In Mt Vernon Ohio (Knox Co) does anyone remember not changing their clocks when Wooster Ohio did in Spring/Fal

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Year approx 1960

Answer 1

Yes i do

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wth

Answer 3

I forgot. lol

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NOTE. - All the histories of families and persons in this part of the work have been obtained directly from the families or individuals interested or from persons possessing the necessary Information is no case whatever has second-hand information been accepted. Being thus written, the families or persons themselves are responsible for all fact and dates contained to them.

CITY OF MANSFIELD.

ACKERMAN, HENRY, barber; be was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, in the town of Neidermodau, Germany, July 11, 1845, and came to this country in 1865 ; he learned his trade in the Fatherland, and, after coming to this country, he worked for a short time in Crestline, Ohio ; he removed to Mansfield in 1866 and commenced business in this city, at which he has continued to dale. He was married in Mansfield, July 12, 1867, to Christian Hartman : they have six children-four sons and two daughters.

ANDERSON, J. C., Surgeon ; he was born in Butler Co., Ohio ; removed to Richland Co. in 1850; he wee educated at Ganges and Cleveland ; commenced the study of medicine at Ganges in 1863 ; graduated at the Cleveland Homeopathic Hospital College in 1872; received a commission as Surgeon of the 12th O. V. I. (1878); he is now engaged in the practice of medicine in Mansfield. He was married to Anna M. Wherry, of Shelby; they have one child, 3 years old-Reed Wherry.

AUNGST, JOHN E., farmer; P. O. Mansfield; he was born in Jefferson Township Sept. 3, 1854; he came to Mansfield in 1863, where he has since resided. He was married in this city, in 1876, to Miss Lillie Bell; one daughter, Allie, by this marriage, resides with her parents in this city.

AUGUSTINE, CHARLES, leather merchant; he was born at Sugar Creek Falls, Ohio, Oct. 27, 183 l , and came to Mansfield in 1850, where he was employed for a time as clerk in the dry-goods house of Arnos Townsend, now Member of Congress from the Cleveland District. May 25, 1858. he was married to Mrs Louisa Kilter, daughter of the late Joseph Ritter to whom have been born six children. In the year 1865, Mr. Augustine joined the Masonic Order, since which time he his been an active Mason and has held a number of subordinate offices. He is a member of the leather firm of Ritter & Sons, in which business he is now engaged, and is considered one of the representative business men of Mansfield.

BAKER, GEORGE, stonemason, and grocery and provision merchant: he was born in Prussia June 9, 1816; learned the trade of stonemason; came to Mansfield Aug. 29, 1848. Married in the old country, Feb. 10, 1842, to Mary Nips, with whom he has raised six children-Peter, born in Germany Sept. 18, 1842; Lizzie, born in Germany Feb. 6, 1847; Rena, born in Mansfield Aug. 2, 1849 ; George, born in Mansfield Feb. 8, 1856; William, July 3, 1858; Emma Louisa, March 12, 1861. Mr. Baker has resided in Mansfield thirty-two years, and is one of the representative German citizens; has been a member of the German Secret Relief Society since Nov. 16, 1850.

BARTLEY, MORDECAI, deceased, thirteenth Governor elected by the people of Ohio, was born in Fayette Co., Penn., Dec. 18,1783. In 1804, he married Miss Welles, and five years afterward removed to Jefferson Co., Ohio, where, upon the bank of that river, near the mouth of Cross Creek, he purchased a farm and engaged in the business of agriculture. Here his peaceful labors were interrupted by the declaration of the war of 1812, when, in a few weeks, be enlisted a company of volunteers, who elected him their Captain, and took the field under Gen. Harrison. At the close of the war, he removed to the almost unbroken wilderness of Richland Co., when Mansfield was the principal settlement; west of that place he secured a sufficiently large space to satisfy him, and there, with his ax, he opened a clearing in the forest, and erected his home. Upon this farm, he worked diligently and successfully several years, and then, removing to Mansfield with the savings of his long years of farm labor, he entered into mercantile business. He early developed a character that won the confidence of those that knew him beat, for, is 1817, he was elected to the State Senate, and appointed by the State Legislature to the then important position of Register of the Land Office. This gave him charge of the Virginia military district school lands. In 1823; he was elected to Congress, and served Pour terms, when he declined re-election. In Congress, he was the first to propose the conversion of the land grants of Ohio into a permanent. food for the support of the common school, and secured an appropriation for the harbors of Cleveland, Sandusky City, Huron and Vermillion. In 1844, having retired from Congress, and engaged in mercantile and agricultural business, he was elected Governor of Ohio on the Whig ticket. Both parties have testified to the ability of his administration. In 1846, the war with Mexico was strongly opposed by the anti-slavery people of Ohio, they regarding its proclamation in the interest of slavery extension, and, in response to the call for troops, they were not in favor of Ohio filling her quota,



