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	J. W. CALLIHAN   Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 868
	FRANCIS W. CAMPBELL   Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 512
	WILLIAM NOAH CARPENTER.     It is the pride of the citizens of this country that there is no limit to which natural ability, industry and honesty may not aspire.  A boy born in ignorance and poverty and reared under the most adverse surroundings may nevertheless break from his fetters and rise to the highest station in the land.  Accordingly it is found that very often in this country the president, governor and other high public officials possess no higher ability than thousands of other citizens.  They have simply taken better advantage of their circum stances than their fellows.  And this truth runs through every occupation.  The farmer who rises above his fellow farmers does so by taking advantage of conditions which others overlook or fail to grasp.  William Noah Carpenter, of Pleasant township, Knox county, and his progenitors have always identified themselves, for the most part, with agricultural pursuits, and they have been very successful in this line of endeavor.      Mr. Carpenter was born on Aug. 5, 1876, on a farm in Clay town ship, Knox county, Ohio.  He is the son of Thomas H. and Martha (Dudgeon) Carpenter, the mother a native of this county and the father of Greene county, Pennsylvania.  Grandfather Charles Carpenter came with his family to Clay township from Pennsylvania in 1850 and here engaged in farming.  His son, Thomas H., father of the subject, devoted his life to farming.  In 1880 he left Clay township and became a resident of Pleasant township, owning a farm six miles south of Mt. Vernon, and there he engaged in general farming and stock raising, having one of the choice farms in that community.  He made a specialty of handling sheep.  Politically, he was a Democrat, but he was never an office seeker.  His death occurred on Aug. 13, 1890.  His widow still survives.  They were the parents of two sons and a daughter, namely: William Noah, of this review; James Austin, born May 18, 1878. is farming in Wayne township, Knox county; Jannetta R., who married Edward P. Warman, lives in Mt. Vernon.      William N. Carpenter spent his youth on the home farm and was educated in the district schools.  He began carpentering when about twenty-two years of age and this has been his principal life work ever since, though he has engaged a great deal in farming.  He is a very skilled workman and his services have always been in great demand.  He does a great deal of contracting, and has built many of the substantial buildings over the county, having won a reputation for reliability and thoroughness.  He supervises his mother’s farm and is thus a very busy man in his various lines of endeavor.      Mr. Carpenter was married on Mar. 16, 1898, to Clara J. Warman, daughter of Alfred and Matilda (McKibben) Warman, farmers of Pleasant township, where Mrs. Carpenter was born, reared and educated and where she has always lived.  Her father was born in England, from which country he emigrated to America when twelve years of age, in 1850, and settled in Pleasant township, this county, though he remained in Mt. Vernon a short time before moving to the farm.  The mother of Mrs. Carpenter died in January, 1904.  Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter, two sons and four daughters, namely: Edith P., Robert Carl, Agnes G., Martha M., Ada L. and Charles T.      Politically, Mr. Carpenter is independent and, while he always exercises the right of citizenship at the polls and in advancing such measures as make for the good of his community and county, he has never been an office seeker, though he has served as township trustee since November, 1909.  He is a member of Pleasant Grange No. 677, Patrons of Husbandry, and has been active in the same for some time.  He and his wife belong to the Hopewell Methodist Episcopal church, of which he is one of the trustees, and he was formerly superintendent of the Sunday school there and teacher in the same.  He is at present superintendent of the Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian church Sunday school, and is very active in church and Sunday school work. Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 565
	JOHN CAYWOOD   Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 772
	LEANDER CAYWOOD   Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 772
	JOHN R. CESSNA   Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 480
	JOHN W. CESSNA   Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 865
	WILLIAM CESSNA   Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 490
	CHAPPELEAR, HERSCHEL J.   Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 606
