Masters, Silas W
merchant, clergyman, was born Oct. 15, 1868, in Perry county, Ohio. He received the rudiments of his education in the public schools of Columbus, Ohio; and is a graduate of the Ohio Wesleyan university. For many years he was engaged in mercantile business in which he was very successful. In 1890-91 he was business manager of the Franklin County Farmers' Alliance, a He is now successful Ohio newspaper. In 1835, when the territory became a state, he was unanimously elected its first governor, and at the end of his term was reelected. He died Jan. 4, 1843, in New York city.