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BIOGRAPHIICAL ENCYCLOPAEDIA.
off by a cannon shot at the battle of Arkansas Post, he retired from the service. He was an active participant in the
battles of Shiloh (or Pittsburgh Landing), Corinth, Yazoo,
Vicksburg, and Arkansas Post, besides lesser engagements
and skirmishes. On his return home he was appointed a
Captain in the Veteran Reserve Corps, and was stationed at
Cincinnati until July, I864, when he was promoted to the
Colonelcy of the 43d United States, and with that regiment
was in all the latter great battles around Richmond, Virginia,
and for some time commanded the Ist Brigade, Ist Division,
25th Army Corps, and was soon thereafter promoted Brigadier-General by brevet. In I865 he was finally mustered
out of the service, and on his return to civil life, engaged in
the drug business for eighteen months. In i866 he was
elected Probate Judge of Fayette county, and held the office
for three years. In I870 he relired to his farm in Madison
township, Fayette county, where he resided for two years,
engaged in agricultural pursuits. In I872 he returned to
Washington, where he was admitted to the bar, and entered upon the practice of his profession, and has since resided there, where he has established a lucrative legal business. He is a Republican in principle, and a Baptist in religious belief. He is a pleasant companion, of genial manners and extensive information, having experienced so varied
a life in the last twenty-five years. Ile was married, I864,
to Cordelia A., daughter of Daniel Wood, an early settler
of Fayette county, Ohio.
i OLONY, HON. JAMES, Lawyer, was born, Apri l
an I2th, I848, in the city of Cincinnati, and is a son
of the late Daniel and Sarah (Stevens) Molony.
His fathe r was a native of Roscarlbery, county of
NCork, Ireland, a graduate of Trinity College,
Dubli n, and emigrated to America in 183o, and
settled in Cincinnati. Hi s life was devoted to literary pursuits, and he fille d the Pro fessorship of Ancient and
Modern Languages n Miami University, Farmer's College,
oand Woodward College, Ohio, successively, for about twent y
years, a nd di ed Se pte mber 9ftl, I852. His wi fe wa s a
native of South Danvers, Mas sac husetts. Jame s received a
liberal education at Farmer's College, from Mwhich he graduated in I868. He then became a clerk in the Lafayette
Bank of Cincinnati, and subsequently was in the employ of
Cuppler & Marston, of St. Louis. He was also an agent of
the Erie Railroad at Nashville, Tennessee, until I87I. He
then returned to Cincinnati, where he commenced the study
of law with General Bannin g, a nd in December, I873, was
admitted to practise at the bar, and has sinc e given hi s
attention to professional duties in Cincinnati, where he resides. I-Ie was Deputy Sheriff of Hamilton county for two
years under George W. Wiegler. In I873 he was nominated on the first ballot as a candidate on the People's ticket
for the Legislature, and in i875 was a candidate on the
Democratic ticket for the same position, being chosen lilkewise on the first ballot by a large majority of the Hamilton
County Democratic Convention. During the civil war,
from I863 until its close, he was a guidon of the 5th Ohio
Artillery, and was an active participant in the great battles
of the Tennessee and Southwest carnpaigns, including the
siege of Vicksburg. He is of pleasing and courteous manners, has a cool and determined demeanor, and although
young in years, his experience in life has been varied, and
eminently adapts him for the profession he successfully
pursues.
ENNEDY, WILLTAM B., Merc ha nt, w as born,e
Octobe r IIt h, I832, in Hamilton count y, Ohio,
t o f Am erican parentage; his family were among
the earliest settlers of O hio, a great-gr andfather
bein g o ne e i ne er of the pioneers of the State. He re ceiv ed a li b eral education in Farmer's College,
Hamilton county, where he remained until nineteen years
of age, a nd then engaged in t eaching. He subsequently retu oned t o the farm, continuing there until he was appointed,
in I854, a clerk in the County Auditor's office, ho lding that
position for five years. In 1859 he engaged in the man ufacture of a patent match, which he continued until I86I,
when, in consequence of the civil war, his principal trade
being with the South, he relinquished it. He was subsequently employed in a clerical capacity with one of the
leading mercantile houses of the city until I867, when he
established the firm of W. B. Kennedy & Co., and engaged
in the merchandise commission business, in which he has
since,continued. He is a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, also of the Odd Fellows and Knights of
Pythias. In the order of Odd Fellows he was, from I866 to
I869 inclusive, a representative to the Grand Lodge of
Ohio; and a representative to the Grand Encampment from
I867 to I87O and I872 to I875, in all eight years, over
which latter body he now presides as Most Worthy Grand
Patriarch. He was a charter member of the Grand Lodge
1ARFIEI UDE, SAMUEL, Banker, wa s born, January
i lll I6th, I8o8, in Baltimore, Maryland, and is a son
of the late John and Elizabeth (Speies) Marfield,
(~.~ both of whom were natives of Germany. His
father was a merchant, and came to America
when young and settled in Baltimore, where he
resided until his death. Samuel received a liberal education, and when sixteen years old was apprenticed to the
saddlery trade, which he thoroughly learned in six years.
He then engaged in business on his own account, as an
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of the Knihts of P thias of Ohio, supreme representative
from Ohio to the Supreme Lodge of the World, I S70 to
IS72, both inclusive, and was elected an officer (S. G.) of
the latter body, and served in I873 and 1874.
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