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but Gov Bartley mentioned chat Ohio, in common with every other State, was constitutionally bound to reaped the requisitions of the National Government. He therefore adopted the proper measures, and the necessary number of volunteers were enlisted, and transferred to the authorities under his personal supervision. The messages he wrote during his administration were papers of ability, end plainly made apparent. his thorough knowledge of the rather complex system of United State Government. He declined a second nomination, though strongly urged to accept, and, returning to his home, at Mansfield, he passed the evening of his life in the retirement of his family, dividing his attention between the practice of his profession as a lawyer, and in the management of his farm near that city. He died Oct. 10, 1870.

BAUGHMAN, ELIZABETH., MRS., daughter of James and Hannah Cunningham, was born near Black Hand, Licking Co., Ohio, March 8, 1805 her mother dying when she was only 6 months old. she was raised by her grandfather, Michael Statler, a farmer near Black hand. After her father's second marriage, be removed to this Richland county, where he figured prominently in the early history of this section of Ohio. In 1819, the subject of this sketch joined her father's family in this county, they residing at that time in the Clear Fork Valley, below Newville, near what is now known as St. John's Church. The change from Ler grandfather Statler's-a wealthy farmer in a more civilized county to the hardships and privations of pioneer life here was not a pleasant transition, and was made only because of her father's request. Her grandfather, she says, was one of the kindest and best of men, but she, then is her 16th year, with a deep sense of filial duty, left a home of wealth, comfort and ease, for a cabin in the rude wilderness, where property and life were alike insecure from the savages and wild beasts of the forest. The journey from Black Hand to St. John's was made in a sled, in the month of January, 1819, is two days, stopping over night near Mount Vernon. Sept. 27, 1825, she was married to Jacob Baughman, who had succeeded to his father's farm, now known as the Dome farm, near Walnut Hall School-house, in Monroe Township, this county. Soon afterward, her husband sold the Dome farm and bought eighty acres of land, situated between the Lowrey (now Welty), and the Stoul farms, where he erected a cabin and they commenced housekeeping. He afterward sold and bought a number of farms, living at different intervals, in Monroe, Worthington and Jefferson Townships, but returned to Monroe, where be died, March 20, 1855, aged 63 years; he was buried at Perrysville. Mrs. Baughman then removed to Bellville, where she resided until 1869, when she removed to Mansfield, where she has since resided. She is the mother of five children-Mary C. (wife of Abraham Lash), Hannah L. (wife of David Herring) deceased; Margaret C., deceased (wife of Freeman Carlile). Abraham J. Baughman and Sade E. Baughman ; the two latter, remaining single, have always lived with their mother. Mrs. Baughman possesses an organization of wonderful tenacity, and is of that wiry physical constitution, well-knit and close-fibered, that accompanies a character of great ambition, high spirit end wonderful endurance. While mild and persuasive, yet she always possessed that degree of positive energy that would not give up or back down, no matter what obstacles were in her way. She worked hard suffered much, and accomplished much. But she has seen the shadows of life's adversities succeeded by the sunshine of prosperity, and has lived to realize the full fruition of the glorious promise, "Your children shall rise up and call you blessed."

