BIOGRAPHIES

The following biographies are extracted from:
Source #1 - The County of Ross: a history of Ross County, Ohio
By Henry Holcomb Bennett
Published by S. A. Brant, Madison, Wis., 1902
Source #2 - A Standard History of Ross County, Ohio
Vol. II.
Published by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago & New York 1917

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UMSTED, David -----

VANMETER, John Marshall VAUGHAN, Newton A. VAUGHTERS, George A. VAUGHTERS, George A. VAUSE, James M. VAUSE, Joseph I. VESTER, Victor H. VINCENT, Wesley

DAVID UMSTED, well known as a successful breeder of Shorthorn cattle, and fine hogs, comes of a family long prominent in the agricultural affairs of Ross county.  His grandfather and namesake was an old Pennsylvania pioneer who settled in Ross county when it was still part of the western wilds.  Before leaving the home state he had married Catharine Norris, who shared with him the hardships of the wilderness and became the mother of his two children, a daughter and son.  The latter was named Bazel, born and bred in Green township, and in early manhood married Julia A. Haynes.  The parents of the latter were George and Rosana (Groves) Haynes, both of Pennsylvania, and the maternal grandparents were Peter and Rosana Groves who came from Holland to America about the year 1700.  Bazel Umsted became very prosperous as a farmer and stock-raiser, operated on a large scale, and in time accumulated about one thousand acres of land.  He lived until 1852, when he was gathered to his father at a ripe old age, his wife surviving until 1891.  Bazel and Julia Umsted reared a family of six children, of whom William and Addison are dead, the others being John, George, David and Norris.  David Umsted was born in Green township, Mar. 30, 1844.  He was brought up on  the farm of his father and received from the latter that thorough training which was to equip him for future usefulness in the same line of business.  In after year, when cultivating his own land, he developed a taste for fine stock of all kinds, with a preference for the noble breed of Shorthorn cattle and the strain of hogs known as Duroc Jerseys.  These he has raised with such success as to be ranked among the well known breeders of fancy stock, of which he has become an excellent judge.  Aside from this feature, however, he carried on general farming in all its branches and is up-to-date in methods and equipments.  December 13, 1871, he was united in marriage to Mary E. daughter of David Goodman who is mentioned elsewhere in this work.  They have four children, all of whom have been given excellent educations by their affectionate father with especial view to qualifying  each one for his or her chosen calling.  Carrie E., after going through the high school, attended the National normal at Lebanon, where she received a thorough training in the teachers' department and was graduated with honor.  Edward B., whose chosen occupation was that of farming, went through the entire common school course and finished at the excellent high school in Kingston.  David C., after finishing in the high school, attended the Spencerian business college at Cleveland, where he was graduated in 1896, and holds a responsible position as bookkeeper and city salesman in a mercantile house at Louisville, Ky.  John A., after completing his studies at the Kingston high school, took a course at Wilmington college, a popular institution of learning in Clinton county.  The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Source #1 - Page 714