Franklin County OH

Biography of John Calvin Dixon

John Calvin Dixon, proprietor of the C. O. D. Grocery, San Bernardino, was born in 1840, in Reynoldsburg, Franklin County, Ohio, and there spent the first eighteen years of his life. In 1858 he moved with his father’s family to Jasper County, Iowa, and there his father, who was a brick-mason by trade, and had also been a farmer, engaged in the grocery business, with John as assistant in the store. Upon the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion he promptly responded to his country’s call for volunteers and enlisted as a member of the Fifth Iowa Infantry … Read more

Roll Of Capt. Israel P. Case’s Company

(Probably from Franklin County) Served from August 24, until October 4, 1812, and from May 4, until May 27, 1813. Capt. Israel P. Case Lieut. Cruger Wright Lieut. Abiel Case Ensign, Timothy Lee Sergt. George Osborne Sergt. Job W. Case Sergt. Obediah Blakely Sergt. Charles Thompson Sergt. Herman Wheeler Sergt. William Hall Sergt. Ebenezer Goodrich Sergt. Edward Phelps Drummer, Samuel Beach Fifer, Jeremiah Boardman Privates Andrews, Waren Bardsley, Ebenezer Beech, Samuel Bisett, William Bristol, Adna Brown, Gilbert Case, Henry Case, Orin Clark, Oliver Cochrin, Glass Cochrin, Harper Cooper, Thomas Deckron, Daniel Denton, Justus Goodrich, Bela Goodrich, Levim Holmsted, Philo Ingham, … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Henry R. Cool

Cool, Henry R.; wholesale lumber; born, Urbanna, O., Oct. 22, 1878; son of William A. and Lena Rose Cool; education, Urbanna University and Ohio State University, 1899; married, Cleveland, Nov. 23, 1904, Helen Ranney Adams; issue, Kenneth Adams, Dee. 13, 1905, Janet Ranney, July 12, 1907; New York mgr. of Eastern Sash, Door & Glass Co.; resigning to join his father in lumber business; later junior partner in W. A. Cool & Son (1904); sec’y Service Recorder Co.; director Adams Bag Co.; member Chamber of Commerce, and Hermit Club; Chi Phi; interested in the development of southern timber and farm … Read more

Biography of Edward Long

EDWARD LONG. – Edward Long was born June 3, 1817, in Columbus, Franklin county, Ohio. His ancestors were Puritans, and emigrated from Londonderry (now Derry), New Hampshire, in 1721. The emigrants who settled that town were Presbyterians of the John Knox school, and are called Scotch-Irish, being descendants of a colony which migrated from Argyleshire, Scotland, and settled in the province of Ulster in the north of Ireland about the year 1612. Soon after the evacuation of Nova Scotia by the French, about the year 1763, a large number of families, among whom were the grandparents of Edward Long, moved … Read more

Roll Of Capt. George William’s Company

(Probably from Franklin Co.) Served from August 26, until October 10, 1812. Capt. George Williams Lieut. Jacob Foster Ensign, Robert Breckenridge Sergt. William Duff Sergt. John Goldsmith Sergt. John Carnohan Sergt. Mathew Brown Corp. William White Corp. Charles O’Neil Corp. John Hoover Corp. John Stephenson Pifer, Thomas Shreves Drummer, William McKibben Privates Balenger, Joseph Bennet, Joseph Carter, Joseph Chinowith, Thomas Clark, Daniel Clark, Richard DeWitt, Martin England, Jacob Hoffman, Henry Hoover, Abraham Johnston James Jones, James Kelsel, Nicholas Knis, John Martin, John Mathews, Hiram McLaughlin, Hiram Messer, Isaac Morris, Joseph O’Neil, Johnston Parish, Reuben Potston, Cornelius Radcliffe, Job Romine, Elias … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Walter E. Newcomb

Newcomb, Walter E.; orthodontist; born, Parkman, O., Aug. 2, 1879; son of Wallace E. and Ada Moore Newcomb; Ohio State University Doctor of Dental Surgery, 1902; married, Columbus, O., April 28, 1906, Louise P. Ruggles; one son and one daughter; graduate Angle School of Orthodontia; member Ohio State Dental Society, Cleveland Dental Society, Northern Ohio Dental Society, and Professor of Orthodontia, Western Reserve University, 1908-1000; member Xi Psi Phi Fraternity; belongs to Euclid, Athletic, and Gun Clubs, and Lakewood Yacht Club.

