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The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 341 Today's Topics: #1 Bios: Hamilton Co (VanSandt, Apple [christina m hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20001115.172301.-288623.4.frog158@juno.com> Subject: Bios: Hamilton Co (VanSandt, Applegate, Doppes, Bauer, Beazell, Woodward) Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit JOHN VANSANDT 1791-1847 Posted by Teddy (Gray) Brock on Sat, 10 Jun 2000 Surname: VANSANDT, VANSANT, CRAWFORD, PAYNE, GRAY, ALLISON, SEAMANDS, ESTES [ inscribed on tombstone of John VanSandt ] BORN SEPTEMBER 23, 1791 FLEMING COUNTY, KENTUCKY DIED MAY 25, 1847 PIERPOINT, HAMILTON COUNTY, OHIO "IN HIM CHRISTIANITY HAD A LIVING WITNESS. HE SAW GOD AS HIS FATHER AND RECEIVED EVERY MAN AS A BROTHER. THE CAUSE OF THE POOR, THE WIDOW, THE ORPHAN, AND THE OPPRESSED WAS HIS CAUSE. HE FED, CLOTHED, SHELTERED, AND GUARDED THEM. HE WAS EYES TO THE BLIND, AND FEET TO THE LAME. HE WAS A TENDER FATHER, A DEVOTED HUSBAND, AND A FRIEND TO ALL. HE WAS WHAT IS HERE DESCRIBED BECAUSE HE WAS A CHRISTIAN PHILANTHROPIST, WHO PRACTICED WHAT HE BELIEVED, AND WHO THUS LIVED PRACTISING HIS FAITH" OVERVIEW: THE BEGINNING OF THE 1800's found that the United States had increased in size by 885,000 suare miles with the purchase, by President Thomas Jefferson, of the Louisiana Territory in 1803 and the Lewis & Clark Exploration to the Pacific Ocean, thus moving the boundaries of our country further West and opening up more migration to the West. This time frame also created more states with the inherited problem of Slave States and Free States. Abolitionists, in United States history, was a term pertaining to people from about 1835 to the close of the Civil war that were extreme opponets of Slavery, distinguished from persons of moderate Antislavery opinions, to the extremists who denied the validity of any laws which recognized Slavery as an Institution; thus they refused to obey the Fugitive Slave Laws....extremists such as John Brown, who was hanged for freeing slaves by force and those who organized and operated Underground Railroads. Such was the case of our ancestor, JOHN VANSANDT .... perhaps not the most likeable situation to be in, but in his lifetime, he stood for what he believed to be right and justifiable. John VanSandt was born in Fleming County, KY on Sept. 23, 1791 and was the son of Elisha and Margaret (CRAWFORD) VanSandt. He was married twice. His first wife, Nancy Northcott, bore him eleven children. They were married June 16, 1814. His second wife, Nancy 'Mercy' Bowen bore him four children. They were married on Apr. 17, 1838. John VanSandt died on May 25,1847 at Pierpoint, in Hamilton County, Ohio. The VanSandt name holds a place of honor among those who believe in freedom for all people for John VanSandt was the actual prototype "JOHN VAN TROMPE", a character in Harriet Beecher Stowe's book, UNCLE TOM'S CABIN. Like John VanSandt, Van Trompe, who appears in chapter IX of the book, had made his home a haven for runaway slaves en route to Canada. He takes in Eliza and her child and risks all to get her safely on her way. The real John VanSandt was once a slave owner in Kentucky, but he was troubled by his belief that slavery was morally wrong and that "ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL" applied to all humanity. He gave his slaves their liberty, sold his plantation and moved to Hamilton County, Ohio. He purchased a home known as Mt. Pierpoint. There he gave protective shelter and care to any in need. In this period of the early 1800's, it was not safe to be an Abolitionist. But John could not have lived with his conscience had he not tried to help the Black People find freedom and equality. The critical point in his life came on Saturday, Apr. 23, 1842. He was on his way to Cincinnati with a load of farm produce. Having disposed of it, he drove to the home of Mr. Moore on Walnut Hills, where he stayed until early Sunday morning. While he was hitching his horses to the wagon he discovered eight blacks standing in the shadows of the nearby trees. They were running away to Canada. John invited them to get into the wagon. He fastened the curtains securely, gave the reins to one of the Blacks, a lad named Andrew, and proceeded northward. Among his neighbors were many friends of the institution of slavery. They knew there were rewards for capturing runaway slaves. They were suspicious of John VanSandt's actions. Two of them, named Margraves and Hefferman, were awakened that Sunday morning to the sound of VanSandt's wagon being rapidly driven down the road. The two men mounted their horses and started after him. They overtook John and his passengers near Bates, a small town southwest of Lebanon, Ohio. VanSandt was captured and seven of the Blacks were returned to their owner. Only the young driver escaped. John was arrested, imprisoned, and fined $1200. Salmon P. Chase, later Chief Justice of the United States, and Thomas