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1892
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Wm. M. Beatty |
HON.
WILLIAM W. BEATTY is one of those men, too few in
number, who fully recognize the truth so often urged by
the sages of the law, that of all men, the reading and
thought of a lawyer should be the most extended.
Systematic reading gives a more comprehensive grasp to
the mind, variety and richness to thought, and a clearer
perception of the motives of men and the principles of
things - indeed, of the very spirit of laws. This
he has found most essential in the prosecution of his
professional practice at Huntsville, where he is a
prominent attorney and also serves as Postmaster.
Our subject, as well as his father, John H., and
his grandfather, David Beatty, were natives of
the Old Dominion. The great-grandfather of our
subject was a native-born Scotchman and came to America
during Colonial days, settling in Virginia, where his
death occurred. The grandfather followed the
occupation of a miller in his native State and passed
his entire life there, dying when sixty-three years of
age. He was a Democrat in politics.
The father of our subject was reared in Virginia, and
followed the occupation of a carpenter, joiner and
cabinet-maker. He came with his family to Ohio in
183, the journey being made over the mountains in a two
horse wagon. He settled in Belmont County, Ohio,
in the woods, and there followed his trade. About
1835, he moved from there to Moorefield, Harrison
County, Ohio, and pursued his trade there until 1844,
when he came to Bellefontaine, following his trade in
this city until advanced in years, when he removed to
Huntsville, where he served as Constable for a number of
years, and there he died when over eighty-six years of
age. From his youth he was identified with the
Methodist Church, of which he remained a worthy member
until his death. In politics, he was an active
Democrat until 1840, but afterward was a Whig until the
organization of the Republican party, when he became a
firm adherent of its principles. He married
Miss Eleanor Southerland, a native of Rockingham
County, Va., of Dutch-Irish descent, and nine children
were born to them, six of whom lived to mature years.
They were named in the order of their births as follows:
William W., Elizabeth, Francis A., John J., Cornelius
B. and Ellen. The mother died when
sixty-five years of age, in full communion with the
Methodist Church.
Born in Loudoun County, Va., Sept. 12, 1820, William
W. Beatty attended the district school in his native
county until thirteen yeas old, and supplemented this by
a course in an academy at Upperville. He remembers
very distinctly the journey from Virginia to Ohio, then
considered a very great undertaking. His ambitious
and enterprising disposition was displayed in childhood,
when he traded his school books to another boy for a dog
and then traded the dog for a small flint-lock pistol.
While on the way from Virginia to Ohio, he bought some
ammunition and thought he would practice shooting at a
mark. Not knowing how his parents would like this,
he slipped out of the back part of the wagon and became
so interested in firing at different objects that he
forgot all about the wagon and enjoyed himself most
thoroughly. However, his happiness was brought to
a termination by his father returning for him with a
beech gad, which played an important part in his hurry
to overtake the wagon. His beloved pistol was
taken from him and he was in disgrace for some time.
However, his active brain went to work to conjure up
some scheme to get the pistol back into his possession,
and he told his father that if he would give it back to
him he would sleep in the wagon and watch the goods, for
he thought the community a very "tough" one. This
scheme proved successful and once more he grasped the
handle of that murderous weapon.
After reaching Ohio, our subject attended school for a
short time in a log cabin, with a large fireplace, mud
and stick chimney, and slab seats. He subsequently
served an apprenticeship of five years at the
carpenter's trade, which he followed both in Belmont and
Harrison County, he met an old Justice of the Peace, by
the name of Samuel Skinner who took a fancy to
him and induced him to read law under Turner & Cowan,
of Cadiz, Harrison County, for eighteen months.
After this, he came to Logan County, where he and his
family were taken with ague, and it was two years before
he was able to earn his livelihood. He had no
means to continue his law studies and fell back on his
trade of a carpenter, which he carried on for two years.
