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WILLIAM BACK,
Flat Rock, Napoleon p.o., was born in Canajoharie,
Montgomery county, N. Y., in 1820, and was a son of
William and Lucy Back.
William was married in 1851, to
Mrs. Eunice Lucretia (Back) Gunn,
widow of L. Back. They have a family of five
children living, Lucy, Francis H., Maria,
Jennie L., Joseph E., and one son, LymanΈ died leaving a widow and two children:
and one son, William E., died at the age of twenty-seven, single.
Mr. Back settled in Flat Rock,
Henry county, in 1861 and settled on his present homestead.
Eunice L. was a daughter of the old pioneer, Elijah and Eleanor (Grant) Gunn, who came to Henry county from Lucas county in 1827. They had a family of five children,
four of whom are now living:
Catharine, Lucretia, William and
Julian.
The grandfather, Elijah, was a Revolutionary soldier who was born in Scotland, and served in Washingtons army.
Elijah was soldier in the War of
1812.
Source: History of Henry & Fulton Cos., Ohio
Publ. 1888 645 |
HENRY BADEN.
This well-known grain buyer and manager of the elevator in
Hamler, Henry county, is a native of Germany, born April 9,
1859, a son Conrad and Mary (Mahnke) Baden. The mother died
in that country, but the father is still living. The public
schools of his native land afforded our subject his
educational privileges, and in that country he continued to
reside until fifteen years of age. He then crossed the
Atlantic with the hope of bettering his financial condition
in the New World, where he believed better opportunities
were afforded young men for advancement.
Since coming to America Mr. Baden has made his home in Henry
county, for the first two years being employed on a farm in
Freedom township. During the following year he worked as a
laborer on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, and then served as
foreman on a section for about twelve years. On leaving the
employ of the railroad in January, 1890, he located in
Hamler, where he embarked in merchandising, and in
connection with that business also had charge of the
elevator. Since August, 1893, he has given his entire
attention to the grain business, and in this undertaking is
meeting with a well-deserved success financially.
In Holgate, Henry county, February 10, 1883, Mr. Baden
was united in marriage with Miss Eliza Wildung, also a
native of Germany, and to them have been born eight
children, two of whom are now deceased, dying at the ages of
two years, and eleven months, respectively. Those living are
Mary, Henry, George, Amelia, Adolph and Hilda. The family
have a pleasant home in Hamler, which was erected by Mr.
Baden. He is a prominent member of the German Lutheran
Church, and takes quite an active part in all Church work.
Since casting his first vote measures of the Democratic
party, and has served his fellow citizens as a member of the
village council with credit to himself and to their entire
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DOCTOR PHILIP BALLARD, Harrison, Grelton p.o., a
physician, and surgeon, of Harrison township, was born in
Franklin
county, Mass.,
in 1817. He read medicine with his
brothers, Doctors Thomas and Horace
Ballard. He settled in Wood
county, O., in 1856, and there began the practice of medicine and surgery. He was married in 1841 to
Esther Fuller, who was born in
Connecticut and married in Portage county, O. They
have had a family of seven children:
Maria J., Albert W., P. U., J. C., L. E., S. F. and Cora D.
Doctor Philip enlisted in Company I, Sixty-eighth Regiment, Dec. 24,
1863, was detailed was field hospital surgeon and was discharged at the close of
the war.
Doctor Philip was a son of
Oren and Margaret Ballard who settled
in Trumble county, in 1820 coming there from
Massachusetts.
Source: History of Henry & Fulton Cos., Ohio
Publ. 1888 645 |
WILLIAM S. BARHITE.
This prominent merchant of Hamler, and one of the
leading business men of Henry county, has shown in his
successful career that he has the ability to plan wisely and
execute with energy, a combination which, when possessed by
men in any walk of life, never fails to effect notable
results.
Mr. Barhite was born Nov. 11, 1866, in Norwalk, Ohio,
and there made his home until seven years of age, when he
accompanied his parents on their removal to Wood county,
this State. A year later, however, he returned to
Huron county, and until twenty years of age lived with his
uncle on a farm, acquiring his education in the public
schools of the neighborhood. He then came to Hamler,
Henry county, where he was employed for three years in an
implement house, and at the end of that time embarked in
business on his own account as a merchant. He is an
enterprising, wide-awake business man of known reliability,
and from the public receives a liberal patronage.
