History of Circleville, (Pickaway County) Ohio United States of America

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Biographies:

Caleb Atwater, author, was born at North Adams, Mass., Dec. 25, 1778. After his graduation from Williams college in 1804 he became a lawyer, and in 1811 removed to Circleville, Ohio, where he became prominent in local politics, serving in the Ohio legislature, and also as Indian commissioner. He published: "Remarks made on a Tour to Prairie du Chien" (1831); "Writings of Caleb Atwater" (1833); "Western Antiquities" (1833); "History of Ohio, Natural and Civil" (1838), and an "Essay on Education" (1841). He was a contributor to the transactions of the American antiquarian society. He died at Circleville, Ohio, March 13, 1867.

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

Werter Renick Davis, educator, was born in Circleville, Ohio, April 1, 1815. He was a brother of Edwin Hamilton Davis, the arch?ologist, and of Joseph Slocum Davis, law partner of Columbus Delano, Mt. Vernon, Ohio, jurist, and paymaster in the U.S.A., 1864-65. He was educated at Kenyon college and received his M.D. degree from the College of medicine and surgery, Cincinnati, Ohio. He joined the Ohio conference of the Methodist Episcopal church in 1835, was transferred to the Missouri conference in 1853, and stationed in St. Louis. He was professor of natural sciences in McKendree college, 1854-58, and its president during 1858. He was then elected to the presidency of Baker university but soon afterward resigned and served as presiding elder, 1859-73. He was chaplain of the 12th Kansas volunteer infantry in 186l and in 1862 was commissioned colonel of the 16th Kansas cavalry, which regiment he raised and organized. He was a member of the first state legislature of Kansas, was superintendent of public instruction for Douglass county, a member of the general conferences of 1868, 1872 and 1880, and a delegate to the Ecumenical conference in London, England, and to the Centennial conference in Baltimore in 1884. In 1859 he edited the first paper published in Baldwin. He died at Baldwin, Kan., June 21, 1893.

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

Banker, Samuel Marfield was born, January 16th, 1808, in Baltimore, Maryland, and is a son of the late John and Elizabeth (Speies) Marfield, both of whom were natives of Germany. His father was a merchant, and came to America when young and settled in Baltimore, where he resided until his death. Samuel received a liberal education, and when sixteen years old was apprenticed to the saddlery trade, which he thoroughly learned in six years. He then engaged in business on his own account, as an importer and dealer in saddlery hardware, in which he continued for eight years. In the spring of 1839 he removed to Ohio, and settled in Circleville, where he carried on the hardware business exclusively until 1848, when he associated with it the banking business, finally relinquishing the former in 1852, and has given his entire attention to banking ever since. He is now proprietor, principal officer and Director of the Marfield Bank of Circleville. He is also a large shareholder in various railroad companies. He has never sought nor held any political or public office whatever. His political principles are those of the Republican party; in religious belief he is a Presbyterian. His energy and industry are untiring. Starting in life poor, he has been himself the architect of his own fortunes, and now ranks among the solid business men of Ohio. He was married in 1833 to Harriet M. daughter of Henry Wright, a prominent Marylander.

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