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��served a second full term, he was, in 1866, nominated by his own party for a third term, but, although run- ning ahead of his own ticket by nearly five hundred votes, he was defeated by a majority of only seventeen votes ; he then returned to the practice of his profes- sion in Mansfield, until 1868, when, the Legislature having provided for an election of an additional judge, he was, by a majority of over eight hundred votes, elected to fill that position ; having served out the full term of this, his third election to the Common Pleas Bench, he decided not to be again a candidate ; in the mean time, without solicitationon his part, in 1872, he was, at the State Convention, nominated for the Su- preme Bench, but, with the other candidates on the ticket, defeated. A matter worthy of notice in this connection is, that Judge Geddes was never present in any convention that nominated him ("until his nomina- tion for Congress), and never solicited a nomination ; after his last term of office, he resumed the active prac- tice of his profession, associated with Col. M. R. Dickey and John W. Jenner, Esq., under the firm name of Geddes, Dickey & Jenner. Judge Geddes has always taken much interest in educational and benevolent institutions, and is a Trustee of the Ohio Wesleyan Col- lege at Delaware ; during the war, he was resolutely in favor of the suppression of the rebellion, and closely identified with the party known as War Democrats ; a Trustee and Steward of his church, the Methodist Episcopal, he is a liberal promoter of all that tends to elevate and relieve the community in the benefaction for charitable objects. In 1848, he married Miss Nancy Lemon, of Ashland Co., and two living children have been the issue of this union. Judge Geddes was, in June, 1878, nominated without solicitation on his part, by one of the most memorable district conventions ever held in Ohio ; after a struggle of five days between the several candidates before the convention, on the 1,255th ballot, the nomination was conferred upon him by the unanimous vote of the convention, and in October he was elected by a majority of 4,578, to represent in the Forty-sixth Congress the Fifteenth District of Ohio.

GERBiJRICH, DANIEL, dealer in music, musical instruments, etc.; he was born Jan. 26, 1819, in Leba- non Co., Penn.; engaged in farming for twenty years. He was married, Nov. 4, 1841, to Eliza Wise (daughter of Judge Wise), who was born in Lebanon Co., Penn., Dec. 9, 1823 ; they engaged in keeping hotel for three years, after which he engaged in the music trade; they had four children — Dr. E. W. Gerberich, born June 24, 1842, and now resides in Des Moines, Iowa, engaged in the practice of medicine ; Allen D., born Nov. 6, 1845, enlisted in the 127th Penn. V. I., and died in the service in 1862 ; P. A. Gerberich, born Nov. 1, 1847; and L. S. Gerberich, born July 23, 1849.

GERBERICH BROS., agents for pianos and organs; also, musical merchandise of every description ; they have been engaged in this business for nine years ; their knowledge of music and experience in this busi- ness have given them an extensive reputation in this and adjoining counties.

GILBERT, A. J., firm Gilbert, Waugh & Co.; Mr. G. came to Ohio from New York, his native State, with his brother, in 1865, and purchased an interest in the mills, where he is yet associated.

��GILBERT, FRANK A., firm'^Gilbert, Waugh & Co.; Mr. G. is a native of New York ; he came to Mansfield in 1865, and purchased the " City Mills ;" afterward, the Gilbert Bros, sold an interest in the mill to Mr. J. W. Waugh, the three now owning and operating the mills.

GLESSNER, JOHN Y., editor and publisher of the Shield and Banner ; this well-known citizen of Mans- field has for nearly half a century been prominently identified with the newspaper history of Ohio, as printer, editor and publisher ; he was born in Somer- set, Somerset Co., Penn., where he acquired the print- ing business practically, and afterward, in connection with a younger brother, Jacob Glessner, purchased the Democratic paper which they edited and published for three and a half years, when they sold out to the Hon. Daniel Weyand ; they removed to St. Clairsville, Ohio, in 1833, and purchased the St. Clairsville Gazette of the Hon. George W. Manypenny, which they edited and published four and a half years ; in the meantime, they also started the Cadiz Sentinel, which was conducted by the younger brother until both oflices were disposed of; in the ever-memorable log-cabin and hard-cider cam- paign of 1840, when Gen. Harrison was elected Presi- dent, John Y. Glessner was connected with the busi- ness department of the Ohio Statesman, then so ably edited by Col. Samuel Medary ; in May, 1841, he came to Mansfield and purchased the Shield and Banner of Mr. John Meredith, which he has edited and published continuously for thirty-nine years the present month (May, 1880) ; for forty-three years and a half he has been in active editorial life in this State ; adding the three and a half years in Somerset, Penn., he has been editing Democratic papers forty-seven years, and still possesses much of the vigor and perseverance of his more youthful days ; he is now the oldest editor in Ohio.

GOODWIN, P. W., harness-maker. The parents of P. W. Goodwin will be remembered by the older citi- zens of the county. His father, Wm. T. Goodwin, came to Ohio and first settled in Wayne Co. in 1816, and removed to Richland Co. in 1844. He was married to Miss Phebe Bullock, of Rochester, N. Y., in 1813 ; to them were born ten children, of whom P. W. Good- win was the ninth. His father died in November, 1868, in Medina Co., and his mother Dec. 2, 1875 ; both were earnest Christian people and members of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church. P. W. Goodwin commenced the trade of harness-making in 1852, which he con- tinued until the breaking-out of the war. On the 19th of July, 1859, he was married to Miss Jane Wharf, in Mansfield, to whom have been born four children — two boys and two girls — May Alleta, Melvin Pearson, Wm. Henry and Maud Estella. In November, 1861, Mr. Goodwin entered the army and enlisted in the 42d 0. V. I., serving his full term of enlistment, and partici- pating in all the battles in which his regiment was engaged — notably among them the battles of Middle Creek, Chickasaw Bayou, Miss, (there wounded); Arkansas Post; Thomson's Hill, May 1, 1862; Cham- pion Hill, May, 1862 ; Raymond, Big Black, and after- ward at the siege of Vicksburg, and continued with his regiment until the close of the war, since which time he has been engaged at his trade. Now in business in Mansfield.

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