On April 5, 1887, Mr. Barhite was married in
Hamler to Miss Ella McGranahan, a native of
Greenville, Pennsylvania, and to them have been born two
children: Lulu and Marjorie.
Mr. Barhite is one of
the leading Republicans of Henry county, and as one of its
influential citizens has become quite prominently identified
with the political affairs of the community. During
the fore part of President Harrision's administration
he was appointed postmaster of Hamler, a position he
creditably filled for four years, and in 1893 was the
candidate of his party for clerk of courts of Henry county.
He is an earnest Christian gentleman, and an active worker
in the Methodist Episcopal Church, to which he belongs.
Socially he is a member of the Masonic fraternity and Tokopa
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JOHN W. BARINGER, Pleasant, Holgate, p.o., was born
in Mahoning county, O., in 1843, and was a son of
Absalom and Sarah (Rakestraw) Baringer. She was born
in New Jersey and her husband was a native of
Germany.
They were married in Mahoning county.
Absalom died in Defiance
county in 1866. They had twelve
children, seven of whom are now living.
Two sons enlisted, Levy R. and John W.
John W. lost his right arm in an engagement at
Atlanta, while serving in Company D, 100th
Ohio Volunteers. He enlisted Aug. 4,
1862, and was discharged May 17, 1865, from the
Cleveland
hospital. He now receives a pension
of thirty-six dollars per month.
Levy served in the 111th
to the close of the war. The other
children were Benjamin R., Esther J., Lydia, Sophia
and
Caroline.
John W. was married in 1868 to Charity Povenmire, of
Defiance
county, in 1868. They have seven
children: Mary E., Olive R., Luther B.,
Ernest E., Harriet E., Charles F. and
Sarah V. John W., settled in
Holgate and was appointed postmaster in July, 1874, and served until 1885. He was made ticket, express and
freight agent of the railroad and resigned in 1880. He was justice for two terms and is
now assessor.
Source: History of Henry & Fulton Cos., Ohio
Publ. 1888 645
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JOHN H. BARR, Flat
Rock, Florida
p. o., a veteran soldier of the War of the Rebellion and owner and proprietor of
the Florida steam saw and planning-mill, was born in Fairfield county, in 1840
and enlisted Sept. 5, 1861, in Company H, 15th Ohio Regiment, under
Colonel Moses Dickey; re-enlisted and
served until Nov. 21, 1865, at which time he was discharged at San Antonio,
Texas. He was promoted to sergeant. He was married in December, 1869, to
Frances L. Hurd, of Lorain county, who was born in 1851. They have had seven children:
Gertrude, Sherman, Luella, Arthur,
Bessie, Mable and George W., who
died at the age of nine years.
John H. was a son of
John and Barbara (Lamott) Barr, of
Pennsylvania.
They were married in Fairfield
county, O., and settled in Defiance
county in 1846. They had a family of
nine children, seven of whom are now living:
J. M., J. H., W. J., L. M., Nancy, Sarah J., and Mary. John was born in 1804 and died
July 6, 1883. His wife
Barbara, died in1850.
John H. became engaged in the manufacture of lumber of 1870, and settled in Flat Rock township
in 1875, where he built his present steam saw-mill in 1876. He is now engaged in the manufacture
of, and dealing in pine lumber, lath, shingles etc.
Source: History of Henry & Fulton Cos., Ohio
Publ. 1888 645
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WILLIAM J. BARR,
Flat Rock, a veteran soldier, who lost the use of his limbs through palsy, which
was contracted during service, on July 3, 1865, just before the discharge of his
regiment which occurred July 18, 1865.
HE enlisted Oct. 5, 1861, under
Captain L. Y. Richards, in Company A, Sixty-eighth Ohio, under
Colonel McCoy. He now receives a pension of
seventy-two dollars per month. He is
an active, ambitious man and bears his affliction without a murmur. He was married Sept. 10, 1867, to
Catharine I. Miller.
They have had two children:
William Logan (born May 10, 1869) and
Mary Beatrice (born July 6, 1874).
