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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
A Standard History of Springfield and Clark County,
Ohio
An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention
to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial,
Educational, Civic and Social Development
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Prepared Under the Editorial Supervision of
Dr. Benjamin F. Prince
President Clark County Historical Society
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Assisted by a Board of Advisory Editors
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Volumes 2
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Published by
The American Historical Society
Chicago and New York
1922
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JOHN H. THOMAS
who died at his home in the City of Springfield on the 23d
of January, 1901, was a man whose character and achievement
marked him as one of the leading citizens of his home city
and county and as one of the essentially representative men
of Ohio. Mr. Thomas was born at
Middletown, Maryland, Oct. 4, 1826, and was a son of
Jacob and Sophia (Bowlus) Thomas. As a youth he
was given exceptional educational advantages, as gauged by
the average standards of the day, and in 1849 he graduated
from Marshall College at Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. In
1851 he became a student of law in the office of Hon. S.
W. Andrews at Columbus, Ohio, and later continued his
technical studies under the preceptorship of William
White, who was at that time one of the ablest and most
influential members of the bar at Springfield. After
his admission to the bar Mr. Thomas was
engaged in the practice of his profession at Springfield
about two years, and he gained secure place in the
confidence and esteem of this community, the while he made
an excellent record in the work of his profession. His
popularity was indicated by his election to the office of
county recorder of Clark County, within a comparatively
short time after he had here established his residence, and
he was the incumbent of this office at the time of the
inception of Springfield’s remarkable development as an
industrial center. His practical provision of future
possibilities enabled him to take advantage of opportunities
here presented in a business way. He became senior
member of the firm of Thomas & Mast, in which his
coadjutor was the late P. P. Mast, and they were
among the first here to engage in the manufacturing of
agricultural implements—a field of enterprise in which
Springfield has become one of the leading industrial centers
of the United States. Mr. Thomas retired
from the firm in 1872, after the enterprise had been
developed into one of important and prosperous order, and in
1874 he resumed his active alliance with local manufacturing
interests by organizing a firm in which his sons William
S. and Findley B. became his associates. The
business has been continued with unequivocal success during
the long intervening years, and in the manufacturing of all
kinds of agricultural implements the Thomas
Manufacturing Company is today one of the important
industrial concerns of Springfield.
Mr. Thomas was significantly a man of thought
and action, and his versatility of talent led to his
benigant influence being extended prominently into civic and
political avenues. In 1868 he was the democratic
nominee for representative of this district in the United
States Congress, but was unable to overcome the great and
normal republican majority in the district. When
United States senators were elected by the Legislatures of
the respective states Mr. Thomas became a
candidate for the office, his successful opponent having
been the late Hon. Calvin S. Brice.
Mr. Thomas became a man of wealth and influence,
but he ever had a high sense of personal stewardship and
realized the objective responsibilities which success
imposes. Thus he was most liberal in the support of
charitable and philanthropic agencies and in this connection
one of the most noteworthy of his benefactions was his
financial gift which made possible the establishing and
maintaining of the Mitchell-Thomas Hospital at Springfield.
In 1854 was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Thomas
and Miss Mary Bonser, daughter of Hon. Jacob Bonser,
of Chillicothe, Ohio, and she preceded him to the life
eternal. They are survived by four children:
William S., Findley B., Nellie (Mrs. Augustus N. Summers)
and Mabel (Mrs. L. P. Matthews).
SOURCE: A Standard History of Springfield and Clark County,
Ohio; Vol. 2; Benjamin F. Prince, 1922 - Page 352 |
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WILLIAM S. THOMAS,
president of the Thomas Manufacturing Company and of the Mad
River National Bank of Springfield, is one of the
essentially representative men of his native city, and is a
son of the late John H. Thomas, to whom a memoir is
dedicated in preceding paragraphs.
Mr. Thomas was born at Springfield on the 22d of
April, 1857, received his preliminary education in public
and private schools and was but fourteen years old when he
entered Wooster University, in which institution he was
graduated, with honors, in 1875—one of the youngest students
ever graduated in this excellent Ohio institution. As
noted in the preceding sketch of the career of his honored
father, he became associated with the latter in the
organization of the Thomas Manufacturing Company, of
which he was made treasurer in 1886 and of which he has been
president since the death of his father in 1901. From
his early manhood Mr. Thomas has been a
prominent and influential figure in the civic, industrial,
commercial and social life of his native city. He has long
been president of the Mad River National Bank, and has been
a dominating force in making this one of the leading
financial institutions of this section of Ohio. He was
president of the Jefferson Club from 1880 to 1890. For
many years he has been an active member of the First
Presbyterian Church, in which his parents likewise held
membership and he has served as president of
its board of trustees. He is a valued member of the
Springfield Commercial Club, and has served as president of
the Ohio Shippers’ Association. In divers ways Mr.