In this manner, he began to retrieve his fortunes, and,
as soon as able, began reading law under Judge
Lawrence, now of Bellefontaine. This he
continued for two years and was admitted to the Bar in
1850. He then began practicing in Belle Centre,
Logan County, and in connection carried on a
store, but in this he was not very successful.
After residing in Belle Centre until 1855, he sold out
and removed to Huntsville, where he has practiced ever
since. He is one of the most talented attorneys of
Logan County, lending strength to her Bar, tone to her
finances and grace to her society, and since his
residence here has been honorably and usefully
identified with the interests of the county and with its
advancement in every worthy particular.
Nov. 9, 1855, Mr. Beatty married Miss Mary
Wilkins, a native of Harrison County, Ohio, and the
fruit of this union has been five children, one daughter
and four sons: Catherine, now Mrs. Ragan,
who resides in Kenton, Ohio; Henry, who died from
the effects of hard service during the war; David W.,
who was killed at Missionary Ridge; John H., who
resides in Kansas; and Albert, who was tram
dispatcher at Cleveland, and was killed by the cars.
All the sons were in the late war.
In 1875, Mr. Beatty was elected Representative
and two years later was chosen State Senator.
During his first session, he introduced a number of
bills and succeeded in having many of them passed.
One of the most important was the County Officer Fee
Bill, the importance of which was to repeal the salary
bill and make it a free bill. While in the Senate,
the same bill was passed which our subject introduced in
the House. He introduced many bills in the Senate,
and was recognized as one of the best workers the county
had ever had, either in the House or Senate. He
was again elected to the Legislature in the fall of
1885, and re-elected in 1887. The most important
bill he introduced during that time was the Township
Local Option Bill, which passed. Just after
introducing this bill, Mr. Beatty was stricken
with paralysis and for a month was very ill, but by
strenuous efforts he succeeded in getting back in time
to vote for his bill. He also introduced a bill to
compel railroad companies to provide an automatic car
coupler, so that the brakeman would not have to pass
between the cars. Owing to deceitful manipulations
and promises of railroad men, this bill failed to pass.
Usually, however, Mr. Beatty was very successful
in getting bills passed and was one of the hardest
workers in the House. Among the committees on
Rules, Judiciary, Fees and Salaries, Revision of Laws
and Corporations other than municipal.
For forty-two years, Mr. Beatty has followed his
profession at Huntsville and has the second largest
practice in Logan County, where he has many warm friends
among both Democrats and Republicans. He is strong
in his adherence to the last-named party, and cast his
first Presidential ballot for William H. Harrison.
In addition to his service in the House and Senate, he
ahs been elected by his party to various positions of
trust and honor, and is at present rendering efficient
service as Postmaster at Huntsville. A warm friend
of the temperance cause, and an unwavering foe to the
liquor traffic, his influence may be relied upon for the
advancement of the former and the suppression of the
latter. In religion, he is a believer in the
doctrines of the Methodist Church, with which his wife
is also identified.
A Lithographic pursuit of Mr. Beatty accompanies
this sketch.
Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of
Auglaize, Logan and Shelby Counties, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Chapman Bros. 1892
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M.
C. BOALS, one of the prominent merchants in
Bellefontaine, is a native of Richland County, Ohio.
He was born Dec. 9, 1819, and is a son of Charles and
Sarah J. (Richie) Boals, both of whom are natives of
the same county as is our subject. Charles
Boals is a farmer by occupation, and still lives at
the place of his birth, where he has been eminently
successful in his chosen calling. Of the two sons,
M. C. and M. R., the latter is an
attorney, a resident of the Same city as our subject.
Mr. Boals was educated in the public schools in
his native place, and later entered Central College of
Iberia, Ohio. He remained on his father's farm
until about twenty years of age, and after finishing his
collegiate course, he was engaged as a teacher during
the winter months, having a position in the public
schools; later, he took a position in the college at
Iberia.
