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HON. CALEB HATHAWAY GALLUP. On reviewing the life record of any individual it is interesting to note something of the ancestry from which he spring and their characteristics and thus to find the root of his own well developed traits. A contemporary historian has given the following: "John Gallup (I) born 1590, the ancestor of most of our families of that name, came to America from the parish of Mosterne, county Dorset, England, in 1839. Just before leaving the old for New England, with solemn fasting and prayer, one hundred and forty persons at the new hospital at Plymouth, organized a Congregational church and chose Rev. John Warham and Rev. John Maverick to be their pastor and teacher, and sailed from Plymouth, England, Mar. 20, 1630, in the Mary and John, a ship of four hundred tons, which arrived at Nantusket (now Hull), Massachusetts, May 30. "They were a very godly and religious people and many of them persons of note and figures, being dignified with the title of Mr., which few in those days were. Some of the principal men were Mr. Rosseter, Mr. Ludlow, Mr. Glover, Mr. Wolcott, Mr. Gallup and others."
     "His wife was Christobel (full name now unknown), and children were John (2), born in England, Joan, Samuel and Nathan. He became the owner and gave his name to Gallup's island off Boston harbor, by grant from Governor Winthrop, whose wife was a sister of Gallup's wife. A skillful mariner, he became memorable as commander of the first naval action off Block island, fought in North American waters, to avenge the murder of his friend Captain John Oldham by Indians in the famous Pequot war of 1637. His son John (2) participated in the naval engagement off Block island and in King Philip's war as a captain led a company of soldiers into the 'fearful swamp fight' at Narragansett, December 19, 1675 (within the limits of the present town of South Kingston, Rhode Island), where he was killed. His wife was Hannah Lake and children: Hannah, John, Esther, Benadum (3), William, Samuel, Christobel, Elizabeth, Mary and Margaret.
     "In the colonial records at Hartford may be found the following: 'February 9, 1652 - 3, John Gallup in consideration and with respect unto the services his father hath done for the country, hath given him up the river of Mistick, which side he will 300 acres of upland.'
     "'February 6, 1653-4, John Gallup, hath given him a further addition to his land at Mistick 150 acres, which he accepts of and acknowledgeth himself satisfyde for what lands he formerly laide claim unto upon the general neck as a gift of his father's, which as he saith was given to his father by General Stoughton, after the Pequott war.'
     "Benadum of the third generation, born in 1866, married Esther Prentice, and their children were Hannah, Esther, Mercy, Benadum (4), Joseph, Margaret and Lucy.
     "Lieutenant Benadum (4), born 1693, married Eunice Cobb. Their children were Benadum, Esther, Eunice, Lois, William (5), Henry, Nathan, Ebenezer, Thomas P., Hannah and Sarah.
     "William of the fifth generation was living at Kingston, Pennsylvania, with seven children, in 1778, at the time of 'the Wyoming massacre.' His son Hallet, twenty-two years old, escaped death by floating down the Susquehanna river patrolled by hostile Indians, his body under water and face between two rails grasped in his hands. Twin daughters, five years of age, were carried off by the Indians as pretty prizes, but soon recovered by ransom. He was born July 4, 1723, married Judith Reed, their children were Lydia, Hallet, Mary, William (6), Hannah, Sarah and Lucy.
     "William of the sixth, born at Groton, Connecticut, married Freelove Hathaway, a Philadelphia Quakeress, and had William Hallet (7), James Devine, and Caleb Hathaway.
     "Hallet of the seventh generation was an artillery gunner in Captain Thomas' company of Pennsylvania volunteers and served under General William Henry Harrison, in the war of 1812. He was born 1796, married Clarissa Benedict, daughter of Platt and Salley Deforest Benedict, first settlers of Norwalk. Their children were Catherine, Mariah, Lydia, Carroll, Sarah, Eliza, Caleb Hathaway (8), and Elizabeth F."
     Caleb Hathaway Gallup is a representative of the eighth generation of Gallup in America and was born in Norwalk, Ohio, May 10, 1834. He was reared to hard work on a farm and his first school experience was in the Norwalk Union schools, which he attended during the winters of 1850, 1851 and 1852. In 1853, he filled a position in the office of the Huron county clerk and then, resuming his interrupted education, matriculated at Denison University, Granville, Ohio, in 1854, entering for the scientific course. In the fall of that year, he was transferred to the same class and course at Madison University, now Colgate, at Hamilton, New York, where he promoted the founding of Mu Chapter of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. On the completion of his course, he was graduated in 1856 with the degree of Bachelor of Science and followed this by preparations for the bar as a student in the office of Worcester & Pennewell in Norwalk, Ohio. There he remained until the fall of 1857, when he entered the law school of the Cincinnati College and was graduated therefrom with the Bachelor of Law degree on the 15th of April, 1858.
