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CHARLES CARLSON, one of Liberty Township's excellent citizens and representative farmers, was born November 23, 1842, in Sweden, where his father, Charles Carlson, lived and died.
     In 1869, when 27 years of age, Mr. Carlson came to America and after a pause in NewYork, proceeded to Burlington, Iowa, remaining in that State for five years, variously engaged. Prior to reaching Delaware County, September 10, 1875, he had worked at Toledo. Ohio, and for a short time he engaged in railroad work in Delaware County, but finally worked at farming on the place on which he has resided ever since.
     On September 26, 1876, Mr. Carlson was married to Dora Case. The grandparents of Mrs. Carlson were Lumis and Lucinda Case and Roswell and Nancy Tuller. Both families came to Ohio from Connecticut and the maternal grandparents died on the present farm, their burial being at Powell. The paternal grandparents settled at Beechtown, Ohio, and the grandfather died at Marietta, and both he and wife were interred in Grove Cemetery, Delaware. August Case, father of Mrs. Carlson, was born in 1816, and died of cholera at Delaware, Ohio, in 1854. he had the contract to carry the mail prior to the building of the railroad to Delaware, lie married Cynthia Tuller. who was born at Powell, Ohio, in .1819, and died in 1880, aged 6r years. They had three sons and two daughters, namely: Oscar, born April 6, 1840, residing at Powell: Josephine, born February 13, 1842, married Winfield S. Marks, residing in Liberty Township; Cicero, born June 13. 1844, is engaged in farming in Liberty Township; Mrs. Carlson, born February 18, 1851; and Lumis, born August 2, 1854, who is a conductor on the Hocking Valley Railroad.
     Mr. and Mrs. Carlson have had five children, as follows: Cicero, born July 11, 1877, is a conductor on the Hocking Valley Railroad, married Gertrude Johnston and they reside at Columbus; Fred, born March 1, 1879, is in the employ of the Wells-Fargo Express Company, at Chicago; Worthy, born April 9, 1881, is an employe of the Hocking Valley Railroad; Victor, born February 18, 1884, is also with the Hocking Valley system; and Guy, born June 16, 1888, who died September 28, 1888.
     Mrs. Carlson has resided on the present home farm, containing 147 acres, since she was eight years old, and Mr. Carlson has resided here since 1875. In 1882 the comfortable residence was built and many improvements have since been made. Mr. Carlson is a member of Powell Lodge, No. 4, Odd Fellows, and of Powell Lodge of Knights of Pythias. His eldest son, Cicero, is a Mason. In politics, Mr. Carlson votes independently, doing his own thinking and supporting the candidates who, in his judgment, will best carry out the laws. The family is one which stands very high in general esteem in Liberty Township.
DR. ELIJAH CARNEY was from Kentucky.  He settled in old Berkshire in 1835.  He and Dr. Ralph Hills entered the profession about the same year, the latter in Delaware.  There are many yet living in the county, and especially around Berkshire, who well remember old Dr. Carney.  His wonderful ability and ways gave him the entire business for many miles in and around the village of Berkshire.  He graduated at the Cleveland Medical College.  His attention to his patients, his industrious and studious habits, as well as his sympathetic power, gained him the confidence of the people.  He died in1869, leaving numerous relatives in this and Morrow Counties. ~ Page 347
THOMAS F. CARPENTER, farmer, P. O. Berkshire; is a son of Robert and Nellie Lewis; his father, born in Luzern Co., Penn, in 1784, came to Ohio in 1807, and died in 1852; his mother was a daughter of Robert Lewis; she was born in 1807, and died May 18, 1839; his father married for his second wife Philena Walker; she was born in 1807, and died May 18, 1839; his father married for his second wife Philena Walker; she was born Feb. 14, 184, and died May 10, 1877; Mr. Carpenter's grandfather was once Judge of the Circuit Court, and was at the Wyoming Massacre; Thomas F. was born Sept. 19, 1836, on a farm in Berkshire Township where he remained until 1878, when he moved to his present place.  He was married in 1866 to Louisa Grist, daughter of George Grist.  They had one child, which died when 8 months old; his wife died Oct. 17, 1872; Mr. Carpenter served in Co. D, 20th O. V. I. under Capt. McElroy, as Sergeant; he lost his health while in the army, and has since lived mostly a retired life; he now lives with his sister Mary A., wife of J. C. Farrier, who died in 1875; she was born in 1834; he is now canvassing for the "History of Andersonville Prison"; his father was in the war of 1812, and marched to the relief of Ft. Stephenson.
GIDEON A. CARR, farmer; P. O. Ostrander; was born in Pickaway Co., Ohio, Mar. 3, 1816; is a son of Amos and Margaret (Jackson) Carr, who came to Delaware Co. in 1826; they were the parents of twelve children, three of whom are now living.  The father was a native of Virginia, but came to Pickaway Co., Ohio, when but a boy.  His father, Conrad Carr, was one of the first men to settle in Pickaway Co.  Our subject passed his youth and early manhood assisting his father on the farm; he received but a limited education, and at 21 years of age began for himself as a farmer.  He was united in marriage with Lucinda Smart Jan. 18, 1837; she was born in Delaware Co. Dec. 5, 1820; from this union there were four children, three of whom are now living - Joseph, Ann and Jane; the name of the one deceased was William.  Mrs. Carr departed this life Oct. 6, 1874; she was a kind, loving wife and mother, and an exemplary member of the Presbyterian Church.  Mr. Carr began life as a poor boy, and is a self made man; he owns 275 acres of well-improved land in Scioto Township; is a Democrat.
CICERO T. CARSON was born on the farm on which he now resides, in Concord Township, Delaware County, Ohio, February 23, 1837. He is a son of William and Eliza (Thompson) Carson, and a grandson of Samuel and Abigail (Black) Carson.
     The Carsons came to Delaware County among the pioneers and Samuel Carson acquired a large body of land in Ohio, amounting to about 1,200 acres. He was a soldier in the War of 1812. He died December 25, 1834, in his sixty-second year. He married Abigail Black, who died March 22, 1838, in her fifty-sixth year. William Carson, the father of Cicero T., was born in March, 1802, before the family left Pennsylvania, and he died in Delaware County, Ohio, May 9. 1873, in his seventy-second year. He was the eldest born of a family of five sons and two daughters, the others being: Mary, who remained unmarried; Samuel, who went to California in 1849, was killed in Oregon, by the Indians; John B., who married Jane Carson, of Chillicothe, moved to McLean County, Illinois, where he died; James, who married Isabella Johnson, moved to the vicinity of Topeka, Kansas, where he died; Joseph M., who married Anna Mary Isenberg, died in Delaware County; and Nancy Jane, who never married. All members of the above family have passed out of life.
     William Carson was a small boy when his parents came to Ohio and settled first at Chillicothe, in Ross County. He was 19 years of age when his father settled on the east bank of the Scioto River, opposite to the present State institution, the Girls Industrial School. When William Carson married he brought his bride to the house in which they thereafter lived and where their children were all born.  They were six in number, two of whom died in infancy. Cicero T. was the second born in the family and the others who survived were: Joan Abigail, Mary E. and William W.  Joan Abigail was married (first) to Thomas B. Johnson and accompanied him to the South, where he died prior to the Civil War. She returned to Delaware County and was married (second) to John H. Shearer, who was then the editor of the Marysville Tribune, to which his son, John Shearer succeeded. Mary E. Carson was married (first) to Edward Goddard, of Lexington, McLean County, Illinois, and (second) to Dr. James Southard, of Marysville, and is the widow of the latter. She resides on Oak Street, Columbus, Ohio. William W. Carson married Rebecca Chenoweth, and he is survived by hi» widow and one son and three daughters. The son conducts the Hocking grocery store at Delaware.