When twenty-four years of age, Mr. Boals went to
Pennsylvania, and was accepted as a bookkeeper of the
Dicks Bank, at West Newton. During the latter part
of his connection with this establishment he served in
the capacity of Cashier. In this place he spent
about three and a half years, and thence went to Beaver
Falls, in the same State, where he embarked in the
general mercantile business, which he carried on quite
extensively until 1884, when he came to Bellefontaine.
Since the date above given, our subject has been
energetic in the prosecution of his calling. He
has occupied the same building up to the present time.
It is a commodious two-story brick structure at the
junction of Garfield Avenue and Columbus Street.
Here he carries a good stock of general
merchandise, including dry goods, groceries, etc.
During his career as a merchant in this place, Mr.
Boals has built up a very satisfactory business,
which is constantly on the increase. His whole
attention is given to his business, nor does he seek any
publicity.
M. C. Boals was married Feb. 13, 1884, to
Miss Lulu Piersol of Beaver Falls, Pa. Our
subject is a member of the Royal Arcanum, and both he
and his wife worship with the United Presbyterians.
Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of
Auglaize, Logan and Shelby Counties, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Chapman Bros. 1892 - Page 529 |
James Braden |
JAMES
BRADEN, one of the oldest living residents of
Logan County, and one of its most prosperous farmers,
deserves a prominent place in the history of this
county, not only on account of his pioneer record, but
because he has been usefully and honorably identified
with her growth and prosperity in every particular.
He was born in Union Township, this county, on the 1st
of July, 1822, and now owns a large and finely improved
farm on section 29, Harrison Township. His
grandfather, Samuel Braden, was a native of the
Emerald Isle and came to America when a young man,
settling on the Licking River, in Harrison County, Ky.,
where he operated a store for some time. He was
married there, adn reared four children, a son and three
daughters. His wife died in that State and about
1810, he and his brother-in-law, whose name was
Newell, went to Ohio to buy some stock. They
separated, each taking a different roate and agreeing to
meet at a certain point. This was the last ever
seen or heard of the grandfather, and it is supposed
that he was killed by the Indians or waylaid by
highwaymen.
Robert Braden, father of our subject, was said
to have been born in a block-house where his parents had
taken refuge from the Indians. After the loss of
both parents, he was reared by his grandfather Newell,
and in 1817 came to Logan County with his uncle, Hugh
Newell the journey from Kentucky being made by
wagon. After working out for some time, he
accumulated sufficient means to invest in land and
purchased a tract on the southwest quarter of section 5,
Union Township now owned by the children. There he
made his home in a round-log cabin in the woods and at
once began developing and improving his place in every
way. He was industrious and ambitious, and
although he labored under many disadvantages,
by good management he achieved considerable success.
He was fifty-six years of age at the time of his death.
In politics, he was a Whig. He married Miss
Lucinda McNay, a native of Ohio, born in 1801, and
eleven children blessed their home, ten of whom attained
maturity, viz: James, .Jane, Mary
A., Samuel, Robert, John,
Lucinda, Cynthia, Elizabeth, and
Henry Clay. The mother deserved much
credit for her pluck and fortitude in struggling through
the adversities of pioneer life, and was a lady whose
many estimable qualities of mind and heart endeared her
to all. She died when about seventy years of age,
and lies buried by the side of her husband in
Philadelphia church cemetery.
James Braden grew to manhood in Logan
County and had the thorough practical drill in farm
labors which was the portion of the pioneer boys.
He helped to fell the trees and put the land in
condition for cultivation and has aided in bringing it
to its present prolific condition. The log
schoolhouse, with all its rude furniture, furnished his
early education, and he well remembers the yawning
fireplace, the uncouth seats and the greased paper used
for window lights. He also remembers the board
laid on pegs driven into the wall, on which the children
rested their copy books while standing up to write.
Bellefontaine had but few inhabitants at that time, and
brush covered what is now the courthouse lawn.
