The biographical encyclopœdia of Ohio of the nineteenth century:

BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOP.,EDIA.
entered the army ill iS6I as a private soldier in Coiinpany B,
22d Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry; served four
months in the campaigns of West Virginia; was promoted
to be corporal and mustered out as fourth sergeant. The
quota of Ohio being full, he enlisted again as a private soldier in Company K, 5th West Virginia Infantry; soon after
was appointed First Lieutenant ill this company; was promoted to a Captaincy in I862, and assigned to the command
of Company E of that regiment. In 1863 he was promoted
to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, and in I864, the 8th and
gth West Virginia Infantry regiments being consolidated by
order of the Secretary of War, he was promoted to the
Colonelcy of the new regiment. For gallant and meritorious
services on the field he was brevetted Brigadier-General,
and was mustered out in July, 1863. General Enochs in
I1862 was with Fr-emont in his Sheinandoah valley campaign,
participating in the battles of Cross Keys and Strasburg.
He wvas with General Pope ill his Virginlia cam-ipaigns of
Freeman's Ford, Sulphur Springs, Waterloo Bridge, Second
Battle of Bull Run, Chantilly.- When his command returned to West Virginia in i863, his regiment re-enlisted as
veterans, and in the spring of i864 he was with Crook and
Hunter in their raid to Lynchburg. Returning, he joined
Sheridan's army at Harper's Ferry, and was with Sheridan
in all his battles in the Shenandoah valley, Virginia, and.
was severely wounded in the battle of Winchester, Septemnber 19th, I864. He was in active service from the beginning to the close of the war. It is claimed by good
authority that his regiment was the best drilled and disciplined in the army. General Enochs studied law on the
march or in camp as he could, and on being mustered out,
entered the Cincinnati Law School, and graduated there in
I866. In I867 he commenced the practice of law. He
was elected to the Legislature of Ohio, where he served
during the sessions of I87o and I87I. This Legislature
passed the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the
United States, wh~ich measure was earnestly supported andl
voted for by the general. At the close of the session of
I87I he resumed the practice of law. General Enochs is
five feet eight inches high, and weighs one hundred and
seventy-five pounds. He was married in I874 to Annis
Hamilton. They are now residents of the city of Ironton.
field. His face is narrow, widening at the top into a capacious forehead. There is nothing about him that would
attract attention when his features are in repose, but in conversation he brightens up and appears at once a different
person. He is domestic in his habits, having a strong love
for children and the comforts of home.
beco iUCE, CHtARLES LEVERETT, Merchant, was
(X0;t TeI dorn in Asht abula county, Ohio, August I2th,
I826. He obtained his educatio i n i the common
schools. When abo ut ten years of age he re ~'x0 moved with his parents to Indiana, remaining
ther e until he a tta ined his m ajority, and being
employe d a portion of t h e time on his father's farm, and the
remain,der in his carding and cloth-dressing mil l. Htaving
becomie tired of this occu pation b e effected an engagement
as a clerk in a dry-goods store, where he remained a year,
and when twenty-thi-ee years of age commnelced business
on his ownl acc ount in general merchandise. He continued
in the same until I865, when, closing out his stock, -he re,moved to Toledo, and formed a copartnership with two associates, establishing the firm of Luce, Chapin & Bloss, which
enga ged i n the wholesale dry-goods trade. This partnership
ex i st e d for the space of nine years, when it, expired by limitation, in I874. He then purchased the interests of the
retiring partners, himself continuing the business. During
the existence of ~the firml ali-e —tly named, the senior partner
was largely instrumental in building up a trade which is
secondl to none in the city, and to his energy, indomitable
perseverance and business ability, the great patronage and
excellent reputation that the house sustains through the
States is wholly due. The business is still increasing under
his personal supervision, and is not confined to his native
State, but extends through Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa,
Wisconsin and Nebraska, and also to the Territory of Montana, evidencing that by his business tact and great courage
he is determined to extend the reputation of his house. In
political ideas he has been an old-line Whig, and is now a
Republican. Although frequently importuned to accept
office, he has steadily refused.
t NOCHS, W. H., was born in what is now Noble
3/1~ *county, Ohio, on March 29th, 1842. He is the
~ (L.. son of Henry Enochs, who was one of the first
~o white children in the boundaries of the above
c((~X3 county. The grandfather of the general was
Elisha, who settled near nowhere the town of
Carlisle now stands. The grandfather was in the war
of I812. The general was raised on a farm until he was
eighteen years ol(, atteinding school in the winters only.
Hle taught school and went to college at the Ohio University;
; ORANNIS, JOHN C., Lawyer, was born, Novem cbt, er Ioth, 1825, at Woodstock, Vermont, and is a
son of John Grannis, originally from Claremont,
New Hampshire. When very young the family
n removed to Canada, where his father engaged in
mercantile pursuits, and was a member of the
Provincial Parliament. He was a member of that body at
the outbreak of the rebellion of 1837-38, and during those
troubles removed to Ohio, locating at Oberlin. Young
Grannis entered Oberlin College in I841, and after pursuing
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