He was born at Sharon, Noble Co., Ohio, August 14,1848 of American parentage extending back to the Revolutionary days.
His youth was spent on a farm at the place of his birth. He enlisted in Co. B, 66th OVI (Ohio Volunteer Infantry) when but 15 years of age and served in the Army of the Tennessee under General Sherman on his triumphal march through Georgia and the Carolinas to Washington D.C. He was honorably discharged from the service 15 Jul 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky.
He taught school in Ohio and Missouri from 1867 to 1873. He married Miss Mary F. Albin at Laurelville, Hocking Co, Ohio, 3 Aug 1875 to which union three children were born: Perl T., Edna M., and Rose Ann E.,
Afterwards, he engaged in various mercantile and industrial pursuits with many successes and reverses pressing closely on each other.
He removed to Missouri, Nebraska, and Colorado in turn, pioneering a settlement in what is now southwestern Washington County in February, 1887.
He was a Mason, having taken the degrees in Caldwell, Mo., at the age of 21. He was a Presbyterian by faith, having united with that church in 1876.
His love of home and family gave his zeal and persistence in the field of human endeavor, in their behalf and his wonderful energy and slight physical strength culminated in his enforced retirement from the more arduous labor of farm life in 1904 at which time he came to Akron, Colo.
His confidence in the future of Akron was manifested in his real estate promotions at a time when many faltered. A nearly fatal accident on 7 Nov 1907 from which he recovered through his power of will alone, left an imperfect cicatrice on his cheek.
He was elected County Judge and began service in 1908. The facial problem he received in his accident, however, began to trouble him in 1911. It developed into cancer a year later and he was forced to resign his judgeship in 1912.
The unequal struggle ended in his death at the Hahaemann Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., at four o'clock on the fourth day of April, 1914.
His youth was spent on a farm at the place of his birth. He enlisted in Co. B, 66th OVI (Ohio Volunteer Infantry) when but 15 years of age and served in the Army of the Tennessee under General Sherman on his triumphal march through Georgia and the Carolinas to Washington D.C. He was honorably discharged from the service 15 Jul 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky.
He taught school in Ohio and Missouri from 1867 to 1873. He married Miss Mary F. Albin at Laurelville, Hocking Co, Ohio, 3 Aug 1875 to which union three children were born: Perl T., Edna M., and Rose Ann E.,
Afterwards, he engaged in various mercantile and industrial pursuits with many successes and reverses pressing closely on each other.
He removed to Missouri, Nebraska, and Colorado in turn, pioneering a settlement in what is now southwestern Washington County in February, 1887.
He was a Mason, having taken the degrees in Caldwell, Mo., at the age of 21. He was a Presbyterian by faith, having united with that church in 1876.
His love of home and family gave his zeal and persistence in the field of human endeavor, in their behalf and his wonderful energy and slight physical strength culminated in his enforced retirement from the more arduous labor of farm life in 1904 at which time he came to Akron, Colo.
His confidence in the future of Akron was manifested in his real estate promotions at a time when many faltered. A nearly fatal accident on 7 Nov 1907 from which he recovered through his power of will alone, left an imperfect cicatrice on his cheek.
He was elected County Judge and began service in 1908. The facial problem he received in his accident, however, began to trouble him in 1911. It developed into cancer a year later and he was forced to resign his judgeship in 1912.
The unequal struggle ended in his death at the Hahaemann Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., at four o'clock on the fourth day of April, 1914.
He was born at Sharon, Noble Co., Ohio, August 14,1848 of American parentage extending back to the Revolutionary days.
His youth was spent on a farm at the place of his birth. He enlisted in Co. B, 66th OVI (Ohio Volunteer Infantry) when but 15 years of age and served in the Army of the Tennessee under General Sherman on his triumphal march through Georgia and the Carolinas to Washington D.C. He was honorably discharged from the service 15 Jul 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky.
He taught school in Ohio and Missouri from 1867 to 1873. He married Miss Mary F. Albin at Laurelville, Hocking Co, Ohio, 3 Aug 1875 to which union three children were born: Perl T., Edna M., and Rose Ann E.,
Afterwards, he engaged in various mercantile and industrial pursuits with many successes and reverses pressing closely on each other.
He removed to Missouri, Nebraska, and Colorado in turn, pioneering a settlement in what is now southwestern Washington County in February, 1887.
He was a Mason, having taken the degrees in Caldwell, Mo., at the age of 21. He was a Presbyterian by faith, having united with that church in 1876.
His love of home and family gave his zeal and persistence in the field of human endeavor, in their behalf and his wonderful energy and slight physical strength culminated in his enforced retirement from the more arduous labor of farm life in 1904 at which time he came to Akron, Colo.
His confidence in the future of Akron was manifested in his real estate promotions at a time when many faltered. A nearly fatal accident on 7 Nov 1907 from which he recovered through his power of will alone, left an imperfect cicatrice on his cheek.
He was elected County Judge and began service in 1908. The facial problem he received in his accident, however, began to trouble him in 1911. It developed into cancer a year later and he was forced to resign his judgeship in 1912.
The unequal struggle ended in his death at the Hahaemann Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., at four o'clock on the fourth day of April, 1914.
His youth was spent on a farm at the place of his birth. He enlisted in Co. B, 66th OVI (Ohio Volunteer Infantry) when but 15 years of age and served in the Army of the Tennessee under General Sherman on his triumphal march through Georgia and the Carolinas to Washington D.C. He was honorably discharged from the service 15 Jul 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky.
He taught school in Ohio and Missouri from 1867 to 1873. He married Miss Mary F. Albin at Laurelville, Hocking Co, Ohio, 3 Aug 1875 to which union three children were born: Perl T., Edna M., and Rose Ann E.,
Afterwards, he engaged in various mercantile and industrial pursuits with many successes and reverses pressing closely on each other.
He removed to Missouri, Nebraska, and Colorado in turn, pioneering a settlement in what is now southwestern Washington County in February, 1887.
He was a Mason, having taken the degrees in Caldwell, Mo., at the age of 21. He was a Presbyterian by faith, having united with that church in 1876.
His love of home and family gave his zeal and persistence in the field of human endeavor, in their behalf and his wonderful energy and slight physical strength culminated in his enforced retirement from the more arduous labor of farm life in 1904 at which time he came to Akron, Colo.
His confidence in the future of Akron was manifested in his real estate promotions at a time when many faltered. A nearly fatal accident on 7 Nov 1907 from which he recovered through his power of will alone, left an imperfect cicatrice on his cheek.
He was elected County Judge and began service in 1908. The facial problem he received in his accident, however, began to trouble him in 1911. It developed into cancer a year later and he was forced to resign his judgeship in 1912.
The unequal struggle ended in his death at the Hahaemann Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., at four o'clock on the fourth day of April, 1914.
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