Delaware County OH

Biographical Sketch of Ivan Isaac Yoder

Yoder, Ivan Isaac; physician and surgeon; born, Wadsworth, O., Dec. 30, 1875; son of Noah. N. and Susan Overholt Yoder; educated, country schools of Medina County, O., until 17 years of age, Medina High School, 1897; B. A. degree, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1901, M. D., Western Reserve University, Medical Dept. 1904, A. M., Ohio Wesleyan University, 1905; district physician, 8th ward, Cleveland, 1911-1912; asst. surgeon to American Ship Building Co., and Cleveland-Pittsburgh ore docks since 1905; has specialized in casualty surgery; pres. Yoder Realty Co.; member American Medical and Ohio State Medical Assns, Cleveland Academy of Medicine, American Association for … Read more

Roll Of Lieut. Roswell Fuller’s Company

(Probably from Delaware County) Served from August 23, until September 24, 1812. Lieut. Roswell Fuller Ensign, Joseph Higgins Sergt. Nathan King Sergt. Martin Pace Sergt. David Buell Sergt. Darius Bardsley Corp. Truman Case Corp. Norman Case Drummer Nathaniel Carpenter Fifer, John Hardin Privates Benjamin, Daniel Carpenter, Alfred Case, Ralph Davis, Eleazar Ely, Peter Gibson, Samuel Herrick, Septemus Higgins, Ebenezer Higgins, Josiah Keys, Talmon Millhiser, Phillip Patton, William Pierce, Ariel Powers, Luther Ryan, Edward Scribner Elias Shaw, Benjamin Skeels, Reuben Tuller, Roswell, Jr. Vinning, Elver Watson, William Zimmerman, Henry

Biography of John Q. Moxley, M. D.

Dr. John Ouincy Moxley, the pioneer druggist of Lewiston, and a successful practicing physician, was born in Scioto County, Ohio, April 15, 1846, and is of English lineage, the original American ancestors having been early settlers of New England. His father, Thomas S. Moxley, was born in Vermont, and when a young man removed to Ohio, where he engaged in the practice of medicine for fifty years. He married Miss Susan McConnell, of Portsmouth, Ohio, and to them were born six children, three of whom are now living. The father died in the seventy-fourth year of his age, and the … Read more

Biography of Herbert George House

Herbert George House, conducting a bond business and fire insurance agency, has won many clients, by reason of his thoroughness, his progressive methods and his unfaltering enterprise. Muskogee has reason to class him with her representative citizens, recognizing his value as a factor in the commercial and financial development of the city. Mr. House came to the southwest from Ohio, his birth having occurred in Cardington, that state, on the 3d of September, 1870. His parents were Richard Johnson and Mary June (Cook) House, the former a banker, now deceased. Herbert G. House became a student in the University at … Read more

Biographical Sketch of John William Smith

Smith, John William; attorney; born, Cleveland, O., May 15, 1880; son of J. A. and Marietta Edmondston Smith; educated, Ohio Wesleyan University, A. B., 1902; Western Reserve University, B. L., 1905; married, Bowling Green, O., Dec. 27, 1906, Edith Louise St. John; issue, Frederick Whitman Smith, William. Richard Smith; Cleveland Business University, Born Steel Range Co.; member of firm Smith, Taft & Arter; member Cleveland Real Estate Board, Athletic, and Tippecanoe Clubs, and Chamber of Commerce.

Biographical Sketch of Joseph Charles Placak

Placak, Joseph Charles; physician; born, Cleveland, Feb. 22, 1882; son of Anthony and Jennie Goldstein Placak; educated, public schools, Cleveland, M. D.. Medical Department, Ohio Wesleyan University; post-graduate, University of Prague, Austria; married, Cleveland, March 20, 1907, Eunice S. Emde; two children; resident pathologist and resident physician, Cleveland. City Hospital, 1903-1905; medical supt., Cooley Farm’s, Warrensville, 1906-1910, in charge of tuberculosis work open air schools of Cleveland, public schools, 1911-1913; lecturer on internal medicine, Cleveland College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1905-1911; visiting pathologist, Cleveland City Hospital, 1906-1907; physician in charge Tuberculosis Dispensary, Haymarket District; visiting pathologist, Eddy Road Hospital; member … Read more

