Edmund W. Clarridge
Our subject was born in Madison Township, this county, October 4, 1827. His education was somewhat above the ordinary. He availed himself of the advantages of the common schools of his neighborhood, and spent one year at Northwood College, in Logan County. He taught school for several years in the counties of Fayette, Ross, Madison, and Pickaway, and in this calling was unusually successful. He was married, October 4, 1859, to Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Leavell, nee Timmons, of this county. She was the widow of John B. Leavell, by whom she bore one son, Benjamin, born September 27, 1854. Mrs. Clarridge was born, April 11, 1835.
To Mr. and Mrs. Clarridge have been born two daughters and one son: Inez G., born January 11, 1861; married Benjamin W. Leavell. Alta Errilla, born February 3, 1864. Howard Amasa, born September 6, 1873.
In the year 1860 Mr. Clarridge and his wnfe located on the, farm on which they now reside, and have ever since given their time and efforts to honest industry. The farm comprises one hundred and forty acres, and is situated on both sides of the Deer Creek pike. Mr. Clarridge is a man of good judgment and public spirit, having, ever since he became a man, stood in the front ranks of enterprise. He is a leading member of the Republican party in the county, and though residing in a township largely Democratic, he has for many successive years held the ofiice of township trustee, and during previous years was township clerk.
He and his wife are both members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr. Clarridge is superintendent of Sabbath-school at Waterloo.
From R. S. Dills' History of Fayette County