     Cicero T. Carson attended school at Delaware, Ohio, until he was 14 years of age, and when 17, he went to Memphis, Tennessee, and subsequently took a business course at the Male High School, in Germantown, Shelby County, Tennessee. He remained in .that State for two years and then returned to the North and became bookkeeper in the Marysville Bank. After a business experience of two years he spent one year in the university at Delaware. In 1860 he went as far west as Atchison, Kansas, where he was engaged in teaching school when the Civil War broke out. He remained there for two years, during this period having enjoyed the privilege of casting his vote in favor of the admission of Kansas as a State of the Union, and voted for Abraham Lincoln, which was his first vote, and then returned to Ohio and took up his residence on the farm where he now lives. After his return he entered the Federal Army, enlisting in Company K, One Hundred and Forty-fifth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with the rank of sergeant. This regiment was stationed at Fort Tillinghast and witnessed the first work done on Arlington Heights, in preparing the beautiful grounds for a sacred resting-place for the Nation's slain. He remained in the service until the close of the war and was honorably discharged at Camp Chase, at Columbus.
     On December 24, 1874, Mr. Carson was married to Carrie Yeend, who died March 2, 1900. She was a most estimable lady, one whose many personal attributes endeared her to all who knew her. She was born at Cheltenham, England, and was a daughter of John R. and Mary (Swain) Yeend. When she was seven years of age, her parents came to America and settled in Geauga County, Ohio, where she was reared and educated. She was appointed the first matron of the Girls' Industrial Home, and she continued in that position for five years. Having no children of their own, Mr. and Mrs. Carson adopted an orphan babe, Minnie C., when she was but three days old, whom they reared to happy womanhood. She subsequently married Elijan Howard and they have one daughter, Carrie Lillian.
     Mr. Carson has been engaged in agricultural pursuits ever since his marriage. Shortly after that event he purchased a farm of almost 300 acres, in Delaware County, on which he resided for over 20 years, but sold that property in 1903, and then moved back to the old homestead, where he still continues to farm, in association with his son-in-law, Elijah Howard.
     The Springview Methodist Episcopal Church, in Concord Township, was named by Mr. and Mrs. Carson, it being chosen on account of its proximity to the White Sulphur Springs. During the years following its founding Mrs. Carson was a very active member and she and Mr. Carson started the Sunday school which was the real beginning of the church which was later erected. Mr. Carson remains one of the church trustees. Both he and his wife were interested in the Liberty Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, and assisted its early efforts very materially. Mr. Carson takes no active part in political campaigns.
(pg. 614)
CHARLES CASE, retired farmer; P. O. Berkshire; is a son of Lewis Case, of New York, and was born in 1805 in Luzerne Co., N. Y., where he remained until 17 years old, and then came to Pennsylvania, where he engaged in coal mining and teaming, working by the month at $13 to $15; he married Catherine, a daughter of Frederick and Kate (Rider) Carney; they have eight children, five of whom are now living - Caroline  (married to Andrew Garvin, now deceased); she lives at Olive Green; Mary A. (married Henry Fisher, living in Berkshire Township; Sophronia (married Edwin Buel, living in Licking Co.); Eliza (married John Brees, living in Wyandot Co., Ohio); Delia (married Erastus Loop, who is dead, and she is now living with her parents); Adda (deceased when young); two boys, George and Henry, died in the war by disease.
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W. H. CASE, Delaware; was born in Licking Co., Ohio, Feb. 12, 1818; the son of Augustus Case, who was born in Connecticut, and came to Washington Co., Ohio, in 1800, being among the first settlers there; our subject remained a resident of Licking Co. until about 1832, when he, with his parents, moved to Delaware County and located in Liberty Township; from there to Concord Township, where he engaged in farming; in 1843, Mr. Case went to Union Co., and was a resident of that county until about 1855, when he came to Delaware, which has since been his home; he was for some time engaged in carrying the United States mail from Delaware to Tiffin, Ohio; from that he entered the livery and sale stable, also extensively engaged in breeding Norman and Clydesdale horses; is owner of the renowned imported stallions - Norman horse - "Lyon," and the full-blooded Clydesdale "Lofty."  Mr. Case, since his resident in Delaware, has held then office of City Marshall for a number of years, giving entire satisfaction.
(Source: History of Delaware Co., Ohio -  Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers; 1880 - Page 620)
BRUCE CHARLES, an enterprising citizen of Thompson Township, who is doing a prosperous grist and sawmill business, and also runs a cider press, was born in Harrison Township, Licking County, Ohio, August 17, 1854, son of Simon and Amanda (Channel) 'Charles.
     His paternal grandfather was one of the first settlers in Licking County, there being but five others there when he arrived. About the same time there arrived in Harrison Township. Solomon Channel, the maternal grandfather of Mr. Charles.
     SIMON CHARLES, father of Bruce, was born in the State of New Jersey, and came to Ohio with his parents. In 1859 he purchased the mill now owned by the subject of this sketch. It had been built in 1834 by Roswell Fields, from whom it passed into the possession of his son, Samuel Fields, who sold it to Mr. Charles, and it is still known as the Simon Charles Mill. The millwright was Henry Waits, who became of unbalanced mind and one of whose peculiarities it was to imagine that all the mills he had built were his own personal property. He used frequently to visit Mr. Charles, always carrying with his his boot-jack, and also a pole with a hook on the end for pulling people out of the water. The sash, saw upright, and gearing that are still in the mill were put in by Henry Waits 74 years ago. The framework, hewed sills and braces, and the siding of black walnut, is all his work, also the machinery, except two wooden cog-wheels. During the Civil War Simon built the residence in which his son Bruce now lives, the entire building, including 24 doors, being all of black walnut. He was well qualified for such an undertaking, as he was a cabinet-maker by trade and also a maker of caskets for burial purposes. He manufactured the casket in which Waits was buried. In the prosperous days of the Pennsylvania and Ohio Canal he spent 11 years at Warren, Ohio, engaged in building canal boats. He was a member of the Grange and in politics a Democrat. His death took place about 30 years ago. By his wife Amanda, daughter of Solomon Channel, he had 11 children, nine of whom were born in Licking County. Two were born in this (Thompson) Township, namely:  Stephen Charles, who died about fifteen years ago and who was a partner of the subject of this sketch, and Almeda, who married O. D. Browning, and died March 13, 1908. Of the others, Caroline was accidentally burned to death at the age of 17 years; Griffith died from diphtheria in 1867; Bruce is a miller of Thompson Township and the direct subject of this article; Frank died from diphtheria at the same time as Griffith—1867; James, the only living full brother of Bruce Charles, resides in Gallion, Ohio, and is a freight conductor in the employ of the Erie Railroad.
     The mother of the above mentioned children died in March, 1867, and Simon Charles subsequently married for his second wife Mrs. Armentrout of Licking County. Of this union there is one child, William Simon Charles, who is a printer residing in Spokane, Washington.
