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DR. FREDERIC L. GAGE was born in Concord, Ross County, Ohio, in 1847.  He first attended the Academy of South Salem, Ross County, and was a classmate of Hon. J. B. Foraker.  He graduated at Marietta College, Ohio in 1871.  He attended Starling Medical College, and graduated from the Long Island College Hospital in Medicine in 1876.  He began the practice of medicine in Mt. Sterling in 1876, and came to Berkshire, Delaware County, Ohio, in 1877, and moved to Delaware in 1900.  He was a coroner of the county from 1900 to 1904, and was elected health officer Jan. 1, 1907.  His eldest son, Carl, graduated from the "O. W. U." and is soon to leave for China as a missionary.
DR. M. GERHARD was born, raised and educated in Easton, Pennsylvania.  He came to Wooster, Ohio, and was a bank clerk.  While thus engaged he read medicine and attended lectures in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, at Jefferson Medical College.  After completing his studies he came to Delaware County and located on the Scioto River near his old friend, John Detweiler, but soon moved into Delaware to practice.  He was a thorough student and scholar, and a careful practitioner.  He married a granddaughter of old  Dr. Lamb.  He died in 1868, leaving a wife and two children, who are now living in Minneapolis, Minnesota. ~ Page 349
GEORGE GIBSON, merchant, Berkshire; is a son of Robert and E. (Bartlett) Gibson; is father was born in 1793, in Pennsylvania, and moved to Ohio at an early day; was in the war 1812; he died in 1867; his mother was born in New England; had a family of twelve children, five of whom now survive.  Mr. Gibson, the subject was born in 1818, in Washington Co., Ohio; when 14 years of age, he moved with his parents to Berkshire Township; they were in moderate circumstances; Mr. Gibson was compelled to work out to provide for himself; he worked for from $4 to $9 per month.  In 1847, he was married to Elma, daughter of Cornelius Roloson; she was born in 1824; they soon settled in what is now Morrow Co., and there farmed for seventeen months, and then moved to Delaware Co.; in 1863, they moved to Berkshire Township; his first tax, after marriage, was 75 cents; he is now a well-to-do farmer, owning 300 acres, and some fine property in Berkshire, together with an interest with Finch & Webster in the dry-goods and notions business; the dwelling in which he now lives is the oldest brick house in Delaware Co.  Mr. Gibson owns stock in the gravel road running from Delaware to Sunbury, of which he has long been Assistant President.  His wife is a member of the M. E. Church at Berkshire; they have had four children - Juliana, Elivana, died when young; Henrietta, died March 9, 1878, and Fannie, now living at home; by energy and economy he has accumulated a large fortune, which he is now enjoying in his pleasant home.
CHARLES GINN; P. O. Galena; is a son of James and Effie Ginn; his father was born Sept. 12, 1795, in the State of Delaware, and came to Ohio Nov. 6, 1811; he married, Feb. 18, 1819, Effie Brown; she was born June 16, 1798, and died in March, 1860.  His aged wife survives him.  Mr. Ginn, the subject, was born in 1836 in Delaware Co., which has been his home most of the time; at 22, he began farming in Trenton Township, and was married, in 1860, to Clarinda Cochran, a daughter of James Cochran, of Ohio; she was born in Ohio, but is now dead; had one child, James, born March 23, 1861; he was again married Oct. 21, 1869, to Mrs. Julia A. Badger, a daughter of John and Sarah Prosser; she was born June 11, 1837; she had two girls - Helen M. and Dora D. (Badger); their father died in 1864; in 1866, he bought the present farm of six acres, upon which he has made fine improvements; they have fifty acres adjoining, inherited by his wife; she is a member of the M. E. Church at Galena.  Mr. Ginn's great grandfather was killed by the Indians during the Revolutionary war, and his grandfather was taken prisoner, but was released, bearing with him the sad intelligence that his father, sister, mother and two brothers had been killed by the savages.
MELVIN CASS GLICK, one of Concord Township's leading men, owning 300 acres of valuable land, was born in Concord Township, Delaware County. Ohio. December 9, 1851, on a farm within one-half mile from where he now resides. His parents were Lyman T. and Ellen Matilda (Dunlap) Glick.
     Lyman T. Glick came to Delaware County from Licking County, Ohio, about 1840. and purchased a farm near Plain City, but later sold that land and bought fifty-eight and one-third acres in Concord Township. He engaged in agricultural pursuits through life and also acted as agent for various concerns. He died at the age of fifty-seven years. About 1847 he married Ellen Matilda Dunlap and there were six children born to them, namely: Lafayette and Esther, both of whom died young; Julian Andrew, who lived to the age of 22 years; Melvin Cass; Leroy Addison, residing in Liberty Township, married (first) Ida May Thurston and (second) Mary Thompson; and Elisha Murry, who is engaged in farming in Franklin County, married Emma Hard.
