co .. N. Y. At the age of seventeen, in the year 1814. he came on foot from Center County, Penn .. to make a pay- ment for his father on a land purchase from his uncle, Isaac, the land be- ing that where Plain City now stands. Returning to Pennsylvania, he studied medicine with his father. Dr. Israel Bigelow, and in 1817 returned
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to Ohio and located on Trickle's Creek, in Champaign County. He re- mained there one year, and in 1818 came to Darby Township, Madison County, and laid out the town of Westminster. This name was afterward changed to that of Pleasant Valley, but in 1872, after his death, the citizens petitioned their Representative in the Legislature-William Morrow Beach -for an act to change the name to Plain City. It was done. The reason therefor was the fact that there were four or five towns in Ohio by the name of Pleasant Valley, and perishable merchandise, shipped by railroad, was often sent wrong, and became a loss to the receiver before reaching its proper destination. In about 1828, after his father came on and located for practice, Dr. Isaac went out of practice and became a general trader. From September 23, 1847, until September 23, 1849, I was an inmate of his household, and, during all that time, I found him diligent, persevering and active in all his enterprises. He had kept a hotel and store on the southeast corner of Main and Chillicothe streets until after the year 1838, when he sold out to Samuel O. Weatherington. He built the large brick dwelling house on the northwest corner of the same streets, now occupied by Mooney Bros., in about 1842. He was Mayor of Pleasant Valley at one time, and was Postmaster during Polk's administration. He married, July 17, 1815, Miss Polly Bigelow, daughter of Isaac and Polly Bigelow. who then lived where Plain City now stands. He died in Pleasant Valley, Ohio, April 10, 1857, of pneumonia.
Dr. Israel Bigelow, father of the preceding, was born August 21, 1774. in Dummerston, Windham Co., Vt. His father was Rev. Isaac Bigelow, a Revolutionary soldier, and his grandfather was Isaac Bigelow, of the prov- ince of Maine. At the age of about eighteen, or in 1792, he became a pu- pil of Dr. White, of Schenectady. State of New York. He practiced at Balston Spa, N. Y., until 1812, when he moved to Center County, Penn. In 1823, he moved to New Philadelphia, Ohio, and in 1828 to Pleasant Valley, Ohio, where he remained until his death. He was very justly emi- nent in his profession, both as physician and surgeon. As a surgeon, he was many years in advance of any other surgeon of the county. He oper- ated in this county for vesical calculi by the lateral operation; removed the tibia by resection (on Brainard Hager); removed the entire breast for can- cer (Mrs. Zenas Hutchison, Dublin); and performed many other important operations. He married, first, Miss Eunice Kathron, daughter of Daniel Kathron, of Balston Spa, N. Y., born August 23, 1774, early in the year 1794. He married, second. Miss Clippiner; and third, Mary Brown, the mother of Diana. Hosea B. and Chamberlain B. Bigelow. He died of ves- ical calculi, at his home in Pleasant Valley, Ohio, May 28, 1838. aged sixty . four.
Dr. Daniel K. Bigelow, son of Dr. Israel, was born in Balston Spa. N. Y., March 22, 1801. Studied medicine with his father, and commenced practice with his brother, Dr. Lebbens Bigelow, at Morris Cross-Roads, Fayette Co., Penn. In 1823, he moved to Adamsburg, Westmoreland Co .. Penn., where he remained until IS31. when he came to Ohio and settled on the farm near Pleasant Valley where he afterward died. I knew him well during the years of 1847, 1848 and 1849, and I cannot recall the time that I ever saw him idle. His charges were ridiculously low, but he accumu- lated a fair estate, continuing in active practice up to the time of his death. He married, February 7, 1822. Miss Lydia Custer, of Georges Township. Fayette Co., Penn. She was the daughter of George and Catherine (Leath- erman) Custer, and was born April 24, 1826, and died at her home, near
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Pleasant Valley, Ohio, November 14, 1854. of strangulated hernia. He died at his home, near Pleasant Valley, on the 10th day of November. 1850, of diabetes, aged fifty years.
Dr. William F. King was raised out on the Darby Plains. He was a brother of Joseph. Benjamin and Sarah King. He studied medicine with Dr. Israel Bigelow, of Pleasant Valley, Ohio. I remember him and Kil- bourne Beach as Marshals of the Day one Fourth of July, and they both impressed me as being particularly handsome, graceful. courtly and distingue. He practiced in conjunction with Dr. Israel Bigelow, he attending mostly to the visiting of patients, and the old Doctor to the office business. He married Miss Diana, daughter of Dr. Israel and Polly (Brown) Bigelow, and died not many years afterward, at Pleasant Valley.
Dr. -- Fitch. a large, handsome. elegant-looking gentleman, was there about 1842. It is possible, however, that he was not as elegant as he appeared. He compounded a nostrum that met with a large and ready sale as an ague specific, that he called " the devil's toe-nail."
Dr. James Sidney Skinner, about 1842, vide Amity.
Dr. Willis Hix Twiford, son of Rev. Clement Twiford, born and raised in Ross County, Ohio. Studied with Dr. J. S. Skinner, and commenced practice in Pleasant Valley about 1842. Moved to Union City, Ind., in about 1853. Was a Surgeon of an Indiana regiment during the war. Is now living in Minnesota, where he went directly after the war. Is a mem. ber of the American Medical Association. He married Miss Nancy Dominy, daughter of Jeremiah Dominy, of Darby Township, Madison Co., Ohio, about the time he commenced his professional life.