William J. was a son of
John and Barbara (Lamott) Barr. Catharine was a daughter
William and Mary (Noggle) Miller, who
were early settlers. They had one
daughter, Catharine I. Mary had by her third husband,
Washington Lowry, a family of five
children: Rebecca J., who married
Charles G. Shull; George O.; Susan C.
married Isaac Hersberger; Theresa A.
married William H. Gunn, and
Ellen.
Mr. Lowry died in 1843.
She married her third husband, John Barr,
in 1858. He died July 6, 1883, in
the eightieth year of his age.
Source: History of Henry & Fulton
Cos.,
Ohio Publ. 1888 646
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CORNELIUS BARTLOW,
Barltow, Deshler p.o., was the first settler in Bartlow township, and from him
received its name. He was born in
Lycoming county, Penn.,
Oct. 5, 1811, and has been married twice.
His first wife was Sarah McMahan. They had four children. Only one is now living,
Mary A. His second wife was
Elizabeth Medley. They have had one child
John T. Mr. Bartlow has held the office of justice
of the peace for mine years, and township treasurer for twelve years.
Source: History of Henry & Fulton
Cos., Ohio Publ. 1888 646
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CLINTON E. BEAR,
Ridgeville p.o., was born in Ridgeville, Henry county, in 1863 and was married
in 1884, to Mary Graphius, who was
born in Findley, Hancock county.
They have had one daughter, Estella.
Clinton E. Bear, was a son of
Joseph and Barbara (Barstow) Bear.
Barbara was born in Germany, in 1824, and her husband,
Joseph, was born in Lancaster
county, Pa., in 1815, and was a son of
Henry and Susan Bear, of Pa.
Joseph settled in
Ohio, Stark county, in 1839, and
came to Henry county, in 1844. They
were married in 1845, and had a family of eight children:
Henry, Susanna, Mary, Vianna, Eliza,
John, Clinton E., and Edward.
Joseph was a carpenter, builder, and
farmer, but has now retired.
Clinton E.,
is engaged in the manufacture of lumber, and erected a steam saw-mill in
connection with George Harmon, in 1884. He also owns and runs an
improved steam thresher.
Source: History of Henry & Fulton Cos., Ohio
Publ. 1888 647
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CHARLES F. BEARD, Napoleon, was born in Manchester, Eng.,
in 1837, and was married in 1863, to
Hannah Edwards. They settled in Pittsburgh, Pa., in
1864. His wife died in 1870, leaving
two sons, Joseph H.
and
William A.
Charles F. married his second wife,
Hannah
Walker, in 1873. She was a native of
England.
They had three sons and two daughters; two children are now living:
George W. and
Walter James.
Mr. Beard is a machinist and inventor
and manufacturer of engines and boilers from three to ten horse power, circular
and wood sawing machines, emery grinders, vises, steam heating fixtures, and
does a general custom work. He
purchased his business interest in 1878, and has been constantly increasing the
business until now he has a splendid trade.
Source: History of Henry & Fulton
Cos., Ohio Publ. 1888 647
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FREDERICK
BEAVERSON, Pleasant, Holgate p.o., a pioneer resident of Holgate, was
born in Stark county, in 1844, and was a son of
Samuel and Maria (Weyber) Beaverson. Maria was born in
France, and her husband,
Samuel, was born in
Pennsylvania, in 1814.
They were married in Stark county, and settled in
Fulton
county, in 1850. They have twelve
children: John, Frederick,
Samuel, Jr., Andrew, Jacob, Henry,
Rosanna, Rebecca, Maria, Susan, Elizabeth, Sarah.
Fred enlisted in 1863, in Company G, 85th
Ohio, served for three months, re-enlisted in the 86th Regiment in 1863,
under Colonel Lemert, and was
discharged at Cleveland,
in 1864, being at that time third corporal.
Fred settled in Holgate, in
1874, and became engaged in the grocery and saloon business. He was married in November, 1874, to
Mary E. Sapp, a daughter of
Emanuel Sapp, of Flat Rock. They have had four children, three
are now living:
Walter, Samuel, and Ralph.
Mr. Beaverson built his present residence in 1882.
Source: History of Henry & Fulton
Cos., Ohio Publ. 1888 647
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JERRY P. BELKNAP,
who is the present mayor of Holgate, and the editor and
proprietor of the "Henry County Review," is a native of
Henry county, born near Napoleon, March 10, 1859, a son of
John D. and Mary (Weaver) Belknap, the former
probably a native of New Jersey, the latter of Butler
county, Ohio.