Roll Of Capt. Robert Reid’s Company

(Probably from Delaware County) Served from July 28, until Sept 6, 1813. Capt. Robert Reid Lieut. John Hedges Ensign, John Cole Lieut. George Teagarden Sergt. Joshua Hedges Sergt. Henry Bennet Sergt. James Tollman Corp. John Childs Corp. Benjamin Smith Sergt. Isaac Hoffhines Corp. Isaiah Bell Sergt. James Lallern Corp. John Reid Sergt. James Reid Sergt. John Winterstein Sergt. Missamore Privates Anderson, John Bell, Abner Bell, James Bennet, Henry Bishop, William Briner, John Brinker, George Brown, Samuel Brown, William Burgett, Jacob Burton, Bazel Butlinger, George Butlinger, John Champ, John Champ, William Clark, William Cock, David Cole, Joshua Columber, Richard Coonrad, Henry … Read more

Roll Of Capt. Henry Slack’s Company

(Probably from Delaware County) Served from October 27, until November 19, 1812. Capt. Henry Slack Lieut. Samuel Maynard Ensign, David Butler Sergt. David Skeels Sergt. Shearman Fairchild Sergt. Ethan Palmer Sergt. Joel Taylor Privates Adams, Samuel Barker, Joseph Bishop, Elisha Brundage, Nathaniel Cowan, Levi M Foust, John James Preston Johnson, Stafford Kyrk, John Lewis, Isaac Marvin, Jesse Patrick, Benjamin Peny, Henry Roberts, Amar Roberts, John Rogers, Philemon Rosecrans, Abraham Rugg, Orn Shover, James Show, Jonothan Steudevant, Ira Swetland, Artemus Taylor, Nathan Welsh, Isaac William, Heaver C.

Biography of Henry Van Deman Faris

Henry Van Deman Faris, of Kanopolis, is a Kansas around whom center many associations of territorial and pioneer times. He is by five years the oldest living pioneer in Kansas west of Salina. He had been continuously identfied with Ellsworth County more than half a century. Mr. Faris comes of that adventuresome pioneer stock that in successive waves had peopled and developed American soil. His grandfather, John Faris, was born in Ireland of Scotch descent. On coming to this country he partieipated as a soldier in the struggle for independence, and afterwards became a farmer in Virginia. He located on … Read more

Roll Of Lieut. Samuel Cooper’s Company

(Probably from Delaware County) Served from August 24, until September 10, 1812. Lieut. Samuel Cooper Ensign, David Marks Sergt. Isaac Keys Sergt. Samuel Harding Privates Cooper, John Davis, David Davis, John D Driver, John Driver, Thomas Dunn, Andrew Evans, Edward Gallant, Allen Gallant, James Hoskins, John Jones, Richard Kepler, Samuel Lookingbell, Abraham Penn, Robert Penny, David Phillips, John Scribner, John Shannon, George Warner, Thomas

Roll Of Capt. Benjamin Fairchild’s Company

(Probably from Delaware County) Served from July 26, until August 10, 1813. Capt. Benjamin Fairchilds Lieut. Gilbert Weeks Ensign Markus Curtis Sergt. Sherman Fairchilds Sergt. William Williams Sergt. Daniel Lane Sergt. William Hendrichs Corp. Barak Weeks Corp. William Smith Corp. Nathaniel Batch Corp. Lorrin Hills Privates Andrews, Thomas Baughman, Adam Bennet, James Budd, John Budd, William Faucher, Henry Faucher, Samuel Hills, Zimri Jenkins, David Lock, Jesse Pelton, Johnson Plum, Parysek Roberts, John Robinson, John W Rogers, Philemon Schovey, John Sebring, Francis Smuthers, Christian

Roll Of Capt. Henry Slack’s Company

(Probably from Delaware Co.) Served from August 24, until September 25, 1812. Part served from July 26, until August 13, 1813. Capt. Henry Slack Lieut. Gilbert Weeks Lieut. Benjamin Carpenter Sergt. Gilbert Carpenter Sergt. Mathew Marvin Sergt. Alexander Smith Corp. Daniel Alden Corp. Benjamin Shoemaker Corp. Leonard Jones Corp. Henry Love Corp. Robert Carpenter Corp. James Carpenter Corp. Sylvester Drake Fifer, Mathias Vanloon Privates Anway, George Armstrong, David Barr, Alva Bishop, Daniel Bonnet, Isaac Brown, John Budd, John Carpenter, Moses Closson, Jacob Day, Charles Fairchild, Benjamin Ford, Augustus Gregory, David Harper, James Harris, Samuel Heath, Samuel Helt, Michael Hess, George … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Frank Z. Jones

Jones, Frank Z.; plaster contractor; born, Delaware, O., Sept. 21, 1879; son of Albert and Margaret Common Jones; educated, Delaware, O., public schools; married, Windsor, Can., Dec. 1, 1903, Lillie L. Baker; issue, three sons; learned trade under his father, and contracted in Delaware for several years; in 1901, went to Dayton, O., and spent three years there as journeyman; worked in Toledo one year, and then came to Cleveland, in 1904; worked as journeyman until 1912; moved to Lakewood, and built his home, and has been in contract business since.