Dr. Jeremiah Converse was born in Darby Township, Madison Co., Ohio, in the year 1822; studied medicine with Dr. Marshall P. Converse, and commenced practice at Liverpool in 1846. Graduated at Starling Med- ical College, Columbus, Ohio, in 1848. Located on the old homestead in Darby Township, of which he became the owner, three miles from Plain City, in 1847, where he still remains. He married Miss Sarah Hemenway, daughter of Farmery Hemenway.
Dr. James L. McCampbell located in Pleasant Valley in about 1846. He was a brother to the McCampbells north of town-Andrew, Samuel, and the family in and about New California. He was well qualified for the pro- fession, and was active and diligent in business. He would have been a tall man, but rickets in his childhood had made him very short in the body. He had an immense practice in 1848 and 1849, and led the profes- sion in the north part of the county. He died of typhoid fever, unmarried, in about 1850.
Dr. Joel N. Converse, son of Lothrop, was born and raised in Darby Township. His mother married for her second husband Mr. Wheeler, who lived and died on the south end of what is now' the Solomon Cary farm. He studied medicine, for awhile at least, at Jefferson, and, marry- ing, he settled at Beachtown, in Union County, Ohio. In about 1851, he came to Pleasant Valley, and in about 1853 moved to Union City, Ind .. after which time until now he has been identified with railroad men, and with railroad enterprises. He resides in Lincoln, Neb. He married Miss Ann Eliza Phillips, daughter of Seth Phillips, of Darby Township.
Dr. John E. McCune is " native and to the manor born." He was born and raised and has always lived near the village. He left the farm and was for a time clerk for George A. Hill & Co .. but left that lucrative calling to commence the study of medicine with Dr. James L. McCampbell. He fit-
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ted himself very thoroughly for the profession, and then, like any other sensible young man when entering upon the profession, he married a sen- sible young woman, and then put out his sign. His history, as a boy, a clerk, a medical student, practitioner. druggist and citizen, is a part of the history of Westminster, of Pleasant Valley and of Plain City. Dr. Charles McCloud, vide Amity.
Dr. William Inskeep Ballinger, oldest son of Joshua and Delilah (Ins- keep) Ballinger. was born in Logan County, Ohio, October, 1828, and was for three years, from 1848, a student at the old Marysville Academy in Union County, Ohio, under the superintendency of Rev. Sterritt, Rev. Joseph D. Smith and Hon. James W. Robinson. In September, 1860, he entered the Ohio Wesleyan University. Delaware. Ohio, for three years, and, in the fall of 1853, entered as a pupil the office of Dr. David W. Henderson, Marysville, Ohio. He took one course of lectures at Starling Medical Col- lege, session of 1854-55, and one at Cleveland Medical College, Cleve- land, Ohio, at the session of 1855-56, where he was graduated M. D. April 9, 1856. He settled in Pleasant Valley the same year, and formed a part- nership with Dr. John N. Beach, and has been engaged in his profession to some extent since that date. In conjunction with Richard Woodruff, he built the flouring-mill in 1873. He married, February 18, 1857, Miss Ma- tilda, daughter of John and Eliza (Mark) Taylor, of Darby Township.
Dr. Thomas Jefferson Haynes, son of J. B. W. Haynes, of Richwood, Union Co., Ohio, was a graduate in medicine. Practiced for a few years in New California, Union Co., Ohio, near which he was married to Miss Mitch- ell, daughter of Jesse Mitchell. He moved to Pleasant Valley in about 1860, and was Captain of Company G, Seventeenth Regiment, three-months men. He died there in 1863, of erysipelas of the throat. He was well read up in his profession, and was a man of much more than ordinary ability.
Dr. Salathiel Ewing is a son of James M. and a grandson of James Ewing, the first white settler of what is now Union County, Ohio. He has always been counted among our best practitioners. He and Dr. M. J. Jen- kins were the prime movers in the organization of our county medical asso- ciation, of which he became the first President. He is also a member of the State Medical Society.
Dr. A. Sells was raised near Dublin, Ohio. I have no history of him, but remember him well. He married Miss Angalia Halm, of Columbus, Ohio. His widow resides in Columbus.
Dr. A. Haner has been a practitioner in Plain City for several years. He is an active business man. and stands well in the profession.
Dr. A. Carpenter was for a few years located at Amity. I regret that he declined a sketch for use in this connection. He married Miss Lucy Jane, daughter of Asa and Thankful Converse.
Dr. M. J. Jenkins, second son of Rev. Thomas and Anne Jenkins, was born in Aleramman, South Wales, November 15, 1853, at which place and neighboring towns the first ten years of his life were spent. In 1864, he came to America with his father, on temporary business, but his father, be- coming infatuated with the country, left his son in charge of friends at Johnstown, Penn., while he returned to Europe for the balance of his fam- ily. Returning to America, his father became the pastor for seven years of the Welsh Congregational Church at Johnstown, Penn., when he removed to Radnor, Delaware Co., Ohio, where he became pastor of the same de- nomination for ten years, after which he removed to Sharon. Penn., and thence, in May, 1881, to Waterville, Oneida Co., N. Y. In 1873, M. J.
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Jenkins entered Ohio Wesleyan University, as a pupil, where he remained for three years, having previously prepared himself for college in the high schools of Johnstown. Penn., and Radnor, Ohio. After leaving Delaware, he entered the office of Dr. P. H. Bauer, at Richwood, Ohio. Graduated at Mi ami Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio, March 1, 1878, and located at Plain City May 1 of same year. Dr. Jenkins was active in organizing the Madison County Medical Society, and was the first permanent Secretary. He was married. December 24, 1879, to Miss May Beem, of Richwood, Ohio, a cultured lady and oldest daughter of Owen and Ellen Beem.
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