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��V. C; went as private in Co. M ; after returning home, he engaged with 163d, in Co. A; after the death of Capt. Avery, Mr. Niman took the command of Co. A through the service. At the expiration of service, he received an lionorable discharge and returned to Mansfield, and was for a time engaged in keeping the American Hotel; the site of the hotel is one of the oldest corners in the city.

OBERLIN, WM. KELKER, farmer; was born in Stark Co., Ohio, Feb. 28, 1839; came to Richland Co. with his parents April 4, 1849, with whom he lived thirty-one years. His father, John Oberlin, located in Washington Township. He was married Oct. 19, 1869, in Washington Township, to Miss Kate Ford. They are the parents of two children — Thomas W., born Feb. 1, 1875; Arthur B., born Sept. 9, 1879. He is now engaged in business in Mansfield.

OTTINGER, SAMUEL F., Deputy Recorder; was born in Stark Co., March 13, 1847 ; came to Richland Co. in 1860. He was married in 1870, to Catherine Grubb, ,who was born in Knox Co., April 4, 1845. They have two children — Minnie Bell, born .Jan. 5, 1873; Lizzie Ordella, April 18, 1877. Mr. Ottinger has been engaged as Deputy Recorder since September, 1878.

PAINTER, MICHAEL, farmer ; was born in Madi- son Township May 2, 1839. His father, the late An- drew Painter, resided east of Mansfield for a great many years, where he followed farming, and also pro- prietor of a carding-mill, which still stands ; in this business Michael was engaged during its continuance, and afterward at farming. He was married in 1868 to Miss Margaret Sproats, by whom he has raised two sons. Now a resident of Madison Township.

PARKER, JACOB (deceased); was born on the island of Newfoundland Sept. 5, 1791. Although born in a foreign land, he was an American in fact, his father being a citizen of Massachusetts, and resided in Newfoundland only temporarily ; early in the present century, he removed with his father to Ohio. In 1815, he graduated at the Ohio University at Athens — he and Thomas Ewing being the first two who received the de- gree of Bachelor of Arts from an Ohio college. After his graduation, Mr. Parker, in company with Thomas Ewing and .John M. May, entered the law ofiice of Philemon Beecher, in Lancaster, where he studied until admitted to the bar. In 1819, he removed to Mansfield and entered upon the practice of his pro- fession; in 1829, he went into the mercantile business with Robert McCombs, of this city, in which he con- tinued until 1837 ; in the winter of 1840-41, he received the appointment of President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of this county ; he held this ofiice seven years, and discharged its duties with great ability and to the entire satisfaction of the bar and the people. Upon leaving the bench, he retired from active life ; he, however, always took an active interest in the wel- fare and prosperity of the city ; he was a persevering worker, and a man of sound judgment. His death occurred in December, 1857.

PARSONS, LE ROY, real-estate and insurance agent ; he was born in Bennington, Vt., in May, 1843 ; when a youth, he removed with his parents to Eastern Penn- sylvania, where he received in part his elementary

��education ; he came to Mansfield in 1867, and was engaged for a number of years in the sale of farming implements ; in 1872, he opened an insurance and real- estate office in this city, in which business he has since been exclusively engaged. The assets of the companies he represents, which are classed among the very best, amount to over $1,000,000. He was married in Mansfield, Sept. 14, 1876, to Miss Mary Shumway, of this city ; one child, a son, was born in March, 1878. Mr. Parson's ancestry dates back among the early set- tlers of New England. They were vigilant participants in the Revolutionary war. During his residence in this city, he has taken an active pai*t in the promotion of its interests, and been elected to the oflBce of Clerk of the City Council for four consecutive terms ; a period longer than any of his predecessors.

PATTERSON, A. C, proprietor of the carriage man- ufactory ; he was born in Lexington, Ohio. Married, in 1862, to Lizzie A. Cope, daughter of Franklin E. Cope ; they had the following children: Franklin E., born in July, 1864, died in 1871 ; Florence J., born in October, 1868, died in August, 1871, and Gracie A., still living with her parents. Mr. Patterson established the buggy factory in 1864 ; has been connected with this business ever since, and has met with marked success ; his work is among the best in the county.

PATTERSON, A. V., DR., physician ; he was born in Springfield, Jefferson Co., April 9, 1831; came to Mansfield in 1837 ; attended the Mansfield Academy, also Oberlin College, after which he attended the Uni- versity of Cleveland ; graduated at the Cleveland Medi- cal College Feb. 25, 1857 ; commenced the practice of medicine at Gallon, where he remained until he was commissioned Surgeon of the 102d 0. V. I.; continued till the close of the war, after which he located in Mansfield ; engaged in the practice of medicine, and still continues. He was married, March 3, 1857, to Miss L. L. Gladden, daughter of Capt. Solomon Glad- den, of Monroe Township.

PLATT, WILLIAM (deceased). Among the old resi- dents of Madison Township who have passed away, and who will be remembered by many of the living, was William Piatt, who resided on a farm near Mansfield, known by his name, but now within the city limits, and partially covered with dwellings. He was born in the year 1803, and came to this county in 1821. The site of the old homestead, and a part of the lands, which have never passed out of the family name, can be seen from many parts of the city. He died Feb. 17, 1850, in the 46th year of his age, well known by all the citi- zens of that time, and universally respected and esteemed. Quiet and amiable in his manners, he made no enemies. Highly moral in his conduct, and upright in all his dealings, he always sustained the most unsul- lied character ; living at a time when it was generally customary among farmers to allow the use of liquor among their employes, particularly during the harvest, he was among the few who peremptorily forbid it. Mr. Piatt was married, May 1, 1835, to Miss Charlotte Bell, by whom he had seven children — one, a son, alone sur- vives him, a resident of the city, near the old home- stead.

POTTER, E. J., photographer; he was born in Wayne Co. Sept. 19, 1844. He was married to Mary

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