The biographical encyclopœdia of Ohio of the nineteenth century:

BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOPAEI)IA.
appointed Commissioner of Board of Enrolment, and held
this position until the close of the war, ill I865, when he
moved to Morgan county, Ohio, settling at Malta, opposite
McConnellsville, where he was engaged as surveyor until,
in i868, he was elected County Surveyor. In I87i he was
re-elected to the surveyorship, but within twelve days after
the election was appointed County Auditor, an event due to
the demise of his predecessor in that office. In I872, and
again in I874, he was re-elected to the Auditorship, and at
the present time serves in this position. In I850 he collnected himself with the Masonic order, and is now serving
a second term as Master of Valley Lodge. He is a prominent member of this famous organization, and is highly esteemed by his brethren as an useful and able associate. He
was mnarried, December 27th, I86o, to Helen M. Williston,
of Lewis county, New York, who died November 28th,
I866.
XTELL, MANLEY WASItlNGTON, Railroad
Contractor, was b)orn, March 3oth, I83I, on a
farm in Russia township, near Oberlin, Lorain
county, Ohio, and is descended from one of three
brothers, who came to America with the Puritan
fathers, and settled in Massachusetts; one of them
was killed in the IKing Philip wars two hundred years ago.
Manley was educated in Oberlin College, and afterwards
learned the carpenter trade, in Amherst, Ohio, but did not
fancy the business, as he could not advance quickly in
the narrow field where he then resided. He removed to
Chicago, where he disposed of his tools, and after expending
nearly all his funds, he obtained a situation as foreman on
the Illinois Central Railroad. When he first applied for
the situation some objection was made on account of his
age; but upon his expressing that he felt confident that he
could give satisfaction, he was placed in charge of a portion
of the line, and three months after was promoted to the position of Chief Foreman of the entire road. lie remained
so connected for six years, and then resignesl. He next
secured a contract to build the Iron Mounitain Railroad, and
from this time his reputation as a railway contractor increased, and he subsequently received and executed contracts with the North Missouri, the St. Louis & St. Joseph,
and the St. Joseph & Denver Railroad Compa nies, beside
several other than railways, and from all these be succeeded
in making a handsome competence. lie was the contractor
for the stone to be used ill construtctinzg the b:ridge across the
Missouri river at St. Joseph, and he purchased a quarry to
fulfil the stipulations of the contract. The total amounted
to $66,ooo,but he lost considerably by the operation. At
the outbreak of the civil war he entered the army in an
Illinois three months' regiment, and was honorably discharged from the service at the expiration of five months.
He then studied medicine at the Unliversity of Michigan at
Ann Arbor, and graduated in i863, and shortly after became
an Assistant Surgeon at Camnp Dennison, Ohio. He has
travelled through every State and Territory in the Union,
east of the Rocky mountains. During the latter part of the
war he was residing in Missouri. On one occasion, being
absent from home, a party of five soldiers came to the house
p EIFER, EDWIN G., M. D., Physician, was born,
May 2ISt, I846, in Fairfield, Greene county,
4 Ohio, of Am eric an parentage. His father was a
82 native of iMaryland, and a fearmer by occupation,
who removedi to Ohio in I836, a nd se tt led near
Fairfield. His mother is a native of Ohio. His
preliminary educ ation was obtained in the district school.
When bu t sixteen years of age he enlisted as a private in
the 44th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, August I5th,
I862, and served. with that command about eighteen
months, when he re-enlisted in the 8th Ohio Cavalry, under
General Averill, and remained in that regiment until June
3d1, I865, when their term of service expired. He was promloted, November 3d, i864, to Sergeant of Company H,
8th Ohio Cavalry which position he held when mustered
out of the service. After his retliri home lie enterei Wittenl)iurg College, at Spring,field, Ohio, from which institution
he graduated in i866. He then attended the medical department of the University of Michigan, at Ann Arlbor, in
that State, and subsequently matriculated at the Cincinnati
College of Medicine and Surgery, graduating from the
latter school in the spring of 1869, and in April of the same
year he removed to Simesford, Madison county, where he
has since resided, engaged in the control of a lucrative medical practice. He is a contributor to the literature of the
profession, as well as to the county press, and has gained
some reputation as a writer over a none de pihrae. He has
been an active and zealous member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for the past ten years, and is at present Superinitendeut of the Sunday-sclhool, and one of the board of
trustees of the congregation. He has been a member of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows since July, I87r, and
has attained the highest honors in the brotherhood. His
political views have ever been those adopted and held by
the Republican party. The position he occupies at present
in the community where he resides is due entirely to his
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own industry, economy, frugality and perseverance. While
yet a youth attending school, he worked hard during vacations, and laid by what he earned, and after his discharge
from his three years' service in the army, he appropriated
his pay, together with what he had previously saved, to defraying the expenses he incurred in studying medicine.
Such a course ever meets with its reward, and he is now
reaping the fruits of his labors, and is respected and esteemed by all who know him. He was married, January
I5th, I868, to Ilou C. Trediker, of Fairfield, Greene county,
Ohio, and is the father of three daughters, all living.
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