Morris, were John's lawyers. But it was clear that the defendant had broken the law as it then existed and nothing could be done to help him. The case was appealed by Chase, and contested until it finally reached the Supreme Court of the U.S. Chase now was assisted by the Hon. Wm. H. Seward. The law's delays continued with the final settlement of the case not coming until January 1847 when Justice Woodbury confirmed the ruling of the Circuit Court. Before the execution was issued, VanSandt had passed beyond earthly jurisdiction and appeared before the higher Tribunal of Heaven, dying in May 1847. It was said that no stronghold of the Abolitionists was better known through the South than John VanSandt's Mt. Pierpoint. The kindness and bravery of the owner led many a slave to seek refuge there. On a rainy night in June, 1843, an Attorney was returning from Cincinnati with a team attached to a hay wagon. Two young Blacks, a boy and a girl, asked if they might ride. The driver suspected they were trying to reach VanSandt's underground railroad station. Finally Mt. Pierpoint loomed up in the distance and the lad impulsively exclaimed "There it is!". They dismounted and started towards the house on the hill. "I have no doubt they met with a hospitable reception at the home of John VanSandt", he later wrote. In September 1893, BIXBY'S Magazine had a multiple page article on "A SKETCH OF JOHN VAN SANDT" (VOL VIII), which concluded: "The costs of the case were now enormous. His Administrators compromised and paid off the judgement and costs, a procedure that caused Mt. Pierpoint to be sold, and scattered the family to various states. VAN SANDT was buried in the THE OLD SALEM CHURCHYARD, within sight of his home. "Time made its ravages in the little churchyard at Salem and with a view to better preserving his remains, VAN SANDT and his wife, NANCY were removed to the cemetery at Cunnisville, the original epitaph on the tombstone being preserved." [***The above data was taken from THE VAN ZANDTS IN AMERICA webpage at: http://home.pacifier.com/~vansandt/john.html***] THE VANZANDTS IN AMERICA -------- Lewis L. Applegate Cincinnati, The Queen City, Volume III, 1912 Pages 884 - 887 Transcribed by: Kimberly Graman, Dayton, OH Lewis L. Applegate, familiarly known as "Lew" Applegate, is one of the prominent grain and stockmen of Cincinnati, whose record is alike creditable to him and those with whom he has associated. He was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, in 1860, a son of Samuel and Agnes (McDowell) Applegate. The father moved with his family to Cincinnati in 1869 and there spent the remainder of his days. He engaged in grocery business in New Jersey but after arriving at his new home became a manufacturer of hat racks. Fraternally he was connected with the Masonic order and advanced through the various degrees at his old home in New Brunswick, including that of the Knights Templer. He died about 1891, at the age of fifty-five years. Mr. Applegate whose name stands at the head of this sketch attended the public schools of Cincinnati and Newport, Kentucky. At the age of eighteen he began to learn the grain and stock business and has now been engaged a greater number of years in this business than any other man in the city. The firm of which he is the head was established by W.F. Greely in 1878. F.A. Bradley became proprietor the following year and conducted the business until 1893 when he was succeeded by Frazier & Applegate. Two years later the name was changed to the Phoenix Grain and Stock Exchange, of which H.M. Foster was president and Mr. Applegate was manager. The firm went out of business January 7, 1911. Mr. Applegate is now in business for himself and has an office in the Mitchell Building. In 1879 Mr. Applegate was married to Miss Julia Edwards and they have two children: Charles, a resident of Newport, Kentucky; and Lewis L., Jr. of Covington Kentucky. The mother of the children was a woman of many admirable characteristics and a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. She died in 1903, at the age of forty-three, and in 1904 Mr. Applegate was married to Miss Julia Francis McKenna, of Xenia, Ohio. Politically he has given his support to the Republican Party ever since he arrived at manhood. He served one term as a member of the city council at Covington, being the only republican who was elected at that time. He has taken a great interest in fraternal organizations for many years and is a member of Covington Lodge, A.F. & A.M.; Covington Chapter, R.A.M.; Kenton Council, R. & S.M.; Covington Commandery, K.T.; Louisville Consistory, S.P.R.S.; and Syrian Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S. He is past exalted ruler of the Elks lodge of Covington; past worthy president of the Eagles of Covington; past counselor of Cincinnati Council, No.2, U.C.T.; a member of the National Union; and in its day was a member of the Supreme Body of the Knights of the Essenic Order. While he has closely applied himself