Bruce Charles was five years old when he accompanied his parents to Thompson Township, and he has ever since resided here. He distinctly remembers helping to drive the cows from the old home when the family made the journey here in wagons. He was early initiated into the milling business, and for many years was a useful assistant to his father. On the latter's death he came into possession of the mill property, which he has since conducted and greatly improved, having installed modern machinery, including a 25-horse-power steam engine and a 14-horsepower gasoline engine. He owns in all about 90 acres of land, including the mill property which covers 11 acres. In addition to the original milling plant he has installed a powerful hydraulic cider-press. These enterprises are ail in flourishing condition, due to Mr. Charles' capable business management. In politics he is a Democrat and he belongs to the Modern Woodmen, having first joined the order at Warrensburg but being now a member of the Camp at Prospect.
     Mr. Charles was married, December 9, 1881, to Miss Mary Love, a daughter of Leonard Love. Mrs. Charles's father died when she was four years old. Her mother was in maidenhood a Miss McVeigh. The household of Mr. and Mrs. Charles has been enlarged by the birth of four children sons and one daughter, namely: Blanche, who married six years ago William Hansome, of Magnetic Springs, a conductor on the Magnetic Spring Electric Road, and has a daughter—Lucille; Carl, residing at home: Earl, residing at home, who is assisting his father in the mill; and Melvin. who is attending school.
     Mrs. Charles died in March, 1908, at the age of 49 years, rive months and 21 days.
Few women in the community were more highly esteemed. She was a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which she joined in Fulton Creek Chapel, subsequently becoming a member of Thompson Chapel. In the winter of 1907-08 she spent four months in Tryon, North Carolina, with the view of benefitting her health, which had become impaired, and when she started on her journey 40 or more of her friends and neighbors accompanied her to the train to bid her farewell. While in Tryon, her active, helpful disposition prompted her to organize the Aid Society, the first of its kind organized in that place. She always took an active part in church and missionary work, and for two years was superintendent of the Sunday school. Her loss was deeply felt, not only by her husband and children, but also throughout the community at large, the members of which realized that a true Christian woman and a kind and hospitable neighbor had passed from among them. Her memory will long be kept green in the hearts of her many friends.
(pg. 598)
ELIHU CLARK, retired farmer and veteran of the Civil War, is a well-known resident of Ashley, Ohio.  He was born in the northwestern part of Oxford Township, Delaware County, Aug. 9, 1837, and is a son of Isaac and Clarissa (Gale) Clark.
     Isaac Clark, father of Elihu, was born in New York State and at an early date came west to Ohio, locating in Oxford Township, Delaware County, on what was known as the Henry Foust farm, and near there he owned a tract of 50 acres on which he resided some years, then moved to the farm of 50 acres on which his son was born.  Here he resided until his death.  His union with Clarissa Gale resulted in the birth of twelve children, of whom three survive, namely: Elihu; John, who is engaged in agricultural pursuits in Berlin Township; and Mary Jane, who is the wife of Edward Morgan, now living in Kansas.
     Elihu Clark was reared on the home place and received his educational training in the common schools of that neighborhood.  He helped to clear the home property, a part of which was heavily timbered, and followed farming until he entered the army.  He enlisted August 13, 1862, in Company D, One Hundred and Twenty-first Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and after a service of 10 months re-enlisted in Company F, of the One hundred and Twenty-second Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.  He continued in active service until the close of the Civil War, and participated in many important engagements, among them Cedar Creek, Petersburg and Sailor's Run.  He was in the Army of the Potomac, and in the summer of 1864 was with General Sheridan's forces in the Shenandoah Valley, and was with General Grant's through the Virginia campaign.  He participated in the Grand Review at Washington, D. C., and was then mustered out and discharged in July 1865.
     After returning home he remained until the following spring, after which he followed general farming on the second purchase of his father and with much success.  In 1882 he erected a handsome brick residence in which he lived until 1899, when he sold his property and moved to Ashley, buying a small home there.  He in now living in retirement in the enjoyment of a well earned rest after years of activity.
     October 10, 1863, Mr. Clark was united in marriage with Miss Margaret Felky, a native of Delaware County, Ohio, and they became the parents of three children, as follows:  Eva, deceased, who married Byron Porterfield, left two children, Vita and Fay; Josephine, who married William Morehouse of Columbus, has two children, Pearl and Verner; and Chesley, who lives in Ashley, married Bertie Vining and has two children.  Merle and Lloyd.  In 1885 Mr. Clark has deprived of the companionship of his beloved wife and helpmeet by death.  Politically, he is a Republican.  He is a member of J. E. Coomer Post, No. 281, G. A. R., at Ashley.
(Source #1 - Pg. 640)
DR. COBART located at Cheshire in 1889; but remained only a few months when he entered the regular army.
TITUS KING CONE, a leading citizen of Thompson Township, was born on the old mill property on which he resides, July 9, 1846, and is a son of John W. and Mary (Williams) Cone.
Cephas Cone, the grandfather, was of New England origin. His parents at one time resided in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, from which region they came, at an early day. to Delaware County, Ohio. They were among the earliest settlers in Kingston Township. Cephas Cone married Almira Munson, a daughter of William Munson and a descendant of a Captain Munson, who came from England to America in 1637.
     John W. Cone, father of Titus King Cone, was born in Delaware County, Ohio, January 6, 1809. He learned the trade of a woolen mill worker and after following the same in various sections, in 1831, he located at Delaware and shortly afterward rented a woolen mill which he operated for several years. In 1838 he purchased the farm which is now the property of Titus King Cone, and here he built a woolen and a saw-mill. The land was heavily timbered when he came to it and in clearing and cultivating his farm and in actively pushing his mill and other interests, his time was fully occupied into advanced age. He died November 24, 1891. In politics he was a Democrat and on account of his sterling character he was frequently chosen for offices of trust and responsibility in the township, by his fellow citizens. He married Mary Williams, who was born in Cardiganshire, South Wales, in 1814, and died in Ohio in 1885. Of the 13 children of this marriage eight sons and four daughters grew to maturity.
     Titus King Cone attended the district schools through boyhood and the Radnor High School, and spent a short time at the Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware, in the spring of 1867. After he returned home he continued working on the farm during the summers and in the woolen mill during the winters until the mill was burned in 1874, after which he gave his attention exclusively to farming. After his marriage he resided on a farm in Thompson Township located one mile west of his present property. His father was a large land owner, having 600 acres in Delaware and 160 acres in Wyandot County, and when he died, in the division of the estate the present farm came to Titus King, on which he settled in 1902. He has here no acres, on which he carries on mixed farming, raising considerable grain and some excellent stock. Mr. Cone and his brother, F. P., are the only representatives of this old pioneer family of the township now residing within its borders.
     On April 2, 1885, Mr. Cone was married to Alice Detwiller, who is a daughter of John and Mary (Ely) Detwiller.   John Detwiller was born in Switzerland and his wife in Pennsylvania. The maternal grandfather of Mrs. Cone was Benjamin Ely, who, at one time, kept a grocery store at Delaware, where he died. Mr. and Mrs. Detwiller lived on a farm one-half mile from that of Mr. Cone.
     In politics, Mr. Cone, like his father, has been a supporter of the Democratic party since he reached manhood, but has never taken any very active part in local campaigns. His main interests are centered in his home and farm.
(pg. 607)
A. V. CONKLIN. M. D., a leading citizen of Troy Township, where he owns a valuable farm, 100 acres of land, well-improved and under thorough cultivation, Ins been prominently identified with the Eclectic School of Medicine, in Ohio, since he received his degree in 1860. He assisted to organize the Ohio State Eclectic Society and was its first vice-president, and served also as the president of that important medical body. Dr. Conklin belongs to an old pioneer family of the State. He was born in Morrow County. Ohio, November 21, 1832, and is a son of Jacob and Orra (Payne) Conklin.
