Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-04-16
Who Is Inmes q. Rlnlnei

Although Mr. Blaine has been before the
public for many years, the people Of tho
West know but little about his ancestry.
lie comes from a good old stock. His patri-
otism he inherited irom his great gra ndfaih-'
er,Col. .EphriAm Blaine, Of Carlisle, ,Cumber-
land county, Penn, who served with credit
to himself and honor TO his country as Com
missary General in the Revolutionary Ar
my from 1878 until his country threw off
foreign rule and took her place among the
nations Of the world. lie was true man,
and held in high esteem by that great COM
mander whose name grows dearer and dear
er to the American people as years glide
away. n
James G.. Blaine, grandfather OF the Sen.
ator, was man OF education and refine.
ment. lie travelled IN foreign countries,
and completed his education in Europe, and
returned TO America with n mind well
stored with knowledge, and led the life Of
private gentleman. james q. Blaines
father was born in aud reared in Carlisle,
Penn. After travelling extensively in Eu-
rope, South America and the West Indies,
he returned home and moved to Washing.
ton county, Penn, where he died while his
son was yet boy. lie owned large nos.
sessions in the West worth millions to-day.
He sold the Economists the splendid tract
of land upon which they built their town,
| for $25,000. He owned In addition, large
bodies Of mineral lands Of little value at
that early date but OF immense value now.
Mr.. Blaines father was man of natural
ability, we'll educated, with n mind well
i - ,..s0l IpI In.,yInIna L.,
travelling in foreign lands He is said to
have been a man proud OF his great pos
sessions, of aristocratic bearing, and as
proud of hls ancestry as any of the mem.
bcrs OF the first families OF the Old Do
mnion. Mr. 3lsine's father was very
proud of his son, and took pains to give
him thorough intellectual training.
At the age of eleven years he was sent
by his father to Lancaster, Ohio, to school
where he lived in the family Of his rela
tive, Hon. Thomss Ewing, at that time
Secretary of the Treasury. Old Tom Ew
ing, as the eminent Whig Statesman il
known 10 the people of Ohio, was james
q. Blaine's uncle, and Gen. Thomas Ewing
who was the Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor of Ohio last fall, is his cousin. The,
were classmates, and under the tuition O
William Lyons, n brother Of the elder Lore
Lyons, OF England, and uncle of Lord Ly
ons, late British Minister at Washington.
William Lyons at late period in lf,
came to Zanesville, married daughter o
Seth Adams, and is still a re'ident of thi
city. After returning from Lancaster, Mr.
Blaine entered the Freshman class O
Washington College, Pennsylvania, in 1S4;
and graduated in lS47, before lie was eight
cen years Of age. James G. Blaine's polit
ical Career is known to the American peo
pie. He is now about fifty years of age, il
the prime of life. As parliamentarian h,
hss 10 superior and few ii any equals. II,
is now a candidate for the highest office il
the gift of the American people. The abov,
history OF the Blaine family was culleC
from an article published in the Pittsburgh
Commercial Gazette, and New York Sum-
ZunesuiNc Courier.