Thomas has contributed liberally of time and money to
movements and enterprises advanced or the general good of
his home city and county, and in the World war period he was
a veritable tower of strength in connection with the various
patriotic activities in the city and county. The
Thomas Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of a
large and widely diversified line of agricultural
implements, has contributed in large measure to the
industrial and commercial fame and solidity of Springfield.
Mr. Thomas has long been influential in the councils
and campaign activities of the democratic party and for
years has been a member of the democratic State Central
Committee of Ohio. Though he has had no desire for
public office, his civic loyalty has caused him to give
effective service in various local offices of trust, often
at a personal sacrifice.
Dec. 8, 1887, recorded the marriage of Mr. Thomas
and Miss Fannie Senteny, who was born in the City of
Louisville, Kentucky. They have three children:
John Henry, Wallace Senteny and Lucretia (Mrs. Burton
Carr, of Richmond, Indiana). Wallace S. Thomas
was an instructor in the aviation service of the Government
during the major part of the time during which the nation
was involved in the World war, and was an aviation pilot in
active service at the time when the war closed.
SOURCE: A Standard History of Springfield and Clark County,
Ohio; Vol. 2; Benjamin F. Prince, 1922 - Page 353 |
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ROBERT
A. TINDALL, farmer and land owner, has spent
practically all his life industriously engaged on the farm
where he now resides in Greene Township.
He was born there Feb. 7, 1876, son of Robert and
Mary A. (Hartwell) Tindall. The Tindalls
are a pioneer family of Clark County. His
grandparents, Thomas and Sarah Tindall, were natives
of England, were married and some of their children were
born in that country, and about a century ago they
established their home in Clark County, where they lived out
their lives. Robert Tindall was born on the
home farm in Greene Township, June 25, 1825, and he had a
long life of industry and honorable citizenship. He
died Nov. 7, 1907. He was a republican in politics,
had served as a school director, and his wife was an active
member of the Methodist Church. Mary A. Hartwell
was born at Xenia, Ohio, Sept. 21, 1839, and died June 20,
1876, the mother of three sons and three daughters.
Robert A. Tindall was the youngest child, and was only a
few weeks old when his mother died. He has two
brothers living: Herbert D., born Jan. 5, 1865,
who has never married and lives at the old homestead; and
William, born Nov. 16, 1873, a resident of Memphis,
Tennessee.
Robert A. Tindall during his boyhood attended
the district schools and almost from his earliest
recollections he has done some of the work on the farm where
he now lives. Mr. Tindall owns a well improved
place of 171 acres. He is a republican in
politics.
Jan. 20, 1916, he married Marjory Stuckey, who
was born in Xenia, Ohio, June 8, 1897, daughter of
Clarence and Blanche (Weddle) Stuckey. She was
reared at Xenia, and attended school there and also the
Selma High School. Mr. and Mrs. Tindall have
twin children, Robert H. and Wanda, born May
5, 1917.
Source: A Standard History of Springfield and Clark
County, Ohio - Vol. 2 - Publ.: The American Historical
Society - Chicago & New York - 1922 - Page 76 |
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PAUL
E. TROXELL, member of an old Clark County family, has
found an interesting and useful sphere of activity as a
farmer and stock dealer. His home is in Harmony Township, in
Section 15, on Rural Route No. 1 out of Plattsburg. He was
born at the old Troxell homestead in Section 16 on
Oct. 8, 1887, son of William and Dora (Shyrack)
Troxell. His father was born in Virginia, came to Ohio
at the age of fifteen, worked for some years at month wages,
and from a humble start made for himself a successful
position as a trader and farmer. He was a deacon in the
Christian Church and a charter member of its home church,
was a republican and served on the School Board and as
township trustee. By his first marriage he had no children.
His second wife, Dora Shyrack, was born at
Plattsburg in Clark County, Jan. 28, 1848, and she died
Sept. 5, 1917, having survived her husband from May,
1888. They had six children: Pearl, George, Jessie,
Virginia, William P., and Paul E. Paul E. Troxell
grew up on the old farm, and still owns an interest in 475
acres comprising the homestead. He was educated in the
public schools, in business college and spent three terms in
the Agricultural School of Ohio State University. He is a
practical farmer, and for a number of years has been
operating as a livestock dealer. Apr. 25, 1918, Mr.
Troxell married Marie Stoll, who was
born at South Vienna in Clark County and finished her
education in the Springfield High School. They have one
daughter, Mary M., born Feb. 16, 1919. Mrs.
Troxell is a member of the Christian Church.
Fraternally he is active in Masonry, being affiliated with
Fielding Lodge No. 192, F. and A. M., Springfield Chapter,
Springfield Commandery and Antioch Temple of the Mystic
Shrine at Dayton. He is a republican in politics.