She is of a hopeful disposition and her great strength has consisted in being able to look at the bright side of things. Her mirthfulness gives her power of sarcasm and considerable pungency of speech. She is no fox in character, but frank and outspoken, and would never toady to say one. Although not schooled in physiognomy, she could always read faces almost unerringly. She has the mental temperament of the Intellectual organization. Is causal, systematic and industrious, and, believing that application will accomplish almost anything, she never had patience with the idle and fickle. Without trying, she always made friends wherever she want, and the tones of her voice would skins win her way anywhere. She united with the Disciple Church in June, 1838, of which organization she has ever since been a worthy and consistent member. Her sympathies are warm, and in sickness she is tender and attentive. In the home circle, as a mother, her children say she is without a peer. Mrs. Baughman is five feet and one inch in height, weighs 105 pounds, erect in poise and symmetrical in build.

March 8, 1880, upon the occasion of her attaining her 75th year, a pioneer birthday party was given her at the family residence, No. 100 South Main st., Mansfield, which was the first pioneer social party ever held in Richland Co.; about fifty guests were present, one of whom, Mrs. Solomon Gladden, was a contemporaneous pioneer with Mrs Baughman and was present at her wedding fifty-five years ago ; the exercises commenced at 6 o'clock, with music; the ballad, "We Meet Today;" composed and set to music by Prof. Pontius, was sung by Miss Kate Eichelberger, Prof. Pontius at the organ ; after which a pioneer sketch, written by a pioneer's daughter, Mrs. Dr. Patterson, daughter of Solomon Gladden (who performed the marriage ceremony for Mr. and Mrs. Baughman), was read by Mrs. Richard, wife of Prof. J. Fraise Richard, of the Normal College, on account of the unavoidable absence of Mrs. Patterson ; music was furnished by Prof. Will H. Pontius, Miss Kate Eichelberger and Mrs. W. L. Gaston ; other fine selections were rendered by the trio; later in the evening, Miss Mary Cox sang end played. Gen. Brinkerhoff being the patron saint of the pioneers of Richland Co., was first called upon for an address "appropriate to the occasion." He responded in a neat little speech complimentary to the pioneers and "their times," as follows:

"The occasion which has called us together this evening, is one of more than usual interest ; birthday celebrations are always pleasant occasions, and we are happy to meet and greet our friends at their recurrence, but yet some birthdays are more interesting than others, sad this is one of them. The lady in whose honor we meet to-night, and whom we ere glad to find upon her 76th birthday cheerful and happy,



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not in the winter of life, but in the golden autumn time, is one of the living witnesses of the childhood of our city. Seventy-five years, when we look forward, seems a long time, but looking backward it is not so long, and I have no doubt the incidents recalled by Mrs. Patterson, when Elizabeth Cunningham was a girl, seem to Mrs. Baughman but recent memories. In fact, with us all, it is our early recollections that test the longest. In our sleep we do not locate our dreams amid recent surroundings; but we go back to the homes of our childhood. Mrs. Baughman's father, Capt. James Cunningham, was among the first settlers of Mansfield, and, in the year 1809, when Mansfield first had a habitation and a name, he lived in its first cabin on the Sturges corner. Mrs. Baughman at that time was with her grandfather in Licking Co., but ten years later she removed to Richland Co. where she has since been a resident. Since then Mansfield has become a populous city, and a massive block of brick and stone occupies the site of the little log cabin on Sturges' corner; and instead of the drum of the pheasant and the hoot of the owl in the leafy wood lands, we have for music the whistle of the locomotive and the clangor of machinery in the huge and smoky factories. We have churches and schools, busy mills, and all the pride, pomp and panoply of wealth and position and fame; and yet, I doubt very much if we have the wisdom, or patriotism, or sincerity, or happy uses of those among whom Mrs. Baughman passed the early years of life. Thirty years ago, when I came to Mansfield, very many of the early pioneers were still living, and they seemed to me men of larger mold and broader sympathies than those of this later generation. It was this fact that led me to seek to preserve some record of their lives, and very soon commenced to gather some of their history, and, after twenty-five years of waiting, a man who has a genius for writing history has come to complete the work, and we hope very soon to put into print an enduring record of the giants of those early days, who founded the civilization; of Richland Co. Mr. Graham is with us to-night and I doubt not he will bear out my estimate of the worth of our early pioneers. Mrs. Baughman's father was one of them, and Mrs. Patterson's father was another. I do not remember to have met Capt. Cunningham, but I knew Solomon Gladden very well, and he was a typical pioneer, massive in body and massive in mind. Reuben Evarts, who is here to-night and whom present to you a sample of the early pioneers; knew all of these men in their prime, and I hope be will tell us something about them. However, years have come and years have gone, and the great globe swung in its mighty orbit around the sun, these mighty men of valor passed out into the infinite, and of those who knew them and were among them, of them about the only one who remains in Mansfield now is Mrs. Baughman, whose birthday we celebrate to-night. She is happy in having lived to see the result of their labors, and we are happy in seeking to contribute to the enjoyment of this hour."