Indians were numerous, and deer filled the woods.
When he reached his majority, our subject started out
to fight his own way in life and worked out by the day
until he had accumulated enough means to buy a team of
horses, four years being required to raise this sum.
In 1847, he bought forty acres of land from his father,
and on this he erected a log cabin, to which he brought
his wife whom he had married on the 3d of December,
1843, and whose maiden name was Edith Spry.
She was a native of Champaign County, Ohio, born Apr. 7,
1823. Here they reared seven of the nine children
born to them, viz: Marietta, Corwin F.. Robert,
Matronie, Abigail, Laurie and James.
Lucettie, and an infant unnamed, died young.
Mrs. Braden died on the 4th of February 1885.
She was a faithful and devoted companion to her husband
and was inclined to the Lutheran belief in religion.
Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of
Auglaize, Logan and Shelby Counties, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Chapman Bros. 1892 - Page 389 |
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JOHN
BRADEN. The older residents of a
community are doubly entitled to the respect and esteem
of their neighbors when their whole lives have been
replete with kindness, and their careers marked by
integrity and uprightness. The old resident and
much respected gentleman whose name appears at the head
of this sketch, and whose portrait adorns the opposite
page, makes his home on section 12, Union Township,
Logan County. He was born on this farm July 31st,
1834.
Robert Braden, father of our subject, was
a native Kentuckian. born in the year 1797. He
came to Union Township, Logan County, Ohio, when a young
man, or about 1815. There were very few settlers
here at that time, and more Indians than white people,
but he entered a farm from the Government and began to
develop and improve his place. To the log cabin he
had erected on his farm he brought his bride, whose
maiden name was Lucinda McNay, and whom he
had married in this county, and in a very frugal and
economical way they began housekeeping. The woods
were full of game, deer and turkeys abounded, and the
table was always supplied with fresh meat.
This young couple cleared part of their farm in the
wilderness, and as the years passed by a large family of
children gathered around them, ten of whom were reared
to maturity: James, Jane (deceased),
Mary (deceased), Samuel (deceased), Robert,
John, Lucinda, Cynthia A.,
Elizabeth and Henry C. Mr. and Mrs.
Braden were hardworking and economical, and soon
began to gather around them many comforts and
conveniences. Their marketing was done at Urbana.
and although their hard work and energy brought its
reward, very few of the present day realize the
hardships and privations experienced by them and other
early settlers. At first they entered eighty acres
of land, then another eighty acres, and afterward one
hundred and twenty acres more, making a snug farm of two
hundred and eighty acres. The father was a Whig in
politics, and died in 1855.
The mother of our subject, who was a devout member of
the Lutheran Church, in which she as an active worker,
passed away m 1874, when seventy-three years of age.
She was born in Virginia in 1801, and came with her
parents to Ohio about 1808. It can be seen that
she had her full share of the hardships as well as the
adventures of pioneer life. She often related how
the Indians came to her father's house and slept in the
cabin, and she told many interesting incidents of
pioneer life. Her parents settled in Harrison
Township, this county on land now owned by John
Newell. Her father was a hard-working pioneer,
and became a prominent and wealthy farmer of this
section.
John Braden, the subject of this brief
sketch, had the usual experiences of pioneer life,
attending the subscription schools in the log school
house and assisting his father in clearing the home
place. He early adopted farming as his vocation
and remained under the parental roof until after the
death of his father, when he conducted the home place.
On the 16th of November, 1872, he married Miss Mary
A. Ryan, a native of the Buckeye State, born in
1854, and to them was born one child, Irene.
Mrs. Braden died in 1873, and in 1879
Mr. Braden married Miss Sarah Jewell,
who died in 1884, leaving one child, a son, Elmer J.
