The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . s notelected. He was a benefactor of Dennison Univer-sity, founded in 1831 at Granville, O. Gov. Dennisondied June 15, 1883. TOD, David, governor of Ohio (1863-64); wrfsborn at You
The National cyclopædia of American biography : being the history of the United States as illustrated in the lives of the founders, builders, and defenders of the republic, and of the men and women who are doing the work and moulding the thought of the present time, edited by distinguished biographers, selected from each state, revised and approved by the most eminent historians, scholars, and statesmen of the day . s notelected. He was a benefactor of Dennison Univer-sity, founded in 1831 at Granville, O. Gov. Dennisondied June 15, 1883. TOD, David, governor of Ohio (1863-64); wrfsborn at Youngstown, O., Feb. 31,1805. His fatherhad removed to the WesternReserve in 1800, and David wassent to the common schools ofthe neighborhood and after-ward to the Burton then studied law in theoffice of Col. Roswell Stone atWarren, and was admitted tothe bar in 1837, being then indebt about $1,000 for boardand tuition. His remarkableability soon attracted attentionand he obtained a large prac-tice, paid his debts, and savedthe family home from fore-closure. President Jacksonappointed him postmaster ofWarren, and in 1838 he waselected state senator as a dem-ocrat. He practiced law until i1844, when he devoted himselfto developing the coal interestsof the Mahoning Valley. The Pennsylvania canal wasbuilt largely through his efforts. He was interested inthe Cleveland and Mahoning railroad, of which com-. 142 THE NATIONAL CYCLOPAEDIA pany he was the second president. In 1844 he wasnominated for governor, but failed of election. Threeyears later he was appointed minister to Brazil,where he remained nearly five years, when he re-turned home and devoted himself to his coal mininginterests. In 1860 he was a delegate to the nationaldemocratic convention, and was a supporter of Ste-phen A. Douglas, but after Lincolns election andthe firing on Fort Sumter, he became a republican,and in 1861 was elected governor. He was a presi-dential elector in 1868, but died before the electors
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