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March, 1904 |
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Source: Mansfield News |
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Submitted by Jean and Faye |
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This was a FUN series of articles published by the Mansfield News in 1904. Clues would be given in one issue of the paper, and the next issue would contain the identities of the men described. Scroll to the bottom of the page for the answers.
Who is He?
No. 41: A resident of this city, since 1850, where he came at the age of 22 to study law, he is a native of the Empire state. In his earlier years he was a teacher in his native state and also in the south. He was admitted to the bar and remained in practice until the war and during a portion of that period was also engaged in the newspaper business as he was in later years. He was in the military service from 1861 until June 1865, serving in various positions. He was married in 1862 to a Mansfield young lady. In his later years he has been actively engaged in business life and has also been associated in various lines of work, specific mention of which would be to practically name him. Do you know him? [March 1, 1904]
No. 42: He was born in Weller township Nov. 20, 1841, and raised on the farm. In 1861-62 he taught the Taylor school in his native township. In 1862 he enlisted in Company D. 102d O.V. I. And served until the close of the war. He resumed teaching after the war for eight years. He was married in November, 1873, and shortly thereafter moved to this city where he has since resided. He has held county and city offices and has also been identified with the business and commercial life of this city for many years. Do you know him? [March 2, 1904]
No. 43: He was born in a log cabin in Knox county in March 1836. He lived on the farm until he was twenty and then went to Bellville, where he clerked for five years. He enlisted in Capt. Moody’s company in 1861, but was discharged for physical disability. In November of that year he married the daughter of one of the early circuit judges of the county. In the spring of 1862 he came to Mansfield as deputy sheriff. He later clerked and traveled for local firms and over thirty years ago engaged in the business which he has since followed. He is married to a second wife and prominently identified with a local church. Do you know him? [March 3, 1904]
No. 44: A native of Lancaster county, Pa., where he was born in 1836, he came with his father to Ashland county in 1840. In 1853 he went west and crossed the plains with a wagon train and was a driver of a wagon for several years for the American Fur company trading with the Indians. In 1861 he enlisted in the First Iowa and later with the Sixth Iowa with which he served until Sept. 17, 1865. He worked at the carpenter trade in Ashland and later in this city where he has resided most of the time since 1869 and working at his trade. Do you know him? [March 4, 1904]
No. 45: His birthday anniversary comes next Monday and he won’t have many more years to live until he reaches the fiftieth milestone. He is a native of Germany and speaks the language without difficulty. He came to the United States in 1866 when a mere lad and located in Cambridge, this state. He began business in Muskingum county, but two years later, in 1876, came to Mansfield, where he has since resided and for many years was identified with a business he has since abandoned for another. He has been successful in all and is a hard worker in everything which he engages Do you know him? [March 5, 1904]
No. 46: He is 77 years old today and was born in this city. To most old people of Mansfield this comes pretty close to identifying him, but among the younger generation some guessing may be necessary. His parents came here in 1819 or 1820. He attended school in this city taught by the late J. H. Cook. He learned the tanner’s trade. Forty-seven years ago he was elected constable in this township. He worked as a molder and also on the railroad as a brake man. He was a volunteer fireman and in later years has been in the employ of a local concern for over an average lifetime. Do you know him? [March 7, 1904]
No. 47. He was born in this city and educated at the Ohio Wesleyan University later taking a course in law at Harvard and beginning the practice of law in this city in 1862. In the latter half of the ’60’s he was prosecuting attorney of the county and in later years served in a higher official capacity. He has been a member of the local board of education and was president of that body for ten years. Do you know him? [March 8, 1904]
No. 48. He was born in 1835 in that portion of Ashland county that was then of this county, but since 1856 has been a resident of this city and for over forty years has been engaged in the same business and for over 20 years of that time in the same place where he is located now. He is in politics a Democrat but doesn’t make politics a business. Notwithstanding this he has held official position by appointment. Do you know him? [March 9, 1904]
