Lockard, Lorenzo B
merchant, oil producer, was born Jan. 2, 1838, in Hanover, Pa. When a boy he was imbued with strong abolition principles; went to Kansas, and served one year in the border ruffian war under old John Brown. He subsequently engaged in the mercantile business in Salem, Ohio; was elected mayor of that city in 1860, and filled the office five consecutive times. In 1876 he moved to the oil regions of Pennsylvania, and became a successful oil producer. In 1881 he was elected grand protector of the Knights and Ladies of Honor of Pennsylvania, which office he filled for four terms; and since 1891 has been supreme protector. LOCKE, DAVID ROSS-PETROLEUM V. NASBY-journalist, author, poet, was born Sept. 20, 1833, in Vestal, N. Y. He was a widely known political humorist whose satires had much effect upon public opinion. He was the author of A Paper City, a novel; Swingin' Round the Cirkle; The Moral History of America's Life Struggle; Ekkoes from Kentucky; Struggles of Petroleum V. Nasby; Nasby in Exile; Morals of Abou Ben Adhem; The Demagogue, a novel; and Hannah Jane, a poem. He died Feb. 15, 1888, in Toledo, Ohio.