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Bushnell, Asa Smith

soldier, manufacturer, governor, was born Sept. 16, 1834, in Rome, N. Y. He served through the civil war. He has been president since 1886 of the Warder, Bushnell and Glessner Co. Champion mowers and binders are manufactured by the company, and the factory is one of the largest industries in Springfield, Ohio, covering over sixty acres of ground and employing more than one thousand workmen. In 1886 Mr. Bushnell was appointed quartermaster-general of Ohio for four years, on the staff of Gov. Foraker. He is president of the First National bank and the Springfield Gas Light and Coke company. He is the fortieth governor of Ohio, being elected to that high office in November, 1895.