      Melvin Cass Glick grew to manhood in Concord Township, where, since he finished going to school, he has carried on agricultural activities. He has lived on his present farm for the past 26 years. Prior to that he rented land for a number of years. When he contracted to purchase his first farm of 41 and three fourths acres, he paid $252.50 to seal the bargain, and went into debt for $800. This does not seem such a large amount to him now, but many years of hard work and provident saving followed before Mr. Glick and his estimable wife felt themselves entirely free of incumbrance and ready to enjoy the fruits of their persevering labor. When Mr. Glick came here he found the land much run down and requiring a large amount of fertilizing and careful managing to make it productive. He immediately began to build up the land and also to make necessary improvements and in the course of a few years built the present substantial farm buildings. The little log cabin in which Mr. and Mrs. Glick went to housekeeping, after they came to this place, still stands. Mr. Glick has made a specialty of raising horses, mules and ponies. He keeps an average of 35 head and has two registered Percheron stallions. His farm is noted over a large territory for the fine mules and Shetland ponies raised here. A recent sale of mules for $475. and an offer of $450, for a second pair, indicate the valuable animals he keeps. He aims to sell from five to six head of horses annually. His livestock are well cared for, comfortable' shelter being provided, with an abundance of clear water.
     In 1871, Mr. Glick married Susan Ann Edwards, who is a daughter of James and Margaret Edwards. Her parents are deceased and she was born near Rochester, in the State of New York. Her parents moved to Franklin County, Ohio, about 1857 and purchased a farm, and sold it in about two years later and purchased another in Delaware County, Ohio, where she was reared. She has two sisters: Margaret, who is the wife of J. P. Seeley, residing in Seward County, Nebraska; and Carrie Emmeline, who married Nelson Emmerson, residing at Seattle, Washington.
     Mr. and Mrs. Glick have had four children, namely: James Terrell, who died in 1906, aged 33 years; Addie. who married R. B. Maddox, resides in Liberty Township, and they have two daughters, Marjorie and Laura ; Carrie Bell, who resides at Brooklyn, New York; and Turney Edward. The latter is a young man of 20 years residing at home. In National politics, Mr. Glick votes the Democratic ticket, but is independent in local affairs. He belongs to Protection Lodge, No. 219, I. O. O. F., at Jerome.
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HON. JOHN J. GLOVER was born in Belmont County, Ohio, Mar. 12, 1835.  His father's name was Samuel Glover and his mother's maiden name was Eliza Thompson McKesson.  He was educated in the public schools in the county of his birth and at Allegheny College, from which he received the degrees of Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts.  He studied law with the law firm of Carroll & Glover and was admitted to the Bar at Zanesville, Ohio, in the year 1860.  He immediately started to the great West in pursuit of a location and landed in the gold fields of Colorado.  Having imbibed the spirit of mining which was so prevalent in that locality at the time, he engaged in gold mining with some success but not having been accustomed to the severities of a miner's life, he soon returned to his father's home in Belmont County, Ohio, where he remained until the spring of 1861.  He had just opened an office for the practice of his profession in St. Clairsville, Ohio, when the first all for volunteers in the Union army was made.  He joined the first company of volunteers from St. Clairesville and entered the service of his country, where he remained during that, and his re-enlistment for over three and a half years.  He enlisted as a private, was promoted to second lieutenant and to captain, and was in all the battles in which his command engaged.
     He came to Delaware in the year 1868 and opened an office and began the practice of his profession.  He was elected prosecuting attorney of Delaware County in the autumn of 1876 and served for one term.  He was appointed clerk in the office of the first comptroller of the treasury, Jan. 5, 1882, and immediately went to Washington, D. C., and entered upon the duties of his office, at a salary of twelve hundred dollars per year.  In the year 1894 he was transferred to the Department of Justice, with an increased salary, and in the year 9100 he was promoted to the office of chief of the division of accounts, at a salary of twenty-five hundred dollars per year, which position he at present holds with a corps of twenty-five clerks to assist him.
 
MILO D. GRAHAM, who for many years was engaged in general farming in Delaware Township, was one of the best known men of his community, and in his death, which occurred in 1902, Delaware County lost one of its representative citizens.  Mr. Graham was born in 1836, one mile north of Delawre, in Delaware County, Ohio, and was a son of John and Margaret (Gast) Graham. 
     JOHN GRAHAM was born in New Hampshire, and was taken to Pennsylvania by his father, who there abandoned him, bringing the other children, with their mother, to Ohio, and settling north of Delaware.  John Graham was reared by a farmer in Pennsylvania, and learned the tailor's trade.  He also succeeded in securing what was considered a good education in those days, being regarded as a good scholar.  He married in Pennsylvania and on subsequently coming to Delaware, Ohio, he had dealings with his father for several years before either knew that they were related.  His death took place in the fall of 1878, when he had attained the advanced age of ninety years, three months, and several days.
     Milo Graham located on his father's farm in 1876, the property subsequently coming to him by inheritance.  He engaged in general farming, and kept several head of cattle, a number of Chester White Hogs and about 100 chickens, and was very successful in his operations.  Sine his death his widow and sons have been cultivating this fine fifty-nine acre property, devoting five or six acres to garden trucking.  Mr. Graham was a Democrat in politics and a Presbyterian in religious belief, while his widow is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Stratford.