	SAMUEL CLARK.  Among the citizens of Knox county whose lives have been led along such worthy lines of endeavor that they have endeared themselves to their fellow citizens, thereby being eligible for representation in a volume of this nature, is the gentleman whose name appears above.  He is one of the coterie of enterprising citizens who have come to us from the Empire state and have done so much in forwarding our interests along material and civic lines.      Samuel Clark, of Mt. Vernon, was born on June 7, 1858, in New York state, and he is the son of Frederick and Marian (Swallow) Clark.  The father, a carpenter and contractor, who died in New York state, was regarded as a high-grade workman and an honorable man.  After his death the widow, with her son, Samuel, came to Knox county in 1876.  She is now deceased.      The son, Samuel, of this review, learned the carpenter's trade under his father, and also the stone mason’s trade before leaving New York, in which state he grew up and was educated.  He accompanied the mother to Mt. Vernon and here engaged in carpentering and contracting, and the business of moving buildings and is still actively and successfully engaged in the same line of work and also the erection of heavy engines and machinery.  His work in this line has taken him into eighteen states and also into most of the provinces of Canada; he has been especially busy in British Columbia.  He recently performed a task never before attempted in the United States, that of moving some glass furnaces at Barnesville, Ohio, and the work was successfully accomplished, as have been all of his undertakings in this line.  Few men are better known in this special work and none are better equipped for the same.  His services are in constant and ever-increasing demand.  He is a man of energy and push, few propositions are too difficult for him and he never “starts anything he can't finish.”      Mr. Clark was married on Apr. 15. 189, to Lucy Minard, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Glasner) Minard, of Knox county, a well known and highly respected family.  The father was a native of Tuscarawas county, this state, and the mother of Knox county; they were among the pioneers of the county.  The father was an expert cabinet maker and he assisted in finishing the building of Kenyon College at Gambier.  He was a soldier in the Civil war and his death was finally due to ailments contracted in the service.  He did not survive many years after the war.  His wife is also deceased.      Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Clark, three sons and one daughter, namely: Catherine, now Mrs. Lewis Atherton, of Mt. Vernon; Clarence is married and living in Mt. Vernon; Herbert is also married and living in Mt. Vernon; Amos B. is attending school here.      Politically, Mr. Clark is a Republican and always takes an active interest in public matters, but he has never been an office seeker and has never held office.  He is an advocate of honesty and efficiency in public affairs.  He is a member of the Knights of the Golden Eagle, the Modern Woodmen of America, and Moose Lodge.  He and his family affiliate with the Christian church.  They have a pleasant and attractive home at No. 907 West Gambier street, Mt. Vernon.  The Clarks are popular among the best people of the county. Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 840 * CLICK HERE to see Obituary of Lucy Minard Clark
	JOHN R. CLAYPOOL   Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 581
	CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS CLEMENTS.  Human life is made up of two elements, power and form, and the proportion must be invariably kept if we would have it sweet and sound.  Each of these elements in excess makes a mischief as hurtful as would be its deficiency.  Everything turns to excess; every good quality is noxious if unmixed, and to carry the danger to the edge of ruin nature causes each man’s peculiarity to superabound.  One speaking from the standpoint of a farmer would adduce the learned professions as examples of this teaching.  They are nature’s victims of expression.  You study the artist, orator, poet or statesman and find their lives no more excellent than that of mechanics or farmers.  While the farmer stands at the head of art as found in nature, the others get but glimpses of the delights of nature in its various elements and moods.  A man who is in touch with the springs of life, who takes a delight in existence and is able to get the most out of his close association with Mother Nature is Christopher Columbus Clements, one of Monroe township’s honored farmers and one of the venerable native sons of Knox county, his birth having occurred near Bangs in Liberty township seventy-one years ago on a farm.  He is the son of Hezekiah and Serepta (Daley) Clements, both natives of Loudoun county, Virginia, from which they came to Knox county, Ohio, as young people.  They were married here about 1843 and established themselves on a farm in Liberty township.  