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Born 1827, New Haven township
From History of Sandusky County, Ohio : with portraits and biographies of prominent citizens and pioneers (1882), Commemorative biographical record of the counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio (1896)
John B. Loveland was born in New Haven township, Huron county, Ohio, on the 20th day of February, 1827. At the age of nineteen years he left his father’s farm for Oberlin College to supplement the education picked up in a pioneer district school on the classic Huron River. On the 2 2d day of August, 1850, he was married to Miss Martha Jane Watts, of New Haven, by whom he has had three children. In 1854 he removed to Fremont, Sandusky county, Ohio, to take a position as teacher in the Fremont graded schools. This position he held with credit to himself and to the entire satisfaction of all concerned for the term of ten years. From his position in the schools of Fremont he was called to the superintendency of the schools at Bellevue and Green Spring respectively, in which position he spent eight years. All this time he was one of the reliable members of the board of county school examiners, in which position he well and faithfully discharged the duties of the office for the term of fourteen years. He commenced the study of the law while superintending the schools of Green Spring, with Marcus D. Baldwin, esq., and was admitted to the Bar by the district court of
Sandusky county at Fremont, Ohio, on the 20th of March, 1876, where he commenced the practice of law, and has continued to practice until the present time. Although a member of the legal profession Mr. Loveland does not make the practice of the law a specialty, preferring the retirement of his farm, situated one and a half miles southwest of the city. In solid scientific attainments, and in that practical common sense which is the result of learning and original thought, Mr. Loveland has few superior. His father, Mr. John Loveland, one of the oldest pioneers of Huron county, is still in good health at the advanced age of eighty-three years.
Basil Meek was born at New Castle, Henry county, Indiana, April 20, 1829.
In 1832 he removed with his parents to Wayne county, Indiana. In August, j 1841, with his parents, he went to Owen county, Indiana, and there resided until September, 1864, when he came to Ohio and settled at Clyde. His school education was that of the common schools. He was married to Cynthia A. Brown, in December, 1849, who died August 14, 1861, at Spencer, Owen county, Indiana. By this marriage he had four children, viz.: Minerva B., Mary E., Lenore Belle, and Flora B. Mary E., who is the wife of B.
R. Dudrow, esq., and Lenore Belle, only, are now living. He was married to Martha E. Anderson, September 30, 1862, by whom he has had two children, both living, viz.: Clara C. and Robert C. He served as clerk of thecourts of Owencounty, Indiana, continuously from February 20, 1854, to February 20, 1862. At the November term, 1861, of the Owen county circuit court, he was admitted to the Bar, and formed a law partnership with Hon. Samuel H. Buskirk, practicing at Spencer till his removal to Ohio. In 1871, at Clyde, he resumed the practice of law, continuing 1 in the practice until he entered the clerk’s office of Sandusky county, February 10, 1879, t0 which office he was elected in October, 1878. He is at this time serving as such clerk, and was, at the October election, 1881, re-elected to said office.
T thomas P. Finefrock was born at Franklin county, Pennsylvania, January 9, 1826. He came to Ohio and settled in Lancaster, where he studied law with Medill & Whitman. He was admitted to the Bar in August, 1851, and came to Fremont and began practice with Brice J. Bartlett in the following September. He soon became well known as a lawyer, and the firm became prominent in the legal business of j the county. Mr. Finefrock was chosen to the position of prosecuting attorney in 1853, and served two successive terms. In 1857 he was the Democratic candidate for representative in the General Assembly, his Republican opponent being Ozias L. Nims, a prominent merchant of Fremont. After a closely contested campaign, Mr. Finefrock was elected by a small majority. During the war he took an active interest in politics, being a leader of the ultra- Democratic party. In 1866 he received the Democratic nomination for Congress in the Tenth District, but was defeated by General R. P. Buckland, the Republican candidate. His practice from the time he located in the county was large and remunerative. In 1874 he was elected judge of the court of common pleas, on the Democratic ticket, and served for the full term of five years, when he again returned to the practice of law, entering into partnership with Charles H. Bell, under the firm name of Finefrock & Bell. The firm is now in full practice. He has j always maintained the reputation of a good jury lawyer. Mr. Finefrock was married in May, 1854, to Miss Emma E. Carter. They have raised a family of children, and reside east of the city.