Biography of Hon. Rockey P. Earhart

HON. ROCKEY P. EARHART.- Among those whose names add luster to the roll of the inhabitants of the Pacific Northwest, none stand higher in the estimation of the public, for ability and probity, than the subject of this sketch. Mr. Earhart is a native of Ohio, having been born in Franklin county, in that state, on June 23, 1837. He acquired his education at selected schools; and his natural instincts to fit himself for a useful sphere in after life caused him to make the most of opportunities offered. In 1855, he came to Oregon via Panama, and soon after … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Gen. James G. Blunt

Gen. James G. Blunt was a brave and able soldier, albeit never recognized as a brilliant man of civil affairs. He was born in Hancock County, Maine, in 1826, and until his fourteenth year lived on his father’s farm. Running away from home, he was a sailor for four years and then studied medicine. In February, 1849, he graduated from the Starling Medical College at Columbus, Ohio, and in the following January located at New Madison, Ohio, where he practiced his profession until late in 1856, when he removed to Kansas and settled in Anderson County. He quickly became an … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Allen William Sells

Up to a few years ago every American boy had one very definite association with the name Sells. This name represented to him, as at least a passing mood, all the glory and wonder of the world through the great circus and menagerie operated under the name Sells Brothers. The Sells Brothers organization was one of the greatest achievements of its kind the world had known. This name had had a long and intimate association with the City of Topeka because one of the original Sells Brothers, out of the world wide acquaintance with towns and localities, chose this city … Read more

Roll Of Capt. Samuel Lybrand’s Company

(Probably from Franklin County) Served from July 29, until September 6, 1813. Capt. Samuel Lybrand Lieut. Cornelius Casey Ensign Philip Wheitzell Sergt. Jacob 0. Lutz Sergt. Jacob H. Lutz Sergt. Noble Roberts Sergt. Isaiah Willetts Corp. Robert Field Corp. Jesse Willets Corp. Jacob Whitesell Privates Busbey, John Culp, Peter Culp, Sebastian Dunkel, John Fogler, Henry Fogler, John Grundy, Abraham Heller, George Judey, Simon Justice, Griffith Kline, Henry Koons, Peter Markel, Abraham Marts, Peter Myers, John Palmer, Jesse Richeldaifer, Henry Shisler, John Stump, Joel Whitzell, George Wildban, George Willits, Isaac Willits, James Willits, William Zearing, Peter

Biography of Charles H. Apt

Charles H. Apt first came to Kansas in the weeks following the first election of Grover Cleveland for the presidency. He had already been thoroughly trained and for a time had practiced law in Ohio, and deciding upon a location in Kansas, he transferred his professional interests to this state and for more than thirty years had been a successful lawyer, had acquired a large amount of farming interests, and is one of the best known citizens of Iola. He is now head of the law firm of Apt & Apt, having a son in partnership with him. The Apt … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Michael A. Fanning

Fanning, Michael A.; construction work; born, Cleveland, Aug. 26, 1857; son of Michael Fanning, Sr.; common school education at St. Patrick’s Parish School, but graduated from The University of the Printing Office; in 1885, married Miss Octavia Dix, of New Orleans; issue, two daughters and one son; early business life spent in newspaper work in St. Louis, Mo., Columbus, O., and political correspondent for a number of western papers; came back to Cleveland, and in 1899, made sec’y of the Municipal Ass’n; in 1900, state agt. for the Barber Asphalt Co., and later took agencies of Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri; … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Fred Baldwin

Baldwin, Fred; born, Yorkshire, England, Feb. 11, 1882; son of Robert and Martha Baldwin; educated in England; married, Columbus, O., Aug. 1910, Margaret May Talbot; resident of Cleveland for 5 years.

