27th United States Infantry. (From Fairfield, Franklin, and Delaware Counties, and part of Western Reserve.) Served In 1813 and 1814. Capt. George Sanderson Lieut. Abner P. Risney or Lieut. John H. Mifford Lieut. Arora or Ahdory Butler Pinney Ensign William Hall Lieut. Abraham Fisk Lieut. Andrew Bushnell Sergt. Chaney Case Sergt. Maj. Linus Williams Lieut. …
Parker, Charles Barnsdall; surgeon, born, New York, Nov. 23, 1853; son of James and Harriet (Barnsdall) Parker; A. B., University of Rochester, 1874; M. D., Wooster Medical College, Cleveland, 1877; Vienna and London, 1877-1880; (M. R. C. S., London, 1880; M. S., Ohio Wesleyan University); married Lena Schlather, of Cleveland, June 24, 1891; prof. clin, …
(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, …
When we think of the wonderful development of our country in the last half century we find that it is largely due to two agencies, railroad construction and civil engineering, and of both of these industries Joseph C. Straughan is a representative. The era of progress and development in the various sections of this great …
If Kansas should be called upon, through some unfortunate circumstance, to lose at this time the services of Hon. Joseph H. Mercer, state live stock commissioner, it would still owe him a debt of gratitude for the great work he has accomplished in the eradication of the evils attending the foot-and-mouth and other diseases injurious …
(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. …
Teter, Charles K., D. D. S.; professional anesthetist and minor oral surgery; born, Westfield, Ind., Sept. 25, 1875; son of Rev. J. H. and Sarah Howard Teter; educated, Westerville High School, 1892-1894; Otterbein University, 1894-1897; Ohio Medical University, D. D. S., 1897-1900; married, Galena, O., Feb. 28, 1900, Etta M. Bush; issue, two sons and …
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Smith, John Alvaro; lawyer; born, Union County, O., Dec. 12, 1848; son of John W. and Esther A. Keys Smith; educated, O. W. U., Delaware, O., 1871, A. M. & B. A.; B. L., Ohio Law College, Cleveland, 1872; admitted to U. S. Courts, July 4, 1872; married, Cleveland, July 18, 1876, Marietta Edmondston; one …
John Burwell, retired farmer; P. O. Oakland; born in Morris Co., N. J., Feb. 1, 1813, where he engaged in the manufacture of wrought iron until 19 years of age, when he emigrated West and engaged at his trade in the States of Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio, until 1840, when he abandoned his trade and …
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; …
(Probably from Delaware County) Served from May 4, until May 27, 1813. Part served from July 26, until August 13, 1813 Capt. Ichabold Plum Lieut. John Milligan Ensign John Brundage Sergt. Thomas Brown Sergt. Adison Carver Sergt. Benjamin Carpenter Sergt. David Butler Corp. Joel Taylor Corp, Ezra Olds Corp. Joseph Carrin Corp Gilbert Weeks Corp. …
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, …
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).
One of the prominent attorneys of Checotah is Joseph G. Schofield, who was born in Lowell, Ohio, on the 22d of September, 1847, a son of Joseph C. and Anna (Miller) Schofield. He is of English and colonial ancestry on his father’s side and Scotch-Irish ancestry on the maternal side. The Schofield family in America …
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 …
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 …
(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 …
Eichelberger, George Hamilton; lawyer; born, Urbana, O., Jan. 24, 1877; son of George M. and Emma Ring Eichelberger; educated, Ohio Weslyan University; married, New York City, Aug. 11, 18908; Frances Staunton Dodge; one daughter; United States Marshal at Shanghai, China, 1897-1900; since coming to Cleveland, connected with 5th Ohio Infantry as battalion adjt.; practiced law …
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Austin H. Jennings. For many years the name of Jennings has been honorably associated with business enterprises of importance in Kansas City, through the efforts of Austin H. Jennings, who is president of the Crystal Springs Ice, Fuel & Grain Company and is interested in other concerns that occupy a prominent place in the commercial …
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 …