     The parents of Dr. Conklin were of new England birth, his father coming from Vermont and his mother from Connecticut. Jacob Conklin was a soldier in the War of 1812, and alter its close, in 1814, he settled first in Delaware County, Ohio, and later moved to that section which became Morrow County, where he died in 1875.
     Dr. Conklin was reared in Morrow County and enjoyed educational advantages at Mt. Hesper Seminary, following which he taught school for some years, in this way providing for his own professional education. He was graduated from the Eclectic Medical Institute at Cincinnati, in i860, and practiced subsequently at Waldo and at South Wood-bury, in 1875 coining to Delaware County. For many years Dr. Conklin was one of the leading medical practitioners in this section and few men are better known. Public affairs and-local good government have claimed his attention, in the light of good citizenship, and he has long been identified with the Republican party, with strong views in favor of temperance.
      On November 12, 1861, Dr. Conklin was married to Maria Hull, who was born in Marion County, Ohio, and is a daughter of Nathaniel and Nancy (Wyatt) Hull, both of whom died in Marion County. Dr. and Mrs. Conklin have two children: Prof. Edwin G., Ph. 1)., a member of the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, filling the chair of Biology; and Eva C, who married Charles Page, residing at Columbus, Ohio.
     Dr. and Mrs. Conklin are members of the Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church, at Delaware, he is identified with several leading fraternities and has been an Odd Fellow since 1856 and a Mason for about 37 years.
(pg. 600)
BENAJAH COOK
L. S. COOK, harness-maker, Sunbury; is a son of Spencer and Lydia (Green) Cook; his father was born in Massachusetts in 1793; came to Ohio about 1845, and settled in Delaware Co.; he was a harness-maker; his wife was a daughter of Turpin Green, born in Rhode Island but lived mostly in New York; they had a family of seventeen children; all survive.  Mr. Cook, the subject of this sketch, was born in July, 1820, in Saratoga Co., N. Y.; at the age of 15 he began learning the harness business with his father; in 1843, he left York State and came by railroad and canal to Delaware Co., Ohio, where he soon engaged as a journeyman, working with Samuel Peck at Sunbury; he worked for him about three years; in 1846, he bought one-half of the shop and continued in partnership with Peck about two years; he then bought Peck out, and continued the business some time; in 1850, he built the present shop, and has continued harness making ever since.  He has held the office of Town Clerk six years and Trustee four years.  Was married in 1847, to Martha Myers, a daughter of Lawrence Myers, an early settler and one of the founders of Sunbury.  He also kept the first hotel in the place; he, perhaps, built the first brick house in Delaware Co. Mrs. Cook died in 1850; by her he had two children- Edward L., died on the same day his mother died; Mattie died at the age of 9 years.  He was married again in 1856, to E. K. Wilcox, daughter of Crondle Wilcox, a merchant, tanner and hotel-keeper; by her he had five children - Mary, Henry (who is working with his father in the harness business), Carrie, Charles and William (deceased).
WARD COURTER, veterinary surgeon; P. O.  Ostrander; was born in the city of New York Oct. 3, 1840; is son of Ward C. and Mary A. (Collins) Courter, both of whom were natives of Livingston Co., N. J.; they were the parents of sixteen children, three of whom are living.  In 1847, the grandfather of our subject made them a visit in New York, and on this return he brought with him young Ward.  Seventeen years after this event, the parents removed to Delaware Co., Ohio, where they have since resided.  Young Courter passed his youth and early manhood in Delaware Co., receiving a good common-school education.  He was united in marriage with Mary C. Keller Sept. 23, 1861; she was born in Delaware Co., Ohio, Jan. 7, 1842; there are eight children from this union - Henry W., William E., Araminta E., Lovina H., Hiram A., Frankie C., Bolinda G., and Annie O.; after marriage, Mr. Courter engaged in the livery business.  In 1863, he enlisted in Co. F, 43d O. V. I.; he was discharged at Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 8, 1865, by Surgeon General L. D. Knight.  Mr. Courter served with distinction during the war, and was in the following engagements; Decatur, Ala., Rome, Ga., Kingston, Resaca, Chickamauga, Snake Creek Gap, Murfreesboro and Atlanta, while before Atlanta, he received a severe gunshot wound in the shoulder, which disqualified him for duty for about six months, when he rejoined his regiment; on the 6th of March, 1865, at Blair's Landing, S. C., while gallantly fighting for his country, Mr. Courter was so severely wounded in the leg that amputation was necessary.  After his return home, he has always handled horses from his boyhood, and perhaps there is not a man in Delaware County who more thoroughly understands them than does Mr. Courter, his equal as a veterinary surgeon would be difficult to find in Central Ohio.
DR. H. N. COOMER was born in Ontario County, New York, in 1817.  He read medicine in his native State, and was engaged in a fair practice up to the time of his death.  He was a regular attendant of the State and County Medical Societies for many years.  He died from general breaking-down a few years ago.
DR. G E. COWELS was born in Bellpoint in 1862.  He attended Collumbus Medical College, and located for practice in Ostrander in 1889.  He married Miss Johnston in 1894.  He is a member of the State and County Medical Societies.
Source: History of Delaware Co., Ohio - Publ. 1908 - Page 376
OTWAY CARY COWGILL was born in Logan Co., Ohio, on the twenty-fifty day of September, 1846.  His parents' names were Daniel and Mary (Everett) Cowgill.  He received his early education in the public schools if his early education in the public schools of his native county.  The family came to Delaware County in the year 1859, and located on a farm in Delaware Township, where the subject of this sketch worked on his father's farm and attended the public schools.  He attended the Ohio Wesleyan University for about two years and then entered the law office of Messrs. Reid and Powell, attorneys at law, where he studied for two years and in the year 1877 he was admitted to the Bar.  He was elected township clerk of Delaware Township in the year 1875, and in the year 1876 was elected justice of the peace, which office he held for two terms.  He opened an office in Delaware, Ohio, immediately after his admission to the Bar and began to practice his chosen profession.  In the year 1883 he returned to Logan County and opened an office in Bellefontaine, the county seat, where he continued his practice for three years.  He then moved to the west and located in Sterling, in the State of Kansas, where he died July 31, 1888.
(pg. 328)
G. E. COWLES, M. D., physician and surgeon, residing at Ostrander, was born near Bell Point, Delaware County, Ohio, Aug. 6, 1862, and is a son of Homer J. and Julia A. (Bean) Cowles.
     During his active years the father of Dr. Cowles engaged in farming.  He is now a resident of Pittsburg.  For some fifteen years he was clerk of Concord Township and also served as a justice of the peace.  He is a member of Edinburg Lodge, Odd Fellows, of Ostrander, being past grand of the same.  The mother of Dr. Cowles was a daughter of Hiram Bean, a resident of Scioto Township, who was a son of George Bean.  The latter was born in Virginia and settled in Scioto Township in 1817.  He founded this pioneer family in this section.  The parents of Dr. Cowles had nine children, eight of whom grew to mature years, as follows:  Samuel J., residing at Findlay, Ohio; G. E., residing at Ostrander; Olive S., who is deceased; Orva A., who married N. H. White, residing at Delaware; Frank H., residing at White Sulphur, Ohio; Ora E., who married J. C. McCrea, residing at Delaware; Fred H., residing at Dayton; and Oma A., who married William H. Miller.
