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BIOGRAPHIES
** Source:
A Twentieth Century History of
Hardin County, Ohio
- Vol. I & II -
Publ. The Lewis Publishing Company - Chicago
1910
898 pgs.
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ELMER J. CAREY - Endowed by nature with the talents and gifts
that win success in the business world and command the respect
of his fellow associates, Elmer J. Carey, of Ada, and has
always identified himself with the leading interests of this
part of Hardin county, and has proved himself a valuable and
worthy citizen. He is a man of financial ability, and is
now serving as cashier of Liberty Bank and as county Samuel
Carey. A native of Perry county, Ohio, Samuel Carey
was there brought up and educated. Coming to Hardin county
in 1857, he began farming in Liberty township, subsequent
removing to Washington township, Hardin county. He married
Rachel Heim, a native of Perry county, Ohio, and of the
children born of their union three sons and two daughters are
now living, Elmer J., the special subject of this sketch,
being the fourth child.
Attending as a boy the district schools of Liberty and
Washington townships, Elmer J. Carey completed his early
education at the Ohio Northern University in Ada. When in
1902 the Liberty Bank was organized, Mr. Carey was made
assistant cashier, and in that capacity proved himself so
capable and trustworthy that four years later, in 1906, he was
elected cashier of the institution, a position that he has since
retained. Active in public affairs, he stands high in the
Democratic party, and has served in various official capacities,
having been city clerk of Ada, and in 1808 was elected to his
present position as county auditor. He is a stockholder in
the Liberty Bank and one of its directors, and is also the
secretary and treasurer of the Ohio Northern University.
Mr. Carey married, June 18, 1902, Dora
Pfeiffer, daughter of George and Mary Pfeiffer, of
Kenton, Ohio, and they have one son, Donald V. Carey
Fraternally Mr. Carey is a member of teh Ancient Free and
Accepted Masons; of the Knights of Pythias; and of the
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
Source: A Twentieth Century History of
Hardin County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. The Lewis Publishing
Company - Chicago - 1910. - Page 535 |
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WILLIAM CAREY,
deceased, for years a prominent merchant and banker of Kenton,
Ohio, settled in the county just after the town of Kenton was
laid out, when it was surrounded by timber. He was a
native of New Jersey, and was a son of Lewis Carey, who
came to Ohio among the early settlers. Lewis Carey
brought one hundred slaves with him from New Jersey, all of them
belonging to him. He bought a large tract of land near
Bucyrus and gave it to them, but they could not make a living
for themselves without some one to take care of them, so they
ran away. He spent the greater part of his life at
Bucyrus, but died in Kenton, Ohio.
The early childhood of William Carey was spent
in New Jersey; he came with his parents to Ohio, and in an early
day came to Hardin county, where he spent a year and then
removed to Marseilles, where he married Sarah, daughter
of Moses and Jane (Patterson) Dudley. Moses
Dudley was among the first white settlers of Hardin county,
Ohio, and the town of Kenton was not laid out at the time.
He helped build the first road through Hardin county and erected
the first jail in Kenton. He purchased one hundred acres
of land in the vicinity of Kenton and improved it, later selling
out. He bought land farther down the river, where he lived
for a number of years, then removed to Versailles, Ohio, and
after spending a few years there he returned to Kenton and spent
his remaining years with his daughter.
About five years after his marriage William
Carey returned to Kenton, where he conducted a general store
for several years, and also became the pioneer banker of Kenton,
establishing the Carey Bank. On account of ill health,
however, Mr. Carey retired and lived only about
one year afterward. He was a public-spirited citizen, and
interested in every movement for the betterment and development
of the town. He was a Republican after the establishment
of that party, and actively interested in public affairs.
He and his wife were parents of ten children, of whom three now
survive. He is well remembered in Kenton where he was well known
and highly esteemed.
Source: A Twentieth Century History of
Hardin County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. The Lewis Publishing
Company - Chicago - 1910. - Page 747 |
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BENJAMIN F. CESSNA, M. D.,
a retired physician of Kenton, Ohio, has been identified with
Hardin county since he was seven years old, and his useful life
has made its impression here.
Dr. Cessna was born in Cumberland Valley, near
Bedford Springs, Pennsylvania, Jan. 27, 1826. His father
and grandfather, both named Jonathan Cessna were natives
of Pennsylvania, his father having been born near Bedford
Springs Apr. 1, 1789. The latter came with his family to
Hardin county, Ohio, in 1833, landing here on the third of May,
and here he spent the rest of his life, and died at the age of
eighty years. He was an influential man in the pioneer
community. For twelve years he served as associate judge.
