Abraham L. Weaver

As printed in 1906

IBRAHAM L. WEAVER, a well-known resident of Washington township, whose fine farm of 150 acres lies in Washington and Pickaway townships, was born in Washington township about a quarter of a mile southeast of his present home, in his father’s pioneer log cabin, on September 7, 1832.

Jacob Weaver, father of Abraham L., was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where he learned the trade of shoemaker. Jn young manhood he decided to seek a home in Ohio, and as he had no means of transportation he walked the distance from his native place to Pickaway County and after reaching Washington township, secured 40 acres of land for which he paid $2 per acre. He worked at his trade until his land 'was paid for. He purchased the Pickaway township farm from a Mr. Warner, who had purchased it from the original owner, a Mr. Shook, who had partially redeemed it from the wilderness, building the log cabin in which our subject was born. In 1836 Mr. Weaver tore down the old cabin and built a large brick residence which still stands and is owned by Noah Weaver, a brother of our subject. Mr. Shook engaged in the making of maple sugar and the industry could still be carried on here, probably with profit. The old farm also has a valuable stone quarry on it, which has always been a source of income.

Abraham L. Weaver was reared in Washington township, four acres of the farm being located here, and at the time of his father’s death, in 1869, became the heir to the Pickaway township land also. He carries on a general line of farming and is one of the county’s substantial men.

Mr. Weaver married Mary Ann Moore, who was a daughter of Caleb Moore, and they have had a family of seven children, viz.: Catherine Jane, wife of W. H. Shelby, of Circleville; Susan, who died aged 26 years; Caleb, who died aged 21 years; Clifford, who married Jessie Shook and operates the Pickaway township farm; Maria, who married Wilson Betz and died at the age of 22 years; Eugene, formerly of San Francisco, who passed through the horrors of the recent earthquake there; and Earl Wayne, who is a well-educated young man and fills the responsible position of draughtsman in a ladies' tailoring college at St. Louis. The mother of this family died in 1886. The grandchildren are: David, Russell M. and Earl Eugene. On February 22, 1900, Mr. Weaver was married (second) to Lida C. DeHaven, of Ross County, Ohio.

Mr. Weaver is practically retired from agricultural activity, his farm being capable managed by his son Clifford. For the past 18 years he has been a justice of the peace; he has also served in many other township offices, including that of trustee and as a member of the School Board. He is a stanch Democrat in his political views.

For the past quarter of a century Mr. Weaver has lived in the residence he still occupies. This farm has many claims to historic interest, many pounds existing here which have been, at various times, studied by scientists.

0LENN RIFE BALES,M. D., a rising physician and surgeon of Circleville, where he has lived since he was six years of age, is a native of Madison County, Ohio. He is a son of J. F. Bales, senior member of the firm of J. F. Bales & Son, of Circleville, extensive grain and hay dealers. A sketch of J. F. Bales appears on another page of this work. As our subject was reared and educated in Circleville, the community has followed his advancement with more than usual interest.

After graduating from the public schools of ‘Circleville, in 1894, Dr. Bales taught school in Florida for a year, and afterward returned to Circleville in order to take a postgraduate course in the sciences. He then read medicine with Dr. T. B. Wright, preparatory to his matriculation at Starling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio. At the end of his second year in that institution, he enlisted in Company M, Fourth Regiment, Ohio Infantry, U. S. Volunteers, service in the Spanish-American War. Joining that command as a private, he was first placed in camp at Camp Bushnell, Columbus, Ohio; from there he was transferred to Fort Thomas, Georgia, thence to Guayama, Puerto Rico, and then was detailed for hospital service at Isabel Sigunda, Isle of Vieques, Puerto Rico. Although his work there was mostly )f a surgical nature, his position in the military service was that of a private, and thus he was mustered out in February, 1899.

After his return from Puerto Rico, Dr. Bales re-entered Starling Medical College from which he was graduated in 1900. After a practice of two and a half years in Marietta, Ohio, he located at Circleville, where he is establishing a broad reputation in the special line of obstetrics.

In 1900 Dr. B. R. Bales was married to Mary E. Jones, daughter of Jesse A. Jones, a prominent coal dealer of Circleville. They are the parents of two children — Elizabeth Alice and Blenn Darwin. The Doctor is a member of the Starling Loving Fraternity, connected with his alma water, and is identified with such orders as the Masons, Odd Fellows, Elks, Red Men, Eagles and Woodmen of the World. He is a respected member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Circleville and a representative of his profession whose professional abilities and personal qualities promise a career of honorable success.

0M. LEWIS, who has been engaged irr the manufacture of brick at Circleville, for a number of years and is interested in other large business enterprises in the county, was born at Beverly, Ohio, July 3, 1845, and is a son of James Lewis, who was a well-known business man at Marietta, Ohio.

S. M. Lewis was six months old when his parents moved to Marietta, where he was reared and educated. In 1863 he enlisted for service in the Civil War, in Company C, 148th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., for 100 days and during the time he was out was at City Point and Bermuda Hundred. At the expiration of his first term of enlistment, he re-enlisted, entering Company C, 18th Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf., and until he was honorably discharged, in August, 1865; his service was mainly in Georgia.

After returning from the army, Mr. Lewis followed the trade of bricklaying in Vinton County, Ohio, where he remained until June, 1870, when he came to Circleville. He continued to work at his trade for the next eight years and then embarked in the manufacture of brick on his own’ account. He now owns two plants, one of these being located at Circleville and the other at Ashville, where Mr. Lewis is also interested in the Cement Block & Brick Manufacturing Company. With others he is interested in erecting an artificial ice plant at Circleville.

In December, 1867, Mr. Lewis was married to Cynthia Vandaford, of Vinton County, Ohio, and they have the following children: Bertha; Lottie, wife of Wade Prentiss, of Columbus; Ella, wife of Guy G. -Culp, of Circleville; and Dorothy, wife of Clyde King, of Columbus. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He belongs to the subordinate lodge and to the encampment in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

As printed in History of Pickaway County, Ohio and Representative Citizens (1906). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.