In 1850 the parents removed from Butler county, Ohio, to
Henry county, locating on a farm near Napoleon, where they
were living at the outbreak of the Civil war. Feeling that
his country needed his services, the father enlisted April
22, 1861, in Company F, Fourteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry,
for three months' service, and was commissioned first
lieutenant of his company. A short time after going to the
front he was in camp at Laurel Hill, West Virginia, after
having participated in a skirmish, and he was here
accidentally shot and killed by one of his own men July 15,
1861, when thirty-four years of age. He left a widow and
three children, the others beside our subject being: Charles
H., now a farmer of Napoleon township, Henry county; and
Emma E., wife of Harry Lemon, of Fulton county, Ohio. The
mother died in 1874 when about fifty years of age.
From the age of two years Jerry P. Belknap spent his
childhood and youth in Napoleon, and in its schools obtained
a good practical education, being a member of its first
graduating class. In March, 1876, soon after leaving school,
he entered the "Signal" office in Napoleon to learn the
printer's trade, working there until 1880. Going to Stuart,
Guthrie county, Iowa, he published the "Stuart Ledger" for a
year and a half, and on selling that paper he purchased the
"Portland Observer," at Portland, Michigan, which he
published some four years. Returning then to Napoleon he
bought the "Napoleon Signal," which he conducted for five
years, from the fall of 1885 until the spring of 1891, when
he sold out and removed to Chicago, There, in company with
W. F. Baum, he established the "Chicago Stockman," which
they published for nearly three years, and on disposing of
his interest in that paper he came to Holgate, Ohio. He has
since been editor and proprietor of the "Henry County
Review," the circulation of which has been increased to nine
hundred under his able management. It is independent in
politics, and is one of the best papers published in this
section of the State. On April 15, 1881, in Napoleon, Mr.
Belknap married Miss Carrie L. Hartman, a daughter of
N. H.
Hartman, of that place, and they have become the parents of
three children: Laura, Marion and Nathaniel. Socially,
Mr.
Belknap is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
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C. BISH, Bartlow,
Deshler p.o., was born in Fairfield
county, O., in 1849, and when six years of age moved to Hancock county, where he
remained until the winter of 1876, when he settled in Bartlow township. He was married in 1879 to
Mary A. Lansing. They had a family of four children,
three of whom are now living:
William M. (deceased),
Ida M.,
David S., and Grover S.
Mr. Bish is now engaged in farming, and owns a finely cultivated farm
of 120 acres.
Source: History of Henry & Fulton Cos., Ohio
Publ. 1888 648
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ALFRED H. BLAIR,
Washington, Texas p.o., was born in
Portage
county, O., in 1825, and settled in Henry county in 1863. He was engaged in the stock business
in 1845, frequently passing through Henry county on his way to
Indiana, he became familiar with the county at an early date. He was a son of
Alfred and Julia (Miller) Blair.
Julia was born in
Vermont and her husband in
Massachusetts.
They were married in Portage county, in 1824, and had a family of six children, four of whom
are now living: Alfred H., Elston, Henry
M. and Samantha. The father died in 1835, and the
mother in February, 1882, at the age of eighty-three years.
Alfred H. Blair, was married in 1853,
to Clarissa Vaughn, of
Vermont. She died in 1854, and he then married
Jane Silvernail, in 1863. She was born in Greene county, N. Y. They have had a family of three
children, Mary, Carlos and
John. Alfred B. Blair has been township trustee,
assessor, and now resides on a homestead of 80 acres.
Source: History of Henry & Fulton
Cos., Ohio Publ. 1888 648
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LEWIS BOCKELMAN,
Freedom, Napoleon p.o., was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1831, and was a son of
Henry and Catharine Bockelman, who had a family of eight children, six of
whom emigrated to America;
they were Lewis, Mary, Fred, Frederick, Henry and
August.
August enlisted and died at the
Fairfax Court-House.
Catharine and William remained in Germany.