After supper, the presents on the occasion were formally presented by Hon. M. May in a brief, but appropriated speech. Among the numerous presents we mention specially a beautiful China tea-set from, Elder G. M. Kemp, Gen. R. Brinkerhoff; Hon. M. May, $. E. Jenner, H. W. Albach, Capt. A. C. Cummins and J. Fraise Richard ; Elder Kemp, Mrs Baughman's Pastor, followed, responding to Mr. May, accepting the presents in her behalf, in s speech brief, appropriate and touching in its pathos ; Reuben Evarts, a real and well preserved representative pioneer, being called on, made some pleasing allusions to pioneer life and character, and presented an appropriate preamble and resolutions, which were adopted.




BAUGHMAN FAMILY, THE. The ancestor of the Baughman family came from Germany, and boated in Pennsylvania. The only knowledge the writer has of his family is of two sons-George and Abraham; and one daughter, married W Joseph Charles. George emigrated to Ohio in 1805, and settled in Mifflin Township, Franklin Co., where he spent the remainder of his life ; he died at a ripe old age, and is buried at Gahanna; be was the father of the late Hon. Jesse Baughman, the founder of Gahanna, and one of the originators of the Franklin County Pioneer Association. Abraham was born on the Atlantic Ocean when his parents were en route for America. He married Mary Catherine Deeds, and removed from Cumberland to Washington Co., Penn., and afterward to Richland Co., Ohio, settling in Monroe Township is 1811; they had five sons and three daughters-Adam, John, Abraham, Jacob and George, sad Catherine, Elisabeth and Lovace ; Catherine married a Mr. Black, of Tuscarawas Co. ; Elizabeth married a Mr. Stewart, and removed to Tennessee, and Lovace married Mr. Gayman, of Pittsburgh ; Adam married a Miss Huffman, and removed to Plain Township, Franklin Co., Ohio, and he and his wife are both interred on the Baughman farm there, where they lived and where they died; John married Elizabeth Wyandt, and settled in Wayne Co., Ohio, and the township in which he lived was named for him; Abraham married Susan Wyandt, and settled in Monroe Township, Richland Co., Ohio, where he died is 1848 ; his children were Margaret, wife of John Wolfe; David, married to Rebecca Wolfs; John, married to Catherine Castator; Aaron, married to Catherine Schrack; Peter, married to Elise Wyandt; George, married to Minerva Merrell; Elisabeth, wife of Simon McDanel; William, married to Rachel Slater; Abraham, married to Eliza Wrigton ; Susanna; Simon, married to Susan Mercer. Jacob Baughman married Elizabeth Cunningham; his life was principally passed in Monroe Township, Richland Co., where be died March 20, 1855, aged 63 years. They had five children-Mary C., married to Abraham Lash; ; Hannah L., married to David Herring; Margaret A., married to Freeman Carlile; Abraham J. and Sarah E.; the two latter remain single and live with their mother; they are printers, and publish the Mansfield Call; they have also published the Cleveland Temple Visitor, Mansfield (Ohio) Liberal, Canal Fulton Herald and Medina Democrat. George Baughman never married, and died is 1850.

