Transcription contributed by Martie Callihan 23 January 2005

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DANIEL H. CLUTCH, Secretary and Treasurer of the Franklin Paper Company; son of Uriah and Hannah (Sinclair) Clutch; was born in Monmouth Co., N. J., Jan. 24, 1824. July 5, 1826, his parents moved to Franklin; he attended school till 15 years of age, when he entered the cabinet shop of his father, who died Nov. 1, 1868; he worked for his father till of age, when he was admitted as a partner; firm known as Clutch & Son; building stood where the Coleman House now stands. In 1856, he rented a farm in this township and worked at farming four years, and then returned to Franklin and bought a hardware store of Charles Butler & Co., in company with J. P. Hoover; they remained together four years, when he bought out Mr. Hoover's interest and carried on the business alone five years; then sold to F. M. Deardoff and bought one-half interest in a flouring-mill of Mr. Levi Croll; firm known as Death & Clutch. In 1873, Death & Clutch, in company with four other enterprising men, founded what is known as the Franklin Paper Company. They built their first mill in the spring of 1878. They then sold the flouring-mill to the company, and it was converted into a second paper-mill; when they first began, three men could do all the work; now they employ seventy-five hands and manufacture five tons of paper per day. Mr. Clutch was married, in 1847, in Franklin, to Miss Margaret, daughter of William and Margaret McLane. She lived but a short time. He was again married to Margaret, daughter of David and Margaret Deardoff, born in this township. They have four daughters and one son—Emma, Anna, George, Ida and Pearl, all members of the M. E. Church. Mr. C. is also a member of the Odd Fellows society. He is a stockholder and director in the First National Bank; owns the Deardoff hardware store building and has a fine brick residence on Lebanon avenue, and is one of the most enterprising citizens of Franklin.