The biographical encyclopœdia of Ohio of the nineteenth century:

BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPAEDIA.
a brilliant victory. The people of the country clamored for
the removal of the comnianding general, and the story of
the battle, as narrated in the press, made him really odious
in their sight. He was accordingly removed, and placed in
a subordinate position, although President Lincoln assured
him that he still had confidence in him. His evidence before the Committee on the Conduct of the War is the manly
utterance of a dignified soldier. He never undertook to
refute the slanders heaped upon him, except in reply to official inquiries. He did not resign his commission, and thus
make a virtual confession that he had been humiliated. He
was a soldier willing to serve his country in any capacity,
and is serving it still. But he was peculiarly unfortunate,
being disliked by the citizen soldiery for his strict ideas of
discipline. Hle served throughout the war in various positions, but fate was against him. He never became famous,
yet he never lost the confidence of the authorities, who still
consulted him in'military matters of importance. He was
virttually retired from active service. HIe was President of
a board to investigate cotton frauds in the Southwest. Durimg a portion of the year I863 he was President of a board
for retiring disabled officers. In July, I864, he was sent to
the Pacific coast to6 take charge of that department. Previous
to the first appointment, a court of inquiry had fully vindicated hill but the colnty has never done h im justice. March
I3th, I865, the rank of Brevet Major-General was conferred
upon him for "gallant and meritorious services" at Cedar
Mountain. In June following he was assigned to the department of California, where he still remains. General
McDowell is a man of large, well-developed frame, of excellenit presence, and fine address. His general bearing is
reserved and cold, b~ut among his friends, and in the freedom.
of the social circle, no man can be more wrinning. Although
married and having a family, he is devoted to military life,
and will probably never leave the service unless overtaken
)y incapacity. He enjoys the confidence and respect of his
superiors. as he did through all his troubles in the late war.
gentleman, August gth, I852. During a portion of thbse
years-fconl h IS49 to IS51 i nclusive-be was the tbia vellion n
clerk, enbaued i the purchase of prM-od uice on the liyes of
th e Ohio caneals. On the Ist o f Oct ober, I852, he tookl
c harge of the business of P. Buckingham & Co., at Toledo,
a large comlmi ssion house, r eceiving a salary of one th ousa nd
dollars per ainum; and dthr ing the winter of 1853-54 btecame a member of the firm, which e xpired Fe bruary Ist,
1857, and was succeeded lby the commission lhouse of Brownl,
W~allridlge & Kinlg, which sulbsequlently became Bi-osni,i
Wallridge & Co., a nd thi s latter firm gave place to H. S.
Wallridge & Co., which terminated in the spring of I868.
All these firms did a large and Asuccessftl busin ess. Mean while, ill the autumn of I865, the house of Wallridge, W,atkins & Co. was founded at Chicago. This firm also dissolved in the spring of I868, as the senior partner in both
establishments found that he could not give his attention to
the business while interested in real estate operations and
city matters. With this step he dissolved all connection
with the commission houses, resolving thenceforth to devote
his entire time and mind to b)anking and real estate. He
has displayed great activity in this latter branch, and no one
has contributed more towards building up the city than himself. lie has served three years as a member of City Councils, but has resolutely declined office, when asked by his
fellow-citizens to be nominated thereto. He was President
of the Board of Trade of Toledo for two terms. At present:
he is the President of the Northwestern Savings Bank, and
-is connected with two other moneyed institutions as stockholder, Director and Vice-President. Hewas married, Octol)er I8th, I854, to Isabella D. Watkinis, at New Bedford,
Massachusetts, and has had five children, of fato'm one son,
Thomas H., is now at school in Troy, New York, and twco
daughters at home; the others are deceased.
IKEN, SAMUEL C., D. D., Presbyterian Minister,
was born in Windham, Vermont, September 2Ist,
i I79I. He entered Middlebury College in I813.
// Among his classmates who afterwards became
2 distinguished were Silas Wright, Governor of
New York and United States Senator, and
Samuel Nelson, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United
States. tHis resolution to become a minister of the gospel
chaving been taken during a revival which occurred while
he'was at college, he entered Andover Theological Semiiinary, and spent three years in fitting for that profession.
He was then called by the Young Men's Missionary Society
in New Yorlk to labor under its auspices in that city. I-lis
15),GA I 791. He entered Middlebulry College ill i8i3
ALLRIDGE, HORACE S.,B3anker, was born, July Among his classmates who afterwards beca
2ISt, I828, at Syracuse, New York, and is a son distinguished were Silas Wright, Governor
~ of Chester and Mary Wallridge. He received:his New York and United States Senator, a
education in Toledo, and when twelve years old Samuel Nelson, Justice of the Supreme Court of the Unit
was employed as a clerk in a grocery stoer of the gosp
ceiving one dollar per week. He was so occupied having been taken during a revival which occurred while
for two years, when he changed to a dry-goods store, where he was at college, he entered Adover Theological Seihe remained for a year on a small compensation. He then nary, and spent three years in fitting for that profession.
labored for eighteen months in a flour mill, and subse- He was then calledbythe Young Men's Missionary Society
quently was engaged for six months in erecting a saw-mill. in New Yorl to labor under its auspices in that city. is
In the spring of I846 he went to Cincinnati, where he passed first call to the pastorate was from the First Presbyterian
a short time in selling straw hats. In June, 1846, he re- Church of Utica, New York, where he was ordained and
moved to Toledo, and was engaged by Thomas Watkins as installed February 3d, i8I8. He continued to be pastor of
one of his assistants in his commission and forwarding es- that society for more than sixteen years. From a handful
tabllishment. There he remained until the death of that of struggling people in that little town, his congregation
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