S. S. Richards is a native of Townsend township, this county, and was born August 8, 1857. He was educated in
Clyde, and graduated from the high school of that place in 1875. Just after graduating he went to California, where he spent about one year. Returning, he began the study of law in the office of Basil Meek, at Clyde, in the fall of 1876. He was admitted to the Bar by the supreme court at Columbus in the spring of 1879, and immediately opened an office at Clyde. In June, 1879, he formed a partnership with D. A. Heffner for the practice of the profession, which partnership still continues. Mr. Richards is a promising young member of the Bar.
D. A. Heffner came to Sandusky county with his parents, who settled in York township in 1856. He was born in Union county, Pennsylvania, May 20, 1849. He was educated in the common schools and in Hillsdale college, Michigan, where he spent one year — 1869-70. From 1870 to 1875 he taught school in the winter and farmer in the summer. In the spring of 1875 he entered the Normal school at Lebanon, Ohio, where he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1877. He then entered the office of J. H. Rhodes and continued two years, teaching school each winter. In April, 1879, he was admitted to the Bar by the district court at Fremont. He began to practice in partnership with S. S. Richards in June, 1879. He was married May 27, 1879, to Miss Belle Haff, daughter of Hiram Haff, of Townsend township. He is an honorable and worthy member of the Bar.
As printed in History of Sandusky County, Ohio : with portraits and biographies of prominent citizens and pioneers (1882). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
JOHN B. LOVELAND, of Fremont, Sandusky county, was born February 20, 1827, in New Haven township, Huron Co., Ohio, of English descent, his great ancestor having settled in the Connecticut Valley in the year 1635. At the age of nineteen Mr. Loveland left his father's home and farm for Oberlin College, which was then a manual labor institution, and here for four years he paid his way with manual labor during term time, and by teaching district schools during the winter vacations. In 1854 he took a position as teacher in the Fremont Union Schools, which he held for ten years with credit to himself and to the entire satisfaction of all concerned. He next served as superintendent of schools at Bellevue, Green Spring and Woodville, adjoining towns in the same county, and during his connection with these schools he was a member of the Sandusky County Board of school examiners, faithfully discharging the duties of his office for the term of fourteen years. He was also an officer of the Sandusky County Teachers' Institute some twenty-five years. Having found leisure time for the study of law, Mr.
COMMKMOUATIVK DIOGRAPUICAL IlfCOIiD.
Loveland was admitted to the bar March 20, 1876, by the district court at Fremont, but he does not make the practice of law a specialty, preferrin; the retirement of his farm just outside the city limits. He is the author of "The Loveland Genealogy." in three large octavo volumes, published in 1892-95. Mr. Lovelaiui is a stanch Kepublicaii, and believes that the mission of the Republican party is not yet ended. He cast his first vote in 1848 for the nominee of the Free- Soil party, in 1852 voted for John P. Hale, candidate of the new party, in 1856 for John C. Fremont, and in 1860 for Abraham Lincoln. From first to last he was opposed to slavery. He is a decided advocate of temperance and prohibition, uses no tobacco, and despises the use of alcohol in all its forms as a beverage. He believes the use of the one is the stepping-stone to the use of the other.
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N. E. Loveland, farmer, of Green Spring, Ohio, was born in Greenfield township, Huron county, November 20, 1852, and spent his early life on his father's farm at Fremont. In 1 872 he graduated from the Fremont High School, after which he served as superintendent of the
Port Clinton and Woodville schools. He studied law with the firm of Everett & F'owner, Fremont, and was admitted to the bar by the district court, March 20, 1876, subsequently practicing his profession at Columbus Grove and at Fremont, but he has now retired to his farm. He is a strong advocate of temperance, and in politics is a Republican. On November 16, 1876, he married Miss Annie Parker, of Green Spring, who was born there July 24, 1857. They are both members of the Seventh-Day Advent Church. The names and dates of birth of their children are Bertha Eugenie, December 15, 1877; Grace Eola, April 25, 1883; Roy Dana, April 2, 1886; Daisy Melita, June 3, 1889; and Ernest Eugene, October 20, 1892.
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As printed in Commemorative biographical record of the counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio (1896). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: Basil Meek (b. 1829) Brice J. Bartlett (b. 1808) Green Spring Hiram Haff (b. 1812) Marcus D. Baldwin (b. 1851)
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