to his business he has also taken an active part, as is indicated above, in various lines of helpfulness to others and is one of the best known and most popular men in Cincinnati. His success is the direct result of close application, thorough knowledge of his business and of a reputation for "square dealing," which is acquired only by years of conscientious endeavor. ------ J. H. Doppes Cincinnati, The Queen City 1788-1912, Published 1912 Pages 580-581 Transcribed by: Kimberly Graman, Dayton, OH J. H. Doppes, president of the J. B. Doppes Sons Lumber Company, located at No. 1244 to 1266 Gest Street, was born in Cincinnati on January 24, 1857. He is a son of the late J.B. Doppes, a native of Germany whence he immigrated to the United States in his early manhood, locating in Cincinnati. He began his business career in the Queen City as an employee in a lumber yard. In addition to the energy and perseverance that usually characterize the Teuton he possessed those rare inherent qualities that stamp the successful man. Keen foresight and fine business acumen, accompanied by unremitting energy, enabled him to climb the ladder of success, until from a minor employee he attained a position in the business world that entitled him to the respect he was accorded by all with whom he came in contact. He arrived in Cincinnati in 1849 and twenty-two years thereafter he became identified with the business that he had solidly established at the time of his demise in 1893. The public and Catholic parochial schools of Cincinnati provided J. H. Doppes with his education, which was completed in the night High School where he graduated in 1875. In 1869 he began his business training under his father, to whom he attributes much credit for his success. He worked about the lumberyard and office while still a school boy, becoming his father's bookkeeper at an early age. Among his valued possessions now are the original books of the company, particularly the first order book. After the death of their father the sons, of whom our subject is the eldest, succeeded to the business, which they incorporated in 1904 with J. H. Doppes as president. Although they conduct a wholesale business their trade is almost exclusively retail. In 1881 Mr. Doppes was married to Miss. Katherine Keating and to them there have been born three children, two daughters and a son. The family are all communicants of the Roman Catholic Church, belonging to St. Lawrence's parish on Price Hill. They take an active interest in all organizations connected with the parish, Mr. Doppes being an earnest and enthusiastic worker in the Men's Club. He is also affiliated with the Knights of Columbus, Price Hill Council. His political support he usually gives to the Democratic Party, but he is not personally concerned in political affairs further than to meet the requirements of good citizenship by the casting of a ballot on Election Day. His success Mr. Doppes attributed very largely to the fact that he thoroughly mastered every detail of the business and is still studying and learning. Under the capable supervision of his father he early acquired the habit of thoroughness, and has lived to appreciate the fact the American business failures can more often be attributed to a superficial understanding of fundamental principles and conditions than any other one thing. ------- Arthur Charles Bauer, M.D. Cincinnati, The Queen City 1788-1912, Published 1912 Pages 638-639 Transcribed by: Kimberly Graman, Dayton, OH Dr. Arthur Charles Bauer, who has been in the general practice of medicine in Cincinnati since 1893 and has also specialized to a considerable extent in gynecology, was born in this city, November 11, 180, a son of Christian and Anna (Lechner) Bauer. His paternal grandfather, Simon Bauer, was a German architect, who left his native country to establish his home in America, settling in New Orleans. After six months, however yellow fever claimed him as a victim. His widow and their two children afterward came to Cincinnati, Christian J. Bauer being at that time about five or six years of age. He was educated in the public schools of this city and became foreman in the stereotype department of the Enquirer, which position he filled for thirty-five years, being one of the oldest stereotype men of the country and an authority upon that subject. At the time of the Civil War he espoused the cause of the Union, enlisting as a member of Company G, Thirty-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he served for four years. He was wounded in both feet and was held as a prisoner of war, in Libby prison at Richmond, Virginia, for some time, but at length was exchanged. He proved a valorous, loyal soldier, never faltering in the performance of any duty whether is stationed him on the lonely picket line or sent him to the firing line. He afterward became a member of Lytle Post, G.A.R., of which he served as commander, and he also belonged to the Union Veterans legion. Fraternally he was connected with