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BIOGRAPHIES
Each Book has it's own separate biographical index.
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BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX FOR SOURCE #1:
The History of Clark County, Ohio :
containing a
history of the county, its cities, towns, etc., general and local
statistics, portraits of early settlers and prominent men, history
of the Northwest Territory, history of Ohio, map of Clark County,
Constitution of the United States, miscellaneous matters, etc., etc.
Chicago: W.H. Beers & Co., 1881,
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BIOGRAPHICAL
INDEX FOR SOURCE #2:
A Standard History of Springfield and Clark County,
Ohio: an
Volume 2 - Publ. 1922
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GEORGE
ELDER, farmer; P. O. Clifton; was born in this
township January, 1839. His early years were spent on the
farm, and his only means of education was that of the common
schools of his neighborhood. At the age of 22, when his
country was in the throes of civil war, he volunteered and
entered the 16th Ohio and afterward served three years in
Co. A, 94th O. V. I., of which he was Orderly-Sergeant.
During this period he was at Chickamauga, Stone River and on
other fields of blood, and was with Sherman "to the sea."
The war over, he was honorably discharged and settled in
Jackson County, Kan., in the business of stock-raising, but
that climate and occupation disagreeing with him, in a short
time he closed out his interests there and returned to his
native township, than which a fairer or better rural
district would be difficult to find. Since his return he has
followed farming, and is the owner of a farm very pleasantly
located, and in a good state of cultivation. His people have
honored him with the offices of Trustee, Assessor and
Township Treasurer, the last of which he
now holds. In 1869, he married Miss Sarah
Kitchen, daughter of Abraham Kitchen, an old settler and
highly esteemed citizen. She departed this life in 1872, and
in 1875 he was married to Miss Jane Duval,
daughter of Lewis Duval, and there are, issue
of this marriage, three children—one girl and twin boys—all
of whom live. |
| AUSTIN
C. EVANS, inventor and manufacturer, Springfield.
Among the many inventors of this—the "Champion manufacturing
city" of the West— there are none more worthy of mention
than the subject of this sketch—Austin C. Evans. He
was born Feb. 1, 1851, in Piqua, Miami Co., Ohio; is a son
of Jonathan M. and Anna (Muter) Evans. Jonathan M.
manufactored threshing-machines, steam engines, etc., for
twenty-five years in Piqua, Ohio. Austin spent his
boyhood days in school, and, since 20 years old, has spent
his time inventing and manufacturing different farming
implements. Among his inventions that are superior to all
others of the same class, are the corn drill, corn planter
and triple harrow; he is at present engaged in the
manufacture of the "Evans' two-horse corn planter,"
"harrows," etc., under the firm name of "The Evans &
Foos Manufacturing Company," West Main street. The
business was established in 1876 by Mr. E., and
carried on by him until September, 1880,. when it assumed
its present name. They will make this year about one
thousand double planters and one thousand five hundred
harrows. They have in their employ forty men. Mr. Evans
was married, June 7, 1873, to Miss Kate S. Dibert,
daughter of George and Elizabeth Dibert Mr. Dibert
was one of the early settlers of Springfield. He at one time
owned the land on which the greater portion of the
southwestern part now stands, and by him laid off in lots
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Evans are the parents of one child—Pearl
C. Mrs. Evans was born in Springfield. |
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