Our subject is the owner of one hundred and fifty
acres of land, and all his operations are carried on
with thoroughness and dispatch. He is engaged in
mixed farming, raising considerable stock, and has one
mile of tile draining. He is a Republican in
politics, with independent proclivities, but does not
aspire to office. He has seen the city of
Bellefontaine grow from a village of a few houses to its
present proportions, and has contributed his share
toward the development of the county.
Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of
Auglaize, Logan and Shelby Counties, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Chapman Bros. 1892 - Page 395 |
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JOSEPH C.
BRAND, JR.
The Logan County Index,
of which this gentleman is proprietor and publisher in
company with W. S. Roebuck, whose sketch also
appears in this volume, is justly considered one of the
brightest and most sparking local papers of this county.
It is an eight-page folio and chronicles the latest and
most interesting happenings in the social business and
political world. Since it came into the hands of
the present firm, it has grown rapidly in influence, and
is now a welcome guest in many homes while as an
advertising medium it enjoys an established reputation.
A native of this State, our subject was born in
Champaign County, Dec. 11, 1839, and is a son of the
Hon. Joseph C. and Lavinia (Talbott) Brand, natives
respectively of Bourbon County, Ky., and Shepherdstown,
Va. The ancestors of our subject on both sides of
the house were soldiers in the War of 1812, the Brand
family being of Scotch origin, while the
Talbotts wore of English stock. The maternal
grandfather of our subject was a Methodist minister and
served as Clerk of Lewis County (Va.) Court for about
twenty years, and died in that county while the
incumbent of that position.
The Hon. Joseph C. Brand has been very prominent
in local affairs, and was a farmer for a number of
years. He has spent the greater part of his life,
however, as a general merchant, and located in Champaign
County, this State, in 1832, when a young man. He
represented his county in both branches of the
Legislature, was a soldier in the late war, and was
Consul to Nuremburg, Germany, during Grant's
administration. After his return to the United
States, he was elected Mayor of the city of Urbana, this
State, for three successive terms.
The original of this sketch is the fourth child in the
parental family of nine, and was reared in Urbana, where
he was given an excellent education in the common
schools, and later in the Urbana University. After
completing his education, he was engaged in teaching
school, and later in bookkeeping for about twenty-two
years. He has served in many public positions, and
has been Deputy Internal Revenue Collector, and was
Chief Deputy of the Fort District for a period of
sixteen years.
In 1885, Mr. Brand purchased a
one-half interest in the Logan County Index, and has
charge of the editorial department. Although not a
practical printer, he is a gentleman well qualified to
fill the position which he occupies, and his paper now
enjoys a wide-spread reputation. He is Secretary
of the Citizens' Building and Loan Association, which
was the first company organized on the perpetual plan in
Bellefontaine, and is the largest in the county.
Mr. Brand was also a member of the City
Council, and in Masonic circles occupies a high place.
He of whom we write was married in 1861 to Miss
Sarah R. Pearson, by whom he became the
father of two children, John P. Brand and Mrs.
Lena B. Colton. On the death of his wife, he
chose for his second companion Mrs. Anna E. Taylor,
to whom he was united in marriage Nov. 20, 1890.
They are both influential members of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, and at their hospitable home are wont
to entertain their many friends.
Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of
Auglaize, Logan and Shelby Counties, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Chapman Bros. 1892 - Page 583 |
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EZRA
BROWN, a successful and prominent farmer of Logan
county, Ohio, was born in Jefferson Township, of this
county, on the 30th of March, 1831, and now resides two
and one-half miles southeast of Zanesfield, in this
township. His father, Ira Brown, was also
born in the Buckeye State, Dec. 27, 1806, but the
grandfather, Aaron Brown, was a native of North
Carolina. The latter was twice married, the first
time to Miss Mary Howard who bore him three
children, only one, Horton, living to mature
years. His second marriage was to Miss Annie
Stanton, and the fruits of this union were eleven
children. The grandfather came to Ohio in 1802, and to
Logan County in 1818, settling in Jefferson Township.