Later, selling their farm there, they bought land in Monroe township, four miles northeast of Mt. Vernon, and there the father spent the remainder of his life.  He was a farmer and a man of prominence in his community.  The mother of the subject died when he was two years old, he being the youngest of six children, namely: William, George, Elizabeth, Lorenzo D., John W., and the subject.  The only two now living are Lorenzo D. and Christopher C.  The father, Hezekiah Clements, was a Democrat, but never an office seeker.  He was sixty-five years of age when he died.      Christopher C. Clements was reared on the home farm and there he worked hard when a boy.  He received such education as the county provided in the old log school-houses.  He remained at home until he was married, on July 7, 1864, to Margaret Popham, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Scowles) Popham, the father a prominent farmer and sheep raiser of this county.      To the subject and wife five children were born, namely: Oliver B. is farming in Monroe township; Charles H. is at home; Alberta B. married Frank Showers, of Fredericktown; and Luella, who married Earl McDermott, a farmer of Monroe township; one child died in infancy.      After his marriage Mr. Clements lived in Amity, this county, where he worked at his trade, blacksmithing, for a period of twenty-eight years, during which time he did a large business, being regarded as one of the most skilled and successful workmen in the county.  Then he purchased a farm of one hundred acres on the Wooster road, four miles northeast of Mt. Vernon, and here he has since resided, engaged successfully in general farming and stock raising.  He has a commodious and comfortable home and good outbuildings, and his farm is well kept in every respect.      The wife of the subject was called to her rest on Sept. 26, 1892, and is buried in the cemetery at Ebenezer church, adjoining the farm of Mr. Clements.      Politically, the subject is a Democrat, but has never been an office seeker and has never held office.  He keeps well informed on public questions and tries to exercise the right of suffrage conscientiously and intelligently. Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 570
	ROLLIN S. CLEMENTS.  Those who belong to the respectable middle class of society, being earlybtaught the necessity of relying upon their own exertions, will be more apt to acquire that information and those business habits which alone can fit them for the discharge of life’s duties, and, indeed, it has long been a noticeable fact that our great men in nearly all walks of life spring from this class.  The subject of this sketch whose life history is herewith delineated is a worthy representative of the class from which the true noblemen of the republic spring. He is the present able and popular chief of police of Mt. Vernon.      Rollin S. Clements was born July 26, 1875, on a farm four miles north of Mt. Vernon, Knox county, and he is the son of George W. and Paulina (Scott) Clements, both natives of this county, where they grew up, were educated and married and here the father engaged as a stone mason and farmer. Politically, he was a Democrat and he very ably served as justice of the peace in Monroe township for more than twelve years.  He was a man of exemplary character and highly respected; his death occurred on May 10, 1900; his widow survives, making her home in Mt. Vernon.      Rollin S. Clements grew to maturity in Monroe township, this county, and attended the district schools.  He came to Mt. Vernon when fifteen years of age and attended the public schools for two years. In 1894 he began clerking for A. F. Sauffer in the clothing business, remaining with him until Oct. 5, 1905, giving entire satisfaction.  In the fall of that year he was appointed sheriff of Knox county to fill an unexpired term, and he performed his duties in such a capable and praiseworthy manner that in the fall of 1906 he was elected to the office of sheriff, which term continued until Jan. 4, 1909, having made a record that reflected much credit upon himself and gave eminent satisfaction to all concerned, irrespective of party alignment.  Upon the expiration of his term of office he engaged in the livery business in Mt. Vernon for over a year; then he went with the Ohio Fuel Supply Company in the leasing department and operated in Ohio and West Virginia and he continued with this company until Apr. 1, 1911, when he was appointed chief of police of Mt. Vernon, which office he is holding in his usual satisfactory manlier, giving it his closest attention and discharging his every duty with fidelity and a public spirit that elicits the hearty approval of the people.  Politically, he is a Republican and he has been active in party affairs since attaining his majority.  He was a member of the city council from the sixth ward in 1902, serving one term, and was city treasurer in 1903 and 1904.  