OHIO STATEWIDE FILES - BIOS: METCALF/WATSON/AYRES Surname (published 1925)
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Sharon,

The previous post was for the Indiana books only. In the History of Ohio,
There are no listings for Ayres. In volume II under Anti-Saloon League the
following paragraph mentions Metcalf:
        The first three years of the league's history has been termed the
struggle for existence. But for the timely financial assistance of such men
as E. W. Metcalf of Elyria and A. I. Root of Medina, and but for the
sacrificing spirit of Doctor Russell and his loyal family, the Anti-Saloon
league might have experienced the same fate as its predecessors. By 1899
there were twenty-one states and territories where branches of the League
had been organized. In fact, the history of the first decade of the league
movement is concerned with the installation of League organizations in the
several states and the creation of machinery for educating public sentiment
to the enactment and enforcement of law.

Volume II, Chapter VIII, Men of the Third (1873-1874) Constitutional
Convention of Ohio lists:
        COOPER KINDERDINE WATSON was born in Jefferson County, Kentucky,
June 18, 1810; educated in the common schools; studied law, was admitted to
the bar and practiced; prosecuting attorney of marion County, Ohio; moved
to Tiffin where he practiced law for twenty years; elected as a free-soiler
to the Thirty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1857); moved to
Sandusky, Ohio; delegate to the third constitutional convention of Ohio;
appointed judge of the Court of Common Please in 1876; was elected to the
position and served until his death in Sandusky, Ohio, May 20, 1880.

Volume III
        R. L. Watson has been a resident of Ohio forty years. He was born
in Jefferson County, West Virginiain 1863, son of Bartholomew and Mary C.
(Smith) Watson. Maternal grandfather - John F. Smith R. L. married Miss
Mildred Van Schoyke from Alleghany County, New York.

Volume IV
        Charles Gamble Watson born Penfield, Monroe County, New York,
December 16, 1891, son of Abram M. and Martha (Gamble) Watson. He came to
Youngstown in 1912. Charles married June 3, 1920, Youngstown, OH, Sally Leedy.

Volume IV
        Samuel I. Watson born Allen, Copiah County, Mississippi, December
19, 1887 to John M. and Willie (Osborne) Watson. Samuel married February 8,
1921, Mildred M. Zimmerman, a native of Youngstown. Samuel grew up in his
native state, worked in Holden, WV, Detroit, MI and in November, 1919 came
to Youngstown.

There is no additional information listed for the first 2 individuals. The
last 3 have additional information listed. Let me know if there is a
connection and you would like any posted.

Gina


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