     Milo Graham was married on August 30, 1877, to Alvest Kroniger, and they had eleven children, nine of whom grew to maturity, namely:  Jennie, who married Guy Stickney of Delaware; Arthur, also of Delaware; Katherine, who married Abraham Baker, of Delaware; George, who operates the home farm; Martha, the wife of Charles Nugent, of Columbus; Ella, wife of Chas. Thomas, of Delaware, James Calvin, Daniel and Lydia Maybell, all residing at home.
     JOHN KRONINGER, father of Mrs. Graham, was born in Pennsylvania in 1812, and there learned the trade of blacksmith.  On attaining his majority, he came to Delaware Township, and engaged in balcksmithing north of the city of Delaware.  He subsequently removed to Stratford, where he continued that occupation.  His latter years were spent in farming on the east side of the river, near Stratford, where his death occurred September 24, 1894.  By his first marriage Mr. Kroninger had two sons, Peter and Hosea, and not long after his first wife's death he was married secondly to Elizabeth Swartz, by whom he had seven children, the following six of whom grew to maturity:  James, a resident of Shelby County, Ohio; George, who resides at Shepard; Alvesta, born May 5, 1853; Jacob; Daniel, who lives in Shelby County, Illinois; and Katherine, the wife of Charles Grojane, of Delaware, Ohio.  Mr. Kroninger contracted a third marriage with Mrs. Hannah Stickney, widow of Hugh Stickney of union County.  The family were members of the Lutheran Church.
DR. KLAPP AND DR. HENRY GREGG  located in Liberty Township in 1845.  In 1863 they both left the county.  Dr. Klapp moved to the West, and Gregg moved to Indiana.  ~ Page 349
RICHARD GRIFFITH, farmer; P. O. Constantia; is the son of Richard and Amelia (Hayes) Griffith; his father was born in Ireland about 1809, and came to Ohio in 1839, where he engaged in farming and railroading; his mother was born in Ireland in 1814, and came with her husband to Ohio; they had eight children.  Mr. Griffith, was subject, was born in 1850 in Cleveland, Ohio; his younger days were spent in farming and attending school; he was also employed railroading for some time; in 1871, he was married to Addie Hotchkiss, a daughter of Lyman Hotchkiss; her parents were both from Connecticut; her mother was a teacher in an early day in this county; her grandfather walked to Ohio from Connecticut during the war of 1812.  Mr. and Mrs. Griffith  have had two children- Allenwood, born Nov. 3, 1872; Winford, July 20, 1877; after marriage they settled on their present farm of 288 acres.
GEORGE GRIST, retired farmer; P. O. Sunbury; is a son of John B. and Abigail ()ray) Grist; his father was born Jan. 9, 1780, in New Haven, Conn., and moved to Pennsylvania when 4, and to Ohio in 1807, where he died in 1841; was in the battle against Tecumseh.  His mother was a daughter of Hezekiah  Pray; she was born in Pennsylvania about 1780.  They had twelve children.  Mr. Grist was born in 1814, in Berkshire Township, where he has spent almost his allotted three score and ten, and still bids fair for a few more years of usefulness; his younger days were spent in clearing away the forest and attending school, eight months of which he was at Worthington, Ohio; he helped to teach a school under Dr. Denison's instruction; he became interested in book-keeping, and has always kept a book account of his farming, which has mostly been his vocation during life; he has been robust and hearty since he was 7 years old.  At the age of 22, he began farming for himself, renting from his father and Atherton.  In April, 1839, he was married to Mary A. Carpenter, daughter of Squire Carpenter;  she was born in Licking Co.  In the spring of 1840, he moved on M. Perfect's farm in Trenton Township, and lived there about three years; he then cleared ten acres of a thirty-acre tract which his father had given him;  this thirty acres he traded for forty-three acres in Trenton Township, in the mean time buying 100 acres of the Spinning tract, and traded it for 120 acres in Steuben Co., Ind., which he then traded for some land in Trenton Township, adjoining his forty-three acres; he soon after began trading in stock, which he continued eighteen years.  In 1855, he went to Iowa, and cleared $4,000 in farming and trading; he then returned to Delaware Co. in 1857, selling his farm in Iowa in 1857.  In 1871, he sold his farm in Berkshire Township for $17,000, which he invested in loaning and buying property.  He owns eleven town lots in Sunbury, and four acres of land adjoining the town, together with a fine dwelling and the hotel now occupied by Bryant, and the business room of Payne & Rose; has also one lot, 80 feet front and 192 feet deep, on High street, Columbus.  He had eleven children by his first wife two of whom are living.  She died in 1862.  He again married in 1865 to Mrs. Fowler, daughter of Joseph Patrick, who came to Ohio about the same time Mr. Grist's father came; by her he had one child, Charles M.  Mr. Grist had been Township Trustee, and was elected Justice of the Peace in Iowa, but resigned when moving back; he has been an active worker in the temperance movement; he was once connected with the Sunbury Bank, and once sold goods in same place for three years, abut met with misfortune through other parties failing, compelling him to pay $3,000 security.  He has taken the Delaware Gazette since Griswold became editor, and is perhaps the oldest subscriber to that paper in the county.  He is also the oldest child born in Berkshire Township.
 
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