The biographical encyclopœdia of Ohio of the nineteenth century:

BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOP,EDIA.
officer, or Master; and at the expiration of this term of office
he was again re-elected. He was appointed soon after his
connection with the order, by the national officers, as a
General Deputy, to organize subordinate granges in Ohio.
oIly the ISt of the following April he had organized over
seventy granges. On the 9th day of April, I873, the masters of the various subordinate granges in the State (it then
being located in the following counties, viz.: Stark, Portage,
Hocking, Montgomery, Clinton, Vinton, Clermont, Greene
and Warren) met at Lebanon, Warren county, and with the
assistance of Mr. T. A. Thompson, of Minnesota, Worthy
Lecturer of the National Grange, organized the State
Grange of Ohio. Of this organization his associates chose
Mr. Ellis to be its chief officer, that of Worthy Master, the
election to last for two years. At the expiration of this
period, in March, I875, he was again nearly unanimously
re-elected to the same position for another teriti of two
years. The granges in the State having increased up to
that time, under his efficient leadership, to over I IOO, with a
membership of over 50,000, his labors in this good work
have been incessant, and next to his family and the church
has lain nearest his heart. His position as the chief officer
in the State has led to the acquaintance of many of the
best men and women in Ohio, he having in this capacity
formed acquaintance, more or less intimate, with persons
in every county in the State; and having the office of State
Master places the responsible duty of representing the order
in Ohio in the National Grange upon Mr. Ellis and his
wife, which position they have filled in three meetings of
the National Grange, the first at St. Louis, Missouri, the
second at Charleston, South Carolina, and the third at
Louisville, Kentuckly, the latter commencing November
I7th, I875. At this meeting Mr. Ellis was chosen Chaplain
of the National Grange for the next three years. The
biography of Colonel William H. Hill will give the reader
an idea of the business transacted by this noble association
of fariners.
at td LLIS, S. H., Wor thy Ma ster o f the State Gran ge
GagNof Ohio of Patro ns of Husbandry, was born Gelar
' L |- Martinsville, Clinton county, Ohio, January 3d,
i1 83o. His father, Robert Ellis, was ebo rn in
Tennessee, and at the age of eighteen removed
with his father to Ohio, where, in young man hood, he married Susan Lewis, w,ho died in a few months
after marriage. Seth's miiother's name was Anna Hackett,
who, in young womanhood, married James Moon, and
from this marriage had one child, a daughter. Soon after
the birth of this child her husband died; in course of time
Robert Ellis and Anna Moon were united in marriage.
Their first child, being a daughter, was named Susan Ellis;
and their second, being a son, was named James M. Ellis,
thus preserving the name of the husband of one and the
wife of the other in the family. This union, which continued more than fifty years and was one of unusual happiness, was terminated by the death of Robert Ellis, in
March, I874, at the age of seventy-nine years and six
months. His widow, Anna, is still living. The early education of the subject of this sketch was confined to the
usual three-months district school of each winter until he
reached his seventeenthbyear, when he had the privilege of
attending for a year in succession the school in Springboro',
under the instruction of an excellent instructor, Charles
Kimble, who took great interest in his advancement. At
the close of this year's schooling he received a certificate
from the Examiners of Warren county, Ohio, to teach
school, said certificate good for two years. tte afterwards
obtained a certificate in Montgomery county, on which he
taught school six months. Ilni August, I85I, just before'
commencing the latter school, he was united in marriage to
Rebecca J. Tressler, who was born and reared on a farm
adjoining the one where they now live, one and one-half
miles east of Springboro'. From this union they have five
girls and two boys, of whom the eldest daughter, Evangeline, is married to A. M. Somers. Mr. Ellis has been a
practical farmer ever since he commenced business for
himself, in the spring of I852. At the organization of
Grange No. 6, in Ohio, of Patrons of Huisbandry, October
Ist, I872, he was unanimously chosen to be its principal
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RcbUHL, GUSTAVUS, M.D., was born, May 3Ist,
i 1826, in the village of Herdorf, in the Prussian
province of Rhenania, where his father was pro s prietor of mines and smelting furnaces. He re ceived a classical education at the colleges of
Siegen, Muenster-Eiffel and Treves, where he
graduated, then studied medicine, philosophy and history
at the universities of Munich, Halle and Berlin, and after
having passed the required examinations he was honored
with the degree of M. D. He was induced to come to
America in I848, partly by the difficulty of finding successful practice in a field already overstocked, and partly by
the fever of emigration, then at its height in Germany,
and which was fanned in him by the inviting letters sent
him by his uncle, John Gerlach Briillh, a resident of
Missouri. Upon his arrival he started en route for Missouri,
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popular and scientific periodicals. Ile has also acquired
distinction in comparative anatomy, and is an active meniber of the Society of Natural History. Dr. Howe stands
to-day among the leading men and -teachers in his school
in the West, and ranks as one of, the first surgeons of the
country. His scholarly attainments giv e him some advantagei over his brethren, being one of the finest speakers and
most successful teachers of the distinguished -medical men
of the day. Dr. Howe has a large and valuable practice,
is yet in the prime of life, with a fine body and constitution,
an' d with the prospect of a bright and useful career before
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