     Dr. Cowles belongs to a pioneer family of Delaware also on the paternal side.  His grandparents were Samuel J. and Parthenia (Ackerman) Cowles.  The grandfather was born in New York and he was brought to the Western Reserve by his parents who were among the earliest settlers of Concord Township.  He acquired a part of the old farm and lived in Concord Township until his death, when almost 91 years of age.  His father at one time owned the property on which the old Mill Creek mill stood.
     Dr. Cowles was educated in the public schools of Bell Point.  His medical reading was done under the supervision of Dr. J. H. Field, a well-known practitioner of Ostrander, after which he attended lectures at the Columbus Medical College, where he was graduated in 1889.  He located at Ostrander, where he enjoys a large and lucrative practice.  He keeps closely in touch with the advance of medical science and is a member of both Delaware County and Ohio State Medical Societies.  He has taken a more or less active interest in county politics and in 1907 he was elected township treasurer.  For three years he served as a member of the School Board of Ostrander village.  He belongs to Lodge No. 348, Knights of Pythias, at Ostrander.
     Dr. Cowles married Hattie, daughter of James S. and Rebecca A. Seymour, residents of Findlay, Ohio, and they have one son, Dorence S.  Dr. and Mrs. Cowles are members of the Baptist Church, of which he is treasurer and a trustee.  He occupies a leading place among the representative citizens of Delaware County.
Source: History of Delaware Co., Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers; 1880 - Page 768.
LEONARD H. COWLES.  The first lawyer to settle in Delaware County was Leonard H. Cowles  He came from Connecticut about the year 1810, two years after the organization of the county.  He was said to be a scholarly gentleman,  a graduate of Yale College and a college mate of the late John C. Calhoun, of South Carolina.  He was said to have been one of the most thorough read lawyers of his age.  Not long after he came to Delaware he was married to a daughter of Colonel Moses Byxbee, which brought him into one of the wealthiest families of the county and the most of the county.  He was a scholarly own personal business, so that as a lawyer he did not acquire as great a reputation in his professional life as he might have done if his talents had been devoted to his profession strictly.  He was the only resident lawyer of the county until the year 1818, and his name appears frequently on the deed records of the county.  He was a member of the Twenty-first and Twenty-second General Assemblies of Ohio which convened respectively on the second day of December, A. D., 1822, and the first day of December, A. D. 1823.  He is said to have been a person of good and commanding presence, always well dressed and gentlemanly in his appearance, and he devoted much of his time to social life and was fond of and sociable with his friends.  He reared a large family, non of whom are living.  At the close of his life he had but little left of his large fortune.
Source: History of Delaware Co., Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers; 1880 - Page 299
Thompson Twp. -
PRIOR COX, farmer; P. O. Radnor; was born in Warwickshire, England, Jan. 22,1826; came to America, in 1829, with his parents, landing at New York, going from there to Sandusky City by water, and from there came to this county, where he has resided most of the time since; he is a son of Prior and Elizabeth Cox, in whose family there were six children, Prior being the fourth.  He was married, Apr. 10, 1851, to Miss Isabel F. Maize, who was born Apr. 15, 1820; they have three children - William L., born Apr. 10, 1852; James F., born Apr. 17, 1854, and Prior J., born Sept. 10, 1857.  Mr. Cox received such an education as the schools of an early day afforded in Delaware Co., the first he attended was kept by Rev. Mr. Chidlaw, in Radnor Twp.; at the age of 21, he commenced business for himself; made several trips over the mountains with sheep and hogs, driving them to Cumberland, and from there shipping them to Baltimore; his first trip was in 1847, with sheep; his next was in 1849, this time with hogs, which were much ore difficult to drive, taking forty-three days to drive them to Cumberland.  Mr. Cox now owns a good farm, which is well improved; he has vivid recollections fo the manner of living and the many hardships the settlers of the country had to endure.  He and his wife and one son are members of the Presbyterian Church.  His politics are Democratic.
Source: History of Delaware Co., Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers; 1880 - Page 801
ROBERT J. COX, formerly postmaster for five years at Delaware, where he has lived somewhat retired for a number of years, was born in 1837, in a house on the city lot that is now the site of his present dwelling, it then being a part of his father's farm.  He is the only child born to his parents, Thomas W. and Ann P. (Jones) Cox, the latter of whom was a sister of Judge Jones.  The father of Mr. Cox was born in Warwickshire, England, and came to Delaware County, Ohio, and engaged in farming.  Both he and wife died at Delaware, where he had followed his trade of house painting for some years.
     Robert J. Cox was reared in Delaware County, and assisted in the management of the home farm, also learning the painter's trade.  In 1862, he enlisted in Company C, Eighty-sixth Regiment O. V. I.  He was mustered into the service at Columbus, served eighteen months in Virginia, and in 1864 was mustered out, returning to Delaware and resuming work as a painter.  For five years, during the administration of President McKinley, he served as postmaster of this city and has held other public offices.  He has been a very active member of the Republican party, and for ten years was chairman of the republican County committee, of which he was a member for eighteen years.  He is a director in the Fidelity Building and Loan Association and has other business interests.  As commander of  George B. Torrence Post, No. 60, Grand Army of the Republic, at Delaware, Mr. Cox is widely known in Grand Army circles through the State.  He is also prominent in Masonry, being a member of the Blue Lodge, Chapter and Council at Delaware, of the Commandery at Marion, and of Aladdin Temple, Mystic Shrine, at Columbus.
History of Delaware Co., Ohio 1880(pg. 502)
Radnor Twp. -
THOMAS W. COX, stock-raiser and farmer P. O. Delaware.  The subject of this biography was born in Delaware Co., Ohio, July 19, 1827.  He is son of John N. and Elizabeth (Gallant) Cox.  The father, when a young married man, and while preparing to emigrate to the United States from England, his native country, lost by death his young wife; he arrived in the United States in 1818, and soon after came to Delaware Co., Ohio.  From his marriage with Miss Gallant, there were nine children, four of whom are now living.  He died May 12, 1862; he was a man of considerable culture, and held, in an early day, many positions of honor and trust; his widow is still living, and resides in the village of Radnor.   Our subject was brought up on a farm; he received about such education as the schools of that early day afforded; when 21 years of age, he began for himself as a farmer; beginning as he did (without any means), he is deserving of much credit, for he has b by close attention to business, combined with industry and economy, secured to himself and family a goodly share of this world's goods; he owns a nicely improved farm of 100 acres, nearly all of which is under a high state of cultivation.  He was united in marriage with Margaret Penry March 9, 1848, she is daughter of David Penry, the well-known pioneer of Radnor Township; she was born in Delaware Co., Ohio, July 16, 1827; from this union there were five children, four of whom are now living - John N., Mary E., Chester and Walter, the one deceased was named Jessie E.  Mr. Cox has held nearly all the township offices in the gift of the people; he is a man of much culture and refinement; a Republican politically, and one of the self made men of the county.
Source: History of Delaware Co., Ohio - Chicago: O. L. Basking & Co., Historical Publishers; 1880 - Page 750
HOWARD CLIFTON CRANE, M. D., who has been continuously engaged in the practice of medicine at Eden, for the past 14 years, was born in Porter Township, Delaware County, Ohio, September 29, 1864. He is a son of Elbert and Ellen (Her) Crane.
