History of North Fairfield, (Huron County) Ohio United States of America

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Clergyman and Journalist, was born at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on December 17th, 1825. He remained there until he had reached manhood, acquiring his education in the public schools of the city, and in select schools which he attended from time to time. One very important educational experience was the training and discipline which he received during a period of three years passed in a printing office. From early youth he had held the purpose of becoming a pulpit teacher, and accordingly, when he was twenty-one years of age, he entered the ministry of the Wesleyan Methodist denomination. He labored in this capacity until he had reached his thirty-fourth year, when he united with the Congregational Church. In the meantime he had removed to Mansfield, Ohio, and was putting to practical account his early journalistic training. In 1853 he connected himself with the Christian Statesman at Mansfield. He retained his connection with this paper until 1856. Then he removed to North Fairfield, Huron county, Ohio, and became associated with the Gazette of that place. This connection continued until 1858. From North Fairfield he removed to Toledo, where he at present resides, and from there entered the army, in 1862, bearing President Lincoln's commission as army chaplain. He remained in the service in that capacity until the end of the war, in 1865, when he returned to Toledo. In 1868 he became managing editor of the Toledo Blade, a position which he continued to occupy, and to occupy most satisfactorily, until 1872. A man of such varied and continued activity would almost as a matter of course bring a portion of his energy into the field of politics, and he has done this. His political faith finds expression in the Republican creed, and he has served the party, or rather has served with the party, actively and effectively. In 1860 he was elected a member of the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of Ohio, and served there through the term with ability and, what is far better, with integrity. In 1872 he left the office of the Toledo Blade to enter upon the duties of Appraiser of Merchandise, to which position he had been appointed, and which he still holds. He was married on August 1st, 1848, to Caroline B. Smith.

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

History of North Fairfield, (Huron County) Ohio

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