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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
Portrait and Biographical Record
of
Auglaize, Logan and Shelby Counties, Ohio.
containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and
Representative Citizens Together with
Biographies and Portraits of the Presidents of the
United States.
Publ. Chicago: Chapman Bros.
1892
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DR.
FRANK M. GALER, who is a prominent physician, and
the oldest of De Graff, Logan County, Ohio, was born in
Licking County of that State on the 25th day of July,
1843. His paternal great-grandfather was a native
of Germany, and when a young man came to America to
escape the conscript law. He first settled in the
city of Brotherly Love, where he soon after met and
married his wife, who was also a native German. He
followed farming in Pennsylvania until about 1800, when
he came down the Ohio River to Marietta and thence to
Licking County, settling near Newark, where he passed
the closing scenes of his life. His death occurred
in the year 1825, when eighty-two years of age.
The grandfather of our subject, Andrew Galer,
was born in Pennsylvania in 1775, and it is
supposed that he stopped a short time in Marietta when
he came with his parents to Ohio, and a little later he
resided on the Muskingum River, north of there. He was
married in this State in the year 1800, to Miss Ruth
Allen, a native of West Virginia, who moved with her
parents to Ohio. Mr. Galer afterward
settled in Licking County, Ohio, followed farming, and
there reared eleven children, all of whom married, but
only three are now living. He and his young wife
began housekeeping in a log cabin in the woods, and the
fortitude and pluck displayed by this ambitious couple
in struggling through the adversities of pioneer life
and coming out victorious won for them the admiration
and respect of all. There he and his faithful
companion passed their last days.
Perry J. Galer, father of our subject, was born
in Licking County, Ohio, Sept. 6, 1815, and was reared
on his father's farm in Licking County, where he now
makes his home. He passed his youth and received
his education in that county, attending the pioneer log
school with all its rude contrivances, and, .as he was
an excellent speller, every spelling-match received much
attention from him. He taught sixteen terms of
school, principally during the winter months, and was
considered a very successful educator and
disciplinarian. He was thrice married, and after
the death of his second wife, he went to Memphis, Tenn.,
where he had charge of a large planing establishment
when the war broke out. He was obliged to leave
that city on account of his Northern views, and he
afterward engaged in merchandising at Eden, Delaware
County, Ohio, continuing there until 1868, when he came
to DeGraff and embarked in the drug business. This
he carried on until 1886, since which time he has
retired from the active duties of life. He has a
farm of one hundred and ten acres in Pleasant Township,
this county, and is one of the esteemed and honored men
of the county.
Our subject's mother was Laura P. Pratt, a
native of Licking County, Ohio, born in 1820, and she
had two children, Mary E. and our subject.
The former first married Dr. W. W. Fountaine, of
Columbus, Ohio, who died in 1872, and later she married
E. C. Wilson, of DeGraff, and now resides at
Goshen, Ind. The mother of these children died in
March, 1811. The father's second marriage was with
Miss Prudence P. Jordon, of Licking County, Ohio,
and the one child born to this union died in infancy.
Three years later, Mrs. Galer passed away.
Mr. Galer's third marriage was to Mrs.
Jane Baxter, of Ashley, Delaware County, Ohio, and
they have two children, Carrie, a teacher in the
public schools, and Robert S.
The maternal grandfather of
our subject, Maj. Benjamin Pratt, was a native of
Vermont, and came to Ohio in 1815, settling in
Granville, Licking County. He was a Major in the
War of 1812, and was a man of more than ordinary
ability, being quite a mechanical genius. He died
at Coldwater, Mich., when eighty-seven years of age. The
great grandfather on this side, Ebeneezer Pratt,
was also born in Vermont, but settled in Licking County,
Ohio, in 1815. He was a farmer of that county, and
died when over ninety years of age. His wife was
Prudence Whipple, who also lived to be over ninety
years of age.
The early scholastic training of our subject was
received in the public schools at Columbus and in the
district schools of Delaware County. At the age of
sixteen years, he entered the Wesleyan University at
Delaware, remained there two years and only lacked one
term of graduating in the scientific course when he left
school. In 1861, he began reading medicine under
Dr. R. S. Gilcrist, and during 1863 and 1864, he
took a course in the Starling Medical College of
Columbus. After this, he practiced for two years
at Eden, Delaware County, Ohio, and afterward spent one
year reading under Dr. Hamilton, of Columbus.
Later, he completed his medical studies and graduated in
the spring of 1867.
After this he came to DeGraff, and has had a large and
paying practice ever since. During his long years
of practice here, he has proved himself to be a
physician of ability, his practice being very large and
among the best class of citizens. He was married
on the 31st of May, 1871, to Miss Joanna Loofbourrow,
a native of Delaware County, Ohio, born Mar. 23, 1842,
and two interesting children have resulted from this
union, Bessie A. and Nellie G. The
Doctor has been very successful, and aside from his
extensive practice is the owner of two hundred and
fifteen acres of land in Pleasant Township. He is
a stockholder and President of the Citizens' Bank in
DeGraff, and owns considerable town property, including
his fine residence. He is a member of the
National, State and County Medical Associations, and
also a member of the Masonic fraternity, of which he has
taken the Thirty-second Degree.
Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of
Auglaize, Logan and Shelby Counties, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Chapman Bros. 1892 - Page 579 |
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GEORGE GANWOOD
Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of
Auglaize, Logan and Shelby Counties, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Chapman Bros. 1892 - Page 258
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WILBUR A. GINN
Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of
Auglaize, Logan and Shelby Counties, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Chapman Bros. 1892 - Page 161
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JOHN GRABIEL
Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of
Auglaize, Logan and Shelby Counties, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Chapman Bros. 1892 - Page 313
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