     The paternal grandparents of Dr. Crane, Amza and Ardilla (Hopkins) Crane, came to Ohio and settled in Morrow County, in 1834. They had four sons and six daughters, namely: Alson, Zebulon, Elbert, Washington, Mary Ann, Sarah, Alba Cinda, Sarah (2), Elizabeth and Jane. The maternal grandparents of Dr. Crane were Captain William and Jane G. (Grey) Iler. They came to Delaware County about 1833, and so wild was all this territory that they had to cut a path through the forest in order to reach their land in Porter Township. Captain Iler operated a canal boat between Cleveland and Portsmouth, in 1834. There were two daughters in the Her family, Ellen B. and Elizabeth. The latter was married (first) to Samuel Marshall, who died at Mansfield, Ohio, and (second) to Christopher Chase, of Marion.
     Elbert Crane, father of Dr. Crane, was born in New York, his parents at that time being residents of Putnam County, and he accompanied them to Morrow County, Ohio, where they died. He still resides in Porter Township, Delaware County, his age being 77 years. He married Ellen Iler, who was born in Delaware County, and died January 22, 1908. They had the following children : Alwyn M., who has been engaged in the practice of medicine at Marion for 20 years, and is a graduate of the Columbus Medical College, married (first) Mary Crouch, and (second) Susan Johnson; Florence May, who is deceased; Thurston, who manages the home farm in Porter Township; Howard C.; William I., whose home is at Minneapolis, Minnesota, is a traveling salesman, and married lone Oliver; Jennie C., who was educated at the Ohio S. U. at Columbus and the O. W. U. at Delaware, is a successful teacher in the public schools of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania; and Nellie M., who was also educated as was her sister, is engaged in teaching at Troy, Ohio.
     Dr. Crane was primarily educated in the public schools and completed his medical training at Starling Medical College, and was graduated in the class of 1894. After a short residence with his brother at Marion, Dr. Crane selected Eden as a promising field for himself professionally, and here he has remained to the present day. He has built up a large and satisfactory practice, to which he gives his entire attention. Pie is a member of the Delaware County Medical Society and of the Ohio State Medical Society. Fraternally he is a Knight of Pythias, and is connected with Williams Lodge, No. 556. In political sentiment he is a Democrat.
     In 1903 Dr. Crane was married to Margaret Ross, who is a daughter of Melancthon J. and Ada (Matthews) Ross. She was born in Virginia. Her father was born at Saratoga, New York, and her mother at Eden, Ohio. They reside in Delaware County.
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DAVID G. CRATTY, merchant, Ostrander.  The grandfather of D. G. Cratty was a native of Ireland, but emigrated to the United States when a lad, locating in Butler Co., Penn.; here he lived until 1814, when he came to what is now known as Union Co., Ohio.  Previous to his coming to Ohio, he was married to Miss Sarah Dodds.  They were the parents of five sons and four daughters, all of whom reached their majority and were the parents of large families.  John Cratty, son of William Cratty, and father of our subject, was quite a lad at the time his parents came to Ohio; he was industrious, and aided his father very much in caring for the family.  He was united in marriage with Miss Eleanor Porter Feb. 11, 1818.  The mother (Rosanna Porter) came to Ohio in 1814; she was a widow, and the mother of two sons and one daughter, whom she brought with her.  Judge John L. Porter, of Union Co., is now the only living representative of the Porter family who came to Ohio in 1814.  From the union of John Cratty and Eleanor Porter there were six children, three sons and three daughters, five of whom are now living.  Fifty-five years after her marriage, Mrs. Cratty died.  The father is still living, and is now one of the oldest residents of Delaware Co.  It is said that he has cleared more land than any person now living in Scioto Township.  Among the men who by their honesty, generosity and upright conduct have become a part and parcel of Delaware Co., no is more worthy of mention than D. G. Cratty, the subject of our sketch.  Assisting his father on the farm in youth and early manhood, he received such education as the schools of that early day afforded; he was born in Delaware Co., Ohio, Nov. 6, 1829; when quite young, he taught school several winters, and in the summer months worked on his father's farm.  He was united in marriage with Martha J. Crain Nov. 11, 1852.  She was born in Delaware Co., Ohio. Sept. 20, 1830.  Mrs. Cratty is the youngest daughter of a family of nine children, of Aaron and Elizabeth Crain, who came from New Jersey to Ohio in an early day.  Soon after marriage, Mr. Cratty engaged in farming, in which he continued until about eleven years ago, when he moved to the village of Ostrander, and engaged in the live-stock and grain trade, a business he has followed ever since, adding to it in the last two yeas a mercantile business.  During the late war, he was Captain of a company of Ohio National Guards; in 1864, when Washington, D. C., was in danger of being taken by the rebels, his company was called upon to assist in its defense; he was gone about four months, and saw considerable active service.  He has, since the organization of the Republican party, been an earnest advocate of its principles; has held a number of positions of profit and trust in Scioto Township.  He is the father of three children - Abe L., born March 6, 1854; Amanda R., Nov. 5, 1856, and Nellie M., Oct. 21, 1869.
COL. JAMES M. CRAWFORD, an honored resident of Delaware, has been identified with the interests of Delaware County, in public office and private business, all his life. He was born in Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio, June 11, 1834, and is a son of Colonel James W. and Nancy (Stephen) Crawford. The name of Crawford is a familiar one in Ohio history, and has been particularly conspicuous in public and military life. Colonel William Crawford, who was burned at the stake by hostile Indians, on Sandusky Plain, was a kinsman of the present representative of the name. This same Col. William Crawford served in Braddock's army, and was Colonel of the Fifth Virginia Regiment that served under General Washington during the war of the Revolution. James W. Crawford, father of James M., was an officer in the War of 1812. Two brothers served in the war with Mexico, and two brothers and five nephews assisted, with Colonel James M. Crawford, in suppressing the Rebellion of 1861-5. Of these, two were killed in battle and two were mortally wounded, while another died at the close of the war from disease contracted in the service. Still another member—one of the younger generation—kept up the family prestige by serving in the Spanish-American War, as a member of President Roosevelt's Rough Riders.
     James M. Crawford was reared and educated in Delaware, where he learned the trade of painter, which he followed until 1858. On the 1st of February, 1859, he joined with a party of nine other men, at Galion, Ohio, who crossed the plains to the Rocky Mountains, where he engaged in mining with various results. Returning to Delaware in December, 1859, he there resumed his trade, which he followed until the opening of the Civil war. Then, not content with offering his own services to aid in preserving a united country he exerted himself to secure the enlistment of his friends, and with such good success that with one day's effort he raised a company, which was organized April 16, 1861, of which he was made captain. This company was immediately offered to the governor of Ohio, and through Captain Crawford's energetic efforts, it became the first accepted military organization of the State for the Civil War service. The company, together with another Delaware County company, was assigned to the Fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. These Delaware companies were lettered respectively C and I, and the record shows that the officers of Company C were the only ones commissioned as early as April 16. 1861.
     Early in May, 1861, this regiment was enlisted for the three month' service, and before it was disbanded—in fact in June, 1861—it re-enlisted for three years. After serving with Company C until November 14, 1862, Captain Crawford reluctantly resigned his commission on account of severe and repeated hemorrhages of the lungs, and returned to Delaware. As soon as his health permitted, he entered actively into the recruiting service and so continued until he was appointed colonel of the Ohio National Guard, and was assigned to the duty of instructing and disciplining the troops assembled at Columbus, in response to the Governor's call, for the defense of the State against Morgan's raiders. In this position Colonel Crawford won signal honors and was complimented by the Governor as well as by the department commander. This did not close his military career, for he subsequently enlisted for the service of 100 days, in the One Hundred and Forty-fifth Regiment, O. N. G., and commanded a detachment from the regiment for garrison duty at Forts Tillinghast and Craig, which protected the chain of fortifications south of Washington, D. C. On his return from this service he was honored by election as colonel of the Twenty-first Regiment. O. N. G.
