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 CITY OF MANSFIELD.

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��rebellion, and was appointed a Second Lieutenant to recruit a company for that regiment; upon the organi- zation of the regiment, he was elected Captain of the company ; upon the death of Col. Cantwell, at the sec- ond battle of Manassas Plains or Bull Hun, he was promoted to Major of the regiment, and afterward was made Lieutenant Colonel of the regiment, which posi- tion he held at the close of the war and the muster-out of the regiment ; the 82d Regiment belonged to the 11th Corps, and took past with that corps in all the battles in which it was engaged while in the Army of the Potomac ; after the battle of Chickamauga, the 11th and r2th Corps were transferred to the army of Gen. Thomas ; the two corps were consolidated and were afterward known as the 20th; with this corps under command of Gen. Hooker, the 82d Regiment took part in all the skirmishes and battles preceding the taking of Atlanta, in the march from Atlanta to Savannah, and from Savannah to Raleigh, North Caro- lina; the regiment was on the march from Raleigh to Richmond, when Lee surrendered to Grant; a few days thereafter, Johnston surrendered to Sherman, and the war was over. Since his return home, James S. Crall has served as member and President of the City Council, two terms as Justice of the Peace and is at present Deputy Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas ; his sis- ter, Susan Larimore, is living, and with her children resides with him in this city.

CRAWFORD & ZELLERS, cracker manufacturers, located at the corner of Walnut and Bloom streets, in a brick building 56x100. The business was originally started in 1872, by H. H. Colby, who continued it for one year, when the firm that now has it took charge, Sept. 7,' 1874; Messrs. Crawford & Zellers were for- merly engaged in the manufacture of crackers at Rich- mond, Ind., and when they purchased the property, they possessed not only ample capital, but a complete knowledge of their business ; the first building was a frame, to which Crawford & Zellers added some addi- tions ; soon after the improvements had been made, the frame portion of the structure was destroyed by fire ; nothing daunted, the proprietors at once rebuilt in a much finer style, so that the works they now have is a model institution of its kind, and considered by all to be one of the most complete in the State; all the ma- chinery used is of the best and most improved make, en- abling this house to successfully compete with any other engaged in a similar business; 'an engine of thirty-horse power is used, and the bakery has a capacity of turning out 500 barrels of crackers every 24 hours; 25 to 30 hands are employed, and a business maintained that will exceed $150,000; the crackers here produced are noted for tMbir first-class quality and the universal satisfaction they give ; a goodly trade is not only had by this firm in Ohio, but the same has extended into the States of New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, West Virginia and Indiana. The firm is composed of B. F. Crawford, D. K. and J. G. Zellers ; Mr. Crawford has withdrawn his interest from the firm of Zellers & Co., at Richmond, Ind., and now gives his undivided attention to the business which he has and is so satisfactorily conduct- ing, and of which he is principal owner.

DAILY, JOHN B. (deceased), was born in New Lis- bon, Columbiana Co., Ohio, April, 1827 ; whileyet a poor

��boy, te, unexpectedly to his relatives, came to Mansfield, and was at once placed at the desk in the hardware store of A. J. Endly, where he soon showed that apt- ness for book keeping which was so serviceable to him in after years ; here he was constantly employed for fourteen years, gaining a thorough knowledge of the trade ; in the year 1864, he was appointed Deputy Rev- enue Assessor, which position he held until the coming- in of the new administration ; Mr. Daily was a mem- ber oi the German Lodge, I. 0. 0. F., which order he joined in the year 1864, and in which he has held a number of offices ; Mr. Daily was long and favorably known as one of INIansfield's business men, being engaged largely at one time in real estate and other enterprises. John B. Daily was married July 3, 1865,

to Miss Emma C, of New Lisbon ; there have

been born to them four children — Laura E., William C, John E. and Emma M.; John B. Daily died Aug. 6, 1876, in Mansfield.

DAY, AMOS (deceased), son of Joseph and Eleanor Day; was born in Washington Co., Penn., Jan. 12, 1806, and removed to this county with his father's family in 1815, thus having lived sixty-five years con- tinuously in Richland Co. He was married in Novem- ber, 1834, to Martha Smith, daughter of Jedediah Smith, of Washington Township, by whom he had eight children, five of whom are still living, being Joseph B. and Harrison W. Day, of Washington Town- ship ; Mrs. W. S. Bradford and Miss Kate £. Day, of Mansfield; Mrs. J. F. Bowers, of Bellville. He learned the mason trade when quite a young man, and built or helped to build many of the old structures of Mansfield, among which was the Congregational Church, the old Sturges Block, Tracy's Block, and others, which have since been replaced by more modern and imposing edifices ; also many of those still standing, among them the McFall Block, built nearly half a century ago, the old North American, southeast of the Park, and the Union Church. He moved to his farm in Washington Township in 1835, where he battled with the sturdy monarchs of the forest during the best years of his life, making them give place to fruitful and pro- ductive fields and abundant harvests; he removed to Mansfield to spend the declining years of his life, where he died of typhoid fever on the 21st day of April, 1880. He was a man of great force of charac- ter, always adhering firmly and strictly to principles of virtue and honesty ; he was a kind father and a good husband, and his memory will be cherished and revered by those who knew him best ; companionable and sociable with his friends and acquaintances, his cheer- ful and pleasant greetings will not soon be forgotten by those with whom he mingled for more than half a cen- tury. By rigid economy and industrious habits he acquired a competency, which he used carefully and rationally, often expressing a desire to leave his wife and children in comfortable circumstances rather than to enjoy the luxuries of life himself; despising dis- play and pretension, and of a retiring and unassuming disposition, his good deeds were not heralded to the world, but he was ever ready to lend a helping hand to the poor and the distressed. He united with the Congregational Church of Mansfield in 1836, soon after its organization, and, although of late years not an

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