     Mr. Gallup was admitted to practice before the bar of Michigan, July 19, 1859, and in 1860 was elected prosecuting attorney of Huron county, Michigan, which office he held by re-election for ten consecutive years. During that same period, in 1866-7, he represented his district in the state legislature and left the impress of his individuality and clear insight into public affairs upon the legislative enactments of that section. Among other laws and resolutions enacted on his initiation, was a law for the relief of a stranded colony of educated Germans, an offshoot or protege of the "Economites" of Harmany, Pennsylvania, giving the head of each family a forty-acre homestead of state lands. He also introduced a law appropriating ten sections of state land for the navigable improvement of the outlet of the River Du Fill in Huron county, Michigan, and a joint resolution calling for the construction by the general government of a harbor or refuge on Lake Huron at or near Point Au Barques.
    Mr. Gallup's labors and efforts throughout his entire life have largely been of service to the general public. In 1868 he procured by personal solicitation of resident citizens along the route the donation and erection of seventy miles of telegraph poles, from Lexington to Port Austin, Michigan, and through his influence, with Anson G. Stager, of the Western Union Telegraph Company, the completion of the first telegraph line of the west coast of Lake Huron - a work that has been of immeasurable benefit to the citizens of that locality.
     In the meantime, Mr. Gallup had done military service as deputy United States marshal, from 1863 to 1865 inclusive, in which connection, he was active in enforcing the draft during the war. He was himself drafted, but was ordered back to the service of the marshal. Again he was identified with military affairs, when in 1877 he became a member of the Ohio National Guard and so continued for five years, or until 1882.
     Mr. Gallup has been married twice. He first wedded Kate V. Vredenburgh, a representative of an old New York Dutch family, the wedding being celebrated June 20, 1860. They had one son, Richard Carroll, who was nineteen months old at the time of his mother's death on the 25th of may, 1863. On the 3d of November, 1869, Mr. Gallup wedded Helen Alphena Glover, a niece of the Hon. Joel Parker, "war governor" of New Jersey. The death of his second wife, April 8, 1872, leaving him with a daughter, Mabel Parker, eighteen months old, and a son, Herbert Alpheus, four days old, caused his return to his old home in Norwalk, Ohio.
     Since again taking up his abode in Norwalk, Mr. Gallup has been prominently and actively interested in business affairs and in other interests relating to the welfare and progress of the community. From 1873 until 1883, he was connected with promotion and construction of the Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad, and for three years, beginning in 1877, served on its board of directors. In 1888, he was associated with other substantial business men in founding the financially successful Home Savings & Loan Company of Norwalk, at which time he was chosen president and one of the directors, his official connection therewith continuing to the present. He was also extended his efforts to other fields of activity, becoming one of the directors and a member of the executive committee of the Toledo, Fremont & Norwalk Electric Railway at the time of its construction in 1899. He thus served until its sale in 1901 to the Lake Shore Electric Company.
     Few men have taken so active a part in the work of general progress and improvement as Mr. Gallup. All matters of general concern elicit his interest and whenever his judgment sanctions, he gives to a measure his hearty support and co-operation. In 1877, he became a life member of the Whittlesey Academy of Arts and Sciences, and since 1878, has served as a member of its board of trustees, acting as chairman of the board throughout the entire time and as treasurer of the institution, since 1901. In 1879 he wrote a history of Norwalk for W. W. Williams' "History of Huron and Erie Counties," and because of his deep research into the annals of the county, no man is more competent to write upon historical subjects in this locality, than he. Mr. Gallup has also been a life member of the Firelands Historical Society since 1876 and a member of its board of trustees, librarian, curator of its museum and editor of its publications, since 1888. In 1889, he became a member of the board of trustees of the Huron county Children's Home Association and has been its treasurer since 1902. He is likewise a member of the Young Men's Library, and has been a member of its board of trustees and chairman of its executive committee, since 1903. He is a member of the Norwalk Board of Commerce and of the National Geographical Society, and is a life member of the Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society, of which he was elected a member of its board of trustees and executive committee on the 2d of March, 1909. Hon. E. O. Randall, secretary and editor of that society, in comment on his selection as a trustee said: "Mr. Gallup is known throughout the country for his historical scholarship and for the active and extensive work he has done in connection with the Firelands Historical Society, of which he has been an influential and official member for a number of years. He has always been an enthusiastic student of Ohio and western history and has written much that is interesting and accurate concerning the early settlement of the Buckeye state."