SOURCE: A Standard History
of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio by Benjamin F. Prince,
1922 - Page 369 - Transcribed for Ohio Genealogy Express by
Cathy Portz |
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WILLIAM TROXELL. One of the
most influential citizens of Clark County is a man
representative of the rural interests, William P. Troxell,
proprietor of the Oakland Farm, a mile and a half west of
Plattsburg, on the Springfield and Lincoln Road. Mr.
Troxell was born on this farm Mar. 18, 1887, son of
William and Dora (Shyrack) Troxell. His father was
a native of Virginia, came to Ohio at the age of nineteen,
finished his education in the public schools, and married a
Clark County girl. After his marriage he located on what is
now the Oakland Farm, and was active in the affairs of that
community until his death. He was a republican, served as
township trustee, and he and his wife were devout members of
the Christian Church. She died Sept. 5, 1917. Of their
six children five are living: Pearl, who graduated
from high school and attended college, is the wife of E.
W. Cruikshank, of San Bernardino, California; Jessie is
the widow of Charles Mitsch; Virginia is the wife of
C. E. Laybourne; William P. is the next in age; and
Paul E., is a farmer in Harmony Township. William P.
Troxell was born in the house where he and his family
now reside, and as he grew to manhood at attended the common
and high schools of the vicinity, and is also a graduate of
Nelson's Business College at Springfield. Mr. Troxell
married Marie M. McMahan on Dec. 24, 1918. She
was born in Harmony Township of Clark County and is a
graduate of the Plattsburg High School. They have one son,
William, Jr. Mrs. Troxell is a member of the
Christian Church, while Mr. Troxell is affiliated
with Fielding Lodge No. 192, F. and A. M., with Springfield
Commandery, K. T., Antioch Temple of the Mystic Shrine at
Dayton, and takes an influential part in the work of the
Farm Bureau and Grange. He is a republican, a member of the
Harmony Township School Board and has served as ditch
commissioner and township assessor. The Oakland Farm
comprises two hundred and twenty-five acres, and in addition
to the management of its crop production, Mr. Troxell
does a large business in shipping and dealing in live stock. He is a breeder at his farm of registered Angus cattle and
Hampshire hogs.
SOURCE: A Standard
History of Springfield and Clark County, Ohio by Benjamin F.
Prince, 1922 - Page 362
- Transcribed for Ohio Genealogy Express by Cathy
Portz |
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ALBERT TUTTLE.
Quietly pursuing the life of the average American citizen,
the late Albert Tuttle did his duty as he saw
it, and was recognized as a responsible factor in the life
of his community. For a number of years he was a
substantial resident and active farmer of Springfield
Township, and took an effective part in public life, being
especially active as a member of the local school board.
His work here is ended, but the effect of what he
accomplished lives on, and has its influence on thse
present and rising generations.
Albert Tuttle was born at Vienna, Ohio,
in March, 1841, a son of Zebidee and Elizabeth (Wolf)
Tuttle, natives of Virginia, who at an early day came
west to Ohio and located near Vienna, and spent the
remainder of their lives on a farm in Springfield Township.
They were most excellent people and were very highly
regarded by their neighbors.
Growing up on his father’s farm, Albert
Tuttle early learned to be useful, and while assisting
his father attended the local schools. Subsequently he
was a student of Wittenberg College, Springfield, Ohio.
In 1868 he moved to a farm of 145 acres in Springfield
Township, of which he owned eighty-one acres, and there he
was engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death, which
occurred on the farm. All his life he was loyal to the
republican party. Early in life he united with the
Presbyterian Church, and both he and his wife became honored
members of the United Presbyterian Church of Springfield, of
which she is still a member.
On Apr. 5, 1868, Mr. Tuttle married Miss
Catherine Johnson, born in Springfield Township, Sept.
12, 1842, a daughter of James and Nellie (Johnson)
Johnson, natives of Ireland, who, following their
marriage left Ireland and came directly to Ohio, locating on
a farm they bought in what is now the southern part of
Springfield, and here they later died. They were the
parents of nine children, of whom Mrs. Tuttle
is the youngest.
Mr. and Mrs. Tuttle had one son, Bert Isaac
Tuttle, who is agent for the Ford automobile at
Springfield. He married Jessie Russell, and
they have three children, namely: Albert Russell, who
operates the Tuttle homestead; Edwin
Mark, who is at home; and Nellie, who is a public
school teacher. After the death of Mr. Tuttle Mrs.
Tuttle moved to Springfield, where she built a fine
residence at 625 South Limestone Street*, and she occupies
one side of the house and her son the other. She was
educated in the Possum district school. A most
estimable lady, she is occupied with her household and
church duties, and enjoys the companionship of a congenial
circle of personal friends.
SOURCE: A Standard History of Springfield and Clark County,
Ohio; Vol. 2; Benjamin F. Prince, 1922 - Page 255
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