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BIOGRAPHICAL ENCYCLOP.EDIA.
of the war, Mr. Schenck was for some time in command of
the United States naval station at Mound City, Illinois, and
in September, i868, he was raised to the rank of Rear Admiral United States Navy, and upon reaching his sixtysecond year, June Ibth, I869, was regularly retired on the
superannuated roll. July 24th, I829, he married Dorethy
A., daughter of Woodhull Smith, of Suffolk county, Long
Island, and for many years made his home there. In I836
he brought his family to the West, and took up his home in
Dayton, where he now resides in his retirement. He has had
four children4Sarah S., Who married Col. Joseph G. Crane,
of Dayton, murdered ill 1869 while acting military mayor
of the city of Jackson, Mississippi, under the provisional
government; Jane, married to A. Burr Irwin; Caspar, payinspector United States Navy; Woodhull S., chief of the
imperial maritime customs of Chlina at Shanghai. Such a
life as that of Admiral Schenck there is no need to praise.
The facts speak for the man. Laudation could only taint.
He has spent his life in the service of his country, and he
still lives to enjoy that country's confidence, and partake of
the freedo-n he has helped to preserve.
NDREWS, GENERAL GEORGE W., Senator
Th atsse from the Thirty-second District of Oh io, Lawyer,
o}O> xxo' was born in Medina, Orleans county, New York,
atI/ the aSeptelmer ISt, I825. He is the son of Joel An drews and A nne ( Lewis) Andrews; the former
in as a Qulaker, and was engag ed in agricultural
pursuits. His grandfather on the mater n al side, John Lewis,
was a major in th e Revolutionary army, and desce nded
from the Lewises of Rhode Isrand, a Baptist family, whose
members took a prominent part in the religious controve —
sies and movements of Roger Shermaln's time. His earlier
education-was re ceived a t the Quaker inst itution ketow,nl as
the "N ine Par tners' College," in Dutchess county, New
York, and also iln the Ober lin University, Ohio. He then,
at the age of eighteen, begani the study of law at G ranville,
Licking c ounty, Ohio, and in I845 was admitted to the bar
in Norwalk, a auron a county. He subsequently entered oa
the practice of his profession i n Linno, Alle n county, and was
at once elected Prosecuting Attorney. During his stay of
three years in this place, h e establis hed and edited, with
marlke(d ability, the -Linn Arg'us. In I848 the counties
were divided, and he removed to Wapakonetta, Auglaize
county, the southern oFne, and there established 7e AvugDaizn e eamzoe. Iea rn the same year e was elected Prosecuting Attorney for Auglaize county, and in I850 was reelected to the same position. In I856 he was elected to the
lower branch of the Legislature, in I858 secured a re-election, and again in I86o was re-elected. In I86I, at the request of Governor Dennison, he left the Legislature, returned
to his home, within two days raised a company of volunteers to assist in crushing the rebellion, and entered the service of the United States swith a commission of Captain.
He was afterward promoted successively to the following
positions: Major, Lieutenant-Colonel, Colonel, and Brevet
Brigadlier-General. Leaving the service in I864, after a
brilliant and useful career as a soldier, he resumed the practice of his profession. In I873 he was elected to the Senate
on the Democratic ticket, and upon the organization was
made Chairman of the Judiciary Committeesthat intrusted
with the conduct of the most important matters; also a
member of the Committee on Public Works, of that on Fees
and Salaries, of that on the Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphanis'
Home, of that on Privileges and Elections, and also Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs. He is distinguished at the bar, and has conducted to successful issues
many important cases; while, as a public official, he has a
record free from blemish, and, often under trying circum:
stances, has labored successfully for the interests of his con
" CHENCK, HON. WILLIAM C., Member of the
a Ohio Legislature, an d G e neral of the State Milit ia,
t o was bo r n in Monmou th cou nty, N ew Jersey, Jan uary IIth, I773. His parents were Rev. William
t and Ann a (Cummings) Schenck. He was one of
nine children. The family are of Dutch origin,
but h av e b een in America for nea rly two hund re d years. Mr.
Sch enck graduated from Princeton ill I793 or I794, and at
o nc e c amte to Cincinsati, wh ere he was engaged in the land
office for a while, and afterwards became a surveyor. He
acquired an immense tract of land in the nordthwestern part
of W arre n county, in the valley of the Miami, on whic h he
laid oult th e town of Franklin, and establishe d his home.
During th e war of I812 he commanded a brigade of militia,
and though no t in activ e s ervice, he had a duty to perform in
guardling against Indian depredations. In comialny with
tell other men who had acquired the land in the vicinity, he
projected and laid out t he cityof Toledo i n I817, but having
personally made the surveys in an unfavorable season, he
wa.Si stricken wEith a swamp fever, and became so disgusted
with the enterprise that he sold his whole interest for a
thousand dollars.. In connection with his uncle, General
John M. Cummings, of Newark, New Jersey, he laid out
the town of Newark in Licking county, Ohio. In I798 he
married Elizabeth Rodgers, of Huntington, Long Island,
with whom he had seven children-William R., Salley R.,
James F. (rear admiral United States navy), Robert C. (a
general in the war of the rebellion, member of Congress,
and United States Minister to England), Woodhull S. (a
lieutenant in the United States navy), Edwin, and Egbert
1. S. His only daughter married Eg,bert T. Smith, and
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moved to Iowa, where she died, leaving a numerous family.
Mr. Schenck had several times been a member of the Ohio
Legislature, and died, while occupyin that. position, at
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Columbus, January iith, 1821. His wife survived till I855.
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