the Masons, holding membership in Miami Lodge, A.F. & A.M., of which he was a past master, while in the chapter he took the Royal Arch degree. He likewise held membership with the Tribe of Ben Hur. He died May 7, 1909, and is now survived only by Dr. Bauer, the eldest son of the family, Albert J, Bauer, having passed away. Dr. Bauer was educated in Woodward high school and in the University of Cincinnati, but ere completing his education he had entered the business world. Working at various times in different departments of the Enquirer. He first acted as assistant to the manager of the weekly and later did reportorial work but the profession of medicine attracted him and to this he directed his attention, pursuing his preliminary reading under the preceptorship of Dr. L. A. Querner. Subsequently he was graduated from the Ohio Medical College with the class of 1893 and entered at once upon general practice, opening an office in Cincinnati. He also served as assistant at clinics of Professor Frederick Kebeler and taught bandaging at the Medical College, being connected later with the clinics of the Cincinnati Medical College. He also taught materia medica at the Ohio Veterinary College and is now serving on the staff of the Cincinnati postgraduate School of Polyclinic. He belongs to the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine and is serving on its legislative committee. He is also a member of the Ohio State Medical Society, the American Medical Association and the West End Medical Association. He thus keeps in close touch with the progressive work that is being done by the profession. He is a member of the executive board and treasurer of the Ohio Miami Medical College Alumni Association of the University of Cincinnati. In 1896 Dr. Bauer was united in marriage to Miss. Minnie Hehl, daughter of Louis Hehl, of Baltimore, Maryland, a furniture manufacturer of that city. They have one child, Charlotte Alberta. Dr. and Mrs. Bauer now hold membership in the Presbyterian Church, of which Dr. Watson is pastor and he was formerly a trustee in the Third Presbyterian Church. He is well known in fraternal relations belonging to Enoch T. Carson Lodge, F. & A.M., although he was made a Mason in Miami lodge. He likewise holds membership in Kilwinning Chapter, R.A.M., in Ohio Consistory, S.P.R.S. and Syrian Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S. He is filling the office of state counselor in the Junior Order of United American Mechanics and nearly every other position in that organization, including that of colonel of the Second Regiment of the Uniform Rank. He belongs also to the Tribe of Ben Hur, to the Knights of the Maccabees, the Ancient Order of Red Men, the Independent Order of Foresters and the Order of the Iroquois. In matters of citizenship he stands for all that is most helpful to the community, state and nation. He believes in teaching patriotism to young men of the country and that only such immigrants should be allowed to enter as have the qualification to become desirable citizens. He also holds that those who come here for temporary residence with the intention of only making money and no intention of identifying themselves permanently with the United States should not be permitted to furnish the competition of cheap labor with the native American labor. In a word he believes that America should be for Americans and that every citizen should help to promote the best interests of the country along those lines which work for the good of the majority. ------- H. M. Beazell Cincinnati, The Queen City 1788-1912 Published 1912 Pages 579-580 Transcribed by: Kimberly Graman, Dayton, OH H. M. Beazell, who is prominent as a broker and dealer in investment securities at Cincinnati and also secretary and treasurer of the Cincinnati Stock Exchange, was born in this city July 17, 1861. He is a son of Jasher and Eliza Jane (Smith) Beazell, the former of whom was born in western Pennsylvania in 1824 and the latter in 1838. The father grew to manhood in the Keystone state and in 1855 came to Cincinnati where he established his home. By occupation he was a bookkeeper. He was an active worker in behalf of the Republican Party and served as secretary of the old Cincinnati Waterworks and also for several terms as a member of the school board. He was connected with the Central Christian Church of which he was a deacon for many years. He died in 1906, being then about eighty-two years old. His wife is still living and makes her home in this city. There were six children in the family of Mr. and Mrs. Beazell, three of whom survive beside the subject of this review. Lillian is the wife of Rev. W .D. Holt, of Troy, Ohio. Nannie married Herbert N. Byard, of Cincinnati. Anna is the wife of William D. Knox, also of this city. Mr. Beazell of whom this sketch treats possessed advantages of education in the public schools. At the time of the organization of the Citizens National Bank he became connected with that institution and continued