Benjamin Cessna grew up with the energies and
ambitions of the great West and soon mastered the learning of
the local schools within his reach. Like many another
young American he then became a school master; but his thirst
for knowledge was not yet satisfied. In 1846 he entered
the Ohio Wesleyan University from which he was later graduated
and later still received Master's degree. He completed a
medical course in the University of Michigan, receiving his
diploma in 1852. After six years of successful practice
the young physician entered the Jefferson Medical School at
Philadelphia and received his degree from that institution in
1858.
In 1855 Dr. Cessna began the practice of
medicine in Van Wert, Ohio, and with the exception of the time
spent in professional study, he continued his professional
career in Van Wert until 1876.
In his profession and also in his investments he was
successful, the passing years bringing him as a result of his
well directed efforts not only comfort and plenty but also a
competency from which he has drawn liberally and from time to
time has made gifts to numerous worthy causes. He was
elected a trustee of the Ohio Wesleyan University. He has
deeded to the Ohio Wesleyan University property sufficient to
provide for a professorship. The income of the property
goes to the University and provides for the perpetual
maintenance of a chair of English language and literature, which
bears his name in the college. Dr. Cessna is
the second graduate of the college thus to provide for the
endowment of a chair. Also he has given much to various
charities. On retiring from the practice of medicine in
1876, he came to Kenton, conducting his farms near this city,
where he has since made his home. In the meantime he has
traveled extensively. In 1884 he toured Europe and in 1902
he went to Palestine and visited the different countries on the
Mediterranean sea. Dr. Cessna was in Egypt
and went up the Nile. He also visited Greece.
Dr. Cessna has been twice married, first
in 1853, and again in 1876. By his first marriage Dr.
Cessna had two daughters, Ida and Kate.
The former died some years ago in Buffalo, New York, and the
latter is at present living in Nebraska. By his second
marriage he had one daughter, Marion, who died a few
years ago in Milan, Italy, where she had gone to study music.
At present Dr. Cessna is a widower. He is a
Royal Arch Mason and a member of the Alumni Association of the
University of Michigan.
Source: A Twentieth Century History of
Hardin County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. The Lewis Publishing
Company - Chicago - 1910. - Page 897 |
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CLARENCE M. CESSNA
- A cultivated and highly talented man, well versed in the
intricacies of law, Clarence M. Cessna, of Kenton, is
well known as one of the active and able lawyers of Hardin
county. A native of this county, he was born, July 29,
1872, in Cessna township, a son of Zaccheus Cessna, and
grandson of William Cessna, who came from Pennsylvania to
Ohio in 1835, and at once located, as a pioneer settler, in
Holmes county and later in the same year moved to Hardin county,
taking up land in Cessna township.
Born in Pennsylvania, Zaccheus Cessna was but
nine months old when brought by his parents to Cessna township.
He was there brought up and educated, and in course of time
became one of the prominent farmers of that locality, living
there until his death, which occurred when he was fifty-eight
years of age. He married Mary M. Hagerman, who was
born in Richland county, Ohio, a daughter of Samuel Hagerman
one of the early pioneers of this state. She survived her
husband, and now resides in Kenton. Of the family of ten
children, five sons and five daughters, born of their union, all
but one grew to years of maturity, C. M., the special
subject of this sketch, being the seventh child, and third son
in succession of birth.
After leaving the common schools, C. M. Cessna
attended the Ohio Northern University at Ada, and subsequently
taught school awhile in the meantime reading law. A
diligent and intelligent scholar, at the end of three years, in
1899, he was admitted to the Ohio bar, and at once began the
practice of his profession in Toledo, where he remained until
1902. Coming then to Kenton. Mr. Cessna has
since been actively identified with the best interests of this
city, and as junior member of the well-known firm of Stickle
& Cessna has carried on an extensive and lucrative legal
practice. Fraternally Mr. Cessna is a member of the
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and politically he is a firm
supporter of the principles of the Republican party. He is
ever interested in everything pertaining to the welfare of the
general public, and as mayor of Kenton for one term, beginning
in January, 1906, rendered excellent service to his fellow
citizens.
Mr. Cessna married, Feb. 26, 1900, Lula
Whitmore. daughter of John and Whitmore, Hardin
county, and into their pleasant home two children have been
born, namely: Dwight C. and Clara G.
