History of Wilmington, (Clinton County) Ohio United States of America

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Addison Peale Russell, author, was born at Wilmington, Ohio, Sept. 8, 1826; son of Charles and Mary (McNabb) Russell; grandson of William and Jane (Sewell) Russell, and of John and Catharine (Warnock) McNabb. His grandfather, William Russell, was a soldier of the American Revolution. His early education was limited to attendance at the common schools of his native village, and apprenticeship to a printer in the office of the Gazette at Zanesville, Ohio, 1842?45. In 1845 he became editor and publisher of the News, a Whig journal issued from Hillsborough, Ohio, and in 1847 he removed to Lebanon, Ohio, where he was connected with the Western Star, 1847?50. He was clerk of the Ohio senate in 1850; an editor and half owner of the Clinton Republican, Wilmington, 1852?62; representative in the state legislature, 1856?58; secretary of state, 1858?62, and financial agent for the state in New York city, 1862?68. Later he became a member of the Authors club, and received the degree of Litt. Doc. from Ohio university at Athens in 1898. He was unmarried. He is the author of: Half Tints; Table D'H?te and Drawing-Room (1867); Library Notes (1875; rev. ed., 1879); Thomas Corwin: A Sketch (1881); Characteristics (1884); A Club of One (1887); In a Club Corner (1890), and Sub-Coelum: A Sky-Built Human World (1893).

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Frank Le Rond McVey, economist, was born in Wilmington, Ohio, Nov. 10, 1869; son of Alfred Henry and Anna (Holmes) McVey; grandson of Edmund and Mary (Eastlack) McVey and of William and Mary (Cowgill) Holmes, and a descendant of John McVey who settled in Pennsylvania in 1856; and of Obediah Holmes, who settled in Massachusetts in 1632. He attended the public schools at Toledo, Ohio, and Des Moines, Iowa, and was a student at Des Moines college, 1885-89. He was graduated from Ohio Wesleyan university, A.B., 1893. The degree of Ph.D. was conferred on him by Yale university in 1895, after two years of graduate work in that institution. He was principal of the high school at Orient, Iowa, in 1891; an editor in New York in 1895; instructor in history in the Teachers' college of Columbia university, New York City, 1896; instructor in economics in the University of Minnesota in 1896, assistant professor in 1898 and professor in 1900. He was elected a member of the American Economic association in 1895, and of the American Academy of Political and Social Science in 1898. He was married, Sept. 21, 1898, to Mabel Moore Sawyer. He is the author of: Populist Movement (1896); Handbook of Minnesota (1898); History and the Civil Government of Minnesota (1900), and many articles and notes in the economic periodicals.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Lawyer and Soldier, was born, July 31st, 1808, in Warren county, Ohio, and is the seventh of ten children, whose parents were George and Esther (Eulan) Harlan. His father was a native of Chatham, North Carolina, of remote German ancestry, and a Quaker in religious belief, a farmer by occupation. He removed to Ohio in 1796, locating first at Columbia, and thence proceeded to Deerfield, Warren county, but finally settled, in 1797, north of Lebanon, Warren county, where he resided until his death, December 21st, 1846. He filled at various times the offices of Sheriff, County Commissioner, Justice of the Peace, and Associate Judge of Common Pleas; he was also a representative in the Legislature for one term. His wife was a native of Rockbridge county, Virginia, daughter of Jacob Eulan, an early pioneer of what is now Scott county, Kentucky, settling there in 1787, of Hollander descent. She died December 29th, 1858, in her eighty-first year. Robert worked on a farm until he was sixteen years old, attending the winter district school. In 1828 he settled at Wilmington, Clinton county, where he obtained employment in the County Clerk's office as deputy, and where he continued eight years, reading law during his leisure hours. In 1837, having passed the requisite examination, he was admitted to practise at Chillicothe, and immediately entered upon his professional duties at Wilmington, where he has ever since resided, and where he has established a lucrative and extensive practice. In 1840-41 he represented Clinton county in the Legislature, and again in 1850-51. In 1852 he was elected Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the Second Judicial District, and held that office for one term. He was Captain, Colonel and Major-General successively of the Ohio Militia under the old laws. During the civil war he was Captain of Company B, 12th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and saw service in Ohio and Virginia. He is a Republican in political faith. Although he has nearly reached the limit of threescore years and ten, his mental and physical powers are wonderfully preserved. He was married in 1838 to Maria D., daughter of Isaiah Morris, a native of Clinton county, New York, but a pioneer-settler of Clinton county, Ohio; she died in 1843, having had three children. He was subsequently united to Caroline E., daughter of George L. Hayworth, of Clinton county, Ohio.

From: The Biographical Encyclopedia of Ohio of the Nineteenth Century. Columbus, OH, USA: Galaxy Publishing Co., 1876.