     In 1866 Colonel Crawford resumed work at his trade and continued to be so occupied for a number of years. In the spring of 1866 he was appointed United States revenue assessor in Delaware County, and served in that office for five years. He then engaged in a real estate and insurance business, in which he remained interested until 1884. In the year last mentioned he and his wife were elected superintendent and matron respectively of the Girls' Industrial Home, and they continued, with slight intermissions, in those positions until 1892. The records for those years show how admirably the institution was conducted, and how thoroughly qualified were both Colonel Crawford and his efficient wife for the discharge of the duties they had assumed.
     On his return to Delaware from the Girls' Industrial Home, he was offered a lucrative position in Chicago, Ills. Mr. J. K. Newcomer at that time was making a strenuous effort to organize a local company for the purpose of building an electric railway within the city limits. Thinking the project might prove to be a benefit to the city, Colonel Crawford was induced to join in the enterprise. He therefore declined the Chicago proposition, and at once joined the promoters with his usual zeal, to help in carrying out their plans. A company was soon organized and incorporated under the laws of Ohio. When the company advertised for bids for the construction of the road, he anticipating the advantages that might accrue from the stimulus given to home labor, determined to put in a bid. His bid, being much lower than that of any other contractor, was accepted and the contract given to him. The work was immediately commenced and was satisfactorily completed within the limits of the contract.
     Prior to the extension of the line into the grounds at Greenwood Lake, Colonel Crawford endeavored to secure a lease on the premises for the purpose of developing more fully the natural beauty of this pleasant resort. Not being able to secure sufficiently satisfactory terms, according to the value of the property, upon which to base a lease, he abandoned further effort along this line and turned his attention toward the development of the greatest natural asset within the limits of the city.
To this end he purchased and moved into the pleasant home place afterward known as Five Oaks, on West Central Avenue, this being in the fall of 1892. The property purchased lies in close proximity to the well known Indian, or Little's Springs, whose healthful waters have inspired him to a continued effort to get his neighbors interested with him in the development of these beautiful grounds, whose resources seem to be beyond all present calculation. At this writing there is an organization known as the Mineral Springs and Sanitarium Company, of which he is president, with a capitalization of $150,000, and with bright .prospects of realizing their plans and seeing their efforts for the construction of the necessary buildings crowned with success.
     Colonel Crawford entered the political arena in 1855, and has been an active worker in the ranks of the Democracy ever since, but side-stepped in 1860 and 1864 to vote for that greater Democrat, Abraham Lincoln, holding that he violated no tenet of his party in so doing. He has been many times called to the chairmanship of the County Committee, and served as a member of the State Central Committee in 1884, when he stood Spartan-like against the machinations of the schemers in the committee to thwart the will of the people by placing another candidate in the field from Ohio against  Judge Allan G. Thurman, the people's choice for the Presidency. He went to Chicago with Judge Thurman and was selected by him as the custodian of his headquarters during the struggle in the National convention. During the Colonel's long service he has been frequently chosen as a delegate to Democratic State conventions. He was a delegate to the National convention at Cincinnati in 1868, and an alternate at the National convention at Chicago in 1890. While Colonel Crawford has displayed much activity in business and political affairs, his home life has been to him the sphere in which he realized the greatest degree of happiness, and in which he found the deepest sentiments of his nature capable of their fullest expansion. He married in 1864, Sarah M. Henry, a refined and accomplished lady, who was a native of Shelby County, Ohio. When he and his good wife moved to their suburban home, they felt that they had found a real haven beneath the trees and among the birds—a situation in which ethical culture becomes a pleasure and the frequent touch of Nature leads to a closer touch with the Creator. This quiet retreat became a refuge to all who sought its hospitality and appreciated the privilege of a free pull at the latch string, that ever hung on the outside of the door. Many of the recipients of the fostering care bestowed upon them in earlier years, returned, bearing mementos of their appreciation of the kindness .and consideration extended to them in the days of their youth. To the Colonel and his wife these visits were like bread cast upon the waters, that returns after many days.
     This retreat was their happy home until August 15, 1903, when the deepest shadows that ever fall upon any household, encompassed theirs. It was then that the good wife and co-worker in public and private life, who was the light and the joy of their home for nearly forty years passed to her reward. Her death brought grief to all who had had the privilege of knowing her, kind and affectionate remembrance being shown by many wards of the State upon whom she had lavished so much sympathizing care.
     Colonel Crawford remained at the old homestead until June, 1907, when he sold his place and located on North Franklin Street, where he now resides.
     Colonel Crawford has been financially interested in a number of important enterprises in this section. His connection with the Delaware Electric Railroad and its construction, and with the Mineral Springs and Sanitarium Company, has been already noticed. He is also a director in the Citizens Savings Bank. He belongs to Hiram Lodge, No. 18, F. & A. M., to the Chapter and Council at Delaware, and to the Commandery at Marion. He has been a member of the local Grand Army post from its organization. For half a century he has been a member of William Street Methodist Episcopal Church, and also teaches a large class in the Sunday school. He has served as justice of the peace for two terms, commencing in 1877 and closing in 1883; and was a member of the city School Board six years, 1894 to 1900. A man of tried integrity and public spirit, with a readiness to sacrifice himself for the interests of others, yet of good business ability, social in his nature, with a cheerful disposition and kind and genial manners, such is Colonel Crawford as his neighbors see him. The weight of years has made little impression on him, nor ever will in any essential respect, for he is pre-eminently one of those who may wear out but will never rust out.
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WILLIAM P. CRAWFORD, farmer and fruit-grower; P. O. Delaware; was born in Liberty Township, Delaware Co., Ohio, March 30, 1815; is the son of James W. and Elizabeth (Van Lear) Crawford, both of whom were natives of Maryland, where they resided until 1811, when they removed to Delaware Co., Ohio; they were the parents of four sons and one daughter.  Mrs. Crawford was in his lifetime and prominent and influential man; he represented his county in the State Senate one term, and held a number of lesser offices in the county; he was Colonel of a regiment of State militia for a number of years, and had been a soldier in the war of 1812; he departed this life in 1858.  Our subject was brought up on a farm, receiving such education as the schools of that early day afforded.  At 19 years of age, he was apprenticed to the carpenter's trade.  After serving two years, he began for himself by working as a journeyman.  He was united in marriage with Eliza J. Rodgers June 29, 1837; she was born in Delaware Co., Ohio, Aug. 7, 1820; her parents came from Pennsylvania to Delaware Co. in 1812; from this union there were six daughters, four of whom are now living - Hester M., Elziabeth V., Martha A. and Emma L.; the names of the deceased were Eliza J. and Sarah T.  Mrs. Crawford died April 19, 1877; she had been a loving companion and helpmeet, a consistent member of the Christian Union Church, and died as a Christian, singing on her death-bed - "Shall we gather at the river?"  Mr. Crawford worked at his trade until 1865.  During this time he was quite an extensive contractor and builder.  Since 1865, he has been engaged in farming and horticultural pursuits; owns thirty-five acres of nicely improved land on the banks of the Scioto River, adjoining the village of Millville.  A great portion of this is in Orchards and vineyards.  Mr. Crawford is a Democrat, although very liberal in his views.  He is one of Scioto Township's most honored and respected citizens.
WILLIAM F. CRICKARD. M. D., physician and surgeon at Delaware, has been a resident of this city for the past 30 years, but was . born in Muskingum County. Ohio. He is a son of James and Eliza Ann (Southard) Crickard.