BERNO, PETER, merchant, Mansfield, Ohio ; he was born in Rhein Pfaltz, a province of the Kingdom of Bavaria, Germany, and came to this country, with his parents, June 10, 1851, and to Mansfield, Ohio, June 18, 1851 ; his father's name was Jacob



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Berno, and his mother's Fredricka Profit. His grandfather, on his father's aide, was a soldier in the French army during the French Revolution, and, during the invasion of Germany by the French, was taken prisoner. He subsequently remained and became a citizen of that country. The name was originally spelled "Bernoux." The subject of this sketch was married to Christianna Bohm, whose parents were of German origin, and residents of Mansfield since 1850.

BIGELOW, PERKINS, druggist ; he was born in Marlboro, N. H., Nov. 11, 1814: here we find him a farmer boy, alternately attending school during the winter months, and working on his father's farm during the remainder of the year, until 18 years of age. The school being situated in a remote part of the district, young Bigelow was compelled to traverse several miles daily, in that bleak, winter climate, in order to gain that knowledge which has been so useful to him in his after life. Directly after leaving school, he was employed in dry goods, as clerk, for five years previous to his removal to Ohio ; arriving at Newark, be continued as a salesman in dry goods for three years, where, joining a colony for Texas in 1841, he accompanied them as far as Arkansas, then up the White River until near the boundary of the Cherokee Nation, undergoing the hardships incident to such a trip at that time. While there, be assisted in building the first log cabins of the colony, but soon after was compelled, by reason of sickness, to return to Newark, Ohio, where he entered a drug store, reading medicine at the same time; then to Mansfield, in the year 1847, on the same block in which he has continued in that business up to the present time, ranking now as the oldest living merchant in continuous business in Mansfield. During Dr. Bigelow's long and useful life in Mansfield, he had been prominently connected with all enterprises undertaken in the improvement of the city and the welfare of the inhabitants, and has frequently been called by them to positions of honor and trust. Elected as Mayor of the city in 1852, he was re-elected in 1853. For twenty years, he has been a useful member of the Cemetery Association, the plane and improvements of which have been, in a great measure, due to his judgment and skill. For fifteen years, he held the position of Worshipful Master of the Mansfield Masonic Lodge, and at present is a member of the Richland Mutual Insurance Co. Perking Bigelow was married in Zanesville, Ohio, in 1846, to Miss Anna Maria Palmer; they have two children-one son and one daughter.




BIRD, SHARPLESS E., long connected with the St. James Hotel, in Mansfield, was born on the 20th of December, 1844; his father and mother, William and Jane (Sharpless) Bird are residents of this city. S. E. Bird was married July 4, 1869, in Mansfield, to Lizzie Vonhof, a daughter of Louis Vonhof, proprietor of the St. James building ; to them have been born four children, three of whom are dead and one living. Mr. Bird, though a young man, has aided in years past in giving Mansfield a high position by his skill in conducting one of the best hotels in the State; he is now engaged in the mercantile business.

BLACK, JOSEPH H., dealer in staple dry goods corner of Fourth and Main streets ; was born in 1833 at Ballgreen County, Donegal, Ireland; emigrated in 1851 to McConnelsville, Morgan Co., Ohio ; engaged as salesman "with Thomas W. Simpson, in dry goods came to Mansfield in August, 1859 ; entered in partnership with Moses Black, under the firm name of M. & J. H. Black, dry goods; continued in partnership for sixteen years; dissolved in 1875, then resumed business in his own name; continues to do the largest exclusive dry-goods trade in the city. He is a very hard and earnest worker in the mercantile business; by his long experience and close application, is thoroughly posted on all matters connected with the dry-goods business, as he has been almost raised in a dry-goods store ; he is a solid, practical, business man, and an excellent financier. Was married in 1866 to Miss Alice G. Graham, daughter of Francis Graham, of Ashland, Ohio; their children are Mary, Augusta F , Joseph H., Jr., and William G. Black. Residence on Mulberry street, No. 45.