MICHAEL GIES, deceased, possessed many strong and salient characteristics which won him the high regard of all with whom he came in contact and thus his death, which occurred in 1904, was the occasion of deep regret to his many friends. He was born Aug. 15, 1830, and reared under the parental roof. After attaining man's estate he started out in the business world, as an agriculturist and eventually became the owner of the farm which is still in possession of his family, a tract comprising one hundred and seven acres, conveniently located within three miles of Norwalk. He also owned an additional tract of ninety-nine acres, which many years Mr. Gies was engaged in farming and each year, owning to the care and labor which he gave to his fields, he gathered good harvests. He also improved his place with good buildings, which were always kept in an excellent state of repair, and at the time of his death, which occurred in 1904, he left his family in possession of a valuable farm, which today supplies them with all the necessaries of life and which had been the home of Mr. Gies since 1863, or for a period of forty-six years.
It was in 1861 that Mr. Gies established a home of his own by his marriage to Miss Blandina Remelee, who was born on the 7th of May, 1840. They became the parents of six sons and one daughter: August, Ferdinanad, Lawrence, Frank, William, Leo and Mrs. Amelia Shnord. All acquired a good education in the district schools and are now married and have homes of their own.
Mr. Gies gave his political taste, outside of his business duties, he spent his leisure time within the family circle. Of a genial and kindly disposition, he was a friend to all, and thus his death was mourned by many friends but most of all by the immediate members of his household.

LEVANT W. GRIFFIN, a farmer of New London township, Huron county, Ohio, was born in Greenwich township, this county, May 15, 1861, a son of Orin S. and Lucinda (Redfield) Griffin. The grandparents, Robert and Mariah (St. John) Griffin, came with their respective parents from New York state and were married in Huron county, where Orin S. Griffin was born and reared. He followed farming for some time, but was a man of liberal education, who for a period of thirty years was a popular and successful teacher in the schools of this county. For many years he lived in Greenwich township, but in 1885, having been elected county treasurer, he moved to Norwalk, where he resided until his death. He served in that county office for two terms, or four years, and then engaged in various enterprises, until he decided to retire from the active pursuit of business and enjoy the comforts to which his long and active life had entitled him. In May, 1906, he passed away and was mourned by all classes of people as a man of fine character and sterling integrity. His wife, who had come to Huron county an orphan of fifteen years, from Jackson, Michigan, had died in Jan., 1902. Husband and wife were buried in Woodland cemetery, Norwalk.
     Levant W. Griffin grew to manhood on the home farm under the guidance of his parents and attended the public schools of Greenwich village, working around home while he pursued his studies. For one year after completing his education, Mr. Griffin taught school, and then, after his marriage, engaged in farming on the old home place, to which he had brought his bride. In 1892, he removed to Norwalk, where he was employed as a book-keeper with Sprague & French. The following year he was engaged in the same capacity by Price & Stewart, a real estate and insurance firm, with whom he remained until 1895, when failing health compelled him to forsake the confining work of an office. He then removed to New London township and engaged in farming. His land consists of fifty acres, and while it is suited for general farming, he makes a specialty of potatoes and wheat.
     On the 29th of November, 1884, Mr. Griffin was united in marriage to Miss Carrie Miller, a daughter of John and Sarah (Jones) Miller of Fairfield township. Both Mr. and Mrs. Miller, a daughter of John and Sarah (Jones) Miller of Fairfield township. Both Mr. and Mrs. Miller were English born, and after their marriage came with their respective families to America about 1850. Mr. Miller settled first in Norwalk, where he remained for three years, and then bought a farm in Fairfield township, on which he lived the remainder of his life. He died in October, 1895, and his widow now lives upon the home place. To Mr. and Mrs. Griffin were born seven children, two daughters and five sons, all of whom are living. They are Claire, Vernon, Robert, Bernice, Kenneth, Christine and Howard. The family are all members of the Methodist Episcopal church and take an active part in church and Sunday school work.
     In politics, Mr. Griffin votes with the republican party and is interested and well informed on all matters concerning the people. As road supervisor and a member of the school board, he has rendered the citizens of the township valuable service through a considerable number of years, for he is a public spirited man, of high principles and progressive in his ideas. His home life is elevating, and his house abounds in good literature, both standard and current. In the one organization to which he belongs, the National Union, Mr. Griffin holds the position of deputy.

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