with it from 1880 to 1902. In the latter year he associated with George W. Thomas in the brokerage business under the title of Beazell & Thomas, but two years later purchased the interest of his partner and has since engaged in business alone. He has been a member of the Cincinnati Stock Exchange since 1902 and for several years has served as secretary and treasurer of that body. In 1884 Mr. Beazell was married to Miss. Emma T. Casey, a daughter of George H. Casey, of Cincinnati, and they have two sons, George H. and Robert C., both of whom are in the brokerage business with their father. Mr. Beazell holds membership in the Central Christian Church and in years past, when his residence permitted, was greatly interested in Sunday School work in connection with the Church. He is a member of the Cincinnati Commercial Association, the Business Men's Club, the Automobile Club and the Country Club and also a non-resident member of the Hamilton Business Men's Club. A life-long resident of Cincinnati, he has ever since turned his attention to business and has been very closely identified with the interests of the city. He has ever been a consistent advocate of progress and his ideas along lines of the city's development have often received the hearty endorsement of his associates. He is recognized as one of the influential and successful factors in business circles of Cincinnati. -------- Edward D. Woodward Cincinnati, The Queen City 1788-1912, Published 1912 Pages 581 - 582 Transcribed by: Kimberly Graman, Dayton, OH The banking, brokerage and investment business early attracted the interest of Edward D. Woodward and for fourteen years he has concentrated his attention along those lines. He is now president of the Edward D. Woodward Company, one of the most prominent and successful concerns in the banking and investment business at Cincinnati. A native of St. Louis, Missouri, he was born in 1876, a son of Tryon J. and Anne (Geyer) Woodward. One of his ancestors on the paternal side was Sir William Tryon, the last of the Colonial governors of New York. When the Colonies revolted against the mother country the governor sailed for England and there spent the reminder of his days. John Geyer, the grandfather on the maternal side, was a prominent furniture manufacturer of Cincinnati prior to the Civil War. He was a warm friend of William Henry Harrison and was active in the log cabin campaign of 1840 when great mass meetings were held and as many as fifty to eighty thousand persons attended some of these gatherings. At a meeting held at Dayton, Ohio, one hundred thousand people were present. The parents of our subject were married in 1864. The father engaged in the tea and coffee business and for forty years past has been actively identified with public service at St. Louis. He is a member of the Democratic Party and is now connected with the office of collector of water rates in St. Louis. Mr. Woodward of this sketch received his early education in the private schools of his native city and later matriculated at St. Louis University from which he was graduated with the degree of B. A. in 1895. Subsequently he received the degree of M. A. from his alma mater. He took special courses in corporation law at Johns Hopkins University and the Harvard Law School, thus laying a secure foundation for the business in which he has since engaged. In 1897 he began in his own name in the banking and brokerage business in this city. The enterprise prospered from year to year and in 1909 the firm was incorporated as the Edward D. Woodward Company, with Mr. Woodward as president, the other officers being: Warren Dohmer, a banker of West Milton, Ohio, vice president; W.R. Bradford, a banker of Florence, Kentucky, as secretary; Charles T. Wulff as treasurer; and Frederick Utz, of Erlanger, Kentucky, as chairman of the executive committee. The company has connections at the principal business centers of the country as bankers and is making a specialty of handling public and quasi-public bonds. The company also owns large tracts of unimproved land, which are being developed for the market upon an extensive scale. Mr. Woodward was married in July 1911, to Miss. Ida Stephan Neu, a member of one of the old families of Brown County, Ohio. He is a member of the First English Lutheran Church and also holds membership in the Cincinnati Gymnasium. He possesses the qualities of clear perception and sound judgement so necessary in projecting and carrying forward important business affairs and is recognized as one of the leaders in the lines with which his name is connected. He has through life shown strong purpose and his success has been due to his close application and unfaltering diligence. His course has been such ever since the beginning of his business career as to commend him to the confidence and good will of his fellow men wherever he is personally known. -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V00 Issue #341 *******************************************