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drowned on the steamer "Pat Rogers," August 5th, I1874,
and was buried on his twenty-first birthday, August 8th,
1874. He was possessed of a lovely character, of pleasing
personal presence, and eagerly sought for in all social and
musical gatherings; his gay and buoyant spirits were tempered with an unfailing courtesy that always made him a
welcome and favorite guest. He gave bright promise as a
musician, and very few can fill his place in the Harmonic
Society.
regiment he entered the service, and remained with them
until Nove-ber, I862, when he r esi gned on account of
sickness, and returned home. In January, I863, he enter ed the Ohio Upt ion Law College at Cl evela nd, from which
institution he gradu ated in June of the sam e y ear. Immediately after his graduation he was admitted as an at torney
in the United States Court for the Northern District of
Ohio. In t ut 84 the month of May of the following year hlie was
admitted on the application of the Hoin. Morrison R.
Waite, in the District Court of Toledo, to pr actise law in
the State of Ohio. On the I6th of March, I864, he conimenced t he practice of his profession at Wause on, Fulton
county, Ohio, and from that time to the present he has
continued to reside there, in active practice. His success
from the first has been very great, and h e speedily attained
a large and growing p ractic e. His natural abilities and his
high professional attainments have won f or him the c onfi -
dence of all, and he now occupie s a leadi ng position in h is
profession, and his services are c onsta ntly in dem and. In
politics he is a Republican,lbut his con stant professional
occupation has precluded much active participation on his
part in political affairs. He has held no public office except
that of Mayor of Wauseon, to which position bhewas elected
in the spring of I874 over the Prohibition candidate. In
person he is of medium height, and has a pleasant and
agreeable face. His manner is eminently courteous and
prepossessing and he is as popular socially as he is professiolially. He was married on the 2d of November, Io67,
to Minnie L. Ayers, of Burlington, Iowa.
ELANO, LINCOLN GOODALE, was b or n at
m Columb us, O hio, November iloth, I828. His
d father, Har ry Delano, was born in Ohio, and was
A en gaged in the mercantile bu sines s at C olumbus,
Ohio, f rom 1814 until r84I, the timne of his death.,
His mother was Sar a h Denny, daughter of Gene ral
James Denny, of Pickaway county, Ohio. Lincoln Goodale
Delano attended schools at Columbus, Ohio, until I840; he
was at that time placed under the instruction of the Rev. E.
Washburn, of the Blendon Institute, in Franklin county,
Ohio. During the year I843 he entered the mercantile
business and remained in it until I846, when he adopted
the profession of Civil Engineer. He was at Kenyon College during the year I85I, but continued in the business of
Civil Engineer until r855, when he engaged in driving
cattle from Texas to the Chicago and New York markets.
Ilie has followedl the cattle business and agricuilural pursuits
up to the present time. From I870 to I876 he was a
member of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture, and President of the Board for the years I873 and I874. Governor
Allen appointed him one of the Board of Commissioners for
the construction of the Central Ohio Hospital for Insane in
I874, and to the same position in I875; he resigned the
commission in I876 to accept the office of Commissioner of
Railroads and Telegraphs, tendered him by Governor Allen.
He was married, January I5th, 186I, to Martha Crouse,
daughter of Honi. John Crouse, of Ross county, Ohio.
cMILLAN, URIAH G., Physician and Druggist,
was born in York county, Pennsylvania, January
29th, I826, being the son of Enos McMillan, a
farmer, who was a native of the same locality.
,'~' Q His mother, whose maiden name was Sarah
Wright, was born in the same State. III I837 he
went with his parents to Columbiana county, Ohio, where
his father afterwards cultivated a farm and ran a mill. The
education of Dr. McMillan was begun in this section. His
summers were employed in assisting his father, and his
winters in study at school. In I844 he entered the high
school at New Lisbon, defraying the expenses of his support
and tuition by working during his leisure hours. In I846,
having obtained a tolerably comprehensive knowledge of
those branches of study mainly needed in business life, and
of others, the usefulness of which by many at that time was
regarded as visionary, he started on a novel undertaking.
In company with James W. Marshall, he went about to
teach the philosophy of electricity, having obtained an apparatus with which to illustrate his lectur es. In this line he
was very successful, and was able to meet all the obligations
which he incurred while a student. In the fall of the same
'ELLY, WILLIAM CLAY, Lawyer, was born on
v a|; the 24th of March, 1840, in Liberty township,
Hancock county, Ohio, of Irish ancestry. He
received his education at Findley High School,
~; in his native county, and on leaving school in
March, I855, he commenced at once to teach.
From that time until I86I the greater part of his time was
spent in teaching. In the month of December, I859, he
commenced reading law with Hon. Henry Brown, of
Finalley, and continued reading with him until the 23d of
July, 1862. Then he dropped his professional studies for
the time, and in connection with Captain Pope and Lieutenant Hursh, of Findley, he commenced recruiting Company D of the ggth Ohio Infantry. With this company and
an year he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. John F.
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