Lewis emigrated to
America in 1860, and settled in Adams,
Defiance
county, O. He enlisted in August,
1862, in Co. K, 107th Ohio Regiment, under
Colonel Meyers, and served to the close of the war, after which he was discharged at
Cleveland. He returned to
Adams, and became engaged in the carpenter and builder trade. He was married in 1867 to
Anna Eggers, who was born in 1849. She was a daughter of John H. and Mary (Shuette) Eggers. They have had a
family of eight children, four of whom are now living:
Emma, Anna, Mary and
Charles.
He purchased his first farm in 1866, and in 1876 came to Napoleon to
reside, where he became engaged in the mercantile business. In 1880 he purchased and removed to
his present fine farm of 120 acres, all of which he has improved, and on which
he has erected some model farm buildings.
He has been trustee for four terms, and is secretary of the Farmers
Insurance Company, which became a fully reliable institution under his able
management.
Source: History of Henry & Fulton
Cos., Ohio Publ. 1888 648
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CHARLES F.
BOESLING
This prominent resident of Flat
Rock township, Henry county, has been extensively engaged in
agricultural work in that locality for a number of years,
and has lately become interested in the milling business at
Florida, Henry county, his venture proving highly
successful. His enterprise and energy are worthy of
emulation, and his history finds an appropriate place among
those of the leading business men of the section.
Mr. Boesling is a native of Henry county, having been
born in Napoleon township, October 8, 1855. When he
was about fourteen years old his parents, Henry and
Sophia (Hase) Boesling, removed to Flat Rock township, where
our subject has ever since resided. In early manhood
he engaged in agriculture, and he now owns a fine farm of
three hundred and forty-seven acres, which he manages in a
scientific manner, being regarded as one of the successful
farmers of the county. Until 1897 his agricultural
interests occupied his attention exclusively; but in the
spring of that year he purchased the roller gristmill at
Florida, which he is now conducting, the daily capacity
being seventy-five barrels.
He has a pleasant home in Flat Rock township, and is
identified with various progressive movements in his
community, being especially active in religious work as a
member of the Lutheran Church. On October 28, 1880, he
was married in that township to Miss Sophia Bahrens,
daughter of Henry Bahrens, a well-known resident of Adams
township, Defiance county. Five children have blessed
this union: Minnie, Karl, Frederick,
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JOHN M. BRAYER.
The financial and commercial history of Henry county
would be very incomplete and unsatisfactory without a
personal mention of those whose lives are interwoven so
closely with the industrial and financial development of
this section of the State. Prominent among this class
of citizens is Mr. Brayer, who was for several years
engaged in the manufacture of staves in Holgate, and is now
officially connected with the Holgate Commercial Bank.
Mr. Brayer was born in Rochester, New York,
March 21, 1855, and in that city was reared and educated.
His father, Michael Brayer, was a native of Alsace,
Germany, crossed the Atlantic when a young man, and in
Rochester, New York married Miss Elizabeth Wackerman,
also a native of the Fatherland. They became the
parents of ten children - six sons and four daughters - of
whom John M. is fifth in order of birth. Both
parents died in Rochester.
In his native city John M. Brayer, remained
until 1874, which year witnessed his arrival in Henry
county, Ohio. Some time previous, his father, in
company with two other gentlemen, had come to the county and
erected a stavemill in Holgate, where our subject was
employed until 1882, when he and his two brothers, Jacob
W. and Nicholas W. Brayer, purchased the mill
which they successfully operated until 1891, selling out at
that time to G. W. Walker, the present owner.
Mr. Brayer has sine been connected with the bank, now
known as the Holgate Commercial Bank, which was organized by
our subject, his brother, Nicholas W., and F. H.
Voigt, the firm name at that time being Brayer
Brothers & Voigt. As the founder of what was
become one of the most reliable financial institutions of
the county he deserves special credit. His success has
been the result of honest, persistent effort in the line of
honorable and manly dealing, and he is justly numbered among
the leading and influential business men of his adopted
county. Socially he affiliates with the Masonic
fraternity.
In Flat Rock township, Henry county, March 21, 1886,
Mr. Brayer married Miss Caroline Eberly, daughter
of Henry and Eve Eberly, who were among the early
settlers of Henry county. Her father is now deceased.
Mr. and Mrs. Brayer have four children, namely:
Carrie E., Thomas H., Nellie E. and Jean A. |
DAVID T.
BURR.