He has always been regarded as a faithful and efficient public official.      Fraternally, Mr. Clements is a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, of which he has been exalted ruler; he also belongs to the Woodmen of the World, standing high in all these orders.      Mr. Clements was married on June 25, 1896, to Mary C. Chase, daughter of O. C. and Jerusha (Holt) Chase, a highly honored family of Mt. Vernon, who came from Morrow county, Ohio.  Mr. Chase is a tinner and is engaged in business in this city.  Mr. and Mrs. Clements have the following children:  Mildred B., Margaret, George W. and Marian E.      The family home is at No. 201 East Hamtramck street.  Mr. Clements is a man of high character and standing in the community and is faithful to every trust that has been reposed in him, seeking to do the right at all times as he sees and understands the right. Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 670
	DAVID P. CLUTTER   Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 736
	FRANK M. COCHRAN   Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 691
	JOHN M. COCHRAN   Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 829
	CHARLES W. COE   Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 598
	JAMES COLGIN   Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 480
	JOSEPH H. COLLOPY   Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 881
	CHARLES F. COLVILLE   Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 486
	JOHN T. COLWILL.    Not a pretentious or exalted life has been that of John T. Colville, farmer and stock man of Monroe township, this county, but one that has been true to itself and to which the biographer may revert with feelings of satisfaction and respect.  Having attained prestige by successive steps in the agricultural world, from a modest beginning, it is eminently fitting that a sketch of his life, together with an enumeration of his leading characteristics, be given in this connection, as he is recognized as a man deeply interested in everything pertaining to the community along material lines.  Having started in a lowly capacity, he has forged to the front from the old log cabin days, and by faithful service and prompt discharge of all duty devolving upon him he has become one of the representative men of his county.      Mr. Colwill was born on Mar. 21, 1848, in Gambier, College town ship, Knox county, Ohio.  He is the son of SIMON and ANNA (HEARD) COWILL, both born in Cornwall, England, where they grew to maturity and were married, emigrating to America immediately after their wedding, coming direct to Gambier, Ohio, in 1835, where the father engaged at his trade of cabinetmaking and carpentering.  In the fall of 1848 the family moved to a farm which they purchased on the border of Monroe and College townships, just north of Gambier; here the elder Colwill farmed during the crop season and worked at his trade of cabinet making in the winter.  He established a good home here, in which he continued to reside until his death, in August, 1884, at the age of seventy-four years, his widow surviving until December, 1904, reaching the unusual age of ninety-four years.  These parents belonged to the Episcopalian church at Gambier, and at her death Mrs. Colwill was the oldest member of this church.      To Mr. and Mrs. Simon Colwill nine children were born, namely Mary Jane, deceased; William enlisted in the Civil war and died before his enlistment expired; Daniel was also a soldier in the Union army and he was killed at the battle of Stone River, Tennessee; Emma is deceased; Elizabeth Ann married Robert Hall, the latter being now deceased, and she is living in Pleasant township; John T., of this review; Emma L. married Ross Pumphrey, of Martinsburg, this county; Frances E. married Dr. A. D. Welker, of Gambier; Simon A. lives at Croton, Licking county, Ohio.  Both parents of these children are buried in the cemetery at Gambier.  Politically, the father was a Republican and he was always interested in public matters, but was never an office seeker, beyond several township offices.      John T. Colwill, of this sketch, was reared on the home farm and assisted with the work there in the summer time, attending the common schools in the winter, also the schools of Gambier.  He remained with his parents until he was twenty-one years of age.  On May 7, 1881, he was married to Florence May Lyborger, daughter of Alexander and Margaret (Brown) Lyborger, a prominent pioneer family.      Three children have been born to the subject and wife, namely: Harry, deceased; William C. is married and living in Gambier; Clarence B. is married and is living with his father on the farm.      The subject has lived on this farm ever since he was married, the first six years being spent in a log cabin, near the site of his present modern and comfortable home.  His place consists of one hundred and ten acres of excellent land, which he has kept well improved and under a line state of cultivation, carrying on successfully general farming and stock raising.      Politically, Mr. Colwill is a Republican, as are both of his sons and they are all public spirited in that they lend such aid as is proper in furthering the interests of the community in a public way.  He has served as road supervisor and as a member of the township board of education.  He and his family are members of the Episcopal church and have always been active in church and Sunday school work, and the family stands high in the social life of the community. Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 804