BLOSER, S. P., retired ; he was born in Cumberland Co., Penn., in 1824; he came to Ohio in 1850. He was married in 1852 to Elizabeth Snyder, who was born in Lockport, N. Y.; they have one daughter-Minnie, who is married to Henry Uhlich.

BOLLMAN, JERRY S. Recorder; was born in Lebanon Co., Penn., Jan. 20, 1834, and removed pith his parents to Richland Co., where they settled in Franklin Township in 1849. Mr. Bollman came to Mansfield and began the trade of cabinet-making in 1852 with Capt. Reinaker, and served his full apprenticeship of three years, when he entered the store of John H. Wigle, where be remained for some time : then into Remy & Co.'s dry-goods store, Scattergood & Penrose, Robinson & Vance, C. L. Avery's and Black's. In the year 1877, Mr. Bollman was elected Recorder of Richland Co., on the Democratic ticket, and took possession of the office on the 7th of January, 1878, and now fills that position with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of both political parties; the abstract office, in connection with the one which he fills, is a model of convenience, and reflects great credit on him, to whom it personally belongs. Mr. Bollman was married to Miss Lydia A. Dill in Mansfield July 7, 1858; they have four children, all living-Burton T., now a telegraph operator in Mansfield; Curtis J., a druggist; Milton F., and Roy T. Mr. Bollman is at present a resident of the Third Ward, Mansfield, and enjoys the confidence of the entire community.

BOSSLER, HENRY, woodworkman in the Mansfield Machine Works; he was born in Madison Township, Richland Co., Jan. 14, 1839. Married. Sept. 27, 1863, Josephine Mcllvain, who was born in Mansfield May 22, 1843; they have one son-William T., born March 17, 1865. Mr. Bossler has been engaged with the Mansfield Machine Works over two years, and has won the entire confidence of his employers through his industry and frugality, and is recognized as one of our substantial and active citizens.

BRINKERHOFF, HON. JACOB, was born in the town of Niles, Cayuga Co., N. Y , Aug. 31, 1810. His father, Henry I. Brinkerhoff, was a native of Pennsylvania, having been born near the town of Gettysburg; his grandfather, however, was from Hackensack, N. J., and belonged to the old Dutch family of



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New York, the progenitor of which came from Drentland, in Holland, in the year 1638. His mother, nee Rachel Bevier, was of Huguenot descent, and came from Ulster Co , N. Y. After a thorough English education, obtained at the public schools and at the academy at Prattsburgh, Steuben Co., N. Y., be entered the law office of Messrs. Howell & Brother, in Bath, Steuben Co., in 1834. Here he regularly prosecuted his studies two years, and in the spring of 1836, removed to Mansfield, Ohio, where, in May, 1837, he was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of the State, and immediately entered upon the practice of Era profession. He soon acquired reputation as a lawyer of more than average ability, and in the course of a year or two was elected Prosecuting Attorney for Richland County, the duties of which he performed successfully for four years; at the expiration of his office, in the fall of 1843, be was elected to Congress, on the Democratic ticket; while serving as a member of this body, he became affiliated with the Free-Soil party, and drew up the famous resolution introduced by David Wilmot, of Pennsylvania, and since known as the Wilmot Proviso ; the original draft of this resolution, in his own handwriting, is still in his possession. Several copies of this resolution were made and distributed among the Free Soil members of Congress, with the understanding that whoever among them should catch the Speaker's eye and get the floor should introduce it ; Wilmot was the fortunate man, and thereby his name was attached to the resolution, and it has gone into history as the "Wilmot Proviso," instead of the Brinkerhoff Proviso, as it should have been. At the close of his Congressional career, he resumed the practice of law, at Mansfield, in which he successfully labored until he was elevated to the Supreme Bench, his first term commencing Jan. 9, 1856; in this highly honorable position, be was retained for three successive terms, covering a period of fifteen years, and it is but justice to mention that a fourth term was offered him, but he declined a renomination. The Ohio State Reports contain many of his opinions, delivered during his term upon the Supreme Bench, and they are everywhere very highly regarded by the profession. He was married, Oct. 4, 1837, to Caroline Campbell, of Lodi, Seneca Co., N. Y., who died at that place while on a visit., Nov. 18, 1839. His present wife was Marion Titus, of Detroit, Mich., by whom he has four children now living, two sons and two daughters, viz. : Malvina, George, Roelof and Gertrude. The Judge has retired from his profession, and still resides at Mansfield, but in feeble health.

