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��where he had a very extensive practice ; his health be- came impaired in the fall of 1879, and be v?ent to Florida to spend the winter ; be returned to this county and located in Manstield, opened an office at the southwest corner of the park. He is prepared to attend to all calls in his profession promptly.

EARNEST, D. H., dealer in furniture. He was born, July 24, 1844, in Cumberland Co., Penn.; immi- grated to Richland Co. in the fall of 1858; engaged with Cyrus Hersheiser and learned the carpenter trade ; worked at that trade eight years, then engaged with Aultman & Taylor machine-shops for ten years and four months ; .Jan. 22, 1879, he formed a partnership with J. K. .Johnson in furniture store, which they still continue. He was married, April 7, 1868, to Iva Jane Pocock ; she was born in Wayne Co., Oct. 16, 1841 ; they have the following family : Mary Bell (deceased), Rosa Ellen, born Aug. 18, 1871 ; David Milton Georgia, Nov. 17, 1874 ; reside at No. 118 East Market street.

EDGINGTON, JESSE (deceased). He was born in Virginia, and in an early day removed to Jefferson Co. this State, where he resided for several years, when he came to this county and settled in Springfield Township in 1814, where he was one of the largest land-owners during his life. The first Presbyterian Church built in that township, of which he was a member and one of the founders, was erected on his land ; he died in 1821, at an advanced age, leaving five children by his mar- riage to Miss ]\Iargaret Palmer. Thomas, the eldest son, was born in Virginia in 1781, and removed with his parents to Jefferson Co., Ohio, where he lived until 1815, when he came to this county and settled in Springfield Township. He was married in Jefferson Co., Ohio, to Miss Mary Alban in 1802; they were the parents of ten children, of whom Margaret was the oldest; she was born in Jefi"erson Co., Ohio, Aug. 80, 1803, and died in Columbia City, Ind., Aug. 30, 1872; Thomas Edgington died in Springfield Township in 1856 ; Margaret was married in Springfield Town- ship to William Douglas in 1823 ; they were the parents of five children — William Douglass was born in AVasli- ington Co., Penn., in 1798 ; his father, Michael Douglas, was born in County Tyrone, Ireland. He was married in that country to Lydia Pollock in 1795, and emigrated to America in the fall of 1 796, and settled in Pennsyl- vania, where he continued to reside until 1820, when he removed to Ohio, and settled in Springfield Town- ship, Richland Co.; William Douglas died in 1857 in that township.

ELLIOTT, H. C, book-binder. He is prepared to do all kinds of blank-book and magazine binding in the best and latest styles, also re-bind and re-model old books ; all orders by mail promptly attended to ; parties desiring binding will find it to their advantage to examine his samples ; prices to suit the times, cor- ner Main and Fourth streets.

ERWIN, A. J., physician, surgeon and oculist; he was born in Concord, Penn.; he was educated at the University of Nashville, where he graduated in med- icine in 1864. Immediately afterward, he entered into partnership with the eminent surgeon, Dr. J. W. Daily, of Fort Wayne, Ind., at which place he remained until 1870, when he removed to Mansfield. He was married, in 1867, to Miss Mary C. Johnson, of Mansfield, who

��died in 1874. He is a member of the American Med- ical Association and the American Public Health Asso- ciation. In 1874, he was elected by the American Medical Association as a delegate to foreign associa- tions, in which capacity he visited Europe, and while there he took a course in eye diseases in the Royal London Ophthalmic College. In 1878, he was elected to the chair of orthopedic surgery in the Cleveland Medical College, which chair he filled by occasional visits without removing from Mansfield. He is surgeon of the P., Ft. W. & C, M. & C. and the B. & 0. R.R.'s. He is now in active practice.

ETTINGER, JACOB, groceryman. The subject of this sketch is the oldest of eight children born to Daniel and Catherine Ettinger, an old YorkTo. (Penn.) family, who came to Ohio in 1837 and settled near what was then known as Lower Sandusky — now Fremont. The father located in Scott Township, Sandusky Co., where he remained two years, and then removed to Lexing- ton, this county, where he resided for many years, en- joying the confidence and esteem of the entire com- munity. For many years, he was engaged in teaching school, and was accounted a more than ordinary mathe- matician. For [nine years, he served as Assessor of Troy Township. Communicative and intelligent, he was always a favorite with those who desired any in- formation that he could give. He died in Ogle Co., 111., and was buried near Lexington, Ohio. Jacob Et- tinger was born in York Co., Penn., April 16, 1823 ; in his youth, he received a good common-school education, and, after his parents removed to this county, he taught school for about four years, when, removing to Mans- field, he was appointed a conductor on the old S. M. & N. R. R., which position he held for seven years, and was accounted a careful and faithful officer. He was married in Mt. Gilead, Ohio, on the 10th of April, 1846 ; they have had four children, two living and two dead. For fourteen years, Mr. Ettinger has been en- gaged in mercantile pursuits in Mansfield, and is ac- counted a shrewd and successful business man.

ETTINGER, BENJAMIN, harness-maker ; he was born in York Co., Penn., June 7, 1828, and came to Ohio in 1836, and to Richland Co. in 1837, where he received his elementary education, his father being a teacher and mathematician of some note in Troy Town- ship. When 18 years of age, he commenced the trade of harness-making, which occupation he continues to follow in Mansfield, where he is known as a good work- man. Mr. Ettinger was married, Sept. 6, 1854, to Miss Elizabeth Brooks, who died Oct. 16, 1860, and again married to Mary Emma Lake, his present wife ; they have one son.

FARMER, J. S., attorney at law. He was born in Mansfield June 28, 1844, and received his elementary education in Washington Township. John and Susan (Stewart) Farmer, his parents, were old residents of the county and resided in Washington Township many years. In 1864, he began teaching school in this county, and was so engaged for ten winter terms ; dur- ing the summer months he worked on a farm, while he continued a course of reading preparatory to the study of law ; in April, 1870, he came to Mansfield and con- tinued his studies under the instruction of Matson & Dirlam, and was admitted to the bar in June, 1872.

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