This family was one of the first in the county, the
grandfather having bought land one and one-half miles
east of Zanesfield in 1814. This he improved and
erected a brick house in the year 1823, the same still
standing. He was a Quaker and active in church
work. His death occurred in 1840.
The maiden name of our subject's mother was Rebecca
Rea; she was a native of Virginia, born Jan. 2,
1809, and came with her parents to Ohio when a girl.
She is still living and resides in Zanesfield. She
has been twice married, first to our subject's father on
the 28th of April, 1830, with whom she located on the
farm improved by our subject's grandfather, Aaron
Brown. There Ira Brown died
in 1834. Twelve years later, Mrs. Brown
married Enoch M. Scott, a native of Ohio, born
Feb. 28, 1810, and afterward located with him in Rush
Creek Township, Logan County, Ohio, where they remained
twenty-five years. From there they removed to
Jefferson Township, of this county, and there Mrs.
Scott is residing in Zanesfield. On the
20th of July, 1880, Mr. Scott was injured
by a runaway team, and died on the 22d of the same
month. Two children were born to this union, only
one of whom is now living, Mrs. Mary Ann Henry,
of Jefferson Township. To the first marriage of
our subject's mother were born two children, a son and a
daughter: Elizabeth R., who was born Dec. 14,
1832, and died Oct. 10, 1840, and Ezra.
Our subject shortly after the death of his father went
to live with his grandfather, Aaron Brown, and
his primary education was received in a log schoolhouse.
He remained with his grandparents until his marriage on
the 17th of April, 1853, in Perry Township, Logan
County, to Miss Rachel, daughter of John and
Sarah A. (Taylor) Outland, and a native of that
county and township, born on the 9th of April, 1833.
After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Brown settled
on the old Brown homestead, and Mr.
Brown tilled the soil on this for two years.
From there he moved to his father's place, one and
one-half miles northeast of Zanesfield, and there he
remained engaged in farm labor for four years. In
1858, he bought his present farm, there being but a
little log house on it at that time, began making
improvements and now has one of the best farms in the
county. He is wide-awake and thorough-going, and
has many modern improvements on his place. He has
a tasty and pleasant residence, ample barns, and good
and substantial outbuildings of all kinds.
In politics, Mr. Brown advocates the
principles of the Republican party, and has never voted
in any other way. Socially, he is a member of
Lodge No. 424, I. O. O. F., at Zanesfield. and in
religion is a Methodist. Our subject's union was
blessed by the birth of three children, a daughter and
two sons: Charley F., born Feb. 22, 1856, who
died Sept. 22, 1863; Frank S., born Sept. 26,
1861, and died Sept. 21, 1863; and Cora Emma,
born Oct. 31, 1864, the wife of A. T. Fawcett.
The latter make their home with our subject and his
wife.
Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of
Auglaize, Logan and Shelby Counties, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Chapman Bros. 1892 - Page 510 |
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JOSEPH T.
BRUBAKER. There is in the development of
every successful life a principle which is a lesson to
every man following in its footsteps, a lesson leading
to higher and more honorable position than the ordinary.
Let a man he industriously ambitious, and honorable in
his ambitions, and he will rise, whether having the
prestige of family or the obscurity of poverty. We
are led to these reflections by a study of the life of
the subject of this sketch, Mr. Joseph T. Brubaker,
one of the old residents and prominent citizens of the
county.
Our subject was born in Virginia on the 12th of
November, 1846, to the union of Peter and Martha (Aleshire)
Brubaker, also natives of that State. The
paternal grandfather, John Brubaker, was a native
too of the grand old State of Virginia, and was of
German descent, his father being a native of
Pennsylvania and one of the first settlers of Virginia.
John Brubaker owned a large tract of land in that
State and was a very extensive farmer for the times.
He became quite wealthy and died in Virginia when quite
aged. Peter Brubaker followed farming in
his native State and was the owner of three hundred
acres there, on which he raised grain and some stock.
