The biographical encyclopœdia of Ohio of the nineteenth century:

BIOGRAPHIICAL ENCYCLOP2EDIA.
by Bishop Mcllvaine in his funeral sermon, "all the
highe st expecti his ations of his administration were more than
fulfilled." In April, I86I, when President Lincoln made
his call for troops, his was the first name received by Governor Dennison. He was commissioned Colonel of the
4th Ohio Infantry, enlisted for three months. When this
organization was changed to one calling for three years' service, he was retained in the same command. He fell a
victim to the'exposure incident to camp life while stationed
in West Virginia. His death occurred at Gambier, Ohio,
whither he had gone to be cared for, September I8th, T86i.
He woas a patriot of the purest type, and one of the earliest
an-d costliest offerinis of Ohio to the cause of the Unlion.
founded Marietta, General Fearing is the lineal descendant
of the fourth generation from General Israel Putnam. IHis
youth was spent in his native place, chiefly in attendance at
various schools, and in 1856 he graduated from Marietta
College. The following two years he passed in the whole sale book and publishing house of Moon, Wilstach & Kay,
Cincinnati, and the succeeding three years in the wholesale
house of Shaffer & Roberts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
While on a visit to Cincinnati in IS86i he received there the
news of the firing upon Fort Sumter. Two days later he
enlisted in the Zouave Guard, which immediately,,upon its
organization set out for Washington, District of Columbia.
At the subsequent organization of regiments at Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania, the Guard became Company D of the 2d
Regiment of Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he pro ceeded to the imperilled capital, and thence to Virginia
under the command of General Schenck. On the march,
attending the battle of Bull Run, in which his company par ticipated from the opening to the close, he received his first
promotion, being made Fourth Corporal. After the battle
he was offered, at Washington, by the Represent,itives in
Congress from his district, the Adjutancy of the 36th Regi ment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and again had it urged uponii
his acceptance at Columbus, Ohio. On both occasions the
offer met with a refusal, as it was his intention to enter a
regiment then in course of formation in the Quaker City.
While with the Zouave company he was under the tuition
of a French drill-master, and one of Ellsworth's best drillsergeants, then an officer in'the guard. He also had the advantage of the instruction given the regiment by Colonel
Alexander McCook, and, as he purposed serving until the
termination of the contest, he spent every available moment
in study and practice, and lost no opportunity to gain infor mation that could be of service in the eventful future. On
the day of his discharge from the army, at the request of
Lieutenant-Colonel Clark and Major Andrew, he entered
the camp of the 36th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry,
to assist in the instruction and organization of this body.
At their urgent request, he accompanied those troops to
West Virginia, on a sudden call to the field, serving in the
double capacity of Acting Adcljutant-General to General
Slemmer-then in command of an important expeditionand Adjutant to Major Andrew, then in command of the
forces. While in that service he received the appointment
of First Lieutenant and Adjutant of the 63d Regiment Ohio
Volunteer Infantry. Winning the esteem of General Slemmer by his zeal and ability, he was recommended by this
officer to the Governor of Ohio for appointment to the
Colonelcy of the 36th Regiment. Major Andrew, who had
left the regiment in order to bear the recommendation to
the Governor, met at Rosecrans' head-quarters Captain
George Crook, of the 4th Regulars, the possessor, in )rop;ria
persona, of the commission applied for. He then served'
through an important period as Crook's Adjutant, and remembr o th Ohi Copan, an on ofthe oloy wichceived an appointment as Major, with orders to report to
EARING, BRIGADIER-GENERAL BENJA&l!~(~ MIN DANA, Merchant, was born in Harmar,
j)! Washington county, Ohio, October ioth, I837.
~ 9 His paternal grandlfather, Hon. Paul Fearing,
moved to the West with the first colony of the
Ohio Company, and at the first court organized in
the Northwestern Territory, held in the block-house at Campus Martius, now Marietta, Ohio, in I788, was admitted an
attorney, and was the pioneer lawyer of the Territory. In
I797, in Cincinnati, he was appointed Judge. He also was
the first delegate from the Northwest Territory, then embracing the whole of the United States possessions west
and north of the Ohio river, to the national -Congress.
Through his maternal grandfather, Benjamin Dana, also a
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EITZEI,, COLONEL LEWIS, Collector of in ternal Revenue, Virst District of Ohio, was born
in Cincinnati, August 2oth, I837. He received
his education in the c6mmon schools of that city,
and afterwards served an apprenticeship to the
trade of brass. After finishing his trade he went
to New Orleans, and remained in the Southwest until the
breakin out of the war. Returnin-, home, he enlisted as a
private in the 2SLh Ohio Infantry. He rose from the ranks
to a First Lieutenancy, 4nd then resigned his commission to
return'home to at tend to some intei7ests demanding his attentioii. He re-entei-ed the army as a Captain and Aide-deCanip on General Butler's staff, being afterwards transferred
to the 25th Corps, commanded by his brother, General Godfi-ey Weitzel. After the fall of Richmond he accompanied
his brother's command to Texas, and was mustered out of
the service in March, i866. A month later he entered the
revenue service in a subordinate capacity, and- in April, i869,
be was appointed Collector. When the consolidation of the
districts took place he was. made ail Assessor, but was eventually a,ain appointed Collector.
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