Delaware County OH

Roll Of Capt. Elias Murray’s Company (Cavalry)

(Probably from Delaware County) Served from September 20, to November 19, 1814. Capt. Elias Murray Lieut. Daniel Prince Lieut. James M. Crawford Cornet, Robert Jameson Cornet, Roswell Tulles Sergt. Cyrus Hubbard Sergt. Joseph Prince Sergt. Forest Meeker Sergt. William Riley Sergt. William Patton Sergt. George Manvill Sergt. David Dix Sergt. Aaron Welch Sergt. James Nugent Sergt. Sylvester Root Corp. Solomon Steward Corp. Nathaniel Ulyatt Corp. James Carpenter Corp. Ezra Steward Corp. Adam Shover Trumpeter, William Lother Saddler, Abner Root Farriers, James Harper Privates Adams, Elias Agord, James S Appleton, Bixbe Arnold, Calvin Basker, Orlando H Beebe, Chauncy Bush, John Carpenter, … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Alfred Arthur

Arthur, Alfred; music teacher; born, Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 8, 1844, son of Hamilton and Margaret Hanna Arthur; educated, Boston School of Music, married, Delaware, O., Dec. 12, 1871, Kate S. Burnham; two sons, Alfred Franklin and Edwin Denison; served from 1861 to July, 1865, in the 23rd Regiment, O. V. V. I., during the Civil War; at an early age studied flute and piano; studied voice with B. F. Baker, form and composition with Julius Eichberg and August Luch, also studied with Henry Brown and Mathew Arbbuck, noted soloists; was tenor in the Church of the Advent in Boston; moved … Read more

Biographical Sketch of George Hamilton Eichelberger

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 in Cleveland since 1901, (Reed & Eichelberger); Mason; member Union, Athletic, and Euclid Clubs. Recreation: Golf.

Biographical Sketch of Charles Barnsdall Parker

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, surgery, 1894, dean, 1896-1898, Cleveland College Physicians and Surgeons (Ohio Wesleyan University); surgeon, St. Luke’s and St. John’s hospitals; consulting surgeon, Cleveland City Hospital, 1894.

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

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 Dr. William H. Park

Dr. Park is a son of John and Elizabeth (Waggoner) Park, and was born January 8th, 1825, at Milton, Pennsylvania. When he was about six years of age his parents moved to Tiffin, Ohio. He was educated at Tiffin and at the Wesleyan University, at Delaware, Ohio. In the spring of 1855 he graduated from Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia. He was appointed resident physician at the alms house of the city of Baltimore, Md., but soon after returned to Tiffin, Ohio. In August, 1862, he was commissioned as surgeon of the 49th Ohio Regiment, Col. W. H. Gibson. He … Read more

Biography of John P. Clum

John P. Clum, of San Bernardino, was born in Claverack, Columbia County, New York, in 1851, and his childhood and youth were passed on the banks of the historic Hudson. At the age of nineteen he graduated at the Hudson River Institute, and entered the freshman class of Rutger’s College, New Brunswick, New Jersey. After completing the first year and creditably passing all the examinations, adverse fortune compelled him to leave college, and in 1871 he entered the meteorological service of the United States Government. Having taken a course in meteorology and signaling, he was ordered to Santa Fe, New … Read more

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

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

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

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

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 Joseph C. Straughan

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 republic west of the Atlantic coast has been almost invariably ushered in by railroad construction, and the vast network of glistening rails that trace their parallel course over mountain and plain and through the fertile valleys, represent more than mere corporate enterprise and accomplishment, since … 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

Roll Of Capt. William S. Drake’s Company

(Probably from Delaware County) Served from August 24, until September 25, 1812. Capt. William S. Drake Ensign Daniel Wyatt Sergt. Ira Wilcox Corp. John Foust Privates Brundage, Nathaniel Dundleberger, Frederick Dundleberger, Peter Ely, Peter Foust, Jacob Shaw, Jonothan Tuboss, Isaac Welsh, Isaac Wilcox, Hera

Biographical Sketch of N. P. Smith

N. P. Smith, dealer in books, stationery, etc., Oakland; born in Delaware Co., Ohio, Jan. 6, 1847, where he attended school until 16 years of age, when he removed to Pickaway Co., where he attended school one year; he then attended at Delaware City, where he entered the Wesleyan University, where he remained eighteen months; in 1866, he located in Shelby Co., Ill., and for five years engaged from four to six months during the fall and winter in teaching school, and the balance of the season farming and dealing in farm implements and machinery; he then engaged in the … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Charles K. Teter, D. D. S.

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 one daughter; private in 4th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Spanish American War; saw service in Porto Rico; chief anesthetist St. Luke’s Hospital; inventor of the Teter oxid and oxygen apparatus; vice pres. of the National Association of Anesthetists, 1912-1913; pres. The Teter Mnfg. Co.; member National … Read more