	CHARLES K. CONARD   Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 680
	URIAH T. COOKSEY   Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 731
	JOHN COOPER.     It is both gratifying and profitable to enter record concerning such a man as he whose name appears at the head of this life record, and in the following outline sufficient will be said to indicate the forceful individuality, initiative power and sterling character which have had such a decided influence in making their possessor a leader in enterprises requiring the highest order of business talent, and to gain for him wide publicity among those who shape and direct policies of more than ordinary consequence in Knox county and who ranks among the most representative of her citizens.      John Cooper, well known real estate and business man of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, was born three miles northwest of this city, on May 30, 1824, and his long, useful and industrious life has been spent in this vicinity, whose interests he has ever had at heart and sought to promote, and which he has witnessed develop from the pioneer stage to one of the foremost sections of the great Buckeye state.  His youth was spent on the farm of his parents, Cary and Elizabeth (Ruple) Cooper, sterling early settlers of this vicinity, they having come from Washington county, Pennsylvania, and settled in the woods in Morris township, Knox county, in 1811.  There they erected a rude log cabin, began clearing a farm, and, by hard work and economy, became very comfortably established in due course of time.  This country was then wild and sparsely settled, still being the abode of Indians and many varieties of wild game.  These parents had a family of nine children, six sons and three daughters, namely: James, born Feb. 26, 1804, died in 1834; Phoebe, born Feb. 1, 1806, died Apr. 15, 1854; Ann, born July 13, 1808, died Sept. 14. 1832; Charles, born Feb. 2, 1811, died Feb. 7, 1901; Elias, born Feb. 26, 1813, died Aug. 16, 1850; Lewis, born May 20, 1818, died Aug. 18, 1845; John, of this review; Nancy, born Aug. 1, 1827, died Apr. 17, 1911, the immediate subject of this sketch being the only surviving member of the family.  The father of these children was born on July 29, 1781, and died Apr. 20, 1831 ; his wife was born Mar. 11, 1784, and died on Dec. 25, 1868; both are buried in the Mt. Vernon cemetery.  They were devout Presbyterians and they reared their children in that faith.      John Cooper, of this review, had little opportunity to obtain an education, but got what he could in the log cabin schools of his district during the winter months, until he was fourteen years of age, when he was bound to a coppersmith and as an apprentice he thus mastered the trade in three years, buying his unexpired term when he was seventeen years of age and he engaged in business for himself on the west side of the public square in Mt. Vernon.  Two years later he engaged in the stove and sheet iron business in what was known as the old market house on the square.  He was married on Mar. 17, 1844, to Eliza Murphy, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Hanna) Murphy, an early pioneer family who came from Washington county, Pennsylvania.  This union resulted in the birth of three children: John E., deceased; Hugh N., deceased; and Ella, who resides with her father.  The wife and mother passed away on Jan. 26, 1883.      Mr. Cooper continued in business in the old market house, which he had purchased, for several years.  In 1848 he erected a building on the east side of the square where the Banner newspaper is now located, and there he continued the stove and tin business.  In 1854 he engaged in the foundry business with his brother Charles and he began the manufacture of stoves, which grew to include the manufacture of plows, farm machinery, portable engines, grist mill machinery, this really being Mt. Vernon’s first manufacturing industry and it did much to advertise the town abroad, the plant growing to large proportions and employing many men, the products finding a wide and ready market.  The partnership with his brother Charles continued until 1869, when John Cooper withdrew and purchased the General C. P. Buckingham Foundry at the foot of Main street, and he continued that business along the same lines as when with his brother, enjoying a very liberal patronage.  