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��working on a farm in England; about 1831, he emi- grated to the United States and remained a few months in New York ; he then came to :Man8field, where he remained until the following spring, and went to Plym- outh Township, where he worked on a farm for a year; he entered some land in Plymouth Township, and, some time afterward, sold it and purchased the farm where his son, John W., now resides ; at the time he purchased, it was almost entirely covered with timber ; he cleared the farm and improved it with handsome farm build- ings. He is a good citizen, a man of quiet turn, and honest in all his dealings. He was married to Miss Mary Jackson, of Richland County, :May 18^ 1845; they have one son, John W., born Aug. 10, 1848; he resides on the old homestead ; he was married to Sarah I. Myers Oct. 3, 1872.

DAUGHARTY, WILLIAM, farmer and stock-raiser ; P. 0. Shelby ; was born in Burlington Co., N. J., Sept. 22, 1831 ; his father, Daniel D., moved to Crawford Co! in 1832. For fifteen years before the rebellion he followed farming and thrashing. He enlisted in Co. H, 64th 0. V. I., and served eleven months, when he was discharged on account of disability. After recruiting until Feb. 10, 1865, he enlisted again in Co. C, 82d 0. V. I., and was again discharged May 24, 1865. He was married to Miss Mariah E. Hann Feb. 1, 1866. Since the war, he has been farming in Richland and Crawford counties. His father lived with him several years, and died there at the age of 98. His mother died in the 84th year of her age. His wife wa9 born in Perry Co., Penn., Sept. 17, 1848.

. DAVIS, HENRY, grain and produce dealer, Shelby. He was born in Columbiana Co., Ohio, in 1822, and moved, with his father's family, to Crawford Co. in 1832, where they settled on an unimproved heavily timbered farm. Their means were limited ; land had to be cleared and buildings erected, and all hands had to work to make a living. School advantages were very few and poor. At the age of 21, he set out to do for himself with no money and but very little educa- tion ; after looking over the ground and fully taking in the situation, formed a resolution to try and get an education sufficient to transact any business that he might be fortunate enough to get to do, take a fair position in society and qualify himself to teach school, that he might make wages in the winter as well as in the summer, hoping, at some future time, to be able to purchase a farm and become a farmer ; by diligent study, he soon succeeded in getting a certificate to teach school, and, by teaching in the winter, he was able to attend school in the summer at Ashland Acad- emy under instruction of that celebrated teacher, Lorin Andrews, to whom he is much indebted for giving him correct ideas as to teaching and governing a school ; he remained in this school three summer sessions and paid his way by teaching in the winter; in 1847, Mr. Henry Leyman, of Shelby, offered him a situation in his store, which he accepted. This circumstance threw him into a channel, and from that time up to the pres- ent he has had the confidence of the business commu- nity so far as he was acquainted, and a very liberal patronage from the public ; he has had many offices of trust and profit, which he would not accept, for all of

which he has always felt very grateful. In 1848, he

��was married to Margaret A. Stone, with whom he has lived up to the present time ; they have been blessed with five children, two of whom are dead and three living, at home, constituting a happy family. He has had quite a number of partners, and has done a large business and never had a misunderstanding or difficulty with any of them. Among the most noted of his part- ners were Mr. David Anderson and Mr. Thomas ^lickey. He was connected in some way with Mr. Mickey for twenty-five years, most of the time in gen- eral merchandising, but for the last ten years of Mr. Mickey's life, they were exclusively engaged in the produce and grain trade, and, had Mr. Mickey lived, they would probably have continued much longer. So great was his attachment for his friend that, when Mr. Mickey died, he felt like retiring from business, but has since associated with himself the firm of Fish & Stour in the produce business, under the firm name of H. Davis & Co. He has lived in Shelby over thirty years, and has been identified with her growth, pros- perity and interest all this time, advocating and voting for nearly every public improvement in both the town and county. He has always been a strong advocate of education, but believed it should be broad enough to develop the muscle and energy as well as the reasoning powers of the mind.

DEMPSEY, JOHN, was born in Ireland in 1829, where he remained until 1848, when he emigrated to Ohio ; he came to Shelby in 1854 ; prior to coming to Shelby, he sold dry goods for four years ; he commenced the gro- cery business shortly after coming to Shelby, and by strict attention to business, he soon had a large and growing trade, adding with the retail a wholesale department, in which he was very successful. He was well known throughout the surrounding country as a reliable business man, and succeeded in bringing to Shelby a large amount of business, which had usually gone to other towns ; in 1874, he sold his business and turned his attention to his farms in the vicinity. Upon all questions of improvement, he has been an advocate of advancement. He has aided in improving the town by building several of the substantial business blocks of the place. He is a Director of the First National Bank ; he was Lieutenant Colonel of the 4Sth 0. N. G.. and also held the same position, subsequently, in the 163d 0. N. G. Mr. Dempsey is a man of few words in business matters. He is decided in his views and is regarded as a man of sound judgment. He is entrusted with a large amount of business in the com- munity.

DICK, HIRAM W., Superintendent of Construction on the C, C, C. & I. R. R.; was born in Bedford Co.. Penn., October, 1824; he spent his youth on a farm with his parents ; at about 22 years of age, he learned the carpenter trade, and, in the year 1850, he first com- menced to work on the railroad, as a hand at his trade; his steady and industrious habits were soon noticed by the officials of the company ; they recognized in him a man who was qualified to take charge of their inter- est, and they gave a position, since which time he has risen to the position of Superintendent of Construc- tion ; he has relied upon his own exertions, and has been successful, not only as a railroad man, but as a business man ; he is the possessor of several farms, and

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