Biographical Sketch of B. M. Duncan

Duncan, B. M.; attorney; born, Millersburg, O., June 30, 1879; son of John and Isabel Jameson Duncan; educated, St. Laurence University and Ohio State University, law course; member of firm Howell, Roberts & Duncan; member Alpha Tau Omega, Phi Delta Phi (Law) and Phi Beta Kappa Fraternities.

Biography of Peter Calvin Croco

Peter Calvin Croco. With the exception of several years spent in Missouri, Peter Calvin Croco had been a resident of Kansas since 1876, and as he had carried on operations in most every part of the state few men are better informed as to agricultural conditions here. At the present time he is the owner of a good property in Tecumseh Township, Shawnee County, which he is cultivating along modern lines, and on which he had up-to-date improvements that make the farm of 155 acres a model which many agriculturists might copy. Mr. Croco was born in Holmes County, Ohio, … Read more

Biographical Sketch of James W. Conger

Conger, James W.; merchant and mfr.; born, Washington County, Pa., Aug. 6, 1845; son of Wm. Henry Harrison and Martha Auld Conger; country school education and business college, (Columbus, O.); married, Columbus, O., 1869, Anna M. Higgins; issue, one daughter and two sons (one deceased); served three years, ten months, in Civil War (43d O. V. I.); never absent from regiment; presidential elector 1896, delegate Republican National convention, 1912, but declined to serve; delegate to Progressive National convention 1912, being on committee to notify Theodore Roosevelt of his nomination; elector-at-large, heading state Progressive ticket, same year; vice pres. and treas. … Read more

Roll Of Capt. Thomas Mickey’s Company

(Probably from Franklin Co.) Served from August 25 until October 10, 1812. Capt. Thomas Mickey Privates Armstrong, John Brickle, John Carter, Joseph Congell, Joseph Driver, John Fuller, William Hopkins, James Jones, Richard McElvain, John Morehead, Thomas Newcome, Christopher Sells, Peter

Biography of J. J. Plumer, M. D.

Dr. J. J. Plumer, the physician and surgeon of the De Lamar Mining Company, also engaged in general practice in De Lamar, is a native of Missouri, his birth having occurred in Edina, April 8, 1860. He traces his ancestry back to England, whence in the year 1832 members of the family who belonged to the sect of Puritans crossed the Atlantic to America. They braved the dangers so common to ocean voyages in those days in order to have liberty of conscience in the New World, and they and their descendants were connected with the early history of the … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Benjamin D. Nicola

Nicola, Benjamin D.; attorney; born, Italy, March 17, 1879; son of Vincenzo and Pasqua Miraldi Nicola; educated, Urichsville, O., High School, 1897; Ohio State University 1897-1901, LL. B., 1900; married Midvale, O., June 29, 1905, Harriet M. Stuckey; issue, four children, Kenneth, Esther, Margaret and Samuel; has practiced law in Cleveland since Jan. 1, 1905; member Chamber of Commerce, Odd Fellows, Tippecanoe Club.

Roll Of Capt. Joseph Gorton’s Company

(Probably from Franklin County) Served from August 25, until October 10, 1812. Capt. Joseph Gorton Sergt. Mathew Mathews Drummer, Andrew Corpus Privates Badger, William Bailie, Stewart Benton, Nathan Breckenrige, James Gordon, John Grubb, Jacob Hopper, Robert Instice, John John, John McNutt, William Moody, James Overdeer, Jacob Penix, Edward Primrose, William Robertson, Francis Simmons, John Webb, Thomas