BRINKERHOFF, GEN. ROELIFF, was born in Owasco, Cayuga Co., N. Y. June 28, 1828. The Brinkerhoffs of America are all descended from Joris Dericksen Brinckerhoff, who came from Drentland, Holland, in 1638, with his wife Susannah, and settled in Brooklyn, N. Y., then New Netherlands. The members of the family are now numerous, and for the most part are settled upon Long Island, and in the valley of the Hudson, but still a few families of the name can be found in almost every Western State. The Western Brinkerhoffs are mostly descendants of Hendrick, son of Joris, who settled in New Jersey, and who dropped the letter c from his name. Gen. Brinkerhoff is of the seventh generation in America; his father, George R., was born near Gettysburg, Penn., but his grandfather, Roeliff, came from Hackensack, N. J.; his ancestors on his mother's side (the Bouviers), and on his grandmother's (the Demarests), were French Huguenots, fleeing from religious persecution who found safety and a home among the tolerant Dutchmen of the New Netherlands. Roeliff, the subject of this sketch, at the age of 18 was a school teacher in his native town ; at 18, he was in charge of a school near Hendersonville, Tenn.; at 19, he was a tutor in the family of Andrew Jackson, Jr., at the Hermitage, and remained there until 1850, when he came North and entered as a law student in the office of his kinsman, the Hon. Jacob Brinkerhoff at Mansfield, Ohio; in 1852, he was admitted to the bar, and entered the practice, and remained in the profession until the war of the rebellion ; during that time, June, 1855 to 1859, he was one of the editors and proprietors of the Mansfield Herald. In September, 1861, he entered the military service as First Lieutenant and Regimental Quartermaster of the 64th O. V. I.; in November of the same year, be was promoted to the position of Captain and Assistant Quartermaster, and during the winter was on duty at Bardstown, Ky ; after the capture of Nashville, be was placed in charge of transportation, land and river, is that city; after the battle of Pittsburg Landing, be was ordered to the front, and placed in charge of the field transportation of the Army of the Ohio ; after the capture of Corinth, be went home on sick furlough, and was thence ordered to Maine as Chief Quartermaster in that State ; subsequently, he was transferred to Pittsburgh, Penn., in charge of transportation and army stores, and thence to Washington City as Post Quartermaster, and remained on that duty until June, 1865, when he was made a Colonel and Inspector of the Quartermaster's Department ; he was then retained on duty at the War Office, with Secretary Stanton, until November, when he was ordered to Cincinnati as Chief Quartermaster of that Department; in September, 1866, its was breveted a Brigadier General of Volunteers; he was also tendered a commission in the regular army, but declined ; on the 1st of October, at his own request, he was mustered out of service, having completed five years of continuous service in the army, Gen. Brinkerhoff is the author of the book entitled "The Volunteer Quartermaster;' which is still the standard guide for the officers and employee of the Quartermaster's Department. After his retirement from the army, be returned to the practice of his profession, at Mansfield. In 1873, upon the organization of the Mansfield Savings Bank, he became its executive officer as cashier, and has since retained that position ; he is also a member of the Board of State Charities, and President of the National Conference of Charities. Gen. Brinkerhoff, Feb. 8, 1852, married Mary Lake Bentley, of Mansfield, daughter of Baldwin Bentley, and grand-daughter of Gen. Robert Bentley, by whom he has a family of four children, two sons and two daughters-Robert Bentley, Addis Horton, Mary and Roeliff, all now living at Mansfield.

BRINLEY, SAMUEL