He was a hardworking man and an excellent manager, so
that he had accumulated considerable wealth at the time
of his death. He was very charitable, and the
needy and helpless always found hi liberal and
sympathetic. He contributed freely to churches,
and, in fact, to all worthy or landable enterprises.
To his marriage were born five sons and a daughter:
Emma J. (Mrs. Harrision), Joseph T., Peter A., Abram D.,
John C. and Jacob P. The mother of
these children died when but twenty-seven years of age.
Her people were of German descent.
Joseph T. Brubaker was trained to the duties of
the farm at an early age and received a liberal
education in the district schools. When twenty
years of age, he started out to fight life's battles for
himself, and just at the close of the war, or in 1865,
he came to the Buckeye State. He first settled
in Licking County, was there one year, and then returned
to Virginia, but one year later again settled in Licking
County, Ohio. However, he only remained there one
winter, and then removed to Champaign County, where he
remained two years. From there he came to Logan
County and has made his home here ever since. He
chose for his life companion Miss Sallie R.
Loudenback, a native of Champaign County, Ohio, born
Nov. 24, 1849, and their nuptials were celebrated on the
15th of December, 1870. Two children were born to
this marriage, one of whom died in infancy. The
one living is named Minnie. Mrs.
Brubaker's grandparents, Daniel and Mary (Pence)
Loudenback, were natives of Virginia and were quite
wealthy people. The father was a soldier in the
Mexican War, and was a very old settler of Ohio,
locating in Champaign County when the Indians were very
numerous. He was an excellent shot and very few
Indians could beat him as a marksman. Mrs.
Brubaker, who was a Baptist in her religious
belief, died on the 13th of May, 1874.
The original of this notice came to Logan County, Ohio,
on the 10th of August, 1871, and settled in Washington
Township, on land owned by his father-in-law, where he
remained until 1876. He then located in Lake View,
this county, and in 1877 bought the land he now owns.
This was nearly all covered with wood and on it was an
old log house and barn. His second marriage
occurred on the 5th of September, 1878, to Miss Sarah
E. Craig, a native of Logan County, born on the 17th
of January, 1858. The following children have been
born to them: S. Maud, Joseph C, Martha J. and
Frederick. Mr. Brubakcr is the owner of one
hundred acres of laud in this county, and has eighty
acres under a high state of cultivation. He is one
of the most progressive, thorough going business men in
the county, and the wide-awake manner in which he has
taken advantage of every method and idea tending towards
the enhanced value of his property has had considerable
to do with his success in life. He has done
considerable ditching on his farm and is engaged in
mixed farming, raising grain of all kinds, and also
raises considerable stock. He built his present
large frame house in 1888, and is now surrounded with
all the comforts of life. In politics, he leans
toward the Democratic party in national affairs, but is
more or less independent in local politics. He
held the position of Assessor for four years and
discharged the duties of that office in a very
satisfactory way. He was instrumental in getting
the right of way for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
through this section of country, although this road has
not been built. During the Civil War, our subject
enlisted in Company D, Seventh Cavalry, and served as
Orderly Sergeant for two years. He enlisted when
but seventeen years of age.
Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of
Auglaize, Logan and Shelby Counties, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Chapman Bros. 1892 - Page 549 |
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SAMUEL A.
BUCHANAN, one of the prominent citizens of
Bellefontaine, is a native of this State, having been
born in Lancaster, Fairfield County, Sept. 7, 1819.
He is the son of the Rev. James H. and Mary S.
(Carpenter) Buchanan, natives of Fairfield County,
this State, and of Scotch and German origin,
respectively. Samuel Carpenter, Sr., the
grandfather of our subject, was a native of Lancaster
County, Pa., and as a surveyor and civil engineer was
employed by the Government from 1820 to 1830 in milking
surveys of land.