No. 49. He was born in this county in 1840 and was raised on a farm. He learned a trade at which he worked in this city from 1857 to 1861. He responded to the first call for troops and re-enlisted serving nearly four years. For many years he was engaged in business in this city and has been living a retired life only a few years. Do you know him? [March 10, 1904]
No. 50: He was born near Upper Sandusky early in the fourth decade of the nineteenth century. From five until 21 he lived in Mohicanville, Ashland county, where he conducted a general store. In April, 1870 he came to this city where he has been engaged continuously in one line of trade to the present and nearly, if not all that time, in the same location. He has been married twice having three children by his first marriage and one by his last. Do you know him? [March 11, 1904]
No. 51: He was born in Philadelphia April 3, 1847 - but he doesn’t look as if he were almost 57. But he always feels young and that accounts for it. He came to this city when he was 14 and shortly afterwards enlisted in the army. He was rejected on account of his youth, but he was determined to be a soldier and enlisted in Co. E. 32d O. V. I. He was mustered out in July, 1865. Since then he has been a resident of Mansfield and there is probably no man in this city who is known by more people. But reader you have probably guessed him out before this and it is hardly necessary to ask “Do you know him?” [March 12, 1904]
No. 52: He was born in Worthington township Feb. 4, 1840 and remained on the farm until he was nineteen. He had just finished teaching a term of school near Butler when the first call for ninety day troops was made. He enlisted as a private in Co. J, 16th O.V.I. He re-enlisted in the 120th and was promoted to a captaincy March 14, 1863. During the Red River campaign he was taken prisoner He escaped, but was recaptured and held at Shreveport, La., until the end of the war. He has been engaged in business in this city since the close of the war Do you know him? [March 14, 1904]
No. 53: He was born in Germany in 1850. Upon coming to America he located in Fort Wayne. His earlier years in Americas were full of hardships and trials. In 1869 he taught school in Cincinnati, later in Lawrenceburg, Ind., and for several years in this city early in the ’70’s. Later he was an employe of a local wholesale house and in 1875 entered the employe of the concern with which he has since been identified in this city and where he holds a responsible position. Do you know him? [March 15, 1904]
No. 54: He was born in Worthington township in 1847. He worked on the farm and enlisted in 1864, at the age of 17, in the 82d O.V.I., serving until the close of the war, participating in Sherman’s march to the sea. He studied at Greentown Academy after the war and also taught school until 1870 in this county. He read law and was admitted to the bar in 1872. In 1876 he married the daughter of a Madison township pioneer. He has held city office and also a more lucrative one, federal office. Do you know him? [March 16, 1904]
No. 55: He was born in 1830 on a farm near the northern part of what is now Sherman-Heineman park and resided there until 1843 when he came into the then village of Mansfield He began the learning of the trade, which he has followed to the present day, in 1848. For a few years he worked in other cities, but has been a permanent resident of Mansfield for fifty years. He has been identified with a well-known secret society for over 50 years. Though past his three score and ten, he is more active than most men of fifty. Do you know him? [March 17, 1904]
No. 56: He was born in Union county, Pa., in 1814. He came to Ohio in 1825 and lived for a few years in a section of Richland county that is now a part of Ashland county He came to this city in 1828 and has resided here almost continuously since that time being engaged for considerably over forty years in one line of trade. He was married in 1835 to young lady of Bucyrus, her death occurring several years ago. Three of their children live in this city. He has been active and when long past 80 years of age considered himself able to do a full day’s work - and he could. Do you know him? [March 18, 1904]
No. 57: He has been a resident of Mansfield since 1844 - having been born here--and in all these years, as child, school boy and business man has been a tiptop good fellow. He never fails to vote and is about as thorough-going a Republican and as devoted to that cause as many of the men heretofore sketched in this series are devoted to Democracy. He was a candidate on the county Republican ticket in 1894, but like all the rest of the ticket that year - was not elected. Do you know him? [March 19, 1904]