     The parents of Dr. Crickard settled on a farm in Delaware County, during the latter's boyhood. In 1861 the father entered the Federal army as wagon-master of the Eighty-second Regiment, O. V. I., and served in the conflict for four years, fie was promoted to the rank of second and later to that of first lieutenant, subsequently was commissioned a captain and still later brevet major. For two years he faced all the chances of battle. When the Twentieth Army Corps was organized it was sent to Tennessee, and the regiment with which Major Crickard was connected participated in all the battles from Chickamauga to Atlanta, was at Jonesboro and with Sherman in his march to the sea. At Savannah he was placed in charge of 1,000 men, commissioned to take them to New York. After this service was performed, he rejoined his regiment. Major Crickard had a record of being in 36 general engagements, and he did not escape injury. He received a serious wound in the elbow of his right arm—the bullet which caused it never being extracted, and another wound in the temple, where he was struck by an exploding shell. His subsequent life was spent on his farm. Six of his seven children still survive, as follows: James, residing at Vernon, Jennings County, Indiana; John and Dr. William F., both residing at Delaware; Malissa; Lydia, who is principal of the North Delaware Union School; and Cora Belle, who married Charles Copeland. and with her husband is a teacher in the Sandwich Islands.
     Dr. Crickard obtained his literary education in the schools of Delaware, and took his first course of medical lectures at Cleveland and his second at Cincinnati. Subsequently he took special courses in Philadelphia and New York, being under the direct instruction of Dr. Hearn, the first assistant of Dr. Gross, the eminent specialist, at Philadelphia. In New York he went before the army Examining Board and after satisfactorily standing all tests, he returned to Delaware and has been engaged in the practice of his profession in this city ever since. He has always been a close student and in 1874-75 he took a special course with the celebrated Dr. Smith, of Cleveland, in diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. Dr. Crickard is a member of the Delaware County Medical Society and of the Ohio State Medical Society, and keeps well posted on all the advances made in his science.
In 1881 Dr. Crickard was married to Margaret Edwards, then of Delaware County, but a native of Racine, Wisconsin. They have a pleasant home in Delaware and Dr. Crickard has well-appointed offices at No. 59 North Union Street. He is a member of the William Street Methodist Episcopal Church. Fraternally, he is connected with the Knights of Pythias and the Eagles.
A. S. CRUIKSHANK, who was a leading general farmer and fruit grower of Liberty Township, owns and resides on a very valuable farm of 221 acres, this being a part of the farm of 500 acres originally secured by his grandfather, GEORGE CRUIKSHANK, soon after the war of 1812.
     GEORGE CRUIKSHANK was a native of New York and belonged to a family that came to America in 1760.  He married Elizabeth Conway, who was born in Ireland, and they came to Delaware County from Salem, Washington County, New York.  The property that George Cruikshank secured had been obtained from the Government prior to this, by General Stansbury.  No improvements had been made, but a few of the trees had been slashed to mark a path through the forest.  The children of George and Elizabeth Cruikshank were: Mary, who married John Dutcher; William, who died young; David G., who was born in 1808, married Eliza Eaton; Jane C., who was born Nov. 2, 1814, married Joseph Leonard; William (2), who was born in 1816, married Cynthia Fisher; Elizabeth, who was born in 1819, died in 1820; George H., who was born April 4, 1821, was the father of A. S. Cruikshank; and James, who was born in 1823, married Lucia Kenyon.
     Of his father's estate, George H. Cruikshank owned 221 acres.  He followed agricultural pursuits until his children were old enough to require educational opportunities, when he moved to Delaware to give them the benefits of excellent schools and resided there for about 25 years.  He died at the home of his son, A. S., on the present farm, Jan. 10, 1902, aged 84 years.  George H. Cruikshank was married June 5, 1850, to Augusta F. Smith, who was a daughter of Alwood Smith.  She was born in 1822 and died Dec. 25, 1899.  The children of George H. Cruikshank and wife are as follows:  Harriett Jane, who was born May 4, 1851, died in 1854; Alwood Smith; George Thompson, who was born Oct. 23, 1854, died in October, 1855; Frederick V., who was born Aug. 10, 1856, died Aug. 27, 1856; Mary Augusta, who was born June 25, 1858, married Rev. Edwin Brown, June 18, 1884, and they reside at Lawton, Oklahoma; Martha Elizabeth, who was born Oct. 16, 1860, died Apr. 9, 1875; Peter, who was born July 22, 1862, died Sept. 23, 1862; Lucy Joy, who was born Sept. 2, 1863, married Newton H. Fairbanks and they reside at Springfield, Ohio; and Dora, who was born Feb. 4, 1866, died July 8, 1866.
     Alwood Smith was born Dec. 25, 1852.  He obtained his education in the schools at Delaware and the Wesleyan University, and was about 21 years old when he adopted farming as his life work.  After his marriage he located on his present farm and here he has engaged in general farming and has given considerable attention to growing fine fruit.  In 1878 he married Viola J. Pollock, who is a daughter of S. D. and Mary (Taylor) Pollock, of Delaware County, but formerly of Lodi, Medina County, Ohio.  Mr. and Mrs. Cruikshank have had four children: Alwood Pollock, Mabel Janett, Mary Augusta and George Harvey.  The eldest son was born Jan. 254, 1880.  He was educated in the common and High School at Delaware and served in the Spanish-American War in Porto Rico, as a member of Company K, Fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.  He is now engaged as one of the engineers at the Stratford power house, for the C. D. M. Company.  He married Gertrude Snyder  The eldest daughter, Mabel Janette, was born Mar. 20, 1885, and died while a student at the Wesleyan University, July 15, 1906.  The passing away of this daughter was a grievous affliction to the family.  Mary Augusta, born Oct. 28, 1887, is now a student of the Ohio Wesleyan University, and George Harvey, born Mar. 6, 1891, is a student in the Delaware High School.  The family residence was built stout and strong by the grandfather of Mr. Cruikshank.  The stone house on the farm, just south of the residence, was erected by the father of Mr. Cruikshank, and in it the latter was born.
     In political views, the Cruikshanks have been identified with the Republican party since its formation but in addition to this they have been zealous prohibitionists and to such an extent that the late George H. Cruikshank was at one time the candidate for the State Assembly on the Prohibition ticket.  Like his father, Mr. Cruikshank is a member of the Presbyterian Church at Delaware, in which he is an elder.  He has been active in all movements designed to promote agricultural interests and for a number of years was a member of the Grange.
Source:  20th century history of Delaware County, Ohio and representative citizens - Chicago, Ill. :: Biographical Pub. Co., 1908 by James R. Lytle~ Page 782
E. T. CULVER, farmer; P. O. Sunbury; son of Sydney and Jane (Carpenter) Culver; his father was born in Ohio, and was a half-brother of Judge Stark, and was born about 1822; his mother was a daughter of Samuel Carpenter, of Delaware Co.; she was born about 1827; had three children, all of whom are living; Henry is Prosecuting Attorney for Delaware Co.  The subject of this sketch was born Feb.22, 1848, on his father's farm in Kingston Township, and resided there until 10 years old, when he came to Berkshire Township, where he has since remained; in 1872, he began dealing in life stock, continuing four years.  Was married, Oct. 15, 1874, to Hannah Moore, a daughter of Burton Moore; they have one child, Bertha, born May 17, 1875; after marriage, they settled on Mr. Moore's  farm of 287 acres, which be manages and controls; he deals extensively in stock and grain; has served in teh capacity of school teacher.
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