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��ness-making, at which he worked until the breaking- out of the civil wiu, when he entered the army, enlist- ing as an artificer in the lltli 0. B., afterward assigned to the Western Department 17th Army Corps ; Mr. Doll served his full term of enlistment, taking an active part and doing his duty as a soldier in the many engagements in which that battery and corps were engaged ; among the more noted and terrible battles in which he took part, were the siege of Vicksburg, Island No. 10, Corinth and the battle of luka, Miss. During Mr. Doll's career as a soldier, he passed through many dangers unharmed, when others have fallen — not escaping altogether, as he was slightly wounded at the battle of Vicksburg, and in the great railroad collision at Crestline in April, 1861, severely injured, having a knee joint dislocated and being otherwise bruised ; but it was not until long after the close of the war in January, 1877, that, after escaping the bullets of the enemy, and working at his vocation ih Mansfield, he received a pistol-shot wound through the gross carelessness of a friend that almost proved fatal, from the effects of which he still suffers, and will carry the marks to his grave. An upright and good citizen, he is now contin- uing steadily at his trade, enjoying the entire respect of till tliG Gitizciis

DOOLITTELL, COLUMBUS S., was born near Fred- erickstown, Knox Co., Oct. 24, 1819. His mother having died when he was quite a small child, he lived with his grandfather, Thomas Doolittell, during his minority ; soon after he was 21 years of age, he taught school one year ; in the summer of 1842 he attended the commencement of Kenyon College, when President Hayes graduated ; his speech so influenced Mr. D. that he determined to fulfill a long-cherished hope, and take a thorough classical course ; in May, 1843, he entered the preparatory class in Kenyon College, and by per- sistent application he entered the fceshman class of '44, with W. K. Rogers, now Private Secretary to the President. Among his other classmates, who became prominent, were W. G. LeDuc, now Commissioner of Agriculture, and Dr. J. W. Scott, a distinguished Pro- fessor in the Cleveland Medical College. His resources being somewhat limited, he supported himself by teach- ing private classes. By diligent use of his time, and close study, he maintained a high standard of scholar- ship, and graduated with the highest honors in 1848. In September of that year, he accepted the position of assistant teacher in Mrs. Schenck's Seminary, in Colum- bus ; in the fall of 1849, he was chosen a tutor in Kenyon College, and at the same time became a member of the Theological Seminary ; in 1852, he was ordained Dea- con, and took charge of St. Stephen's Church in Can- field. In January, 1853, he was married to Miss P. A. Lindley, of Frederickstown. In 1856, he accepted a call to St. Luko's Church, Granville, and at the same time became associate principal of the Granville Female Seminary; in 1861, in company with Mr. J. Lindley, he moved the school to Mansfield, where he was engaged about ten years. In 1876, Mr. D. be- came the associate editor of the Ohio Liberal, then an independent paper, but retired from the paper when it became Democratic. In January, 1877, he became the associate editor of the Mansfield Herald, a position he now occupies.

��DOUGLAS, THOMAS E., Postmaster. He was born six miles west of Mansfield June 21, 1829; he received a very fair education in the common schools, and in the academies of Haysville and Berea ; he studied law in the office of L. B. Matson, and, in July, 1860, was admitted to the bar, and in October formed a partnership with M. W. Worden, with whom he be- gan the practice of his profession ; when the war broke out in the spring of 1861, Mr. Douglas enlisted, April 16, in. Maj. McLaughlin's company in the 1st Regi- ment, and remained with it during its term of service, participating in the battle of Bull Run, July 21 ; re- turning home, he enlisted in the 15th, three-years' service, in which regiment he was commissioned First Lieutenant of Co. G, Sept. 9 ; that regiment was in the battle of Shiloh, April 7, 18G2, after which Lieut. D. was promoted Captain, and, in the battle of Stone River, Dec. 31 ; in this latter eng.igement, Capt. Douglas was so severely wounded in the right lung, that he was obliged to return home. While here, he was married to Francis H. Rowland, daughter of Rev. James Rowland, May 12, 1863. June 24, he was appointed Captain in the Veteran Reserve Corps, in which capacity he served until he was mustered out while at Baltimore, Aug. 29, 1866 ; he then returned home and resumed the practice of law, following it un- til he was appointed Postmaster, March 12, 1873 ; he took charge of the office May 12. Mrs. Douglas died Aug. 1, 1879, leaving four children.

DOUGLAS, M. E., Secretary of the Merchants' and Manufacturers' Mutual Insurance Company. He was born in Richland Co., where he has always resided.

DOW, W, contractor and stonemason, Mansfield. He was born near Edinburgh, Scotland, Oct. 6, 1847 ; he was the first son of John and Jenett Dow, who were of an old and respectable family in that country ; he emigrated to this country in May, 1869, and came to Mansfield in July, 1H70 ; directly after his arrival here, he was employed by the contractors of the court house, which was then being built ; he was likewise employed in building the stonework of the Congrega- tional Church in this city, and in the spring of 1873 the firm of Hancock & Dow were the contractors and builders of the stonework of the Mansfield Savings Bank ; in 1874, they finished their contract for the same work on the Plymouth and Shelby Schoolhouses ; in 1875, they built the freight house of the C, C. & I. R. R. at Columbus, and the passenger stone depot at Berea ; among the public and larger buildings for which they were the contractors and masons, since that date, were the Marysville High School in 1876, and the city hall, in the same place, and the Masonic Hall of Marion in 1877; in 1878, they they did the mason work on the Marion County Jail ; in addition to those already men- tioned in this city, was the work on the Jenner, Keith & Scattergood Building and the frontage of the Swi- gart Building ; the firm is at present the contractors for the same work on the new county jail, now in process of erection.

DYSERT, D. M., M. D., homoeopathist. He was born in Wayne Co., in 1852, educated in Wayne and Medina Cos. ; he graduated at Pulte Medical College, Cincin- nati, Ohio, in 1876 ; he was engaged in the practice of medicine at Independence, this county, for three years,

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