Biographical Sketch of N. R. Duer

N. R. Duer, farmer and school-teacher; P. O. Oakland; born in Fairfield Co., Ohio, May 13, 1832, where he attended school and engaged in farming until he attained his majority, when he engaged in school-teaching one year; he then entered the Ohio Wesleyan University, located at Delaware, which he attended for upward of two years; he then engaged in farming and school-teaching in Ohio, until 1862, when he emigrated to Illinois and located in Clark Co., where he followed teaching and farming until 1864, when he located in Coles Co., and engaged in teaching in Oakland one year, and one … Read more

Biography of James H. Richards

Among the prominent lawyers of Boise is Judge James Heber Richards, who has practiced at the bar of this state for nine years, winning an enviable reputation by his erudition, his ability to give to each point of a case its due prominence, his force in argument and his mastery of the intricate problems of jurisprudence. In a witty after-dinner speech Chauncey M. Depew once said, “Some men achieve greatness, some men are born great, and some men are born in Ohio.” The first and last clauses are both applicable to Judge Richards, who is a native of the Buckeye … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Edwin James Foster

Foster, Edwin James; attorney-at-law; born, Strongsville, O., 1847; son of Nathan and Betsy Hulet Foster; educated, Ohio Wesleyan University one year; graduated at Baldwin University in 1873, A. B. & A. M.; graduated from the Boston University Law School in its second class; married, Cleveland, 1280, Julia E. Stroud; two children, Athene S. and Merlyn S. Foster; was assignee of The Cleveland Paper Co., carried on the business and effected a settlement of over $300,000; settled the claim of Engineer Folsom, who went down on his engine at the time of the Ashtabula disaster; this settlement was attempted at the … Read more

Roll Of Lieut. Addison Garver’s Company

(Probably from Delaware County) Served from July 26, unt1l August, 13, 1813. Lieut. Addison Garver Ensign David Butler Sergt. Joseph Steward. Privates Adams. Johnson Atkin, Russell Benjamin Patrick Carpenter, Henry Carpenter, William Crandell Rosecrans Daniel J. Carpenter Heaver, William C Helt, George Helt, Michael John Leonard Lewis, Chester Lewis, John. Jr. Lewis, Joseph Longwell, Robert Mathias, Nauloon Moses Carpenter Phipps, Jacob Phipps. William Rosecrans, John Slack, Ezekial Slack, John Stark. James Taylor, Nathan Young, Andrew

Biographical Sketch of Homer H. McKeehan

McKeehan, Homer H.; lawyer; born, Hillsboro, O., June 27, 1870; son of Milton and Sarah Foraker McKeehan; Ohio Wesleyan University, B. A.; married, Hillsboro, 0., Dec. 16, 1896, Nancy Spaeger; one daughter; member law firm Hoyt, Dustin, Kelley, McKeehan & Andrews; member Union, Country, Mayfield, Euclid, and Athletic Clubs, and (I.K Fraternity).

Biography of George S. Murphey

For over forty years George S. Murphey had been a banker. Nearly thirty of those years have been spent in Kansas, and as president of the First National Bank of Manhattan he is at the head of one of the strong and stable financial institutions of the state. Most of his life had been spent in the West and he was in the Middle West at a time when it was really the Far West. His birth occurred in Delaware, Ohio, September 24, 1846. His father James Murphey was born in Penusylvania and his mother Rhoda Carpenter was born in … Read more

Roll Of Capt. Joab Norton’s Company

(Probably from Delaware County) Served from June 2, until September 19, 1812. Capt. Joab Norton Sergt. Ira Carpenter Lieut. John Aye Ensign, Jonothan Hatch Sergt. M. McLoeland Sergt. John Depson Sergt. Erastus Rowe Corp. Francis Beebe Corp. James Miller Corp. Harlock Dunham Drummer, Jonothan Dunham Corp. Samuel Scribner Fifer, Silas Denham Privates Aye, Jacob Brown, John Cocheran, Harper Conner, Joseph Crosby, Rhederick Curtis, Asa D. Dickey, John Diminck, Daniel Duncan, James Erwin, James Erwin, William George, Thomas Godfrey, Samuel Hatch, Nathaniel Heavilors, Barnett Lemon, David Leonard, Amos Little, William Maker, William McFilly, Thomas Minter, John, Jr. Minter, Valentine Monroe, Lemuel … Read more