Mr. Cooper managed the sales department and spent considerable time on the road, selling goods direct to the purchaser, and he built up a very satisfactory business, which was continued by him until 1893, when the Buckingham plant was destroyed by fire, all except the foundry.  A portion of the plant was rebuilt and business continued until 1895, when Mr. Cooper sold his interest, since which time he has been engaged in the real estate and fire insurance business and has built up a very satisfactory patronage.  He maintains his office in his own building, the substantial Cooper block, on the east side of the square.      In politics Mr. Cooper was originally an abolitionist and from the formation of the Republican party he has been a loyal supporter of the same, but has never been an office seeker.  He was a warm personal friend of President Lincoln, and it is a well known fact of inside history that Mr. Lincoln named May 30, Mr. Cooper’s birthday, as Decoration day.  He was also a friend of Hayes, Garfield, McKinley and many other prominent men of the party.  He was long an intimate friend of John Sherman.  During the latter half of his life he has been a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and he is the oldest member and the oldest past grand master of the same in Knox county.  Religiously he is a member of the Congregational church, in fact is the oldest member of the local church; he has long been active in church work.  He has always been a busy man of affairs and yet in his old age he maintains a keen interest in and a close touch with all business and public matters.  He has been a great influence for progress and general good in the community where he has for so many years been a prominent factor and where he is so universally esteemed.      In his active days as a manufacturer, Mr. Cooper had considerable of a national reputation and did a great deal of work for the United States government, having put in, among other things, the first steel and glass patent model cases in the patent office building at Washington.  The cast iron light house at Hell Gate was built by him, as were many other lighthouses in the country.  The government also bought of him a number of saw mill outfits for use in clearing their Indian reservations.      Mr. Cooper was instrumental in securing the State Sanatorium for Tuberculosis just outside of Mt. Vernon, as the site he labored for so successfully was finally selected as being the finest in the state.  Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 616
	COL. WILLIAM C. COOPER.     William C. Cooper, among the eminent lawyers, brave soldiers and congressmen from Ohio, was one of Knox county’s honored sons.  He came of good old American-born ancestors on his father’s side and of sturdy Scotch-Irish on the maternal side.  He was the son of Thompson Cooper and the grandson of Daniel Cooper, both of whom were natives of Butler county, Pennsylvania, and who settled in Mt. Vernon, Ohio, in 1806.  Daniel Cooper entered the army in the war of 1812, holding the rank of captain.  Thompson Cooper, the subject’s father, came here when a mere boy, hence was reared among the scenes of true pioneer life in the wilds of this county.  He served during his useful life as a justice of the peace for thirty and more years and was mayor of Mt. Vernon eight years.      Col. William C. Cooper, of whom this more especially treats, received a public school education and attended the Mt. Vernon Academy.  It was early in life that lie had an ambition to become a lawyer and commenced the study of law with Joseph W. Vance and James Smith, Jr.  He was admitted to the bar at the age of twenty-two years and soon formed a law partnership with his preceptor, Mr. Vance, this relation continuing until the death of Mr. Vance, who was killed in battle during the Civil war.   The law firm closed its office and both entered the Union army, Mr. Vance as colonel and in command of his regiment when killed.  Mr. Cooper was among the first to enlist in defense of his country’s flag, becoming a first lieutenant in Company B, Fourth Ohio Infantry.  He re-enlisted in 1864 and returned as colonel of the One Hundred and Forty-second Regiment, with which he participated in the great Petersburg campaign.      At the conclusion of his second term Mr. Cooper returned home and resumed the practice of law.  He became a member of the firm of Cooper, Porter & Mitchell.  His diligence and faithfulness toward his clients was noted as exceptional.  He was in every way a thorough lawyer - an honor to the bar of Ohio and Knox county.      Politically, Colonel Cooper was a Republican; he seldom asked for an office, but was ever ready to aid the party of his choice and his council was frequently sought by those high up in office.  