The biographical encyclopœdia of Ohio of the nineteenth century:

BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPtEDIA.
that unfortunate class, deservedly ranks as one of the first
in the country. Much of its present standing and prosperity is due to Professor George L. Smead, who has
labored long and faithfully for the unfortunate blind of
Ohio. August 29th, I87I, Professor Smead was united in
matrimony to Sarah E. Emerson, of Francestown, New
Hampshire.
composed of the counties of Ross and Highland, in the
State Senate. He was elected and served his constituency
with such acceptability that he was tendered a renomination,
which he declined. He was largely instrumental in bringing about the nomination of Governor Allen in 1873, and
made the canvass of the State with that gentleman, giving
much assistance in directing the campaign in addition to
his labors on the stump. After the election, Governor
Allen tendered him the position of Private Secretary, which
he accepted and filled in a manner highly creditable to
himself and his chief. He was united in marriage, on the
I4th of October, 1867, with Ella Gertrude Ewing, of
Chillicothe.
UTNAM, JOHN H., Editor, Legislator, and Pri vate Secretary to Governor William Allen, during
his late administration, was born, April 3d, I835,
ill South Charleston, Clark county, Ohio. His
great-grandfather was General Rufus Putnam, who
greatly distinguished himself in the war of the
Revolution, and who afterwards emigrated to the Territory
of Ohio and established the first colony at Marietta. His
grandfather, Judge Edwin Putnam, was the founder of the
town of Putnam, on the Muskingum river, and served in a
judicial capacity for many years. His father, General
Rufus Putnam, was a conspicuous figure in the early miilitary history of the State. Ie was in command of a brigade
of Ohio militia at the commencement of the Mexican war,
and by a vote of his command, tendered its services to the
government, but Ohio's quota being declared full by the
general government, the offer was not accepted. John H.,
the subject of this sketch, has been in public life from early
youth. A printer by profession, at the age of seventeen lihe
commenced the publication of a daily paper in Dayton, and
has been almost continuously engaged in his favorite pursuit ever since, having published and edited papers at Dayton, Greenville, Union City, Galion, Newark, and Chillicothe. ie is now the editor and one of the proprietors of
the Daily fveniint Di.palcc at Columbus. Although a
Democrat, in I86I, through his paper at Newark, and by
his personal influence, he gave great assistance'to the friends
of the war in rallying his political adherents to its support.
lie assisted in raising several companies and then took
command of one in person and went into the field, where
he remained about two years, participating with his'regiment, the 3Ist Ohio, in the Mill Springs campaign, the
siege of Corinth, the campaign along the line of the Charleston & Memphis Railroad, Buell's memorable march from
Dechard to Louisville, after Bragg, and the five days' battle
of Stone river. Returning home in the fall of i863, he
was nominated by the Democrats and elected to the Legislature, and participated in the fiery struggles in that body
during the sessions of I864 and I865. Being an apt parliamentarian and a good debater, he at once took a position
as one of the leaders of the body, which he held during the
remainder of his legislative career. At the end of his term
he was renominated and re-elected, serving his Licking
county constituency for the period of four years. During
his second term he moved to Chillicothe, and in the fall of
1871 was nominated by his party to represent the district
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OSECRANS, RIGHT rEV. S. H., Bishop of
Columbus, Ohio, was born at Honiei-, Licking
county, Ohio, on February 5tb, I827- His
parents were Craiidall and Jane (Hopkins) Rose crans, and both came from Wilke-,barre, Penn sylvaiiia. His father followed agricultural ptirsuits, and also engaged in contracts for public works. In
the Bisliop's veins flows eminently patriotic blood, his mother
being a granddaughter of Timothy Hopl,,iiis, who signed
the Declaration of Independence. He was educated at
Kenyon College, Ohio, and St. jobn's, Fordban-1, New
York, graduating from the latter in I S46. After graduating,
feeling impelled to the priestlioo(,I, he went to Rome to
study tbeology at the Propaganda, m,bei-e lie remained five
years. He was ordained priest in Rome, in July, 1852,
and returned at once to his native land, where be began to
exercise the priestly office at the Cathedral in Cincinnati.
In the discharge of this duty he continued for ten year-,,
becoming also Professor of Theology in Mount St. Mary's
Seminary, and Editor of the Catholic Telegraph. On
March 25tb, i862, be was coi-isecrated auxiliary Bishop
of Cincinnati, and rendered efficient aid in the admiiiistratioil of the diocese until i86S. In that year, Columbus
having been erected into a separate diocese, be was transferred to that city, being installed on March 3d, i86S.
Since entering upon this important charge, be has carried
through many important iii-idertakings, among which may
be mentioned the building of a fine Cathedral, at a cost of
about $150,000, the establishment, in 1874, Of orphan asylums at Pomeroy and Columbus. In I870 lie devoted much
time to the superintendence of the Si.,ters' Seminary of St.
Aloy-,ius, designed for higher and theological studies. He
comes of a Protestant family, but became a Catholic proselyte in 1845, while a student at Kenyon College. This
it ",as which led to the transfer of his scholastic alle,giance to St. john's, a Catholic institution. His mother
joined the Catholic Church before her death, but his
father did not. General Rosecrans, I)rotbei- of the bisbol),
was converted while a Professor at West Point, and it