History of Harrison County Ohio United States of America

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David A. Campbell, librarian, was born at Miller's Station, Harrison county, Ohio, Oct. 5, 1857. He was educated in the public schools of his native state and at Hopedale college, removed to Kansas in 1877, and in 1878 went to Plattsmouth, Cass county, Nebraska. In 1885 he was elected treasurer of Cass county, and was re-elected in 1837. In 1890 he was appointed state librarian for a term of four years, and was reappointed in 1895.

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

William Pollock Johnston, educator, was born in Harrison county, Ohio, Jan. 26, 1839; son of Samuel P. and Eleanor (Thomson) Johnston; grandson of Nathan Johnston; a descendant of Archibald Johnston, Lord Warriston, barrister, of Edinburgh, Scotland, one of the Scotch commissioners at the Westminster assembly of divines at London that framed the Westminster confession of faith. He was educated in the public schools and at Geneva college, then in Northwood, Ohio, and was graduated from Jefferson college, Pa., in 1858. He attended the Reformed Presbyterian Theological seminary at Allegheny, Pa., and was licensed and ordained by the presbytery of the Reformed Presbyterian church in 1864. He was pastor at Baltimore, Md., 1864-73; made a trip to Europe in 1868; was pastor at Washington, Iowa, 1873-81; and was principal of Washington academy, 1879-81. He was professor of Latin and English literature in Geneva college, Beaver Falls, Pa., 1881-90; and in 1890 became college pastor, professor of philosophy and English literature, and president of that institution. He was elected a member of the American Historical association, and of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. He received the degree of S.M. from Washington and Jefferson college in 1882 and that of D.D. from Grove City college, Pa., in 1891. The Bright Side of Things, The Individual and Society, and The Dialect were among the subjects of popular lectures which he delivered in various cities.

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

William G. Rogers, Shoe Manufacturer, was born, November 25th, 1825, in Harrison county, Ohio. His early youth was spent in his father's mill. When sixteen years of age he left his home to learn the shoe trade, working chiefly as an apprentice until his nineteenth year. In the spring of 1846 he arrived in Cincinnati from Pittsburgh, and expended his last penny for a breakfast. With poverty staring at him, he started at once upon a zealous search for work, and before noon found employment at Chapin's shoe factory, and remained one year, during which he had stored by $500. With this small capital he removed to the west end of the city, and at 190 Hopkins street commenced the manufacture of women's shoes. By careful attention to his business he found its growth very rapid and very profitable, and the necessity for a change to larger quarters became urgent. He then gave employment to 150 hands. He moved to Central avenue, near George street, and erected there a fine establishment, which in 1853 was burned. He promptly fitted up a new place, and remained on Central avenue until 1855, when he migrated to Pearl street. In 1848 he began the wholesale manufacture of ladies' shoes. Ruffun & Hawkes had been for some time in this line of business, but were bought out by Mr. Rogers, who purchased all their stock and fixtures in 1849. He is now the oldest wholesale manufacturer of ladies' shoes in Cincinnati. In 1868 he became associated with Herne, Lee & Pinkard, and in 1869, under the firm-name of W. G. Rogers & Co., contracted with the Trustees of the Workhouse to work seventy-five of the inmates of that institution in the production of shoes. Manufacturers predicted this as a ruinous enterprise, but the experiment became so successful under the careful supervision of Mr. Rogers that the company put in a bid for a contract to cover five years, and for the employment of double the number of hands at an advance on previous wages. They were outbid by Miles Greenwood, and the shoe factory at the Workhouse ceased to exist. Mr. Rogers became sole proprietor of his company's large establishment, No. 121 West Pearl street, Cincinnati, and has since associated with himself his son, W. C. Rogers, an experienced and thorough business man. His factory has now the capacity for turning out four hundred pairs each day, and is stocked with the finest machinery and enjoys rare prosperity. Notwithstanding his losses by fire and the crisis of 1857, he has amassed a comfortable fortune. He is still in the prime of life, and is constantly extending the boundaries of a flourishing trade. He was married in 1847 to Ellen McKiernan, and in 1868 was married to Martha L. Bausar

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

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