Prior to the Civil war he had held the office of prosecuting attorney for four years.  In 1860 he was elected mayor of Mt. Vernon, serving two consecutive terms.  In 1871 he was chosen to represent his district in the Legislature and at the close of his term declined the position again.  He was six years president of the board of education at Mt. Vernon and five years advocate-general of the state of Ohio.  These are the only civil offices held by him until he was elected to the forty ninth Congress in 1884.  He was elected again in 1886 and 1888.  As a debater on the floor and as a wise counselor in the various committee rooms, he was exceptionally strong and popular, being not only able, but very useful, just at that time in the halls of Congress.  During his first term the bill providing for the order of succession in the office of President was passed and he was a member of the committee in charge of the bill.  His argument along this line was masterly and logical.  He was also influential on the committees on elections, on territories, on banking and on currency.  He managed several campaigns as chairman of the Republican state central committee and was the representative of the Republican party in Ohio in the national committee from 1876 to 1884, during the period of the greatest contention in the party, and was a delegate to the national conventions in 1872 and 1880.      In January, 1864, Colonel Cooper was married to Eliza Russell, daughter of pioneer Dr. John W. Russell, a physician of more than ordinary skill, who for sixty years practiced medicine in Mt. Vernon.  Two daughters were born to Mr. and Mrs. Cooper.      Colonel Cooper’s army relations naturally brought him in close touch with the Grand Army of the Republic after the end of the civil strife and he twice represented his state in the national encampment of this soldier fraternity.  His citizenship was ever characterized by unswerving loyalty to the best interests of city, county, state and nation, and by mastery of every subject upon which his actions could have direct or indirect bearing; socially, he was most popular and he knew how to win and hold friendship.  Professionally, he was most talented and prominent, his comprehensive understanding of the principles of jurisprudence, combined with his logic and power of argument, rendering him one of the most able members of the Ohio bar.  Such is the record of one who for more than seventy years was an honored citizen of Mt. Vernon.      On Aug. 29, 1902, as the autumn of that year was just being ushered in, his soul took its flight from earth and his remains are buried in Mound View cemetery, Mt. Vernon, which city had always been his home.  His family monument marks the resting place of a man who had always performed every known duty to his fellow man, and been loyal to the country in which he lived and labored so many years. Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page543
	PERRY L. COVER   Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 488
	UPTON A. COVER   Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page
	REV. DAVID H. COYNER   Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 442
	GEORGE COYNER   Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 441
	CHARLES E. CRITCHFIELD.     Examples that impress force of character on all who study them are worthy of record.  By a few general observations may be conveyed some idea of the high standing of Judge Charles E. Critchfield, of Mt. Vernon, as an attorney, a man of affairs and a citizen and public benefactor.  United in his composition are so many elements of a solid and practical nature, which during a series of many decades have brought him into prominent notice and earned for him a conspicuous place among the enterprising and scholarly men of the county honored by his residence, that it is but just recognition of his worth to speak at some length of his life and achievements, although he is conservative and unpretentious, caring little for the admiring plaudits of men, satisfied if he is conscious of doing his duty well in the several relations of life.      Judge Critchfield is the scion of a sterling old pioneer family and he himself may be referred to as a connecting link between the pioneer epoch and the present, having spent his long, active and useful life in this locality whose interests he has ever had at heart and which he has ever sought to promulgate, playing an important role in the drama of civilization.  He was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, near the Knox county line, on Nov. 25, 1836, and he is the son of Charles and Matilda (Butler) Critchfield.  The great-grandfather of the subject, who was of German lineage, fought in the Revolutionary war.  The grandfather, William Critchfield, was born in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, from which he emigrated to Knox county, Ohio, in 1812 when this section was but a forest wilderness and yet the haunts of wild beasts and the home of the red man.  