No. 58: He’s a Methodist and Prohibitionist and was twice the candidate of the party for lieutenant governor of Ohio. He is a native of York county, Pa., where he was born in 1838. His parents came to Ohio in 1840 where he has since lived. He was educated, after a common school course, at Oberlin and Chicago university For nearly 20 years he was engaged in educational work in a city of Ohio and later continued that work in this city. He has been active in secret society work, having filled all the chairs in several orders and is of pronounced literary and elocutionary ability. Do you know him? [March 21, 1904]
No. 59: He was born in the southern part of this city about 60 years ago and during the early years of the war was married to a young lady born and raised in this township He has lived here all his life. In his earlier years he worked at his trade. He has been living a partially-retired life in recent years although still identified with several business enterprises. Do you know him? [March 22, 1904]
No. 60: He was born in this city a little over 56 years ago, the oldest in a family of four children, three of them survive. His father before him was a business man of Mansfield and the son has also been in business here since before attaining his majority. He has held and holds city office and is regarded as a very good business man. Do you know him? [March 23, 1904]
No. 61: He was born in Millsboro, in this county, in 1844. He worked on a farm in Springfield township until he was eighteen. He then located at Oil City, Pa., for two years, but returned to Mansfield and for many years engaged in one line of business here, subsequently changing business and now conducting a store near Central park. He was married April 10, 1872, his wife being a native of New York. Do you know him? [March 24, 1904]
No. 62: A native of Bedford county, Pa., born Nov. 8, 1824, he came to this city in 1844, where he commenced his trade and continued the same until very recent years when age has impaired his activity in this line, but scarcely a street in the city is without a building which was erected by him. He has been three times married. Do you know him? [March 25, 1904]
No. 63: He was born in this city nearly 51 years ago. He learned the carpenter trade and worked, at it a number of years, later devoting himself to a kindred line of work Twenty-seven years ago he embarked in a line of business in which he has since continued. He was married Oct. 24, 1872, to the daughter of a well known Mansfield family. Do you know him? [March 26, 1904]
No. 64: He was born March 23, 1837, in Washington township. He was married June 6, 1842*, his wife a native of Hanover township, Ashland county. Six children were born to them. He enlisted in Co. E, 64 O.V.I. for three years and re-enlisted as a veteran, serving four years. He was in sixteen engagements, was four times wounded, three times at Stone river and was a prisoner of war for 21 days. After the war he located in this city where he since resided and has continued in one line of business. Do you know him? [March 28, 1904] *Note: This should read his wife was born on June 6, 1842. He and his wife were married in 1861.
No. 65: He was born in Washington county, Pa., Aug. 8, 1837. He came to Richland county in 1846. He was raised on the farm and studied at Savannah and Vermillion. He taught school for 12 years in Ashland county, where he was admitted to the bar 42 years ago. He lived in Wooster a number of years and also for a short time in Cleveland. Since 1876 he has resided in this city. Do you know him? [March 29, 1904]
No. 66: Of Scotch-Irish descent, the subject of this sketch was born in Trumbull county, July 27, 1832. He came to Shelby in 1854 and with the exception of two years’ residence in Indiana he has practiced his profession in this county for fifty years. He has lived in this city since 1870. During the war he was with the 163d Ohio. Do you know him? [March 30, 1904]
No. 67: A native of Washington county, Md., where he was born Feb. 20, 1824, he came to Richland county in 1841 with his parents, where he and his brothers settled on farms He has lived in this county ever since that time and in 1885 came from Franklin township to this city where he has since resided and is hale and hearty despite his over four-score years. Do you know him? [March 31, 1904]
ANSWERS : No. 41: Gen. R. Brinkerhoff; No. 42: M. D. Ward; No. 43: L. J. Bonar; No. 44: Daniel Frankhouser; No. 45: I. Shonfield; No. 46: W. M. Roop; No. 47: J. W. Jenner: No. 48: E. H. Keiser; No. 49: B. F. Keiser; No. 50: H. Haroun; No. 51: George Knofflock; No. 52: Capt. J. P. Rummel; No. 53: Arnold Kallmerton; No. 54: G. W. Statler; No. 55: Theodore Dukes; No. 56: Levi Zimmerman; No. 57: Robert Kase; No. 58: Prof. J. W. Sharp; No. 59: Lewis Bowers; No. 60: John Krause; No. 61: V. M. Dickson; No. 62: Cyrus Hershiser; No. 63: J. K. Johnston; No. 64: Robert C. McFarland; No. 65: T. Y. McCray; No. 66: Dr. D. C. McMillen; No. 67: Samuel Bell
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