Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ... ner, Main and Limestone streets; Bancroft Hotel cigar store; Hotel Shawnee store; Fairbanks Building store; and My Krantz Corner Store. His wholesale establishment and premium department are in the Fairbanks Building. As a youth Mr. LeBolt achieved more than local fame as an athlete, especially in connection with the "national game," baseball. He was one of the very first curved-ball pitchers in the country, and pitched the first out-curved ball ever delivered in connection with the game. He organized and played with the "Piqua Fast Blacks," which team won the championship of the state in baseball. He has not lost interest in the great game and is still an enthusiasic "fan." Mr. LeBolt is a member of the Springfield Chamber of Commerce, and is affiliated with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of Pythias, as is he also with the United Commercial Travelers. On the 1st of January, 1913, Mr. LeBolt was united in marriage with Mrs. Sophia Kleeman, widow of Joseph Kleeman, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and she is the popular chatelaine of their pleasant home in Springfield. Ion A. P. Morgan, M. D. In medical circles of Springfield Dr. Ion A. P. Morgan occupies the position of a reliable, learned and skilled practitioner, to whose other professional qualifications are added the desirable concomitants of intense human sympathy and wide practical experience. He is also a business man of capacity, and his connection with the Morgan Medicine Company has done much to further the interests of that concern. Doctor Morgan was born at Columbus. Ohio, March 28, 1869, and is a son of William and Dorothy (Funk) Morgan, the former born at Harrisburg, Ohio, and the latter at California, Ohio. The parents were married at Morgan...