He was an honored and influential pioneer and aided materially in laying the foundation for the prosperity and civilization that was to follow.  Charles Critchfield, father of the Judge, was also born in Somerset county, Pennsylvania, and he emigrated to Knox county, Ohio, with his parents in 1812, later moving to Coshocton county, where his son, Charles E., of this review, was born.   Twelve years later he returned with his family to Knox county and located upon a farm which is still in possession of his descendants.  He followed farming on a large scale during the active years of his life, and was widely known as an enterprising agriculturist and honorable citizen.  His wife, Matilda Butler, was the daughter of Benjamin Butler, who came from Virginia to Ohio, and who, with Joseph Walker and Thomas Bell Patterson, at one time owned the site of Mt. Vernon, and who laid out the town here in 1805.  So on both the paternal and maternal sides of the house, Judge Critchfield is a representative of worthy pioneer stock, intimately identified with the history of the city and county from its earliest days, and he has ever striven to keep untarnished the bright escutcheon of an honored family name.      The literary education of Charles E. Critchfield was obtained in the home schools, as already intimated, and while he did not enjoy, so extensive advantages of many of the present day, he made the most of every opportunity and laid a broad and secure foundation for the subsequent structure.  When a young man he began reading law in the office of Major William R. Sapp, of Mt. Vernon, and in 1865 he was admitted to the bar and opened an office in Mt. Vernon, and with the exception of the years when he was in official positions he has practiced here ever since, covering a period of forty six years, which have been replete with honor and a very high degree of success such as few attain and none of his contemporaries have surpassed.  It was not his nature to occupy any mediocre position, but his ambition was to excel and, with “his wagon hitched to a star,” he has ever striven for the highest and best.  By thorough preparation, profound study and research and absolute devotion to his calling and the cause of his clients, he early in his career won an envied place in his profession.  He has followed a general practice in all the courts of the state and United States courts.  In 1869 he was elected probate judge of Knox county and served two consecutive terms of three years each and again after an interval of three years he was re-elected for a third term, thus serving nine years, in a manner that not only reflected much credit upon himself but also won the hearty approval of all concerned, irrespective of party alignment, and it is doubtful if the county ever had, before or since, a more able official in this capacity and one who discharged his duties with greater fidelity and alacrity.  He has also filled other important public positions, always in a manner that proved the wisdom of his selection.  He has been a life-long Democrat and always loyal to the principles of the party.  During President Cleveland’s second administration he served as postmaster at Mt. Vernon from 1893 to 1897.  In 1889 he was elected representative from Knox county to the state Legislature and during his term participated in the election of Calvin S. Brice to the United States Senate.  He won the admiration of his colleagues and the hearty approval of his constituents while in the House and added additional luster to an already distinguished name in the Buckeye state.      Judge Critchfield was married in 1862 to Amanda Vincent, daughter of Alexander and Eliza (McElroy) Vincent, of Washington county, Pennsylvania, who came to Ohio in an early day and located on a farm in Knox county, where they became well established and highly respected.  Two children have been born to the Judge and wife, Charles Vincent, manager of the Mt. Vernon electric light and power plant, and Nellie, the estimable daughter.      Few men have a wider acquaintance and are more favorably known than Judge Critchfield.  In this community, where his entire life has been spent, his high character, his marked ability, his sterling worth and his fidelity to duty in public life commands the consideration and high regard of his fellow men, which they have ever very freely accorded, honoring him as one of the notable men of his day and generation, as he justly deserves, in this section of Ohio. Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 434
	L. TATE CROMLEY   Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 661
	ALBERT W. CRUMLEY   Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 688
	JOHN CUNNINGHAM   Source: Past and Present of Knox County, Ohio - Vol. II - Publ. by B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana - 1912 - Page 792