Source: A Twentieth Century History of
Hardin County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. The Lewis Publishing
Company - Chicago - 1910. - Page 657 |
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HON. W. T. CESSNA,
formerly a prominent attorney and business man and now living in
Kenton, Ohio, retired from active life, is supposed to be the
first white child now living born in the county, his birth
occurring Aug. 7, 1836. He is a son of Jonathan Cessna,
a native of Bedford county, Pennsylvania, who came to Hardin
county first in 1829, returned to Pennsylvania and brought his
family in 1833, locating two and a half miles west of what is
now the county seat. He was a judge seven years and was
very active in public affairs. Jonathan's father,
also named Jonathan Cessna, was of Huguenot descent.
Jonathan Cessna, father of W. T.,
married Catherine Boore, a native of Cumberland valley,
Pennsylvania, and they became the parents of ten children, five
sons and five daughters, W. T. being the eighth child.
His boyhood days were spent in his native place, and he received
his earliest education in a log schoolhouse west of Kenton.
Later he attended the Kenton schools and attended the Ohio
Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, graduating in 1861, in
the regular course. He entered Company A, Eighty-second
Ohio Volunteer Infantry as a private, was promoted to sergeant,
second lieutenant, first lieutenant, and adjutant of the
regiment in the Eastern army. Receiving his honorable
discharge in 1863, he returned home and in the winter of 1864 he
entered law school at Ann Arbor, Michigan, and the following
year was admitted to the bar at Kenton. In 1865 Mr.
Cessna was elected to the office of mayor of the city of
Kenton, and reelected in 1866. Mr. Cessna practised
law with good success for twenty years. In 1869 he was
elected to the legislature, serving two years, and in 1871 was a
candidate for nomination for the office of secretary of the
state, endorsed by the Ohio legislature, and was a candidate for
the state senate. In 1880 he was again elected mayor of
Kenton, serving with efficiency and distinction. During
his administration the water works were installed in the city.
Mr. Cessna is one of the most prominent
and influential citizens of Hardin county, and the citizens have
delighted to proffer him the highest honors within their gift,
and in every office of public trust he has acquitted himself
well, to the satisfaction of all. He is one of the most
highly esteemed men in Kenton, and has taken a prominent part in
the public affairs of the city. In 1882 Mr.
Cessna was elected president of the Pioneers' Association of
Hardin county, and erected the pioneer cabin on the fair
grounds. About this time he was appointed colonel of the
Ohio National Guards (the Seventh Ohio); he was also colonel of
the Ohio State Militia, Mr. Cessna has been
closely identified with building up the town of Kenton, and has
favored and assisted every movement for the public welfare.
In 1873 W. T. Cessna married Alice Teeters,
a native of Hardin county, daughter of Alonzo Teeters
and a graduate of Glendale College, and member of a prominent
family. She died Aug. 9, 1887.
In 1890 W. T. Cessna went to Chicago and for
some time dealt in real estate, in the building up of what is
now known as West Hammond, remaining there five years. He
was then elected president of the Colorado & Cripple Creek
Mining Companies, also president of two other mining companies
situated in Montana, also became vice president of the Big Tin
Company, whose mine was located near Helena. He spent ten
years in the mountains of Montana, and was also in the mining
business in New Mexico about four years, then became candidate
for the legislature from Grant and Luna counties, New Mexico,
and delivered the declaration address at Fort Bayard in 1894,
also several lectures at the normal school in New Mexico.
Among the work which Mr. Cessna has done
for the benefit of his native county is the legislation he put
through while serving in the legislature for the drainage of Hog
Creek Marsh in Hardin county. He fathered the bill to
issue bonds for the erection of the Ohio Northern University at
Ada. He organized a syndicate for the drainage of the
Scioto Marsh and first thought of carrying through this project
in the manner adopted. For many years In- has served as
president of Hardin County Democratic Club.
Source: A Twentieth Century History of
Hardin County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. The Lewis Publishing
Company - Chicago - 1910. - Page 658
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Lloyd H. Clark |
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George E. Crane |
GEORGE E. CRANE
Source: A Twentieth Century History of
Hardin County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. The Lewis Publishing
Company - Chicago - 1910. - Page 569 |
S. A. Crozier
Mrs. Alice Crozier |
SAMUEL A. CROZIER
Source: A Twentieth Century History of
Hardin County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. The Lewis Publishing
Company - Chicago - 1910. - Page 615 |
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