The county commissioner of Henry county, David T. Burr,
is one of the leading and influential citizens of Monroe
township, and has taken an active part in promoting its
substantial improvement and material development. An
adopted son of America, his loyalty is above question, and
his labors in the interests of the county have been most
effective and beneficial.
Mr. Burr was born March 18, 1835, in Alsace, Germany
(then a part of France), where his parents spent their
entire lives, dying in that country. Our subject was
reared and educated in his native land, but in 1852, at the
age of seventeen years, he bade adieu to his old home and
friends, and sailed for the New World. On reaching the
shores of the United States he proceeded to Seneca county,
Ohio, where he worked by the year at farm labor until
February 22, 1862, when, with his wife and three children,
he removed to Henry county. After four years spent in
Harrison township, he came to Monroe township, where he has
since made his home with the exception of fourteen years,
two of which were spent in the lumber business in Huron
county and twelve in the same business in Union county,
Ohio. In 1882 he erected a sawmill at Malinta, Henry
county, which he successfully operated until 1892, but since
that time he has devoted his energies principally to the
cultivation of his home farm, comprising one hundred and
thirteen and one-half acres of valuable and well-improved
land. His elegant residence is surrounded by good
barns and outbuildings, and the whole place indicates the
thrift and progressive spirit of the owner.
In Tiffin, Ohio, December 10, 1857, Mr. Burr was united
in marriage with Miss Betsy A. Switzer, a native of
Pennsylvania, by whom he has nine children living and three
now deceased.
Mr. Burr is a member of the General Synod of the
Lutheran Church and is affiliated with the Masonic
fraternity. Sine attaining his majority he has adhered
to the Democratic party, and is to-day one of its most
prominent representatives living in Henry county. For
two years he served as township trustee in Monroe township,
for the same length of time held that office in Union
county, and has been school director fifteen years - nine in
Union county and six in Henry county. In 1892 he was
first elected county commissioner in the latter county, and
has since served in that responsible position, being
chairman of the board for three years. He is one of
the most valued citizens that Germany has furnished to the
New World, is a man of sterling worth in all the relations
of life, and his name is honorably and inseparably connected
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HENRY C.
BURSON.
This successful physician and
surgeon of Grelton, Henry county, is one of the younger
members of the profession, but his prominence is by no means
measured by his years; on the contrary, he has won a
reputation which many an older practitioner might well envy,
especially in the line of surgery.
Doctor Burson was born in Wood county, Ohio, June 12,
1869, a son of Thomas and Mary A. (Knouff) Burson. The
mother died in that county, February 21, 1896, but the
father is still living. Our subject is sixth in the
order of birth in their family of seven children - five sons
and 2 daughters. Doctor Burson began his education in
the common schools of his native county, and later attended
the Collegiate Institute at Fayette, Ohio. After
completing his literary course, he commenced the study of
medicine, in 1888, under the direction of Doctor E. W. Schooley, of Weston, Ohio, and took his first course of
lectures at the Eclectic Medical Institute of Cincinnati,
Ohio. Subsequently he took the Regular course at the
Toledo Medical College, where he graduated in March, 1896.
In 1892 he had located in Grelton, Henry county, and is now
at the head of a large and well-paying practice.
At Grelton, August 10, 1893, Doctor
Burson married Miss Carrie M. Hoy, who was born September 9,
1873, in Harrison township, Henry county, where her father,
Jacob Hoy, still lives. In addition to his practice
the Doctor was formerly a correspondent of several of the
leading newspapers of the State, including the "Cincinnati
Enquirer," and others of equal prominence, and during the
campaign of 1896 he wrote many able articles on the free
coinage of silver. In August, 1890, he took charge of
the "Wood County Herald," published at Weston, Ohio, and for
one year ably edited that journal. At present,
however, he gives his undivided attention to his
professional duties, and in the practice of his chosen
calling is meeting with excellent success. Socially he
is an honored member of the Masonic fraternity, and of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, while politically he is
identified with the Democratic party, taking an active
interest in public affairs. In the campaign of 1896-08
the Doctor took an active part, his voice in behalf of the
Democratic cause being heard in various parts of Henry
county. On September 25, 1897, he received the
nomination for the office of county treasurer, was duly
elected thereto November 10 following, and entered upon the
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