The father of our subject was a minister in the United
Presbyterian Church, his first charge being at
Birmingham, Pa., to which he was appointed in 1847 and
his last pastorate was at Sunny Hill, Henry County, Ill.
On his decease, which occurred in 1883, he left four
children, Samuel A., Robert F., Mary L. and
Charles H. He was a very prominent man in his
State and for thirteen years was Principal and owner of
the Oxford Female Institute, now the Oxford College, of
this State.
The gentleman whose name heads this sketch received an
excellent education, having attended the Miami
University at Oxford and the Ohio State University at
Columbus, this State. On account of limited means,
due to reverses and heavy losses, his father was unable
to give him any assistance while at college, and in
order to defray his expenses, he worked every available
hour outside of recitations, thus earning enough money
to pay his way through college, the course including
civil engineering, which profession he had determined to
follow. Having learned the trade of house painting
in an early day, young Buchanan earned quite a sum of
money while in school by following this occupation
during his vacations.
After completing his studies, Mr. Buchanan
of this sketch began work as a civil engineer in Logan
County, and for twelve years was in charge of county
bridges, during which time he planned and superintended
the construction of all the important bridges in the
county, including the large two-span iron bridge over
the Miami River at Quincy, which was the first bridge
built under his direction. Subsequently, he built
two iron bridges over the same river at Logansville, the
stone piers and abutments being constructed under his
personal supervision. All these bridges, and many
others equally as substantial, are still standing as an
evidence of his skill and judgment in his profession.
Mr. Buchanan served two terms as County
Surveyor, from 1882 to 1888, and during that time, in
company with D. W. Pampel. Associate
Surveyor of Shelby County, located the line which
determined the boundary between Shelby and Logan
Counties. During his incumbency of that office, he
also, in connection with the County Surveyor of Hardin
County, Mr. N. H. Colwell, established the old
county line, which was run in 1820 between Hardin and
Logan Counties, and also planted all the monuments which
still stand to perpetuate the line as by him located. Mr.
Buchanan later, with Samuel Craig,
Surveyor of Auglaize County, retraced and established
the old line between that county and Logan, but by vote
of the two counties this was then changed from the old
line, which cut diagonally at an acute angle across the
section and land lines to its present place, so as to
follow, instead of intercepting, sectional lines.
It was discovered by our subject that local attraction
so influenced the magnetic needle that the north line of
Logan County, from the northeast corner running west to
a point north of Belle Centre, was a gradual curve to
the south, making in this distance a deflection
amounting to a little more than one-fourth of a mile.
The old line was run by a surveyor's compass and was
supposed to be perfectly straight until the transit line
run by Mr. Buchanan proved it otherwise.
Oct. 2, 1878, Miss Livy Lusk was united in
marriage with our subject, the ceremony being performed
in the Presbyterian Church in Oxford, Ohio. The
young couple came immediately to this city and began
housekeeping in a small house, which they occupied,
however, only six months when they took up their abode
in a brick and frame dwelling on Sandusky Street.
Mr. Buchanan says. "I moved my
household goods from my first home to this second one in
a wheel-barrow, and did not have many loads at that."
In that place his first child, Sutton Richey,
was born, May 12, 1880, and in September, 1884, he
purchased the comfortable home which he now occupies on
Garfield Avenue.
In 1890. our subject organized the Buchanan Bridge
Company with a capital stock of $10,000, which was
increased the following year to $25,000. The
company has since its organization been very prosperous
and is one for which all the citizens of Bellefontaine
feel a kindly interest. The office and shop, which
is located on Garfield Avenue, about a square west of
Mr. Buchanan's residence, occupies three-fourths of
an acre of ground. Our subject is President of the
company and one of the principal stockholders.
With his wife, he is a consistent, active member of the
First Presbyterian Church, and numbers hosts of friends
throughout this portion of the State.
Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of
Auglaize, Logan and Shelby Counties, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Chapman Bros. 1892 - Page 228 |
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